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…A Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year Rabbinic Impact L ike a master sculptor working fro m a fragile mold, Rabbi M. Robert Syme has shaped a Jewish way of life for many Jews who never experienced the joy of a Jewish- upbringing. The people he has touched as a spiritu al leader at Temple Israel and as a dean of th e Detroit rabbinate weave an inspiring stn ry of a sweet man who has become the Jewis h ROBERT A. conscience for tw...…
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…This Week For Openers Cultural Ambassadors New York ewish books aren't just for Jews any more. This summer, the Los Angeles library initiates a national summer reading program aimed at chil- dren in preschool through sixth grade. But though the books read must be Jewish, the children reading them do not. "We can exchange between different cultural centers," said Abigail Yasgur, a librarian and director of the Jewish Community Library of Los...…
…Always The Teacher • , Rabbi M Rabbi Syme .ANA=Win A At ass fsg wannea r e. N Sit WS 7/7 2000 6 Monte Syme, as he was known growing up, wanted to be a lawyer, but the Shoah convinced him to answer Rabbi Stephen S Wise's cal' for more young men to join the raLbinate, …
…SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer I n 1941, a young Monte Syme boarded a bus in his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was bound for rabbinical school at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. The future rabbi of Temple Israel in Detroit was armed with hope, enthusiasm, a great love for Judaism, a devoted family, and not much else. "He came from a very poor family," says his eldest son, Rabbi Daniel Syme of Temple Beth El in Bl...…
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…Always The Teacher RABBINIC IMPACT from page 7 have to go other congregations to say Kaddish when there was a death." In 1955, he began a daily minyan at Temple Israel, eventually training other men to lead the evening service. Today, the daily minyan is held each morning. "Rabbi Syme also started what we call our Minyanaires," says David Tisdale, former president and current executive director of the 3,400-family congregation. "It is a cot...…
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…tee- Teen Mission 2000 Mission gives teens a chance to share spiritual energy with the souls of others. STEPHANIE PERSIN Special to the Jewish News I have been told that when you travel to Israel, you bring with you another soul, the soul of someone who has not had the chance to come here. Personally, I bring my father with me to Israel. He has always wanted to travel here, but has never had the opportunity. As I look over the outlook at...…
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…This Week Thinking Outside The Box Creative solutions are needed to propel Judaism into the next generation, speaker tells AJE audience. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaffWriter A "I agree 100 percent about what he said about the need to reform Judaism to make the music and the practice more compelling for the next genera- tion," said Dorit Eidut of Huntington Woods, a teacher in the AJE's Opening the Doors special-education program. Eidut said she wi...…
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…Always The Teacher RABBINIC IMPACT from page 14 Frank D. Stella, a 1999 Dove Award winner shares Rabbi Syme's active involvement with the Institute, including co-chairing the dinner at which the rabbi was honored. "I learned so much of life from him," says Stella, a friend of 30 years. "He has sent me hundreds of tapes of his sermons. I listen to them and pass them on to others. It is inspiring to hear his words of wisdom and good- ness and...…
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