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Rabbis Scott and Amy Bolton renew their commitment to Detroit.

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work with. I think she has already added a great deal to-
the community, and I know she will continue to do so."

hen the news broke in March that Hillel Day
A Commitment To Yi ddishkeit
School of Metropolitan Detroit had eliminated
Dr. Mark Smiley, headmaster of Hillel Day School, empha-
the community outreach coordinator position,
sized that losing Rabbi Scott Bolton was a regrettable result of
rumors flew that Scott Bolton, the popular .
cost-cutting measures. "Rabbi Bolton is a'special young Jewish
young rabbi who'd filled the position since it was created,
professional whose excitement and love of Judaism have been
would be leaving Michigan.
a blessing to us all. Hillel has been fortu-
To the relief of Rabbi Bolton's
. nate to benefit from his enthusiasm
many friends, he and his wife,
about Yiddishkeit [Jewish learning and
Rabbi Amy Bolton, decided to turn
culture]," Dr. Smiley said. "I'm delighted
down an out-of-state job offer. And,
he's staying in the community."
soon afterward, the pair was able to
The Hillel headmaster called Rabbi
announce that they both had
..-Amy Bolton "highly talented and per-
accepted positions with the Jewish
ceptive."
Academy of Metropolitan Detroit,
"She was my teacher in Talmud, and I
the community's only multi-stream
have benefited greatly from her skills,"
Jewish high school.
he said.
Rabbi Lee Buckman, JAMD
The two young rabbis met in
head, said he was thrilled that the
Jerusalem, where they studied at Yeshivat
pair are coming on board. "He is a
Nachat Rachel. "I found my true chevru-
dynamic rabbi with a lot of fire and
tah [study partner] in Jerusalem," Rabbi
much intellect," Rabbi Buckman
Scott Bolton said. "This is the holiest
said. "He will bring to our commu-
relationship of my life."
nity qualities that one rarely finds in
Together, they continued their rab-
other rabbis.
binic training at the University of
"And Amy's role is critical. She
Judaism's Ziegler School of Rabbinic
Rabbis Amy and Scott Bolton, with son
will serve as a positive role model, par- Shiya, 8 months, and daughter Shuli, 2.
Studies in Los Angeles. They moved
ticularly for the girls but for everyone
to West Bloomfield in 2000 and have
in the school community. Hiring her
since become the proud parents of daughter Shuli, and
speaks to one of our goals, to bring more women into the
son Shiya, 8 months.
Jewish studies team."
Rabbi Amy Bolton, who had worked as a research assistant
Starting in August, Rabbi Scott Bolton, 33, will teach
in an Alzheimer's disease center before studying for the rab-
Bible and rabbinics, while also coordinating the school's
binate, said Detroit is "a great place Jewishly and professional-
parent education program. He has also accepted a part-
ly, and a great place to raise our kids."
time job as rabbi-educator at Congregation Shaarey
"I feel I can bring a .unique perspective to the Jewish
Zedek, where the couple's 2-year-old daughter, Shuli,
Academy as a woman rabbi. And it will be a nice role model
will attend Beth Hayeled preschool.
for the students to see us together as a family — to see how
Rabbi Amy Bolton, 31, will work part-time at the JAMD as
rabbinic families operate together."
a Jewish studies teacher, counselor and rabbi-in-residence at
• Rabbi Scott Bolton anticipated that he would be "busy
weekend Shabbatonim. Her job begins this month, when she
doing a lot of blessings."
will be rabbi in residence for a seminar on sexuality for the
The Brooklyn native, who started his career in government
school's 11th-gr3de girls.
communications and marketing with the International
A part-time chaplain with the Jewish Hospice and
Association of Fire Chiefs, said he was fortunate to have got-
Chaplaincy Network, she will continue in that role, as
ten his start as a Jewish educator at Hillel Day School. "It is a
well as maintaining her teaching schedule in adult
testament to the hope of this community, to its commitment
Jewish.education and spirituality.
to Torah, God and the Jewish people, that we have this out-
This year, Rabbi Amy Bolton joined with Cantor Lori
standing spectrum of Jewish schools," he said.
Corrsin of Temple Israel to conduct the Jewish •
"The embracing vision of both Hillel and the Academy are
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Women's Seder.
a mission and desire to include students, family and the entire
"She added a dimension of spirituality to the seder that
staff in developing as a Jewish people. I've seen it happen real-
many people were looking for, especially this year," said
ly beautifully at Hillel, and I'm looking forward to continuing
Paula Glazier, president of Federation's Women's
in this path for many years."

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Temple Israel Rabbi M. Robert
Syme speaks at the fund-raiser for
the Southfield-based Ecumenical
Institute for Jewish-Christian
Studies being held at the National
Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal
Oak, founded by. anti-Semite
Father Charles Coughlin.
Uruguay commits to construc-
tion of a Holocaust memorial, the
first such official memorial in Latin
America.

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An historical exibit containing
records of Michigan Jewry and
honoring Rabbi Groner opens in
honor of Shaarey Zedek's 120th
anniversary.

A letter sent to memberships of
Temple Beth El and Temple Israel
announce that talks on consolidat-
ing the two synagogues have been
discontinued.
The luxury ship Queen Elizabeth
2 makes plans to visit Israel for the
first time.

Four Soviet Jews — two physi-
cists, a pianist and a sculptor —
receive the hightest Soviet decora-
tion, the Lenin Prize, at Moscow
ceremonies.
Temple Beth Am of Livonia is
presented with its charter by Dr.
Leon Fram of Temple Israel.

The Congregation Bnai Mo'she
Religious School building is dedi-
cated.
In honor of Israel's Independence
Day, the Symphony Orchestra of
the Jewish Community Center in
Detroit, directed by Julius Chajes,
presents a special concert.

— Compiled by Holly Teasdle,
archivist, the Rabbi Leo M Franklin
Archives at Temple Beth El