Loss

Noted Nationally

The Polish Photographs of Roman Vishniac & Jeffrey Gusky

Harold Loss again ranks among
the 50 "influential rabbis."

Robert Sklar
Editor

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college friend he had not seen
in 45 years contacted Rabbi
Harold Loss of Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield via e-mail last week.
The friend sought out his old classmate
after seeing Loss' name on the 2009
Newsweek magazine list of America's
most influential rabbis.
"The fellow is in
Israel with his son for
Passover:' Loss told
the JN on April 7, the
day before the holiday
began. "His e-mail
contact began, Are you
A
Rabbi Loss
the Harold Loss that I
remember?'
"So the listing has connected me with
an old friend."
Loss is ranked 47 on this third annual
list, down five spots from last year but
the same ranking he achieved the first
year of the unscientific, conversation-
provoking poll by three Hollywood
power brokers.
Loss was cited for leading a congrega-
tion of more than 12,000 people. He was
pleased to be honored by the April 4 list.

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Roman Vishniac, Isaac Street, Kazimierz (detail), Cracow, 1938, gelatin silver print, „C. Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy
of the International Center for Photography .

He attributed his ranking to his syna-
gogue, which was founded in Detroit in
1941 and moved to West Bloomfield in
1980.
Reared in Florida and a graduate of
Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati,
Loss arrived at Temple Israel in 1971.
An ardent Zionist, he has accompanied
thousands of Michigan Jews to Israel
over the years on missions of all sizes
and with an assortment of goals.
"Clearly, my recognition is a statement
about my good fortune in choosing to
be one of the rabbis at Temple Israel:
he said.
Loss said he was more excited to see
that Rabbi David Saperstein had moved
up from No. 5 to No. 1 this year. Saperstein
is director of the Religious Action Center
of Reform Judaism in Washington, D.C.,
and co-chair of the Coalition to Preserve
Religious Liberty. He's a Washington
insider and power wielder — and a
friend of President Obama.
"His work is truly outstanding:' Loss
said.
Having made the poll each year, the
pressure's on to continue to be ranked,
Loss quipped. He noted, "We have to
come up with something new and excit-
ing to keep me on the list."

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Topping the Newsweek list are: 1.
David Saperstein, director, Religious
Action Center of Reform Judaism;
2. Marvin Heir, founder and presi-
dent, Simon Wiesenthal Center,
Los Angeles; 3. Mark Charendoff,
president, Jewish Funders Network;
4. Yehuda Krinsky, global leader,
Chabad; 5. David Ellenson, president,
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati; 6.
Robert Wexler, president, American
Jewish University, Bel-Air, Calif.;
7. Shmuley Boteach, author, radio
and TV host; 8. Eric Yoffie, Reform
movement president; 9. Uri Herscher,
founder, Skirball Cultural Center,
Chicago; 10. Irwin Kula, co-president,
CLAL, New York; 11. David Wolpe,
spiritual leader, Sinai Temple,
L.A.; 12. Peter Rubenstein, Central
Synagogue, New York; 13. Yehudah
Berg, popular authority on Kabbalah;
14. Norman Lamm, chancellor,
Yeshiva University, New York; 15.
Joseph Telushkin, bestselling author

and speaker; 16. J. Rolando Matalon,
spiritual leader, B'nai Jeshurun, New
York; 17. Menchem Genack, CEO,
Orthodox Union Kosher Division; 18.
Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, new head,
Central Conference of American
Rabbis; 19. Jeffrey Wohlberg, spiritu-
al leader, Adas Israel Congregation,
Washington, D.C.; 20. Steve Gutow,
CEO, Jewish Council for Public
Affairs.
The list includes five women.
It is the work of Sony Pictures CEO
and Chairman Michael Lynton; Gary
Ginsberg, executive, VP, News Corp;
Jay Sanderson, CEO and executive
producer, Jewish Television Network
Productions. The trio used a crude
rating system to determine the rab-
bis' renown, including perceived
prominence, leadership, influence,
reputation, media savvy, size of con-
stituency and impact on the Jewish
world.
The complete list: www.newsweek.
corniid/192430?tid=relatedcl