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…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, August 16, 1974-21 Are You A Synagogue Member? While Metropolitan Detroit has a Jewish population of 25,000 families, 50% of them are not affiliated with any of…

… Council to aleit the Jews of Metropolitan Detroit to the necessity for every family to folly to a synagogue of its choice. The synagogue is the sacred center of Jewish existence. It insures the survival…

… the existing congregations. This is a disturbing condition con- sidering that inevitably there occur situations in the life of every Jew when the services of the synagogues and their rabbis are needed…

… and received. Realizing the problem posed by the large proportion of unaffiliated families, the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Congregations have recently formed the Greater De- troit Synagogue…

… turned away from synagogue membership because of financial limitation. EVERY JEWISH FAMILY IS WELCOME TO A SYNAGOGUE HOME. JOIN YOUR HOME NOW! ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Rabbi Jacob E. Segal, Rabbi Seymour…

… Moses Lehrman, Rabbi Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum Benjamin Kahn, President DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE Rabbi Noah M. Gamze George Bass, President TEMPLE EMANU-EL Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum Dr. Conrad H. Goode…

… Greater Detroit to alert the Jews of Metropolitan Detroit to the necessity for every family to rally to a synagogue of its choice. The synagogue is the sacred center of Jewish existence. It insures the…

… call upon every Jewish family in the Detroit area to become a member of a synagogue. Every synagogoue expects its members to assume their fair portion of the cost of operation, but no family will be…

… with any of the existing congregations: This is a disturbing condition considering that inevitably there occur situations in the life of every Jew when the services of the synagogues and their rabbis…

… are needed and received. ReCilizing the problem posed by the large proportion of unaffiliated families, the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Congregations have formed the Synagogue Council of…

… HOME NOW TEMPLE BETH JACOB Rabbi Jeffrey L. Balker ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom Norman Allan, President CONGREGATION BETH, ACHIM Rabbi Milton Arm Allan Silverman, President…

… CONGREGATION BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL Rabbi Israel I. Halpern •Rabbi Richard C. Hertz Rabbi Donne! I. Schwartz David Page, President DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE Rabbi Noah M. Gamze CONGREGATION BETH MOSES Rabbi A…

…22 Friday, September 15, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS - ti Ter Lo .n c,c 4-e r ,6:00 p . 01 • • Participation of the Layman in Synagogue and Community Defined by Leonard Simons In an address…

…. BETH ACHIM 21100 W. 12 MILE RD. training of the encourage- ment of leadership. The session was arranged by the Synagogue Council of Detroit, presided over by Robert Steinberg, and the Council of…

… • United Synagogue Youth the synagogues' operating • History • Customs CHAVERIM (Young Families) RELIGIOUS SCHOOL • Jr. U.S.Y. • Youth Lounge expenses, just as our Feder- • Hebrew • Holidays • Hebrew School…

…GO Friday, September 21, 1919 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Hebrew University Dig Unearths Unique Mosaic Floor SID NEUMAN AND HIS STAFF AT .STAR CORNED BEEF 24555 W. 12 MILE 352-7377 WISH THEIR…

… • 8 LONE PINE 851-5540 BEST WISHES FOR A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR LUNCHEON SPECIALS FRANK CHURCH Jewish emigration and the cost of peace. Joel Tauber of Detroit is chairman of the East Cen- tral…

… FRIENDS & CUSTOMERS A HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR JERUSALEM — A unique mosaic synagogue floor was uncovered this summer by a Hebrew Uni- versity Institute of Archeol- ogy team, digging for the first time at…

… Um el Amed (Hurvat Ha-Amudin: Ruin of the Pillars) in the eastern Lower Galilee. The synagogue is dated to the late Third Century C.E. Dig director Dr. Lee Levine says the six-color, geometrically…

… Come Visit Us For An Oriental Treat You Won't Forget! KIK) ‘'" Ash. Galilean-type synagogue. Until now, this kind of synagogue was typfied by benches lining ghe walls, an elaborate facade, a doorway…

… facing Jerusalem, carved stone ornamentation and a floor of stone slabs. Galilean synagogues have been found at Capernaum, Khorazim, Meron, Baram and other sites. The Urn el Amed synagogue fits the pic…

…- ture of a Galilean synagogue. There, the archeologists were sur- prised to find a mosaic floor belonging to the original structure. Another surprise was the uncovering of many frescoes on the synagogue…

… walls. Fhe frescoes are colorful and show geometrical patterns. Stone carvings decorate the synagogue — including a lintel decorated with lions and many carved pillars scattered around. The recent dig was…

… the first stage in a large-scale new project being embarked on by the Institute of Arche- ology: a corpus of ancient synagogues, to bring to- gether all the existing knowledge and augment it by…

…. 4111. . 4216 SID "HUDOSH" HUDSON OF LAS VEGAS Wishes All His Friends A Very floppy and Healthy New Year because of hard economic times and persecution. The Urn el Amed synagogue has been dated to…

…14—Friday, March 15, 1974 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Artistic Creat i v ity Traced in Digs of Ancient Synagogues , The unusual feature of the communities thrived until the- seven-branch menora, the…

… door of one of half in Aramaic, the inscrip- columns supporting decora- mosaic of the Hammat- them the expedition found the tion was a curse which read: tive capitals (the top part of Tiberias synagogue…

…." The names of wealthy riding his chariot among a site, Kellner wrote. them to the Gentile, or steals The 'synagogue at Khirbet contributors to the synagogue zodiac-circle of nude figures. or the names of…

… sig- centuries. Later used as a against the person and his existing Jewish house of wor- nificant of the 12 signs of mosque, the synagogue had seed and shall uproot him ship. The synagogue was the…

… human A second synagogue was body. discovered accidentally by a The mosaic section nearest Catholic priest and archeolo. gist. Assigned to excavate -a the entrance of the synagogue fortress built by Herod…

…, the bears a Greek inscription priest uncovered a great hall honoring the founders of the divided lengthwise by two synagogue, flanked by. two sets of columns. Only after lions. Severus, who heads - the…

… the Six-Day War were Jews list of founders, has been allowed to enter the ruin and identified as a disciple of the discover that this "triclin- presidents of the Sanhedrin. The synagogue is now a ium…

…," as the priest called it, was really an ancient syna- public monument. Near Meron stands the gogue. ' There was no. ark (A..ion newly-restored synagogue of Hakodesh) or b i m a (plat- Khirbet She m a…

…-. This 4th form), but ritual baths (mik- Century synagogue has been vot) were found at bath sites. rebuilt near the traditional The synagogue at Khirbet Susiya built in the 4th Cen- The flight of the Jews…

… led tomb of Shammai, famous 1st tury, had a large open forecourt and was later used as a to the rise of communities Century BCE rabbi and con- mosque. Worshipers in the synagogue faced a wide wall all…

… SOUTHFIELD: Home Office: 27255 Lahser Rd. 353 3010 room for the new congregation, whoSe membership dropped to synagogue. DOWNTOWN DETROIT: 1250 Griswold — 962-2785 35 families, was unable to According to a…

… the Detroit artist Aid Kush- aim of strengthening the ner. Synagogue Open your 5 1 /4% PASSBOOK ACCOUNT which payi Daily interest, Compounded Quarterly. Annual Yield 5.35% — groups to reunite but…

…24 ' Friday, February 18, 1977 CARS TO BE DRIVEN TO ANY STATE M C 12598. I.C.C. DRIVEAWAY SERVICE j 4713 Horger at Michigan Ave. P.O. BOX 1264 Dearborn, Mich. 48126 Tel. 584-WOO 'THE `DETROIT…

… and sisting in 1877 of 68 by-laws of Shaarey Zedek families, or about 340 in- and of Temple Beth El, dividuals in Detroit's the constitutions of the population of more than U.S., Michigan and Bnai 100…

….000. Brith, copies of the July 3, The arrangements 1877 Jewish newspapers committee for the cor- published in the United nerstone cere- States, and of all Detroit No penalty if you withdraw any or all of your…

… historiographer MONDAY thru FRIDAY son. Silas Farmer ("The His- The ceremony took place tory of Detroit and Michi- WLDM 95.5 at 8 A.M., 12 NOON and 5:30 P.M. on July 4, 1877, at Con- gan") the congregation gress…

… reporter REDFORD: at Grand River West of Lahser Rd. — 533-3300 of the Detroit Free Press, keep its financial com- EAST SIDE DETROIT: 8 Mile Rd. at Kelly Rd. — 772-2300 "The streets were mitments and on April…

… his efforts were to no avail. (In later years, Simons became a distinguished leader in Shaarey Zedek, Detroit's Jewish and gen- eral communities. He ap- parently affiliated with. Shaarey Zedek and be…

…- came its president, and was elected to the first nine-man Detroit Common Council after conducting a personal _house-to-house campaign for votes.) In 1881, Reuben Men- delsohn, president of 9 0° al Nu…

…34—Friday, May 29, 1970 THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS )711E JEWISH NEWS The Family Newspaper There is something for every member of the family in each issue of The Jewish News .... • Direct Teletype…

… Cables from the World's Capitals • Special Washington Representatives • Synagogue News • Hebrew Column • Social Columns • Cartoons • Sports Column • Entertainment Guides • And So Much More Be Sure…

…38—Friday, January 2, 1970 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS THE JEWISH NEWS The Family Newspaper There is something for every member of the family in each issue of The Jewish News .... • Direct…

… Teletype Cables from the World's Capitals • Special Washington Representatives • Synagogue News • Hebrew Column • Social Columns • Cartoons • Sports Column • Entertainment Guides • And So Much More…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Guest of Honor On the occasion of the establishment of the Philip and Anna Slomovitz Forest and the Golden Jubilee of Jewish National Fund in Detroit…

… of which he is the founder and first president the Melropolitan Detroit Community and the Jewish National Fund will honor Philip Slomovitz with a Testimonial Dinner On Wednesday evening, June…

… Seventeenth nineteen hundred and seventy Cocktails 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Shaarey Zedek Synagogue 27375 Bell Road, Southfield IRWIN I. COHN Chairman Guest Speaker: CLEVELAND AMORY Author, Columnist…

… UNAFFILIATED FROM THE S YNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF GREATER DETROIT _ Robert A. Steinberg, President The heritage of Judaism has been transmitted from generation to generation thru the SYNAGOGUE for 2000 years. Great…

… Chairman DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE 1457 Griswold Detroit, Mich. 48226 961-9328 Rabbi Noah M. Gamze Geo'rge Agree, President EMANU-EL 14450 W. Ten Mile Road Oak Park, Mich 48237 967-4020 Habbi Mistbn Rosenbaum Rabbi…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS New Chabad House Opens Congregation Beth Achim The new branch will con- duct an afternoon school, an adult education program and-High Holiday services. Rabbi Keselman was…

… Lane Steinger Dr. Stuart. Falk, President Alfred Alexander, Membership Chairman ISRAEL 17400 Manderson Road Detroit, Mich. 48203 863-7769 Rabbi M. Robert Syme Rabbi Harold S. Loss Rabbi Leon Fram Leslie…

… own identification with our faith, we urge you to become affiliated with one of the synagogues listed below. THE POLICY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL IS THAT NO FAMILY - WILL BE TURNED AWAY…

…." Letter Carriers throughout metropolitan Detroit will hold their 37th annual LETTER CARRIERS BENEVOLENT FUND PICNIC, June 29-30 at King Animaland Park, Rich- mond. Proceeds will go to the Letter Carriers…

…' Benevo- lent Fund: Tickets are avail- able from any letter carrier. EXPAND WITH US MARIO OF OUR NEW LOCATION! Heads Aged Home THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Selig Elected as Educators VP Dr. Sidney Selig…

…Synagogue Membership Fees Debate Closed Debate over synagogue memberships and ability of the less affluent to have Bar Mitzva services in syna- gogues with which they are not affiliated brought com…

…. Referrals LI S-4700 second-class member of the Jewish faith. The option of belonging to a synagogue is open to everyone, and con- gregations will not let legiti- mate financial considerations prevent a…

… family from af- filiating. "It is true, however, that many families do in fact choose second' class citizen- ship when it comes to the synagogues either because they are not interested enough to get the…

… facts of synagogue membership re- quirements, or because they have decided that synagogue affiliation, while well within their financial abilities, is not worth the expenditure be- cause it is low on…

… their scale of priorities." Robert N. Canvasser, hon- orary president of Temple Beth El, agreed that all synagogues reduce fees for those who cannot afford the full rate. He added: - "The synagogue is sup…

…- ported only by dues from its members. The synagogue gets nothing from any other source. Therefore, is it • • • • Super Imposed Silhouettes Unique Poses Bar Mitzvahs proper that a member who has…

… supported the synagogue for many years be asked to share that moment with others who have not felt it their responsibility to sup- port a synagogue, but, who wish to take advantage of the services of the syna…

…- gogue? "Yes, we do build great big beautiful synagogues, but they are built as they should be as a house of worship, a house of study and a house of assembly. This can only be accomplished by the sup…

…g* 34 Friday, December 30, 1977' THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS JTA Survey Finds Crime in New York City Is Forcing Synagogue Cutbacks in Services By BEN GALLOB (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) NEW YORK The…

… deterioration of a community that. can ENCOLI\TER ADLEIOCH\LES SALE! SLI SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS Flatware — Stoneware — Accessories 240 E. GRAND RIVER, DETROIT 48226 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10-8, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11…

… Featuring T.V. & Recording Artist VICKIE CARROLL "Professional Entertainment" 967-3187 255-1599 City services, particularly in police and fire protection, forced many synagogues in the city to cancel…

… night worship. and service programs. A Jewish Telegraphic Agency survey also found that vandalism and synagogue closings have reflected continuing deterioration of neighborhoods, rather than the reduction…

… impact of the cuts. To determine how the synagogues' have been fRitaMAN phoTogRAphy' ANdy 25900 Greenfield (at 101/2 mi.landntark Bldg 968-0808 WIDIDS—POHTRAITS—MOVITS—OUTOOOR _ ATTIITOS…

… • beta densK;r1 Lapezio danceviecir • •lazy bones - 553-1 1401 at iarniington gd,farrnib9toh affected and whether reported synagogue shutdowns were 'mown to be related to the cutbacks in municipal…

… protection services, the JTA submitted questionnaires to ,the New York Federation of Reform Synagogues; the New York Metropolitan Region of the United Synagogue of America; the Union of Orthodox Jewish…

… Congregations of America; and the National Council of Young Israel, an association of Orthodox congregations. Each has more than 100 synagogue affiliates in New York City. The principal impact of growing crime on…

… New York City streets seems to have been a reduction of evening programs at the synagogues, the responding executives agreed. Some synagogues have started to provide escort services for worshippers. But…

… detailed report came from Rabbi Stuart A. Gertman, director of the Reform synagogues federation, who indicated he had undertaken "a limited survey" of affiliated congregations. Gertman said that, given the…

…-day schools, but refuse to give financial aid to synagogue schools. (This is not true in Detroit.) Synagogue leaders and rabbis also complain that they are not welcome to participate in the direction of…

…8 Friday, February 25, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Travel With YESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH to ISRAEL — and EVERYWHERE BY Plane-Train-Bus-Ship We Make HOTEL RESERVATIONS 557-6750 Eve 559…

… time, as many times as you return will never be enqugh. Boris Smolar's 'Between You . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) FEDERATION-SYNAGOGUE FRICTION: The Council…

… of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds — central body of the organized Jewish communities —is now actively engaged in stimulating better relations between the federation and the synagogue in this…

…, while in some com- munities the federations openly disapprove of certain communal programs initiated by synagogues. The larger the community, the greater the divisiveness and the conflict between the two…

… cities where congregational affiliation is between 60 and 80 percent the friction is small; some of the conflicting problems are almost non-existent there. The core of the federation-synagogue issue lies…

… in the fact that the American Jewish community is un- dergoing rapid changes. The federations are growing in influence, while the synagogue community — with its approximately 3,000 congregations of all…

… three de- nominations — is undergoing a period of waning influ- ence in comparison to the 1950s; membership in synagogues is diminishing. The federations, constituting the fund-raising arm of the…

… Tourist Office, 5 South Wabash Ave. .Chicago. Illinois 60603 synagogues are not active enough in the community's fund-raising efforts. CHARGES AND COUNTER-CHARGES: Concern over the friction between the…

… federation and the synagogue is now high on the agenda of the Council of Jewish Federations. It is also a souce of worry to the Synagogue Cotincil of America, the central body of religious Jewry. Both have…

…THE DETROIT 'JEWISH' NEWS The -Members of Shalom Synagogue Adat Invite The Many Friends of d Community Leader Philanthropist an an N orm an Who e W oyked With Kim In Support of IsTael , Je…

… wish Education, T o Join Us At A Testimonial Dinner Honoring His Outstanding Achievements In Behalf Of Out Synagogue telabeir 7 1977 Wednesday' Sep Synagogue Pkdat Shalom 29001 lAiddlebelt Road n…

… synagogue, followed by breakfast. Speaker will be Detroit Lions wide receiver Freddy Scott * * * BETH SHALOM United Synagogue Youth and Kadima will have a study luncheon Saturday follow- ing services. The…

…Friday, February 23, 1919 13 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Youth News ADAT _SHALOM Garinim (fifth and sixth grades) will have Shabat services 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel. Shoresh (seventh and eighth…

… Lifton, 356-0066, or Sandy Vieder, &26- 8195. For information about youth activities, call the synagogue, youth depart- ment, 851-5100. * * * BETH ACHIM Lahav United Synagogue Youth will have services and…

… a cul- tural luncheon 10 a.m. Saturday in the synagogue. Luncheon will be served at noon. Gomer Ben-Barak and Moshe Brown of Israel will speak on "High School Life in Israel." Shaarey Zedek USY also…

… game March 4 at he Pontiac Stadium, leav- ing noon • from the synagogue. Tickets are limited and can be reserved on a first come-first served basis only by contacting youth directors Danny Kap-. lan, 398…

…-7422, or Hartley Harris, 967-0735, evenings, or the synagogue office. Families and friends are invited to attend a family dinner sponsored by the Bnai David Sisterhood 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Roten- berg…

… Flack, 557-4097; or the synagogue youth-line. Atid (grades nine through 12) senior youth group in- vites teens to go cross coun- try skiing on Wednesday, meeting 6:15 p.m. in the youth lounge. Cost will…

… Riva Dines, 557-1977, or Helayne Shaw, 967-4415. Ha-or (grades five through six) will sponsor a mystery car ride Sunday, meeting 5:30 p.m. at the synagogue. Dinner is in- cluded and participants are…

… youth kidush follows. Program activities are open to all interested young people. For information, contact the synagogue youth-line, 557-8325, or li- brary, 557-8211. * * * BNAI MOSHE Senior United…

… Synagogue Youth will go to the Raven Gallery to see Mimi O.J. Anderson Saturday, meeting 8 p.m. at the synagogue. There is a charge. For reservations, call the synagogue, 548- 9000. Rishonim will attend a…

… in the Detroit area to become a member of a synagogue. Can you do any less for your children? The members of the Synagogue Council of Greater Detroit urge you to join a Synagogue now TEMPLE BETH EL…

…Friday September 2, 1977 21 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Temple Beth El Will Continue Classes for Special Children Under the leadership of Rabbi Jeffrey B. Lazar, educational director, Temple Beth El…

… Temple Beth El in conjunction with the Or- chards Children's Services, a program of the Greater Detroit Section, National Council of Jewish Women. Projects related to the syna- gogue, Israel, and the holi…

… CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM 7400 Telegraph Road Birmingham, Mich., 48010 14601 Lincoln Road Oak Park, Michigan 48237 1457 Griswold Detroit, Mich. 48226 Rabbi David A. Nelson Murray A. Rubin, President Rabbi…

… Manderson Road Detroit, Mich, 48203 863-7769 961-9328 Rabbi Leon From Rabbi M. Robert Syme Rabbi Harold S. Loss Leslie Schmier, President 21100 W. Twelve Mile Rd. Southfield, Mich. 48076 79 Elizabeth…

…-4020 CONGREGATION BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL CONGREGATION BETH MOSES 5075 W. Maple Road W. Bloomfield, Mich. 48033 19160 Evergreen Rd. Detroit, Mich. 48219 14390 W. Ten Mile Road Oak Park, Michigan 48237 31840 W. Seven…

… and seating call the synagogue office 352-8670 SELICHOT SERVICE AT MII5NIGHT SATURDAY Preceded by Social Gathering at 10:30 P.M. featuring Movie, "Hear 0 Israel" Congregation Shaarey Zedek Religious…

… has been passed on from generation to generation through synagogues all over the world. For over 2,000 years. But Synagogues cannot continue to preserve the heritage of our fathers and shape the…

… destinies of our children unless you help keep the synagogue vital and alive and growing to meet the changing needs of our changing times. Not just by an occasional thought. But by reinforcing the role of the…

… synagogue as it continues its historic mission of identifying new areas of • need and awakening the conscience of the community to meet them. But by becoming a member of a synagogue if you do not already…

…164riday, August 23, 1974 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Synagogue Body Is Increased to 18 lb- all expressing well \'-iMhes during his lengthy - alum; hospitalization 31 and present ta…

…- ship call Synagogue 851-6880 Affiliated with the Greater Detroit Synagogue Council …

… convalescent period. HARRY A. KIEF and his family are emotionally grateful SHARE IN FREEDOM * * U.S. Savings Bonds New Freedom Shares The ranks of the new Syna- gogue Council of Greater Detroit increased…

…. Detroit,-Mich. (19) KE 7-5440 THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL OF- CONGREGATION - BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL in WEST BLOOMFIELD A RELIGIOUS EDUCATION-FEATURING : • • • • Top-notch staff A planned and innovative…

…2 Friday, July 11, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Purely Commentary Synagogues and Bankruptcies: Many Sad Past Experiences, New Edifice Complex Lessons The local synagogue experience became a…

… sensation. The New York Times picked up the story, from the syn- agogue itself and from The Jewish News. The Detroit News speculated whether it might be a first-time synagogue bankruptcy. The editor of the…

… congregation in Detroit. Though believed to be a first in the nation for a synagogue, this type of thing could very likely happen elsewhere under like conditions. According to a New York Times story, Adat Shalom…

… laying of the corner- stone for the new synagogue took place. When the building was completed in 1878, first syn- agogue edifice to be built by Detroit Jews, discussion over financial matters arose among…

… bankruptcies and near bankrupticies of synagogues. To historically-minded Irving I. Katz of Temple Beth El, who has accumulated a mass of historical data about Detroit Jewry, the Commentator is indebted for the…

… Congregation in affluent Farmington Hills, a Detroit suburb, filed June 5 under. Chapter XI of the Federal Bankruptcy Law when it found itself unable to pay $4 million in debts. The congregation was allowed to…

…. Perhaps American Jew- ish communities should he made aware of the need for se' ice without resorting to the luxurious. It would be wise, L., example, for a community like Detroit and its suburbs, with…

… the contractor, former Detroit Mayor Stephen B. Grum- • mond. The membership divided into three groups, one meeting in Kittelberg's Hall on Randolph St., another meeting at Funke's Hall on Macomb St…

… follow- The second oldest Detroit congregation had serious dif- ing: ficulties in the early 1930s. Harry Brown was at the time Temple Beth El, Detroit's oldest Jewish congrega- the chairman of the building…

… Amsterdam A Happy New Year to Detroit, Michigan, 3order Cities and World Jewish Communities $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c September 24, 1976 A Picart Engraving, 1728 Story on Page 18 Rosh Hashana 5737…

…THE JEWISH NEWS A WeekI VOL. LXX, No. 3 ► Review )f. Jewish Events 17513 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 Blowing The Shofar on Rosh Hashana In Sephardic Synagogue in…

… will receive attendance awards March 25. A luncheon in their honor will follow. All young people are invited. For reservations by Thurs- day, contact the synagogue youth-line. Detroiter Alex Schreiber…

…44 Friday, Mardi 11, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS , • • HILLEL DAY SCHOOL students who have formed an Israeli dance group, will perform for the residents of Borman Hall 3 p.m. Wednesday at the…

… Gets Accolades on Coast Former Detroiter Alex Schreiber, who was highly active in Detroit's Jewish community, has been re- ceiving accolades for his civic and philanthropic work in Beverly Hills, Calif…

… Angeles Junior Philharmonic Or- chestra; and donated an electrocardiograph mach- ine to the City of Hope. Schreiber is a former president of Detroit's Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund and was a former section…

…-6762. All are welcome. S. * * BETH ACHIM youth will participate in the synagogue's Purim carnival noon Sunday in the synagogue. There will be booths, refreshments and prizes. Senior Kadima (grades seven and…

… for the carnival's 7-11:30 a.m. shift, call Bob Goldsmith, 554-4434. * 5 * BETH SHALOM United Synagogue Youth-Kadima will hold a Purim carnival 11 air'. Sunday in the synagogue. There will be games…

…. Breakfast is served by the men's club following services. Stu- dents in grades seven- nine are invited. The synagogue youth groups will celebrate Purim with a masquerade prom- enade 7 p.m. Wednesday in the…

… sanctuary. The Megillat Esther will be read. Families are invited. * 5 * ISRAEL YOUNG TEENS of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth will hold their an- Mint Vatrim carnival 12:30 p.m. Match 26 at Young…

… information, call Joel Storchan, 968-6967 The Youth Into Torah program will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday in the youth lounge of Young Israel of Oak-Woods. YIT Room will take place 7 p.m. March 28 in the synagogue. For…

… invited to join adviser Mark Eichner for services. Kidush with the main con- gregation follows. Senior United Synagogue Youth will meet 10 a.m. Saturday in the board room. Youth in grades nine-12 conduct…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Youth News ADAT SHALOM- SYNAGOGUE'S Midgal- Tzion United Synagogue Youth group will have a city-wide dance and reg- ional rally 8 p.m. Saturday in the synagogue. Disc joc…

… volunteer, contact a youth leader. Talit and Tefilin Club will see a Detroit Red Wings hockey game March 12, meeting 3 p.m. at the synagogue. Discounts will be given to members who attend weekly • me…

…), 20360 Winchester, the Detroit Council f6r Southfield, a daughter, World Affairs will sponsor a lecture 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Lauren Suzanne. the Oak Park Library. ** * Kim Siegfried and rep- Feb. 17 — To Dr…

… RADIO SuiriON ' ' • Synagogue Editor, The Jewish News: The letter by Jeanette Buchman in the May 31 issue of The Jewish News offers an example of the miscon- ceptions that many Detroit area families…

… indications, the mother wanted her son's Bar Mitzva to take place in a large beautiful suburban synagogue, especially as she mentioned that Detroit area synagogues are more inter- ested in their buildings, than…

… the Bar Mitzva boy. As a matter of fact, there are only two Conservative synagogues in Detroit, and neither one of these would have refused her, and be- sides, the synagogue build- ings are not the most…

… hold about the synagogue. Her statements and her questions are shared by hundreds of other families who, at the present time, comprise the 50 per cent of our Jewish families who are not affiliated with…

… any syna- gogue. These are the families who have chosen not to join a synagogue but feel no guilt or have no qualms when they have occasion to use the facilities of a congregation or the services of its…

… Commission of Adat Shalom Synagogue Monday Evening Fall Seminar, 8:15 - 10:00 P.M. THE DETROIT JEWISH COMMUNITY: EVOLVING VALUES AND PRIORITIES a series of four panel discussions, exchanging views on our…

… SCHOOLS, DAY SCHOOLS, SYNAGOGUE SCHOOLS — JEWISH EDUCATION IN DETROIT Moderator: Asher Tilchin Panelists: Dr. Jay Stern, Superintendent, United Hebrew Schools Julius Harwood, Past President, Congregation…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Youth News 1 For Custom Drapery Cleaning, Call DRAPERY CLEANERS "All That The Nome Implies" We Also Wash & Finish Drip Dry Curtains Professionally WE DO ALL THE WORK…

… Co. Rouge plant, rol- lerskating, a mystery bus. ride-tour of Detroit and Re-Elect Martin W. Hollander Southfield City Council the film, "Bonnie and Clyde." The youth will par- ticipate in and hold…

…, Violinist Sponsored by: Zionist Organization of Arrl6rka, DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For Reservations Call Detroit District 353-3636 …

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 24 Friday, January 5, 1919. I DISCO DISCO IS THE POPULAR WAY TO GO -Wedding-Graduation or Special Event. _ A Complete Program. including *Music *Lighting *Disci) JEWISH…

… was Rome. Since we were in Rollie on a Friday, we decided to go to services at the Chief Synagogue on the Lugote- vere Cenci. We reached the Chief Synagogue (in Italian, the Tempio Maggiore) and since…

… it was Orthodox I entered on the ground floor and my. wife went up the stairs which turned out to be a five-flight climb. The synagogue is 77- years-old, very large, al- . most 100 feet to the top of…

… sanctuary because the temple was built on the site of five former synagogues and some of the original arks have been preserved in the new building. Inside the synagogue are two major plaques, one…

… commemorating the Roman Jews who fought and died for Italy in World War I and the other in memory of the 73 Jews slain by the Nazis in 1944 in the Ardeatine Caves. The main synagogue also houses the Jewish Museum…

… which is open every morn- ing except Saturday. The museum is filled with Judaica from the 18th Cen- tury synagogues which were originally on the cur- rent site. There are daily services in the synagogue…

…. If you go to the first corner on the left outside the synagOgue, you'll find your- self on Via Portico d'Ot- tavia, the site of the original ghetto of Rome which was established by Pope Paul IV in 1556…

…. At one time there were as many as 15 synagogues and 10,000 people packed-in to an area barely 1/3 of a mile square. While the narrow streets and old buildings of the ghetto have been preserved, the old…

…, plus a small kosher restaurant on the Via Portico d'Ot- tavia. It's a short walk from the main synagogue to the cen- ter of old Rome with its Col- isseum, Roman Forum, and Palantine Hills. Across Jewish…

… • -1 `11 • •4 • I Jews of Egypt •Shaar The Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo is still open but not functioning. The old Jewish quarter, Haret el-Yahoud, once had seven , operating synagogues. (Rav…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Guest of Honor On the occasion of the establishment of the Philip and Anna Slomovitz Forest and the Golden Jubilee of Jewish National Fund in Detroit…

… of which he is the founder and first president the Metropolitan Detroit Community and the Jewish National Fund will honor Philip Slomovitz with a Testimonial Dinner On Wednesday evening, June…

… Seventeenth nineteen hundred and seventy Cocktails 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Shaarey Zedek Synagogue 27375 Bell Road, Southfield IRWIN I. COHN Dinner Chairman CONTR I BUTIONS 40 TREES (M1 N. 1 PER COUPLE…

…Friday, July 13, 1979 21 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS New York Jewish Museum Exhibits Detroiter Kushner's Synagogue Models VISIT . NEW YORK — Detroiter Aid Kushner will exhibit a series of 10…

…- tures when he decided — while recovering from illness in 1970 — to make replicas of all the build- ings which had housed Temple Beth El in Detroit since 1850. Using the skills he had developed as a sign…

… miniature synagogues at the Union of Caricatures for your party By SAM FIELD Call 399-1320 American Hebrew Congre- gations' House of Living Judaism through Sept. 6. Most of Kushner's rep- licas were…

… inspired by the history and architecture of synagogues in the United States. Those on exhibit and the dates when they were first built are: the Mill Street Synagogue, 1730, New York; the Mikveh - Israel…

… - Emanuel Synagogue, 1732, Curacao, West Indies; Touro Synagogue, 1763, Newport, R.I.; Mikveh Is- rael Synagogue, 1825, Charleston, S. C.; Plum Street Temple, 1866, Cin- cinnati, Ohio; Beth Israel Synagogue…

…, 1860, Portland, Ore.; Gates of Heaven Synagogue, 1863, Madison, Wis.; Central Synagogue, 1880, New York; and Bnai Sholom Temple Israel, 1914, Chicago, Ill. Kushner was first in- spired to do the minia…

… are also used. In all of the 50 model synagogues that Kushner has made to date he has used photographs from the American Jewish Historical Society for authenticity. Kushner's artistic efforts also…

… UNAFFILIATED FROM THE SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF GREATER DETROIT Robert A. Steinberg, President The heritage of Judaism has been transmitted from generation to generation thru the SYNAGOGUE for 2000 years. Great…

… SYNAGOGUE 1457 Griswold Detroit, Mich. 48226 961-9328 Rabbi Noah M. Gamze - George Agree, President EMANU-EL 14450 W. Ten Mile Road Oak Park. Mich 48237 967-4020 Habbi Milton Rosenbaum Rabbi Lane Stenger Dr…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Mashgiakh Keeps Working at 102 By ROCHELLE WOLK ALBANY (JTA) — "Sit- ting in the house without exercise is no good, so I don't ever want to retire," Rev. Morris Rosenblum…

…. Stuart Falk, President Alfred Alexander, Membership Chairman ISRAEL 17400 Manderson Road Detroit, Mich. 48203 863-7769 Rabbi M. Robert Syme Rabbi Harold S. Loss Rabbi Leon Fram Leslie Schmier, President…

… own identification with our faith, we urge you to become affiliated with one of the synagogues listed below. THE POLICY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL IS THAT NO FAMILY WILL BE TURNED AWAY…

… FROM SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF LIMITED FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. A most cordial welcome will be extended to all who desire affiliation with a SYNAGOGUE. JOIN A SYNAGOGUE BEFORE THE HIGH HOLY DAYS…

… For information, contact synagogue administrator or membership chairman. ADAT SHALOM 29901 Middlebelt Road Farmington, Mich. 48024 851-5100 Norman Leemon, President Arlene Klein, Membership Chairman…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8 Friday, February 16, 1919 FELDBRO QUALITY. MEATS NOW FEATURING IMPORTED & DOMESTIC BEER & WINE USDA CHOICE GROUND CHUCK PATTIES 79 1/4#ers or 1/3#ers lb. NOW OPEN…

… Sadat in an unofficial capacity. A prating fool shall fall. Boris Smolar's `Between You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) THE SYNAGOGUE CRISIS: The synagogue on…

…. And, of course, there is the congregational school for Jewish children and courses on Judaism for adults. However, this year things were different. As I looked out from my window to the synagogue on the…

…. No crowds milling at the door. I wondered what happened, and I left my apartment to find out. There was nobody in front of the synagogue build- ing whom to ask. But I got the answer from a small sign…

…, could not meet the payments on the mortgage of the building. It quietly sold the building to the Korean group. THE BANKRUPTCY CLOUDS: The tragedy of the synagogue on my street is the tragedy of many…

… synagogues throughout the country. They face bankruptcy because they cannot meet their mortgage payments and have diffi- culties in renewing them. They also suffer from the mount- ing cost of maintaining a…

… synagogue caused by growing inflation. It is estimated by some rabbis that 25 percent of the congregations in the U.S. are now on the verge of bankruptcy. In Greater New York there were some 1,200 synagogues…

… synagogues, accord- ing to an estimate by experts of the New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. In Brooklyn, where some sections are thickly.inhabited by Hasidim and other religious Jews, only about 35…

… percent of the Jewish residents are now synagogue members. In the New York suburbs — where many beautiful synagogues were built by the young Jewish families after World War II — only about 50 percent of…

… the entire Jewish population are today members of synagogues. Nevertheless, congregations in the suburbs find them- selves now in financial difficulties, and worry greatly about meeting payments on the…

…48 Friday, June 10, 1977 HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH HAL GORDON THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Jerusalem Unity,UJA Closing American Synagogues in Crisis United Jewish Appeal, to Marked at New York Gathering BY…

…-SOUTHFIELD SHOPPING PLAZA 557-2290 SOUTHFIELD & 12 1/2 MILE RD. MON.-SAT., 10 to 9—SUN.; 12 to 5 Bank Cards Honored t (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) The synagogue in Amer- ica—one of the major pil- lars of Jewishness…

… in this country is now undergoing a • severe financial crisis. Most of the congregations find it difficult to meet the mounting cost of maintain- ing their synagogues and schools without constantly…

… shifts in pop- ulation. ulation. Greater New York, which some , 20 years ago had about 1,200 Synagogues, today has only about 800, not counting small prayer- houses of Orthodox groups. A third of all…

… synagogues have been "lost" in the larg- est Jewish community in the world during the period following World War II. The proportion of Jews af- filiated with synagogues in Manhattan—where Jews number over 170…

… Manhattan has most of the largest synagogues in Great- er New York. In Brooklyn, where the Jewish population is three times as large as in Manhat- tan, synagogue membership is about one-third of the Jewish…

… population despite the fact that there is a heavy affiliation there with Orthodox synagogues. It was after the end of World War II that the num- ber of newly-built syna- gogues had increased. This was due…

…. Their re- ligious sentiments have con- siderably evaporated. They are willing to . continue their membership in the congre- gation and to support the synagogue, but not when dues increase substantially…

…- er elements who have been active in the synagogue are now drifting • away more and more to activities in other directions. They give their time more to the local Jewish Federations, to the - Jewish…

… organizations en- gaged in fighting for human rights and in protection of rights for Jews in the So- viet Union. The synagogue is taking a back seat with them. For newlyweds, the high congregational dues are def…

… program for Russian immigrants in the Detroit area, 8 p.m. Thurs- day at the Lubavitcher Cen- ter in Oak Park. The Detroit visit is part of a 65-city, 20,000 mile tour of the U.S. The rabbis will show a…

… be joined by the temple's social action com- mittee 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the temple. Alvin Kushner, executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, will be guest speakef. It…

… JEWISH NATIONAL FUND G'.. R.1 Oak Park, Mich. 48237 968-0820 will meet with adviser Fred Fischer 2 p.m. Sunday at the synagogue to go to the Jewish Community Center for an Israel independence day…

… celebration. For infor- mation, call Fischer, 968- 2542. Giborim, for children in grades three-five will meet 2 pan. Sunday at the synagogue with adviser Joan Fischer. The chil- dren will go to the Jewish…

… within Detroit. 1:00 P.M. Abraham Mogain Lincoln Towers apt. synagogue, with its adja- - Club Room cent Hebrew Free School, 15075 W. Lincoln Blvd. which later became Oak Park Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, was…

… Congress-St. Antoine nificant physical remains area, a marker corn- of Detroit's Jewish past. memorating the begin- nings of Jewish settle- ment in Detroit more than 100 years ago. The downtown Jews feel…

… eventually be held on a weekly basis. The downtown group is motivated by an ideal of restoring a Jewish pre- sence to the city of Detroit, in the face of flight to the suburbs which has left only three…

… SHIM TWP. THE DETROIT ZIONIST FEDERATION ment. John Adams, who had a deep interest in Hebraic culture, no doubt would have been in- terested. He was the first President to endorse the Zionist idea. In…

…-74••••11111481 8 -- 1LIPP•1181W - Downtown Jewish Group to Save Remains of Hastings Synagogue By PHILLIP APPLEBAUM The former synagogue of Congregation Mogain Abraham on Farnsworth between St…

…'ffir17171101T MONEY/5 Detroit Synagogue Council is First in U.S. 1 The ISRAELI ENSEMBLE (Continued from Page 1) agogues of Detroit, you are giving a response to that question that offers hope to…

… concerns by all factions in Detroit Jewry for the formation of the new body. Canvasser quoted figures to show that a majority of American Jews are not affi- liated with synagogues, and Steinberg joined with…

… commu- nity of Israel." Steinberg and Canvasser, in their evaluations of the Detroit efforts to unify the congregational functions, took into account the needs for expansive memberships and told of the…

… David Hermelin of Cong. Shaarey Zedek and secretary Bernard Linden of Temple Israel. Steinberg is affiliated with Shaarey Ze- dek. The new Detroit move- ment for coordination and centralization of…

… him in expressing the dedication of the new body in efforts to centralize the community, with the synagogue as the major function, and to strive for congregational enrollments, regardless whether the…

… synagogues are Conservative, Reform or Orthodox. Margolis Household Furniture 30 YEARS at the Same OLD STAND 6 Mile, 1 Blk. W. of Schaefer. SHARPENING the PENCIL On All Name Brands ARNOLD MARo…

…. 9:30 til 5:30 for • • • • • • • Officers elected in addi- tion to Steinberg are: vice presidents Nelson Dembs of Cong. Beth Abraham-Hillel and Gerald Rosenbloom of Adat Shalom Synagogue, treasurer…

… synagogue needs and activities gained in strength here with the af- filiation of the Cantors As- sociation with the new coun- cil. As a mark of participa- tion, the cantors had their roles at the…

… and commended the leaders of the local movement. Rabbi Richard Hertz of Temple Beth El spoke with equal enthusiasm about the need for synagogue coordi- nation in his brief opening prayer. The community…

…-wide in- terest in the new Synagogue Council became apparent in the address to the Tuesday evening formative assembly by Jewish Welfare Federa- tion President Martin Ci- SALE! ANY COMBINATION SWEATERS…

…50 Friday, December 22, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Synagogue Display at Home for Aged Beth Achim Sets Miniature replicas of 20 synagogues, some dating back two centuries, are on display this…

… Hanuka Festival War Historians Urge Israel Arm Its Border Settlements A.a3ePtov /43 te/ell4 , tF10. 0ft e MPA I MAK ' TL. i', ," •• et JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Of Metropolitan Detroit 6600 W. Maple…

… YOUR BEST DEAL ON ALL '79 BUICKS The oldest synagogue re- presented in the collection is the Portuguese Synagogue of the Hague, Netherlands, which was es- tablished in 1726. Also in- cluded is a model…

… of the Touro Synagogue of New- port, R.I., founded in 1763. It is the oldest synagogue in the United States. The pub- lic is welcome. Hanuka Latke Party Planned Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah -will…

… hold its an- nual Hanuka latke party 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the synagogue. Rabbi David M. Lieberman, spiritual leader of the congregation, will light the first Hanuka can- dles. Games, prizes and re…

…- terhood and men's club will co-sponsor the synagogue's 10th annual Hanuka latke party 7 p.m. Tuesday in the synagogue. The evening will include traditional refreshments, puppet show and prizes for the…

… children. There is a nominal charge, and chil- dren under age 3 will be admitted free of charge. Paid reservations are due at the synagogue by Sun- day. For information, call Gere Oliva, 559-5074, or Rebecca…

…50 Friday, December 22, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Synagogue Display at Home for Aged Beth Achim Sets Miniature replicas of 20 synagogues, some dating back two centuries, are on display this…

… DEPARTMENT 661-1000 JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Of Metropolitan Detroit 6600 W. Maple Rd. W. Bloomfield …

… ALL '19 BUICKS The oldest synagogue 're- presented in the collection is the Portuguese Synagogue of the Hague, Netherlands, which was es- tablished in 1726. Also in- cluded is a. model of the Touro…

… Synagogue of New` port, R.I., founded in 1763. It is the oldest synagogue in the United States. The pub- lic is welcome. Hanuka Latke Party Planned Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehudah will hold its an- nual…

… Hanuka latke party 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the synagogue. Rabbi David M. Lieberman, spiritual leader of the congregation, will light the first Hanuka can- dles. Games, prizes and re- freshments will highlight…

…-sponsor the synagogue's 10th annual Hanuka latke party 7 p.m. Tuesday in the synagogue. The evening will include traditional refreshments, puppet show and prizes for the children. There is a nominal charge, and…

… chil- dren under age 3 will be admitted free of charge. Paid reservations are due at the synagogue by Sun- day. For information, call Gere Oliva, 559-5074, or Rebecca Pearlman, 544- 7470. Bank Cards…

… summer 10 a.m. Saturdays in the synagogue. Beth Achim USY will host the Central Region Summer Boards Monday through Wednesday. Regis- tration will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, when the Greater Detroit USY…

…. contact adviser Hartley Detroiter Marks Harris, 967-0735, evenings. For 'information contact His Graduation youth directors Kaplan or David M. Rube, son of Harris at the synagogue, Cantor and Mrs. Sidney…

… members will meet for a barbecue 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the home of Steve and Jon Levy, 5330 Deer- field Village, West Bloom- field. From there, the groups will go to the Detroit Zoo for the afternoon. For…

… hold its final meeting of the year at 9 a.m. Sun- day in the small chapel. r ell " ' I lin an I" Friday, June 15, 1979 61 E DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Following services and breakfast, members will play…

… Cohen, Marcie Conn, Jerry Glen, Eric Gould, Nancy Joyrich, Allan Oster, Renee Reich and Gayle Young. The group will partici- pate in the Central Region United Synagogue Youth summer boards Monday through…

… Wednesday at Cong. Beth Achim. Attend- ing the board meeting are: David Baruch and Risa Handler. For information, call the synagogue, 357- 5544. r Youth News ADAT SHALOM Garinim (fifth and sixth grades…

…-12th grades) will begin their installation weekend 6 p.m. today at the synagogue with Kabalat Shabat services. After serv- ices, a Shabat dinner will be served after which the fol- lowing officers will…

… information about youth activities, call the youth department, 851- 5100. * * * BETH ACHIM Junior Congregation will hold its final meeting of the season 10 a.m. Saturday in the synagogue. Certificates will be…

… awarded to junior con- gregation members who attend regularly. Rabbi Milton Arm will make the presentations. Lahav United Synagogue Youth will hold its annual installation 7 p.m. Saturday following Minha…

… Presidents Council will meet. At 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, ,a square dance will be held for all USY members at Beth Achim. There is a charge. * * * BETH CONG. United SHALOM Synagogue Youth President Stuart Sandweiss…

…'Shevat tree-planting Participating in the call the synagogue youth drive for Israel, through drive with the Detroit office, 548-3123, or Han an the Jewish National chapters are Herzl AZA, Weizman, 626…

…,.; THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 34 Friday, January 21, 1977 Scoliosis Club to Hear Speaker Youth News Following the NCSY BNAI DAVID youth Road, Southfield, 8 p.m. Sabbath morning service, will begin…

… poultry. SHOP AT YOUR INDEPENDENT MEMBER MARKET OF THE DETROIT AREA RETAIL KOSHER MEAT DEALERS ASSOC. LOOK FOR THIS EMBLEM. IT'S YOUR ASSURANCE OF THE FINEST IN KOSHER PRODUCTS. Starting Sun Jan 23rd thru…

… its series of Feb. 5. For information on the synagogue's men's Tamarack winter Bnai David youth ac- club will host a Kidush for weekend retreats today. tivities, contact the the youth and the adult…

… SYNAGOGUE NEEDS YOU! MESSAGE TO THE UNAFFILIATED FROM THE SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF GREATER DETROIT Robert A. Steinberg, President The heritage of Judaism has been transmitted from generation to generation thru…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS TAU Scientists Devise Index to Rate Weather Discomfort TEL AVIV — Tel Aviv University Prof. Ezra Zohar and Dr. Yair Shapiro have introduced to the Israeli public a new…

… 1457 Griswold Detroit, Mich. 48226 961-9328 Rabbi Noah M. Gamze George Agree, President ISRAEL 17400 Manderson Road Detroit, Mich. 48203 863-7769 Rabbi M. Robert Syme Rabbi Harold S. Loss Rabbi Leon…

… the state to provide kosher food to patients on request. FOR MORE INFORMATION & INTERVIEWS CONTACT: Rabbi Dr. Gerald A. Teller Director of Youth - Education 357-5544 YOU NEED THE SYNAGOGUE - THE…

… of your children, as well as your own identification with our faith, we urge you to become affiliated with one of the synagogues listed below. THE POLICY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL IS…

… THAT NO FAMILY WILL BE TURNED AWAY FROM SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF LIMITED FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. A most cordial welcome will be extended to all who desire affiliation with a SYNAGOGUE. JOIN A…

… SYNAGOGUE BEFORE THE HIGH HOLY DAYS For information, contact synagogue administrator or membership chairman. ADAT SHALOM 29901 Middlebelt Road Farmington, Mich. 48024 851-5100 Norman Leemon, President Arlene…

…'NAI MOSHE 14390 W. Ten Mile Road Oak Park, Mich, 48237 548-9000 Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum Robert Hirschbein, President Marvin Shader, Administrator Ronald Davidoff, Membership Chairman DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE…

…-4wialipftworpapiammiliosswomii~emeadr -- Friday, March 4, 1977 25 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Arab Countries Sign Agreement Youth News BNAI MOSHE'S Kadimah United Syna- gogue Youth group will have…

… a Purim celebration Sunday. Kadimah mem- bers will bring specially prepared Shalakh Manot baskets to Jewish elderly. The youth will meet 2 p.m. Sunday at the synagogue to prepare the gifts and deliver…

… them. For infor- mation, call Terri Moss, 557-0496: Story Hour will have a Purim party 1 p.m. Sun- day in the synagogue. Children age 3-7 are in- vited. For information, call Tobye Bello, 557…

…-2542. Giborim will have a Purim party 2 p.m. Sun- day in the synagogue. For information, call Nancy Ankerman, 546-5797. Youth in grades 3 and 4 are invited. Halutzim's Purim party for youth in grades 5 and 6 will…

… take place 2 p.m. Sun- day at the synagogue. For . information, call Gail Kes- sler, 352-8127. There is a - charge for the Purim par- ties. Junior congregation will have a special Megilla reading and dis…

…- cussion 10 a.m. Saturday in the synagogue. Youth age 8-13 are invited. For information, call the youth office, 548-3123. Senior USY will have a meeting 7 p.m. Monday in the synagogue. Open Moadon is held 7…

… following synagogue at- 10 a.m. teams took the next four every Saturday, con- ► places: Ken and Marty ducted by Beth Norman. Gaynor, Steve and Dr. All 3-7 year olds are in- Morton Demak, Larry vited…

… people 1 p.m. Sun- open- to young men and - day in the synagogue. For women age 13-18. New information, contact the members are welcome. youth line, 557-8325. Tickets are still availa- For information…

… will .United Synagogue meet at 6 p.m. at the Youth, will give a prog- synagogue, and proceed ressive dinner 7 p.m. by bus to Olympia Saturday starting at the Stadium. Tickets may be home of Ilene Mitz…

… . year-old-group were hon- ored Saturday for synagogue attendance. Awards were presented by Rabbi Morton Yolkut to Eric Abramson, Bar- bara Bennett, Ethan Berkove, Rod Brown, Robbie Chatlin, Steve Chudnow…

… Jacob Segal, who has served Adas Shalom Synagogue in 20—Friday, August 20, 1971 Detroit for 25 years, and Rabbi Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Seminary Abraham Zemach, who has been chancellor, said the two men…

…-6750 'Located in Southfield, Serving Detroit and Suburbs Beth Abraham Synagogue WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP HEBREW SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Bet. 10 a.m. and noon on Sundays, Aug. 22, 29 JOIN US FOR COFFEE AND VISIT…

… university (1958-1968) and has served as chaplain with the U.S. army garrison in Detroit. REPEAT BY POPULAR DEMAND! DINNER SIZE STUFFED CABBAGE 4Vach Offer Good Thru Mon., Aug. 16 Only Weddings, Bar…

…, leaving the serv- ice in 1946 with the rank of major. ."'"'"` • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Beth Yehuda Afternoon School The Best Dad Had ! ! It Still Is ! call . . Rabbi Sholom Goldstein 557…

…THE DETROIT' iEWI511 NEWS i Synagogue Services NoveMber CCAR Proclaims Inter-Faith Service at Temple Affirmation Shabat The first inter-faith nity Church and John H. in Response to UN…

…-Mogain Abraham, ert Kincheloe, executive sec- Cong. Beth Shalom, Cong. Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikva, retary of the Metropolitan Cong. Bnai Israel-Beth Yehuda, Dovid Ben Nuchim, Down- Detroit Council of town Synagogu,e…

…; Ha-Ner Ha-Tamid, Cong. Mishkan Israel Churches. Nusach H'Ari, Northwest Detroit Israel Synagogue (Jewish Community Center), Shomer Israel (13430 W. Seven Mile), Wine Will Begin Cong. Shomrey Emunah…

…, "The dinner 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21 in Marrieds Group Detroit Jewish Community the synagogue. — Evolving Values and Services will be followed Sets Art Auction Priorities," will focus on by a traditional, full…

… Archdiocese of Detroit; 8:45 a.m. Saturday. Jeffrey Cohen, Bar Mitzva. Dr. Frederick Sampson, pastor of Tabernacle Bap- Regular services will be held at Adat Shalom Syn- tist Church; Iman Mohamad agogue, Cong…

…. Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield (Ealy Ele- Jawad Chirri, Islamic Cen- mentary School), Cong. Beth Isaac of Trenton, Temple Beth ter of Detroit; and Dr. Rob- Jacob of Pontiac, Cong. Beth Jacob…

… Jon for Rehabilitation technical skills to more than on "The Secular Revolu- through Training). a million Jews since it began tion." Future topics include: Several Detroit syn- in 1880." "The Christian…

…, Detroit All J.L. Hudson stores 2 DAYS ONLY: Valery Tues., Nov. 25-8:30 P.M. Wed., Nov. 26 — 8:30 P.M. and Galina PANOV and The Ballet Repertory Company and Full Symphony Orchestra MASONIC…

… has been proclaimed the "Shabat of Affirmation" in response to the UN General Assembly draft resolution on Zionism and racism. The proclamation was is- sued by the Synagogue Council of America and the…

… Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The CCAR said the goal was "to mass all American Jews into the synagogues all over the country to witness our affir- mation that Zionism is not…

… see the Detroit Lions play at the Pontiac Silverdome, Sunday, meeting noon at the synagogue. Members of Junior congregation who attend Shabat -youth ser- vices will receive special discounts. A bag…

… Cong. Shaarey Zedek. Guest speaker will be Rabbi Bill Rudolf, Uni- versity of Michigan Hillel THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Youth News director, who will speak on Deborah Slovis, Dori "Kohelet." Singer…

…42 Friday, November 10, 1918 • BETH ACHIM'S Lahav United Synagogue Youth (ninth-12th grades) are par- ticipating in a center area USY kinnus this weekend in Cleveland. The group will hold an oneg…

… - synagogue for a gym and I swim night at the main Jewish Community Center. For reservations, call ad- viser Shelly Konheim, 642-4294. The Bnai Mazal group will hold a hayride Nov. 19, meeting 2 p.m. at the…

… synagogue. For informa- tion, call adviser, Judy Goldis, 626-1181. Fifth and six graders are in- ' vited. Junior congregation and Lahav USY hold Shabat services 10 a.m. Saturdays. For information on Beth…

… Achim youth activities, call Cantor Earl Berris at the synagogue, 352-8670. * * * SHAAREY ZEDEK and UNITED HEBREW i SCHOOLS' high school seniors will participate in a joint program 6:15 p.m. Nov. 20 at…

…, Ranch, leaving 12:30 p.m. Wendi Littky, Harry Nel- from the synagogue. There son, Sheldon Schwartz, is a charge. Drivers are Michael Slovis and Kim needed. For information, Yellen. * * * call adviser…

… Marla YOUNG ISRAEL Kvut- Schwarzberg, at the zat Shabat (age 4-7) will synagogue, 851-6880. * * * hold Shabat groups 2:30 BNAI MOSHE'S Talit p.m. Saturday at Young Is- and Tefilin Club elected rael of…

…, Vice president; and Irwin Sabbota and David National Conference of Synagogue Youth will hold Collens, treasurers. For information on the an oneg Shabat 8 p.m. today in the home of David Talit and Tefilin…

… Club, call Goldschlag, 15251 Oak Mark Cymerint, 547-1348, adviser Josh Leopold, 968- Park Blvd., Oak Park. The 3594; or the synagogue, group will go rollerskating Sunday, meeting 1 p.m. at 548…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS - Friday. March 25. 1977 13 "One of the greatest ;traditions we've inherited from - the Judeo-Christian ethic is the spirit of charity. . . "Private philanthropy can…

…, President Jewish Welfare Federation Daniel M. Honigman, Chairman Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund 163 Madison Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226 • 965-3939 …

… Michigan Opening Dinner 1977 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund THE HONORABLE DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Guest Speaker Wednesday, March 30, 1977 6:15 p.m. Adat Shalom Synagogue Martin E. Citrin…

… ortfoliosirithe Cabinet Of Israel, ransportatiork- an Communications o announce that he is coming to Detroit to speak a t at the THIRD ANNUAL FEDERATION OF REFORM SYNAGOGUES ISRAEL BOND DINNE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER…

…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS • Friday, Noiember 19, 1971-9 _ The Bible doesn't say. But we:know who planned and Provided for Israel's modern defense . . the defense.that enabled Israel to survive in the…

… ex- of mid-18th Century American Pal- 43 — Friday, Sept. 29, 1972 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ladianism with its ionic porch and its screens of white classical col- umns inside. The interior layout…

…Metropolitan Museum Exhibits Models of Historic Synagogues Dating to 245 CE NEW YORK—The Metropolitan Museum opened an exhibition Wednesday entitled "Synagogues from Damascus to Newport: 15…

… Centuries of Jewish History." It consists of eight models of historic synagogues, each accom- panied by related Judaica from New York collections. These huge models, never before produced, frescoes have been…

… removed from Dura-Europos to a museum in Damascus, and the model reunites them. The 6th Century synagogue of Bet-Alpha in Israel was built as a basilica, and it incorpor- ated all the features which syna…

…'1nFaan '7a r..771 326 .nimi l'1 niipnn '71a '717 MODEL OF ARI-SAFED SYNAGOGUE AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM are the first group of a larger as- semblage being created for the museum of Yeshiva University…

… (526 synagogues in- CE) BCE-70 creased in number throughout the Parthian, Hellenistic and Roman empires. The earliest archeological evi- dence of a synagogue's existence is at Shedia in Egypt. It dated…

… hack to the last this d of the 3rd Century BCE. From the destruction of the Sec- ond Temple (70 CE) and the re- sulting substitution of prayer for animal sacrifice, the synagogue became the central…

… institution for Jewish worship and study. An order of services was de- veloped which remained substan- tially unchanged in the tradition- al synagogues. Frequently, the synagogue also served as the so- cial…

… center for the community. Synagogue architecture always has been strongly influenced by the culture surrounding each com- munity. Though there are but a few regulations governing the loca- tion and…

… internal layout of the synagogue, there are distinctions among the oriental, Sephardic (Iberian) and Ashkenazi (Central and East European) styles of syna- gogues. The earliest synagogue in the exhibition is…

… to the 45th anniversary banquet of the Council of Orthodox Rab- bis of Greater Detroit 6 p.m. Sunday at Cobo Hall. The event is on behalf of the Vaad Harabonim, through which this organization is able…

…. Other officers of the region are Melvin Weisz, vice pres- ident; Maurice Gelder, secre- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS tary-treasurer; and Dr. Sid- 22—Friday, March 1, 1974 ney Selig, executive director. gila…

…-01 Pu- ryil; 0 , 11!: art' T . (5111:11 ri or - f i'n "F . t ic , -JO ioe Till- Local Synagogue Halls With the turn of the grager and the munching of haman- tashen, Purim will be cele…

… classes of the religious school. Friends and neighbors are invited. Lahav United Synagogue Youth will have its carnival at Cong. Beth Achim noon- 4:30 p.m. Sunday. There will be games and refreshments. Cong…

… Friends will sponsor a Purim party 1:30 p.m. Monday at the 10 Mile Jewish Center. There will be entertainment by Max Sosin. Synagogues Must Have Windows Traditionalists insist that the synagogue have…

… tribes of Israel. Rashi, the famous com- mentator. explained the re- quirement of having windows in the synagogue by saying that windows allow the wor- shiper to catch a glimpse of the sky which would…

… serve as a means of inspiration to him. There are others who explain the need for win- dows by contending that a synagogue must not be a place where the individual or thee congregation as- sembled in…

… worship is iso- lated from the rest of the community or the rest of the world. Having windows in the synagogue implies that the synagogue is concerned with the outside world around it. The people in the…

…18 Friday, December 10, 1976 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Youth News SCM Typewriter SALE BNAI MOSHE Story Hour will meet 10 a.m. Saturday in the synagogue. Children age 3-6 are invited to join for a…

… of Hanan Weizman. Greater Detroit Uni, For information and di- participants in the family Synagogue Youth ch- oneg Shabat 7:30 p.m. ters will join for a city- rections call Weizman, 626-2355, or the…

…. architesture on synagogue design is certainly stronger. In September, 1973, Tem- ple Beth El moved from Woodward and Gladstone in Detroit to its new facilities in the suburbs, on Telegraph and 14 Mile Rds., in…

….1 ■ 20—Friday, August 23, 1974 L 1 ! er, l;f• THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS o n g B'nai Israel of Pontiac Rabbi Leonard Berman Leon Sirlin,President A' Conservative congregation with a Hebrew and…

… Albert Kahn, a member of Detroit's Temple Beth El, built for his congregation in 1903 a graceful building with an Ionic portico and a saucer dome on Woodward and Eliot, now the Bonstelle Theater of Wayne…

…, MP to Visit Israel Katz Analyzes Synagogue Architechture on Occasion of Temple Beth El's Dedication By IRVING I. KATZ Executive Secretary, Temple Beth El The synagogue has been in existence for well…

… over 2,000 years—inscriptions from such buildings have been found dating from the Third Cen- tury BCE in Egypt. With the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, syn-agogues have served…

… both as substitutes and out- growths of that monumental structure. Synagogue architecture has always been influenced by the styles and the forms used in its surroundings. Even the appearance of the…

… temple of Solomon in Jerusalem was undoubtedly subject to some influence by Egyptians and Phoenicians who helped build it, while Herod's temple fol- lowed a Graeco-Roman style. The history of synagogue…

… architecture in America has been a continuous search for a meaningful expression of the essence of the Jewish house of worship. A realization of Jewry's "oriental" or Middle Eastern roots resulted in synagogues…

… resembling mosques with minarets. Ancient synagogue excavation la Palestine in- spired Graeco-Roman and Byzantine style synagogues which dotted the American landscape in the late nine- teenth and early…

… State Uni- versity. A magnificent build- ing with an unpedimented columnar portico was the second synagogue designed for Temple Beth El in 1922 on Woodward and Gladstone, again by Albert Kahn. During the…

… settlements. According to Phillip Stollman and Harry Cohen, co-chairmen of the The Detroit Friends of SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL , JNF religious groups committee, nearly 100,000 000 trees have been planted thus…

… invites the Detroit Jewish Community to attend the ANNUAL DINNER Community Invited to Aid Women's Forest Participation in the Women of Jewish National Fund forest, to be planted in the area of Kibutz…

…Shaarey- Zedek's Spring Lecture Series Synagogues Get to Include Max Lerner, Baron, Wiesel JNF Purim Plea A month of intellectual events Is planned for Cong. Shaarey Ze- dek in March. The activities…

… Commission chairman is Wal. ter L. Field. Change." Professor of American civilization and world politics at Spending on Synagogues, Brandeis University, Lerner has Recreation Centers Seen lectured to…

… specially designated cloth in be- tween the portions which are read publicly in the synagogue? There is a prohibition mentioned in the Talmud (Berakot, Chap. 1) stating that one is not allowed to leave the…

… synagogue while the Torah is being read. This is gen- erally taken to mean that while the scroll of the Torah is open and its letters are exposed to view it is considered to be an insult to the Torah and…

…22=-Friday, May 2L 1971 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Religious Zionists to Toast Rabbi Donin With Torah Award his sabbatical year in Israel, where Rabbi Hayim Donin of Cong. Bnai Hebrew Day School, he…

… committee, in formation, will Medal Torah Award, to be be- Community Council of Metropoli- participate in the June 16 affair. stowed at the National Religious tan Detroit, a member of the Zionist…

… and a PhD from Now accepting enrollments for September in our Wayne State University. Instru- new synagogue on Maple Road. We will provide a mental in founding the Hebrew Academy of Oak Park in 1957…

…:45 a.m. Satur- day. Donald Greene, Bar Mitzva. Regular services will be held at Adas Shalom Synagogue, Livonia Jewish Congregation, Young Israel of Greenfield, Cong. Bnai Israel- Beth Yehuda, Birmingham…

… recently on the grounds of Letchworth Village for Retarded Adults and Children in Thiels, an upstate New York town. Jacob M. Cohen, Jewish chaplain at the LetchWorth facility for 20 Over 100 U.S. Synagogues…

…THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Cairo Synagogue: Mixture of Joy, Sadness ( CAIRO (JTA) — Suzy Eban, wife of Israel's former Foreign Minister, Abba Eban, was born in Egypt and remembers well the Shaar…

… Shamayim Synagogue in downtown Cairo. The contrast between her memories and the shabby, nearly deserted as- pect of the synagogue on Monday brought her to tears. The Ebans were among the guests Premier…

… Menahem Begin invited on his trip to the Egyptian cap- al. They accompanied him the synagogue Monday afternoon where the Israeli party attended minha serv- ices. Standing outside the building, surrounded by…

… to be- come an oil exporter. Morocco currently im- ports 70,000 barrels per day from Iraq and the Soviet Union. The lip of truth shall be established forever. a gabai of the Shaar Shamayim Synagogue…

…, a merchant, asked that a Rabbi be sent to Cairo from Israel now that peace has been reached and that rabbi should rebuild the commu- nity. He said that most synagogues and Jewish in- stitutions were…