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Left, Anna
Alpert holds
her children,
David, 3, and
Gilana, 7,
during
evening
services in
Temp!e B'nai
Israel in
Muskegon,
where the
Jewish
community is
celebrating
100 years in
the city.
Rabbi Alan
Alpert, Anna
Alpert's
husband,
conducted the
,services.
On Guard For 157 Years
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SUNDAJSeptember 18, i988
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~or Jews, a life ofcomproririse
Once ignored, small M,usk_egon minority celebrates centennial
BY DAVID CRUMM
Free Press Religion Writer
GEORGE WALDMAN/Detroit Free Press
It's a Friday evening in Muskegon,
the start of the Jewish sabbath, and 15year-old Amy Scolnik would rather
watch the Mona Shores High School
football game and go dancing than sit in
the temple for an hour, listening to
Hebrew readings with a handfui of
adults.
At dinner, she blushes crimson as
she talks with her parents, Robert and
Merle Scolnik, about skipping the service.
Her father is president of Temple
B'nai Israel in Muskegon, and he's in
the midst of an interview about a major when they say that. They don't think of
celebration marking the city's Jewish us," he says, pausing,
centennial.
"I don't say anything about it when
"This has been a problem all that happens. We don't make waves."
But this month, waves of public
through school," says Merle Scolnik.
With only 87 Jewish families in a attention will sweep over the tiny
metropolitan area of 150,000 people, Jewish community celebrating its 100
it's a safe bet that school events won't years in Muskegon.
More than 50 programs are schedbe scheduled around their needs.
uled, from a gala opening on Saturday
l\my is a junior varsity cheerleader with a solo concert by violinist ltzhak
and soon leaves for her game.
Perlman to a new exhibition of works
But the discussion reminds Robert by artist Marc Chagall in November to
Scolnik of a civic club whose meetings classes on Jewish heritage in the public
he attends; invocations often end with, schools. The program was planned
"in Jesus' name."
"They don't realize we're here See MUSKEGON, Page 4B
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Temple B'nai Israel Collection
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Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
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Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, programs, minutes, and other records of the Temple B'nai Israel in Muskegon, Michigan. The collection was created as part of the L'dor V'dor project directed by Dr. Marilyn Preston, and was supported by grants from the Kutsche Office of Local History and Michigan Humanities Council. Original materials were digitized by the University Libraries and returned to the synagogue.
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Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
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Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
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L'dor V'dor (project)
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DC-08
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Image
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application/pdf
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eng
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Circa 1920s-2018
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DC-08_Detroit-Free-Press-Centennial_1988
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Detroit Free Press
Date
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1988-09-18
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"For Jews, a life of compromise"
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Newspaper clipping from the Detroit Free Press of an article about Temple B'nai Israel's centennial celebration.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Detroit free press
Centennial celebrations, etc.
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Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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L'dor V'dor (project)
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Text
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application/pdf
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eng