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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-Temple_Drawing
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel drawing
Description
An account of the resource
Sketch of the Temple B'nai Israel by an unknown artist.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Synagogues
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
image/jpeg
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-UJCGM-Minutes_1958
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1957
Title
A name given to the resource
UJCGM Minutes, 1958
Description
An account of the resource
Board minutes of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, 1958.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Charities
Minutes (Records)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-UJCGM-Minutes_1957
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1957
Title
A name given to the resource
UJCGM Minutes, 1957
Description
An account of the resource
Board minutes of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, 1957.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Charities
Minutes (Records)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
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application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
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A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
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Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-UJCGM-Minutes_1956
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1956
Title
A name given to the resource
UJCGM Minutes, 1956
Description
An account of the resource
Board minutes of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, 1956.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Charities
Minutes (Records)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-UJCGM-Minutes_1955
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1955
Title
A name given to the resource
UJCGM Minutes, 1955
Description
An account of the resource
Board minutes of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, 1955.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Charities
Minutes (Records)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-UJCGM-AR_1956-1957
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1957
Title
A name given to the resource
UJCGM Annual Report, 1956-1957
Description
An account of the resource
Annual Report of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, 1956-1957.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Annual reports
Charities
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-UJCGM-AR_1955-1956
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1956
Title
A name given to the resource
UJCGM Annual Report, 1955-1956
Description
An account of the resource
Annual Report of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, 1955-1956.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Annual reports
Charities
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08_BI-UJCGM-AF_1954-1955
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1955
Title
A name given to the resource
UJCGM Annual Report, 1954-1955
Description
An account of the resource
Annual Report of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, 1954-1955.
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Muskegon (Mich.)
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Muskegon (Mich.)
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Minutes (Records)
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
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Sons of Israel
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1943/1945
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Sons of Israel 1943-1945 Minutes
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Board meeting minutes of the Congregational Sons of Israel, Temple B'nai Israel from July 1943 to January 1945.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Men--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
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CHARTS AND RECORDS FOR
PLUMBING, WIRING, KEYS,
ETC.
CONGREGATION B'NAI
�JEWISH CElll'ER & IDUSE OF \.~RSHIP
LIGHrDlG CABINET #1
Boller Room IJall~
1. Recreation Room
7.
Cir. Pump & Plug Boiler Roon
Boiler Room Lights
2.
Plug Recreation Room R Foyer
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3.
Recreation Room
9.
4. TCtilat Ws.rdrooo and Fan.
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Kitchen Light
6. Foyer
Kitchen Plugs
12.
LIC-HTING CABINET #2
?-bin Entrance
1.
I-bin Cbapal- West
10.
Corridol'-Toilet 2nd 1'1oor
2.
1-nin Chapel-Center
11.
Balooiv Lights
3. Lobby
12.
Plugs-2nd Floor
4. Vestibule-Entrance
13. l-hin Chapel-East
5. Sr.nil Chapel
14. l-bin Clnpal-Ccnter Lto.
6. Lights Under Bal.co~
15.
Kindergarten Class Room
Pl:ugs Main Cmpel
7.
Lounge
16.
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Class Room-East
17. Projection Booth
9. Projection l-hcld.ne
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4. Intake Fan
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5. Intake Fan
12. Spare
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3. OU Burner
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KrtCUEtr IOWER
Boiler Room Hallt,ey
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Ice Crea:n
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8. Secretar.r•s Office
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9. Cow Lights
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5. Stainny o.nd P.l.nttorm Plugs
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6. Ante Room am Ark Plugs
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Ante Room and Fassage
7. Iabbi'e Study and Urxler
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14. Bulletin Board
�OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
HEATING AND VENTILATING SYSTEM
HOUSE OF JE\ ISH iORSHIP
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
The o~!"'burner is fully automat1o 1n operation and will
operate as often and as long as necea ary to deliver water
at the temper ture called tor by the aquastat.
In starting up the heating system, therefore, 1t is necessary
only to close all electric aw1tchea that supply energy to the
oil burner, light th gas pilot an~ let the oil bnrner controls
govern the operation. Close the switch starting the hot water
o1rculat1ng pump and let the pump run as long aa there 1a demand tor heating.
The direct radiation and conTectors are connected to a piping
system having a circulating pump and thermostatically controlled
mixing valve. The mixing valve 1a arramged to vary the temperature of the water supplied to the oonveotore and radiators inversely with outdoor temperatures. The aquastat in the boil r
water should be set tor about 200 Fin mild weather and 240 F
in extremely cold weather.
The heating ot the b sement recreation room and the heating of
the Main Ohapel is accomplished with the respective air supply
and exhaust systems. Each room has finned convectors below the
windows , which can furnish part of the heating, but operation ot
the fan systems ia essential tor full heating and tor ventilating of the rooms.
'l'he blast conveotors of the air suppl y systems are supplied with
water at boiler temperature, through a separate piping system
having its own circulating pump. This pump likewise must be
turned on whenever it is necessary to supply heating or ventilating to these rooms.
Prior to occupancy or use of either room, start the re peot1ve
supply and exhaust tan and set the pneumatic positioning dial
tor 100 per cent recirculation. This will close the outside e.ir
intake damper and set the dampers in the exhaust fan discharge
duct to re_turn al.l the -ih
t :r-.1:r _,. t t11
u ly y tem.
The roo • quiokly may be warmed when all the air thus is recircul ated.
When the room is ready tor occupancy, s t the pneumatic positioning dial tor about 50 per cent outside air 1n m1ld weather,
or for not more than 2S per cent in extremely cold weather.
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�!l'he ventilating systems may be used w1th 100 per cent outside
air during weather requiring no heating or very little heating,
as during spring and tall.
After comuleting use ot the room, shut off the supply and exhaust tans serving the room. De-energizing the tan...motors automatically causes the pneumatic damper 1n the air intake to close
end to set the reciroulating damper 1n 100 per oent recirculating
position, regardless ot the setting on the pneumatic pos1t1on1ng
dial.
Whenever outdoor temperatures are below freezing, the circulating
pump tor the ventilating systems should be run, whether or not the
fans shall be used, as cold air leakage at the outside air intake
drunpers may be euttic1ent to endsnger the conveotors.
Replace the air tilter cells at periodic intervals, depending on
frequency ot use and accumulation ot duet. Never replace all the
cells at one time, as the reduced resistance or all clean cells
will cause greatly increased a1r tlow. By staggering replacement
of the tilter cells, the air quantity may be maintained fairly
uniform. Keeping record of dates ot replacing filter cells, therefore, 1a essential to proper care of the ventilating system.
011 all motors, bearings and moving part at onthly 1nterVale, or
as much oftener as required to~ proper lubrication. Use proper
grade of oil tor each service.
Blow out condensation trom bottom of air compressor receiver periodice:lly.
'l'he expansion tank of the heating system must never be permitted to
become waterlogged. The water line must be visible in the gauge
glass at all times. In ata'rting up from a cold system, the water
should be Just visible in the bottom of the gauge glass. As the
water expa.nda under heating, it will rise in the tank, compressing
the air.
The oil burner should be serviced once a year by the manufacturers
representative. This should be a periodio check up prior to start
or the heating aeason. Adjustment of valves, dampers, etc. of the
oil burner must not be changed from the settings made by the oil
burner ae.rv1.o.e r~preaentative.
The pneumatic control system sh u.ld be checked once a year by aerv1oe representative of the manufacturer, to insure its efficient
operation.
Samuel R. Lewie and Associates
August 14, 1948
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MAX A. LETT. ME C HANICAL ENGINEER
801 MICHIGAN TRU8T
BUIL OINO
GRAND RAPIDS 2, MICHIGAN
October 2, 1957
egat1on B 1 nat _..;-Eavl
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kegon:, 1'.J.ch1gan
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s~ongregation B~na1 Israel
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C-Plan. Rabbi
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Dear Rabb!. IQiplans
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field check was made on__the heat.1 s-- s1s"tem
oft.he su )ect ~•-~-·..~
iber 30, 1957 and
t.t a ver noted
f ~ / ._,,
the~?~~/28 .,_
1. Oh1et a-ompla1lnt, vaa that office seotiore at nort end :!:,
ot o°llm'oh did not heat properly.
2~ Wall convector radiators under basement assembly windows
not heating properly
3~ Ind1cat1ons of overheating in south second story portion
~ building~
4~ Otttdoor-'1.nd.oor reset not t't.llrot1oning properly'~
The heating plans for the building were
as install
was xamined. The
ayst
appeared to b a well installed vystem w1t'h all required
ace asorie to tac111:t balancing & adj\lsting. By balancing
is meant the prooeee of regulating the system 1:n a mamer to
put the heat where requ1rec!.
g;
examined and then tbs e7at
•
The tollow1ng corrective measures w re t k ent
lA. Thee~ ion tank was emptied of water and was l e ft w1th
about 3" or water on the gaga.
21.. The system was tilled to 25
- --uhat.. t
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:runt.ion to in 1c t
hen the wat81!
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vents ehould be r plac , otherwise, frequent band ven ing
r quired. The anunl vent cooks at the auto vent looat1on indicated the water pr seur ample to fill tho eyat •
:;&.. The hea tin
t d
el ents ent1oned 1n I:t
l. a ov
checked tor heating and found to be he t1n pro
r
r
�2 o't 2
5&. With regard to Item~
l! will oontaot the J'obnson
ce Company to recheck th ou:tdoor-indoor reset the next
they have a man 1n t
v1c1n1ty~ I beltsve I can got th•
chec
th
item without cost to the OWner.
6A.. As noted 1n I-t 5A the system pi, ssure wa lett at
25 lbs. gage(boiler). Would like to have the Oustod1an drop
the pr asur to 20 lbs. gage(bo1ler) by opening the valve slightly-
at top ot compreee1on tank until system pressure has dropped to
the desired figur.
rn the event the above l av a any quent1o
or prob
a unanswered th n drop ea line giving telephon number of Custodian
so the next time I
in Muskegon I will atop by and see him.
It is believed that the above will solve the problem of
heating of the office section. It it does not then there are
tJro
t.e!"?lat1v. ... cpor. _.on --ao1ut11n ""OUld----be to .1 a-tall a rre1)81:' t
pump forte off1oe eeot1on with supply & r turn runout from t
boiler room to the section concerned. The other solution would
be to in tall electric baseboard heating units 1n the rooms
concerned. The alternatives should not be used if they can b
avoided •
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S~IICIALIZINO
M f r N I C A ... 11:QUIPMENT l'"OR BUILDINGS
PHONE
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MAX A. LETT, MEC
601 M I CHIGAN '
GRAND RAPID.
Congregation B 1 nai Israel
Fourth & Webster Ste.~
Muskegon, Michigan
REs-Congr~gation B'nai Israel
Building
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.lttention:- Mr. Stanley Kaplan, Rabbi
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Dear Rabbi Kaplan:
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A fi eld c heck was made on the
of the subject building on September 30, 1957 and the~owing
i tams were noted a
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.
l. Chief complaint was that office section at nort end ,
of church did not heat properly~
2. Wall convector radiators under basement Jnsembly windows 7
not heating properly~
3-.· Indications of overheating in · sou" second story port1~
of building.
I
4. Outdoor-indoor reset not f'unctic
r
properly-~
:
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The heating ·r
· 'll~ "11nc; wero
I
examined and t hen the system as
syst em a ppeared to be a well in
acce s sories to facili t e balanci
is meant the proces s of regulat
put the heat where r e1uired.
I'
'trn follow1r
u-.
., ... a.1.res we.
The expansion tank was empw.Led of water and was left with
about 3" of water on the gage-.
a. The s ys t e • was f i l led to 25 ~•t ga~(boiler)-. It was noted
t h.at the auto vents a t top of heating risers in roof ape.ca did not
funtion to i ndica te ,:hen the wat~ had reached the vents-. The
vents should be replaced, otherwise, fre quent band ventillg may be
re~uired-. The manual vent cocks at the auto vent locations indicated t he wa ter pressure ample to fill the system.
:;A. The heat ine elements mentioned 1n Item l above were then
vented & checked tor heating and found to be heating properlyt.
4.l. The hand valves serv:1.ng the wall convector heating elements
below the main assembly windows were turned off and then the similar
heating ele~ents under ba sement assembly windows were examined and
found to be receivin5 hea t. This indicated that by !'?'oper adjustment
of' the balancing valves in the heatin g el ements the ~1eat could be
distributed between the heating elements concerned. The Custodian wae.
instructed concernine adjustment of the balancing valves~
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Temple B'nai Israel Collection
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Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
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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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Subject
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
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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
Text
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application/pdf
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eng
Date
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Circa 1920s-2018
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DC-08_BI-1950-BuildingEngineeringFacilities
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Congregation B'nai Israel
Date
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1950-04
Title
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Building Engineering Facilities
Description
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Binder of charts and records for plumbing, wiring, keys, heating and ventilation system, hardware schedule for the Muskegon Jewish Center and House of Worship.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Synagogues
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L'dor V'dor (project)
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Text
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application/pdf
Language
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eng
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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L'dor V'dor Project Interviews
Interview: Beatrice Koolovitz
Interviewer: Chavala Ymker
Date: November 17, 2018
Interviewer:
Today is November, 17 and I am here with.
Beatrice:
Beatrice Koolovitz.
Interviewer:
Conducting an oral history for the L’dor v’dor Project. Do you consent to
participate and have your history recorded for this project?
Beatrice:
I do.
Interviewer:
Alright, so we're going to start off by just asking you to tell me a little bit about
yourself and your life. What were you like as a child? As a young adult?
Beatrice:
I am the oldest of five children in a Catholic family. I was born in Detroit, but at
age six, my father and mom moved us to Phoenix, Arizona. So I actually grew up,
and my two youngest brothers were born-I’m the oldest of five. My two
youngest brothers were born in Phoenix, and that's where we grew up. Went to
Catholic grade school, and public high school. And then by around age 19, I
started questioning my religion, the Catholic religion. There were things about it
I didn't agree with. I already was, I guess thinking about the birth control issue.
My first husband and I went to talk to the priest about getting married, and his
first question to me was, "Had I ever been or was I planning to join the
communist party?" I felt extremely insulted about why he would ask me such a
thing, and said, “never mind, I don't want to be married in this church.”
So after Phoenix, we moved to Muskegon, in '86. And this is the town where my
husband was born and raised. And his mother was getting older, she was a
widow, so that's why we moved here. And I took a job at Hackley Hospital, in
the operating room. I found out the hospital had tuition reimbursement and
would pay for my Bachelor's degree, if I continued to work in the hospital for
two years after obtaining such degree. And I thought, I better take advantage of
this benefit. That's pretty awesome.
Beatrice:
So I got an undergrad, a Bachelor of Science from Western Michigan, and one of
the I forget what you call optional classes, an elective? I took an elective called
"The Christian Tradition" in which I was exposed to other parts of Christianity.
As a Catholic, we really didn't call ourselves Christians. We thought Christians
were like Baptists. And I didn't know what a Baptist was. I didn't know what a
Methodist was, a Presbyterian, I knew nothing about what people's actual
beliefs were.
Beatrice:
So this class was an eye opener to me. One of the segments of Christianity that I
was introduced to was Orthodox Christianity, such as the Greek Orthodox
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�Church, the Russian Orthodox, it's just called Orthodox Christianity. So I thought
I would go check that out. I'd already been to a Lutheran Service, I'd been to a
Presbyterian, I'd been to a Wesleyan, and nothing seemed significantly
persuading me to jump on board. When I got to the Orthodox Church, I began
to feel the ancient tradition of that part of Christianity, because they are like
one step from Judaism. I wasn't even thinking clearly. Jesus was a Jew, and he
practiced Judaism. So the new religion took many segments from Judaism and
brought it into Christianity, and I could see that at the Orthodox. I just felt the
ancient tradition. Their service uses a lot of the Greek language. They'll repeat
everything in Greek three times and then everything in English three times. And
I really was feeling, starting to feel comfortable, until I read in the prayer book
that you can only be saved, or achieve salvation, through that church. And I
thought red flag, not for me.
Beatrice:
Same thing happened when I read all the Jehovah Witness. They finally gave me
their book, and I was reading their book and came across something similar, and
said, no this can't be right. What about the people in China? What about the
people in the jungle? What about people who can't read? They are good people,
but you're telling me they're not saved because they don't believe in Jesus
Christ? So I thought there's got to be something else. So I thought what about
Judaism? So I started exploring. I started reading, and every book I read I would
look at the references, and the bibliography in the book and I would circle titles
that looked interesting to me, or write them down, and then start ordering
them up at my local library. And I just got deep and deep, and finally I talked to
a Jewish gal at Nestle, a former colleague, and said do you know anybody in
Muskegon? And she gave me the Rabbi's email address.
Beatrice:
So I wrote to the Rabbi, and he called me. And he said anyone can have the
intellectual capability of becoming a Jew, but it may not be a good fit for you.
You need to come to service and see what it's like, if you like it. And I did, from
the very first. People were friendly, they were welcoming, they were interested.
And I became interested in everything Jewish, to the point where for the last
two and a half years, I've read basically nothing but books about Judaism.
Philosophy, rituals, conversion books, it just goes on and on, novels so that I've
read books by Jewish authors, like oh, I can't remember his first name, but Asch,
A-S-C-H is the last name, and then a book of Hebrew poetry I found at some
yard sale. I mean if you just keep your eyes open, like I found my menorah at
Goodwill. I just had a feeling if I went into the Goodwill, I'd find something
Judaic, and there was my menorah.
Beatrice:
So, this has become my new life, to the point where my Christian brother-in-law
says, "Do you mind if I ask you, I mean don't take this the wrong way, but you
seem like really obsessed and bring Judaism into every conversation." And he
goes, "I used to have a Orthodox Jewish neighbor, and she did the same thing."
And I just told him, it's just because it is my life, in a way that being a Christian
was not my life.
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�Beatrice:
I mean the first thing I say, the first prayer in the morning, is called the Modeh
Ani, and it's where you think God for restoring your soul, which is an analogy for
making you survive the night. Thank you for thinking of me. Then we thank God
for sanctifying us with his commandments, cause the first thing we do then is
wash our hands, do a ritual hand washing in the morning. And then the last
thing is, every day we promise to love each other as we love ourselves. And I'm
finding that is the hardest commandment, called a mitzvot, of all. Because I
continually break that, and I get so upset with myself. So every day for me is
trying to treat other people like I would like to be treated, with kindness, with
sensitivity.
Beatrice:
So, and then at night, and during the day, just I'll be looking out at something
beautiful and say the Shema, which is kind of our motto. Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai
Eloheinu Adonai Ecḥad. God is one, God is almighty. So I'll say that as I'm
drifting off to sleep. And then on Shabbat which is Friday Sundown to Saturday
Sundown, my husband's at work every Friday, but I light the candles, I have the
wine, I have cubes of challah bread in my freezer so I can start Shabbat properly.
And I try to adhere to it. I don't work on the weekends, on Saturday. And then
Sunday I go back to my regular weekly life and-
Interviewer:
Could you tell me a little more about your childhood and youth outside of
religion?
Beatrice:
Oh, yeah. I was a tom-girl, and because I'm the oldest of five, I was also a pretty
authoritarian. When I grew up we played a game called ‘War.’ And because it
was Phoenix, Arizona, and we had these date palms, the dates fall on the
ground, and they get hard as rocks because of the sun. And so that was our
ammo. And if we ran out of dates we'd use dried up dog turds, because they're
just dry as a bone. You know? It’s already- I was bad. I'd cut tails off lizards, we'd
put a black widow spider, and a scorpion, and a red ant in a jar and shake it up
and watch them stab each other. I was bad.
Beatrice:
And then we'd play cowboys and Indians 'cause we're out west. And oh, my
favorite game was, we would play Nuns. We would put our cardigan sweater
around our head and button it there, you know, just the arms were hanging
back, and I would hear the neighborhood boys' confessions in the shed.
[Laughter] And they were only too eager to get their confessions heard. I don't
know what they thought we were going to do in the shed. They were probably
disappointed. Tell me your sins.
Beatrice:
So it was a western kind of life. We didn't wear shoes all summer. We went
barefoot. It was 110 degrees, we'd just hop across the desert there in our bare
feet. Me and my siblings would walk to the airport during the day while the
parents were at work, and I finally Googled it to see how far, it was like three
and a half miles one way. We would walk there, through that heat, buy a coke,
watch people on the planes coming and going, and then walk back home. We
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�played softball, tetherball, we were just brown, out-doorsy you know, wild kids.
But I was also very studious and got straight A's, and blue first place ribbons
from the Catholic Grade School, my whole life. And that intimidated my siblings,
'cause they didn't get any blue ribbons.
Beatrice:
So that was me, I was pretty goody goody, but I think I was real repressed, I
don't know. I didn't know what I wanted to be. My parents didn't give us any
guidance as to career. They just said, "You're not better than anybody, you're
not worse than anybody. You can be anything you want to be." But in like 1962
in Phoenix, all you could be was a nun, a teacher, a nurse, or a mom, or a
secretary. That was about it. I didn't know women could become engineers, or I
probably would have gone down that path. I didn't know women could become
scientists. I only knew like those five things, which is unfortunate.
Beatrice:
So, my mother got me interested in nursing school. I was working for Prudential
Financial Security Program Office, which is in Mutual Funds. I was a senior
underwriter. So I was sitting at a desk and here I was like 22 years old doing this
financial work. And I liked it because it was very precise and organized, it's like
science. I mean you can't argue with numbers. So I liked that. But, then I
realized I got tired of sitting. I wanted to work with people. My mom said, "Why
don't you become a nurse?" So I thought okay, I'll apply for nursing school and I
got in. And that was the biggest development of me maturing as a person, was
becoming a nurse because it was terrifying. I mean, just pretend like what if you
had to walk into a room, right now, and change a dressing on someone who just
had half of their pelvis removed, their whole leg and half of their pelvis because
of cancer.
Beatrice:
It's sobering. And then over time I developed a way of dealing with some
situations that were very difficult. Like sometimes even the surgeon could not
clean the wound. He would say, "I'm going to pass out, I can't put my hand in
there." I said "I'll do it." So, I found that was my way of serving people. I was a
operating room nurse, and so my goal was every person that was under
anesthetic, I was there to protect their modesty, their safety, their legal rights.
And I took it very seriously. And I only had like a couple minutes with the patient
before they went under anesthetic. But I wanted them to know that I would be
there doing that for them. I never used to tell them what I was going to do, and I
thought if I don't tell them, they don't know. And they're scared, they've never
met me. So that worked out really good for both of us.
Beatrice:
And then that-I just loved that. Giving to people that way, or being with people
as they were dying, 'cause later I worked in nursing homes and dialysis. I've had
to resuscitate people and prepare bodies. People would get hit by cars, they'd
come into the ER and I was the night supervisor, so I had to get their body ready
for the family and be there with the outpouring of grief. So nursing, that was the
biggest event of my whole life. My own personal things that happened, like
getting breast cancer when I was 37 years old, that was no big deal, to me.
Really, I didn't cry like maybe five minutes. I just said, "Cut it off, and let me go."
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�Well don't you want chemo or radiation? No. I refused. And 25 years later, I was
still alive so it turned out good.
Interviewer:
Tell me a little bit about your process of conversion and a little more of what
first inspired you.
Beatrice:
Well, like I said I was inspired by reading that Christianity, the religion I was
brought up in, and somehow I missed, after Catholic School and some Catholic
High School, somehow I missed the fact that I was supposed to be believing that
Jesus was the only way. Somehow I missed that. That went over my head until
many years later, until I got retired and had time to cogitate about these
important things.
Beatrice:
So then, when I realized that wasn't my path, and explored Judaism, I felt very
encouraged, comfortable. And the Rabbi has informed me that I am going about
the conversion process different from anyone else that he's worked with,
because I am self-directed. When you convert to Judaism, there's a list of like 10
questions they ask you. Or statements you make, such as I will create a Jewish
home. So I've already done that, and what that means is, for me personally, I
loved sculpture, I still do. But I got rid of any sculpture in my home. Jews are,
since the old testament, they dictate against having an idol, or idolatry. You'll
notice our synagogue. You don't see crucifixes. You don't see religious pictures.
You don't see all the trappings of Christianity. And that's why, because God said
you'll have no other God before me.
Beatrice:
And I asked to learn Hebrew, and he wanted to teach me. So I had I think nine
lessons with him. And then when he was out of town, I had one lesson with
Fran, and that was awesome. Fran is such a good teacher. So she got me up to
lesson 10 out of 13. So there's three letters of the alphabet that I haven't yet
learned. And I've just been too busy right now to focus on learning my Hebrew.
You don't have to learn Hebrew when you convert, but I can see that unless I
can read the Hebrew from the prayer book, I can't participate fully. And the
songs, the music, everything it's all based on Hebrew. That is our language, and
it's the language of Israel. So I really am enjoying that part of it. Now I can pick
out the letters, and some of the words I can sound out. I'm very clunky and
slow, but I really love to be able, I'm almost 70 years old now.
Beatrice:
Like I said a late bloomer, okay geez, now at 70 she's going to learn Hebrew?
Well hey, as long as life, who knows what I'll take up next, you know? So, I read
the books, I attended services here. So, like I said I try to observe the ritual, the
Sabbath Ritual, the Havdalah Ceremony that happens tonight at sundown, is the
saying of good bye to the Sabbath, and then starting your week I say the daily
prayers. That just helps keep me focused and hemmed in, and I feel so much
more productive.
Interviewer:
So can you describe what it means for you, to be a Jew?
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�Beatrice:
It means joy. It means gratitude. I've always been, I think pretty positive. So I
feel like it fits my personality, 'cause it's a religion of gratitude. We're always
thanking God for our breath, the Torah, our lives, I mean my life isn't perfect.
You know, there's people in my family that are troubled. I think I trouble them. I
mean, we all have health issues, but there isn't anything that's obviously
entrapping me. I'm not disabled, I'm perfectly vigorous and busy person, and
productive. And I just feel like wow, I feel it's like a perfect fit for me, this
religion. I told my husband, this is the happiest I've been in my whole life, really.
Interviewer:
That's cool.
Beatrice:
Yeah.
Interviewer:
So you've talked quite a bit about your practice of Judaism, is there anything
else you'd like to share about how you practice?
Beatrice:
I try to, in my diet, I was a vegetarian for a long time, in my previous life, and
then over time, now that I've read about kashrut, K-A-S-H-R-U-T, looks like
kashr-
Interviewer:
Okay yeah.
Beatrice:
It's pronounced kashrut, that is the basis for a kosher diet. And kosher just
means ‘fitting.’ And you go back to the old testament, and it tells you there,
what foods Jews can eat. They can have all the plants and fruits, all the fruits
and vegetables you want, and nuts, all those fruiting, flowering plants God gave
to us. And then he said you can eat certain fish and certain animals. But here's
the group of things you cannot eat. Like insects creeping crawling things, and
you can't eat any shellfish, so I started.
Beatrice:
I gave up pork, even before I started coming to synagogue. I think 2012 was the
last time I had pork. And then, I started eliminating more and more meat. And
then it got down to where the only meat I would eat would be the game that
my husband killed, because he does a clean kill that the animal does not suffer. I
mean if we had to track that deer for two days or a day, I wouldn't eat it,
because it suffered. But he knows how to do a clean kill, so it takes two steps,
just out of adrenaline and boom, it's down. I ate that last year. But now that
that deer is all gone, I told him he does not need to get a deer for me. If he
wants to kill one and donate it to charity, that's fine.
Beatrice:
So, I just find it a lot easier for me, but I live with a meat eater, and a family that
eats meat. So, I'm looking at ways I can incorporate that more, like I look at my
cutting board. I have a vinyl cutting board and a wooden cutting board. And I've
cut both meat and vegetables on that. And I think I will go get, you know how in
food service, and the restaurants, and the cutting boards for vegetables are
green, the ones for meat are red, and you don't mix them. All the kitchen staff
know that. Everybody with like serve-safe certification, or goes to the culinary
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�school, that's the code. I'll probably start working on that part of my
observance.
Beatrice:
When I started covering my hair here, people were in shock. The first time I put
on my head scarf, it was like, literally, people were shocked and I didn't know
why. Well, I found out, that years ago, this congregation was half Orthodox, and
half reform. The Orthodox are very strict. There's the reform, are the loosey
goosey, there's the conservative that are more observant, and then the
Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox, are really observant. Like for instance, I could
never be Orthodox, because they are like Christian Evangelicals, they believe
that the Old Testament said, “a man cannot lay with a man” that you cannot
accept any gays, or any kind of other in your community. What kind of religion is
that?
Beatrice:
I mean, I realize, and even though I love the Torah and I love reading it, that's
the first time in my life. Catholics never read the Bible. We never read the Bible.
I didn't read the Bible until I was like 68 years old. This is the first time in my life,
so it's like holy cow. I mean I'm reading about this and it's just mind boggling to
me. And I realize at first I took it literally. Like where it says if you know an
adulterer, you should take them out and stone them. So I came to synagogue
just all in a twit. And Rabbi goes, what's wrong with you? And I go, Oh I read
this, and I can't do that. And he goes Beattie, we don't do that. We know better.
So it's like okay. Now I realize it's not to be taken literally, except I guess Jews,
they pick and choose. Like I'll take the part literally about you can't eat this, you
can't eat that. I'm like well that's pretty clear cut. 'Cause that makes sense to
me.
Beatrice:
Recently, on a trip to California, I asked my Christian sisters could I officiate a
Shabbat dinner at their home. And they were very curious and all eager and said
yes. And it was wonderful. It was wonderful. It went very well. I was thrilled, and
I thought, oh this is just what I read about and dreamed about happening. It was
beautiful. My sister even was crying. She said it's so beautiful. It was wonderful.
And I'm so glad. See they really love me to let me do that. Because I think well
what if my husband decided to become a something Amish or something? How
open would I be?
Interviewer:
Yes.
Beatrice:
You know, and he'd invite me to his services. I went to mass with my sister and
her husband. They are very active Catholics. But I remained seated almost the
entire time I was there, because I can't stand when they're saying the creed,
which is " We believe in Jesus Christ, the son of the father." I'm like I can't stand
for things I don't believe. So I probably won't go with them again. I just really
wanted to see their new church. Yeah, so my family has been noting that I'm
quite obsessed with this topic. They understand it, and I'm trying to pull back
and not bring Judaism into every single discussion, every single conversation.
But it's hard because it is my new life. It is my new life and I love it.
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�Interviewer:
Can you describe your first memory of coming to temple?
Beatrice:
Yes. Coming up the front steps, and Fran Fisher who's 97 years old, she was 95
then, her step-daughter, Jackie Fisher was helping her up the front stairs. And so
I immediately swooped in, as a nurse, to help too. And I introduced myself, and
Jackie introduced herself, and I said well I was a nurse, and she said, "Oh I was
too." So just right away it was like bing, first thing. And then we had services in
the large chapel, even though there were only like 12 or 14 of us for the services
that night.
Beatrice:
Yeah, and I'll never forget that night, 'cause at the same time, in the park across
the street was the party in the park, which is a benefit party every Friday, in the
summertime. Different organizations will run it, and get to keep the profits,
non-profit organizations, like the Boys N Girls Club, or the Y, or the [inaudible]
Optimists, or Rotary. And they typically have a band, so as I walked from the
parking lot to the front of the temple, this rock music was playing, and all those
people were laughing and drinking beer. And I look over and there's actually a
goat over there. I don't know who had a goat, or who would expose a goat to
that loud rock music, but I thought this was so biblical. I'm walking to the temple
past the goat, and the partiers. You know it was like the heathens are over
there.
Interviewer:
The old goat.
Beatrice:
With the goat, you know we're over here going to church. So yes, I'll never
forget that first night. It was quite a sensory experience.
Interviewer:
So you haven't been here long.
Beatrice:
Correct.
Interviewer:
But, over the time that you have been here.
Beatrice:
Mm-hmm-
Interviewer:
What kinds of changes have you seen in the life of B'nai Israel?
Beatrice:
Well, I've seen things perk up considerably. The fact that we've had a couple
clean up days this year. We've cleaned out closets, and starting to look at how
outdated things are like the ladies room. And I mentioned that to Merle, and
she said, oh well the sisterhood has some money, we could loan you, or give you
to clean up the ladies room, to redecorate it and make it modern. And I'm like
wow, that's awesome. So, that's what I've seen. And then we've started having
pretty much, in the winter it's so cold up in the chapel, that we just stay in the
basement, and then in the summer, we just stayed down there because it was
cool.
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�Beatrice:
So that's been a change, and it's been more and more people are coming. We've
had much bigger crowds than we used to have. So I've seen attendance
increase, I've seen engagement and conversation increase. And now more
people are coming, there's someone else who wants to convert. I don't know
how often she's studying with Rabbi, I met her one time. So I've seen that. We
got the parking lot resurfaced, and so now we're turning our attention more to
the interior look of the place. I don't think we'll be making any major changes,
but that's kind of good 'cause that's what I'm interested in.
Interviewer:
Yeah, so what are your best and your worst memories from the time you've
spent here?
Beatrice:
There's so many bests. Gosh, I don't know what to pick. I guess I would say that
actually one day I studied with the Rabbi for five hours. And if we had stopped
and gotten something to eat and drink, I probably could have gone another five.
That was exceptional. To find a time that he and I both had that much undivided
time. And typically what we do, is first we just have a general discussion, 'cause
he always wants to talk about politics or whatever. So we do all the niceties, and
then we would maybe answer my questions. Like he'd say, "Well let's do this."
And I'd go, no I want you to answer me these questions, and then I want you to
start asking me questions. And then he'd always want to finish up with a
Hebrew lesson. I'm like so exhausted by that time. It's like God. So we'd go
through another lesson, and I was like so tired I couldn't' even think.
Beatrice:
So those have been the best, I think is my time with the Rabbi. Because that's
when the serious talk happens. You know, what do I want to learn? What am I
learning? And how do I feel about things? The worst would be occasionally I felt
that, and probably more at the beginning, like I didn't belong. I felt very
hampered by my lack of Hebrew School, like a lot of these people went to
Hebrew School as a child, even if their family wasn't ritually observant, they did
get that exposure, so very used to the language. And I forget, you know Rabbi
has a Master's degree in the Hebrew Language from the University in Israel. So,
you know, for him and his wife, 'cause she's very good at Hebrew, and Marsha,
the linguist, our linguist, a Master's degree in Linguistics. It's like holy cow.
Beatrice:
So I just felt stupid, like I wasn't really ... But I haven't felt that way in a long
time, like a year. So it's been just the first year and a half, I was lurching towards
Judaism like Frankenstein. Me, me want to be Jew. You know, so now it's a little
bit better.
Interviewer:
So how would you describe the values of this temple?
Beatrice:
The first value is to not hurt other people's feelings. And that's hard for me,
because I'm open and honest, and honestly I don't care if somebody tells me
something that might hurt my feelings. I always tell people, "Hit me on the head
with a two by four, I'm pretty dense." Sometimes things just shoot over my
head, but I notice they have an extraordinary concern about the feelings of
other people. I've never met any group of people like that in my whole life. I
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�mean I'm used to the operating room, where there's rules, and there's
procedures, and yet there's that responsibility. Like if you see something wrong,
to take immediate action. So it's very hard for me to hold back and not blurt
things out or take immediate action. They're training me to think differently.
Like, what is this person going to feel like when they hear this? Or when you do
that? So that's really big. Yeah, that's the big value here. That would be the
biggest one. And the other is personal concern. Honestly, outside of my natural
born family, this is my family now. I feel like people truly care. And in Judaism,
when you do good acts it's called a Mitzvah. There's also commandments, things
we are told to do to make ourselves holy for God. Isn't that cool? I love that
phrase. So we can be holy for God. I never thought that. So that to me, is what
my whole life is about now. What things can I do to be holy for God? And that is
the kind of stewards, other people, like visiting the sick, and we can't always tell
of the good things we do, or else it gets blotted out. So I won't tell you
everything I do. I need to do more, want to do more.
Interviewer:
That's cool. So what keeps you a member of this temple?
Beatrice:
The feeling of belonging, the social life that occurs here, and the religious life,
it's all one, and the same to me. I live in a rural area, on 44 acres. I can go out in
my field at night and do a 360 and not see a single light. I belong to gun club, so
I'm very comfortable in that male oriented atmosphere. Out where I live, people
still fly confederate flags. And they won't go to a certain gas station 'cause it's
run by Arabs. They're not Arabs, they're from Punjab, India, but those people
won't talk to them. So I don't really fit in out there. And I really want to move
into town. I'd rather move where my sisters live, but I've even considered
starting a Chavurah group, which is Jews who meet with no Rabbi. They just
meet in each other’s homes, say once a week, to celebrate Jewish Holidays and
services, and share food and songs. It would be for people who live out in the
boonies. You know, are too far to drive to a synagogue.
Interviewer:
Right.
Beatrice:
So maybe that would be for the future if I have to stay here. But I told my
husband I'm getting older, by age 75 I want out of there. I don't want to live out
there. So, I don't know what's going to happen then. My sister said, "Just come
to California, and when he misses you enough, he'll come out."
Interviewer:
That is one way to do it.
Beatrice:
Yes.
Interviewer:
So, last question. How do you envision the future of B'nai Israel?
Beatrice:
I think it's going to revive. People that used to be members here are moving
back to town. There's two or three people I think in the last six months that now
took jobs here, and so they've started to come to some events. I noticed they're
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�not coming every Saturday, but we never know who's going to show up, which
is kind of exciting, 'cause you never know who you're going to meet. And I think
the area's growing. The Fremont area attracts a lot of educated people. We do
have Jews that live and work there, but I don't think they're affiliated.
Beatrice:
I worked with them and that was another resource before I actually started
coming here. I seem to have some kind of radar that, like one day my
supervisor, and supervisor from another area walked by my desk, and I called
out, "Happy Hanukkah Marian." And they didn't say anything. They just looked
at me, and later Cheryl came back, and she said, "How did you know Marian was
a Jew?" I said, "I didn't." There was just something ...
Beatrice:
So then I started noticing this one gal wore the Star of David, so I tried to chat
her up. She didn't want nothing to do with me. She's like you're real off-put ...
But she's the one that finally gave me, 'cause I finally went to her and said,
"Look, I've been studying for over a year, can you give me the name of
somebody, I want to get going." Oh yeah, but they're not looking for converts.
We have no website, that would be the biggest change if we could ever get a
website. 'Cause we have no presence in the community, 'cause people don't
know we're here. We don't run any big events. We don't host anything. We
don't have a website, where the other temples, they all have websites in Grand
Rapids. So I think that's a concern, bet we don't have any like webmaster ready
type people here. And I don't think we could really build one from Wicks, you
know build a site from start. We'd have to pay a company to do it and we don't
really have that in the budget at this time.
Interviewer:
Yeah.
Beatrice:
Yeah, so that's what I see would be a change. Otherwise, if it doesn't grow, and
if we don't get more with the times, I could see that we would give up the
building, and rent space from a Christian Congregation. 'Cause they wouldn't be
using it Friday night and Saturday, unless they were having something special.
'Cause I know that happens in other cities and towns all across the United
States. They share the space, 'cause it's not the building.
Beatrice:
That's the thing about Judaism, it's a home based religion. It's your Torah at
home. It's your family. It's the prayers you say at home and the rituals you
observe there. That makes the Jewish home. The synagogue is great, but it's not
the whole religion. So, it doesn't matter to me, I'm not as attached like it said on
your paper, how do you rate? Like I rated Judaism higher than B'nai, because
this building is just a building. I mean I feel comfortable here, now that I've been
everywhere in it, and I've had a lot of good experiences here. But, we can go
anywhere.
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Beatrice (Beatie) Koolovitz was born in Detroit, the oldest of five children in a Catholic family. After being introduced to other aspects of Christianity and religious history as an undergraduate at Western Michigan University, she continued her spiritual path and eventually converted to Judaism. In this interview, Beatrice discusses her personal history and conversion, as well as her memories of B'nai Israel and the Muskegon Jewish community.
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Interviewee: Fran Boyden
Interviewer: Chavala Ymker and Marilyn Preston
Date: November 17, 2018
Place: Temple B’nai Israel, Muskegon, Michigan
Transcriber: Chavala Ymker
Fran Boyden was born in 1947 and has lived in Muskegon, Michigan her entire life. She spent
almost 40 years as a teacher at Mona Shores, and is now happily retired. Having been a
member of B’nai Israel from birth, the Temple has factored greatly in her experiences. She is a
proud wife, mother and grandmother of two.
CY:
Today is November 11, November 17 [2018] and I [Chavala Ymker] am here with...
FB
Fran Boyden
CY
Conducting an oral history for the L'dor V'dor project. Do you consent to participate and
have your history recorded for this project?
FB
I do.
CY
Alright. So we'll start with, just tell me about yourself and your life. And then what were
you like as a child and as a young adult?
FB
I'm 72 years old, almost. I'm a few months shy of that, but I'm really proud to be this
old. I never thought I would be. I was born into this congregation. I was born in 1947,
and the congregation already existed. This building was in the process of fundraising to
complete it. And it was opened, fully finished in 1948. So my whole life, all I've known is
Temple B'Nai Israel at Fourth and Webster. My grandparents, were among the families
that worked on the fundraising and contributed. And my father and mother were also
participants in that whole process. My mother was very active in Temple Sisterhood
and, I, I have brothers that were Bar Mitzvah'd here.
I was Bat Mitzvah'd here. I was one of the first girls that had a Bat Mitzvah. It
traditionally was a male thing and girls were sort of an afterthought. But I started
studying Hebrew when I was in third grade because that's the time my older brother
started-he was a fifth grader and I was so anxious to learn what those markings were
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�that I couldn't wait and I, started Hebrew at that time. So by the time I reached 13, I was
demanding my Bat Mitzvah take place. And it did. And it was, it's always, been
something I've been very proud of. It's such a singular event in a young Jewish person's
life because the process involves learning to read Hebrew, which is a difficult language
and conducting an entire service that lasts about an hour and a half, including delivering
a sermon that is based on that portion of the Torah that you study. The Torah is Hebrew
with no vowels in it. So it's doubly difficult. It's not just written in those funny looking
little symbols that go right to left, but the words have no vowels. So you learn it from a
textbook, and then you learn it, you memorize it so you can read from the Torah and
read those words minus those vowels. It's very complicated. And when a young person
at 13 concludes that, they feel like they could do anything. And in fact, the temple
recognizes, Judaism recognizes, that once you've had a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, you could
lead any service anywhere in the world as a rabbi-that you were entitled to lead. So it, it
is a, an amazing experience for a child.
Our son was, my husband and I have a son, Jason, who was raised in this temple, also
went through religious school, had his Bar Mitzvah here. And he moved away, married
and returned with his wife. And now, my grandchildren Noah and Goldie are both
enrolled in a Sunday school- United Jewish school-in Grand Rapids. Because we don't
have a Sunday School at Temple B'nai Israel anymore. We ran out of children, Noah and
Goldie were literally the last children here. So our son and daughter-in-law drive to
Grand Rapids every Sunday. And our grandson Noah will be 13 in March and his Bar
Mitzvah in this temple with Rabbi Alpert will be June 22, 2019. So I have this warm,
embery glow inside about Temple B'nai Israel because five generations have benefited
from the existence of this Temple as a grounding source for the family. It-it's not that
any of us were deeply religious, more reform Judaism. Our son did consider, Jason,
considered for a short while being a rabbi, and then considered being a cantor, because
music is his life. And I am just so happy to have Temple B'nai Israel.
We struggle. It's a small congregation now. At one time it had 150 members, and now
we're down to 40. But as a dear friend of mine, Merle Scholnich said a long time ago,
"We're a little, but mighty." It-it's almost like we're the Chanukkah Menorah. We were
supposed to have run out of oil a long time ago, [laughter] and we never have. It just
keeps, the flames keep burning. And I'm proud of that in a satisfying way-that Temple
has been really the center in, in my life. I've always wanted to be a teacher, so that's one
of the things- But my first opportunity to be a teacher, was when I finished Sunday
school at Temple B'nai Israel. By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I was a
Sunday school teacher. And so I got to experiment on [laughter] the other kids here.
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�And I knew for sure that I wanted to spend my life as a teacher then.
CY
That's cool. So, would you be able to tell me a little bit more about your childhood and
youth outside of the temple?
FB
My childhood was unusual. I didn't know it at the time, but it was unusual. I, my parents
owned a business in Muskegon, and they also, besides living in Muskegon and having a
home
here, had an apartment in Florida and in the winter months they would go to Florida. And I
have three brothers that were Spring or Summer birthdays and they were all born in
Muskegon, Michigan. I was a February birthday, so I was born at St. Francis Hospital in
Miami Beach. I think though, that very first year having four children down there and
one of them, a baby, changed what they wanted to do. So, my two oldest brothers at
that time, were old enough that they didn't go back down to Florida when my parents
did.
And so, my mother hired a full time, live-in housekeeper who became very much like a
mother to me. And she, when my parents would continue to go to Florida in January,
often until March, she- She is Bea. Bea lived in our house, always, and for 25 years. And
so that covered from the time I was 1 until I was 26. And, she was a wonderful, kind,
loving support. That really helped ground me in the absence of my parents when they
were traveling.
I lived across the street from Nims school where I attended elementary, and so being
very close to the school and the playground and, you know, I could just cross the street
and go. I don't remember that I was particularly inspired student. I think I looked out the
window a lot and I learned later that I was pretty much a classic underachiever, maybe
in part because of the absence of my parents when they were gone and even when they
were home, working hours in the business. But my interests were not in learning, my
interests had more to do with making people laugh and just being kind of outrageous.
And I had a good time. [Laughter] Much to the dismay [laugher] of my parents who
really wish that I would have been a little more of a student.
I-in those growing up years, it was difficult if I look back at the things that I missed
because my parents were gone quite a bit or very involved in the business. And-but I
learned from that experience a great deal about how I wanted to parent. And I loved my
parents dearly, and I, I do, when I think of how unusual my growing up situation was, I
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�think they really did the best they could with what they had because they had both
grown up in poverty. And so for them to be able to do the things that they did, you
know, it enriched their lives a great deal.
Do you know, I-one of the reasons that I loved going into teaching is because I had been
that underachiever. I knew that school was not necessarily a measure of intelligence,
and I had been more interested in making my class laugh than in, you know, acquiring
knowledge. But, I really learned after I graduated from high school and was accepted at
Eastern Michigan University because nobody else would have me. And I flunked out my
first year. I-I was sent home in June with the suggestion to never return. And I, I, I really
had to face facts at that point. I had wanted to be a teacher my entire life.The other key
person in my life, my wonderful sister-in-law, who I had come into my life when I was
five and M-she was 19, had such a tremendous effect on me that between her, Millie,
and Bea, I just always wanted to be a teacher and help and work with other kids.
When I flunked out of Eastern, I had to return and really face facts that in order to be
that teacher I wanted, to be, I was going to need a degree. [Laughter] So I enrolled in
Comm-Muskegon Community College and four pointed that for a full year. I had to
prove, you know, what I had. And then Grand Valley took me, and I really loved Grand
Valley. It was a little teeny tiny new college. [Laughter] It was 1968 when I went there
and there were six buildings the Great Lakes buildings plus the science building. And it
was a nice little school. But because of the way it was arranged in quarter system, there
were four quarters a year rather than tris, I was able between community college, and
Grand Valley to finish four years of college in three-going year round. So I still was able
to land my first teaching job at 22 after four years in college. And that first teaching job
was at Mona Shores. That first teaching job was at Mona Shores junior high at that time
and later Mona Shores high school when ninth graders became part of the high school.
And I was there for 38 years, almost four decades and I loved it dearly.
CY
So going off of that, what were some of the most important roles you've had in your life
so far?
FB
Well, I-I think number one, is being a mother. I, I know that my husband isn't thrilled to
hear that. [Laughter] When our son went off to college, my husband said, "Well, I finally
have my wife back," [laughter] and I was crying so hard to have lost my son to collegeSo being a mother was everything to me and having my son in my own school district,
having him as a student, being able to be part of his life as he was growing up, it was
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�something very satisfying. And-and it made me very proud of him that when he from
high school, he left, went to school at the University of Michigan and was recruited to
teach music in Clark County Schools, which is Nevada [laughter], Las Vegas, Sin City. And
that's where he met his wife and they opted, after him being gone for 11 years to move
back here. And I'm very proud of that because we did everything to make him strong
and independent. He went out and figured it out for himself and then decided that he
and his wife, with her full support and agreement, Ruby, wanted to raise their children
here, not in Las Vegas. So we were very lucky to have them return.
Obviously for me, the second most important role, but the one I treasure most today is
as a wife. I met my husband when I was 17. Rick has been the anchor in my life. We will
celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary in June. And I-but like any long-term marriage,
my favorite thing to say is, I vacillate between being scared to death he's going to die
and wanting to murder him with my own bare hands [laughter], because, he and I are a
lesson in long-term relationships being problematic, problem solving, supportive,
forgiving, and just being best friends because there isn't anything you haven't seen or
done. And I-I feel sorry for the people who think when they find those first faults in their
mate that it's time to pack it in. So that my relationship, my marriage has been, has-I
can't even define the importance it's so deep.
Other roles, teacher-being a teacher. Oh, I-I've been retired for 11 years and I miss it so
much, but I could no longer physically stand the schedule up at quarter to six every
morning and teaching sick or well, because it's easier to go do it than to write plans for a
sub and know, it wasn't going to really happen the way it needed to. So, I-my teaching
years were wonderful. I had not just the joy of the rapport and relationships with kids-I
had the pleasure of having students who then grew up, got married and brought me
their children. And I retired just before I heard, "You had my grandma" for the first time.
[Laughter]. But I sure heard, "You had my mom, you had my dad, you had my uncle, you
had..." And I always used to love telling the kids what 'bonditons'-that's a Yiddish word
for bandit-their parents had been-or relatives.
The-I had mentioned before, that one of the reasons I retired was for the physical
reasons of not being able to handle that kind of schedule and the hours-teaching
speech, which was my last assignment, meant that for every speech, I took in detailed
outlines that had-bibliography sheets at the end, and in-text citations, and the job
became so difficult to correct for every speech-that boat load-and having to correct,
because we were newly into computers at that time, and computers-the computers
didn't have programs that would have the kids set up their bibliography page. They
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�actually-we had to use a handbook, and I felt like I spend half of my life circling commas
that weren't supposed to be there and putting in [laughter] semicolons that should be,
and it became just a really difficult thing.
The other thing that changed was the political climate and I could not, you, you know-I
left so much in my classroom every day is how I felt. I gave it my all, I referred to myself
as a one dimensional person everything was education. And I couldn't stand what I was
seeing happening with parents, that I was becoming the enemy, that if I found someone
was plagiarizing and talked to parents about it, they wanted to tell me that my
expectations were just too high and that I should lighten up. And a couple of them went
after my job [laughter] and I, I adopted at one point the attitude of-and this is where it
was hard for me-"Okay, this is your only chance parents to have your child get all this
free support in education. I'm done with your child in a semester. You've got a life
sentence. So you can enable them as much as you want and I promise you they'll be in
your basement for a lot longer than you wanted them." Well, that wasn't a popular
thing for me to say, but by the end of my career, I was saying it.
And the last thing that pulled me out of my classroom-that made me know it was time
to retire-was the birth of our grandson Noah. And I was so jealous because my
husband's work schedule was very flexible, and every Tuesday he had Noah all to
himself all day, and that was just not fair. So I taught one more year and then I retiredhappily. I mean, it wasn't like I was done with it, I treasured that last year I taughteverything I did not as, "Oh, this is it, this is never, great!" It-everything I did felt more
like I-this is the last time I'm going to be teaching a debate- constructive speech. And so
I have to do it really well. And it was satisfying for me when I retired to feel like I was the
best teacher in my entire career on that last year I taught. So, that's pretty much me.
That pretty much defines, you know, everything that has been important in my life.
CY
Yeah, I can-definitely. Thank you for sharing that. Okay. So now we're going to move on
to some more questions about what it means to you to be a Jew. So how would you
describe what it is to be a Jew for you?
FB
I, you know, I don't even know if this means anything to people anymore, but I grew up
in the years when the Catholic Church was teaching Jews as Christ killers. When there
had to be something wrong with you if you didn't embrace Jesus as your personal Lord
and Savior. And when I was the only Jewish student in my classroom at Nims school, one
of two or three at Nelson junior high, one of three or four at Muskegon high school, I
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�was always the outsider. And I was particularly that outsider because-and here's the
phrase that makes me crazy-I don't look Jewish. There is a stereotype, and when we
were in New York, we went to the Jewish Museum, and in the Jewish Museum there is a
display of the hate art that occurred in Germany and other places in the world. It always
depicted Jews with these big awful noses. It was always-they were always dark. Well,
Semites, you know, you've heard anti semite. That means, you know, not liking Jews,
but Semites basically are darker skinned. And I was that blonde haired, blue-eyed, perky
little nose kid growing up. So I was often in situations where people would say anti
semitic things because they felt they were safe. They thought they were saying it with
no Jew around.
I had several instances when I was going through school, I was an eighth grader at Nelson junior
high, and the Easter assembly happened. And they had a speaker at the Easter assembly
and it was a lawyer in the community. And as his speech, he came in and he tried and
convicted the Jews in his speech of killing Jesus and sentenced them to death. It was the
first time that I had ever seen anything quite so bold. You know, there was a Christmas
program every year in elementary complete with the manger and I was always the
narrator because I had a strong, clear voice and I think they were afraid to make me an
angel or a sheep. I-it just wouldn't have worked out for me. And so I was always the
narrator. But when I got to that eighth grade assembly for Easter yet, I was angry and I
walked out of that assembly and went and sat in the office. Even my parents were angry
with me because I had made a ripple. You just didn't call attention to yourself. Because
of that, I'm probably crabby about the public schools.
I taught for 38 years at Mona Shores many of those years home of the singing Christmas
tree. And my classroom was down the hall from the choir room and I heard Christmas
music starting in August, and going through the entire semester. I, I just felt like, if you
were a Jewish kid or you were of any other religion besides Christian, the comparisons
and the feeling of being excluded was just great, huge. And I-but I've always, in my
teaching, I had a person that-another teacher-that actually became a very, very [good?]
friend. But when I was with him one time he talked about someone 'jewing' him out of
something and I said-this is how I've always handled it since then because I've heard
that often-I always use it as an education point and I say, "You know, I know you
probably aren't aware and don't mean to be hurting me. But I'd like you to hear that
through my ears. What is it that you're saying about someone when you say you're
'jewing' them out of, or they're 'jewing' you out of? And if you are in fact Jewish, then
what do-" That adult co-teacher, colleague, was part of the social studies department
and drank what I said in and started a Holocaust remembrance week. And so for many
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�years, at Mona Shores, and you know, I've been out 11 years. There was a always a
Holocaust remembrance observance, just as a jumping off point to talk about
eventually, [inaudible] demeaning people, being aware of, you know, with some
sensitivity. So I am somewhat crabby and combative, but, and I do speak my mind, but I
try to do it in the calmest, most educated way. I am amazed that people don't even
know sometimes that they're saying something that is based in anti semitism.
CY
Yeah. So how do you practice Judaism?
FB
I love coming to Shabbat morning services. We didn't always have these. I did not like
coming to Friday night services all the years that I taught. By the time 5:00 [PM] rolled
around on Friday, I was spent, nothing was getting me out of the house, even a good
party, not even a football game. I'm-I've been actively involved in the temple for all but
about 10 years. I took a time out for about 10 years. My husband Rick never took a time
out. He's always been in there just working and helping to manage and be part of the
labor around the Temple. As we've gotten older and had illness, that hasn't, you knowwe cannot do labor anymore. We used to take care of Gilana's Garden. That was
something that was very meaningful to us. We enjoyed gardening and when Rabbi and
Anna lost their daughter, Gilana, and the Temple decided that the sunken garden would
become Gilana's Garden, for us, the spirituality of working that garden was practicingHonestly, Rick is pretty much an atheist. I don't believe that he, that's the word he says.
He lives a very moral, spiritual, kind of service oriented [life], you know, for the Temple.
We observe the holidays, not in a conservative or Orthodox way. We engage in all the
Temple activities. We really enjoy being with our Temple family. That is what it has
become to all of us. I'm really proud of our members because it is a temple family, and
we have many people who have settled here from other places and so they, they don't
have proximity to cousins or siblings or whatever. So that's one reason, but the other
reason is, simply we enjoy each other.
So, I, I love reading Hebrew. I taught Hebrew to three of my very good friends and when
I first retired, there was a joint Bat Mitzvah, of four women who were all in their sixtiesthey had never had Bat Mitzvahs. Two of them were fluent Hebrew readers, but they
were scared to death of public speaking. The other two were pretty comfortable public
speakers, but they couldn't read a word of Hebrew. So and for me, I was retired and that
was the best class I ever had because they all wanted to learn. And so I taught those two
friends Hebrew, and one of them is Lee who's also being interviewed right now. We
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�have been friends for almost 70 years [laughter] and-and Andy was the other person.
And I would work with them first individually and then together, while I still had my own
Hebrew class with Marcia and Helen who were fluent readers. And then we put the-I
put the four of them together and they divided up the service, divided up the prayers
and it was really a beautiful event where, you know, they did a joint Bat Mitzvah called a
B'not Mitzvah and it was one of the high points in my life to be able to help that. And I,
it was-they were the best students I ever had. [Laughter]
And so I guess in how I practice Judaism, I am not somebody who even believes we need
to brick and mortar structure for religion. I think, in fact, I, this sounds like a joke, but I
don't really-it is what I believe. I, I'm not sure there ever has been a God. I think it's a
spelling error that 'good' is the word that we should have in our minds and our hearts.
What's good? And somebody just didn't know how to spell it, so they called it God and
then it started all kinds of arguments about, you know, how it could be used for some
people to gain power and riches. And I, I guess that's my-I'm not crazy about organized
religion speech.
CY
I agree. [Laughter]
FB
You know, it's just a big spelling error, get over it. Well, and it's difficult because I, I
sometimes read an ad where someone's looking for child care for their family and they
want a good Christian woman. And I, you know, I had a friend who put that ad in the
newspaper at one point and I said, "Hon, you think I could come and raise your kids?"
"Oh, Fran! I'd love that. I'd love that." "I'm sorry I'm not Christian." [Laughter]
CY
So you were talking a little bit about how you took a break for about 10 years. Can you
tell me a little about that?
FB
Yeah, it was figuring some things out for myself. It was a rough part of my life. There
was a lot of illness. I was losing my mother and my sister-in-law. And of course I was
working full time and really, really involved there. When I taught from Mona shores, I, I
always found myself in these positions where I was doing more than what was in the
classroom. I was in the initial group that wrote the mission statement for the district. I
mean, I was always the-there were the committees, the endless committees
the
North Central Accreditation and the, you know, chair of this and the- And I don't mean
to promote myself as a leader or self-important, but just, for me, when I look at a task, I
see it in steps and it's easy to I think starting one step at a time that anybody can do
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�anything.
And it's part of what I used to teach my students, you know, when I taught speech and
we were going to do a debate at the end of this unit and they didn't have a clue what it
was. I literally would draw on the board this step drawing that was what we do each day
in order to build to that last ability of writing a constructive-of taking a viewpoint,
proving, creating main points, doing that constructive speech, knowing how to crossexamine, knowing how to- Everything is just a little tiny, one step at a time and it's such
a logical thing to me. So I often wind up being that person who will say-well, at least
that's the way it was at school, "I think the first thing we probably should do is-" And,
and so, you know, I was really deeply involved-back to my, I'm a one dimensional
person, it's all about education. So that, you know, that, and I don't know- I-socially it
was, it was just a difficult part of my life kind of, dealing with those realities, that you
think will just not really happened to you when you're young.
CY
Yeah. [Laughter] So the next question is, can you tell me about a time that you
questioned your faith?
FB
Well, every year when I put up my Christmas tree, [laughter] but it isn't that I
questioned my faith. No, I mean-I can't say that I've always been convinced that there is
a God. I, I do remember that when Bea died-and I was 26-and I sat at her funeral and I
was just uncontrollable and-I was crying so hard-and I thought, I still, the thought went
through my head, "Oh my God, I better get some religion before the next person dies."
And then it's like the second voice in my head said, "Wow, you're really something." And
you know, I-it isn't that I questioned my faith. I look in nature, I-we live close to the
beach and I-our house-our backyard is a tree covered dune. And I-and we're gardeners. I
don't think that things are coincidental. I, the longer I live, the more I can see the
patterns and the up and down and the more I have accepted that life is just one, one big
set of changes. The only constant is change and that sometimes they come
unexpectedly, like death comes out of time. You know, I-I had a twelve-year-old seventh
grader in South Shores Junior High, who dropped dead in his gym class. And then I, you
know, it was unexpected and-but it's something we're never really-there is no good
time, it's a painful event. But we just-as I age, I have gotten more accepting that it is part
of life. You can't live if you don't die and, you know, the-what do I do today and how do I
feel about it today is the important thing. So I often say, and I don't know, I'll probably
one of the be one of those screaming crazy people "Save me! Save me!" But I-I often
think that if I died today, I would be okay with that. There isn't anything to me that's left
unsaid or undone that would be torturous. [Laughter]
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�CY
That's cool.
FB
Well I'm grateful. I'm just grateful because that hasn't always been true, but I think
there should be some reward for putting up with all this physical crap.
CY
Right? [Laughter]
FB
My bones hurt, you know. I'm diabetic, you know, I have stuff happening and- But I
think some peace of mind and having expectations that are realistic and just being
grateful because you, you can look any place and see somebody who's suffering so
much more.
CY
Yeah. So now we're going to kind of transition into talking about the temple more.
FB
Okay.
CY
So what-can you describe your earliest memories of the Temple? What was it like
growing up here?
FB
Sunday school, Sunday school- There are classrooms up in the third floor. You've seen
those and that little kindergarten classroom with its own bathroom in it and the artwork
up there. The balcony-being able to sneak across the hall and look through the little
glass inserted window into the balcony. This is all-I'm not speaking in complete
sentences because I just want to do this flow and they're just-I don't want to complete
every thought. [Laughter] I'm just trying to let it rip. I'm loving the idea of being in that
balcony because you could hide in it and you could-if I was at Temple with my parents, I
and one of my other little people could sneak up those stairs and get in the balcony and
look over it. Then my later classes in religious school, were in the social hall and it- I
always look up at that ceiling because they had tracks up there that these doors that
would slide and give you some semblance of privacy or you know, you could actually do
some teaching in there.
And I, I just remember, I didn't know anybody who liked Sunday school and that is so
generational. I mean, it doesn't matter who you talk to and they- Nobody liked Sunday
school because you had to get up on Sunday, because they maybe had too intellectual
of a teacher for the grade you were in, you never got to do enough art projects, and
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�there was always the damn I'm Chanukkah play. And there was a Purim carnival where
you got to dress as a character in the Purim story, and then you go downstairs and you
could play- You could do musical chairs, which was actually a cakewalk. So you could win
a cake, which to me as a child was kind of heavenly. And then the Passover Seder, which
was absolutely terrible because you had to sit for two and a half hours and the rabbis
that we had when I was a child were just horrid. They wouldn't allow any noise at all.
Children were not welcome or if you did dare bring yours, you better shut them up.
And they-you know, the rabbi that married Rick and me was from South Africa. He was
our "apartheid rabbi". I don't even know how you get to be a rabbi if you believe in
segregation of races. But he was- He didn't last here real long, which we were quite
pleased about. He was a South African who temporarily got bounced into Muskegon, I'm
not sure how, but he conducted our wedding and you know, and- I have a lot of
memories.
I went to Nelson Junior High School and I have a lot of memories in elementary school of
walking here [B'nai Israel] after school for Hebrew school and walking here because my
mother would be working on the Passover Seder. And so, I was around here a lot as a
child. There was a little kids organization called the Hadassah Buds and you know, it was
all the little girls in their little dresses and our mothers would get us together and we
were never quite sure why-it felt like another Sunday school session. You know, I used
to think that the High Holidays was a fashion show. It was the day that-the days that my
mother would make sure she had taken me shopping and crammed me into some dress
that didn't fit and we would all come and admire each other's clothes and it was just- It's
so not like that now, you know.
But in-in my childhood years the temple was not nearly the friendly place it is today. It
was not the warm and welcoming place. I-that's my memory. And it was cliqueish and
gossipy and you know, I just, I don't see that now. And we all actually today we're too
small, you know, to be at odds with each other. We need everybody. And in the old days
they were very judgmental and they did things like print the amount of money you gave
in dues, you know, or in fundraising and sometime- I mean it was just not. The Temple
was not the warm, fuzzy place that it is today.
CY
So what changes have you witnessed over the life of the Temple?
FB
The biggest change that I saw was the coming of Alan Alpert and from the point that he
came here, the tone changed and it was difficult for him because he was dealing with
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�some pretty tough people who didn't want change. He wanted to be more inclusive. He
was the one that when he had Gilana, their first child, and she made noise in a service
and some of those people in that day said, "We can't have any noise," and it-Rabbi will
tell you, it's one of the times, few times, in his years here that he said,"If children are
not allowed in services, you have the wrong rabbi and I need to leave." And so he really
brought the beginning of change. He became a much greater, kinder emissary to the
community. The other rabbis, if you can imagine the apartheid rabbi, and before him we
had some real ringers too. And, that I only-I don't even want to say anything aboutExcept note in the audio that I'm shaking my head "No", as I'm telling you that I don't
want to talk about the others.
Rabbi is so beloved here, and also to the general community because he is warm and
open and caring. And I have-he always, he mentioned today in services that he was
upset with himself because he can usually see things from both sides. I would cross out
'usually' and say he always sees things- It doesn't matter what you observe. If you say to
him, "Rabbi, I think so and so is-" he's always going to present you with another
possibility. And it's his wisdom. It's his kindness. And I-our life would have been totally
different if he hadn't come. The last rabbi that was here, I didn't want-our son had been
born-and I didn't want him anywhere around the temple and I just had a bad feeling
about that rabbi. But when Alan came, one of the first things he did, my father was
dying at that time, he sat at the hospital every day with my mother. And my mother
loved Alan like a son and he just, he brought with him here, just a whole different flavor
and you couldn't help but love him and he just brings people together. He is so
wonderful that I have to ask them to leave me alone. [Laughter] Rick suffered throughRick and I both did-a time that spanned about six months, a year or so ago, and then it
happens periodically of illness, and serious stuff. I have to ask rabbi not to text or call
and to forgive me for asking that because I couldn't get a nap in [laughter] because
they'd be texting
"How is he, what can I do? Do you need anything? I'm going to
Meijer," and you know.
So it's just, he is the great change, and has made this a warm and comfortable place to
be. So, many people have said, "When Rabbi leaves," because that is going to happen.
Their children are grown. Aleza lives in North Carolina. David is in New York. And Aleza
has a baby now and will have more. And you know, and Gilana is buried in California,
and I hear the clock ticking and a lot of people say this temple will fall apart when Alan
leaves. And my response, "How dare you say that? What an insult to him that he has
done so little here that without him we're nothing. If you really want to pay homage to
who he is and what he has done here, then you have a commitment to keep this going."
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�So, that's the change. I feel like we've been talking a long time. Am I-I'm a little worried
about the time.
CY
I think as long as Marilyn doesn't come in, we should be good.
FB
Okay.
CY
I only have like three questions left.
FB
Okay. Okay.
CY
Alright. So the next one is what are your worst and best memories of the temple?
FB
That's really hard to say because that really reflects what, you know- Everybody is a
product of their own experiences. I hate to even put this in here-I'm just going to say it. I
have always been a little fat girl, as a 90 pound kindergartener. So I've always had that
baggage and I don't care if anybody believes me or not, but it's metabolic damn it. And
someday science is going to substantiate that. But-so if I talk about my best or worst
memories of the Temple, a lot of times what I'm doing would be reflecting how I was
feeling about myself. So in that question, I don't think the Temple has always been the
warmest and welcoming place in the world. I think that although my dad would have
been viewed as successful in that money realm because remember the winter in Florida
that looks, you know- But I-I think there was a kind of moneyed group that made things
difficult for others. And I, you know, I didn't always feel like I was included as a younger
person, but I have to temper that again with 'I'm a product of my own experiences and
reflecting what I'm doing to myself kind of.' So I'm really, you know, hesitant to say
much about that. My childhood was quite unhappy, so that means that there would be
a lot that goes with that andBut the thing that I would be proud of, are really best memories, were when I had my
Bat Mitzvah. Being able to learn to read Hebrew. I loved my Hebrew teacher dearly. Her
father had been a rabbi. She and her husband, her husband's father had been a rabbi,
they were both really brilliant people and I just loved being in her company and learning
Hebrew. I also had a really good memory are some of my Sunday school teachers. I
remember Roz Grossman, who may she rest in peace, was a lovely, wonderful warm
woman. I had broken my leg in [laughter] an ice skating accident. We were playing
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�"Catch and Kiss" at the ice rink. And these guys threw me over and [laughter] I broke a
leg. And she was my Sunday school teacher that year and she would come to visit me,
and she was just a sweetheart. I also-Carol Rosen is another person who has passed
away, died way too young, but she was somebody else that I admired so much. You
know, I think that's it.
CY
So I'm going to push back just a little bit.
FB
Okay.
CY
I understand if you don't want to share a worst memory, but because this is your
personal history and we do understand your experiences and the environment[s] all of
us grow up in completely inform how we see things, if you would like to share, I think
we understand that.
FB
I think I can't isolate the worst experience. I think the often-happening experience of
feeling embarrassed, unsure. You know, and I'm also thinking of the same time, if you
were to talk to other people, their eyes would be wide open because I had a defense
mechanism of acting just the opposite that would make me the most outrageous. You
know, it was my defense mechanism, you know, I'd straightened those shoulders out
and make that spine straight and, you know, nobody would be able to tell it from the
outside because of the defense mechanism was pretty strong. I've had people comment
on the degree of confidence that they saw in me at various times and I always say, "Oh
man, you should have been in this side of my eyes," you know. [Laughter] So my
defense mechanism was successful, but it didn't deal with the inner turmoil.
CY
Yeah. [Laughter] I can identify with that.
FB
Yeah.
CY
So what would you describe as the values of [the Temple?]?
FB
Well, again, I have to look at the values of today because it has been in change and I
think the values are back to God being misspelled, "Be good". And you know, that's just
a simple word and I- But I think we all know what good is, because you can feel it when
you do it. And it goes back to, "How would you like to be treated? What is it that you
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�need? What are your needs that you would like to have fulfilled and are you capable of
fulfilling somebody else's needs in those areas?" But sincerely, not the phony, you
know? I say, "I love you," to a lot of people, but I think love is a word that has a different
depths, different- I mean, it isn't like the love that I have for my son is not the love that I
had for my dog, but yet we're still crying from July. And so, [laughter] you know, it isThere's kind of like a line. But I think sincerity. I cannot stand a phony. I can feel it.
And I found with my students-maybe one of the reasons I had so much fun with them
and so much luck-was that I was real. You know, I didn't-I always have said about selfesteem, "You want to build somebody's self-esteem, a student? Give them something
hard to do and then help them find their way through it. And then they'll feel so good
about it." You can tell your kid all you want that they're the handsomest, the smartest,
the sweetest, and it's bull. That's why kids say, "Thanks mom," {laughter] you know. You
help somebody do something difficult. And to me that's- Like when I worked with the
B'not Mitzvah ladies, my friends, that joy was because they were joyful, you know. Theyone of them never thought that in her sermon she could get up and expose herself in
that way. But I mean her speech was so beautiful and people were so moved by it. And
what she got out of that was, you know, just huge.
CY
So what keeps you a member of this temple?
FB
Hmm. Well, my husband for one thing. [Laughter] He loves being treasurer so much he
knows that if we quit we couldn't be. I couldn't as long as I draw breath and there's a
facility here, even in the years that I didn't-I felt like I didn't need bricks and mortar and I
didn't need a temple-I felt, both Rick and I felt a strong sense that we needed to keep it
here for the people who needed the bricks and mortar. And that maybe we even
needed it. [inaudible] I mean, Rick loves to come down to the Temple and [inaudible],
you know, I-
[Door knock and laughter]
FB
I said, "I feel like we've been going a really long time."
MP
You have. Everyone else is already switching out and so I'm just coming in to check.
CY
One and a half more questions.
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�MP
And if for whatever reason you need to, like come up with or whatnot, there's always that
Wednesday. So it's okay to do that too. Rick's down there and he's like, "Fran's still going."
FB
You know and I said, "Boy, this feels like a really long time." And you know, Ah Hava
Raba said [laughter], "Well, unless Marilyn comes in we're not in trouble." [Laughter]
MP
I have such power.
FB
So we've been waiting for you. I just wanted to see if I could-
MP
Could wait it out.
FB
Yeah, here's the problem. She's too good a listener. And I've away from teaching too long.
And like when she gives me all of those nonverbal cues
the direct eye contact, the
nodding the head, the facial expressions. You really out did yourself.
MP
Chavala's good.
FB
I think this one is also very empathetic and she draws that out and it's dangerous
because is it nightfall yet? What time is it?
MP
It's like 1:00.
FB
Okay. Oh good. When we had company coming at 3:00.
MP
Chavala has a second interview to do with Beaty.
FB
Okay.
MP
Beaty is also very chatty and has been getting the coffee going. [Laughter]
FB
I haven't had time to eat my bagel.
CY
I know!
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�FB
It's probably some hard old thing.
CY
I'm just watching the cream cheese harden on the edge.
FB
Wait, I thought you were listening to me. You just outted yourself. [Laughter] She has 71
teeth. [Laughter] "Hey Marilyn, did you notice she has a gold tooth?"
CY
All the things I've learned so far. [Laughter]
FB:
That is too funny.
CY
Alright. So, back to what keeps you a member here.
FB
I can't imagine, I could never-I like the fellowship and I don't even like to use that word
to me it- I just have the connections here that it would never occur to me to exit this
Temple. I get angry at certain things, but an exit strategy is not on my list.
CY
Yeah, it's good to have that center and base. Last question.
FB
Oh my God.
CY
How do you envision the future of B'nai Israel?
FB
You know, and I've kind of already answered that, but I could flush that out just a little
bit more. I envision that there will be a point that Alan, he made a commitment to us to
be here and I did the math, my little Goldie, will have her Bat Mitzvah with Rabbi. She's
nine. But you know, the joke about 'plans are what God laughs at' and so never really
knowing what's around the corner, what I feel like it as long as I'm still part of this I see
us looking for a student rabbi, a visiting rabbi. I have seen other congregations that have
been close to closing. I know some that have also too, and combined with others or just
disappeared. But I have seen my niece's congregation in Flint their rabbi's gone, they got
a student rabbi. They really, really liked this student rabbi, that student rabbi [was]
really bolstering membership. I just see this existing. We do our best in this structure to
keep it attractive and viable. It's a new parking lot out there. There was a new roof two
years ago. We've always worried about not being able to pay for those very expensive
things that are $23,000, $22,000, but it's almost like every time we get to that point and
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�it's like, where's that coming from? Someone produces magic and we have angels that
lived here at one time. Rick is very good at sending letters out to all of our members and
past members. And in terms of money to keep going, I don't worry about that anymore.
Not after what I've seen all these years.
But one of our other members once posed a question that I found much more terrifying
and that is 'What if we run out of people?' So when we see Marilyn and Ellen, when we
see any younger faces, new people moving in, wanting to affiliate- We think what we
have here is so special. Historic. Caring. That I want to see new people moving in and I
want us to have the forward-thinking to allow those new people to do some leading.
Not, "Oh, we've always done it this way," you know. Okay. That was my swan song.
CY
Thank you so much
FB
You're so welcome. Now I have to go down and put up with my husband. No, I have to
go get my picture taken.
CY
Oh, that'll be fun. [Laughter]
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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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Fran Boyden was born in 1947 and has lived in Muskegon, Michigan her entire life. She spent almost 40 years as a teacher at Mona Shores. Having been a member of B'nai Israel from birth, the temple factored greatly in her experiences. In this interview, she discusses her personal and family history as well as memories of the temple and Muskegon Jewish community.
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L'dor V'dor Project Interviews
Interviewer: Jennifer Morrish
Interview: Anna Alpert
Date: November 17, 2018
AA:
How did you get so lucky to choose me? [laughs] Did Marilyn assign them?
JM:
No, we chose.
AA:
Oh, really?
JM:
Yeah.
AA:
Thank you.
JM:
Yeah.
JM:
So today is November 16th, 2018.
AA:
17th
JM:
It's the 17th? It is the 17th.
AA:
Tomorrow is Mickey Mouse's birthday.
JM:
You're right, it's November 17th, 2018.
AA:
Right [laughs]
JM:
I am here with Anna, conducting an oral history for the L'or v'dor Project. Would you
please state your name for the recording?
AA:
My name is Anna Alpert.
JM:
Thank you. Do you consent to participate and have your history recorded for this
project?
AA:
Yes.
JM:
Alright.
AA:
As long as I can keep eating my bagel.
JM:
Go right ahead.
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�JM:
Alright, so tell me about yourself and your life, and what you were like as a child/young
adult.
AA:
Wow, that's a pretty big question!
JM:
It is.
AA:
It's huge. I mean, where do you start? If somebody was longer it wouldn't take as long,
but... [laughs] Okay, I was born in Paris, France, and I'm the daughter of Holocaust
survivors, which I'm very proud of. I did have a sister, who died before I was even born.
I'm an only child and came to the United States when I was five. Lived in St. Louis, did
not care for it; it was hot and humid. Did you say you were from St. Louis?
JM:
No.
AA:
Somebody I talked to was from St. Louis. We moved to St. Paul. Spent most of my
childhood there. Not too many friends. Started dancing, taking ballet classes, which I
still—I don't take classes, I teach now. Moved to California just before my senior year,
which was horrible.
JM:
That would be horrible.
AA:
Absolutely terrible. After going through kindergarten all the way up, but my parents
were practical: You wanna go to UCLA, we have to establish residency. Okay, so moved
to Los Angeles, love it there. Love the weather, love the geography with the mountains
and the palm trees and the beach. Love it there! Went to college at UCLA. Met my
husband at a camp. Moved to Muskegon, because that's where his job took him, and
love the people—I love—sometimes I say I wish I could do a Brigadoon, which is take
the whole town of Muskegon—the musical—and just float it over to like around San
Diego. Cause I love the people here. I don't care for the weather, and the gloom. No sun.
You know last month we only had—we had 21 days with no sun?
JM:
I did not know that.
AA:
From October 23rd until this week.
JM:
Wow.
AA:
Yeah.
JM:
That's Michigan. [laughs]
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�AA:
I have three kids—unfortunately one of them passed way, is not with us—and an
absolutely phenomenal best grandson in the entire world [laughs]. I think that kind of
covers it. I'm sure there's a lot of other things that are in there.
JM:
Well, that's a good place to start.
AA:
Oh! I know one thing I forgot to put on my timeline. I'm a founding member of the
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, which I'm very proud of, and also Gilana's
fund, which was named after our daughter.
JM:
Going back to your parents, you're the child of Holocaust survivors, and not everyone in
the Temple has had this experience.
AA:
No
JM:
So I was just wondering if you could tell me about it, because you're sort of the
generation after, if that makes sense.
AA:
Yeah, I'm the child of survivors, I'm the second generation.
JM:
Right, so that specifically.
AA:
It's an added responsibility now because so many survivors are dying. Cause we're what,
70 years after 1945? Yeah, more than 70, and now about the only thing that's left are
maybe child survivors. Those who were, you know, children. So now it's up to those of
us who were children of survivors to carry on their story. One reason I am so passionate
about it, is because I strongly feel that—the people who died—it has to mean
something. It has to mean something, their death, their existence. So I use that—for
good—cause I tend to be pretty optimistic, and I just want people to learn so that
doesn't happen again. It's become a trite phrase: never again, but it's true, and today,
when you see so many similarities, you really have to impress upon kids, and that's my
focus. I mean, adults, yes, but I really feel that if you can get—especially middle school
kids [laughs] yeah—if you can get them to realize that and internalize it, at least what
happened to my family will have some positive outcome. So. I don't think there's
anybody else, now in the congregation, who has that experience.
JM:
Yeah, I don't believe so.
AA:
There used to be. There is one woman, but she doesn't come that often. But as far as
being an active member.
JM:
Right, yeah, you're the only one.
AA:
I love going around to schools and talking about it. I really really do.
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�JM:
Yeah, I was curious, so the center that you helped found, is that how you—like is that
what you do your work under?
AA:
Yes, the Center for Holocaust and Genocide studies used to be called the Shoah
Remembrance Committee. It was Pastor Anderson, my husband, and I. Trying to
remember, I used to say Pastor Anderson was Moses, he was our leader. My husband
was Aaron, who did the work. I was Miriam, who kept them on track.
JM:
[laughs] Yeah
AA:
Right?
JM:
Yeah
AA:
The maintenance stuff. But it's under that committee, and of course now we have more
members, but we, for instance, did the Gathering of Healing and Solidarity after the
Pittsburgh incident. We have a commemoration service in the Spring. We bring in
speakers. We try and arrange programs to go out to schools. We're kind of—and we've
broadened our base, not just the Holocaust, but and genocide studies. Because there
are other—like this past week we had a speaker on the Armenian genocide, which is
fascinating. God! I didn't know anything about that. But it basically, it's how can we
combat hate and ignorance? How can we get people to think for themselves? That's
something I'm really, really passionate about.
JM:
That's awesome. I think it's really great.
AA:
So, that's what I do. And Gilana's fund, which is another one that I'm really hoping to
perpetuate, was named after our daughter, who died when she was 26, yeah. She—it
kind of ties in with the center because our tagline is: celebrating acceptance, cause she
was such an accepting person. That we raise money to give to various organizations that
celebrate acceptance of themselves, of each other, the Elie Wiesel fund, Big Brothers Big
Sisters, any organization that helps with the idea of acceptance, is what we support. So
they kind of go hand in hand.
JM:
Definitely. Those are two awesome organizations.
AA:
Oh yeah.
JM:
Yeah
AA:
Oh yeah.
JM:
Okay, so—
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�AA:
Accepting my bagel too
JM:
[laughs]
JM:
We sort of just kind of talked about this but, one of the next questions is: what were the
most important roles that you've had in life?
AA:
Being a person.
JM:
That's a pretty good role.
AA:
[laughs] Being a teacher. I think is very important because I've been able to influence so
many people, hopefully for the good. Being married to Alan, because it brought me here
to Muskegon, and the position that I hold in this community. Absolutely definitely being
a mother. I mean, that's right up there. It's just been such an incredible experience. My
parents had just me, that was enough. But having had three kids and seeing how two
people can have three different personalities and raising them in the same household,
three different personalities. It's just incredible. Then now as a grandmother, seeing my
child in that position and how she’s improving on what I did. and seeing just the wonder
and the excitement and the, you know, 'Oh look what I found!' 'It's just a blade of grass.'
'Oh but look it's wonderful!' I go, 'Yeah, I guess it is wonderful.' I think being the rabbi's
wife here in Muskegon, being a mother, being a teacher, being a grandmother. Those
are the four.
JM:
Can you describe what it means for you to be a Jew?
AA:
Mm. These questions you could just spend hours talking about. You know, interacting,
not just talking.
JM:
Yes.
AA:
A responsibility. That's the first word that comes to mind, because I think our heritage
and our traditions are so rich and deep. It's a responsibility. People always say, you
know, we're “the chosen”, supposedly, or when God says: I have chosen you, it's not
something taken lightly because throughout our history we have had that responsibility
and then paid the price for it often. But I think that's my role primarily is that
responsibility... and the joy! I mean, duh, not to negate that part, and the pride. So, I
think that's kinda it.
JM:
How do you practice Judaism?
AA:
[pause] Jen. I'm married to the rabbi
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�[both laugh]
JM:
But for you specifically. Like I know that, I think, rabbi keeps kosher, but you don't,
right?
AA:
In the house we do.
JM:
Oh, you do, both, in the house?
AA:
Mmhm. The only place that we vary is when we eat out. But at home we have kosher
home. Would I have that if he wasn't the rabbi? Maybe. I don't know. What was the
question?
JM:
How you practice Judaism?
AA:
I guess, with me, it's talking about it. You know, letting people know, you know, with my
star [lifts up necklace], being open to answering questions, being proud of it. I don't
think it's so much—being a reformed Jew I don't think it's as important to have the ritual
part of it. The ritual is the outward appearance of what you're feeling. I think talking
about the way I feel about the way I feel about it. But definitely the holidays are very
important. The way we raised our kids, was very important, and excepting that
responsibility that I talked about.
JM:
Can you tell me about a time that you questioned your faith?
AA:
When my daughter died.
JM:
Okay, can you tell more Gilana?
AA:
Oh [laughs] oh Gilana. How do I describe Gilana? It almost sounds like that, you know,
‘how do you solve a problem like Maria?’
[both laugh]
AA:
How do you explain a person like Gilana? She was an imp. Red hair, brown eyes, edgy,
very edgy, very passionate. You know, when she, when she got her mind on something,
and that's why we have that celebrating acceptance, that Gilana's fund, cause she was
so passionate about accepting people as they were, where they were. When she died,
we said, it can't stop, she can't to her work, we have to do her work. But as a child she
was—I remember one time, I think she was in middle school, probably taking
government, and I was doing laundry. We had the best time that day. She just propped
herself up on the dryer, which was probably the warmest place in the house, and we
just talked about the government, and she was in middle school! You know, the
different branches, the checks and balances, and she always was questioning, and I
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�remember when she got to Indiana University, when we were moving her in, we were
waiting for her to come back and we couldn't find her and we go out on campus and it
was a bright beautiful fall day and she's just walking around, swishing through the leaves
[laughs] and just enjoying life. And then I remember, she also said, ‘Mom, I'm finally
able to have a conversation with somebody.’ In college. When she was in elementary
school, she wanted to get to middle school. When she was in middle school, ‘I want to
get to high school.’ Because she never felt she could really have a conversation. Cause,
you know, you've gone through, when you get to middle school and high school it's like
‘what are you wearing?’ and all that kind of stuff. She didn't care. She wanted to get into
things. And she had a phenomenal sense of humor. And she loved The Beatles. The
Beatles were her boys. Those were her boys. She could listen to a song and say, ‘John's
playing the guitar there, and that's Paul's voice.’ She just could pick them out. She loved
the Beatles.
JM:
That's pretty cool.
AA:
And she introduced me to a lot of the songs, cause she was taking a class in the history
of rock n’ roll. When I used to go down there, and I would sit in on the class with her,
she would always—she just introduced me to so much. She was great. Yeah. I miss her
terribly. I miss our conversations.
JM:
So do you still believe in God, or do you...?
AA:
Yeah, the thing—the turning point—after she died, I was furious. Because we have a
tradition that with the high holidays, with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, that the book of
life is opened and it's sealed. And the decision is made who shall live and who shall die.
Traditionally. And I sat there going, ‘Give me break!’ You know, why was this person
chosen not to live, who had so much promise to do so much. I mean she [laughs] she
worked at an adult toy store, and loved it, because she was helping people. You know,
she didn't look at it as being, ‘Oh my goodness, I gotta keep this secret.’ She says, ‘Mom,
I'm helping people.’ She wanted to go into either sex therapy or sex education. But I was
so angry with the concept and I was saying, ‘oh God, how could you do this?’ And then I
realized, how could you be angry at something that doesn't exist? So, God must exist if
you're being angry, and that was kind of a turning point. And I think most people as they
get older, start getting a little bit more spiritual. I'm not the kind of person—Alan, you're
not hearing me say this—that believes I have to be in this building, and sometimes I
don't want to be here for services, reading the same thing that everybody else reads. I'd
rather go outside. I'd rather sit in the garden. I’d rather look up at the sky. You know,
some part of me thinks that I may have been a Native American in my early life, because
I really, feel the trees have a soul and that I don't like to cut down a tree, I don't like to
pull the leaves off, cause they hurt. But that's, to me, where I feel that there's a God, is
when I'm outside.
JM:
That's interesting.
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�AA:
Yeah.
JM:
And it's almost like earlier, how you practice, it's almost like that sort of, I feel like goes
along…
AA:
Mmhm, yeah. Cause, I think if you feel that you have to be here at services to pray, it
compartmentalizes it. It puts a beginning and an end. You know, I'm walking in, I'm
Jewish. I'm walking out, I'm secular, it stops. And it's not the way it is.
JM:
That's interesting.
AA:
Okay.
JM:
That's smart.
AA:
You do what you want with that piece of information.
JM:
Okay, so kind of linked to that, what has it been like being the rabbi's wife?
AA:
[laughs]
JM:
And when you met Alan, did you—was he already planning on being a rabbi?
AA:
Mhmm, I knew what I was getting into.
JM:
Okay [laughs]
AA:
Let me start by saying that I am so fortunate that this is the congregation we're with.
They're extremely accepting. When I was younger, there's a term called rabbitzen. I
don't know if you've heard that?
JM:
AA:
I think so, yeah
That's the phrase that often times they'll call the rabbi's wife, and I didn't want that
because that had a certain stereotype in my brain, of the woman who runs everything,
and is forceful and domineering, and I'm going ‘nahh’ and I remember coming to
Muskegon, going ‘I'm not the rabbitzen. If I'm married to the rabbi, I'm the playboy
bunny. I'm not a rabbit, I'm a bunny’ [laughs]. But, they have been—in fact, within a
year of coming here, I've always been involved in theatre and theatre sometimes is on a
Friday night, and they've never been critical of my having to take it off. And one year we
did The Merry Widow, and I don't know if you're familiar with that play, but it's about a
man who falls in love with a courtesan and she goes to—and it takes place in France, so
there's the can-can girls and we all know about the can-can girls.
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�JM:
Yes,
AA:
I was one of 'em! And I remember sitting there on stage, sitting on one of the guy's laps.
The guy happened to be the daughter of somebody in our congregation, who was off
stage cause she was involved in the play as well, and I'm going [awkward noise and
laugh] you know, part of me is going, ‘I'm the rabbi's wife sitting on a congregant's son's
lap, playing a can-can girl.’ [laughs] But, never, any questions as to why I wasn't there, or
as to what I was doing. And I'm, by nature, somebody that gets involved, and likes to be
involved and share things and whatever. So, they've given me that opportunity, within
this—and they've never been demanding of me. Never thinking ‘you need to fit this
role.’ So it's, it's just never been a problem, it's just kind of been an extension of me.
JM:
That's very interesting, that's cool.
AA:
Yeah, if you, if, there are some rabbis who are married to a spouse who are more
introverted, maybe, and don't want to be involved, that might be a problem, depending
on how the rabbi—but I think a lot of it has to do on what the rabbi—that's the
connection between the congregation and the spouse, and I'm using those terms
because there are rabbis who are women as well. You know, but the rabbi sets the
boundaries that ‘my spouse will be doing some other things,’ the congregation will more
or less accept it. And Alan has always done that. You know, ‘Anna is not gonna be here.’
Even now, I can't come to services, I'm involved with the Miss Michigan pageant, a
studio recital, I'm not feeling well, and never, never any problems.
JM:
Can you describe your earliest memories of the temple?
AA:
Of this temple?
JM:
Yeah
AA:
Oh, yeah, huh [laughs]. Because I think, when we came here, I'm tryin’ remember, ‘76, I
was just shy of being 28 and we were interviewed here and I just remember being at
somebody's house being interviewed. And then the building itself, coming in here, is to
me, is very stark, and that's not really my taste, but I can appreciate the fact that some
people do like it. It was built in the forties, and it reflects that period, so being a
historical...a hysterian... a hysterical historian [both laugh] I kind of look at it as
reflecting the period it was built in. But I met the people before I was in the building. I
think you're talking about the building, or about the congregation?
JM:
Either one. If your first interaction is with this building or with the congregation...
AA:
My first interaction was with the people. I remember after the interview, going home,
and there were two or three women that I had already picked out that I thought, you
know, I could probably get to be really good friends with them. And they were so
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�accepting and natural, as you've experienced. I never felt that I had to impress or was
intimidated by anybody. Eh, maybe one or two [laughs] but being who I am, even the
people that I've felt were a little intimidating, I always kind of said, probably deep down,
they're not like that. They're probably doing that for a reason or putting on a certain
persona because they feel they have to, and there's gotta be something in there that's
more relaxed. But my first impression with the people was, ‘they're pretty neat, really.’
JM:
I agree with that. [both laugh] Okay. What changes have you witnessed at B'nai Israel?
AA:
Mm. [pretends to talk with mouth closed as she eats bagel]
JM:
That's alright [laughs]
AA:
Chewing and thinking. It's gotten smaller, for sure. It bothers me that we don't have kids
as much anymore. That was one of the things that [recording glitches] here when we
were trying to decide [glitch] I can remember thinking, ‘oh, there's a youth group! I can
maybe in charge of the youth group.’ I think one of the biggest things, because as we've
gotten smaller, there's more of a blending. That's the only word I can think of. It hasn't
become congregant [holds up one hand] us [holds up other hand separate]. It's more
like [interlaces fingers of hands] it's a bunch of people that get together. We have all
these things, but it's not imposed, it's: we decide together. Obviously, not the holidays.
Those are pretty much set, but even within the holidays there are things that people
say, you know, ‘can we not do this?’ or I remember once, we were ready to start
services, and Alan was up in the front wanting to start, and we were talking, and I don't
remember who it was, it might have been Lee [leans forward and whispers to
microphone]: don't quote me on that. [laughs] And we, a bunch of us, turned around
and said, ‘wait a minute, we're not ready yet,’ and we kept on talking and he's just
standing up there [laughs] but that's kind of the feeling. Or we'll come in and we'll say,
‘you know what, why don't we go outside and do services today?’ So it feels more, than
it did before, because we are smaller, and also more distance from the previous rabbi.
Cause the previous rabbi had certain standards that he set up, and then gradually it
became us. But it's more of a—like a family, deciding what's gonna happen. That's a big
change that's happened gradually.
JM:
It's become more family like.
A [to M who entered room]: Who made up these questions?
M:
The students collectively.
AA:
Woah. [laughs]
E [entered with M]:
Questions by committee.
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�AA:
Yeah!
JM:
What are your worst memories and your best memories at B'nai Israel?
AA:
Oh, good grief [laughs] and this is going to be recorded, right?
JM:
Yes, it is [laughs]
AA:
Can I plead the fifth? [laughs]
JM:
You don't have to say anything you don't want to.
AA:
Worst memories and best memories… Best memories: oh my god, probably around my
kids. I remember with Gilana, she was not even a year, and it was the high holidays, she
must have been about four or five months, and at one-point Alan says, ‘and we all say
amen’ and everybody goes ‘Amen,’ and then I hear this little voice going ‘Ah-eh-ah’
[laughs]. That's one memory I always have. I have one memory of, it seems to be mostly
of Gilana, where we couldn't find her. She was three or four and she had climbed up the
stairs in the kitchen, and there used to be a field back here [points out library window]
and this guy walks up to the front door and he says, ‘are you looking for a little
redheaded girl?’ I'm going ‘well, why didn't you grab her?!’ You know, she was heading
that way [points out window] to the street, so I think that might not be a very fond
memory. But it's also a little hard to say temple, or Jewish community. Very fond
memory around our centennial when all of Muskegon celebrated us. We had Itzhak
Perlman here, if you know who he is.
JM:
Yes, I do! I do.
AA:
Wow! You know, that was amazing! Weddings that have been held here, bar and bat
mitzvahs of my kids, working with the Sunday school. Alan always used to say, ‘I wanna
be a rabbi in a community where I can work through generations,’ and we've had that.
We've known great-grandparents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, and that's
been really neat. Worst memories: I can't think of any. You know, obviously probably
the deaths of some people that were very important. People leaving, that meant a lot to
us, that have moved on. That's pretty much it. I can't think of anything. It's interesting
that you ask that question. I can't think of anything! Now [transition back to best
memories], having my children, when they were brought into the community, and the
way everybody accepted them, and they were raised by this congregation. That's a good
memory. Having a bite of my bagel.
JM:
How would you describe the values of B'nai Israel?
AA:
Good.
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�JM:
Good?
[both laugh]
AA:
I'm chewing!
JM:
Okay.
AA:
Very positive. There are times when I'll say, ‘Ah, oh my god we're so small. How are we
going to do anything? Is it really worth putting this in? We're so small. Are we really
going to be here that long?’ and the value of these people is: we're here, let's do it.
Why shouldn't we plan this? Why shouldn't we put in a stairlift, people are going to be
getting older. Why shouldn't fix the roof? As opposed to saying, let's just close down
and get smaller. It's ‘No. We're still here. We're still thriving. We're vibrant.’ That's a
very positive value. The value of their involvement in the community. I really think that
Muskegon must think that we're bigger than we are, because we are so involved, in the
symphony, in the museum, in the library, in, you know, in every aspect, we're there. I
think the values are really positive. And you've experienced that.
JM:
Yes, definitely, I have.
JM:
Okay, so beyond—so you have kind of already answered this with what you've said, but
beyond being married to the rabbi, what still keeps you a member of this temple?
AA:
It's the only one in town [laughs] You know, let's get practical, Jen.
JM:
Right, well why have you and Alan stayed in Muskegon?
AA:
Oh, going back to a positive thing that happened here! It just happened this summer!
The feeling when Jen and Kim got married. Jennifer, a different Jen. When they got
married, because they'd been going together for so long, but they wanted to formalize
their union, and what was so wonderful about it, was when Ellen approached our
president about whether they could get married, nobody thought anything other than
‘Are they members?’ and that was such a beautiful thing. Nobody questioned that it was
going to be a same sex marriage. It was just: it's happening. Very natural, and that is
such a positive value, and I'm so proud of this congregation for that. It was one of the
most beautiful ceremonies, and most joyful and loving that we have ever ever had. It
was wonderful. Then my son posted on Facebook ‘This is where I come from, I'm so
proud of my father,’ and I'm going ‘aww, I love you David!’ [laughs] Anyway, that wasn't
the question you just asked me. What keeps me here?
JM:
That's alright. So yeah, you and Alan have been here since 1976, right?
AA:
‘76
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�JM:
So why have you stayed at this temple? Cause usually rabbis will move around, so what
has...?
AA:
Cause there has always been something that's gonna be happening that we want to be a
part of. You know, we had an opportunity to move at one point, and I remember
thinking, ‘oh, but the centennials coming up’, ‘oh but I want to wait until so-and-so gets
married’, or you know, ‘I wanna see what happens with this’, it's really the people that
are so wonderful. I mean, when, again, I go back to when Gilana died, I don't know what
we would have done. I mean can you imagine one of our congregants drove Alan down
to Chicago in the middle of the night, and stayed with us? And was so instrumental
when the doctors talked to us, obviously our minds were going all over the place, but he
and his wife had this talent of listening, interpreting for us, and then leaving the room,
to help us—they were just there. Then we came and, we came back on a Monday, and
just like that the congregation had arranged sweets and coffee and all that to welcome
us back. That whole week, you know. We had a huge celebration at the Frauenthal,
which wasn't just the congregation, it was the whole city. And that's what keeps us
here. It’s just every time I think we're gonna move or maybe we should retire, it’s like,
can we take the town with us? [laughs]
JM:
Right, this your community.
AA:
But, you know, obviously, he is the rabbi and he's not going to move until there is no
congregation, which I don't think will ever happen, I hope.
JM:
Yeah, that's, well actually the next question is how do you envision the future of B'nai
Israel?
AA:
Who knows. We have been told so many times, going back 30 years, 40 years, no, not
quite that much, ‘you might wanna start looking. This congregation has maybe five more
years.’ In fact, my son, he says that scared his life. Cause Alan would always come home
going ‘we may not be here much longer.’ Can you imagine saying that to a 5 year old, a
6 year old, a 10 year old? ‘Ahh, don't get too comfortable?’ [laughs] ‘Can I unpack my
bag yet dad?’ But it's like the little engine that could, ‘I think I can, I think I can, I think I
can.’ It just keeps going. Okay, so we don't have a function that attracts 100 people, so
we have 50, so we have 30, so we have 20. But we have 20! It’s the congregation that
always looks at the positive, not ‘well, we're not here anymore. maybe we should sell
the building and move someplace.’ It's ‘no, we're gonna fix this up. This is our home.’ So
I don't know what the future's gonna be. If Muskegon turns around, which it might, we
might get more people. And we're here.
JM:
You're ready for ‘em
AA:
We're ready! Come and get it [laughs]
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�JM:
That's awesome.
AA:
Yeah
JM:
Yeah. I don't have other specific questions. Is there anything else that you… I actually do
have one other question. When we talked about... ballet! So just tell me about your—
why you do ballet? You teach it now, right?
AA:
Mmhm
JM:
And did you used to do it yourself?
AA:
Mmhm, not professionally, semi-professionally. I was a semi, I guess you could say semiprofessional, folk-dancing, it was really folk-dancing. I was a part of company, and we
travelled, and we were paid. So I guess that's what makes it professional. I started taking
ballet when I was six or seven, I don't remember what I put on there [referring to
timeline of life].
JM:
Yes, six, “started dance classes.”
AA:
It's always been there. I remember once, we had just moved to California, and my
parents had gone somewhere, and I was home I had to wash my hair, or do something
or other, and the landlord came up to fix something. And I was listening to Swan Lake,
and he stops before he leaves, and he goes ‘Why are you so different?’ and I'm going
‘oh my god, where are we going with this thing?’ and I'm like, ‘whattya mean?’ and I
knew him so we could talk. And he said, ‘You're seventeen years old and you're listening
to Tchaikovsky. Why are you different?’ [laughs] That's just me, I've always been drawn
to classical music. I'm always drawn to things that move. I'm always drawn to sculptures
or pictures that have fluid things. You know, I'm not, I don't like—that's one thing with
this building, it's so geometric.
JM:
It is very geometric.
AA:
Very geometric! But I love sculptures that have circles to it. That have movement. I love
rhythms. I love drums! Oh my god. I love to embarrass my kids in the grocery store.
‘Mom, you're doing that again!’ ‘Yes!’ It's just been a way of expressing myself, maybe
because I was an only child. It gave me that outlet. That brought me to theatre, and Alan
loves musical theatre, and I do, and so, our son's a director, and Gilana was majoring in
theatre too. One child that is practical and that's Aleza, she's a teacher! I always used to
say Gilana and David were gonna struggle and Aleza was going to support them both.
She's the practical one. God, I've talked more about Gilana than David and Aleza in this
interview. But with theatre because it’s such—everybody talks about sports as being a
way of teamwork and cooperation and discipline—so are the arts. There was a quote
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�that I saw on Facebook, I can't remember what it is but basically with the arts, what do
you have of past civilizations? You have their art. You have their sculpture. You have
your literature. You have their paintings. That's what survives. Not their sports—except
the Olympics—not the sports and the competition stuff. I'm not downplaying that, but
when I teach my students, I've always said to them, you know they say, ‘well I can't
come next week because I've got a final.’ I'm going: organize. You've got a class,
discipline yourself. You’ve got a class on Thursday, you've got a paper due Friday, you
get it done on Tuesday. You know, the organization part. It's also making the kids aware
of what their bodies can do. It's like, okay you wanna reach for the cookie jar on the top
shelf, what are you going to do with your body weight? How are ya going to support
that, you know, that little—it's learning about their bodies and what it can do. And so, I
just, I love teaching it now.
JM:
That's amazing. You never really think about it that way.
AA:
Yeah, and then in my class I always try to bring in—they always know that when we
have a recital, if you're in Miss Anna's class, you're gonna do it to classical music. Not
anything modern. Cause, when I do that, I teach them about the composer, about the
music, about the period. I'm a history teacher, I can't get away from that. And, you
know, I just, I try to give them some reason—none of them are going to become
professional dancers—but some reason for why they should be there, an appreciation
for that, developing that, learning how to steal the cookies from the top shelf when they
shouldn't.
JM:
Were you a history teacher in Muskegon? So I know you taught ballet, but…
AA:
I teach ballet and my major is history, my minor is speech. That's why I talk so much.
[laughs] I’ve never really taught—I did teach long term a little bit, but in Muskegon I did
mostly subbing. No, actually I subbed once for almost an entire semester. As I say, I've
never really had my own class to corrupt. [laughs] But I do like to tell kids—because
history is a boring subject for everybody, I don't know if you liked history?
JM:
I did, I liked history.
AA:
But I always tell them, you've never had me for a teacher. Cause everybody looks at
history as being all those dull facts and figures, and I'm going: that's just the coat
hanger. It's not the whole thing. It's what you hang everything else on, and it's the
everything else that's so exciting. And yeah, the dates never change, but your
interpretation of what happened will change, and your interpretation will reflect where
you live. And so, somebody living in the 20th century may look at the Civil War different
from somebody who lived right afterwards, or somebody next year, or whatever. So
history is constantly changing, but most teachers will teach it as go come and learn this
dates, and I'm going ‘Ugh, please.’ So I would say, history and dance, and my family, are
the three big things in my life.
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�JM:
Yeah, sounds like it. Can you tell me more about David and Aleza?
AA:
Yeah, oh my goodness. David, my youngest, being the only boy, and as he told me as he
was graduating high school, that he says ‘Mom, you will never have a daughter-in-law,’
and I said, ‘Go forward.’ You know, he says, ‘you'll never have a daughter-in-law’ and I
said, ‘so I'll have another son-in-law, that's okay!’ And, as I'm sure many parents of gay
children will say, my first concern is for you, because luckily society is getting, hopefully,
more accepting, but they haven’t always been. But he has done incredibly well. He’s
very focused. He's very organized. He has tremendous people skills. And to be successful
in that field in New York, is brutal. It's really, really—and sometimes when he feels down
I say, ‘Hey, David, how many of your friends moved to New York when you did? How
many are still here? How many are still here pursuing theatre, or gone into other
careers? You are so focused,’ and I say to him, ‘If dad and I didn’t think you had the
talent, we wouldn't be supporting you. By now we would have said, maybe you should
find something else.’ But…I'd love for him to get off my payroll. [laughs] He's still on our
payroll, but we don’t care because he has the talent. From what we've heard other
people say about him, and the work we've seen, he has the talent, so why shouldn't we.
He's going to make it. And then he comes back with, ‘what do you mean going to? I
have.’ I go, ‘don't get too cocky. You know, I brought you into this world, I can take you
out.’ [laughs] But he's right, he has made it because he's survived. And he's getting more
and more known, and he's getting asked, and he's—you know, I think the bond between
a mother and son is very special, and especially when that son is the youngest. And, I'm
gonna say this, especially when your son has a lot of feminine traits, and obviously in
dance I've met a lot of gay men, and they have always been the kindest, most generous,
most loving, and to have a son like that? Why should I object to it? And so he has been,
he calls, he still sits on my lap [laughs]. As he was growing up, being the last one out of
the house, you know, going with me to run errands. And then Aleza has always been the
stable one, I don't know if it's cause she's a middle child. Are you a middle child?
JM:
I am not. I'm the youngest.
AA:
Okay, so you're my David.
JM:
Yes.
AA:
Perfect example of Aleza, okay, we're at the dinner table, and Gilana being a redhead,
and David being a redhead, and both being in theatre, [flicks arms up and down] boing!
boing! boing! everything's flying around! And Gilana shares my husband's passion for
things, just [makes movement and noise indicating discord] you know, fighting, and
there's Aleza, and she, you know, she waits for a pause in the conversation and she goes
‘Can you pass me the salt?’ [laughs] That happened! You know, the other ones, the four
people just going at it, and she just ‘can you pass me the salt?’ Just very calm, very
focused, very generous, very stable. There's David and Gilana [holds up one fist for
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�David, and the other for Gilana] and there's Aleza [puts fists together] holding on to
them as they go. Just very—and I have been so fortunate that my kids are extremely
close. Extremely. It was like, Gilana and David were very close, not so much Aleza, until
Aleza, I always say kinda crossed the bridge, became closer Gilana as she aged, and then
David was left behind. And then David caught up. When they were younger, because
Alan grew up with two brothers, he would wanna go running in. I'd say, ‘wait.’ When
he'd hear screaming, I'd go, ‘let ‘em work it out.’ And sometimes I wonder, how did I
know that? I was an only child. But a friend of ours said, ‘if there's no blood, don't go,’
and they would solve it, and I think that's what did it. They learned to be together, and
even now, David will say to me, ‘I'm flying down to Charlotte, next week. I just wanna
see Aleza,’ or she'll go up to see him. I'll say to them, ‘have you talked?’ ‘Oh yeah, we
talked to each other this morning, or yesterday.’ Feeling in myself, I'm going, ‘you didn't
call me…’ [laughs] and then I go, ‘that's okay.’ You know, they're very very very close to
each other. When David went to Western, and he was a freshman, and it was
orientation week, and he was really lonely cause he was very much a home kid, Aleza
borrowed her roommate’s car and drove in from Lansing, to spend the day with him.
They do things like that. So, I'm very very fortunate to have those three kids.
JM:
They sound awesome.
AA:
Ah, they are. They really are. And I'm gonna see ‘em next week [laughs]
JM:
Yay!
AA:
So, did I answer everything?
JM:
You answered everything. Yeah, I mean [looks at Timeline]
AA:
Oh, that thing [looks at timeline]. Last year I was given the Friends of Hackley Library
Humanitarian Award. I remember when I got it, I said to Alan, ‘I think this is a mistake.’
[laughs] I mean, what have I done. And then Susan Harrison Wolf, who’s a friend of ours
and she worked for the chronicle, typical writer's response ‘just start writing down
things.’ I guess, that was another highlight. I just kind of added that.
JM:
Yeah, I think that's great! I mean, from what I've heard, you've done a lot.
AA:
Yeah, I guess I have. But, this was fun!
JM:
Good, I'm glad that you enjoyed!
AA:
Yeah, and like I said, I love talking to classrooms. I love talking to—I love talking. I love
eating bagels. What time is it? Oh my god, it's almost one o'clock. We've been talking
for a while.
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�JM:
Yeah, looks like [looks at recorder] almost 50 minutes.
AA:
Really?!
JM:
Yeah
AA:
Wow
JM:
It's wild. I did notice one other thing on here [the timeline] you wrote down “met [your]
best friend, Barbara.” You wanna tell me more about that?
AA:
Mmhm, Barbara and I just celebrated our 50th anniversary, that's what this rose is for
[points to necklace]. This star [other necklace she is wearing] by the way was Gilana's.
And um, there's the rose [points back to other necklace]. She [Barbara] was my big sister
in the sorority, and an only child. In our first week, we went off on a retreat and it was
the middle of the night, and we were out at a beach house and I couldn't find the key to
the bathroom [laughs] and she got up to help me. And I figured, I think I'll get to know
this woman a little bit more. And, it's interesting because our lives are so parallel. When
we were growing up, I mean, throughout our friendship she'd say ‘god, I stubbed my toe
yesterday,’ and I'm going ‘Really? So did I!’ ‘I'm coming down with a cold.’ ‘So am I.’ I
mean there was so many things that would happen, at the same time. But they say that
if you know somebody ten years, whatever, you'll know them for a lifetime. With her—
and I have another friend from 8th grade that we were in the same city for one year, her
family moved to New York, we stayed in St. Paul, we're still friends.
JM:
That's amazing.
AA:
Isn't it?
JM:
That's very amazing.
AA:
From 8th grade. Then I have another friend in Chicago from high school.
JM:
That's really amazing.
AA:
You have to work at it.
JM:
Yes, definitely!
AA:
And you have to have the right person. But Barbara, I know, in fact, sometimes when I—
it's something about her, that I can't call her and ask her about [laughs] or complain
about. It's like, well who do I complain about her to. But never. But that was a high
point, meeting her.
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�JM:
Okay, well, I don't have any other questions. Is there anything else you'd like to say?
AA:
Thank you!
JM:
Thank you, this was amazing.
AA:
I'm gonna go eat my bagel now.
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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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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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eng
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Circa 1920s-2018
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DC-08_BI_Youth_Group_Creative_Service_Linda_Rothschild
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Temple B'nai Israel
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Youth Group Creative Service
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Youth group creative service program by Linda Rothschild, undated.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
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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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L'dor V'dor (project)
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eng
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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Muskegon, Michigan
December ,,2
? , 1949
FOR VALUE RECEIVED , \'le promise to pay to THE HACKLEY UNION
NATIONAL BANK OF ~•1USKEGON at its office, First Street ana_ Western Avenue ,
Huske c on , Michi gan , or order , the sum of Forty Two Thousanc Seven Hundred
Fift ,r and no / 100 ( $42 , 750 . 00) Dollars with interest at the rate of four ( 4)
per cent per annum , payable in □ onthly installments as follo1vs : Four Hunc1rea.
Fifty and no/100 ( $450 . 00) Dollars or more on the 28th day of December, 1949
and Four Hundred Fifty and no/100 ( $450.00) Dollars or more on the 28th day
of each and every month thereafter until the nrincipal and interest ar f' fully
paid , except tha t the final payu ent of ~rincipal and interest , if not sooner
paid; shall be due and payable on or before I-lay 28 , 19 58 . Interest shall be
computed. and paid monthly on the same d.c.te as principal payments are due .
In case of default in the payment of t'l''O monthly payments as above provia_ed ,
the entire sum then unpaid sha.11 become due and payable forthwith upon such
default .
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Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
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Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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)
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
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Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
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A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
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DC-08
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Image
Text
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image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
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eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
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DC-08_BI_Temple_Mortgage_Monetary_Details_2_1949-12-28
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Hackley Union National Bank of Muskegon
Date
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1949-12-28
Title
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Mortgage Details
Description
An account of the resource
Document detailing the mortgage for the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship, December 28, 1949.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
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L'dor V'dor (project)
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
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Text
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application/pdf
Language
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eng
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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Muskegon, Michigan, W.ay
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, as hereinafter provided after date, we promise to pay to
THE HACKLEY UNION NATI<NAL BANK OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
or order, the sum of
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SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($65,000 .OO)
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with interest at the rate of four percent
per annum, as follows:
the sum of Six Thousand( $6,000.00)Dollar~7 on tfie
28th
day of November, A.D.1948
and the sum of One Thousand($1,000.00)DollaBE/ij8rJh§0 r~8th day of December, A.D.1948,
and like sums of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollari7e~cn on the same and corresponding
date or dates of each and every succeeding and successive month after the month of
December 1948 until all sums secured by this mortgage have been fully paid. All
interest s ~ l be computed monthly with the first payment of interest to be due on
the
~ , : ; day of June, A.D.,1948 and monthly thereafter on the same date of each
and every succeeding and successive month thereafter until principal payments become
due hereunder and then monthly interest payments shall be made at the same time as
the principal payments are required to be made under the terms and provisions hereinbefore set forth. Principal or interest not paid when due shall bear interest at
the rate of five (5%) percent per annum; Provided however, that all of the rinci al
eu1<l t1.cry--tntefrtfs~1, tl'ffil'.'eon snalT"'bepa.Ya in mi- not Tater than f'ive
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by the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship, a Michigan non-profit corporation to The
Banking Association of Muskegon,
of the mortgagee, First
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Title
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Temple B'nai Israel Collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital objects were contributed by Temple B'nai Israel as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
Synagogues
Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Preston, Marilyn
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
DC-08
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Image
Text
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image/jpeg
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920s-2018
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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DC-08_BI_Temple_Mortgage_Monetary_Details_1_1948-05-28
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hackley Union National Bank of Muskegon
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1948-05-28
Title
A name given to the resource
Mortgage Details
Description
An account of the resource
Document detailing the mortgage for the Muskegon House of Jewish Worship, May 28, 1948.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Digital file contributed by the B'nai Israel Temple as part of the L'dor V'dor project.
Relation
A related resource
L'dor V'dor (project)
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
application/pdf
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/68509a63d9c5ea2132877fe036c98b15.pdf
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CARSON SCRAP BOOK
0. B. CARSON
420 Lexington Avenue
New York 17, N. Y.
ESTABLISHED 1923
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��A ,!ital ]eLcis/1 Co111111u11ity Center .
This Is The Dreain of Every Group
and
Organization.
There is no community in all western :\Iichigan that is so closely knit as the
Jewish Community of Greater ::\luskegon. From its people, leaders have
emerged to interpret and stimulate the desires, hopes, dreams and aspirations
of the community as a whole. A Jewish Center, a central meeting place for
the joint and cooperative endeavors of all peoples of ::\luskegon is the dream
of this community. A Center wherein the cultural, communal, social and
spiritual life of the new :\luskegon
. the :Muskegon that has grown so
greatly in character and stature . .
may be given full outlet and further
encouragement.
All of Greater Muskegon will benefit by the erection of a Center that will
encourage group interest and activate leadership in Jewish and Civic affairs.
Specifically . . . the Center will have adequate facilities for housing social,
cultural and religious gatherings, both large and small. These will include,
among various others, the Congregation, the Children's and the Adults' Religious School, the Sisterhood, the Brotherhood, the B'nai B'ritb Lodge, the
Hadassah, the United Jewish Charities, and the Zionish Organization. But
beyond these, the Center will be available to various other civic groups and
organizations.
1fie Center \\11i// Belong To You
1fie Pu//il/ment Is Up To You!
�This Jewish Center Will Provide Proper Space and Facilities
For Your Spiritual, Cultural and Social Life
And Will Be Situated To Best Serve and Represent
Tl1.e Entire Comn1.unity.
When this dream shall have been fulfilled, men, women and children will
meet in prayer within the walls of its beautiful main chapel, with a normal
first floor seating capacity for one hundred seventy persons. A flexible seat-
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capacity of three hundred. As shown on the accompanying floor plans, the
first floor also has a social room or salon and a small chapel of proper atmosphere to serve the requirements of small groups on occasions of meetings for
religious purposes. On the ground floor, part of the space is used for heating,
ventilating and storage, leaving sufficient area for a complete modern kitchen
which adjoins a large recreation room equipped with a stage and other
necessary facilities for dinners, dances, or social affairs. In the other parts
of the building, in addition to the Rabbi's study, there will be a library and
three cheerful rooms having proper size and equipment to meet the Religious
School requirements. and which are also planned to serve other useful purposes.
The site selected for the Community Center is at the southwest corner of
Fourth Street and Webster Avenue
Hackley Park.
. . directly across from beautiful
Here. ample parking facilities, too, are available. This
location is truly the ideal choice ... with churches and such institutions as
the Hackley Library, the Hackley Art Gallery, the Hackley School, lending
an air of culture to these surroundings. Easily reached by bus and but a
five minute walk from the downtown business district, the Muskegon Jewish
Center will in reality be the Center of Muskegon's Jewish life.
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�How Is This Dream To Be Realized, and When?
This will be determined by your further contributions. A splendid start has
been made ... and now . . . to bring this dream to full realization ... you
are asked to make an additional contribution according to your means and
capacity. The benefits you will derive out of your contribution cannot be
measured in dollars and cents. It will be an investment returned many times
over . . . to you . . . to your children and their children. Whether your
contribution be great or small . . . one day you will know that you have
done your share ... that your children shall proudly read your name among
those which will be inscribed on a bronze tablet as having made the Center
possible.
The answer is for you to supply. If you respond now . . . if you make as
generous a contribution as you can possibly make, and make it at once ...
then, upon completion of the architect's final plans and specifications, the
basement will be completed and the balance of the building will go on uninterrupted until there will arise this magnificent edifice . . . l\luskegon's
Jewish Center. And, sitting within the walls of its beautiful chapel on Rosh
Hashonah, 5707 (1946), you will say, "I helped build it, -and it is ours."
Say It
Believe It
Do All You Can For It
and Your Dream Sizall Be Fu/filled.
�Officers ... Members of T/1e Board of Trustees . . . Committees
OFFICERS
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo S. Rosen
Vice-President ................................................... J. M. Kaufman
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Lawson
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred Rodoff
MEMBERS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Harold Rosen
Harold Silverman
Sol Silverman
Fred Stein
Joseph Strifling
Abe Ashendorf
Maurice Golden
Sam Klayf
Chas. Locke
Sam Price
Paul Wiener
ADVISORY TRUSTEES
Harry Fisher
Marian Fisher
Herman Grossman
Sadie Grossman
Ely Smith
Francis August
Jean Berman
Harry S. Berman
Ruben Berman
Hortense Berman
COMMITTEES
BUILDING COMMITTEE -
J.
M. Kaufman
Co-CHAIR.MEN
Harold Rosen
BANQUET PROMOTION AND STEERING COMMITTEE
Maurice Golden-Chairman
Dr. Phillip Miller
Louis Berman
Ted Neumar
Hy Braverman
Sam Rosenbaum
Francis Fine
Rabbi Louis Satlow
Dr. Martin Friedenberg
Fred Stein
Ed. Krause
BANQUET MENU COMMITTEE
BANQUET MUSIC COMMITTEE
Sam Rosenbaum-Chairman
Joe Aron-Chairman
BANQUET FLORAL DECORATIONS
BANQUET GUESTS COMMITTEE
Lillian Kaufman-Chairman
Jerome Fisher-Chairman
�MUSKEGON
HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP
In behalf of
Congregation B'nai Israel
Cornerstone Laying Ceremonies
Program
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL BALLROOM
Muskegon, Michigan
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November 25, 1947
Kislev 13, 5708
�PROGRAM
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TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL
SUNDAY EVENING
NOVEMBER 21, 1948,
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P.M.
�MUSKEGON
HOUSE OF JEWISH WORSHIP
In behalf of
Congregation B'nai Israel
Cornerstone Laying Ceremonies
Program
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL BALLROOM
Muskegon, Michigan
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November 25, 1947
Kislev 13, 5708
�America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble
Invocation ............................. Rabbi Herman Kieval
Opening Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo S. Rosen
Rea<ling of Scripture ... . ................ Rabbi Jacob KliLzner
Acceptance of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel G. Klay£
Pre-,enLation of records:
1.
Sisterhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Harry S. Berman
2.
B'nai B'1 ith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Fine
3. United Jewish Charities ................
J.
M. Kaufman
4. Mona View Cemetery As~ociation ..... .Milton Steindler
5. Hadassah .......................... Mrs. Charles Locke
6. Congregation B'nai Israel ............ Harold Silverman
7. House of Jewish Worship ................ Harold Rosen
8. Zionist Organization of America ........ Max Rosenberg
9. History of Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Fred Rodoff
Signing and depositing this program (see facing page)
Sealing o( Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Isaac Grossman
Blessing of Thanksgiving
Abraham Shmookler
Laying of Cornerstone ........................ Paul M. Wiener
Wielding of trowel ....... Robert Cherin, Morris Friend, Samuel
Lipman, Herman Mendleson, Nathan Price, Samuel Rosen•
baum, I. Rubinsky, Sol Silverman, Eli Smith, Jos. Strifling.
Address .................................. Rabbi Harry Essrig
Hatikvah ........................................ Ensemble
�CONTENTS OF BOX:
1.
Statement from Sisterhood.
2. Statement from B'nai B'rith.
3. U.
J.
C. program of 1946-47. Officers of 1947-48.
--1· Statement from Mona View Cemetary Association.
5. Statement from Hadassah.
6. Ac.~ of Incorporation of Congregation B'nai Israel. Names
of p1c~ent officers.
;. Statement from House of Jewish Worship. Officers and
donori.. Photograph of officers and trustees. :'•fames of
architects.
8. Statement from ZOA.
9. History of the Community.
10. This program.
In witness of the depositing of the above records at the corne1,cone laying ceremonies, we hereunto subscribe our names this
25th clay of November, 1947, corresponding to the 13th day of
Ki~lev, 5708.
:Mrs. S. Ashendorf
Dr. Ralph V. August ................................... .
Ruben Bc1n1an ........................................ .
Harry Fisher .......................................... .
Komma Gudelsk)
Hyman Lipman, Registrar ............................. .
Dr. Phillip Miller ...................................... .
Duplicates of these documents will be available
for impection in our lilwa1'1f.
�PROGRAM
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TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL
SUNDAY EVENING
NOVEMBER 21, 1948,
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P.M.
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�rite Stor!I of Our voldeH Rook
.\ filll10ll' arli,l is 110\\ rni.rnard in prrparina ror 0llr Conarraation.
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,t1tracth< hook. to hr kno,, n "' thr COl.l)E" BOOK OF CO'\CREGATIO~
H'" \I ISR.\El. or· \IL'SKECO'\. \IICI IIC ,\ " ·
In thi, hook. "ill he- rrcorclc-d the- HISTORY of th<' rr~.\I ISR.\EI.
co,r.
CRl:C \TIO'\. the- m<·mhc-r, of the- building co111mitlee: the <ontrilmtors to tl11•
nr" S,nagoauc- building: tlw) ilr✓ heil date-, of our hc-lo,c-d: the \nnhc-r,ar) clatr~
of our nwmhrr,hip; thr Birthd,\\, of our childrrn: the names of our Conrirmunh
and Bar \litz,·ah,: th(' nam('S or the- men and \\Olll('n \\ho S('n('d the ("Ollllnunit)
f tithfulh and lo, ally. and other i111porlant ma tier, of interest. The Book is de,i(!rlC'd
lo lw \:\ J:\'l:R l:"\P \ '\Dl'\C HISTORY OF JE\\'ISH LIFI-: in :-Slu,ker.?on
,111d its , iciniti<•s.
Ii is inlerc,-lina ho" the iclen of the hook came about: .\fter om ne\\ Syna
1-!0(!u< huildinl'.! "<1s comtructed. the Board of Directors de( ided that they would
de, iale from the a(!e old custom of marring the heaul) of the Temple and the ohj,·c h then•in. hy either <ommemoraling conlrihutors "ho pa,,ed "" ay. or honorin(!
l,irac• donors still ali,r. h, perpetuatinl'.! their names and gifts throul'.!h pluqur, and
ins< riptions on the \\,di, or al\\ other pc1rl of the building .
•\ , a
SL'BSTITLTE. the Board thoughtfully recommended that all those
who earned the c1ffet1ion of the community throuah gifts and deeds. and deserved
lo lw rememlH·recl. he insc-rihecl instead. in a special book lo be named a, the
<;QI I )E:\ BOOK. Throuah this BOOK not on!)
will the heaul) of the Temple
l," 1msen ed. hut E\'ERY O"I: "ill ha\C a chance to BE l:'\SC'RJBEf) and
r<'rnembered. he his aift lari:.ie or small. The recommendation of the Board \\as un,tnimously adopted. hence-a COLI )E'\' BOOK.
Be«ws<' of the nature of this hook and the spirit ii symbolizes. il might \\ell
lJC' <alled the Democratic Book of Congregation lrnai lsrn('l. for it truly represents
ideal Je\\ i,h wa)-th<.' dc·mocralk lib('ral
:.?re.11<.'r "\ Iuske(!on.
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WU).
This is the wa) of the Je" s ol
Tl,<' COLl)I-::'\ BOOK is op<•n lo member, a, \\ell ,1, uuesls. :---Ir\KI---: .\
CTFr TO Tl IL TE\IPJ.E \'\I) YOL'R "r\~IE \\'ILi . HE 1'\'SCl~IRED.
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Sl:NDAY EvENING. :\'ov1c:,1BER
21, 1918 - 8:00 P.'.\I.
PRESENTATIO:\' OF THE COLORS
NATIONAi. ANTHEi\1
INVOCATION
. Color Guard
Audience
/~crhhi Snmuel Umen
~½,,,r,1/11//J a 11d //r,/coJ'llf-'
LEO S. ROSEN
PRESIUENT OF CO:-IGREGATION, s':-IAI ISRALL
SEU SH'ORI1'-I
PSAl.1\ I OF DEDICATJON
\ IY SOUL THIRSTETH FOR GOD
Choir
Rabbi
Cl1oir
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RABBI SAj\lUEL UMEN
El. YIVNEH HAGAIJL
PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY -
SHIVISI
;-. JEMORJAL PRAYER
El. MOLE RACHAMli\l
UNIVERSITY or CHICAGO
Choir
Rabhi
C'Twir
In Mc>mory o/ Congregcrlion Meml>c>rs and Our Sons \\//10 Fc>ll in Hattie
Figl1ti11g /or Democracy
PRAYER FOR l r. S. GOVER:\'MENT
l lt\l.LEI.UYAI I
BE:\'EDICTION
\DON OLAJ'-1
Hol>l>i
C'Twir
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21, 1948
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Congregation B'nai Israel
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
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SUNDAY, NOVt:' :JER
3:00 ~. M.
21, 1948
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��"Cite Stor11 of Our Jo/den Rook
,\ famous artist is no" engaged in prept1ring for our Coni:ire(!ation. a lari:ie
alt ml tin hook. to I)(" known ,., the GOl.l)E:'\' BOOK OF CO'\GREGATIO:\
tr"\AI ISRr\EI. OF \IL.:SKECO:\. \IICHIGA '\.
In thi, hook. will hc- recorded the HISTORY of the IY"\.\I ISR.\El. CO"-:
GRl-:C .\TIO"\. the memlH'rs of the huilding rnmmilte<': the contrihutors to th,.
"''" Synagogu<' building: the Yau:heit <i.ile, of our beloV<'d: the \nniY('rsary dales
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our mc-mlwrship: the Birthda,·s of our <·hildren: the name, of our Confirmanh
.ind Bar \ lit/\ al": thc- names of the men and "omen "ho serH·d the com1mmit)
f.,ithfulh and loyally. and other important matters of interest. The Book is designed
10 he \ '\
E\ 'ER EXP\ '\1)1'\G I IISTORY OF JE\\'ISI I LIFE in :'-lu,kel'.!on
,ind its ,icinities.
It is interesting ho" the idea of the book came about: After our ne" Synn1'.!0J:!UC'
huildina "ns constructed. the Board of Direclors dee ided that they would
deviate from the aae old <Ustom of marrina the benuty of the Temple and the ob
j<'ds therein.
by either commemorating contributors who passed il\\a). or honorini:(
lari:(e donor, still ali\C. by perpetualina their name, and aifts through plaques and
inscriptio1h on the walls or any other part of the building.
As a SUBSTITL'TE. the Board thoughtful!) recommended that all those
who eMnecl the affection of the community throuah aifts and deeds. and deserved
lo be rememhl'red. be inscribed instead. in a spe(ial book to be named as tlw
c;OI.DE:'\ BOOK. Throuah this BOOK not only ,,ill the beaut) of the Temple
I,<' presened. but l::\'ERY 0"-:[ "ill h<1,e a C'hance to BE l:'\'SCRIBED and
remembered. be his gift lt1rge or small. The recommendation of tl,e Roard was un,,nimou,i) adopted. hentc-a GOLl)E'\ BOOK.
Because of the nature of this book and the spirit il symbolizes. it might well
l,e called tlw Democratic Hook of Coni:(rl'gation B' nai Israel. for ii truly represents
the ideal Jc-"i,h "ay-the democratic liberal way. This is thC' way of the Je"s of
:;!realer ;\ luskegon.
1111· COi .DE:\' BOOK is op1•11 to nwmher, as well ,1, guesls. ~JAKI: ,\
CIFT TO THE Tl-:\IPI.I: \'\I) YOL ' R '\,\\IE \\'II L BE !"-:SCRIBED.
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�CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
i'IUSKEGON. MICHIGA
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Sunday. . 1ovember 21. 1948
OccmENTAL HoTEL
3:00 P.M.
THE NATIO:\IAL ANTHEM
Assembly
INVOCATIO '
Rabbi Samuel Umen
DINNER .
GREETI 1GS AND WELCOME .
Samuel C. Klay{
ENTERTAINME T
MESSAGE
Hortense Bel'mon
I >RESENTA TlON OF TESTIMO 11AL
TO LEO S. ROSEN
Paul M. Wiener
REMARKS
Ral)bi Samuel Ume,1
VOCAL SELECTION
RESPO SE
. Leo S. Rosen
HATIKVAH
Assembly
BENEDICTION
Rabbi Samuel Umen
PAUL M. \VIENER
SAMUEL G. KU\ YF
CHAIRMAN
TOASTh·IASTER
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COCKT,\ll S .\:'\I) 1)1:'\"'.ER
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R~a.,:s-Chairman
F rands Fine
RECEPTIO'\ co,1:'11TTEE
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S1L1, n,11:--.-Chairman
\fr. and ;\lrs. '-lilton Steindler
:'-Ir. and \Ir,. Joe Strifling
'\ Ir. and '\ Ir,. Ted "'.eumC'r
;\Ir. and '\ I rs. I h·rman Grossman
\Ir. and '-Ir,. Jerom<' Fishn
PROCRA;\ I A:\'I) Pl 'BU CID' CO;\ I:" 11n-EE
TICKET \'-.I) l"'.\'rJ \TIO"'. CO0Ji'lrnEr:
FR, 1>
Rono,, -Chairman
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FOR HONORING ALMOST EVERYONE
HE KNEW. '1
HAVE NEVER COME
ACROSS ONE IN WHOM I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE
SUPERIORITY OVER MYSELF. WERE HE OLDER,
I HAVE SAID HE HAS DONE MORE GOOD THAN I;
WERE HE RICtlER, I SAID HE HAS BEEN MORF.
CliARITABLE; WERE HE YOUNGER, I SAID I HAVE
SINNED MORE; WERE HE POORER, I SAID HE HAS
SUFFERED
HEAVIER
TRIBULATION;
WERE
HE
WISER, I HONORED HIM FOR HIS WISDOM; WERE
HE
NOT
LIGHTER."
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HIS
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Audience
INVOCATION
Ra/Jbi Samuel Umen
GREETINGS
Herbert Fisher
Pres. Young People's League
VOCAL SELECTION
Ilene Gudelsky
PRESF.NTATJON OF TESTIMONIALS
RESPO SE TO TESTIMO !AL
Paul M. Wiener
Pres. Cong. B'nai Israel
Harold Rosen
(Representing Group)
PRESE'-!TA TION OF GOLDEN BOOK
EXPRESSION
DEDIC.I\TJON OF GOLDE
AMERlCA
BE EDICTION
. Francis Fine
Member Golden Book Com.
Elaine Baru
Pres. Confirmation Closs ·so
BOOK
Samtiel Umen
Rabbi Cong. B'rwi Israel
Audience
Samuel Umen
Rabbi Cong. B'nai lsmt>l
�congregation is a social ul\it and like society as a \\ hol<'. is made up
of diHerenl individuals striving toward certain definite goals. In ib
struggle for exisl('nce and for the realization of its objedives. the rnnf:!regation has ih ups and downs. its headaches. problems. failure~
and achievements. This struggle for existence is what makes historv.
Th<' his tor} "hich is made by society from da} lo day. and yt•ar to }<'M. is regularly
r<'< orded
by its historians. Smt1ller unih "ithin the social make-up such as rnn-
gr<•gnlions for example are not always inclined lo keep a rernrd of their own ~pecial history.
As a result of this negligence. posterity is deprived of a good deal of inform,1lion. inspiration and guidance in problems which the past has successfully
solver! and "hich nevertheless rrop up again for the future.
Bearing these facts in mind. we of Congregation B' nui Israel huve therefore
created a book. to serve as a rernrd for the Coni:iregation's history as it is m.,de
from day lo day by our trials and achievements.
Tonight. \\e are happy lo dedicate this book "hich ull agree is a thing of
b<'auty. Beginning tonight this Colden Book remains a challenge lo all of us.
\ \ 'hether or not we shall meet the challenge in the form of great and worthv
d"<·ds depends upon our allitucle toward the sacrifices, altruism, courage and vi~ion
demanded
by
our work and goals.
I .et us on this historic occasion. resolve to meet the <hullenge of the "Book"
in ~uch a manner so that the future may call us blessed.
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DINNER COMMITTEE
FRA CIS AUGUST * CHAIRMAN
ARRANGEMENT COMMITrEE
EUGENE FISHER * CHAIRMAN
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
HERBERT FISHER * CHAIRi'--IAN
GOLDEN BOOK COMMITTEE
LEO S. ROSEN * CHAIRMAN
JNVITATJO JS AND RESERVATIONS COMMITTE!:
IRENE STEINDLER
* CHAIR:'vIAN
TESTIMO 'IAL COJ' IMITrEE
PAUL l\1. \VIENER* CHAIRMAN
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�THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Dear Rabbi Umen:
Hearty felicitations and wannest personal
greetings on the happy occasion of the fiftieth
anniversary of Congregation B1 nai Israel.
I trust
tnat for long years to come the Congregation will
continue to exemplify the highest teachings of the
ancient culture of Israel.
Very
Rabbi Samuel Umen,
Congregation B1 nai Israel,
Fourth and Webster,
Muskegon, Michigan.
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TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL:
On the occasion of the Jiftieth Anniversary of
Congregation B'Nai hrael, it is a pleasure and a
privilege to send you personal good wishes and to
greet you on behalf of the people of Michigan.
In these days when change and confunion are rife
throughout the vorld, it ia heartening to find a
people whose devotion to the ancient faith of their
fathera remains unaltered through the centuries. If
every American pledged the same 1teadfast allegiance
to the principl es of liberty and freedom upon which
our great democracy is founded, the future security
and welfare of tho United States would be assuredo
During the fifty years since Congregation B'Nai Israel
was established, it has not only served its members
well but has contributed in no small meaeure to the
community life of the City of Muskegon. It ia '147
ear nest hope t hat in the years to come, ae in the past,
Congregation »'Bai Israel will continue ateadily to
grow and prosper.
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National Anthem ....................... ................................. ................ Audience
Invocation .......................................................................... .. Samuel Umen
RABBI, CONGRl:.GATION B NAI ISRAEL
Greetings ............. , ............. ............................................. I Lerman Grossman
l'Rl:.SIDt::NT, CONGREGATION B.NAI ISRAEL
Violin Solo ................................................................ \\lamer Galombeck
ACCOMPANll::D 0Y lllJBEllT BAKER
CONGREGATION 8 °NAI JSRAl:.L ORGANl!>T
Remarks ....................................... ..
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FIFTIETH ANNIVERSAllY PROGRA 'I CIIAIR1'1AN
Vocal Solo .................................................................. Evelyn Galomheck
Chairman of the Evening ...................................... Rabbi Sc11nuel Umen
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\Vhat is Judaism? ................... .......·.................. Rabbi San[oNi Sapersteill
TEM PL£ BET! I JACOB,
PONTIAC, MICH.
What Are Some Of The Factors Thal SNved In The
Preservation of Judaism To This Day? .............. R.abhi Al/reel Friedman
CONCREGA TION 5ll AAREY ZED EK.
LANSING.
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Has Judaisw Anyhing To Offer To The Jev,
ln Our Day? ....................................................... Rabbi Gershon Winer
CONGREGATION AIIAVA ISRAEL. CRAND llAPIDS. MICH.
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And Chri,lianity? ........................................ R<.>uercmcl Samup/ i\'. Oliver
I IRST CONGREGATIONAi. CIH'IICJI. .:>IUSKEGON. M IC!!.
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PSALMS
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MRS. ANNA RUBINSKY
MRS. BIRDIE KOLBERT
MRS. HARRIETT GROSSMAN
MRS. LIBBY ROSE
MRS. ESTHER GROSSMAN
MRS. BERNICE WEINBERG
MISS FANNIE ROSEN
~IRS. :.IIRIAM FISHER
MRS. ROSE BERMAN
MRS. MILDRED RODOFF
MRS. LILLIAN NIMS
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~IRS. MARTHA GUDELSKY
MRS. GENE BERMAN
MRS. FRANCIS AUGUST
MRS. IIORTENSE BERMAN
ROSE LAWSON
Message ......................................................................... Rabbi I .eon Fram.
TEMPLE ISRAEL, DETROIT. ~IICJIIGA .'1
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A,miuersury Souue>11irs To The Children Of Our Religious ScTtool
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ln\'ocalion ..................................................................
Robbi Samuel l1men
Greetings .... .................................................................. l ler111c1.1 Grossman
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PROGR/\l\l CIIAIR:--IAN
RC'marks b) Toaslmasln and Introduction of Guests ...... Jf,ll'o/cl Rosen
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flABBI IIER.'IAN SCIIAAL;>-IAN-OIRECTOR OF GllE.\T LAKES REGION OF
HEBREW UNION CONGREG.\TIONS
Expression of Gratitude .................................................. Marslrnll Be1·man
Phyllis Greenhc>rg
TE.'IPLE B'NAI ISRAEL SUND/\) SCHOOL STUDENTS
Am('rica ........................................................ ................................. ,\mliN1ce
Bc,wdiction ..................... ..... ................................................................. Rahhi
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Jacob H. Kaufman, Chairman
Herman Crossman
Leo S. Rosen
Rabb; Samuel Ume11
Samuel Klayf
Co-Chairmen
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TICKET COf\lMITTEE
Mrs. Louis Aron, Chairman
Mrs. Jacob M. Kaufman, General Chairman of Banquet and Reception
Mrs. Leo S. Rosen, Co-Chairman
Mrs. l'vlax Lebow, Chairman of Arrangements
l\lrs. Milton Steindler. Advisory Chairman
Mrs. Jack Steindler, Advisory Co-Chairman
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INSTITU'lE 01\' JUDA.IS.l\J,.....,\Vednesday, i'\ovember 28,
;-.Jrs. Harry H. Berman. Chairman of Refreshments
:'vlrs. Harry S. Berman. Co-Chairman
Mrs. Samuel Klayf. Chairman of Decorations
Mr;,. Fred Rodoff. Co-Chairman
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FRIDAY EVE 11NG. :'\OYE:'-113ER 30.
lrs. Louis Aron, Chairman of Refreshmenl~
Mrs. Harold Rosen, Co-Chairman
1951
1931
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SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1. 19'5I
Mrs. Samuel La...vson, Chairman of Refreshments
;Vlrs. Robert RosC'nberg, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Ernest Klein
~ 1rs. Komma Guddsky
Mrs. Isaac Grossman
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BANQUET. SUNDAY E\/El\'1 'G DECEMBER 2. 1931
Mrs. Jerome Fisher. Chairman of Dinner Arrnngemenls
Mrs. Joseph Strifling. Scnting Arrnn!,!ements
Mrs. Harry Fisher. Chairman of Decoralions
'.\!rs. Paul \Viener. Co-Chaim1an
�l,od of i\:..ilions:
Happy are "c who dwel I under the flag of , \merica ! Here men arc
free; here men are equal: here men are guaranteed inalienable rigbls.
here men, respecting difference.
learn lo live logdher as brothers.
Blessed is this sacred heritage of ours! Out of overflo" ing hearts. we
give Thee thanks.
0 Lord!
\,lake u~ mindrul. "e pra) Thee. of the price paid for this heritage.
Our forefathers lra,·ersed uncharted waters; they endured the hungers
and perils of the frontier: they shed their blood on man~ baltlefields
in defense of the nation's ideals. The flag we honor is tl.e symbol of
their heroic pioneering, of their age-old quest for a land of freedom.
peace and brotherhood.
God of our fathers, endow us with the hcarl of the pioneer and the
palriol that we of this generation may do our parl lo preserve this
sacred heritage. :'-lay we guard ii with that eternal vig.lann• which is
the price of liberty. 0lay we cherish ii with a lo,c t hat kindles into
flame in the hour of crisis.
\\'e know that pillage and carna~e ha,e bcen wrought for the glory
of a flag that the t>arth has been ravaged by flame and fury for love of
country. Do Thou inspire our patriotism witl1 Thine ancient law a 11 cl
covenant that wc may measure the greatness and the glor) of our nation
not onl) h~ the vastness of ils domain. nor lhe surfeit of its ,:iold. nor
I he might of its conquests. hut
by
the frf:'edom of our people. the sac-
rcd1)('SS of our rights as m<'n. the cqual opportunity and fair play and
J!ood-wi ll of our \\ay of lire.
:-\mt>rirn. our America! Thine. Almight~ God. he the (!race to bles~
ii! Ours he the will to prcserve it for our own blrssing and I he bl<'ssing
of the nat ions of the earth!
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BULLETT
SEPTEM UER
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CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
FOURTJ-l STREET AND WEBSTER AVENUL
1'1 USKEGON, MICI IIGAN
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The BulleUn of •·011.:rci::ation B'nai Israel is pubUshcd bl-monthly
'rom Sc1, tem1Jcr lo June.
Samuel Umen
Temple Telet>hone 2-2702
_______________________________ Rabbi
19 5 0- OFFICERS-195 0
Samuel Lipman
___ -------·---·-- __ President
Harold Rosen
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Herman Grossman _______________________________ 2nd Vice-Pres.
Reuben Berman __ _ ____ ____ ________ _______ _ __ __
Treasurer
Rose Lawson _ ___ __ ____ __ ___________________ ____ _ _ __ Secretary
The Rabbi, Officers and Board of Trustees of Temple
B'nai Israel extend New Year greetings to the entire
congregation. May God grant that in the New Year we
and all mankind may be free from war worry, sickness
and mishap.
S CHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR
THE HIGH HOLY DAYS
1950 - 5711
Rosh Hashonnah-Tuesday and Wednesday, September
12th and 13th.
Monday Evening, September 11Traditional Maariv Service
6 :00 P.M.
(In small Chapel.)
Formal Community Service ________________ _______ 8 :00 P .M.
Sermon
Tuesday, September 12th-1st day of Rosh Hashonnah
Traditional morning service
( Scha charis) _________ ____ _______________________ 8 :30 A.M.
Reading of the Scroll _____________________________10 :00 A .M .
Formal Community Service ______________________ ll :00 A .M.
Sermon
End of Service --------------------------------------- 12 :45 P .M.
Tuesday Afternooo-September 12th
Trnditional Mincho Service ---------------------· 5 :15 P.M.
Traditional Maariv Service _________ 6 :00 P.M.
Wednesday, September 13th-2nd day of Rosh Hashonnah
Traditional morning service
(Scha charis) _____ ---------------------------- 8 :30 A.M.
Reading of the Scroll _ ____ - ·--- __________ l O:00 A.M.
Sermon
Sounding of the Shofar
(ram's horn) _________________________l l :20 A.M.
Traditional Musaf Service ______________ l l :30 A.M.
End of Service _ -------------------------------- _______12 :45 P.M.
Wednesday afternoon-September 13th
Traditional Mincho Service ________ ---··· _______ 5 :15 P ..M.
Traditional Maariv Service ___________ ______ _ 6 :00 P.M.
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YOM KIPPUR
Yorn Kippur-Thursday, September 20th
Wednesday Evening, September 19th,
Traditional Kol Nidrei Service ________________ 6 :00 P .M.
(In large Chapel)
Formal Community Kol Nidrei Service
8 :00 P .M.
Sermon
Thursday Morning, September 20th
Traditional morning service
(Scha charis) --------------------------· _ _ _ _____ 8 :00 A .M .
Reading of the Scroll _ ________ ____ __ _ .10 :00 A .M .
Traditional Yizkor Service ________ _______ ..10 :45 A.M.
Formal Community Service ··--·-------------·-··11 :15 A.M.
Sermon
Recess ___ __ ___ -·-·-----------------··-··------- 1 :15 P .M.
Traditional Musaf Service . _·-··-------··-···-· 1 :30 P.M.
Junior Service . ______ ______ _·····--·----·-··· _ 2 :45 P.M.
T raditional Afternoon (Mincho)
Service __
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COMMUNITY MEMORIAL SERVI CE ____ 4 :45 P.M.
Neilah (Closing Service) -------·-·--------- ·--·-- 5 :15 P .M.
End of Service ____ ----·--··--·-------------··-------···. 6 :15 P.M.
THE S ERVICE SCHEDULE
Congregants are urged to acquaint themselves with
t.llc Service Schedule given in this bulletin. Services begin and end as per schedule.
SCHEDULE OF SERVICE
FOR SUCCOTH
September ·26th and 27th, Tuesday and Wednesday
first two days of Succoth.
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Monday, September 25th
Traditional Evening Service -·· _·-·····-- -····· ... .. 7 :30 P.M.
COMMUNITY SERVICE -·___
. .... _ 8 :15 P.M.
Tuesday, September 26th
Traditional Morning Service _____ ···-· .. ···-······ 8 :30 A.M.
Traditional Evening Service ·---··-· ·-···-···-· - -····· 6 :30 P.M.
Wednesday, September 27th
Traditional Morning Service _______ ___________ .. ·- 8 :30 A.M.
HASHONNAH RABAH-OCTOBER 2nd
Mot1day, October Z'?ld
Traditional Morning Service .. __ ______ ... ·-··· .. 8 :30 A.M.
SHMINI ATZERES (8th DAY SUCCOTH)
October 10th
Monday Evening, October 9th
Traditional Service . _______ ·-·-· ·····-···-··· ··---·-·· ... 7 :30 P.M.
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL SERVI CE ..... __ 8 :15 P.M.
Tuesday, October 15th
Traditional Morning Service ______ . ·-·---·
8 :30 A.M.
YIZKOR
9 :45 A.M.
Tuesday, October 10th
CHILDREN'S' SIMCHATH
TORAH PARTY ____________ --··-··-··-- ··----····-· ... 4 :00 P.M.
Traditional Simchath Torah Service
7 :30 P.M.
SIMCHATH TORAH
Wednesday, October 11th
Traditional Mo1•ning Service .. _ ______
8:30 A.M.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR
1950 - 1951. ( 5711 )
OPENING SESSIONS
Sunday School, Sunday, September 10
Hebrew School, Monday, October 16
Adult Hebrew, Monday, October 23
Bible Study, Wednesday, November 1
10 :00
4:00
1 :00
8:15
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p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
THE SERVICES FOR THE HIGH HOLYDAYS
The services for the High Holydays may well be considered the climax of Jewish worship. In them the most
important Jewish ideals are expressed:
The Sovereignty of God over all creatures, the
brotherhood of the human family, the revelation of
the divine spirit to man, the providence of God, the
concept of reward and punishment, the restoration
of the Jewish people and the sanctuary in Zion where
a center for enlightenment for mankind shall be
created. In addition to these ideas, the idea of renouncing one's own sins, seeking forgiveness, and
vowing to lead a clean life is emphasized on the Day
of Atonement.
On these days, it is the desire of the Jew to elevate
himself above his daily routine and to draw near to God.
For this reason, these days are dedicated entirely to worship and meditation. For this purpose, the service was
daborately built up on Iaudations and prayers, hymns and
poems, meditations and petitions.
ROSH HASHONNAH
And in the Seventh month, on the first day of the
month, ye shall have a holy convocation ; ye shall do no
Serville work; it is a day of sounding the shofar unto you .
-Numbers XXIX,1·
The New Year is called in Hebrew Rosh Hashonnah.
It is sometimes called "Day of Judgment" (Yom
Hadin).
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Because on that day we represent ourselves as being
judged by God for our past lives.
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It is also called "The Day of Sounding the Shofar , 0
ram's horn.
The Shofar is sounded on that day, to remind us to appear before the Lord.
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Our life during these days should be more senous.
must repair any wrong we have committed, and remov;
any cause of ill-feeling between others, and ourselves. .
father cannot be pleased when his childr~n are at van·
ance. We are all children of our Father m Heaven.
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REASONS FOR BLOWING THE SHOFAR
The Jewish philosopher Saadya Gaon gave the foUowmg reasons for the blowing of the Shofar:
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1. T proclaim the sovereignity of God on the anmversary of the creation.
2. To stir the people to repentance.
3. To remind the people of the revelation on Mount
Sinai.
4. To remind us of the messages of the Prophets.
5. To remind us of the destruction of the Temple.
6. To remind us of Isaac's sacrifice.
7. The sound of the Shofar causes the human heart to
tremble.
8. To remind us of the Day of Judgment.
9. To remind us of the blasts of the Shofar of redemption10. To remind us of the resurrection.
THE TEN DAYS OF PENITENCE
The ten days that follow Rosh Hahso·nah are known as
the Ten Days of Penitence. During this period, the individual is supposed to repent his or her untoward deeds
and to make amends - either actually or by resolving
not to tepeat such actions.
SHABBA T SHUBAH
Shabbat Shubah derives its name from the Haftarah
of that day, Hosea XIV, 2-10, which begins with the word
Shubah - "Return," i.e. Repent.
YOM KIPPUR
And ye shall have qn the tenth day of this seventh
,110nth a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict yonr souls;
ye shall not do any work thereon.-NumJ.,e,·s XXIX,7.
The Day of Atonement is called in Hebrew Yorn Kippur.
It is the da) on which we solemnly ask pardon from
~od for sins whkh we have committed against Him.
Pardon is granted to us for those sins only when God
who knows our hearts, sees that our repentance is sincere.
Orn Yorn Kippur we do not obtain pardon for sins committed against our fellow-being unless we have righted
any wrong we have done to him.
We fast on :he Day of Atonement.
We fast in order to humble ou1·selves before God, to
realize how dependent we are upon Him for food, and
therefore for life, and to learn to restrain earthly desires.
A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
One of the most pleasant experiences a person can
have is through the knowledge of a free and clear conscience. How wonderful it is for one to feel that he has
cione his duty toward his God and fellowman!
With the New Year approaching, you will want to start
with a clean record. By paying your dues now, you will
be straightening out with your God and your fellow man.
Perhaps by paying your dues, you wilJ experience the joy
!hat comes from a clear conscience. Send your check to
the Temple office today.
SUCCOTH
The fifteenth <lay of this seventh month shall be the
feast of the Tabernacle for seven days unto the Lord.
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days, every Israelite-born
shall dwell in booths. That your generations may know
th3t I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths when
I brought them out of the land of Egypt.-(Levit
XXIII, 43).
Succoth is kept to 1·emind us of God's loving protectic-n
of our fathers when He caused them to be sh~ltered in
booths or tabernacles in their journey through the dese11.s
after they left Egypt.
In our synagogue, a palm branch, a citron, ,;ome myrtle,
and willow are used during service.
The palm-b•·anch ( Lu lab) represents our frame; the
citron ( ethrog) represOO'!IS the heart; the mY1-tle-leaf
(hada.s) represents the eye, and the willow--leaf (11.rbe
nahal) represf'nts the lips, teaching thus that our frame,
our heart, our eyes, and our lips are to be used in the
service of God.
HOSHANAH RABBAH
Hosha-nah Rabbath, the seventh day of Succoth, was
the climax of the festival in Temple times, v·hcn seven
processio·ns were made around the altar, and many ve1'Ses
of Hoshanah (0 Save) were sung to the waving of the
palm branches.
SHEMINI AZERET
Shemini Azeret (Eighth day of Assembly) designated
in the Bible as a day of holy assembly, is celebrated after
the seventh day of Succoth as the concluding festival of
the season.
SIMHAT TORAH
Simhat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah) is the second
dav of Stemini Azeret. Then the reading of the Pentateuch is completed and begun anew for the coming year.
SIMCHATH TORAH PARTY
On Tuesday afternoon, October 3rd. 4 :llO p.m., there
will be a Simchath Torah party for the children of our
Religious School. The Rabbi will explain the nature of
the celebration, the children will march in the Torah
parade and then t·eceive a special treat from Sisterhood.
OPENING FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE
OCTOBER 27, 8:15 P.M_
As we are about to resume the Friday night services,
we cannot help but think of Sisterhood and the hostesses
that Sisterhood furnished throughout the past season.
There is nothing that hits the spot better than a hot cup
of tea or coffee after the Service. Sisterhood with its
hostesses made this possible last year. We look forward
to the continuance of this lovely gesture.
ON CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL'S JUBILEE YEAR
by RABBI SAMUEL UMEN
BEN CHAMISHIM L'EITZOH. "At fifty for counsel."
The first twenty to thirty years of an individual is
spent in growing, devel~ping and maturing_ . 1'.'roi:r then
on he begins to devo~e himself to some purs_mt m hfe.. At
about fifty, one begms to take stock of his accomphshments and analyzl! his life. It is at this point that one
becomes philosophic, about himself and the world tn
which he lives- If this is true of an individual, it is also
true of an institution in a degree. In any case, it surely
is true of Congregation B'nai Israe1, which dates back to
the year 1901 when about ten Jewish families formed
what is now known as Congregation B'nai Israel of Muskegon. Without a permanent home, like the Jews in the
rlesert, the small Congregation carried on its community
life and held its !>ervices wherever it was permitted.
Slowly but surely the ranks grew in number, wisdom and
experience. In 19,17 it dedicated its own home-one of
the most beautiful modern Temple buildings in the mid
west. It is in this Temple with its inviting facilities that
the accumulated '·Counsel" of the Congregation is manifesting itself through its many faceted program which
1eaches out to our <,Id and young. If Congregation B'nai
Israel was late in developing, it is now making up for
lost time. This Congregation at Fifty stands ready to
offer some counsel to those who are still in their embryonic stage, and wliose growth and development is hindered, due to a squabble over a scull cap, talis, an organ,
more or less Hebrew at services, veering more to the
right, more to the left, or cleaving to the middle. Thanks
to the democratic $J>irit of our leaders, their vi!:'ion and
courage, all elements and all shades of thought in our
community are united under one roof. May it be Thy will
0 Lord to presel'Ve the unity of our Con~regation so that
we may be privilegc>d to serve as a living example of what
can be achieved by A community when it acts in the name
of peace and the sanctity of Thy name. "1Iay all Thy
children unite in on<' fellowship to do Thy will with a
perfect heart."
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CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
MUSKEGON, MICHI GAN
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JUBILEE MESSAGE FROM TEMPLE
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B'NAI ISRAEL PRESIDENT
If I were to mention the most outsta:nding accomplishment by our congregation in its half century of existence,
I would without a second of hesitation say "harmony."
While our congregatio'n is rather small as compared with
some of the great communities in our country, yet the
\ iews of our congregants in not the remote past have
been as many and as varied as one f~'nds in a very large
community. However, a way was found by our leadership
to unite every shade of religious thought in our community under one roof. Thus. we have one Temple which
is one of the most beautiful in the midwest. It is th.rough
this harmony that building the Tem'ple of the spirit within
the framework of the stone building is rendered easier
for our benefit and for the benefit of our people at large.
May harmony and peace always reign in our hearts,
homes, our community and throughout the world.
Sam Lipman
CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
A MESSAGE FROM TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL
SISTERHOOD PRESIDENT
The last half century of our people in Muskegon, may
be compared to the life of the Hebrews in the desert.
Our Jewish life was built on quicksand. There was nothing
to hold us together, we had no home-we had no program
of any consequence. We lived from day to day. For the
wandering Jew of the desert it was finally Palestine. For
us at the end of fifty years, it is a beautiful Temple, a
well organized program for the young and old.
May the Jubilee Year of our congregation mark the
beginning of many fruitful achievements by our congregants for the benefit of Judaism and Democracy.
Sophie Lebow
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
MUSKEGON HADASSAH CHAPTER
Many worthwhile organizations and institutions could
not exist if it were not for the moral and financial support which they d erive from the Synagogue. It was from
the Synagogue that Zionism drew its strength in a large
measure for the past fifty years. Hadassah's success too,
is due to the help it receives from the Synagogue.
As president of The Muskegon Hadassah Chapter, it
therefore, gives me great pleasure to congratulate Congregation B'nai Israel on its Jubilee Year. 1. congratulate
B'nai Israel not only because in its half ceintury of existence it served well as a l'eligious institution in our community, but helped in the furtherance of such noble work
that is related to Judaism and Jewish life.
May this congregation ever grow in its strength and
influence. May those who work for it be blessed and may
their work be unto a blessing.
Reva Levy
A MESSAGE FROM OUR U. J. C. CHAIRMAN
As we go forward in our Temple and community work
it is only natural, that we should simultaneously take ~
glance backward. Foii the past is the best guide for the
future. The past shows up our foibles, omissions, negJi.
gence, gropings ,Jnd every achievement as nothing else
does. A glance at the past of our community, shows up
one thing in our accomplishments so clear and so large
that everything else disappears, in the background. This
thing is Muskegon's charitable nature-Muskegon's generous gifts to the United Jewish Appeal. The reco1·d show5
th:it in proportion to the size of other communities our
own community ranks first and best in helping out· brother
man. Let us hope and pray that through the merit of
our liberal giving and life saving, we shall receive God's
blessings of exte'J'lded life to carry on the high ideals
and deep aspirations which are ours as Jews and as
Ameiicans during this Jubilee Year and in the years to
come.
Harry A. Fisher
UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS
3 East Sixty-Fifth Street
New York Z.l, N. Y.
August 3, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Rabbi Umen:
In the name of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations I extend my warmest felicitations and ~ffer
the heartfelt congratulations of your four hundred sister
congregations throughout the country on this happy occasion of your Jubilee Year.
Well may you of B'nai Israel Congregation review _the
past years with a. sense of deep inner pride. Yours 1s_a
congregational heritage rich in tradition and sweet In
memory. Countless are the souls who have been console_d
in grief and strengthened in trial, who have opened their
hearts in uplifting prayer within the portals of your
sanctuary.
May this moment of jubilee bring pause and retrospection. As you toll your multiple blessings and breathe your
gratitude, as you look back upon your triumph and past,
so m~ you utilize this occasiOln to pledge yoursel".e~ to
an even more consecrated spiritual future. In the B1bhcal
book of Leviticus we find the injunction. directed to ~ur
forefathers, commanding that "fire shall be k~pt b_urm~f
upon the !iltar conti_nually; it s~all never b~ extmgms:: ·i
The rabbis tell us, In commenting upon this verse, t . 1
was the wont of the entire household of Israel to s~t a~ide
on a designated day the mundane routine of their hves
and to gather wood so that the altar fires should never
be dimmed.
So must it be for the entire household ~f B'n~i ~sr::l
Congregation. This is the day to be set aside, this 1s ~
moment for a)] of you to place your vows of persona
consecration upon your hallowed altar. The!l the flaj:
of your faith will never flicker, but will _ignite the
of your children and your children's children, klJ! 1 .
within them "an everlasting light", that lig_ht which~~
the glorious heritage of our people, for such 1s the mea t
ing and intent of your jubilee celebration. God gran
that such be your deed this day.
Wi,th warmest greetings to a.II of you, I am
Yours most cordially,
(Maurice N. Eisendrath)
dl'~g
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THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE . . . CINCINNATI
JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION ... NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT:
Clifton A venue, Cincinnati 20, Ohio
July 5. 1950
i\fr. Samuel Lipman, President
Congregation B'nai Israel,
Fourth and Webster,
l\Iuskegon, .Mich.
Dear Mr. Lipman:
On behalf of the Board of Go\·ernors and the Faculty
of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, we extc.'l'ld congratulations to you, and the officers
:rnd members of Congregation B'nai Israel on the occasion of the celebrat,ion of ils ,Jubilee year.
We know of nothing which is more important i.n our
modern Jewbh life than to build fortresses of faith
which will be the strongest protection we can ever possibly have for ourselves and for our children. A temple
devoted to the teachings of Judaism is a blessing to all of
those who participate in it.
We p1 ay that God will blc~s and con:seci-ate your cong1 egation and yoU1· rabbi in all your works. May you
e\·cir continue to be a tower of strength in the service
of Judaism and America and all humanity.
Since1·ely yours,
(NELSON GLUECK, PRESIDENT)
LESTER A. JAFFE, CHAIR;\IAN
BOARD OF GOYERNORS)
THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE . . . CINCINNATI
JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION .. NEW YORK
Office of the Assistant to the President
40 W. Sixty-Eighth Street-New York 23, N. Y.
June 19, 1950
:\fr. Sam Lipman
Congr<>gation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Mr. Lipman:
I am delighted to learn that you are preparing to
celebrate your Jubilee Year. Certainly such an important
milestone in the history of your community deserves to
be marked and celebrated. You have made great progress
as a Congregation in the fi1·st half century of your existence, particularly in recent years.
God bless you and your Rabbi. '.\lay you continue to go
forward together from strength to strength, deriving rerrewcd joy and satisfaction from your c.>ndeavors in the
vineyard of the Lord.
Sincerely,
(RABBI ABRA'.\I '.\1. GRANISON)
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MICIIIGAN FEDERATION OF
TEMLE SISTERHOODS
2224 Chicago Boulevard
Detroit 6. ;\lichigan
July 5, 1950
Conirregation B'nai lsrael
1\1 nskegon, Michigan
Dear Friends:
In the same spirit of broad humanity, love amonl-( all
men and cosmopolitan philanthropy, with which you have
pi,, m('ated your communitv throughout the years, it is
m:I:' very great pleasure, Congregation B'nai Israel, to
onng you the warm co~gratulations of the Michigan
Federation of Temple Sisterhoods on your joyous Golden
Anniver:.:irv.
It i~ indr.ed, through a Temple :such as youi-,;, with fift~•
~·t>ars to its credit, that our .Jews in )lichigan arc prepared for a career of spiritu:11 creativeness.
Wilh warm personal greetings, I am
Sincerely,
(SYLVIA DAN'l'O)
(.\IRS. SAllUEL B.)
President
CE~TRAL CONFERENCE
OF
AMERICAN RABBIS
Office of President
117 Gibbs Street
Rochester 5, N.Y.
Dennis, )lass.
July 10, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen
Congregation B'nai Israel
Foarth and Webster
)1uskegon, ;\Iichigan
flcar Colleague:
On behalf of the Central Conference of American
Rabbis, I felfritate Congregation B'nai Israel of Muskegon
on its Jubilee. This is both a happy and a very significant
cv<"nt. World events and developments in Jewish high
life high-light the indispensibility of religious values.
~~ience will not save mankind; religion alone oan.
Normalization of the Jewish position in the world
gives American Jewry both the right and the duty to
strC'ngthen their own spiritual institutions. We must not
only survive. but have a good reason for survival. Historicaily, the best reason for survival has been our faith.
Therefore, on behalf of the olde,;t, largest, and most
influential Rabbinical body in the world, I congratulate
your <"ongregat.ion which is devoted to strengthening and
pc.>rpetuating our faith. May it go from strength to
strength.
Faithfully yours
(PHILIP S. BERNSTEIN)
President
TEMPLE ISRAEL
900 Park Avenue
Detroit 26, Michigan
July 19, 1950
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Rabbi Umen:
l\lay your Jubilee Year find our world realizing the
,Tubilee mes~age of )loses, "Proclaim libe1ty throughout
the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."
Your devotion to the faith of Israel through these 50
yc·nrs, your recent building of a beautiful sanctuary of
GoJ are evidence of the contribution you are making to
a world of peace and freedom.
Sincerely yours,
RABBI LEON FRAM
RABBI HARRY ESSRIG
Temple Emanuel
Grand Rapids, Michigan
August 7, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen
Cong B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Mich.
Dear Rabbi Umen:
The increasing number of congrl'gations in America
who commemorate their Jubilee celebrations is eloquent
proof of the deep roots that we have struck in the soil of
our country. We are an integral part of the religious
forces of this commouwealth and have shown how it is
possible to blend our histodc spiritual heritage with the
finest flowering of the American genius. Your Jubilee
obHervance is therefore not only of great significance to
your own congregation but of moment to the entire
Jewish community.
As your neighbors, who have watched your progress in
recent years with much commendation as well as envy,
\,e congratulate you for reaching this milestone in the
long career of your congregation. B'nai Israel has distinguished it~elf in many respects and rendered many
worthwhile services to the cause of Judaism. May you
t·cmtinue to labor in the vineyards of the Lord and to
prosper in all your undertakings.
Sincerely your:;,
( HARRY ESSRIG)
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CONGREGATION SHAAREY-ZEDEK
North Pennsylvania and Linden Grove
Lansing, Michigan
August 11, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, :Michigan
Dear Rabbi Umen:
Please convey to the B'nai Israel congregation, a hearty
'.\laze! Tov on the occasion of their completing fifty
vears of congregational activity. Although your congregation has grown in numbers and their physical environs
have bet,n beautifully expanded during this half century,
let us also hope and pray that their spiritual resources
have co1Tespondingly deepened and their vision of life's
higher purpo~es have enlarged.
May this Golden Annh·ersary bring added luster to
J;:wish dignity and pride in lluskegon. May it be a foretaste of the ,vealth of knowledge of which they shall all
partake. May the next half-century, see you and your
congregation go from strength to strength contributing
to those forces which will cause the light of peace. freedom and justice to cast a warm glow upon Israel and all
mankind.
May God bl<:>ss the fruit of your labors.
Sincerely yours.
Rabbi Alfred L. Friedman
TEMPLE BETH EL
RABBI MORTON M. APPLEBAUM, M.II.L.
Flint, Michigan
August 18, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen,
Congregation B'nai Israel,
4th and Webster,
Muskegon, Michigan.
Dear Sam:
I am most grateful to you for this privilege and o_pportunity to extend my heartiest felicitati~ns and ~ontmu~d
best wishes to you and your Congregation on thL,; auspicious occasion.
As Rabbi and members of Congregation B'nai Israel
reflect with pride upon a half-century of past achievement may all be moved to re-consecrate themselves to
the l~ftiest teachings of our faith, and aspire, throu~h
continued toil, energy and resourcefulness, to add to its
glory and that for which it stands.
Cordially yours,
Morton !\1. Applebaum
PAUL M. WIE NER FOUNDR Y CO.
Muskegon, Michigan
August Z·2, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen
:3-10 West Forest Avenue
.Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Rabbi:
September 1st was two years since you took over th_e
leadership of our congregation, and I want to take this
opportunity to congratulate you on the magnificent job
vou have done.
· With you as our guide, our community has experienced
a higher' spiritual level of attainment than ever before in
i l u history.
I realize that your work is not easy and that many
difficulties fa<.'e you in carrying on your progressi\·e
program .. I also klnow that if anyone can succeed, you
will.
With our high holidays approaching, I wish you cont:nucd succcss and a vel'y happy and prosperous New
Year.
Faithfully,
PA UL l\1. WIENER
COKGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, ~ichigan
June 12, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen,
340 W. Forest,
Muskegon, Mich.
Dear Rabbi Umen:
With the termination of the y<:>ar 1949-1950 in the
congregational life of our community, it behooves me to
dl'Op you a few notes, particularly with regard to mv own
personal association with you during Mr. Sam Lipman's
absence from the community. It is impossible lo expre~
in word>', the comfort and mental relief you ha\'e brought
me in your tenure of office in our community. There
alway:; has been a tremendous need for a restatement of
ideals and ideologies which give mankind tools for creating a better world, and i:n a world wherein man has an
opportunity of being honored in a more deeent way to
the extent of developing his own potentialities.
You have given this community, I believe, the proper
i>.ppreciation of the inter-relatedness and the inter-indebtedness of Christianity to Judaism.
You have a'so given us the lesson that the greatest gift
in the world is the gift of love. At least 'I feel that your
te:iching,, add up to this summation. ~1oreover in ;-our
sermom· you have taught those who \vi:shed to listen· and
learn .. the other gre'.lt gifts of life-courage, belief, under•
sbndmg, not to omit the other precious gift of confidence. I pa~s over the fact that you integrated the community into one ha_rmonious whole, and in so doing you
haYe made all factions feel that your respective needg
were at all times being fulfilled.
. W~en ~ Rabbi ~oes all this in a short span of time, he
1s sat1sfymg _the highest traditions of his great profession.
And what 1s more, he satisfies the question which
worthy people should and do constantly ask themselves,
"For what ye come on this earth, that is a virtue seldom
tailed."
With kindest regards, I am
Sincerely,
HERMAN GROSSMAN,
( 2nd Vice President)
TE~IPLE BETH ISRAEL
Jackson, Michigan
August 20, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen:
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
;'\i uskegon, :llfichigan
Dear Sam:
It is indeed a great joy for us to learn th.at Congreg~tion B'nai Israel will commemorate ill; Jubilee Year m
1951. Since time immemorial such an occasion has al•
,,.ays been of importance within the religious history_of
our people and in the case of youi' worthy congregat,of
it is, indeed, a fact for grateful reflection, a sourc_e 0
pride and an admi1:able milestone of outsta\1~ing achieved
ments. Congregation B'nai Israel through its. ne~ an
beautiful Temple has made a noteworthy contnbut1on t~
the growth and progress of Judaism within our St~te_. It~
pulpit, through your magnificent and devot~d m1m 5lr~
has become the sounding board of faith, inspiration an
courage not only for your constituents, but also for you~
colleagues and friends, and through us for so man.
congregations in our State and our Country.
It is therefore indeed an honor and a pleasure for ~e
to send the feli~itations of my congregation and t •~
heartfelt greetings and wishes of my own, to you 8 ~ 0
your congregation. May you go forth from streng(h ur
strength, and may the future years for you and
congregation be of a blessing. May the ne~t 50 years d
permeated with peace, inspiration, prosperity for all an f
further progress for you and for the whole household 0
Israel.
Chazak, Chazak, veniss-chazek ! ! !
Faithfuly and fraternally,
bb'
DR. FRANK ROSENTHAL, Ra_ h1
Temple Beth Israel, Jackson, )lie ·
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 20, 1950
Dear Rabbi Umen:
Hearty felicitations and warmest personal greetings on
the happy occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Congregation B'nai Israel. I trust th,at for long years to come
the Congregation will continue to exemplify the highest
teachings of the ancient culture of Israel.
Very sincerely yours.
(HARRY TRUMAN)
Rabbi Samuel Umen,
Congregation B'nai Israel,
Fourth and Webster,
Muskegon, Michigan.
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MICHIGAN
July 3, 1960
CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL,
Please accept my most heartfelt congratulations for
your 1''iftieth Anniversary. Rabbi Samuel Umen, the Offi.
ce.s, the Trustees, and the whole Congregation are most
deserving, for their continued faith and perseverance.
They all have shovm themselves not only to be trustworthy in the sight of God, but to be thoroughly loyal,
contributing their full share toward the social, political,
intellectual and artistic advance of all peoples within
our community. In your desire to better serve God and
your community you have produced large numbers of
musicians, scholars, business people, and men and women
in public life.
You people have carried the religious ideals of the one
true God throughout the years, and h.ave continued to be
the standard bearers even in the City of Muskegon for
these fifty years.
You number in the membershp of your Congregation
many persons who do now greatly honor your people, our
people and all the city; and there are still many more
who will be known for their prominence in the building
and history of Greater Muskegon.
May I, therefore, present to the Congregation B'nai
hrael not only my own personal tha,nks and congratulations, but that of all the people of Greater Muskegon.
Yours truly,
(H. J. DEYETTE. MAYOR)
CITY OF MUSKEGON
THE MUSKEGON CHRONICLE
Muskegon, Michigan
July 31, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth at Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Rabbi Umen:
I am pleased to be among those to welcome the forthcoming Fiftieth Anniversary of Congregation B'nai
Isrnel, with a brief word in your Jubilee Year Bulletin.
I have been in Muskegon more than thirty years and
hence have seen at first hand much of the development
lhat has come to your Congregation.
It is in the blood of a newspaper editor to take a kind
of personal pride in the constructive accomplishments of
the community, and hence I feel a real kinship with you
in the progress of your group.
I know this progress will continue into the second fifty
rears, as indeed it must. As individuals and communities,
we are remiss to the extent that we take our religious
institutions lal·gely for granted. Religious freedoms are
at the heart of this whole present world struggle and the
obvious answer, from our side, is churches that are even
stronger, even more ably supported.
As in the past, The Chronicle will always be happy to
cooperate in your events in any way it can. You have my
own most cordial congratulations for the big Golden
Anniversary milestone which is just ahead in 1951.
With best wishes,
Ve1·y sincerely,
(C. D. l\1cNA.MEE)
Editor
STATE OF l'IIICHIGAN
Office of the Governor
LANSING
July 18, 1960
TO THE .MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION
B'NAI ISRAEL:
On the occasion of the Fiftieth Anni\·ersary of Congregation B'nai Israel, it is a pleasure and a privilege to
send you personal good wishes and to greet )'Ou on beha·r of the people of Michigan.
In these days when change and confusion :arc rife
throughout the world, it is heal"tening to find a people
whose devotion to the ancient faith of their fathers remains unaltered through the centuries. If every American
pledged the same steadfast Allegiance to the principles of
liberty and freedom upon which our great democracy is
founded, the future security and welfare of the United
States would be assured.
During the fifty years since Cong,:egation B'nai Israel
was established, it has not only served its members well
but has contributed in •n o small measure to the community life of the City of Muskegon. It is my earnest
h')pe that in the years to come, as in the past, Congregation B'nai Israel will continue steadily to grow and prosper.
Sincerely,
(G. Mennen Williams)
GOVERNOR
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OF THE UNITED STA TES
WASHINGTON
O. A. Seyferth
President
June 28, 1950
Rabbi Samuel Umen
Congr<'g..:tion B"nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Rabbi Umen:
It gives me pleasure to respond to your letter of .June
15.
The Fiftieth Anniversary soon to be observed by Congregation B'nai Israel marks a long period in the lives of
the members of your Congregation, but a brief span only
in the annals of the faith to which you subscribe.
That faith has made its imprint upon the world
throughout the centuries of man's prog:ress. It has insisted
on the highest st.andards of human behavior, and even
more important it has given inspiration to millions who
express through it their belief in spi1;tual values.
I have long felt that religious bodies could do much
towr.rd bringing closer accord among the different groups
thnt make up our society. Solidarity and tolerance are
natio'lal essentials. The religious faiths can cnntrihutP
toward their advancement in America.
I know that your celebration of your Congregation's
attainment of the half century mark will be successful.
Sincerely yours,
(0. A. SEYFERTH)
President
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE
CITY OF MUSKEGON
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Attention: Rabbi Samuel Umen
Dear Friends:
A half century of service to the Greater Muskegon
community by Congregation B'nai 'Israel is a matter deserving not only congratulations, but sincere appreciation
on the part of all citizens.
True community values are inevitably found in people
;ind institutions making positive contributions in the
spiritual, cultural, and educational areas. In these respects, Congregation B'nai lsl'ael has ably accomplished
its full ~hare, and more. May the next half century be
one of continuing success and service.
Yours truly,
(C. W. BEMER)
SUPPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
�PAGE VIII
STATE OF MICHIGAN
LABOR MEDITATION BOARD
LANSING
Noel P. Fox
208 Montgomery Building
Muskegon, Michigan
July 8, 1950
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Attention: Rabbi Samuel Umen
Dear Rabbi:
The Congregation B'nai Israel, in Muskegon, should
receive the whole-hearted congratulations of the entire
community. The members of the Congregation have lived
and practiced fundamental principles, and by example
have raised the standards in this community.
These principles emphasize the sacred character of the
individual; the sanctity of the home as the basic unit of
the whole human family; that the human rights of every
person come from God, and not from the State; and due
respect for domestic, civil and religious authority.
Muskegon is a better place in which to live because
the Congregation B'nai Israel is here. My very best wishes
to all of you, and may God Bless You, one and all.
Very sincerely.
(NOEL P. FOX)
CONGREGATION HONORS PAST PRESIDENT
Paul M. Wiener, past president of Congregation B'nai
IHael. was presented a bronze plaque at the Treat of the
Year Dinner held on Sunday evening, June 25th 1950 at
the Temple. The testim0'11ial to Paul was for his many
years of service in the congregation and United Jewish
Charities which he organized in Muskegon ten years ago.
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THE iEMPLE LIBRARY
The Temple libmry is slowly but surely expanding.
Several excellent volumes have been added to our library
shelves this summer and a goodly number of other volumes have 1·ecently been ordered. Much credit for the
growth of our library is due to Fred Rodoff, who as
chairman of this project is doing an excellent job. On
birthdays, anniver!-aries, or OT! the day of commemorating
dear ones, let us iemember the Temple Library.
THE SIX MISTAKES OF MAN
1. The delusion that individual advancement is made
by crushing others.
Z.. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be
changed or corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is im.possible because we cannot accomplish it.
4. Neglecting development and refinement of the
mind and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying.
5. Refusing to set aside trivial preference.
6. Attempting to compel other persons to believe and
live as we do.
-Cicero
ANNIVERSARIES FOR SEPTEMBER
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Steindler
September 2
Mr. and Mrs. Max Shumacher
September 3
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Aron
September 7
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR OCTOBER
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Rodoff
October
ll1r. and Mrs. Max Ashendorf
October
l\1r. and Mrs. Max Schubb
October
llfr..and Mrs. Eli Smith
October
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour I. Rosenberg
October
1
22
23
29
31
BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER
Rochelle Louise Cherin
September
Alexander Samue l Krause
September
William Dean Rosenberg
September
Jack Stanley Roberts
September
Burt Hess Roberts
September
12
13
15
20
24
CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER
Marc Leslie Berman
October :l
Roger Michael Krause
October 4
Jeffrey Allen Rosen
October 16
Susan Lee Ashe ndorf
October 20
Sheila Mae Miller
October 26
EA ~ Ll PRE$$,
INC ,
~ USX[GO N
PAUL M. WIENER FOUNDRY CO.
Muskegon, Michigan
August 24, 1960
Congregation B'nai Israel
Fourth and Webster
Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Rabbi, Officers, Trustees and Members:
.
.
I am extremely grateful for the beautiful testimonial
presented to me by the congregation.
. .
Although I no longer serve B'nai Israel in any off1c1al
capacity, I shall continue to do my utmost to_ help support
and maintain the high level of spiritual .achievement our
community has attained.
.
I feel deeply honored in the possession of this plaque,
because of the generous spirit in which it wa~ presente~.
May our congregation always preserve th~ u~1ty and sohdnrity of purpose, of which this testimonial 1s a symbol.
Faithfully,
p AUL M. WIENER
LEO ROSEN AND KELLY M. KAUF.MAN
HEAD TEMPLE JUBILEE YEAR PROGRAM
This is a special year for Co11gregation B'nai_ I~rael. In
a few months it wil) hit its fiftieth year. A f1tti~g p~gram to mark this important occasion is now being/\;
ranged by a special Jubilee Year Committee, of :v ic _
Leo S. Rosen is chairman and Kelly M. Kaufman 15 coe
chairman. With these two capable leaders at the head w
can look forward to some memorable doings in our congregation during this year.
B'NAI BRITH
It is expected that t~e forthcom\ng _yea1: will ~eep ~~~
congregation very active. Our B nat Bnth Lo g_e therundertaken to carry on for a would be Temple Biof
hood. B'nai Brith's· combined progi·am should, there ~:;.
have much to give to, and a great deal to expect from
Temple membership.
��i
TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL
MUSKEGON I MIC HIGAN
PROGRAM
CONFIRMATION SERVICE
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1969
2 :30P . M .
CONDUCTED BY
RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG, B.A. Th. D.
AND
CONFIRM ANDS
Dr. Morton Kantor,
President of the Congregation
Mrs. Herbert Steinman,
Chairman of the Board of Education
�TEMPlE 8 1 NAI IS RAEL
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
T B MP L E
PROGRAM
CONF I RMATION SERVICE
SATU RDAY, MAY I 9lli , 1968
3:00 P.M .
B
I
NA I
I S R A E L
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
PROGRAM
C O N F I R MA T I O N
S E R V I C E
SATURDAY, MAY 21 , 1966
10:00 A, M.
CONDUCTED BY
CONDUCTED BY
RABBI PHILLIIP ROSENBERG B.A. Th. D.
RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG B. A. Th. D,
AND
AND
CONFIRMANDS
CONFIRMANDS
MR. ALAN OPPENHEIMER - President of the Congregation
MRS. HERBERT STEINMAN - President of the Board of Education
MR. JOEL WIBNBR - PRESIDENT OF THE a>NGRBGATION
MR . EUGENE FISHER-PRESIDENT OF
nm BOARD OF EDUCATION
�TEMPLE B ' NAI ISRAEL
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
PROGRAM
CONFIRMATION SERVICE
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1969
2 :3 0 P. M .
CONDUCTED BY
RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG, B. A. Th. D .
AND
CONFIRM ANDS
Dr. Morton Kantor ,
President of the Congregation
Mrs . Herbert Steinman,
Chairman of the Board of Education
�---NAMES OF CONFIRMANDS
Left to right:
Seth Telles , Annette Libner, Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg, Marc Rosen, David Stern
. ..,
�MEDITATION FOR PARENTS
FOR SILENT CONTEMPLATION BEFORE SERVICE
God, and Father, in this hour of family gladness, I turn to
Thee in Gratitude, that Thou has brought my beloved son (daughter)
to this day. I thank Thee for the blessing of parenthood, which,
through the years, has so deeply enriched my Ii fe.
In this moment of fulfillment I am also aware of my failings.
At times I have faltered in my obligations as a parent . Yet in Thy
goodness Thou hast enobled me to care for his (her) physical needs
and to provide for his (her) spiritual nurture. Grant me the steadfastness to guide him (her) through the years ahead by precept and
example. Enoble me to develop within him (her), by what I do and
say, love of Thee and devotion to compassion, learning and charity.
Help me to show him (her) the way to seek Thee through the habit
of prayer, Jewish observance and personal socri fi ce.
May the teachings of Thy prophets and sages inspire him (her)
to a life of honour and faithfulness. May he (she) grow to love the
good, overcome evil, be patient under trial, and seek peace and
truth.
As we ore privileged to shore the joy of this day with our
child, so may it be granted that we see him (her) at the wedding
altar. Moy our home be consecrated to Thee, and may we and our
children always serve Thee side by side.
This day strengthen us. This day g ive us Thy blessings. Amen
Choir: Boruch-Habah
Procession of Confirmands
The Ark is Opened
INVOCATION BY CONFIRMAND
0 Lord, we thank Thee for the blessings that hove brought us
to this sacred hour, all that we have, all that we are, comes from
Thee. Words alone cannot express our gratitude. May our lives
then show forth our thankfulness .
Help us, 0 Lord, to be worthy of the privilege and challenge
of this day . Strengthen within us the faith that binds us to Thee and
to Thy people Israel. Move us to devote ourselves to the service of
our fellow men.
Teach us to find joy in doing Thy will and to commit our
energies and talents to Thy Torah.
In Thy grace our lives have been sweetened by the love of our
dear ones, deepened by the wisdom of our teachers and ennobled by
the heritage of our people. May we give as generously as we hove
received. Accept our prayers, 0 Lord. Moy the meditations of our
hearts this day flower into deeds that merit Thy blessing.
Amen
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.
--=·.:-'C..:
Barchu et Adonai Hamvorach
Praise ye the Lord to Whom al I praise is due
Baruch Adonai Hamvorach Leolam Vaed
Praised be the Lord to Whom all praise is due for ever and ever.
FLORAL OFFERING
Confirmand
We come, 0 Lord, before Thee with our floral offering.
On this festival our fathers came on pi lgramage to Thy Temple.
With songs of joy they approached Thy sanctuary bearing Bikkurim,
the first fruits of their harvest, the choice of their orchard and
vineyards.
We bring a spiritual harvest, our young lives, our hearts and
minds, our wills and strength, to offer these before Thee. We would
consecrate ourselves to the highest and holiest in life. We would
be guided by ideals worthy of man's dedication. We would devote
ourselves to Thy service and to the service of our fellow man.
May our offering find favor in Thy sight. Moy we merit Thy
continued blessing on us and our dear ones.
Amen
'
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RABBI'S INVOCATION
Our God and God of our fathers, we come before Thee on this
holy day with gratitude and hope. We are grateful for the heritage
of our people and we hope that our children will foster and preserve
it for the ages.
We thank Thee for the many blessings with which Thou host
enriched our lives, for the harvest of field and orchard and for the
fruits of our minds and hands, for the joys and challenges of home
and family. We ore grateful for the sacred opportunities to ennoble
the life of man.
Thou hast given us freedom to choose our way in life. We
open our hearts to Thy presence this day. Let Thy spirit illumine
our souls and Thy word guide us in the ways of righteousness.
Thou hast made Thy wi 11 known to us through Thy Torah. Teach
us to find joy in pursuing Thy commandments. Help us to receive
our dear ones and our fellow men with love and understanding.
Strengthen in us the faith that binds us to Thee and to Thy
people, Israel. May our children accept our sacred heritage with
devotion. May they enrich it with their own spirit. And may they
bequeath it to generations yet to come.
Amen
Ark is closed
Choir: Mah Tovu
'
)
�CONFIRMATION SERVICE
Union Prayer Book . . . • . • • . . . . . . • • • . • • Page 218 - 253
TORAH SERVICE
Union Prayer Book
. . . Page 144 - 145
RABBI
Generation after generation, since first our people stood at
Sinai and accepted the Torah, we have sought to live by its commandments to love God and man. We have upheld its teachings
even when suffering was the price of our devotion. Thus we keep
alive in the world a message that brings hope and healing, brotherhood and peace to all mankind. "Not with you only do I make this
covenant; but with him that stands with us this day before the Lord
our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day." With
these words, spoken at Sinai, our forefathers received the Torah for
themselves and for all the ages to come. You, our children, are the
next generation in the chain of Jewish tradition. Take this Torah
now and make it your own.
Confirmand ( Holding Torah)
With gratitude and pride we, the members of this confirmation
class, now receive the Torah. We accept its doctrines as our holy
discipline and guide. As our fathers cherished and preserved the
Torah throughout the generations, so it is our duty to study it and
strive to live by its commandments, so it is our prayer that we may
prove worthy of this sacred gift, and that we shall transmit it to
those who came after us.
Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu
Adonai Echad
Hear O Israel the Lord our God the Lord is One.
Choir: Reading from the Torah Deutronomy 5-6
Hebrew and English
Prophets - Book of Ruth, Chapter l
�PRAYER BY ALL CONFIRMANDS
With joy, our God, we members of this Confirmation Closs
come before Thee in this gladsome season of the year. At this time,
we remember the day of Sinai, when Israel entered into a Covenant
with Thee to become a Kingdom of Priests and a holy notion.
With Thy law in their hearts, Thy people has gone forth as Thy
witness and amidst deadly foes and endeavoring flames hos proclaimed Thy name in all the earth. Through the ages Israel has been
faithful to Thee. He found strength in troLhle, light in darkness
and hope in adversity.
In the some spirit, 0 Lord, we Thy children come before Thee
and renew the vow of our Fathers. Imbue us with true knowledge
and discernment and guide us in the paths of Thy wisdom, so that
we may live by Thy laws and precepts.
May Thy spirit which rested upon our Fathers and Mothers
never depart from us. Grant that the truth revealed to Israel may
become the possession of all men, and that the time not be distant
when all the children on earth shall recognize Thee as their God
and father.
Amen
..,
Union Prayer Book . . . . . • . . • . • . . Page 14 9 - 15 O
Rabbi Addresses Confirmands
Presentation of Certificates By Chairman, Board of Education,
Mrs . Herbert Steinman
Presentation of Junior Membership Certificates By President of Congregation,
Dr. Morton Kantor
Adoration
Kaddish
Shalom Aleichem
Benediction
....
�RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STAFF
Principal
• • • . . . . . . . Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg
Teachers
Mrs . Florence Bishop, Miss Ellen Cahill,
Mr . Alan Oppenheimer, Mr. Alan Parker,
Miss Frances Price, Mrs . Phillip Rosenberg, Mrs . Irving Singer, Mrs. Kurt Strauss
Executive Secretary . • . . . . .
Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer
Confirmation and
Bar-Mitzvah Class • . . . . . Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chairman
Mrs. Herbert Steinman
Mrs. Arthur Greenberg, Mrs. Lewis Jaffe, Mrs .
Arthur Jenkins, Dr. Phillip Miller, Mrs. Daniel
Silberman, Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg
CHOIR
Music Director and Organist
. . . Mr . Arnold Bourziel
Mrs. Louis Aron, Mrs . Arnold Bourziel, Mrs.
Audrey Cahill , Miss Ellen Cahill, Miss Ileane
Gudelsky, Miss Lori Miller, Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer, Mr . Daniel Silberman, Mrs . Irving Singer,
Miss Regan Teles
�TEMPLE B1 NAI IS RAEL
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
PROGRAM
CONFIRMATION SERVICE
SATURDAY, MAY 19TH, 1968
3:00 P.M.
CONDUCTED BY
RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG B.A. Th. D.
AND
CONFIRMANDS
MR. ALAN OPPENHEIMER - President of the Congregation
MRS . HERBERT STEINMAN - President of the Board of Education
�NAMES OF CONFIRMANDS
First row seated left to right:
David Wiener, Diane Levin, Shelley August, Paul Stern
Standing left to right:
Steven Rothschild, Andrea Bess, Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg, Donald Roetter, Richard Kishner
�r).
MEDITATION FOR PARENTS
FOR SILENT CONTEMPLATION BEFORE SERVICE
God, and Father, in this hour of family gladness, I turn to
Thee in Gratitude, that Thou has brought my beloved son (daughter)
to this day. I thank Thee for the blessing of parenthood, which,
through the years, has so deeply enriched my life.
In this moment of fulfillment I am also aware of my failings.
At times I have faltered in my obligations as a parent. Yet in Thy
goodness Thou hast enabled me to care for his (her) physical needs
and to provide for his (her) spiritual nurture. Grant me the steadfastness to guide him (her) through the years ahead by precept and
example. Enable me to develop within him {her), by what I do and
say, love of Thee and devotion to compassion, learning and charity.
Help me to show him (her) the way to seek Thee through the habit
of prayer, Jewish observance and personal sacrifice.
May the teachings of Thy prophets and sages inspire him (her)
to a life of honour and faithfulness. May he (she) grow to love the
good, overcome evil, be patient under trial, and seek peace and
truth.
As we are privileged to share the joy of this day with our
chi Id, so may it be granted that we see him {her) at the wedding
altar. May our home be consecrated to Thee, and may we and our
chi Idren a Iways serve Thee side by side.
This day strengthen us. This day give us Thy blessings. Amen
Choir: Baruch-Habah
Procession of Confirmands
The Ark is Opened
INVOCATION BY CONFIRMAND
0 Lord, we thank Thee for the blessings that have brought us
to this sacred hour, all that we have, all that we are, comes from
Thee. Words alone cannot express our gratitude. May our lives
then show forth our thankfulness.
Help us, 0 Lord, to be worthy of the privilege and challenge
of this day. Strengthen within us the faith that binds us to Thee and
to Thy people Israel. Move us to devote ourselves to the service of
our fellow men.
Teach us to find joy in doing Thy will and to commit our
energies and talents to Thy Torah.
In Thy grace our lives have been sweetened by the love of our
dear ones, deepened by the wisdom of our teachers and ennobled by
the heritage of our people. May we give as generously as we have
received. Accept our prayers, 0 Lord. May the meditations of our
hearts this day flower into deeds that merit Thy blessing.
Amen
�Barchu et Adonai Hamvorach
Praise ye the Lord to Whom all praise is due
Baruch Adonai Hamvorach Leolam Vaed
Praised be the Lord to Whom all praise is due for ever and ever,
FLORAL OFFERING
Confirmand
We come, O Lord, before Thee with our floral offering,
On this festival our fathers came on pilgramage to Thy Temple,
With songs of joy they approached Thy sanctuary bearing Bikkurim,
the first fruits of their harvest, the choice of their orchard and
vineyards.
We bring a spiritual harvest, our young lives, our hearts and
minds, our wills and strength, to offer these before Thee, We would
consecrate ourselves to the highest and holiest in life. We would
be guided by ideals worthy of man's dedication. We would devote
ourselves to Thy service and to the service of our fellow man.
May our offering find favor in Thy sight, May we merit Thy
continued blessing on us and our dear ones.
Amen
RABBI'S INVOCATION
Our God and God of our fathers, we come before Thee on this
holy day with gratitude and hope. We are grateful for the heritage
of our people and we hope that our children will foster and preserve
it for the ages.
We thank Thee for the many blessings with which Thou hast
enriched our lives, for the harvest of field and orchard and for the
fruits of our minds and hands, for the joys and challenges of home
and family. We are grateful for the sacred opportunities to ennoble
the life of man.
Thou hast given us freedom to choose our way in life, We
openourhearts to Thy presence this day. Let Thy spirit illumine
our souls and Thy word guide us in the ways of righteousness.
Thou hast made Thy wi 11 known to us through Thy Torah. Teach
us to find joy in pursuing Thy commandments. Help us to receive
our dear ones and our fellow men with love and understanding.
Strengthen in us the faith that binds us to Thee and to Thy
people, Israel. May our children accept our sacred heritage with
devotion. May they enrich it with their own spirit. And may they
bequeath it to generations yet to come,
Ark is closed
Choir: Mah Tovu
Amen
�CONFIRMATION SERVICE
Union Prayer Book . . • • . . . . . . . • • • • • , •• Page 218 - 253
TORAH SERVICE
j
Union Prayer Book
. Page 144 - 145
RABBI
Generation after generation, since first our people stood at
Sinai and accepted the Torah, we have sought to live by its commandments to love God and man. We have upheld its teachings
even when suffering was the price of our devotion. Thus we keep
alive in the world a message that brings hope and healing, brotherhood and peace to al I monk ind. "Not with you only do I make this
covenant; but with him that stands with us this day before the Lord
our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day." With
these words, spoken at Sinai, our forefathers received the Torah for
themselves and for all the ages to come. You, our children, are the
next generation in the chain of Jewish tradition. Take this Torah
now and make it your own.
Confirmand (Holding Torah)
With gratitude and pride we, the members of this confirmation
class, now receive the Torah. We accept its doctrines as our holy
discipline and guide. As our fathers cherished and preserved the
Torah throughout the generations, so it is our duty to study it and
strive to live by its commandments, so it is our prayer that we may
prove worthy of this sacred gift, and that we shal I transmit it to
those who come after us,
f
l
Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu
Adonai Echad
Hear O Israel the Lord our God the Lord is One.
Choir: Reading from the Torah Deutronomy 5-6
Hebrew and English
Prophets - Book of Ruth, Chapter 1
Opening of Ark
�PRAYER BY ALL CONFIRMANDS
With joy, our God, we members of this Confirmation Class
come before Thee in this gladsome season of the year. At this time,
we remember the day of Sinai, when Israel entered into a Covenant
with Thee to become a Kingdom of Priests and a holy nation.
With Thy law in their hearts, Thy people has gone forth as Thy
witness and amidst deadly foes and endeavoring flames has proclaimed Thy name in all the earth. Through the ages Israel has been
faithful to Thee. He found strength in trou:>le, light in darkness
and hope in adversity.
In the same spirit, 0 Lord, we Thy children come before Thee
and renew the vow of our Fathers. Imbue us with true knowledge
and discernment and guide us in the paths of Thy wisdom, so that
we may live by Thy laws and precepts.
May Thy spirit which rested upon our Fathers and Mothers
never depart from us. Grant that the truth revealed to lsrae I may
become the possession of all men, and that the time not be distant
when all the children on earth shall recognize Thee as their God
and father.
Amen
Union Prayer Book . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . • . . . Page 149 - 150
Rabbi Addresses Confirmands
Presentation of Certificates By President, Board of Education, Mrs. Herbert Steinman
Presentation of Junior Membership Certificates By President of Congregation, Mr. Alan Oppenheimer
Adoration
Kaddish
Shalom Aleichem
Benedict ion
�RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STAFF
Principal • . • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • . •
Robbi Phillip Rosenberg
,.
Teachers • . • • • • • • • • . . • • Mrs. Florence Bishop, Miss Ellen
Cohill, Mrs . Arthur Jenkins, Mr. Alon Oppenheimer,
Mrs. Worner Golombeck, Miss Frances Price, Mrs. Phillip Rosenberg
Executive Secretary . . • • • • . • • • . • •
Confirmation and Bar-Mitzvoh Class •
Mrs. Alon Oppenheimer
Robbi Phillip Rosenberg
Assis ted by Mrs . Harry Berman
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chairman • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Mrs . Herbert Steinman
Mrs. Louis Aron, Mrs. Rolph August, Dr. Arthur Greenberg,
Mrs. Lewis Joffe, Mrs. Jock Lipman, Dr. Phillip Miller,
Mrs . Alon Openheimer, Sisterhood Representative
CHOIR
Music Director and Organist • • • • • • • • • • . Mr. Arnold Bourziel
Mrs. Louis Aron, Mrs. Arnold Baurziel, Mrs. Audrey Cohill,
Miss Ellen Cahill, Miss Beth Cherin, Mrs . Worner Golombeck,
Miss Ileane Gudelsky, Mrs . Alon Oppenheimer, Mr . Doniel
Silberman, Miss Regan Teles
�T E MP L E
B ' NA I
I S R A E L
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
PROGRAM
CONFIRMATION
SERVICE
SATIJRDAY, MAY 21, 1966
10:00 A. M.
CONDUCTED BY
RABBI PHILLIP ROSENBERG B. A. Th. D.
AND
CONFIRMANDS
MR. JOEL WIENER - PRESIDENT OF THE CONGREGATION
MR. EUGENE FISHER-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
�1966
Confirmands
First Row Seated Left to Right:
Regina Bruelbeck, Richard Steinman, Janet Friend,
Susan Fisher, Lee Oppenheimer, Barbara Rosen
Standing Left to Right:
Jerry Ashendorf, Larry Rcetter, Marguerite Bacon
Carla Rapoport, Rabbi Dr. Phillip Rosenberg,
Carol Steindler, Robert Galombeck, Richard
Roetter, Edward Stern
�MEDITATION FOR PARENTS
FOR SILENT CONTEMPLATION BEFORE SERVICE
God,
and
gladness,
Father, in this hour of family
I turn to Thee in Gratitude, that
Thou has brought my beloved son (daughter)to
this
day.
I
thank Thee for the blessingof
parenthood, which, through the years, has so
deeply enriched my life.
In
this
moment of fulfillment I am also
aware of my failings.
At
times
I
faltered in my obligations as a parent.
have
Yet
in Thy goodness Thou hast enabled me to care
for his (her) physical needs and to
for his (her) spiritual
nurture.
provide
Grant
me
the steadfastness to guide him (her) through
the years ahead by precept and example.
En-
able me to develop within him (her), by what
�I do and say,
love of Thee and devotion to com-
passion, learning and charity.
Help
me to show
him {her) the way to seek Thee through the habit
of prayer, Jewish observance and personal sacrifice.
May
the
teachings of Thy prophets and sages
inspire him {her) to a life of honour and faithfulness.
May
he {she) grow
overcome evil,
to
love the good,
be patient under trial, and seek
peace and truth.
As we are privileged to share the joy of this
day with our child, so may it be granted that we
see him (her) at the wedding altar. May our home
be consecrated to Thee, and may we and our children always serve Thee side by side.
This day strengthen us.
This day give us Thy
blessings.
Amen
�Choir:
Baruch-Habah
Procession of Confirmands
The Ark is Opened
INVOCATION BY CONFIRMAND
0
Lord,
that
we
thank
Thee
for the blessings
have brought us to this sacred hour,
all
that we have, all that we are, comes from Thee.
Words alone cannot express
our gratitude.
May
our lives then show forth our thankfulness.
Help us,
lege and
within
to
Thy
0 Lord, to be worthy of the privi-
challenge
us
of
this
day.
Strengthen
the faith that binds us to Thee and
people
Israel. Move us to devote our-
selves to the service of our fellow men.
Teach
to
commit
Torah.
us
to find joy in doing Thy will and
our
energies
and
talents
to Thy
�In
Thy
grace
our lives have been sweetened
by the love of our dear ones,
deepened
by
the
wisdom of our teachers and ennobled by the heritage of our people.
as
we
Lord.
have
May
May
received.
the
we
give as generously
Accept
meditations
our
prayers, O
of our hearts this
day flower into deeds that merit Thy blessing.
Amen
Barchu et Adonai Hamvorach
Praise ye the Lord to Whom all praise is due
Baruch Adonai Hamvorach Leolam Vaed
Praised be the Lord to Whom all
praise is due for ever and ever.
•
�FLORAL OFFERING
Confirmand
We
come,
0
Lord,
before
Thee
with our
floral offering.
this
On
grimage
festival our fathers came on pil-
to
Thy
Temple.
With
songs
of joy
they approached Thy sactuary bearing Bikkurim,
the first fruits of their harvest,
the choice
of their orchards and vineyards.
We
lives,
bring
our
strength,
would
and
by
a
spiritual
hearts
to
offer
consecrate
holiest
ideals
and
in
worthy
harvest, our young
minds, our wills and
these
before
ourselves
life.
of
would devote ourselves
We
to
to
the
would
man's
Thee.
be
We
highest
guided
dedication.
We
service
and
Thy
to the service of our fellow man.
May
sight.
our
offering
find
favor
in
Thy
May we merit Thy continued blessing on
us and our dear ones.
Aaen
�RABBI'S INVOCATION
Our
God
before
and
of
and
'nlee
hope.
our
God of our fathers, we come
on this holy day with gratitude
We
are grateful for the heritage
people and we hope that our children
will foster and preserve it for tlie ages .
We
thank
with
which
Thee
Thou
for
hast
the
many blessings
enriched
our
lives,
for the harvest of field and orchard, for the
fruits
and
of
our minds and hands, for the joys
challenges
grateful
of
home
and family. We are
for the sacred opportunities to en-
noble the life of man.
Thou
hast
way in life.
given us freedom to choose our
We
open our hearts to Thy pre-
sence this day.
Let
souls
word guide us in the ways of
and
Thy
Thy spirit illumine our
�righteousness.
Thou
hast made Thy will known to us through
Thy
Torah.
Thy
commandments.
ones
and
Teach
our
us
to find joy in pursuing
Help us to receive our dear
fellow men with love and under-
standing.
Strengthen
to
Thee
children
and
in
us
to
Thy
the
faith that binds us
people, Israel . May our
accept our sacred heritage with devo-
tion. May they enrich it with their own spirit.
And
may they bequeath it to generations yet to
come.
Amen
Ark is closed
Choir: Mah Tovu
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SABBATH SERVICE
Union Prayer Book
Page 118 - 128
Union Prayer Book
Page 234 - 235
Union Prayer Book
Page 138 - 140
TORAH SERVICE
Page 144 - 145
Union Prayer Book
RABBI
Generation
our
people
Torah,
ments
we
after
stood
generation,
at
Sinai
since
and
first
accepted the
have sought to live by its command-
to
love God and man. We have upheld its
teachings
even when suffering was the price of
our
devotion.
Thus we keep alive in the world
a message that brings hope and healing,
erhood and peace to all mankind.
broth-
"Not with you
only do I make this covenant; but with him that
stands
with
us
this
day before the Lord our
�and
God,
us
this
Sinai,
also with him that is not here with
day."
spoken
at
our forefathers received the Torah for
themselves
our
with these words,
and
children,
chain
of
for all the ages to come. Yo~,
are the next generation in the
Jewish
tradition.
Take this Torah
now and make it your own.
Confirmand (Holding Torah)
With gratitude and pride we,
the members of
this confirmation class, now receive the Torah.
We
accept
line
and
its
guide,
doctrines
as our holy discip-
As our fathers cherished and
preserved the Torah throughout the generations,
so
it
is
our
duty to study it and strive to
live
by
its commandments, so it is our prayer
that
we
may prove worthy of this sacred gift,
�and that we shall transmit it to those who come
after us.
Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu
Adonai Echad
Hear O Israel the Lord our God the Lord is One.
Choir:Reading from the Torah Deutronomy 5-6
Hebrew and English
Prophets - Book of Ruth Chapter 1
Opening of Ark
PRAYER BY ALL CONFIRMANDS
With joy,
our God,
firmation Class
some
season
of
we members of this Con-
come before Thee in this gladthe
year.
remember the day of Sinai,
into
a
At this time,
we
when Israel entered
Covenant with Thee to become a Kingdom
�of Priests and a holy nation.
With
has
Thy
gone
deadly
the
forth
foes
claimed
Thy
ages
found
law
in
as
and
Israel
Thy
hearts,
witness
endeavoring
name
strength
their
in
has
in
all
Thy people
and
amidst
flames
the
has
earth.
pro-
Through
been faithful to Thee. He
trouble,
light
in darkness
and hope in adversity.
In
come
the
before
same
spirit, 0 Lord, we Thy children
Thee and renew the vow of our Fath-
ers. Imbue us with true knowledge and discernment
and guide us in the paths of Thy wisdom,
so that
we may live by Thy laws and precepts.
May
Thy
and
Mothers
the
truth
possession
spirit which rested upon our Fathers
never
revealed
of
all
depart
from
to
Israel
men,
and
us. Grant that
may
become the
that the time not
�be distant
when
all
the
children
on earth
shall recognize Thee as their God and father.
Amen
Union Prayer Book
Page 149 - 150
Rabbi Addresses Confirmands
Presentation of Certificates By President Board of Education Eugene Fisher
Presentation of Junior Membership Certificates
By President of Congregation Mr, Joel Wiener
Adoration
Kaddish
Shalom Aleichem
Benediction
v
�RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STAFF
Principal: - Mrs. Jerome Cherin
Teachers: Miss Ellen Cahill, Mrs. Harrison
Friend, Miss Lorraine Friend, Mr. and Mrs.
Alan Oppenheimer, Mr. James Price, Mr. Alan
Parker, Mrs. Douglas Rosen, Mrs. Dan Rapoport,
Mrs. Martin Schankler. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Shumacher.
Confirmation and Bar-Mitzvah Class - Rabbi
Phillip Rosenberg assisted by Mrs Harry
Berman
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Mr. Eugene Fisher, Mrs. Ralph August,
Mx:s. Jack Lipman, Mrs. Douglas Rosen,
Mr. Herbert Steinman, Mr. Marvin Gudelsky,
Mrs. Jerome Cherin, Mrs. Louis Aron
CHOIR
Mr . Arnold Bourziel, Music Director and Organist
Members: Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer, Miss Lorraine
Friend, Mrs. Harrison Friend, Miss Janet Friend,
Miss Ilene Gudelsky, Mrs. Warner Galombeck,
Mr. James Price, Mrs. James Price, Mrs. Louis
Aron, Mrs. Audrey Cahill, Miss Ellen Cahill,
Mr. Daniel Silberman
�FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
of
GREATER MUSKEGON
LEOS. ROSEN
·Prl'udt·nt Afuskr~on Houu of Jn·Hh Worrh,p
.__________________~il
�SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JE\VISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
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EIGHTH ANNUAL R,EPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
19-l'-1948
T M. KAUFMAN
HARRY S. BERMAN
Cb.unna11
�FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
of
GREATER MUSKEGON
LEOS. ROSEN
�Commencing with the fifth annual rl'porr,
your chairman 1s inaugurating a plan when·bv
the front cover of each annual report will be
dedicated to a member who has performed
outstandinj! ,ervice in behalf of the community, For its first selection, Leo S. Rosen was
awarded this honor, because of his untiring
efforts and devotion to promote the well being of Jewry.
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cA Message fro,n Y our Chainnan
I am suhmittinJ.: the Jnnual report cf your UniteJ Je" i,h Charit1e, for the li~cal
year rnJinp, Au.c:u,t 31, 19i';
Tlw success of the 191 I 1'; camp a Ip, n wherein I 02 people contributed
$19,360.00 i, a te,t1moni.ll to your p,rnero,11r. It indil.ltes that the Jewi,h 1x·ople
of Greater ;\iu,keJ,;On ha,e in tl1t·ir hearts the de,irc to aid and encoura_ge other:.,
and at the ,.1me time support ih own loc.11 institution, .tnd prow.1nh to .111 e,·er
inrrt·.1,inp, extent.
You will note in the report tl1.1t your Trustee, .illocated $760.00 to the Mu,kep,on Board of Jew l'h Ls• .. 1: 10· .• which sum rcprc,cnh one-third of the co,t of
scndin_g 62 children to Sund.I) ~hool durinp, the p.1,t rear. Thi, is one of the
soundest im·estments our community t.tn m.1ke. Tlw fir,t Ji,·idend was rerci, cd
when we witncs•·ed the confirnution exerci•c, b,t June.
Durinp, the pa,t yc:ar the ;\fo:1a Vie" }.:wish Cemtterr A,soci,ttion purdu,cJ
from the City of Muskep,on lleip,hts. Perpctu,11 cart• 1s
p,11.1r.llltt·ed e,1d1 lot. Four thousand doll.1rs ,us p.1id upon the exe.·ution of the
contract, .ind the halance i, papble witlun four year,. The U.J.C. lo.med the
$'1,000,00 to the ,-\,rociation with the understanding that additional fund, will
he nude a,ail.1blt· to me<:! tlw terms o( thl contratt .ind that ,1, loh are ,old, the
s111m lo.med will hl' repaid to t;111ted Jcwl\h Charitic,.
,,-; I lots for SI 1,800.00
I hore that }OU will l,1ke time to study thi, report •o that you ma) he
fully pn:parcd to ,oice your opinion ,II the next rreuing, at which time: new
olfacr, and tru,t<.:cs will he cit-lied for the enrning ye.ir.
Smcerely yours.
PAUL M. \\'IENl R,
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�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
SUMMARY REPORT OF CASH AN D PLEDGES
1944 - 1945
Schedule A
Amount pledged I 9+i• I 9..t 5.... .......... ......................... ..... ..................
Cash on hand Sept. I, 19+-i.. ......................................S 1,619.-16
Collected on 19·13·1911 pledges... .... ..... ......................
115.00
TOTAL.................. ..... ...................................
S 19,360.00
1,761.46
$21,124.-16
Pledges outstanding, Schedule A2 ....................................$ 130.00
Monies allocated and paid listed on Schedule A 1........... 18Jn9A7
18,969.47
GENERAL EXPENSES
Occidental dinners ... .................................................$
Printing expense ........................................................... .
159.90
113. 52
303.42
Cash on hand and in bank Aug. 31, 194 5......................... .
1,851.57
TOTAL ............................................................ .
$21,124.46
Schedule A2
PLEDGES PAID ON ACCOUNT
Pledged
Louis Seger ...... ............. ............................ ... .. 25.00
Sam Lawson .......................................................... 25.00
Paid
10.00
10.00
Due
15.00
15.00
$50.00
$ 20.00
$ 30.00
PLEDGED AND NOT PAID
Stanier Baru .......................................................$ 50.00
Jake Goldberg ..... ................................................ 50.00
$100.00
Balance due on pledges as listed ahove ...................................... .
$130.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
ALLOCATION S
1944 - 1945
Sched ule A l
American Fund for Palestinian
Jnsts.
.... ..... ..
American Jc·wish Confer<:ncc
Jewish Telegraphic Agency ........
I 00.00
50.00
100.00
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America ..............................
200.00
American Jewish Congress.
25.0C
Joint Defense Appeal .............
.J00.00
Belfaire Orphan Home
25.00
Levi Memorial Hospital ...........
l0J.00
Local Civic Protector Work...
221.35
B'n,1i B'rith
Wider Scope
?,50.00
l\lrs. Aaron Cohen, salary settle•
······s
ment
Council of Jewish Welfare and
Federation Funds ....
1.000.00
120.00
Donations -Transients
38.00
Ex•patients Home of Den"er.
35.00
Gfts
Men in Service.
Hadassah Hospital
112.62
1,000.00
I kbrew Theological College of
Chic1go ... ..
100.00
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
250.00
Hias
100.00
Histadrut Jvrit
37.50
Mona View Jewish Cemetery As•
sociation ........ . .. .... .....
2,000.0J
Michigan Hillel Bldg. Fund ....
50.00
rs.at'! Farm School ....... ..
60.00
rs.at'! Jewish Children's Home.
50.00
Nat'I Jewish Hospital of Denver
125.00
Ra',bi Isaac Eleh,rnan Yeshivah ..
150.00
Society for Relief of Yemenite
Jews
........................
35.00
Sunthy School Fund ............... .
760 00
Sons of Israel ·Matzo Fund......
100.00
Technological School of Haifa ....
The Pro:estant ......
75,00
100.00
Hist:1drut of Palestine
100.00
Incurable Jews
100.00
Jewish \1(/dfare Board ...
1-15.00
United Jewish Layman's Com·
mittee ......................................
75.00
Jewish Consumptive R<:lid Sn•
cit:ty
U.S.O., B,1ttle Creek.......
50.00
200.00
Va:id Ltumi
35.00
Jewish Braille I nstitute .......
Jewish Institute of Religion .......
United Jtwish Appeal ............... 10,000.00
35.00
250.00
TOTAL ...............................$ 18,839.,1-
�- -------===----PAID-UP CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS
=
Pledged
Pledged
I 50.00
Morris Friend ..............
200.00
Tonr Aron
l'i0.00
Dr. M. L. Friedenberg
100.00
Abe Ashendorf
500.00
M. J. Goldberg
(Spring Lake)
100.00
Louis Aron
.. ......... . $
Samuel Ashendorf .
...........
'i00.00
50.00
Jakt 8Jum ..
Harrr H. Berman... .... .......
I 00.00
Ruben Berman .. . . . .........
I 00.00
Harr,· 5 Berman .
350.00
Louts M. Berman .
200.00
Mrs. Rose Berman
I 00.00
Morm Bespeloff .
2'>.00
Herm,m Braverman .. .... ...
'i0.00
Nath,m M. Broutman ........
75.00
Sigmund Cahn ..
25.00
.. .... .
Robc.:rt Cherin .
100.00
Dr. Sol Cohan.
75.00
L. Darmstadter
50.00
Andrew Epstein
I 50.00
Sam Esses ...
5.00
Harrr Field .. .
'.i0.00
Bcrn,1rd Fisher
I 00.00
Harrr A. Fisber .. .
500.00
Jeromt Fisher ... . .
100.00
Al. Frank .... ....... ............ ..
~00.00
Hpn.m Friedman ... .... .. .
2'i.00
........... .
Al. Golden
50.00
l\i.lurice W Golden.
200.00
Phil. Granik
100.00
Grossman', Dept. Stort
500.00
Harold Grossman ..
250.00
Herman Grossman ...
325.00
~frs. Sadie Grossman ..
400.00
Samuel Grossman .......
25.00
David Gudclsky
150.00
Koma Gudelskr
25.00
Oscar Gudelsky
50.00
L. V. Heller (Milwaukee) ..
10.00
Mrs. Tillie Jacobs ......
10.00
Morris Kantor
100.00
]. M. Kaufman
600.00
Dr. Marie Keilen .....
2 5 .on
Samuel Kl,t} f
15000
Mrs. Sara Klein
150.00
Harold Kime
25 00
Ile\. Klitzner
10.00
Abe Kollenberg
(Grand Rapids)
100.00
�PAID-UP CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS
=
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Pledged
Ben Komiss
25.00
Alex. Krause
250.00
Harry Lahr
25.00
Jack Lawson
200.00
J<:sst• LeYin
10.00
R<:uh<:n Levy
50.00
H)man Lipman .... ..
500.00
Samuc:I Lipman .............
500.00
Ch.1rles Locke .......... . .
25.00
H<:rman Mendc:lson ..
25.00
J.
..
W. Metz
Joe Miller (H.irt)
15.00
J0<:
25.00
Nadel
Robert Rosenberg ............
50.00
Paul J. Schlossman
(non-member)
............. 1,000.00
Max Schubb ..
50.00
Abe Shmookler .... ...............
600.00
Max Shumaker .. . . . . . . .....
I 00.00
Samuel Siegel .. . .
200.00
H. A. SdYerman ..
600.00
Sol. Silverman ..
1 50.00
Ed. Simcoe ... ..
I 00.00
Joe Sunon ....... .
100.00
Jacob Singer ...
15.00
Joe Singer (Hart) ............
J.
100.00
Ted Neumer
250.00
Sam.
Smger ....................
50.00
S,1m Orlikoff
150.00
Ely Smith ........................
100.00
15.00
Charles Smith . . . ... . ..........
I 00.00
Pontiac Frocks, Inc. ....... .
]
50.00
Pk-dged
N.1than Price
250.00
Fred W. Stein
100.00
Sam Price
250.00
Milton Steindler
250.00
hadore Rodin ..
50.00
William Stern ..
200.00
Fred Rodoff
25.00
Joe S. Stnflmg ..
750.00
Leo Rose
50.00
M. Teles
................
20.00
H;1rold Rosen
300.00
Walters & Breecher............
200.00
Leo S. Rosen
-450.00
Josiah Wiener
500.00
Sam D. Rosenbaum ......
125.00
Paul M. Wiener
Max Rosenberg ............... . ..
350.00
Morton L Wolfe ................
2,000.00
225.00
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ARMED SERVICES
HOSOR ROLL
***
Irving Achtenberg
G. B. DeJong
Harry Ashendorf
Frank Disken
I. Ashendorf
Eugene Fisher
J. Ashendorf
M::ix Ashendorf
Norman Fleishman
Ardo M. Friend
Abe Berman
Jack Berman
Max 0. Berman
Marcus Bess
Phil Best
Stanford Broutman
Harrison (Buddy) Friend
Lawrence Gluck
Dave Goldberg
Herman Grossman
Louis H. Grossman
lewis S. Grossman
Seymour Cane
Alfred Caplan
J-:rome Cherin
Ben Cohen
Hilliard Gudelsky
Justin Gudelsky
Leon Gudelsky
Eugene Hirsch
George Hirsch
Oscar Daniels
He:1ry Darmstadter
Ldie Davis
Irving Hirsch
Sam Jacobs
Morton Jacobs
�ARMED SERVICES
HONOR ROLL
***
Herman Kessler
Dou.1-(las Rosen
Lawrence Klein
Seymour Rosenberg
Ben Klitzner
Chas. Rubinsky
Arthur Kopoloff
Louis Rubinsky
E. H. Krause
David Krupp
Marvin Saffer
Morris Levine
Sam Schumacher
Raedelle S. Levy
Irving E. Sih·erman
Volf Liebovitz
Harry Singer
Jack Lipman
H y. Singer
Irving Singer
Phillip Miller
Jay L. Singer
James Mintz
Marvin Skolkin
Dan M. Moore
N. H. Skolkin
I rving Stein
R. M. Orlikoff
Robert Stein
Al Parker
I
r
Syd. Polly
Lewis Jack Steindler
Leonard Price
Nathan Talbot
*
Jerome Stern -
Killed in Action
�PAUL
At
tx
J. SCHLOSSMAN
C ,/Jt.
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A generous lltver to all cnuses without regard
to race, creed or color. His daily acrs are an
in,piration to all who work for the cause of
humantty.
�-
in alemoriam
SAMUEL ASHENDORF
1880 . 1945
MORRIS BESPALOFF
1
877. 1945
We mourn the passing of our beloved
fm:nds and neighbors; theirs were
truly Jewish hearts.
J_______ __J
�SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JE\VISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
/1//f, . /tJ/ i
l - M KAUFMA.N
t /,nirmuu
�THE FATE OF A COMMUNITY is, in a great measure
determined by the efforts of individuals willing and capable of leadership in organizational work.
It has been
Muskegon Jewry's good fortune to find that leadership
when the need has been the jlreatest.
For many years the leadership of this community has enjoyed the backing and support of self-effacing). M. Kaufman, and last year when the needs of the United Jewish
Appeal reached unprecedented proportions, this goodnatured executive assumed the responsibility of surpassing the goal set for us.
In effort, sacrifice and devotion,
our esteemed friend knew no limits and his inability to
serve further in this capacity due ro physical limirations is
a source of great disappointment to him and to us.
Only those who have worked intimately with Kelly can
appreciate the great burden of j!ratitucle thar this rommunirv wall always owr him.
_(")R MORRIS TEI FS, Srcrenrv
�A MESSAGE FROM YOUR ACTING CHAIRMAN
It is my pleasure on behalf of the officers and trustees of the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, to present, herewith,
the annual report of receipts, expenditures
and allocations for the fiscal year.
This affords me the opportunity to thank
my officers and trustees, as well as so many
of my friends who gave so generously of their
time and effort through the many meetings in
order that our goal may be accomplished.
My
sincere thanks to all of you.
This report of the United Jewish Charities ends seven years of remarkable progress.
The money that has been so graciously contributed by you has not been charity, but a human
treatment of a people who are struggling to
regain their just place as hµman beings-struggling against staggering odds, after the
most ghastly and most devastating horror to
which whole people have ever been subjected!
Our community can be proud of the start
that has been made. A start toward real solution by means of rehabilitation and resettlement. But a start alone is not enough! HELP
US FINISH THE JOB - - WILL YOU?
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�MESSAGE
{continued)
The cash balance on hand, as indicated by
these exhibits, is being disbursed immediately.
In past years your trustees have seen fit to
advance as a loan, $4500. 00 to the Mona View
Cemetery Association.
During the fiscal year
concluded, $1200. 00 nas advanced, resulting in
a total of )5700.00 loaned to the Association.
I sincerely trust that you »ill again
extend your ~hole-hearted support and cooperation for the urgent needs that
confront
Muskegon's Jewry.
Sincerely yours,
HARRY S. BERf: AN
Acting Chairman
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�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
CASH RE.CEIPTS AND DISBURSEEENTS
FOR YEAR ENDED NOV. 26, 1947
Amounts pledged 1946-47 (Schedule A-1)
Cash in Bank Oct. 14, 1946
Collected on 1945-46 pledges
Refund of Expenses
$64,020.00
$2,.377.20
295.00
2.22
2,674.42
Pledges outstanding (Schedule A-2) $2,6oO.OO
Monies allocated (Schedule A-3)
55 1 235 1 00
57,925.00
General Expenses:
Dinners & Music
Printing, Stationery & Postage
Telegraph
Traveling Expense
485.05
225.26
41..34
23.25
774.90
Cash in Bank November 26, 1947
5,709.52
Cash on Hand November 26, 1947
2,285.00
TOTAL
'66,694.42
�Schedule A-3
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
ALLOCATIONS
1946-1947
United Jewish Appeal • • • • •
Local Relief
• • • • • • •
Youth Aliyah
• • • • • • •
American Jewish Congress• • • •
B'nai B'rith Wider Scope • • • •
Federated Council of Pal. Inst.
•
Hebrew Theological Seminary. • •
Haifa Inst. of Technology
• • •
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• • •
s.o.s. J.D.C.
• • • • • •
Council of Jewish Fed. & lfel. Funds
z.o.A. Expansion Funds
• • • •
American Jewish Conference • • •
Dropsie College
• • • • • •
Jewish Welfare Board • • • • •
Joint Defense Appeal • • • • •
Weizman Institute • • • • • •
Jewish Theological Seminary • • •
Mr. Horris Teles • • • • • •
Transient Relief
• • • • • •
Special Relief • • • , • • •
American Friend Hebrew Univ.
• •
Histadrut Ivrith
• • • • •
Hebrew Sheltering & Aid Society
•
Hebrew Union College • • • • •
Histadrut of Palestine
• • • •
Jewish Institute of Religion
• •
Levi liemorial Hospital
• • • •
Medical School in Jerusalem • • •
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo. Seminary
United Jewish Laymen's Comm.
• •
Society for Yeminite Jews
• • •
B'nai B1rith Hillel Building
• •
B'nai B'ritb Essay Contest • • •
Mona View Cemetery Loan • • • •
Ot t
$ 45,000.00
200.00
1,000.00
50.00
350.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
250.00
100.00
500.00
50.00
100.00
150.00
800.00
100.00
200.00
250.00
50. 00
125. 00
500.00
50,00
200.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
100.00
1,800.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
500.00
600.00
1 200,00
js5:325.oo
Schedule A-2
us anding Pledges••··•··•••·····•• $2,600.00
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�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
1946-47 PLEDGES
Aron, Louis • • • • • • • • • • • • j
n , Sylvia • • • • • • • • • • • •
n ,
Tony • • • • • • • • , • • • •
Ashendorf, Family • • • • • • • , •
, Mrs. S. • • • • • • • • •
"
Adler, Harold • • • • • • • • • • •
.August, Dr. Ralph • • • • • • • • •
Baru, Stanley • • • • •
• •
Berman, Harry H• • • • • • • • • • •
• , Harry S. • • • • • • • • • •
tt
,
Louis
• • • • • . • • • • •
•
, Ruben • • • • • • • • • • •
• , Mrs. Rose • • • • • • • • •
Bernstein, Morris • • • •
• ••
Beukema, J.C • • • • • • • . • • • •
Bespeloff, Mrs. M. • • • • • • • • •
Braverman, Herman • • • • • • • • •
Broutman, Nathan • • • • • • • • • •
•
, Samuel • • • • • • • • • •
n
, Mrs. Samuel • • • • • • •
Benderoff, S. M. • • • • • • • • • ..
Cane, Dr. S. H. • • • • • • • • • •
Cahn, Sigmund • • • • • • • • • • •
Cherin, Robert • • • • • • • • • • •
Cohan, Sol M.D• • • • • • • • • • .
Cohen, Bennie • • • • • • • • • • •
Darmstader, L. • • •
• • • • • •
Epstein, Andrew • • • • • • • • • •
Field, Harry • • • • • • • • • • •
Fine, Francis • • • • • • • • • • •
Fisher, Family • • • • • • • • • • •
•
, Herbert
n
, Mrs. Herbert • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • ••
, Sally & Marion • • • • • • •
, Mrs. Bernard ••• • • • • •
, Mrs. Eugene • • • • • • • •
Fogel, Wm.
• • • • • .. • • • • ••
•
"
•
500.00
100.00
500.00
500.00
50.00
50.00
1,000.00
200.00
300.00
1,500.00
400.00
300.00
100.00
50.00
50.00
10.00
200.00
150.00
200.00
25.00
1,000.00
50.00
50.00
300.00
300.00
25.00
200.00
250.00
25.00
300.00
3,000.00
50.00
10.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHLRITIES
1946-47 PLEDGES
Fleishman, Dr. N• • • • • • • • • •
Frank, Alfred • • • • • • • • • • •
Friedenberg, Dr. ti. L. , • •
Friedman, Hyman • • • • • • • •
Friend, Maurice. • •
• ••••
Fox, Hyman • • • • • • • • • • • •
Golden, Uaurice • • • • • • • • ••
Grossman Dep 1t. Store • • • • • • •
11
Herman • • • • • • • • •
"
, Mrs. ~adie • • • • • • •
Louis.
"
n
.. .
, Sam • • • • • • • • • • •
Hecht, J. • • . . .
n
, f.i.rs. J.
. .....
• • •
• • • • •
• • • • • • • • • •
•
• • • •
• • • • • • • • • •
firs. S • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • , •
Hatton, Julian
Hagen, F. W. •
Jacobs, Meyer •
Jacobson, Mr. &
Kantor, Morris
Kaufman, J. M. • • • • • • • •
American Store F,quip. •
, •••
Krupp, David
• •
• • • •
Kaufman, Lillian • • • •
• ••
Kelin, Dr. Marie • • • • • • • • •
Klayf, Sam • •
• •••••
Kline, Harold • • • • • • • • • • •
Klitzner, Rev, • • • • • • • • • •
Komiss, Ben • • • • • • • • • • • •
Krause, Alexander • • • • • • • • •
n , Sadie • • • •
• • • •
Klein, Sara. • • • • • •
• ••
Lahr, Harry • • • • . . • . . • • •
Lawson, Jack • • • • • • • • • • •
Lebow, Max • • • • • • • •
" , Sophia • • • • • •
• • •
Levin, Jess • • • • • • • • • , ••
Levine, Horris • • • •
11
, Jerome
•••••
..
. ...
. ..
200.00
250.00
220.00
100.00
500.00
25.00
750.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
100.00
300.00
100.00
100.00
10.00
25.00
200.00
300.00
2,000.00
1,500.00
25.00
250.00
25.00
1,000.00
100.00
30.00
25.00
500.00
100.00
200.00
25.00
850,00
300.00
25.00
50.00
25.00
10.00
$
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�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
1947-47 PLEDGES
Lenhoff, Mex • • • • • • • • • • •
Levy, Reuben • • • • • • • • • • •
Locke, Charles • • • • • • • • • •
Lipman, S. & H• • • • • • • • • • •
Larson, Leo • • • • • • • • • • • •
Mendelsohn, Herman • • • • • • • •
Hetz, James
• • • • • • • • • • •
Neumer, Ted
•••••••••••
Oppenheim, B • • • • • • • • • • • •
Parker, Albert • • • • • • • • • •
Price, Family • • • • • • • • • • •
Rapaport, J.C. • • • • •
• ••
Roden, Israel • • • • • • • • • • •
Rodoff, Fred • • • • • • • • • • •
Rogers, Mr. & Mrs. L • • • • • • • •
Rosen, Harold • • • • • • • • • • •
Rosen, Douglas
•••••••
" , Mrs. Douglas • • • • • • • •
"
, fJarcia • • • • • • . • • • •
•
n
, Leo
• • • • • • • • • •
, Florence • • • • • • • • • •
Rosenbaum, Sam • • • • • • • • • •
Rosenberg, Hax • • • • • • • • • •
11
, Robert • • •
• •
II
, Rose.
11
, Seymour
• • • • • • • •
Roth, r~rtin • • •
• • •
Rubinsky, Chas • • • • • • • • • • •
"
, Florence
•
, Ra.e • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • •
Rabbi Satlow • • • • • •
P.lrs. SatloTT • • • • • •
Shmookler, Abe • • • • •
11
, Rebeccah • • •
Schubb, Max
• • • • • •
Schumacher, Max • • • • •
"
, Leah
•
• • •
•
• • •
• • •
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
• • • • • • • • •
$ 50.00
150.00
100.00
3,000.00
20.00
50.00
50.00
1,000.00
100.00
25.00
1,500.00
100.00
200.00
200 .. 00
325.00
1,200.00
50.00
10.00
100.00
1,500.00
100.00
500.00
750.00
200.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
25.00
250.00
25.00
1,000.00
100.00
100.00
200.00
50.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
1946·-47
PIBDGES
Schumacher, Sam.
• •••••
u
, Lotta • • • • • • • • •
Silverman, Hn·old • • • • • • • • •
1'
, Sol
• . • • • • . . • •
Simcoe, Ed • • • • • • • • • • • •
Smith, Chas. • •
• ••••••
11
,
Urs. Chas • • • • • • • • • •
"
, Ely
. • • • • . • . • •
11
, Hrs. Ely • • • • • • • • • •
Simon, Joe
• • • • • • • • • •
Singer, Joe • • • • • • • • • • • •
Singer, Jacob • • • • • • • • • • •
Stein, Frederick • • • • • • • • •
Steindler, Milton • • •
• • , •
11
, Frances
••••••••
11
, Jack
• • • • • • • • •
Strifling, Joe • • • • • • • • • •
nu
' Syd
• • • • •
Hamilton Apts. • • • • • • • • • •
Siegel, Samuel • • • • • • • • • •
Smith, Saul • • • • • • • • • • ,
Teles, Dr. M.
• •••• , , •••
Wiener, Josiah • , •
, • • • •
" , Mrs. Josiah • •
• •••
Wiener, Paul • •
• • •
• •
West Mich. Steel
.
.. .. . .
TOTAL PLEDGES
'
25.,00
• 10~00
2,000~00
500.00
100.00
250.00
10.00
250.00
25.00
100.00
300.00
30.00
500.00
500.00
50.00
75.00
4,000.00
250.00
1,000.00
200.00
25.00
100.00
600.00
150.00
10,000.00
500.00
• • ••• $64,020.00
�JU!Ql_
�EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1947- 1948
HARRY S. BERMAN
Chainna11
�The success of organized community charities and
philanthropies to a great cxtc:nt depends on the
sympathy, generosity and ability of its lc:aders.
The Unite:d Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon
faced its greate:st challenge last year when it had
to raise more funds than at any time before in its
history and still not interfere with the fund-raising
for our Temple.
This challc:nge was accepte:d by the able and energetic Harry S. Btrman. Through his able leadership and devotion to the cause, a new goal was
attained.
To you, Harry S. Berman, the community acknowledge:s a debt of gratitude and appreciation for an
assignment well done.
PAUL M. WIENER,
Honorary Chairman
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�A MESSAGE FROM THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE U. J . C.
It was indeed an honor and privilege to
have been singled out by this community to
head the U.J.G. drive in the past year.
I say it was an honor because the community by electing me for the task, showed its
trust, confidence and faith in my ability to
fulfill my assignment.
The reason I deem it a privilege is because not everyone is privileged to live in a
country such as ours where there is not only
opportunity for its citizens to live in peace
but where man can extend a helping hand to his
fellow man, deprived of similar privileges and
opportunities .
Huskegon Jewry deserves credit for its
generous gifts to the U. J . G. in past years.
Our giving made it possible for our brethren
to fight heroically and emerge victoriously.
(continued on next page)
�MESSAGE
(continued)
The fight unfortunately is still on, and
so our giving must not diminish this year. As
a matter of fact, we must give more generously
now than ever before.
For while the doors of
every land are practically closed to our warafflicted brethren still languishing in concentration camps, the State of Israeli has its
friendly hand stretcred out to taJce them in,
and give them a home in which they can live in
freedom and enjoy a sense of dignity experienced by no other Jew anywhere on the globe.
Our brethren in Europe and Palestine ask
for cooperation.
Let us answer them generously.
HARRY S. BERMAN
Chairman
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�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEiJENTS
1948
FOR YEAR ENDED DEC. 3,
Amounts pledged 1947-48 (Schedule A-1)
$76,776.50
Cash in Bank & on Hand 11/26/1947 $7,994.52
Collected on 1946-47 pledges
1,850.00
Refund from B:nai B 1rith,
Essay Contest
600.00
Check issued 4/30/46 to Michigan
Hiilel Building Fund,
not cashed and cancelled
50.00
Remittance from Mona View Jewish
Cemetery Association
2,000.00 12,494e52
Total
Pledges Outstanding 1947-48
Shrinkage 1946·-47
Shrinkage 1947-48
Moneys Allocated (Schedule A-2)
$89,271.02
$6,693.00
200.00
75.00
77,790.05 84,758005
General Expenses:
Dinners, Music, Flowers
$
Printing, Stationery & Postage
Secretarial, Clerical & Auditing
720.69
191.70
358,00
Cash in Bank Dec. 3, 1948
292.58
Checks on Hand Dec. 3, 1948
Total
$
2,950.00
1,270.39
3,242.58
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$89,271002
This financial report was audited and compiled
by Robert Kennedy, Tax Consultant,
216 Montgomery Building, Muskegon, :Michigan
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
ALLOCATIONS 1947-48
SCHEDULE A-2
Special Relief • • • • • • • • •
United Je~ish Appeal • • • • • •
rfona View Jewish Cemetery Ass 'n.
Hadassah • • • • • • • • • •
Hadassah (Youth Aliyah) •
Joint Defense Appeal
Levi Memorial Hospital • · •
Council of Jewish Fed. &
Welfare Funds • • • •
American Jewish Congress • • • •
Haifa Institute of Technology ••
Je~ish Telegraphic Agency • • • •
Jewish Welfare Boord • , ••
Weitzman Institute • • • • • • •
Histadruth Ivrith • • •
Hebrew Union & J. I. R. •
• •
Histadruth of Palestine • • • • •
United Jewish Layman Committee •
Society for Yeminite Jm-1s • • • •
Hias
• • • . . . . . . . • . • •
Jevlish Theological Seminary
of America • • • • • • •
Sisterhood B'nai Israel - S. O. S.
.American Friends of
Hebrew University • • • •
Medical School Campaign of
Hebrew University
and Hadassah • • • • • •
National Jewish Welfare Board ••
Total
$ 2,005.92
63,500.00
6,074.13
500.00
500.00
1,800.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
500.00
150.00
10.00
50.00
200.00
200.00
250.00
500.00
700.00
150.00
~77,790.05
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
YEAR 1947-48 PLEDGES
SCHEDULE A-1
Adler, Harold • • • • • • • • • • • $ 100.00
Aron, Louis • • • • • • • •
200.00
100.00
Aron, Sylvia • •
• •
Aron, Tony. • •
• •••
500.00
Ashendorf, Isadore. • •
• •
215.00
Ashendorf, Jacob • • • •
• • • •
500.00
Ashendorf, Max. • • •
• ••
500.00
Ashendorf, Mrs. S. • •
• •••
500.00
August, Dr. and Mrs . R. • • • • • • 2,000.00
Baru, Stanley • • • •
• •••
300.00
Baru, Rose • • . • . • •
• •••
100.00
Baru, Elaine and David. •
• ••
100.00
Berman, Gene • • • • • • • •
• •
50.00
Berman, Harry H. • • • .
• •
300.00
Berman, Harry S• • . • • • • • • • • 2,500.00
Berman, Louis M• • • • • • • • • • •
400.00
Berman, Reuben • • • • • • • • • • •
300.00
Bernstein, f.ir. and Mrs. M• • • • • •
50.00
Bess, Marcus •
• •••
35.00
10.00
Billings, A• • • • • • • • • • • • •
10.00
Bolthouse, Anthony • • • • • • • • •
300.00
Braverman, Er. and t.rs . H• • • • • •
100.00
Broutman, Nathan • • • • • • • • • •
Benderoff, f.ir . and flrs. S. M. • •• 1,500.00
101.00
Cane, Dr. S. H• • • • • • • • • • •
25.00
Cane, David M.
• • • • •
• ••
600.00
Cherin, Robert and Jerome • • • • •
Cherin, l!rs. Robert • • • • • • • •
50.00
Cherin, Mrs. Jerome • • • • • • • •
36.50
'Cherin, Rochelle • • • • • • • • • •
25.00
300.00
Cohan, Dr. S. • . • . • . • • • • •
25.00
Cohan, Mrs. S. • • • • •
• •••
Cohen, Benny • • • • • • • • • • • •
100.00
Cohen, Robert N• • • • • • • • • • •
25.00
600.00
Darmstader, L. and H. • • • • • • •
Darmstadter, Elsa • • • • • • • • •
50.00
250.00
Epstein, Andrew J • • • • • • • • • •
�'UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
YEAR 1947-48 PLEDGES
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Fine, Francis
• • $ 500.00
•
•
50.00
Fine, Blanche
36.50
Fine, Andy
. • 5,000.00
Fisher, Harry, J. and B.
100.00
.
Fisher, f,irs. B.
10.00
.
Fisher, James A.
50.00
Fisher, Sally and Marilyn
•
•
.
50.00
Fleishman, Dr. N.
• •
.
37.00
N.
Fleishman, !·:rs.
50.00
Fogel, Mr. and Mrs. M.
.
100.00
Fogel, Lr. and Mrs. w.
•
.
73.00
Fogel, Mary
.
500.00
Friedenberg, Dr. ril. L.
100.00
.
Friedman, Hyman R.
300.00
.
Friend, L1aurice
10.00
Galombeck, Warner
. •
10.00
Galombeck, Martha •
eoo.oo
Golden, Maurice W.
. •.•
100.00
Golden, Mrs. w.
10.00
Goldman, Bennie
.
1,000.00
Grossman, Herman
1,000.00
Grossman, Sadie
250,00
Gudelsky, Oscar
.
250.00
Gudelsky, David
.
300.00
Hecht, J.
100.00
Hecht, 11rs. J.
Hughes and Hatcher, Inc.
500.00
Jacobs, Meyer
30.00
Jacobs, Molly
5.00
•
200.00
Jacob son, ~Ir. and Urs. s.
Kantor, Mor,ris
300.00
Kaplan, llaurice M. •
.
10.00
Kaufman, J. K.
.
.
6,000.00
Kaufman, Lillian
.
336.00
Kaufman, Richard
100.00
Kaufmen, Gordon
100.00
Kelin, Dr. Marie
25.00
•
Klayf, Samuel G.
300.00
Kline, Harold
100.00
•
Klitzner, Rabbi J.
30.00
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�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
YEAR 1947-48 PLEDGES
Kositchek, 1.1ilton • • • • • • • •
Kozen, Milton • • • • •
• ••
Komiss, Ben • • • • • • • • • • •
Krause, Edward H• • • • • •
Lahr , Harry
• • • • • •
Lebow, Max
••••••
Lebow, Sophia • •
• •••••
Levine, Mr. and Mrs. M. • • • • •
Levine, Jerome D• • • • • • • • •
Levy, Reuben
••••••••••
Lipman, Hyman • • • • • • • • • •
Lipman, Jack
• • •
• •• • .
Lipman, Edith • • • • • • • • • •
Lipman, Sam
••••••••
Locke, Chas • • • • • • • • • • • •
Larson, Leo • • • • • • • • • • •
Mendelsohn, Herman • • • • • • • •
MiJ ler, Al.
• • • • • • • • • •
Newmark, Mrs. Ben
••••
NeUJDer, Ted • • • • • • • • • • •
Oppenheim, Ben • • • • • • • • • •
Price Family. • . • •
• •••
Price, Mrs. Sam • • • • • • • • •
Rapaport, J.C • • • • • • • • • •
Roberts, Barney • • • • • • • • •
Roden, Israel • • • • • • • • • •
Rodoff, Mr. and i!rs. F. • • • • •
Chase, Raleigh L• • • • • • • • •
Rogers, Lyle
• • • • • • • • • .
Rogers, Sylvia. •
• •••••
Rose, Leo
• • • • •. • • • • •
Rosen, Mrs. Douglas
•••••
Rosen, Harold • •
• •••••
~osen, Leo S • • • • • • • • • • •
Rosen, Florence
•••••••
RosenbaUJD, Sam D• • • • • • • • •
Rosenberg, Max
•••••••••
Rosenberg, Robert • • • • • • • •
Rosenberg, Rose • • • • • • • ••
Rosenberg, Suzanne • • • • • • • •
$
25.00
25.00
20.00
250.00
35.00
500.00
25.00
50.00
10.00
75.00
3,000.00
75.00
36.50
.3,000.00
50.00
15.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
1,750.00
50.00
1,500.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
100.00
.300.00
10.00
500.00
25.00
100.00
10.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
100.00
200.00
1,250.00
200.00
.36.50
10.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIF.S
YEAR 1947-48 PLEDGES
Rosenberg, Seymour I.
• ••
Rubinsky, Chas • • • • • • •
Rubinsky, Linda • • • • • •
Rubinsky, Florence • • • •
Schu2.tz, Dr. Leonard ••
Schultz, Marilyn
.
S chubb, Max • • • •
Shmookler, Abe ••
Shmookler, Rebecca • • • • • • • •
Shumacher, Leah •••
Shumacher, Uax • • • • • • • • • •
Shumacber, tlr. and Mrs. S. .. • • •
Silverman, Harold •••
Silverman, Sol ••
Simcoe, Ed • • • •
Simon, Joe • •
Singer, Joe
.
Singer, Sam J. • • •
Singer, Rose ••
Smith, Chas • • • • • •
Smith, Mrs. Chas • • • • • • • • • •
Smith, Ely • • •
• •
• •
Smith, Mrs. Ely • • • •
• • •
Stein, Hr. and Prs. F • • • • • • •
Steindler, Uilton.
• ••
Steindler, Frances • •
. • •
S teindler-, Mr. and Mrs. J.
• • • •
Stern, Uilliam • • •
• ••••
Strifling, Joe S • • • • • •
Strifling, Syd.
• •••
Hamilton Apts.
• ••••••
Smith, Saul •••••••••
Teles, Dr. M.
• •
Tesslar, S. J • • • • • • • • • • •
Toy, Dr. Chas.
Vandervoort, Plrs. P.H• . • • . . •
Weiner, Josiah
. . .
Weiner, :Mrs. J • • • • •
Weiner, Paul • • • • • • • • • • •
Whitman, T. M. • •
• • •
Total
..
..
.
...
.
.
..
$
100.00
100.00
25.00
75.00
25.00
50.00
100.00
2,000.00
100.00
50.00
250.00
25.00
1,000.00
500.00
50.00
100.00
50.00
300.00
15.00
500.00
50.00
500.00
10.00
500.00
500.00
50.00
100.00
750.00
3,500.00
100.00
1,000.00
25.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
2.00
1,000.00
236.50
15,000.00
...-....-..;;;:.2.;..;5•:..;:o=o
$76,776.50
��.ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1948 - 1949
I
SAMUEL LIPMAN
Cha11wa11
•
�TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
U NITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREAT E R MUSKEGON
1949-i950
vANNUAL ~PORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREAfER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1952-1953
HERMAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
HARRY A. F ISHER
Chanma11
�.ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1948 - 1949
SAMUEL LIPMAN
Cha/1'111a11
•
�TZEDAKAH -
CHARITY
\\'hoso doses hi, ei-es to tlm dut\ and harden, his heart to his needy
hrother i, called a worthk" man, and is reg,1rded ,Is an idolater. But who,
'"cver i, cardul in the fulfillment of this duty atte,t, him,df a, helonging
to the ,ccd of Abr.,ham. whom the Lord hath ble"t•d: "For I h.1vc known
him, to the tnd th,1t he may command his children and hi, hou,chold ,1fter
hi,,, th II they may keep tlw "ay of the Lord. to do Tzcdabh and Justice.''
( Genesis 18. 19.)
Clurity 1s the main foundation of hraer, preemmenc<:, and the basis of
the La\\ of Truth. As the prophd say, unto Zion: "By Tzedabh shalt thou
he e,tahlishcd" (ha1ah H. 1-l). Its practice will alone bring ahout Israel's
redemption: "Zion shall be redeemed with Justice, and they that return of
her ,,·1th Tztdakah" ( Isaiah I 27). Chant) is grc.1ter than all sac ihces,
,.iys R.1hhi Ek.1zar: t·ven ·" it i, written. 'To do Tzcdabh and justice is
mort acceptahk· to tht Lord than ,acrifice".
\\'hoso p1ttes the poor shal I h1m,df receive compassion from the Holy
One, hlc"ed he He Let I ·m further reflect that as there 1s a "hcc:1 of fortune rnol\'lng in this world, pnchancc somt' day uther he himself, or his
son. or his ,nn\ son, mar he brought down to the ,Jme lowlr state 'sor
kt it enter hi, mind to SJ): ''H<iw c,m I give to the poor and thus lessen
my po"ession,(' For m,1n mu,t kmm that he is not the master of what
he has, but onl} the guardi.in, to l"arri out the will of Him who entrusted
these things to his kt·eping.
\\'ho,otnr withhold, aim, from the needy thereof withdr,1ws himself
from the lu,tt·r of the Shekhinah and the light of the I..iw
Let man 1hcrdorc ht excn·dingli diliE:tnt
chariti•,
in
the right hestow,11 of
j.1c(}h he,1 Arha. 1269-1349.
�! M&SSAGE
!!lli
EBQll
fillliQ_~ QHAI!lJM!
The Unitecl Jewish Charities of Greater
l.tuskegon should not be regarded merely as a
unified fund-raising instrument that swings
into operation only during the day:, of its
annual campaign.
Throughout the year, the United Jewish
Charities of Greeter Muskegon is your community servant and trustworthy agent of your
humanity. It performs a multitude of services.
The organizations which it helps to support
encompass a large part of the globe and
include significant efforts in your behalf in
the United States and in our own community of
Greater !!uskegon.
So that you may know the sources of the
funds and how they are utilized, this annual
report is being sent to you by your Chairman,
Samuel Lipman.
The accomplishments of the United Jewish
Charities of Greater Muskegon during the fiscal year 1948-49 evoked high praise among the
Jewish communities of the country.
fice
this
tude
task
For the outstanding leadership and sacriand devotion to the cause of humanity,
community acknowledges a debt of gratiand appreciation to Samuel Lipman for a
well done.
PAUL M. WIENER
Honorary Chairman
��! MESSAGE EBQM THE CHAIRMAN
In terminating the campaign of 1948-49, I look
back upon the years spent in the administration of
the United Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon.
After four years as Treasurer, the past year as
Chairman and a board member since the organization's inception, I have had the honor and the
privilege, as well as the heartfelt satisfaction of
contributing, in part, to the formation and maintenance of the new Jewish State.
Not only do I feel that I have contributed to
the welfare of my brethren, but in doing this, I
have seen the positive results of true values;
I have gained a working knowledge of religion and
altruism. The success of one's undertakings brings
with it a joy and spirit unsurpassed.
The Jewry of Muskegon can be proud of the role
it played in the fulfillment of our dreams. However, we must be mindful of the fact that our task
is, as yet not completed. It is not enough to support financially; we must also give of our time and
effort. I hope and pray that those men and women
who are capable of leadership will assume their
responsibility and that the members of our community will co-operate to insure the success of future
campaigns.
I wish to take this opportunity to express my
sincere gratitude to my co-workers and to the community at large for their generous and unstinting
time, money and effort.
I'm sure all of us have
benefitted spiritually and materially from participating in the worthiest cause in the history of
mankind.
SAMUEL LIPMAN, Chairman
�UNITEiJ JEWISH CHARITIES
Qli§!L ~CEIPTS AND DISBURS.EJIENTS
FOR YEAR ENDED
NOVE11BER 30. 1942
A.-..ount outstanding at the
end of the 1947-48 nrive
Amounts Pledged 194~49
Cash in Bank December 3, 1948
Checks on Hand December 3, 1948
$ 6,69.3.00
76 1 lf!:7.00
292.58
2.950.00
es2,sso.oo
3.242.58
~86.122.58
Pledges Outstanding
November 30, 1949
Cancellations 1947-48
11,969.50
2,575.00
Moneys Allocated
68,980.50 83,525.00
General Expenses
Dinners, llusic, Printing,
Stationery & Office Expense,
Secretarial Services
1,131.05
Checks on Hand November JO, 1949
2,550.00
Less: Bank Overdraft
November JO, 1949
1.083.47
1,466.53
886,122.58
�qNITED JE\7ISH CHARITI~
elJOCATIONS
1948-1949
Special Relief • • • • • • • • • •
82,155.50
.. .
45,000.00
••••
18,000.00
•• •
500.00
••••••••••••
1,000.00
Zionist Organization • • • • • • •
100.00
...
250.00
• • • •
50.00
• • • • •
100.00
United Jewish Appeal •• • •
Congregation B'nai Israel
J.I.R. Hebrew Union College
Hadassah
Weitzmann Inst. or Science.
American Jewish Cong.
• •
National Jewish Welfare
American Fund for Palestine
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hies Hebrew Shelter
•••
50.00
• • • •
25.00
• •
100.00
Union or American Hebrew Cong. • •
200.00
Joint Defence Appeal • • • • • • •
1,400.00
Histadrut or Palestine. • • • • •
50.00
• • • •
•
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
1948-1CJ49 PLEDGES
Ellen Aron • • • •
• • • • • , • $ 36. 50
200. 00
Louis Aron • • • • • • • • • • •
200.00
Abe Ashendorf • • • • • • • • • • •
200.00
Jake Ashendorf • • • • • • • • • • •
500 .00
Max l shendorf • • • •
• • • • •
500.00
Mrs. Sam Ashendorf
•••••
)6. 50
flrs. Sam J.shendorf • • • • • • • • •
JOO.DO
Dr. Ralph A11gust • •
• • •
50.00
Arthur Bell • • • • • • • •
• •
JOO.DO
Harry H. Berman • • • • • • • • • •
400.00
Louis l.i. Berman • • • • •
• •
300. 00
Ruben Berl'lan • • • • • • • • • • • •
50. 00
Horris Bernstein • • • • • • • • • •
35.
00
Marcus Bess • • • • • • • • • • • •
10.00
Sam Buckland • • • • • • • • • • • •
15.00
Sigmund Cahn • • • • •
• • •
1.00
~irs. S. Cahn • • • . • • • • • . . •
600. 00
Robert and Jerome Cherin. •
• •
100.00
Bennie Cohen • • • • • • • • • • • •
300 . 00
Dr. Sol Cohen • • • • • • • • • • •
J6.50
Elsa Darmstadter • • • • • • • • • •
300.00
Henry and Louis Darmstadter • • • •
75.00
Andrew Epstein • • • • • • • • • • •
36. 50
Blanche Fine • • • • • • • • • •
Francis Fine and flrs. Schmookler •• 2,500.00
Harry, Jerome, Bernard,
and Eugene Fisher • • • • • • • • 5,000.00
Mrs. Harry Fisher • • • • • • • • •
182.50
Jimmy Fisher (Gene)
• • • • • • • •
36.50
Nancy Fisher (Bernard) • • • • • • •
J6.50
Sally and Uarilyn Fisher • • • • • •
73.00
Mary Fogel • • • • • • • • • • • • •
36.50
William Fogel • • • • • • • . •
100. 00
Dr. M. L. Friedenberg • • • • • • •
500.00
Hyman Friedman • • • • • • • • • • •
100. 00
l
�UNITED
JEIISH
CHARITIES
1948-1949 PJJSOOf,§
I
"'
laurice Golden. • • • • •
llrs. II. Golden • • • • • •
Gros8118!1 Department Store
Gloria Grossman • • • • •
Herman Grossman • • • •
Louis Gros.an. • • • • •
Louis Grossman. • • • • •
Sadie Grossman. • • •
•
David and Oscar G\Xlelsky •
Madeline Half • • • •
•
Hamilton Apartments • •
Hughes & Hatcher. • • • •
Meyer Jacobs. • • • • • •
Mrs. Tillie Jacobs • • • •
Saul Jacobson • • • • •
Morris Kantor • • • • • •
J. II. Xaut11a11 • • • • • •
Lillian Kaufman • • •
•
Dr. llarie Keilin. • • • •
Jean Klayt. • • • • • •
Saa Kh7f • • • • • • • •
Harold Qine. • • • • • •
Sara nein •
• • • • • •
Edward Krause • • •
• •
Harriet Ann Lahr. • • • •
Harry Lahr • • • •
• • •
Bose Lawson • • • • • •
Sam Lawson • • • • • •
Max Lebow • • • • • • • •
~hie Lebow • • • • • • •
Maxwell Lenhoff • • • • •
Jess Levin • • • • • • • •
lorris Levine • • • • • •
Reuben Le~ • • • • • • •
H)'UJl LiJ)IIBD. • • • • • •
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750.00
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1,000.00
250.00
25.00
1,000.00
100.00
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5.00
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200.00
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10.00
25.00
• 10,000.00
100.00
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405.00
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35.00
36.50
50.00
750.00
36.50
50.00
10.00
50.00
25.00
2,500.00
�UNITED JEVTISH CHARITIE§
1948-1949 PLEDGES
Ellen lu'nn Lipman • • • • • • • • • $ 100.00
50.00
Jack Lipman • • •
• • . • •
3,790.00
Samuel Lipman • • •
• • • • • •
50.00
Benjamin tlarcus • • • • • • • • • •
25.00
Herman Mendelsohn • • • •
• •
200.00
James Uetz • • •
• • • • • • •
100.00
Oscar Neuman • • • • • • • • • • •
Ted Neumer • • • • • • • • • • • • 1,000.00
25.00
Bertha and Sylvia Paul • •
• •
50.00
Betty Price • • • • • • •
• •
20.00
James Price • • • • • • • • • • • •
Sam Price Family • • • • • • • • • 1,500.00
10.00
Dr. Robert Risk.
• ••••••
100.00
Israel Roden • • • • • •
• ••
350.00
Mr. and Brs. Fred Rodoff • • • • •
46.50
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rodoff •••
750.00
Lyle Rogers • • • • • • • • • • • •
36.50
Mrs. Lyle Rogers • • • • • • • • •
100.00
Leo Rose • • • • • • • • • • • • •
50.00
Douglas Rosen • • • • • • • • • • •
Harold Rosen • • • • • • • • • • •
750.00
100.00
Mrs. Harold Rosen • • • • • • • • •
Jeffrey Rosen • • • • • • • • • • •
36.50
2,000.00
Leo Rosen • • • • • • • • • • • . •
ttrs. Leo Rosen • • • •
• • •
125.00
li1ax Rosenberg • • • • • • • • • • •
200.00
Mrs. Max Rosenberg • • • • • • • ,
36.50
Robert and Rose Rosenberg • • • • •
200.00
Barilyn Rosenberg • • • • • • • • •
25.00
Suzanne Rosenberg • • • • • • •
25.00
Chas. Rubinsky • • • • • • • • • •
100.00
Mr. and tirs. S. I. Rosenberg • • •
125.00
Louis s. Rubinsky • • • • • • • • •
50.00
Max Schubb • • • • • • • • • • • •
100.00
E-
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
1948-1949 PLEDGES
,
Leah Schumacher • • • • • • • • • • $ 25.00
Harold Schumacher • • • • • • • • •
36.50
Max Schumacher • • • • • • • • • •
200.00
Sam Schumacher • • •
• • • • •
5.00
t~rs. A. Schmookler • • • • • • • •
36.50
100.00
Sam Seigel • • • • • • • • • • • •
Harold Silverman
• ~ •••
750.00
Vollie L. Silverman • • • • • • • •
36.50
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Simon • • • • • •
150.00
Sarah Simon.
• ••••••••
36.50
FA Simcoe • • • • • • • • • • • • •
50.00
Jacob Singer • • • • • • • • • • •
25.00
E. Ii. Smith • • • • • • • • • • • •
1,000.00
Chas. Smith • •
• • • • 1,000.00
Lillian Smith.
• •••••
36.50
Harry Spiwak • • • • • • • • • • •
20.00
Frances Steindler • • • • • • • • •
73.00
Jack Steindler (Irene) • • • • • •
100.00
Milton Steindler • •
• •
700.00
Jos. S. Strifling. • • •
• ••
3,500.00
J. S. Strifling. • • • • •
• •
35.00
Syd F. Strifling • • • • • • • • •
146.00
Dr. M. Teles • • • • • • • • • • •
125.00
Rabbi and P!rs. Umen • • • • • • • •
125.00
Josiah Wiener • • • • • • • • • • •
2,000.00
Paul Wiener • • • • • • • • • • • • 20,000.00
Mrs. Paul Wiener • • • • • • • • •
200.00
?.!rs. J. Wiener • • • • • • • • • •
36.50
Myrtle Tinterman • • • • • • • • •
25.00
~76,187,00
�Cancellations of Pledges
for 1947-48-49
$2,575.00
00
0000
00
Pledges of 1947-48-49
still to be paid
$11,969.50
0
000
0
�November 30, 1949
Nr. Samuel r.ipman, Chairman
United Jewish Charities
Muskegon, Michigan
Dear Mr. Lipman:
Pursuant to your request, I have audited
the books and records or the United Jewish Charities of Muskegon, Michigan for the year ended
November JO, 1949, and submit, here~ith, my report
on my findings.
Included with this report are statement
of receipts end disbursements, schedules of pledges
for 1948-49, unpaid pledges as at November JO, 1949
and other details.
The cesr on hand was checked and the bank
account reconciled with a statement from the depository end found to be correct.
Some pledges for 1947-48 which were not
considered collectible were charged off.
This report is submitted to you and your
organization with my compliments, and I trust it
will prove satisfactory to you.
Yours very truly,
WALTER A. DIXON
fublic Accountant C.T.C.
Our sincere thanks to Mr. Walter A. Dixon
is hereby gratefully acknowledged.
J
�TENTH ANNUAL REPORT ,
UNITED JEWlSH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1949-1950
HARRY A. FISHER
Chairman
�OUR COVER PICTURE
THE A\CIE:-..T PROVERBS said. "fo time.< of need..t m.m
u ill be 101111d to h1 1h; dted". Sn it wa, in late 1949 when
tht l'nited Jcw1Sh Chan tie, of Greater M usk<:gon was in
sore need of an aizgressi"e chairman who could carrr the
burden of persuading a wmmuniti· that there was a continu•
in,: Job to do - .1 continuing burd,n to shoulder.
Tu fill this need, a man who had ah· ays been of a,sistance
to other leaders with both his means and his time. rose to
the chall cni:e. In the face of a recession in hu,in•:ss condi.
tion,. he was able to send a record number of doll.us to the
C1111<d /ttn h A/>p,.,I. thus continuing the history of ad.
\'anccment for wh1Ch .Muskt!(on can b, 1ustlr proud.
\\'F SAU TE Harry Fisher who as Chairman, undertook and
'UCCt'sfulh· completed .1 trtmendous t.1sk in the face of
sc:rious economic hindr,rnces.
�! MESSAGE FROM
THE HONORARY CHAIRMAN
It is a source of pride to the Jewish
Community of Greater Muskegon that, in spite
of our own local institutional needs, a nearly
record amount of money was sent for overseas
relief during this past fiscal year.
In this crucial period that the infant
State of Israel is facing, Greater Muskegon
has exhibited a consciousness of its duty to
our brethren in Israel which will be remembered long after the struggle for the survival of Israel is over.
Muskegon Jewry has an enviable per capita
record of its generous giving, equal to, or
better than any Community in the United States.
Our Community acknowledges a debt of
gratitude to Harry A. Fisher for his generosity and leadership du.ring the critical fiscal
year of 1949-50.
PAUL M. 'JIENER,
Honorary Chairman
�!. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
In concluding the United Jewish Charities Campaign for the year 1949-1950, I cannot but help
offer thanks to the Jewish Community of Greater
Muskegon for its magnificent response to the greatest cause in the history of the Jewish people.
From a personal standpoint I feel grateful for
the opportunity of having been chairman of the
Muskegon U. J.C. for 1949-1950, because through my
work I have gained a more intimate knowledge of the
tremendous good that the more than 90% of our local
campaign funds sent overseas has done in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Israel. This has
provided an enrichment of my life that nothing else
I could have undertaken would have accomplished.
Is the job done? Emphatically no l Today, we
stand at the crossroads--for without our support
during this stage in Israel's history, it cannot
successfully become what can be the greatest example
of democracy outside our own shores.
It is up to
each of us, my friends, to continue to shoulder the
burden of our Israeli brethren .and to make additional sacrifices so that their future, and in a
sense our future, shall be secure.
I could not in good conscience transfer the
reins of my office without publicly thanking my
Fellow Officers, Board Members, and particularly
the Muskegon Chapter of Hadassah for their untiring
efforts which assured the success of our campaign.
HARRY A. FISHER, Chairman
�UNITED JETTISH CHARITIES
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS
&
DISBURSEMENTS
FOR YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER JO, 1950
Cash on Hand
December 1, 1949
Less Bank Overdraft
December 1, 1949
RECEIPTS
1948-1949 Pledges
1949-1950 Pledges
Misc . Income
$
2,550.00
1,083.47
1,466.53
3,350.00
68,642.50
2.02
71.994.52
$
Less Disbursements
Allocations to Charity
Dinners, Flowers & Music
Printing, Stationery, &
Office Expense
Secretary Salary
Traveling Expense
Adding Machine
Legal Fees
Cash on Hand & In Bank
November JO, 1950
73,461.05
$69,422.61
369.78
254.52
250.00
38.00
109.80
132.50
70,577.21
i 2,883.84
�UNITED JETTISH CHARITIES
ALLOCATIONS 1949-1950
To Israel
United Jewish Appeal
Haddasah
Ueizmann Institute
Hebrew University
Haifa Technical
$62,400.00
2,000.00
250.00
250.00
100.00
$
Other
Jewish Int. Religion &
Hebrew Union College
Day Care Center
American Jewish Congress
Joint Defense Appeal
National Jewish 11elfare
Board
American Fund for Israel
Inst.
Bnai Brith Nat 11 Youth
Service
Brandeic University
Hillel Foundation
Council of Jewish Fdtns.
& l1elfare
Bellefair
Special Relief
65,000.00
$
700.00
25.00
100.00
700.00
.300.00
50.00
50.00
200.00
200.00
197.50
50.00
1,850.ll
4,422.61
$69,422.61
�UNITED JEITT:SH CHARITIES
19~2-1950 PLEDGES
Pledge
Paid
Louis Aron. .
75·.00
75.00
•
Ellen Aron. • •
36.50
36.50
.. .
Un2aig
. ..
Tony Aron • • • . . •
Abe Ashendorf • •
Mrs. Ida Ashendorf • •
Isadore Ashendorf • •
Jacob Ashendorf • •
100.00
100.00
400.00
400.00
573.00
573.00
25.00
25.00
200.00
200.00
Max Ashendorf
500.00
500.00
..
• •
August.
.
..
. • 1,000.00
1,000.00
36.50
.36.50
.36.50
36.50
.36.50
36.50
200.00
100.00
.36.50
.36.50
100.00
100.00
:1rn. Bercovitch • • • •
5.00
Ruben & Harry H. Berman 400.00
5.00
Dr. R.
v.
Lois August
.
Sandra August
Irwin August
• • •
.
.
..• ..
• • •
..
Stanley Baru. • •
The Baru Children • •
Arthur Bell
.
...
Gene Berman
.
... . . .
Louis J. Berman • • •
Louis M. Berman
. •
Marcus Bess • • .
.
..
.
Earl Brace • • • • •
David Brace
.
•
Sam Buckland •• • •
. ..
.
l
100.00
400.00
.36.50
.36.50
25.00
25.00
200.00
200.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
25.00
l
-0-
•-:
l..
25.00
�David Buckland . • • •
Sigmund Cahn .
•
Meyer Caplon • •
J
4 .00
4 .00
25 . 00
25 . 00
Rob t . & Jerome Cherin
500. 00
500 . 00
36 . 50
36. 50
25 . 00
25 .00
10 . 00
10 . 00
200 . 00
200. 00
Sarah Cherin .
Ellis Chevlin.
Jack Chevlin .
Dr. Sol Cohan
..• .
• . . •
...•
....
Ben Cohen
25 . 00
50 .00
50 .00
5. 00
5. 00
Wm. Drucker
10 . 00
10 .00
Andrew Epstein . • • •
50 .00
Harry Field • •
10. 00
• •
Fr ancis Fine & Mrs.
Schmookler .
• • • 2, 000 .00
The Fine Children • •
36. 50
50. 00
• • • • •
.
.
Harry A. Fisher
• • • 5, 000 . 00
Jerome J . Fisher . • • 1 , 250 . 00
Bernard Fisher • • • • 1 , 250 .00
l
-0-
• • • • • •
H & L Darmstadter
•
Julius Donn.
•
.
....
i
Paid
-0-
...
...
1
l
Pledge
15 . 00
..• •
Mrs . H. Fisher . . . •
Herbert Fisher . . . .
Eugene Fisher
Marilyn Fisher .
..•
.•
.. .•
Sally Ann Fisher .
Wm . Fisher
•
10 . 00
2, 000 .00
36. 50
5, 000.00
1,250 .00
1 , 250. 00
500 . 00
500. 00
500 . 00
500 .00
50 .00
50 .00
5. 00
5 .00
5 . 00
5. 00
100 . 00
100. 00
Un2aid
15 . 00
25. 00
�..
Tim. Fogel . •
Seymour Fogel . • • •
Hyman Friedman. •
•
M& H Friend • • • •
.
Sue Friend
• • •
Phillip Granik
.
.•
Pledge
50 . 00
Paid
50 .00
13 .00
13 . 00
25 . 00
25 . 00
250 .00
250 . 00
36. 50
36. 50
• •
100.00
Grossman Family . • •
Mrs . Louis Grossman .
1,500 .00
1, 500.00
.
36. 50
36. 50
209 . 50
209 . 50
Mrs. Isaac Grossman.
1,000. 00
1,000 . 00
David Gudelsky. • • •
Mrs . David Gudelsky .
Ileane Gudelsky . • •
Oscar Gudelsky • • •
500 .00
150 .00
100 .00
50 .00
100 .00
-0-
100 .00
100. 00
Homer Hayden ' s
200 .00
200 . 00
40 .00
40 .00
25. 00
25.00
Saul Jacobsen . • •
200 .00
Morris Kantor .
100 .00
• •
J . K. Kaufman & Assoc. 10,000 . 00
200 .00
Rosalind Grossman .
Meyer Jacobs
...
• . •
•
Mrs . Tillie Jacobs
•
.
.
Lillian Kaufman . • •
G. & R. Kaufman • • •
..
Sam Klayf . • •
•
Jean Klay.f
• • •
Mrs . Sarah Klein
•
Harold Kline
• •
.
..
.
.
--0-
100 . 00
10, 000.00
1, 000 .00
1, 000 . 00
1, 300.00
1,300.00
400. 00
400 .00
5. 00
5 . 00
250 .00
250 .00
100 . 00
100. 00
UnQaid
100. 00
350. 00
50 .00
�Edward Krause •
.. •
Pledge
10 .00
100. 00
Harry Lahr
• • •
25 . 00
10 . 00
•
• •
Mrs. Max Lebow. • • •
Allan Lebow
• • • •
Max Lenhoff
• • • •
10 .00
10. 00
36. 50
36. 50
15 . 00
15 . 00
50 .00
50 .00
Herbert Kline .
...
..•
..
Sam La\1son
Paid
10 . 00
100 .00
Michael Leventhal • •
Morris Levine .
• •
5. 00
5 .00
50. 00
50. 00
Reuben Levy •
•
25 .00
25 .00
• • • •
Jack Lipman ••
•
Ellen Lipman.
• •
2, 500 . 00
2, 500 .00
50. 00
50 . 00
36. 50
36. 50
Sam Lipman
3 , 000.00
3 , 000 .00
Lutsker
10 . 00
10 .00
Benjamin Marcus . • •
Her man Mendelson • •
35 . 00
35 .00
25 . 00
25 .00
150 .00
150 . 00
10. 00
10 . 00
• • • • • 1, 000 . 00
1 , 000. 00
.
• . •
Hyman Lipman
Mr.
&
Mrs.
James Metz
..
..
. .. . •
s.
..•
• •
Dr., Sidney Michelman
Ted Neumer
Mrs. Bertha Paul
.•
25 . 00
25. 00
2, 100. 00
100. 00
•
50 .00
50. 00
•
100 . 00
•
10 . 00
10. 00
• •
150 . 00
150. 00
• •
Sam Price • • • •
Betty Price
•
Jack Rappaport • •
Bar ney Roberts • •
...
Fred Rodoff .
.•
Un2aid
--0-
15 . 00
2,000 . 00
100. 00
�Pledge
36. 50
18. 00
Paid
36. 50
18. 00
500 .00
500 .00
36. 50
36. 50
50 .00
50.00
75. 00
75 . 00
50.00
50.00
2, 250 .00
2,250.00
2 , 200 . 00
2, 200.00
161. 50
161. 50
5. 00
5.00
5 .00
5 . 00
600. 00
600.00
Robert Rosenberg . • •
Seymour Rosenberg • •
Louis Ru0insky • •
Max Schubb
• •
•
100. 00
100. 00
100 . 00
100.00
50.00
50 . 00
75 . 00
75 .00
Sam Siegel
100.00
50 . 00
250. 00
250 . 00
36. 50
100 . 00
36 . 50
100 . 00
50.00
100.00
50 . 00
100 . 00
36. 50
36. 50
• • • •
25 . 00
25 . 00
• •
•
Mrs. Sam Singer. • •
100 .00
100 .00
25 ,.00
25 . 00
.. .
.Mildred Rodoff .
Daniel Roetter • • •
Rogers & Lebow
•
The Rogers Children .
..
Leo Rose
• • • • • •
Douglas Rosen .
...
.
Rhoda Rosen . • • •
Harold Rosen • • • •
Leo Rosen
• • •
•
Mrs. Leo Rosen
•
Karin Rosen . • •
•
Kurt Rosen • • •
•
.
..
.
.
Max Rosenberg . . • .
.
.
• •
Harold Silverman
.
...
..
Mrs. H. Silverman . •
Sol Silverman . • • •
Ed Simcoe • • •
•
Joe Simon •
• •
•
Sarah Simon •
•
.
Jacob Singer
Sam Singer
..
.
. ..
..
Un12aid
50 . 00
�The Singer Children .
Eli & Chas . Smith. •
Mrs. Eli Smith • • •
Jack Steindler • • •
Milton Steindler • •
Mrs. Milton Steindler
& Children • • • •
Herbert Steinman • •
11m. Stern • • • • • •
Pledge
10. 00
•
2, 000 .00
.36. 50
100 . 00
500.00
.36. 50
100.00
500 .00
125 . 00
5.00
500 .00
-0-
2,100 . 00
125 .00
161. 50
1, 050.00
15,000. 00
...
10. 00
10.00
Confirmation Class.
9.00
9 . 00
Melvin Van Durem
s.oo
5. 00
B1nai Israel Sunday
School
•
Perry Bacon.
•
...
5. 00
Dr. Marie Keilin••
15,00
~
71, 977. 50
500.00
182.50
15,000 .00
Paul TTiener • • • •
UnEaid
2,000 .00
125 . 00
5 .00
182. 50
Mrs. Jos. Strifling.
Jos. Strifling • • • 2,100 .00
125 . 00
Dr. Morris Teles • •
161. 50
Rabbi & Mrs . Umen • •
1, 050.00
Josiah & Mrs. 17iener
,.
Paid
10 .00
-0-
5 .00
15 .00
68,642.50 3 , 335.00
�December 4, 1950
Mr. Harry A. Fisher, Chairman
United Jewish Charities
Muskegon, Michigan.
Dear Mr. Fisher:
Pursuant to your request, I have
books and records of the United Jewish
Muskegon, Michigan, for the year ended
1950, and submit, herewith my report on
audited the
Charities of
November 30,
my findings.
Included in this report are statement of receipts and disbursements, schedule of pledges for
year 1949-1950, showing unpaid balances and other
supporting schedules.
The cash on hand was checked and the bank
account reconciled with a statement from the depository.
In my opinion, according to the accepted principles of accounting the attached statements and
schedules truly reflect your operations for the year
ended November JO, 1950.
Thanking you for this
opportunity to serve you
I am,
Respectfully yours,
WALTER A. DIXON
Certified Public Accountant
�OFFICERS
HARRY A. FISH ER
. Chairman
HAROLD ROSEN .
Vice-Chairman
MRS. JOSEPH S. STRIPLING
Vice-Chairman
JOSIAH WIENER
Treas11rer
ROSE LAWSON
Secretary
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Paul M. Wiener
TRUSTEES
Dr. Ralph V . August
Harry S. Berman
Francis N. Fine
Herman Grossman
J. Kelly
Kaufman
Samuel G . Klayf
Samuel Lipman
Ted Neumer
Samuel Price
Fred L. Rodoff
Lyle H. Rogers
Leo S. Rosen
Joseph S. Strifling
�~NNUAL ~EPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1952-1953
HERMAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
�MESSAGE
FROM
TH E HONORARY CHAIRMAN
We are deeply grateful to Mr. Herman Grossman for his assuming
the chairmanship of the United Jewish Charities during the past year.
His was a leadership that was forthright and dynamic. With Herman
in the chair, there never was a dull moment at meetings.
His deep-
rooted interest in the cause which he championed was expressed not
only in his hard-hitting words, but in his traveling many hundreds of
miles to regional U.J.A. conferences where he drew inspiration to carry
on in the community.
For his devotion and self-sacrifice, we extend to Herman Grossman
our most heartfelt thanks.
PAUL M. W IENER,
Honorary Chairman.
�MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
As the 1952-1953 year in the United Jewish Charities program
closes, I give thanks and gratitude on behalf of the officers and trustees
to a splendid community which continues to take its place among the
Jewish communities of Michigan. I say splendid because our community,
through its local efforts, hos manifested its desire to help bring to fruition man's instinct and determination to be free, on event we witnessed
in Israel. I say splendid because our community, through its local efforts,
has asserted its faith that there is a force for freedom and for good in
Israel. I say splendid because our community, through its local efforts,
has declared that the experiment seen in the rebirth of the world's
youngest democracy shall not fai l. I say splendid beca use our community, through its local efforts, has affirmed the strength of the Israeli soul
which boasts a vast ly greater power than any material consideration, a
power which has settled for nothing less than freedom, a power so great
that it surpasses the vio lence of the sun itself.
I say sp lendid, too, because I know that you will not re lax your
efforts to help my successor. This work for the United Jewish Charities
is a life-giving work for the entire community. I believe we can, I believe
we must, mold and recreate the spiritual and moral leadershi p which
has always uni ted our peoples. I say splendid, again, for from this
power to unite has come the rare gift of providing so much more for
such a greater cause. Continue to encourage this young man who has
just gone into business for himself.
And for your generosity, and for
your overflowing hearts, God bless you.
HERMAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
For Yea r Ended November 3 0 , 19 53
Cash on Hand
December 22, 1952
Bank Deficit
December 22, 1952
$10,400.00
7,200.73
$ 3,199.27
RECEIPTS:
Pledges Pledges -
1952-53
previous years
$33,225.25
1,950.00
35,175.25
$38,424.52
LESS DISBURSEMENTS:
Allocations to Charities
Dinners and Banquets .
Office Expense .
Petty Cash, Transit Fund
Misc. Expense, bank chg.
$34,555.00
875.87
136.84
250.00
.30
35,818.01
2,606.51
Undeposited Checks, November 30, 1953
Cash in Bank, November 30, 1953
2,510.00
$
96.51
�UN I TED JEWISH CHARITIES
Allocations 1952-53
TO ISRAEL:
United Jewish Appeal
Hadassah
American Fund for Israel Institutions
Weizman Institute .
Hebrew University
Haifa Technological College
Federated Council of Israel Institutions
$27,500.00
2,000.00
100.00
300.00
300.00
150.00
100.00
$30,450.00
OTHER:
American Association for
Jewish Education
Union of American
Hebrew Congregations
B'nai Brith National Youth Service
Brandeis University
Dropsie College
Jewish Welfare Board
Bellefaire
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hias
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary of N.Y.
Hebrew Theological College
Leo Levi Hospital .
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital
Nationa l Jewish Chi ldren's Home
Histadruth lrvith
Bitzaron .
National Jewish Hospital of Denver
Special Relief, Muskegon area
$
25.00
700.00
150.00
200.00
100.00
125.00
200.00
50.00
25.00
l 00.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
50.00
1,9B0.00
4, l 05.00
$34,555.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended N ovember 30 , 19 53
MILK FUND
PLEDGED
Louis Aron .......
Mrs. Louis Aron..
Mr. and Mrs.
Tony Aron ....
Sylvia Aron ......
Abe Ashendorf..
Isadore
Ashendorf ....
Jacob Ashendorf
Max Ashendorf..
Mrs. Ida
Ashendorf ....
Dr. Ralph August
Grace Atkinson..
Ira Ba nk ............
Arthur E. Bel I ....
Harry and Gene
Berman ........
Louis M. Berman
L. J. Berman ....
Reuben Berman ..
Herman
Braverman ....
N athan
Broutman ......
Mrs. Nathan
Broutman ......
Art Billings ......
Marcus Bell ......
Sigmund Cahn __
Dr. Seymour
H. Cane ........
Jack Chevlin ....
Robert Cherin ____
David and Beth
Cheri n ..........
Dr. Sol Cohan ..
Jean Danigelis ..
H. H. Chambers..
Louis
Darmstadter ..
Rose and Henry
Darmstadter ..
Mrs. Ju lius Dunn
Father Dark ______
Paul and
Margaret
Elliott ............
$
PAID
$
BALANCE
100.00
50.00
-0-0-
500.00
200.00
100.00
500.00
-0-0-0-
30.00
220.00
250.00
30.00
220.00
250.00
-0-0-0-
250.00
300.00
10.00
1.00
150.00
-0-0-0-0- 0-
100.00
450.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
450.00
50.00
100.00
-0-0-0-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
- 0-0- 0-0-
50.00
10.00
250.00
50.00
10.00
250.00
-0-0- 0-
10.00
50.00
50.00
25.00
-0- 0-0-0-
100.00
$
50.00
200.00
100.00
200.00
300.00
50.00
10.00
1.00
125.00
25.00
10.00
10.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
-0-
150.00
10.00
50.00
150.00
10.00
50.00
- 0-0-0-
15.00
15.00
-0-
I
j
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1953
PLEDGED
Andy Epstein ___ _
Mike Erris ······Harry Field
Nancy and
Kenneth
Fisher ····-····
Maurice and
Harrison
Friend ...... .
Warner
Galombeck ....
Mike Goldberg __
Maurice Golden
Mrs. Sadye
Golden .....
Dr. Arthur
Greenberg
Herman
Grossman,
Sam Klayf
and Louis
Grossman ......
Louis Grossman ..
Mike Grossman ..
David Gudelsky
Meyer Jacobs ....
Ray Jasicki ····-·
Saul Jacobson ..
Morris and
Frances
Kantor ..........
J. K. Kaufman
Asso. and
Family ......... .
Lillian Kaufman __
Dr. Marie Keilin
Jean Klayf ..... .
Sam Klayf
Harold Kline ....
Harriett Kline ..
Mrs. E. Klein ....
Edward Krause..
Sam Lawson ... .
Morris Levine ....
Max Lenhoff --··
Michael
Leventhal ..... .
Jess Levin
MILK FUND
60.00
25.00
20.00
36.50
PAID
- 0- 0-0-
36.50
-0-
100.00
100.00
10.00
50.00
200.00
10.00
50.00
36.50
l 00.00
2,500.00
75.00
.25
200.00
60.00
2.00
250.00
100.00
2,400.00
100.00
25.00
10.00
100.00
100.00
10.00
36.50
200.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
36.50
10.00
BALANCE
60.00
25.00
20.00
- 0- 0-020J.OO
36.50
100.00
-0-
2,500.00
75.00
.25
-0-
- 0-
60.00
2.00
250.00
-0200.00
-0-0-0-
100.00
-0-
2,400.00
100.00
25.00
20.00
l 00.00
100.00
36.50
200.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
-0- 0-0- 0- 0- 0-0-0-0-
36.50
10.00
-0-0-
-0- 0-
-0-
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1953
PLEDGED
Hyman Lipman ..
Jack Lipman ---Samuel Lipman..
Bee Lipman ......
Sylvia Levey -··Reuben Levy ....
Benjamin Marcus
Ruth Marcus ---Herman
Mendelson ....
J. W. Metz .......
Ted Neumer ......
Jessie Neumer ..
Betty Price ........
Harold Page ....
Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Price ---·
Mrs. Leah Richell
Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Rodoff ..
Raleigh Rodoff ..
Leo and
Elizabeth Rose
Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Rosen
Jeff and
Barbara Rosen
Harold Rosen ..
Leo Rosen ........
Mrs. Leo Rosen ..
Mr. and Mrs.
Max
Rosenberg
Mrs. Max
Rosenberg
Seymour
Rosenberg
Robert
Rosenberg
Florence
Rubin sky -----Chas. Rubinsky ..
Louis Rubinsky ..
Maxwell Ross ..
Rabbi Ruderman
Jacob Schreiber
Dobby and Jerry
Schreiber ......
MILK FUND
PAID
BALANCE
1,000.00
50.00
1,250.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
36.50
- 0-0-0-0-0-0- 0--0-
10.00
40.00
100.00
300.00
50.00
36.50
10.00
-0-0-0-0-0-0-
500.00
10.00
500.00
10.00
-0-0-
150.00
36.50
-0-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
50.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
100.00
-0-0-0-0-
150.00
-0-
36.50
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
25.00
l 00.00
25.00
25.00
200.00
200.00
50.00
-025.00
25.00
-0-0-0-
10.00
10.00
-0-
1,000.00
50.00
1,250.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
36.50
40.00
100.00
300.00
50.00
36.50
150.00
36.50
50.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
100,00
150.00
36.50
75.00
50.00
50.00
200.00
200.00
50.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1953
PLEDGED
Mox Schubb ......
Mox and Leah
Schumacher ..
Leah Schumacher
Sam Schumacher
Mrs. Smookler
and F. Fine ....
Som Siegel ......
Sol Silverman ..
Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Simon ....
Eli Smith ..........
Frances Steindler
Jock Steindler ..
Milton Steindler
Mr. and Mrs.
Joe $trifling ..
Syd $trifling ......
Frederick Stein ..
Mike Stein ....... .
Esther Stein ......
Joseph Singer ..
Bill Stern ........
Morris Teles .....
Melvin
Von Duren ....
Josiah Wiener ..
Joel Wiener ....
Mrs. Josiah
Wiener .......
Poul Wiener ... .
Mrs. Poul Wiener
T. M. Whitman ..
MILK FUND
100.00
PAID
BALANCE
100.00
-0-
25.00
100.00
36.50
25.00
- 0-0-0-
700.00
125.00
100.00
700.00
125.00
100.00
-0-
100.00
1,000.00
100.00
1,000.00
125.00
125.00
375.00
-0-0-0-0-0-
750.00
365.00
250.00
5.00
50.00
50.00
125.00
-0-0-0-0-0-0100.00
-0-
15.00
1,000.00
25.00
-0-0-
50.00
10,000.00
200.00
25.00
-0-0-0-0-
100.00
36.50
125.00
125.00
375.00
750.00
365.00
250.00
5.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
125.00
15.00
1,000.00
25.00
50.00
10,000.00
200.00
25.00
$31,943.25
$ 1,868.50
$33,225.25
Previous years unpaid balances:
Som Price Family ................................................................
Bill Stern ............................................................................
-0-
-0-
-0-
$
586.50
1,800.00
150.00
$ 2,536.50
�December 9, 1953
United Jewish Charities,
Muskegon, Michigan.
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to your request, I hove audited the books and records of
the UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES of Muskegon, Michigan, for the year
ended November 30, 1952 and November 30, 1953, and submit, herewith, my report on my findings.
The records were accurately kept and were in balance for both years
under audit.
Included in this report are the following,
Statements of Receipts and Disbursements.
Statements of Charitable Allocations.
Schedules of pledges, for charity and milk fund.
Balance sheet as at November 30, 1953.
Cash on hand is shown in detail and the bank account was reconciled with a statement from the depository.
In my opinion, according to the accepted principles of accounting,
the attached statements and schedules truly reflect your operations for
the two preceding fiscal years and your financial condition as at November 30, 1953.
Thanking you for this opportunity to again serve you, I om,
Respectfully yours,
WALTER A. DIXON.
Certified Pub lie Accou ntont.
�ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUS KEGON
PAUL M. WIENER
1941-1942
PAUL M. WIENER
1942-1943
PAUL M. WIENER
1943-1944
PAUL M. WIENER
1944-1945
PAUL M. WIENER
1945-1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946-1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948-1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949- 1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
�OFFICERS
Hci<MAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
HAROLD ROSEN
Vice-Chairman
SAMUEL LIPMAN
Vice-Chairman
LEO S. ROSEN
Treasurer
ROSE LAWSON
Secretary
MRS. JOSEPH STRIFLING
Milk Fund Chairman
MRS. FRED RODOFF .
( Collections up to $500.00, Hadassah)
MR. DOUGLAS ROSEN
B'nai Brith Representative
MR. SEYMOUR ROSENBERG
Legal Advisor
MR. PAUL M. WIENER
Honorary Chairman
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
PAUL M. WIENER
TRUSTEES
Abe Ashendorf
Edward Krause
Dr. Ralph August
Max LeBow
Harry H. Berman
Fred Rodoff
Louis M. Berman
Eli Smith
Bernard Fisher
Milton Steindler
Louis Grossman
Joseph Strifling
J. K. Kaufman
Dr. Morris Teles
.,, Klayf
Josiah Wiener
�~NNUAL 'llfiPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
19 54- 1955
TED NEUMER
Chairman
�c-ANNUAL ~PORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
c-ANNUAL 7(EPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSK IE GON
1955-1956
1956-1957
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING
Chairman
FREDERICK STEIN
Chairman
�~NNUAL ~PORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1954-1 955
TED NEUMER
Chairman
�This program is dedicated in memory of
Paul j\f. W'iener ot1r Honorary Chairman and
Fo11nder of United f e1cish Charities of Greater
j\,fuskego11.
Paul's great leadership and generosity will
alU'ays be remembered.
�MESSAGE
FROM
THE
CHAIRMAN
As we approach another campaign in behalf of the United
Jewish Charities of Greater Muskegon, I would like to express
my thanks to all who have contributed during the past year,
and to the members of the Board who have given unselfishly
of their substance and their efforts. We have found happiness
in the realization that we are our brothers' keepers. Our brothers
in many parts of the world are facing serious crises. They need
our help desperately.
It is only through our organized U.J.C.
that we are enabled to unite with Jews everywhere in extending a
helping hand. Israel, faced with isolation, surrounded by hostile
states, craves our assurance that she has not been abandoned.
By our gifts to U.J.C. we are giving Israel our support which will
enable her to weather the present crisis as she has weathered
other crises in the past.
let us continue to give, work, and sacrifice, for "God loveth
a willing giver."
Ted Neumer
Chairman
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
For Year Ended November 30, 1955
Cash in Bank
Nov. 30, 1954
Undeposited Checks
Nov. 30, 1954
$ 1,288.00
3,261.50
$ 4,549.50
RECEIPTS:
Pledges Pledges -
1954-55
previous years
$27,437.50
250.00
27,687.50
$32,237.00
LESS DISBURSEMENTS:
Allocations to Charities
Dinners and Banquets
Advance on 1955-56
dinner
Secretarial Expense
O ther Office Expense
Transit Fund Petty Cash
$27,380.00
349.64
300.00
250.00
110.20
125.00
28,514.84
3,7 22.16
Undeposited Checks Nov. 30, 19 55
Cash in Bank Nov. 30, 1955
1,700.00
$ 2,022.16
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Allocations 1954-1955
TO ISRAEL:
United Jewish Appeal
Hadassah
American Fund for Israel Institutions
Weizman Institute .
Hebrew University
Haifa Technological College
Federated Council of Israel Institutions
$21,000.00
1,300.00
100.00
100.00
200.00
100.00
100.00
$22,900.00
OTHER:
American Association for
Jewish Education
Union of American
Hebrew Congregations
B'nai Brith National Youth Service
Brandeis University
Dropsie College
Jewish Welfare Board
Bellefaire
Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary of N.Y.
Hebrew Theological College
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital
National Jewish Children's Home
Histadruth lvrith
Bitzaron
National Jewish Hospital of Denver
Hillel
Yeshiva College
American Jewish Congress
United Hias Service . . .
Synagogue Council of America
The Zionist Council
. . . . .
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jewish Publications Society
of America
Specia I Relief
$
25.00
700.00
100.00
300.00
100.00
125.00
50.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
25.00
1705.00
$ 4,480.00
$27,380.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30,
1955
PLEDGED
Abe Ashendorf ..
Mrs. Abe
Ashendorf
Gilbert & Becky
Ashendorf
Mrs. Ida
Ashendorf
Isadore
Ashendorf
Jacob Ashendorf
Max Ashendorf..
Dr. Ralph August
Mrs. Reva Bank ..
Stanley Boru ......
Arthur E. Bell ____
Harry Berman -·
Louis J. Berman ..
Louis M. Berman
Reuben Berman..
Herman
Braverman ....
Nathan
Broutman ......
Sigmund Cahn __
Robert Cherin ....
Jack Chevlin ....
Henry
Darmstadter
Louis
Darmstadter ..
200.00
Andrew Epstein ..
Harry Fisher ......
Hyman
Friedman
BALANCE
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
5.00
5.00
-0-
50.00
250.00
-0-
30.00
240.00
250.00
300.00
50.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
250.00
25.00
-0-0-0-0-0l 00.00
-0-0-0-0-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
25.00
20.00
200.00
25.00
25.00
20.00
200.00
25.00
-0-0-0-0-
180.00
180.00
-0-
50.00
l 0.00
5.00
50.00
-0-0-0-0-
20.00
1,125.00
l 0.00
20.00
l, l 25.00
-0-0-0-
l 0.00
10.00
-0-
50.00
10.00
5.00
50.00
Mrs. Andrew
Epstein ..........
Harry Field ........
PAID
$ 550.00
30.00
240.00
250.00
300.00
50.00
l 00.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
250.00
25.00
Lois Darmstadter
William Druker .
MILK FUND
$ 550.00
l 0.00
I
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended N ovember 30, 1955
PLEDGED
Maurice and
Harrison
Friend
Harry Greenberg
Dr. Arthur
Greenberg
Herman, Louis
Gro~sman and
Sam Klayf _
Herman
Grossman .
Laurie & Jeffey
Grossman .
Saul Jacobson
Morris Kantor
J. K. Kaufman
Lillian Kaufman .
Dr. Marie Keilin
Sam Klayf
Mrs. Sara Klein .
Hurley longer!
Sam Lawson
Sophie Lebow
Max Lenhoff ....
Harvey
Leventhal .....
Michael & Elsie
Leventhal
Maurice &
Sylvia Levey ..
Jess Levin __
Hyman Lipman .
Jack Lipman
Samuel Lipman ..
Charles Locke
Benjamin Marcus
James Metz ......
Ted Neumer
Jessie Neumer ..
Harold Page __ _
MILK FUND
BALANCE
PAID
l 00.00
10.00
100.00
10.00
-0-
137.50
137.50
-0-
1,500.00
1,500.00
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
109.50
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
50.00
109.50
300.00
100.00
2,000.00
500.00
25.00
200.00
200.00
25.00
50.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
-0-
7.50
-0-
300.00
l 00.00
2,000.00
400.00
25.00
200.00
200.00
25.00
50.00
100.00
25.00
7.50
50.00
75.00
1,000.00
60.00
1,250.00
75.00
l 00.00
100.00
750.00
36.50
10.00
50.00
75.00
1,000.00
60.00
1,250.00
75.00
100.00
l 00.00
750.00
36.50
10.00
-0-
-0-
-0-0-0-
-0-0-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1955
PLEDGED
Betty Price _______ _
Sam Price _________ _
Fred Rodoff _____ _
Raleigh Rodoff __
Douglas Rosen __
Jeff and
Barbara Rosen
Harold Rosen __
Leo Rosen _______ _
Mrs. Leo Rosen __
Max Rosenberg __
Robert
Rosenberg
Seymour
Rosenberg
Maxwell Ross __
Chas. Rubinsky ..
Louis Rubinsky __
Mrs. Rae &
Florence
Rubinsky --·----·
Rabbi A.
Ruderman -·---·
Max Schubb --····
Jacob Schreiber
Mrs. A.
Shmookler ___ _
Sam Shumacher_.
Sol Silverman __
Joe Simon _________ _
Harry Singer _____ _
Jay Singer _______ _
Eli Smith --·-······
Fred Stein --···--···
Jack Steindler ..
Frances Steindler
Milton Steindler
Joseph Strifling ..
Mrs. Joseph
Strifling _______ _
MILK FUND
50_00
PAID
BALANCE
50.00
500.00
250.00
36.50
75.00
-0-0-
200.00
100.00
750.00
1,500.00
50.00
200.00
-0-0-0-0-0-
l 00.00
l 00.00
-0-
l 00.00
l 00.00
25.00
25.00
l 00.00
l 00.00
25.00
25.00
-0-0-0-0-
l 00.00
l 00.00
-0-
200.00
25.00
60.00
200.00
25.00
60.00
-0-0-0-
250.00
l 0 .00
l 00.00
l 00.00
5.00
-0-0-0-0-025.00
-0-0-0-0-
500.00
250.00
36.50
75.00
l 00.00
750.00
1,500.00
50.00
200.00
10.00
l 00.00
l 00.00
5.00
25.00
500.00
200.00
125.00
50.00
50.00
300.00
750.00
365.00
500.00
200.00
125.00
50.00
300.00
750.00
365.00
-0-0-0-
-0-0-0-
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
1955
Schedule of Ple d ges for Year Ended November 30,
MILK FUND
PLEDGED
Dr. M. Teles
Joel Wiener
Mrs. Joel Wiener
Josiah Wiener ..
Mrs. Josiah
Wiener .. ..
Paul M. Wiener..
Mrs. Paul Wiener
Robert Warshaw
T. M. Whitman .
Chas. Yaker
125.00
45.00
10.00
500.00
50.00
6,500.00
200.00
10.00
25.00
20.00
$26,097.50
$ 1,465.00
Previous Unpaid Balances
Mike Goldberg
David Gudelsky
Sam Price
Bill Stern
$ 50.00
200.00
550.00
100.00
$900.00
BALANCE
PAID
125.00
45.00
10.00
500.00
-0-0-0-0-
50.00
6,500.00
200.00
10.00
25.00
20.00
-0-0-0-0-0-0-
$27,437.50
$
125.00
�November 30, 1955
United Jewish Charities,
Muskegon, Michigan.
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to your request, I have audited the books and records of
the UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES of Muskegon, Michigan, for the year
ended November 30, 1955, and submit, herewith, my report on my
findings.
The books were accurately kept and were in balance at the year end.
Included in the report are the following:
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements.
Statements of Charitable Allocations.
Schedule of pledges for charity and milk fund.
Balance sheet as at November 30, 1955.
Cash on hand consisted of checks detailed in this report, which
were in the hands of Mr. Ted Neumer and one note which was for
60 days, in the amount of $100.00.
In my opinion, according to the accepted principles of accounting,
the attached statements and schedules truly reflect your operations for
the year ended November 30, 19 55, and your financial condition as of
that date.
Thanking you for this opportunity to again serve you,
am,
Respectfully yours,
WALTER A. DIXON.
Certified Public Accountant.
�ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MU SKEGON
PAUL M. WIENER
1941-1942
PAUL M. WIENER
1942-1943
PAUL M. WIENER
1943-1944
PAUL M. WIENER
1944-1945
PAUL M. WIENER
1945-1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946-1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948-1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949-1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952-1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953-1954
�~NNUAL 'l(EPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUS K EGON
1955- 1956
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING
Chairman
�MES SAGE
FROM
THE
CHA I RMAN
On behalf of the officers and trustees of the United Jewish
Charities of the year 1955-56, I wish to thank all in our community who hod a port in making this drive the success it hos been.
Personally, I om grateful for having been selected chairman
of the M•Jskegon United Jewish Charities for the post year.
I
hove gained a knowledge of service work that is priceless and
hove learned how essential ore these funds to the multitude of
services that the organizations perform for the cause of humanity.
I hove found that when the need is present men who feel
the responsibility arise to the occasion. My sincere thanks to my
co-chairman, Fred Stein, and my treasurer, Leo Rosen who hove
responded so magnificently and my sincere gratitude to all the
board of directors.
Best wishes and success for the 1956-57 drive to the chairman, the officers and the board.
Joseph S. Strifling,
Chairman I 955-56
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
For Year Ended November 30 , 1956
Cash on Hand
Nov. 30, 1955 .
Undeposited Checks
Nov. 30, 1955 .
Refund on Allocations
S 2,022.16
1,700.00
100.00
$ 3,822.16
RECEIPTS:
Pledges Pledges -
1955-56
previous years
$22,193.00
508.75
22,701.75
S26,523.91
LESS DISBURSEMENTS:
Allocations to Charities .
Dinners and Banquets .
Office Expense
Audit
Petty Cash, Transit Fund .
Secretarial Expense .
S 18,625.00
260.31
1 27.75
50.00
30.00
250.00
19,343.06
7,180.85
Bonds for Israel .
Undeposited Checks .
late check on hand .
$
500.00
3,315.00
100.00
3,915.00
Cash in Bank Nov. 30, 1956 .
$ 3,265.85
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITI ES
Allocations 1955-1956
TO ISRAEL:
United Jewish Appeal
Hadassah
S 15,000.00
l, l 00.00
$16,100.00
OTHER:
American Association for
Jewish Education
B'nai Brith National Youth Service
Brandeis University
Dropsie College
Jewish Welfare Board
Bellefaire
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary of N.Y.
Hebrew Theological College
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital
National Jewish Children's Home
Histadruth lvrith
Bitzaron
National Jewish Hospital of Denvet
Hillel
Yeshiva College
American Jewish Congress
United Hias Service
Synagogue Council of America
The Zionist Council
Jewish Publications Society
of America
$
25.00
100.00
300.00
l 00.00
125.00
50.00
50.00
750.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
$ 2,525.00
$18,625.00
Reserve for Allocations not final .
( to include Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, etc.)
1,200.00
$19,825.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARI TI ES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1956
PLEDGED
MILK FUND
PAID
BALANCE
$ 215.00
$ 215.00
500.00
500.00
-0-.'.l-
50.00
50.00
-0-
50.00
250.00
-0-
Louis M. Berman
50.00
280.00
250.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
250.00
50.00
280.00
250.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
250.00
-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-
Herman
Bravermar, ....
25.00
25.00
-0-
25.00
15.00
100.00
15.00
25.00
15.00
100.00
15.00
-0-0-0--0-
50.00
10.00
50.00
-0- 0-
75.00
50.00
20.00
100.00
750.00
75.00
50.00
20.00
100.00
750.00
-0-0-0-0- 0-
Harry Greenberg
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
-0-0-
Dr. Arthur
Greenberg ....
175.00
175.00
-0-
Herman, Louis
Grossman and
Sam Klayf . ...
1,400.00
1,400.00
-0-
Anonymous ... -Abe Ashendorf ..
Mrs. Abe
Ashendorf
Mrs. Ida
Ashendorf
Isadore
Ashendorf
200.00
Jacob Ashendorf
Max Ashendorf..
Dr. Ralph August
Arthur E. Bell ....
Louis J. Berman ..
Nathan
Broutman ......
Sigmund Cahn ..
Robert Cherin ....
Jerome Cherin ___
David &
Beth Cherin ...
Dr. Sol Cohan ..
Louis
Darmstadter ..
Andrew Epstein ..
Harry Field ........
Bernard Fisher ...
Harry Fisher .....•
Hyman
Friedman
··-·
10.00
1
l
l
J
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1956
PLEDGED
Oscar Gudelsky
David Gudelsky
Soul Jacobson ..
Morris Kantor ....
J. K. Kaufman
Richard &
Gordon
Kaufman
Lillian Kaufman .•
Sam Klayf ........
Mrs. Sara Klein ..
Edward Krause ..
Hurley Langert ..
200.00
400.00
300.00
200.00
25.00
25.00
Mrs. Richard
Laurence .... .
Sam Lawson ... .
Judith Lawson &
Lisa Heiman ..
Harvey
Leventhal .....•
Hyman Lipman ..
Jack Lipman ....
Samuel Lipman ..
Jomes Metz ..•...
Dr. Phillip Miller .
Ted Neumer ..... .
Sylvia Paul
200.00
500.00
325.00
200.00
25.00
25.00
-0-0-0-0-0-
10.00
10.00
50.00
-0-0-
10.00
10.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
10.00
100.00
500.00
60.00
1,565.00
100.00
15.00
100.00
750.00
36.50
50.00
50.00
-0-
25.00
550.00
300.00
- 0-0-0-
100.00
25.00
10.00
100.00
500.00
60.00
1,565.00
100.00
15.00
100.00
750.00
36.50
Jessie Neumer .•
50.00
Betty Price .......
50.00
Donald &
Frances Price .
25.00
Sam Price ..........
Fred Rodoff ......
550.00
300.00
BALANCE
-0-0-0-0-0-
50.00
Mrs. Jomes Metz
PAID
60.00
100.00
375.00
25.00
2,500.00
50.00
Michael & Elise
Leventhal ......
Jess Levin ....... .
MILK FUND
60.00
100.00
375.00
25.00
2,500.00
- 0-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- 0-0- 0-
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Ple dges for Year End e d November 30, 1956
PLEDGED
Raleigh Radoff ..
Douglas Rosen ..
Jeff, Barbara &
Marc Rosen
Harold Rosen ..
Leo Rosen
Mrs. Leo Rosen
Max Rosenberg .
Robert
Rosenberg
Seymour
Rosenberg
Maxwell Ross ..
Fred Ross .
Mrs. Rae &
Florence
Rubinsky
Rabbi A.
Ruderman
Max Schubb ......
Harry S. Schucart
Sol Silverman ..
Joe Simon
Irving Singer
Joseph Singer
Eli Smith
.....
Fred Stein ..........
Jack Steindler ..
Frances Steindler
Milton Steindler
Joseph Strifling ..
Mrs. Joseph
Strifling .......
Dr. M. Teles
Temple B'nai
Israel Youth .
Josiah Wiener ..
Mrs. Josiah
Wiener
.....
MILK FUND
PAID
BALANCE
36.50
36.50
100.00
-0-0-
l 00.00
25.00
-0-0-0- 0-
200.00
100.00
1,525.00
1,000.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
l 00.00
-0-
100.00
l 00.00
15.00
l 00.00
100.00
15.00
-0- 0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
200.00
15.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
500.00
250.00
150.00
200.00
15.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
500.00
250.00
150.00
50.00
300.00
950.00
-0-0-0-0-0-
400.00
400.00
125.00
-0-0-
10.00
10.00
500.00
-0-0-
75.00
75.00
-0-
100.00
1,500.00
1,000.00
50.00
50.00
300.00
950.00
125.00
500.00
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0- 0-0-0-0-0- 0-
�UNITED JEWISH CHAR I TIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1956
PLEDGED
Mrs. A. Smookler
White
Mrs. Paul Wiener
T. M. Whitman ..
MILK FUND
100.00
1,000.00
25.00
$21,055.00
100.00
1,000.00
25.00
$ I, 138.00
Previous Unpaid Balances
Mike Goldberg
PAID
S 50.00
S 50.00
$22,193.00
BALANCE
0-0-0-
�November 30, 1956
United Jewish Charities,
Muskegon, Michigan.
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to your request, I hove audited the books and records of
the UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES of Muskegon, Michigan, for the year
ended November 30, 1956, and submit, herewith, my report on my
findings.
The books wNe accurately kept ond were in balance ot the year end.
Included in the report ore the following:
Statement of Receipts ond Disbursements.
Statements of Charitable Allocations.
Schedule of pledges for charity ond milk fund.
Balance sheet as of November 30, 1956.
Cash on hand consisted of checks detailed in this report, which
were in the hands of Mr. Leo Rosen, who also hos one Israel Bond in
the amount of $500.00. During the year pledges in the amount of
$ I 25.00 were cancelled.
In my opinion, according to the accepted principles of accounting,
the attached statements ond schedules truly reflect your operations for
the year ended November 30, 1956, ond your financial condition as of
that dote.
Thanking you for this opportunity to ogoin serve you,
om,
Respectfully yours,
WALTER A. DIXON.
Certified Public Accountant.
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M. WIEN ER
1955
1901
ROSTER
OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED
JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M. WIENER .
1941-1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946- 1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948- 1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949-1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952-1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953-1954
TED NEUMER
1954- 1955
�~NNUAL 7(,EPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1956-1957
FREDERICK STEIN
Chairman
�OFFICERS
FOR
1956-57
FREDERICK STEIN .
. Chairman
JOSIAH WIENER
. Vice-chairman
LEO S. ROSEN .
Treasurer
MRS. SAMUEL LAWSON
Secretary
MRS. FRED RODOFF and
MRS. ROBERT ROSENBERG
!
.
Milk Fund and Collections
Co-chairmen
SEYMOUR I. ROSENBERG .
. Legal Advisor
TRUSTEES
Abe Ashendorf
Samuel Lipman
Louis M. Berman
Ted Neumer
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Samuel Price
Herman Grossman
Fred Rodoff
Louis Grossman
Harold Rosen
J. K. Kaufman
Eli Smith
Richard Kaufman
Milton Steindler
Samuel Klayf
Dr. Morris Teles
Jack Lipman
Joseph Strifling
�~NNVAL 'R_§PORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1957-1958
JOSIAH WIENER
Chairman
�J
,..
cANNUAL 1@PORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
cANNUAL CJ(EPORT
•
UNITED
MUSKEGON
OF
1958-1959
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1959-1960
MILTON STEINDLER
LOUIS M. BERMAN
Chairman
Chairman
I
I
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TO MEMBERS OF JEWISH
COMMUNITY IN MUSKEGON
As I complete this year as chairman of Muskegon Uni ted
Jewish Charities, I feel I owe my deepest gratitude to my coworkers: especially to Mr. Milton Steindler, co-chairman; to
Mr. Leo Rosen, Treasurer; and to Mrs. Samuel Lawson, Secretary.
Handicapped by unforeseeable illness, they have stood by me
in facing another sorrow-laden and turbulent year of world
Jewry. Though we have not been aware of the difficulties of
our people abroad during this past year to the degree we have
been in previous years, nevertheless the problems of the last
decade are still with us and therefore our responsibilities are
still enormous.
The response by our total community has been good and
we pray will continue to be good. However, our goal for the
coming year can be even higher a s a community if we will be
strengthened by those who can help even more than they have
in the past. let no reason, even present adverse economic conditions, cause us to shirk our duty here and overseas.
The Jewish concept of charity, if our attitudes and understanding are properly directed, is very contagious and once it
enters the heart one is forever and hopelessly a greater person .
And moreover CHARITY as TSEDOKOH (righteousness) calls
upon all of us to give freely and generously according to the
blessings God has bestowed upon us.
Josiah Wiener
Chairman
a
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r.ANNUAL ~PORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1958-1959
MILTON STEINDLER
Chairman
r.ANNUAL 'l(EPORT
*
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1959-1960
LOUIS M. BERMAN
Chairman
�TO MEMBERS OF JEWISH
COMMUNITY IN MUSKEGON
As I complete this year as chairman of Muskegon United
Jewish Charities, I feel I owe my deepest gratitude to my coworkers: especially to Mr. Milton Steindler, co-chairman; to
Mr. Leo Rosen, Treasurer; and to Mrs. Samuel Lawson, Secretary.
Handicapped by unforeseeable illness, they have stood by me
in facing another sorrow-laden and turbulent year of world
Jewry. Though we have not been aware of the difficulties of
our people abroad during this past year to the degree we have
been in previous years, nevertheless the problems of the last
decade are still with us and therefore our responsibilities are
sti 11 enormous.
The response by our total community has been good and
we pray will continue to be good. However, our goal for the
coming year can be even higher a s a community if we will be
strengthened by those who can help even more than they have
in the past. Let no reason, even present adverse economic conditions, cause us to shirk our duty here and overseas.
The Jewish concept of charity, if our attitudes and understanding are properly directed, is very contagious and once it
enters the heart one is forever and hopelessly a greater person.
And moreover CHARITY as TSEDOKOH (righteousness} calls
upon all of us to give freely and generously according to the
blessings God hos bestowed upon us.
Josiah Wiener
Chairman
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
For Year Ended November 30, 1958
Bonk Overdraft Nov., 1957
$2,996.57
Cash on Hand Nov., 1957
4,395.00
$ 1,398.43
Pledges Received---Cosh 1957-58
Pledges Received-Cash 1956-57
Bonds Received
Interest Received-Bonds
Payments Received on Note No. 1
22,656.69
2,875.00
3,890.00
88.84
58.00
30,966.96
LESS DISBURSEMENTS
Allocations to Charities
Campaign Expense 1958-59
U.J.A. Dinner
Office Expense
Secretary
Audit .
Petty Cash-Transient Fund
Loon No. 2
25,595.50
393.59
145.00
200.00
50.00
25.00
940.00
27,349.09
3,617.87
3,231.50
Cash on Hand Nov. 30, 1958
Bonk Balance Nov. 30, 1958
$
386.37
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Allocations 1957 -5 8
TO ISRAEL
United Jewish AppealCash .
United Jewish AppealBonds
$16,555.50
3,890.00
Hadassah
Hebrew University & Technion
Jewish National Fund
$20,4-.5.50
875.00
300.00
100.00
$21,720.50
OTHER
Union American Hebrew Cong.-
1956-57 .
600.00
Union American Hebrew Cong.-
1957-58 .
B'nai Brith Nat'I Youth Service
Brandeis University
Dropsie College
Jewish Welfare Board
Bellefoire
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary of N. Y.
Hebrew Theological College
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital
Notional Jewish Children' s Home
National Jewish Hospital-Denver
Histodruth lvrith
Bitzaron .
Hillel .
Yeshiva College
American Jewish Congress
United Hies Service
Synagogue Council of America
The Zionist Council
Jewish Publication Society of America
600.00
100.00
300.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
750.00
100.00
100.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
3,875.00
$25,595.50
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 3 0 , 1958
NAME
PLEDGED
Anonymous
S 10.00
Abe Ashendorf
300.00
Mrs. Ida Ashendorf
200.00
lsodore Ashendorf
50.00
Jacob Ashendorf ...
250.00
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
MILK
FUND
200.00
100.00
5.00
Arthur Ashendorf
50.00
PAID
BALANCE
S 10.00
-0-
500.00
-0-
300.00
-0-
55.00
-0-
250.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
Max Ashendorf ..
250.00
250.00
-0-
R. V. August
300.00
300.00
-0-
36.50
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
200.00
200.00
-0-
Horry H. Berman ....
25.00
25.00
-0-
L. J. Berman
50.00
50.00
-0-
Dr. Seymour Cane •.
50.00
50.00
-0-
20.00
-0-
IC0.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
10.00
100.00
-0-0-0-
Reeva Bonk
36.50
Arthur Bell
Louis Berman
Elsie & David Cane
20.00
Robert Cherin .......
100.00
Dr. Sol Cohan ...... ..........
25.00
Louis Dormstadter
............
50.00
Andrew Epstein ..
. ...... ...
50.00
25.00
Rebecca Epstein ................
Bernard Fisher
10.00
100.00
Horry Field
20.00
20.00
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
150.00
150.00
-0-
Louis Grouman ....
200.00
90.00
110.00
Mn. Louis Grossman
100.00
100.00
500.00
Herman Grossman .
1,000.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
200.00
200.00
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
50.00
Mrs. Herman Grossman ..... .
David Gudelsky .....
Oscor Gudelsky ................
500.00
• ...... .
10.00
10.00
-0-
................. .
25.00
25.00
-0-
300.00
300.00
-0-
Mrs. Morris Kantor
50.00
50.00
-0-
Marie Keilin
35.00
35.00
-0-
75.00
75.00
-0-
Ernest Honau ......
Meyer Jacobs
Saul Jacobson ... ..
.....
Rabbi & Mrs. Kaplan
1
I
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1958
NAME
Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Kaufman &
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kaufman
Gordon Kaufman
PLEDGED
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
MILK
FUND
1,500.00
1,000.00
150.00
2,650.00
50.00
50.00
-0-
................
PAID
BALANCE
- 0-
Samuel Kloyf ......................
300.00
100.00
200.00
Soro Klein .........................
200.00
200.00
-0-
......................
50.00
50.00
-0-
75.00
75.00
-0-
Helen Kulka
Samuel Lawson .............
Deborah Joan Hein man
(Som Lawson) ················
Morris Levine ·-···-··-··-········
10.00
25.00
36.50
Jerome, Laurie, Mimi Levine
Reuben levy ......................
25.00
10.00
-0-
25.00
-0-
36.50
-0-
25.00
-0-
500.00
50.00
550.00
-0-
........................
100.00
10.00
110.00
-0-
Som Lipman ........................
1,000.00
Hymon Li p man
Jock Lipman
1,500.00
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
36.50
36.50
-0-
300.00
-0-
36.50
--0-
15.00
15.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
-0-
500.00
Rose Lipman ······················
James Metz
........................
25.00
25.00
Mrs. Phil Miller ················
Ted Neu mer ........................
300.00
36.50
Mrs. Ted Neumer ................
Harold Page
............. .......
Albert Parker ....................
Sylvia Paul ·---·--··········-----·-
50.00
50.00
-0-
Sam Price ............................
250.00
250.00
-0-
36.50
36.50
-0-
20.00
20.00
-0-
Betty Price ········•··•··············
Charles Race ......................
................
200.00
200.00
-0-
Douglas Rosen ····················
Jeff, Barbara, More Rosen ..
125.00
125.00
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
........
1,000.00
100.00
1,600.00
-0-
Marcia Rosen ····················
500.00
500.00
-0-
Max Rosenberg ..................
200.00
200.00
-0-
Robert Rosenberg
100.00
100.00
-0-
Seymour Rosenberg ............
150.00
150.00
Maxwell Ross ....................
500.00
..................
65.00
David N. Rosen
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosen
Mox Rothschild
500.00
-0500.00
65.00
-0-
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Ptedges for Year Ended November 30, 1958
NAME
PLEDGED
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
MILK
FUND
PAID
BALANCE
••••••••••••••••H
50.00
50.00
-0-
Florence Rubinsky ·····•-----···
100.00
100.00
-0-
Jacob Schreiber ·················Mr. Max Schubb ................
110.00
110.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
-0-
Joseph Simon ········-····--·····
150.00
150.00
-0-
Chas. Rubinsky
Sarah Simon (Bequest) ......
Sol Silverman ....................
Dr. I. H. Singer . ....
177.69
100.00
25.00
Fred Stein ···----·······•···········
550.00
Joseph Singer ....................
50.00
Jack Steindler --·· ---------------
275.00
86.50
400.00
Jos Strifling -----···--·-------------
500.00
Bill Stern ------······················
100.00
-0-
100.00
-0-
25.00
-0-
530.00
106.50
275.00
-0-
50.00
Mrs. Jack Steindler ............
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Steindler
177.69
50.00
36.50
36.50
-0-
50.00
500.00
-0-
100.00
600.00
-0100.00
Or. Mourice Stromberg ........
10.00
10.00
-0-
Dr. Teles ·······-··---------·-·······
50.00
50.00
-0-
Joel Wiener ......................
500.00
500.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Josioh Wiener ..
1,000.00
4,000.00
130.00
5,130.00
-0-
Mrs. Paul Wiener & Donald
1,250.00
250.00
50.00
1,550.00
-0-
$1,663.19 $23,671.69
$1,216.50
15,920.00
23,671.69
$15,920.00 $7,305.00
7,305.00
$24,888.19
$24,888.19
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M. WIENER
1955
1901
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHA RITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M. WIENER .
194 1- 1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946-1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948-1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949-1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952-1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953-1954
TED NEUMER
1954-1955
JOSEPH S. $TRIFLING
1955-1956
FRED STEIN
1956-1957
�OFFICERS
FOR
1957-58
.
. Chairman
MILTON STEINDLER
Vice-chairman
JOSIAH WIENER
LEO S. ROSEN .
Treasurer
MRS. SAMUEL LAWSON
Secretary
MRS. ROBERT ROSENBERG
SEYMOUR I. ROSENBERG .
Milk Fund Chairman
. legal Advisor
TRUSTEES
Abe Ashendorf
Jack Lipman
Louis M. Berman
Samuel Lipman
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Ted Neumer
Herman Grossman
Samuel Price
Louis Grossman
Eli Smith
J. K. Kaufman
Milton Steind ler
Richard Kaufman
Dr. Morris Teles
Samuel Klayf
�j
r
cANNUAL '!?§PORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
•
MUSKEGON
1958-1959
MILTON STEINDLER
Chairman
.
;
I
�TO MEMBERS OF JEWISH
COMMU N ITY IN MUSKEGON
First I want to thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to be your chairman during the past year. It gave me a
great deal of pleasure to have been received with kindness
and gratitude in quite a number of homes because they had
a chance to participate in this great work.
When the younger generation of the religious school, the
Junior U. J. C., gave us money to help the less fortunate people
abroad, it was an indication that the future of U. J. C. will be
in good hands.
The adage "A child shall lead them" is still
a good slogan.
I owe my deepest gratitude to our treasurer, Leo Rosen,
and our secretary, Rose Lawson, as without them I could not
have carried on.
I am proud of this community.
I have known all of you
thru the years and as my friends I do appreciat e your cooperation and help in putting this campaign across.
When you give to those whom you do not know and may
never see, but whom you still want to help, your brother Jews,
so they may enjoy the good things of life, you are living the
life of a gracious and good Jew.
In conclusion I ask that the good Lord bless you all and
keep you well.
Milton Steindler
Chairman U. J. C.
1958-1959
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
..
For Y ear Ended November 3 0 , 1959
Cash 1n Bank, Nov. 30, 1958
Cash on Hand, Nov. 30, 1958
$
386.37
2,481.50
Pledges received, 1958-59
20,675.41
Pledges received, 1957-58
1,141.50
Loan No. 2 paid
1,115.00
$ 25,799.78
LESS DISBURSEMENTS
United Jewish Appeal
Other Allocations to Charities
Campaign expense .
Legal expense
Office expense
Interest
$ 17,000.00
4,480.00
378.51
50.00
175.86
23.96
Transient and Service Fund
230.00
Secretarial expense
200.00
22,538.33
3,261.45
Cash, Checks and Notes on hand
Cash in Bank Nov. 30, 1959
3,050.00
$
21 l .45
�•
UNI TED JEWISH CHARITIES
Allocations 1958-59
TO ISRAEL
United Jewish Appeal
Hadassah
Hebrew University and Technion
Jewish National Fund
$ 17,000.00
850.00
300.00
100.00
$ 18,250.00
OTHER
Jewish Institute of Religion-Hebrew
Union College-Jerusalem
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations
B'nai Brith Nat'I Youth Service
Dropsie College
Jewish Welfare Board
Bellefaire
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary
of New York
Hebrew Theological College
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital
Nat'I Jewis 11 Children's Home
Nat'I Jewish Hospital
Histadruth lvrith
Bitzaron
Hillel
Yeshiva College
American Jewish Congress
United Hias Service
Synagogue Council of America
The Zionist Council
Jewish Publication Society
of America
American Jewish Archives
American Asso. of Jewish Education
United Jewish Charities
Scholarship Fund
50.00
600.00
l 00.00
150.00
100.00
150.00
25.00
250.00
150.00
l 00.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
25.00
15.00
125.00
l 00.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
25.00
500.00
3,230.00
;
$ 21,480.00
r
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1959
1
N AM E
Anonymous .......................
PLEDGED
SPECIAL
MIL K
SURVIVAL
FUND
$ 65.00
Mrs. Ellen Aron ............... .
PA ID
BALAN CE
$ 65.00
-0-
36.50
36.50
-0-
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Abe Ashendorf ..
500.00
50.00
550.00
Ida Ashendorf ........
300.00
100.00
400.00
--0-
60.00
-0-
Isadore Ashendorf
60.00
Jacob Ashendorf
200.00
225.00
-0-
Mox Ashendorl ..........
250.00
250.00
-0-
Dr. R. V. August
300.00
300.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
125.00
-0-
25.00
Mrs. Revo Bonk ...........
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bell
100.00
Louis M. Berman
240.00
240.00
-0-
Horry H. Berman ............... .
50.00
50.00
-0-
25.00
L. J. Berman ................
50.00
50.00
-0-
Dr. Boyd
25.00
25.00
-0-
Marcus Bess . . ................. .
25.00
25.00
-0-
Robert Cherin
100.00
100.00
-0-
Selma Cahn ..
25.00
25.00
-0-
Louis Darmstodter
50.00
50.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Epstein
50.00
50.00
-0-
1 25.00
50.00
75.00
20.00
20.00
-0-
Bernard Fisher .
Harry Field ....
Harrison friend
100.00
Dr. Arthur Greenberg .. .....
1 50.00
100.00
150.00
Jeanette Greenberg ...........
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Grossman
250.00
Mr. & Mrs.
Hermon Grossman ..........
1,000.00
-0-
15.00
15.00
-0-
50.00
300.00
-0-
150.00
1,500.00
-0-
200.00
200.00
--0-
Oscar Gudelsky ..................
25.00
25.00
--0-
Komma Gudelsky ................
20.00
20.00
--0-
-0-
David Gudelsky ...
350.00
Marvin Gudelsky .... ...........
50.00
50.00
Saul Jacobson ....................
300.00
300.00
-0-
Dr. Kantor & Mrs. Morris ..
50.00
50.00
-0-
Rabbi Kaplan .............,......
75.00
75.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Kaufman ..
800.00
1,200.00
-0-
300.00
100.00
l
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1959
1
)
NAME
PLEDGED
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
MILK
FUND
PAID
BALANCE
Gordon Kaufman ................
100.00
Richard & Sylvia Kaufman ..
300.00
Samuel Klayf ......................
300.00
300.00
-0-
Sara Klein ......................... .
200.00
200.00
-0-
Helen Kulka ....................... .
50.00
50.00
-0-
Edward Krouse ..................
50.00
50.00
-0-
Marie Keilin ..................... .
35.00
35.00
-0-
Samuel Lawson ..................
75.00
75.00
-0-
Jess Levin ......................... .
75.00
75.00
-0-
25.00
-0-
25.00
Marcia, Diane Levin ..........
25.00
Jerome, Lourie, Mimi Levine
-0-
325.00
-0-
25.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
-0-
Robert libner ................... .
25.00
25.00
-0-
Reuben levy ......................
25.00
Mr. & Mrs. Hyman Lipman ..
500.00
50.00
550.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lipman
125.00
25.00
150.00
-0-
50.00
1,550.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
300.00
-0-0-
Morris
Levine
25.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Som L pmon ....
1,000.00
Benjamin Marcus ................
50.00
James Metz ....................... .
25.00
Dr. & Mrs. Phillip Miller ....
250.00
Ted Neumer ........................
25.00
500.00
-0-
25.00
50.00
400.00
400.00
Mrs. Ted Neumer ..
25.00
25.00
-0-
Allen Oppenheimer ...
25.00
25.00
-0-
1
Harold Page ......................
20.00
20.00
-0-
Albert Porker ....................
25.00
25.00
-0-
I
Sylvia Poul ........................
50.00
50.00
-0-
David Rosen ........................
200.00
200.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Som Price ........
250.00
50.00
300.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rosen ..
350.00
50.00
400.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosen ........
1,200.00
150.00
1,950.00
-0-
Marcia Rosen ....................
500.00
500.00
-0-
U. J. C., Jr. ........................
36.41
36.41
-0-
Mox Rosenberg ..................
200.00
100.00
100.00
Robert Rosenberg ..............
100.00
100.00
-0-
Seymour Rosenberg ........... .
100.00
600.00
100.00
J
I
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30 , 1959
NAME
PLEDGED
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
MILK
FUND
PAID
BALANCE
250.00
Maxwell Ross
250.00
................
Rubinsky ..............
50.00
50.00
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
Lallo Shumocher ................
25.00
25.00
-0-
··················
110.00
110.00
-0-
Moe Schubb ·····················•
25.00
25.00
-0-
Joseph Simon ....................
150.00
150.00
-0-
....................
100.00
100.00
-0-
Dr. I. H. Singer ....... . ..........
25.00
25.00
-0-
15.00
-0-
Charles Rubinsky
Ffore nee
Jacob Schreiber
Sol Silverman
Mrs. Eli Smith ....................
15.00
...........
Eli Smith ................ ... .....
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Stein ........
100.00
Joseph Singer ··············-·····
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jock Stei ndler ..
300.00
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Steindler
400.00
....
250.00
Memory Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Jos. Strifling
26.00
26.00
175.00
25.00
100.00
200.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
41.50
341.50
-0-
100.00
600.00
-0-
50.00
300.00
100.00
Bill Stern
-0100.00
-0100.00
......
25.00
25.00
-0-
Dr. Morris Teles .......... ... .....
100.00
100.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. J oel Wiener ----
600.00
600.00
-0-
....
2,000.00
4,000.00
105.00
1,500.00
4,605.00
Mrs. Poul Wiener & Donald
1,250.00
250.00
150.00
1,650.00
-0-
.......
10.00
10.00
-0-
$1,588.00 $20,675.41
$5,480.00
18,467.41
20,675.41
Dr. Maurice Stromberg
Estate of Josiah Wiener
Sol Zoll ........ ........ ...
$18,467.41
$6,100.00
6,100.00
$26,155.41
$26,155.41
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M . WIENER
1901
1955
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M. WIENER .
1941-1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946-1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948-1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949-1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952-1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953-1954
TED NEUMER
1954-1955
JOSEPH S. $TRIFLING
1955-1956
FRED STEIN
1956-1957
JOSIAH WIENER
1957-1958
#
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�OFFICERS
MILTON STEINDLER
FOR
.
1958-59
.
HERMAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
Co-chairman
LEO S. ROSEN
Treasurer
MRS. SAMUEL LAWSON
Secretory
MRS. HERMAN GROSSMAN
SEYMOUR ROSENBERG
Milk Fund Chairman
Legal Advisor
TRUSTEES
Abe Ashendorf
Jock Lipman
Dr. Rolph August
Samuel Lipman
Louis M. Berman
Ted Neumer
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Douglas Rosen
Louis Grossman
Fred Stein
J. Kelly Kaufman
Jock Steindler
Richard Kaufman
Dr. Morris Teles
Samuel Kloyf
Josiah Wiener
Jess Levin
Mrs. Poul Wiener
�~NNUAL CJ(EPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1959- 1960
LOUIS M. BERMAN
Chairman
�TO OUR CHAIRMAN , LOU BERMAN
" THE ONE AND ONLY "
Yes, we've known them all over the years and still say
"The One and Only." And from Lou, each of us can take a
lesson in the connotations of charity at its loftiest levels. For
this means not only giving of one's worldly means ( as Lou has
always done) but also giving of one's self to serve your fellow
man, your coreligionist of less fortunate status and your brethren
in Israel.
To Lou the U.J.C. 1959-60 chairmanship was a personal
challenge as well as an honor. His concept of responsibility was
so profound that he personally assumed the task of seeing that
the U.J.C. story was presented personally and properly to everyone in our entire community be they $1,000 or $5 givers. The
demands of time, the expenditures of gasoline and shoe leather
did not dissuade him, nor did the pains of illness deter his efforts.
Our community was "blanketed" as never before. No one
was overlooked or forgotten. Lou, and Lou himself, performed
the main part of the task - did it painstakingly, thoroughly, and
with genuine dedication.
May the advent of time bring to our community and to the
cause of U.J.C. more Lou Bermans. In absentia all of us salute
him!
Herman Grossman
U.J.C. Co-chairman, 1959-60
U.J.C. Chairman, 1960-61
Leo S. Rosen
U.J.C. Treasurer
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Stotement of Receipts ond Disbursements
For yeor ended N ovember 30, 1960
Cash in Bank, Nov. 30, 1959
$
211 .45
3,050.00
Cash on Hand, Nov. 30, 1959
Cash received, 1958-59
4,930.00
Cash received, 1959-60
21,451.02
Bond received, 1959-60
1,000.00
20.00
Interest on Bond
$
30,662.47
LESS DISBURSEMENTS
United Jewish Appeal
Other Allocations to Charities
Typewriter
$
21,300.00
5,430.00
84.50
Campaign Expense
352.99
Office Expense .
192.00
Audit and Annual Report
80.00
Interest Paid
23.33
Secretary's Expense
Transient Fund
.
200.00
20.00
27,682.82
2,979.65
Checks on Hand .
Cash in Bank, Dec. 2, 1960 .
780.50
$
2,199.15
�UNITED J EWISH CHARITIES
Allocations 1959-60
TO ISRAEL
United Jewish Appeal
Hadassah
Hebrew University and Technion
Jewish National Fund
OTHER
Jewish Institute of Religion - Hebrew
Union College - Jerusalem
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations
B'nai Brith, Nat'I Youth Service
Dropsie College
Jewish Welfare Board
Bellefaire
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary - N.Y.
Hebrew Theological College
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital
Nat'I Jewish Children's Home
Nat'I Jewish Hospital
Histadruth lvrith
Bitzaron
Hillel .
Yeshiva College
American Jewish Congress
United Hias Service
Synagogue Council of America
The Zionist Council
Jewish Publication Society
of America
American Jewish Archives
American Asso. of Jewish Education
U. J. C. Scholarship Fund
Chilian Relief
$ 21,300.00
850.00
300.00
100.00
$ 22,550.00
50.00
900.00
100.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
300.00
150.00
100.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
25.00
15.00
125.00
100.00
150.00
100.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
25.00
1,000.00
100.00
4,180.00
$ 26,730.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1960
NAME
Anonymous
PLEDGED
..................................
U.J.C. Juniors ................................
Mrs. Louis Aron ..............................
Mr. & Mrs. Abe Ashendorf ............
Mrs. ldo Ashendorf ......................
lsodore Ashendorf . .......................
Jacob Ashendorf ............................
Mox Ashendorf ............................
Dr. Rolph August ..........................
Mrs. Reeva Bonk ........................... .
Doniel Bacon ............................... .
Bernard Becker ..............................
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bell ..................
Harry H. Berman ............................
Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Berman ........
Louis J. Berman ............................
Marcus Bess ..................................
Rosalie Brace ............................... .
Nothon Broutmon ..........................
Mrs. Som Broutman ........................
Howard Bruelbock ........................
Mrs. Sigmund Cohn ........................
Robert Cherin ......... .......................
Jerome Cherin ················--------·-····
Jock Chevlin ..................................
Ellis Chevlin ................................. .
Erwin Chark ..................................
Dr. Sol Cohan ................................
Louis Darmstodte, ......................... .
Gustoav DeJong ............................
William Druker . .............................
Andrew Epstein ..................... .........
Harry Field ....................................
Horry Fisher ........................ ......... .
William Fisher ................. ...............
Eugene Fisher ............................... .
Bernard Fisher ..............................
Mrs. Norman Fleishman ................
Harrison Friend ..............................
Louis Goldberg ..............................
Mr. & Mrs. Worner Golombeck ....
Philip Gronik ...•........................•...
Dr. Arthur Greenberg ....................
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Grossman ........
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Grossman
David Gudelsky
MILK FUND
$ 45.00
49.02
500.00
200.00
60.00
150.00
250.00
300.00
50.00
10.00
10.00
100.00
100.00
500.00
50.00
25.00
5.00
15.00
15.00
6.00
25.00
100.00
10.00
25.00
25.00
JO.DO
50.00
50.00
12.00
10.00
25.00
25.00
1,000.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
12.00
100.00
5.00
10.00
50.00
125.00
1,500.00
250.00
200.00
PAID
$ 45.00
36.50
50.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
49.02
36.50
550.00
300.00
60.00
150.00
250.00
300.00
50.00
10.00
10.00
125.00
100.00
525.00
50.00
25.00
15.00
15.00
6.00
25.00
100.00
10.00
25.00
30.00
50.00
12.00
10.00
25.00
25.00
1,000.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
12.00
100.00
5.00
10.00
250.00
50.00
125.00
1,750.00
300.00
200.00
BALANCE
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-05.00
-0-0-0-0-0-0-025.00
-050.00
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-075.00
-0-0-0-050.00
-0-0-0-0-
i
.I
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1960
NAME
PLEDGED
MILK FUND
O scar Gude lsky
25.00
Kommo Gudelsky ..
20.00
Marvin Gudelsky ..........................
50.00
25.00
Louis Gudelsky ························-·•···
Michael Holkin ..............................
10.00
5.00
Blanche Hoss ···················-·-············
25.00
Meyer Jacobs ···········-····················
300.00
Soul P. Jacobson ························-·
Dr. Morton & Mrs. Morris Kantor ..
50.00
18.00
Robbi Stanley Kaplan ··-----·····--·-····
The Koufmon Family ...................... 2,000.00
Mrs. J. Kelly Kaufman ....................
Samuel Kloyf ··················-··-··········
Mrs. Soroh Klein ............................
Harold Kline ...............•..................
Mrs. Helen Kulka ·····················-····
Edward Krouse ..............................
Or. Morie Keilin
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Lawson ............
Jess Levi n ......................................
Morris Levine ................................
Reuben levy ..................................
Robert libner ········-·········•·············
Hymon Lipman ·····-························
Mr. & Mrs. Som Lipman ................
Mr. & Mrs. Jock Lipman ·-
Benjamin Marcus .........................
Phillip Morgules ···················••····-•·
James Metz ................................. .
Dr. Sidney Michelman ···-------·--·-·-•
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Neumer ............... .
Alon Oppenheimer .........•..............
Harold Page ····························-·····
Albert Porker -·-·····-·-·····················
Sylvia Poul ······························--·•··
Samuel Price & Family ................... .
Daniel Rappaport ····················-----Charles Race ............... ·-··-··· ··•·-······
David Roetter ··--······ ......................
Donold Romer ·················-Mrs. Libby Rose ··-·························
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosen ··-········-········
Mrs. Harold Rosen ·-······················
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rosen ............
David N. Rosen
Max Rosenberg ··························-·
200.00
300.00
200.00
25 .00
50.00
50.00
35.00
75.00
100.00
10.00
25.00
100.00
500.00
1,500.00
175.00
50.00
10.00
25.00
20.00
400.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
50.00
250.00
25 .00
15.00
5.00
25.00
10.00
2,000.00
600.00
450.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
25.00
PAID
25.00
20.00
50.00
25.00
5.00
5 .00
25 .00
300.00
50.00
18.00
2,000.00
200.00
300.00
200.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
35.00
75.00
100.00
10.00
25.00
100.00
500.00
1,550.00
200.00
50.00
10.00
20.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
50.00
25.00
250.00
50.00
5.00
25.00
10.00
2,250.00
600.00
500.00
200.00
BALANCE
-0-0-0-05.00
- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-0- 0- 0- 0-0- 0- 0-0- 0-- 0- 0-0- 0- 0- 025.00
- 0300 .00
- 0-025.00
-0250.00
- 015.00
- 0-0-0-0- 0-
-0--0100.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1960
NAME
Robert Rosenberg
Seymour Rosenberg .....................
Maxwell Rois ............................... .
Mox Rothschild ..............................
Benno Rothschild ..........................
Alex Rosenthal ..............................
Charles Rubinsky ..........................
Florence Rubinsky ..........................
Mrs . Mox Schubb ..........................
Jacob Schreiber ............................
Som Schumacher
Doniel Si lberman
Sol Sil•ermon .............................. .
Dr. lr.ing Sing er ............................
Som Siegel ....................................
Joseph Simon ................................
Som J . Singer ...............................
Eli Smith ......................................
Horry Spivack ................................
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Ste in ....................
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Steindler ..........
Mr. & Mrs. Jock Steindler ............
William Stern
Jerome Stern
························••n••··
Bernard Stern --------···············..·······
Dr. Maurice Stromberg ..................
Dr. Morris Teles ............................
PLEDGED
100.00
200.00
250.00
70.00
20.00
25.00
50.00
100.00
50.00
110.00
25.00
15.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
150.00
25.00
50.00
5.00
200.00
600.00
300.00
100.00
25 .00
25.00
25.00
125.00
Melvi n VonDuren ..........................
Mrs. Poul Wiener ...................... . .
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Wiener ............... .
Mrs. Josiah Wiener -------·-········•····
Robert Warshaw ..........................
Sol Zoll ................................
1,750.00
675.00
1,000.00
20.00
30.00
$22,657.02
1,531.50
MILK FUND
PAID
25.00
70.00
20.00
25.00
50.00
100.00
50.00
110.00
25.00
15.00
25.00
50.00
150.00
25.00
5 .00
225.00
650.00
340.00
25 .00
50.00
40.00
5.00
25.00
25.00
125.00
12.50
2,000.00
700.00
1,000.00
20.00
35.00
$1 ,531.50
$22,451.02
25 .00
250.00
25.00
$1,737.50
22,451.02
$24, 188.52
$24, 188.52
PREVIOUS UNPAID BALANCES -
BALANCE
75.00
200.00
250.00
- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-0- 0-0100.00
- 0- 0-0- 050.00
-0- 0- 0-0100.00
25.00
-0- 0-012.50
- 0-0- 0-0- 0-
1958-59
Seymour Rosenberg ..............$100.00
Maxwell Ross ........................ 250.00
El i Smith .....
........... 100.00
William Ste rn ........................ 100.00
$550.00
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M . WIENER
1901
1955
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAI RMEN
OF
UNITED
JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M. W IENER .
1941-1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946-1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948-1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949-1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952-1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953-1954
TED NEUMER
1954-1955
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING
1955-1956
FRED STEIN .
1956-1957
JOSIAH WIENER
1957-1958
MILTON STEINDLER
1958-1959
�OFFICERS
FOR
1959-60
LOUIS M. BERMAN
Chairman
HERMAN GROSSMAN
. Vice Chairman
LEO S. ROSEN
Treasurer
MRS. SAMUEL LAWSON
Secretary
MRS. HERMAN GROSSMAN
Milk Fund Chairman
TRUSTEES
Abe Ashendorf
Dr. Ralph August
Sam Lipman
Jack Steindler
Douglas Rosen
Milton Steindler
Sam Klayf
Dr. Philip Miller
Ted Neumer
Dr. Morris Teles
J. Kelly Kaufman
Maxwell Ross
Richard Kaufman
Joel Wiener
Fred Stein
Mrs. Paul Wiener
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Louis Grossman
Jess Levin
Harry H. Berman
Alan Oppenheimer
Seymour Rosen berg
Eugene Fisher
Legal Advisor
�cANNUAL 1.(EPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1960- 1961
HERMAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
�ANNUAL REPORT
ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1961 - 1962
RICHARD KAUFMAN, CHAIRMAN
JOEL WIENER
Chairman
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1963 - 1964
�~NNUAL CJ(EPORT
UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
1960- 1961
HERMAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
�HERMAN GROSSMAN ' S- U.J.C. MESS AGl:
THE recent Eichmann trial is symbolic of Israel's role in the total
universal mosaic, of which it is a vibrant, living, growing part. As
members of a world community, in whose name Israel acts in this
case, we place Eichmann on trial, not for his life, but for life
itself, and in a greater compass we talk of the survival of the
life of the State of Israel itself. This is of course a big part, but
only a port, of United Jewish Appeal participation in world
wide charity. "TZEDAKAH" embraces all forms of those in need,
and loving thy neighbor encompasses a conviction that we help
all brethren, wherever they may be, who are in need. Our religion should teach us that ritual is only a part of being religious;
it should consist also of service and charity -
and this means
participation to what ever extent, however small or large, by
every member of our community. For each member who is weak,
the surviving must be strong. Our work in the great experiment
of the instinct of the human will is the ultimate response and
fulfillment of replacing weakness with strength.
Here's to a
great campaign for 1961-1962.
HERMAN GROSSMAN,
Chairman -
1960-1961.
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Statement of Receipts a nd Disbursements
For year ended November 30 , 1961
Cash in Bank, Nov. 30, 1960
$
2,199.15
780.50
Cash on Hand, Nov. 30, 1960
15,793.00
Cash Received, 1960-61
2,450.00
Bonds Rece~ed, 1960-61
Cash Received from previous
year's pledges
467.50
Miscellaneous Collections
395.00
56.65
Interest on Bonds
$ 22,141.80
LESS DISBURSEMENTS:
United Jewish Appeal
$ 13,600.00
5,555.00
Other Allocations to Charities
317.33
Campaign Dinner Expense
80.00
Audit and Annual Report
Office Expense
162.15
Secretary's Expense
250.00
Interest Paid
83.62
Transient Fund
35.00
Cash on Hand
Cash in Bank, Nov. 30, 1961
$
20,083.10
1,142.90
2,058.70
915.80
$
22,141.80
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Allocotions -
1960-1961
TO ISRAEL
United Jewish Appeal
Hodossoh
Hebrew University and Technion
Jewish Notional Fund
OTHER
Jewish Institute of Religion - Hebrew
Union College - Jerusalem
Union of Americon Hebrew
Congregotions
B'noi Brith, Not'I Youth Service
Dropsie College
Jewish Welfare Boord
Bellefoire
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary - N.Y.
Hebrew Theological College
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospitol
Not'I Jewish Children's Home
Not'I Jewish Hospital
Histodruth lvrith
Bitzoron
Hillel
Yeshiva College
American Jewish Congress
United Hios Service
Synogogue Council of America
The Zionist Council
Jewish Publication Society
of America
American Jewish Archives
American Asso. of Jewish Education
U. J. C. Scholarship Fund
Miscellaneous Contributions .
S 13,600.00
650.00
200.00
l 00.00
S 14,550.00
50.00
900.00
100.00
150.00
l 00.00
100.00
25.00
300.00
150.00
l 00.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
25.00
15.00
125.00
100.00
150.00
100.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
50.00
1,000.00
500.00
4,605.00
s
19,155.00
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges fo r Year Ended November 30, 1961
NAME
PLEDGED
S
Anonymous
U. J. C. Juniors
MILK FUND
25.00
PAID
S
40.00
BALANCE
25.00
-0-
40.00
-0-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Abe Ashendorf
500.00
50.00
550.00
Mrs. Ida Ashendorl
200.00
100.00
300.00
- 0-
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Ashendorf
150.00
150.00
-0-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Mox Ashendorf
250.00
250.00
Dr. Rolph August
300.00
300.00
-0-
10.00
20.00
Doniel, Morgueritte & Shirley Bocon
30.00
Mrs. Reeva Banks
50.00
50.00
- 0-
Arthur Bell
25.00
25.00
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
-0-
5 .00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Horry H. Berman
I
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Berman
Audrey Beskin
5.00
Isadore Brody
10.00
10.00
-0-
Mrs. Sam
Broutman
15.00
15.00
-0-
Mrs. Sigmund Cohn
15.00
Beth Elaine & David Cherin
5 .00
5 .00
15.00
-0-
10.00
-0-
-0-
50.00
50.00
Eugene Fisher
100.00
100.00
Bernard Fisher
100.00
Louis Dormstadter
Lorraine and Janet Friend
Mrs. Worner Galombeck
Dr. & Mrs. A. Greenberg & Janet
Mr. & M rs. Herman Grossman
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Grossman
5.00
-0100.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
- 0-
10.00
- 0- 0-
150.00
25.00
175.00
1,500.00
150.00
1,650.00
- 0-
300.00
- 0-
300.00
50.00
Rachel, Laurie & Jeff Grossman
50.00
- 0-
David Gudelsky
200.00
200.00
- 0-
Oscar Gudelsky
25.00
25.00
- 0-
Kommo Gudeksly
20.00
20.00
- 0-
400.00
400.00
- 0-
Dr. Morton & Mrs. Morris Kantor
50.00
50.00
- 0-
Robbi & Mrs. Kaplan
25.00
25.00
- 0-
20.00
-0-
Lewis L. Joffe
Judythe, Deborah, Avi Lee &
Mory Beth Kaplan
20.00
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year End ed November 30, ·, 96 1
i
l
NAME
J. K. Kaufman
PLEDGED
200.00
300.00
BALANCE
- 0-
200.00
-0-
300.00
- 0-
50.00
- 0-
35.00
35.00
-0-
Sam Klay!
300.00
300.00
-0-
Sarah Klein
100.00
100.00
50.00
Greg Kaufman
Dr. Morie Keilin
- 0-
Edward Krause
50.00
Mrs. Helen Kulka
50.00
50.00
- 0-
Mrs. Samuel Lawson
75.00
75.00
-0-
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Levy
25.00
25.00
- 0-
Robert Libner
50.00
50.00
- 0-
Hyman Lipman
350.00
350.00
- 0-
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lipman
150.00
10.00
160.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Lipman
1,500.00
50.00
1,550.00
-0-
Ben Marcus
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Miller
50.00
50.00
- 0-
250.00
250.00
- 0-
Lori & Joel Miller
Mrs. Sarah Morgon
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Neumer
Mr. & Mrs. Alon Oppenheimer
25.00
25.00
- 0-
35.00
10.00
45.00
-0-
100.00
30.00
130.00
- 0-
50.00
- 0-
5.00
- 0- 0-
50.00
Neil & Lee Oppenheimer
l
I
PAID
1,300.00
1,300.00
Mrs. J. K. Kaufman
Richard Kaufman
MILK FUND
5.00
Sylvia Poul
50.00
50.00
Doniel Rapoport
25.00
25.00
- 0-
Benno Rothschild
20.00
20.00
-0-
Mr. & Mrs. Som Price
250.00
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosen
1,500.00
250.00
250.00
1,750.00
- 0-
Mrs. Harold Rosen
500.00
500.00
- 0-
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rosen
500.00
500.00
-0-
Florence Rubinsky
100.00
100.00
-0-
33.00
- 0-
150.00
150.00
- 0-
Dr. Irving Singer
25.00
25.00
- 0-
Goldie Smi1h
25.00
25.00
- 0-
Som Schumacher, Judy, Ruth & Harold
Joseph Simon
30.00
3.00
�UNITED
OF
JEWISH
GREATER
CHARITIES
MUSKEGON
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30, 1961
NAME
PLEDGED
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Slade
MILK FUND
35.00
Kenneth & Jonathan Slade
5.00
Mrs. Fred Stein
25.00
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Steindler
400.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Steindler
300.00
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Stern
Dr. & Mrs. Morris Teles
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VonDuren
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Wiener
PAID
-0-
5.00
-0-
25.00
-0-
400.00
40.00
- 0-
25.00
25.00
- 0-
125.00
125.00
- 0-
25.00
20.00
5.00
900.00
900.00
- 0- 0-
1,000.00
100.00
1,100.00
Mrs. Poul Wiener
1,750.00
250.00
2,000.00
25.00
$17,175.00
25.00
$1,493.00
$18,243.00
1,493.00
425.00
$18,668.00
$18,66B.OO
PREVIOUS YEARS UNPAID BALANCES
Ellis Chevlin
$
25.00
Phillip Granik
50.00
James Meti
25.00
Albert Parker
Som Price
Charles Race
Max Rosenberg
Robert Rosenberg
- 0-
340.00
Mrs. Josiah Wiener
Mr. Sol Zoll
BALANCE
35.00
25.00
250.00
15.00
100.00
75.00
Seymou, Rosenberg
300.00
Maxwell Ross
500.00
Sol Silverman
100.00
Eli Smith
150.00
Wm. Stern
200.00
$1,815.00
- 0- 0S 425.00
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M. WIENER
1955
1901
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M. Wl!:NER .
1941 -1 9 46
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946- 1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948- 1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949- 1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950- 1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951 - 1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952- 1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953- 1954
TED NEUMER
1954- 1955
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING
1955- 1956
FRED STEIN .
1956- 1957
JOSIAH WIENER
1957-1958
MILTON STEINDLER
1958- 1959
LOUIS M. BERMAN
1959- 1960
�OFFICERS
1960
1961
HERMAN GROSSMAN
Chairman
LOUIS M. GROSSMAN
1st Vice Chairman
JOEL WIENER
2nd Vice Chairman
LEO S. ROSEN
Treasurer
MRS. SAMUEL LAWSON
Secretary
MRS. HERMAN GROSSMAN
. Milk Fund Chairman
TRUSTEES
Jack Steindler
Sam Klayf
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Dr. Morris Teles
Sam Lipman
Dr. Morton Kantor
Douglas Rosen
Fred Stein
Abe Ashendorf
Eugene Fisher
J. Kelly Kaufman
Alan Oppenheimer
Ted Neumer
Max Rothschild
Harry H. Berman
Dr. Ralph August
Richard Kaufman
Edward Krause
Dr. Philip Miller
Robert Libner
Milton Steindler
Daniel Rapoport
Mrs . Paul Wiener
�ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREA T ER MUSKEGON
1961-1962
JOEL WIENER
Chairman
�MESSAGE FROM THE U.J.C. CHAIRMAN
In this day and age of tremendous speed and scientific advancement, we of the Jewish faith are dealing with an archaic problem.
That of helping our fellow Jews.
This is not o new proble·m and with the passage of time it hos
token many forms. We in the United States ore greatly blessed.
We have the freedom and rights other Jews were unable to have.
Israel is providing the rights we take for granted.
We must help our fellow man; it is our duty and privilege. The
resettlement of Jews released from Iron Curtain and other countries is costly. To accomplish this aim, UJA needs your help.
As a member of UJC and our community, your participation,
no matter how large or small, is necessary.
Let all of us do our port to help restore the dignity of Jews all
over the world.
Joel Wiener,
Chairman.
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Stateme nt of Re ceipts a nd Disburseme nts
For ye ar e nded Jan. 21 , 1963
Cash in Bank, Nov. 30, 196 l
Cash on Hand, Nov. 30, 196 l
$
915.80
1,142.90
Cash Received, 1961-62
14,859.80
Bonds Received 1961-62
2,000.00
Cash Received from previous
year's pledges
185.00
$19,103.50
LESS DISBURSEMENTSUnited Jewish Appeal
Other Allocations to Charities
Audit and Annual Report
Office Expense
Notes Receivable
Campaign Dinner Expense
Secretary's Expense
Transient Fund .
$14,000.00
3,481.00
80.00
184.40
400.00
345.90
250.00
41.02
$18,782.32
$
32 l. l 8
165.04
$
486.22
Cash received and deposited on 1963 pledges
Cash in Bank Jan. 21, 1963
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Allocations for 1962
tI
United Jewish Appeal
Hadassah
Hebrew Universi ty & Technion
Jewish National Fund
$14,000.00
500.00
200 00
100.00
$14,800.00
Hebrew Union College -- Jerusa lem
Union of American Hebrew
Cong. -
J.I .R.
B'nai Brith Youth ServiceDropsie College
Hillel
Jewish Welfare Board
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
American Jewish Commit tee
Jewish Theological Seminary, N.Y.
Hebrew Theological College
American Jewish Congress
United Hias Service
.
.
Synagogue Counci l of America
Jewish Publication Society of America
American Assn. of Jewish Education
Anti -Defamation League
Miscellaneous Contributions
U. J. A. Scholarship Fund
.
$
50.00
900.00
150.00
50.00
100.00
25.00
150.00
150.00
50.00
150.00
l 00.00
50.00
25.00
50.00
150.00
331 .00
200.00
2,681 .00
$17,481.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
NAME
PLEDGED
MILK
FUND
PAID
Anonymous ............................. $
100.00
Mr. &. Mrs. Abe Ashendorf .....
500.00
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ashendorf
150.00
Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Ashendorf
25.00
25.00
250.00
250.00
300.00
300.00
Mr. and Mrs. Max Ashendorf
Dr. & Mrs. R. V. August ........ , ......
Mrs. Reeva Bank ..................... .
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bell .. .
50.00
$
50.00
100.00
150.00
10.00
60.00
100.00
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Berman
50.00
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Berman ....
100.00
10.00
110.00
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Berman ... . .
25.00
10.00
35.00
Srs. Selma Cahn .................. .
15.00
15.00
10.00
10.00
David Cherin ......... , ................ .
10.00
10.00
Mrs, Rebecca Cwebel ......... •..• . ...•
10.00
10.00
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Fine ............. ..
200.00
200.00
Mr. ar.d Mrs. Eugene Fisher ..........•
100.00
100.00
Lorraine Friend ................... .... .
20.00
20.00
Mrs. Evelyn Galombeck ....... .
10.00
10.00
150.00
150.00
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Greenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Grossman
1,350.00
Rachel, Laurie, Jeff Grossman
50.00
1,400.00
50.00
50.00
David Gudelsky ..............•....•..•.
100.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Jaffe ............... .
400.00
400.00
Lynn, Kim, Douglas & Carson Jaffe .... .
50.00
50.00
Rabbi & Mrs, Stanley Kaplan ... .. .... .
50.00
50.00
200.00
200.00
75.00
75.00
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Klayf ..
Dr. Morton & Mrs. Morris Kantor
$
550.00
100.00
Mrs. Jerome Cherin ................... .
BALANCE
l
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PLEDGED
NAME
1,700.00
. . .. . ..
350.00
75.00
.
50.00
50.00
. ················
35.00
35.00
.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2S.00
25.00
.. ···················
50.00
50.00
'
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Krause . . . . . . . . . . .
or. Marie Keilen . . . .
Mrs. Rose Lawson
' '
10.00
·········· ······ ·········
50.00
50.00
······················
350.00
350.00
200.00
200.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jack L ipman
Ellen Lynn L ipman
···············
. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lipman . ....
M r. and Mrs. Sanford
s.
. ...
100.00
............
35.00
Maremont
Mrs. Sara Morgan
650.00
10.00
10.00
50.00
700.00
100.00
10.00
45.00
50.00
150.00
. ... ..........
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Oppenhe i mer
65.00
Miss Syl via
.. ········
. . . . . . . . .. . .
Paul .. ·······
Daniel Rapaport ...........
6S.00
75.00
75.00
50.00
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Neumer
Mr. & Mrs.
50.00
. ' . . .. . . . . . .. . . .
1,750.00
···· · ·······
Rosen . ....... . .
500.00
500.00
,
400.00
400.00
.
100.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosen
Mrs. Harold Rosen
'
....
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Miss F lorence Rubinsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
George Schankler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mr. & Mrs. Sa m Shumacher .....
Harold, Judy & Ruth Shumacher
Joseph Simon .. .........
Or. Irving Singer
50.00
. ··········
Mr. & Mrs. Don Romer
250.00
5.00
2,000.00
5.00
25.00
25.00
5.00
3.00
s.oo
.. . . . . . . . . . . . .
150.00
150.00
·········••·••········
25.00
25.00
,
BALANCE
10.00
············
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Libner
Hyman Lipman ..
425.00
..........
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kaufman . .
Judith Lawson
PAID
1,800.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. J. Kelly Kaufman
Mrs. Helen Kulka
MILK
FUND
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
NAME
PLEDGED
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Singer ........ .
MILK
FUND
PAID
50.00
BALANCE
50.00
Mrs. Goldie Smith ............ .. •.......
100.00
Mr. &. Mrs. Fred Stein
164.00
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Steindler
200.00
200.00
Mr. &. Mrs. Milton Steindler
300.00
300.00
Dr. &. Mrs. Morris Teles .............. .
125.00
125.00
Mr, &. Mrs. Melvin VanDuren
25.00
100.00
36.00
200.00
10.00
35.00
Mrs. Paul Wiener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,000.00
2,000.00
Mrs. Josiah Wiener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .
1,100.00
1,100.00
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Wiener . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
900.00
900.00
51.80
51.80
United Jewish Charities Juniors
$16,295.80
PREVIOUS UNPAID BALANCES
$799.00
$16,859.80
799.00
235.00
$17,094.80
$17,094.80
$235.00
1963 PLEDGES:
Ellis Chevlin ...•............. $
25.00
Paul &. Margaret Elliott
Perry Bacon
15.00
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fisher
500.00
100.00
Eugene Fisher (cash) ....
20.00
25.00
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Levin ..
100.00
500.00
Mr. and Mrs. James Price
100.00
Charles Race
15.00
Miss Florence Rubinsky .. .
100.00
Robert
75.00
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Schriber
100.00
100.00
Bernard Fisher
James Metz
Sam Price
Rosenberg
Seymour Rosenberg . . . . . . . . . .
300.00
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Singer
Maxwell Ross .............•..
500.00
U. J. C. Juniors
Eli Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
150.00
William S!ern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200.00
$1,905.00
..... $ 40.00
45.04
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M . WIENER
1901
1955
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M. WIENER
1941-1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946-1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1949
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948-1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949-1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952-1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953-1954
TED NEUMER
1954-1955
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING
1955-1956
FRED STEIN
1956-1957
JOSIAH WIENER
1957-1958
MILTON STEINDLER
1958-1959
LOUIS M. BERMAN
1959-1960
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1960-1961
JOEL WIENER
1961-1962
�U.J.C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Joel Wiener
Chairman
Richard Kaufman
Treasurer
Mrs. Rose Lawson
Secretary
Abe Ashendorf
Leo Rosen
Milton Steindler
Douglas Rosen
Alan Oppenheimer
Dr. Morris Teles
Herman Grossman
J. K. Kaufman
Daniel Rapaport
Dr. Morton Kantor
Jack Steindler
Lewis Jaffe
Mrs. Paul Wiener
Mox Roth sch iId
Mrs. Josiah Wiener
Harry H. Berman
Miss Sylvia Paul
Samuel Klayf
Miss Florence Rubinsky
Robert Libner
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Arthur Bell
Samuel Lipman
�ANNUAL REPORT
RICHARD KAUFMAN, CHAIRMAN
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1963 - 1964
�MESSAGE FROM THE U. J. C. CHAIRMAN
Dear Fellow Jew and Fellow Contributor,
You and I occompl ished our goal in the 1964 campaign. We
con find satisfaction and toke pride in this achievement. As Jews,
we helped other Jews and helped ourselves.
For example, contributions of $325 each transported a Jew
from North Africa to Israel and provided for him or her while in
transit; a contribution of $150 bought hot nourishing lunches for
four school children in North Africa for the entire year; $450
provided six speakers from the Anti-Defamation League to speak
at colleges and universities to refute anti-Jewish Arab propaganda;
and a $1000 subsidy permitted a young Rabbi to finish his studies
at the Hebrew Union College.
Our job is not done. There ore still one million Jews abroad
who exist only to be delivered to Israel. There are still Arab
inciters in the United States who would destroy Israel. There ore
still Ku Klux Klonners and Nazis who would destroy you and me.
Therefore, with the satisfaction of having accomplished our
goals in 1964 and having helped fellow Jews and ourselves: let us
re-set our goals to the needs of this year. Let us thank God that we
ore the charitable port of World Jewry who are able to contribute
to the future.
Dick Kaufman
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
For Year Ended April 12, 1965
Cash in Bank, February 7, 1964
Pledges Received 1964 . . . . .
$ 1,267.95
16,812.00
$18,079.95
Cash received on previous
year's pledges . . . . . . . . .
Advance received on 1964-65 pledge
Refund of Scholarship Check .
1,150.00
30.00
500.00
$19,759.95
LESS DISBURSEMENTS
United Jewish Appeal
Other Allocations to Charities
Campaign Dinner . . . .
Other Campaign Expenses
Audit . . . .
. . .. .
Secretarial E~pense
Office Expense . . . . .
Transient Fund . . . . .
$14,785.00
2,175.00
400.00
83.20
50.00
200.00
91.04
85.00
Total Disbursements
Cash on Hand . . . .
Cash in Bank April 12, 1965 .
$17,869.24
250.00
250.00
1,640.71
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Allocations for 1964
United Jewish Appeal . . . . .
$1 4,785.00
Muskegon Chapter of Hadassah
225.00
Hebrew University & Technion .
200.00
$15,210.00
Union of American Hebrew Cong.
800.00
American Jewish Committee
100.00
American Jewish Congress
100.00
Anti-Defamation League . .
150.00
Hebrew Union College-Jerusalem
H i llel
50.00
150.00
American Red
Mogen David for Israel
25.00
Jewish Theological Seminary
New York . . . .
150.00
Jewish Welfare Board . . . .
75.00
Synagogue Council of America
50.00
Jewish Chautauqua Society .
100.00
1,750.00
I
Total Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$1 6 ,960 .00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
l
PLEDGED
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Aron . . .. . . $
MILK
FUND
PAID
40.00
40.00
Mr. & Mrs. Abe Ashendorf . . .
500.00
500.00
Mr. & Mrs. Max Ashendori , , ,
250.00
250.00
Jerry Ashendorf . . . . . . .
3.00
3.00
Mr. & Mrs. Isadore Ashendorf .
25.00
25.00
Becky & Gilbert Ashendori .
5.00
5.00
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph August . . . . .
200.00
200.00
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Becker . . .
200.00
200.00
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Berman . . . .
100.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Berman . . .
50.00
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Cherin . . . .
75.00
Mrs. Jerome Oherin . . . . . .
75.00
25.00
25.00
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Cohen
50.00
50.00
Mr. Louis Darmstadter . . .
50.00
50.00
Mr. Harry Field . . . . . . .
20.00
20.00
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Fisher .
150.00
150.00
Lorraine & Janet Friend .
25.00
25.00
Mrs. Warne·r Galombeck ..
10.00
10.00
Robert Galombeck . . . .
2.00
2.00
Mr. &
BAL.
Mrs. Robert GotJtleib . . .
25.00
25.00
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Greenberg ...
250.00
250.00
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Grossman
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mr. & Mrs. Komm a Gudelsky
10.00
10.00
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Gudelsky .
85.00
85.00
Roger Gudelsky . . . . .
15.00
15.00
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Hawkins . . .
100.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Jaffe . . . . . .
450.00
450.00
Dr. & Mrs. Morton Kantor . . . .
100 00
100.00
)
�I
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PLEDGED
MILK
FUND
Kaufman Amstore Foundation .. $2,500.00
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Krause
PAID
$2,500.00
75.00
75.00
Mrs. Helen Kulka . . . .
25.00
25.00
Mrs. Samuel Lawson . . . .
50.00
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Levin . . .
100.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Libner .
250.00
250.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Libner . . .
225.00
225.00
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Lipman . .
700.00
700.00
Hyman Lipman . . . . . . . . .
150.00
150.00
Ben Marcus
100.00
100.00
....... .
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Neumer . . . .
Mrs. Ted Neumer . . . . . . .
100.00
25.00
100.00
25.00
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer .
Lee Oppenheimer . . . .
65.00
1.00
65.00
1.00
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Parker .
30.00
30.00
Alan Parker . . . . . . .
10.00
10.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jemes Price ..
40.00
40.00
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Rapoport .
100.00
100.00
1.00
1.00
Carla Rapoport . . . .
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rosen
500.00
500.00
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosen . . .
1,500.00
1,500.00
Mrs. Leo Rosen .
100.00
100.00
Mrs. Harold Rosen . . . . .
500.00
500.00
Mrs. K. Rothschild . . ..
25.00
25.00
Mr. & Mrs Max Rothschild
85.00
85.00
Miss Florence Rubinsky . . .
100.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Schrieber .
50.00
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Shumacher .
30.00
30.00
5.00
5.00
Harold, Judy, Ruth Shumacher
BAL.
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PLEDGED
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Singer .
. $
MILK
FUND
50.00
PAID
$
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Singer ..
Mrs. Goldie Smith . . . . . . .
100.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
Mr. Joseph Simon . . . . . . .
100.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Steindler .
250.00
250.00
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Steindler .
300.00
Mrs. Milton Steindler . . .
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Steinman
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Stern .
Dr. & Mrs. Morris Teles .
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Wiener .
Mrs. Josiah Wiener ..
300.00
50.00
25.00
50.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,250.00
1,250.00
Mrs. Josiah Wiener .
Mrs. Paul Wiener .
2,000.00
2,000.00
U. J. C. Juniors . . . . .
44.00
44.00
36.00
36.00
$16,571.00 $241.00 $16,812.00
241.00
$16,812.00
BAL.
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRAT IONAL
LEADER
PAUL M . WIENER
1955
1901
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M.
WIENER
1941 - 1946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946 - 1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947 - 1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948 - 1949
HARRY A.
1949 - 1950
FISHER
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950 - 1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951 - 1952
HERMAN
1962 - 1953
GROSSMAN
ABE ASHENDORF
1953 - 1954
TED NEUMER
1954 - 1955
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING
1955 - 1956
FRED STEIN
1956 - 1957
JOSIAH WIENER
1957 - 1958
MILTON STEINDLER
1958 - 1959
LOUIS M. BERMAN
1959 - 1960
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1960 - 1961
JOEL WIENER
1961 - 1962
ROBERT LIBNER
1962 - 1963
RICHARD KAUFMAN
1963 - 1964
�U. J. C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Richard
Kaufman
Chairman
Jack Steindler
Vice-Chairman
Dr. Morton Kantor
Treasurer
Mrs. Samuel
Secretory
Lawson
Abe Ashendorf
Alon Oppenheimer
Isadore Ashendorf
Daniel Rapoport
Harry H. Berman
Douglas Rosen
Eugene Fisher
Leo Rosen
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Milton Steindler
Herman Grossman
Dr. Morris Teles
Sylvia Poul Howkins
Joel Wiener
J. Kelly Kaufman
Samuel Klayf
Samuel Lipman
Mrs. Josiah Wiener
Mrs. Paul Wiener
�ANNUAL REPORT
JACK STEINDLER, CHAIRMAN
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1965
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�-
ANNUAL REPORT
ARTHUR H. GREENBERG, CHAIRMAN
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1966
�ANNUAL REPORT
JACK STEINDLER, CHAIRMAN
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1965
".
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�MESSAGE FROM THE U.J. C. CHAIRMAN
Dear Fellow Jew and Fellow Contributor
Just a few days ago, as we observed Passover, we read the
story of the Exodus. For those of us who are participants in a U .J .A
drive, this is not just the retelling of an ancient event, for we realize
that in almost every generation there is a new Exodus. But it is
our generation that has been fortunate in helping to secure a land
for those who must leave their "House of Bondage".
I wish to thank each of you for the contributions that you have
made during the past year, and will continue to make to our current
campaign. Our task has not been completed, nor will it be as long
as so many of our fellow Jews must wait in hostile lands for their
chance to enter Israel.
Jack Steindler
�l
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Statement of Receipts and Disbursement s
For Year Ended March 22, 1966
Cash on Hand, April 15, 1965 . . . .
Pledges Received 1965 . . . . . .
S l 815.71
18,311.00
$20,126.71
LESS DISBURSEMENTS
United Jewish Appeal .
Other Allocations to Charities
Printing Expense
Audit & Legal
Secretarial & Bookkeeping Expense .
Office Expense . . . .
Total Disbursements
Cash on Hand March 22, 1966.
$15,700.00
2 ,595.00
80.00
57.00
175.00
47.17
18, 654.17
$1,472.54
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
Allocations for 1965
United Jewish Appeal. . . . .
Muskegon Chapter of Hadassah .
Hebrew University & Technion .
$15,700.00
150.00
100.00
$15 ,950.00
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Congress
Anti-Defamation League . .
Council of Jewish Federation
Hebrew Union College - Jerusalem.
Hias . . . . .
Hillel . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Histraduth Ivrith . . . . . . . .
American Red Mogen David for Israel
Jewish Braille . . . . . . . . . .
Jewish Chatauqua Society . . . . .
Jewish Theological Seminary New York
Jewish Welfare Board . . . .
Relief & Subvention
Synagogue Council of America . . . .
Traverse City State Hospital Services .
700.00
150.00
100.00
150.00
50.00
100.00
150.00
150.00
20 .00
25.00
25 .00
100.00
100.00
150.00
50.00
25.00
300.00
2,345.00
Total Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$18,295.00
�p
::JJ:J
I
UNITED JEWISH CHARI Tl ES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR
AMOUNT PAID
Mr. & Mrs. Abe Ashendorf .
s
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph August.
500.00
25.00
250.00
200.00
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Berman.
125.00
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Berman
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Isadore Ashendorf.
Mr. & Mrs. Max Ashendorf
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Cherin
5.00
25.00
10.00
100.00
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Cohen
10.00
Mr. Louis Darmstadter.
50.00
50.00
20.00
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Brace.
Mrs. Nathan Broutman.
Mrs. Selma Cahn .
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Ennis
Mr. Harry Field.
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Fisher .
100.00 *
500.00
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Fonstein.
25.00
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Fisher
Mrs. Warner Galombeck
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Greenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Grossman .
Mr. David Gudelsky .
Mr. & Mrs. Komma Gudelsky
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Gudelsky
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Hawkins .
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Jaffe
Mrs. Frances Kantor
l
J
10.00
250.00
750.00
200.00
10.00
100.00
100.00
450.00
25.00
'I
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR
AMOUNT PAID
Dr. & Mrs. Morton Kantor
$
Kaufman Amstore Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Krause .
1
Mrs. He !en Kulka
Mrs. Samuel Lawson
J
Mr. & Mrs. Jess Levin.
Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Levy.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Libner
Mr. Hyman Lipman
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lipman .
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Lipman .
Mr. Ben Marcus.
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Neumer
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer.
Lee Oppenheimer .
Mr. & Mrs . Albert Parker.
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Price .
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Rapoport
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Rosen .
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosen .
Mrs. Harold Rosen
Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg.
Mrs. Benno Rothschild
'!
Mr. & Mrs. Max Rothschild.
Miss Florence Rubinsky.
125.00
3,000.00
75.00
35.00
50.00
75.00
15.00
250.00
50.00
225.00
750.00
100.00
125.00
65.00
2.00
30.00
100.00
100.00
500.00
1,850.00
600.00
25.00
25.00
90.00
125.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Schrieber.
SO.OD
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Shumacher.
30.00
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR
Mr. Joseph Simon . . . .
AMOUNT PAID
$
120.00
Mr . & Mrs. Joseph Singer
25.00
50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Singer
50.00
Mrs. Alexander Smith . .
200.00
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Steindler
300.00
Dr. Irving Singer . . . .
Michael Steindler .
5.00
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Steindler. .
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Stern . . .
500 .00
25.00
Dr. & Mrs. Maurice Stromberg.
25.00
100.00
Dr. & Mrs. Morris Teles .
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Wiener
1,000.00
Mrs. Josiah Wiener
1,250.00
Mrs. Paul Wiener .
2,200.00
44.00
U. J C. Juniors
40.00
Anonymous . .
$
18,341.00 *
*$30.00 of this amount pre-paid during previous year
Pledges Unpaid as of March 21, 1966. . . . . . . .
$365.00
.
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M. WIENER
1955
1901
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
United Jewish Charities
Of Greater Muskegon
PAUL M. WIENER . .
J . KELLY KAUFMAN.
HARRY S. BERMAN
SAMUEL LIPMAN
.
HARRY A. FISHER.
FRANCIS N. FINE .
PAUL M. WIENER .
HERMAN GROSSMAN .
ABE ASHENDORF . .
TED NEUMER . . . .
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING .
FRED STEIN . . . .
JOSIAH WIE NER . . .
MIL TON STEINDLER .
LOUIS M. BERMAN . .
HERMAN GROSSMAN .
JOEL WIENER . . . .
ROBERT LIBNER . .
RICHARD KAUFMAN .
JACK STEINDLER . .
1941
1946 1947
1948 1949 1950 1951
1952 1953 ~
1954
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960
1961 1962
1963
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
�U. J.C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jack Steindler . . .
Chairman
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Vice-Chairman
Dr. Morton Kantor. .
Treasurer
Mrs. Samuel Lawson
Secretary
Abe Ashendorf
Alan Oppenheimer
Isadore Ashendorf
Daniel Rapoport
Harry Berman
Douglas Rosen
Eugene Fisher
Leo Rosen
Dr. Arthur Greenberg
Milton Steindler
Herman Grossman
Dr. Morris Teles
Sylvia Paul Hawkins
Joel Wiener
J. Kelly Kaufman
Mrs. Josiah Wiener
Samuel Klay£
Mrs. Paul Wiener
Samuel Lipman
.,
�-ANNUAL REPORT
ARTHUR H. GREENBERG, CHAIRMAN
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1966
�MESSAGE FROM THE U.J.C. CHAIRMAN
Dear United Jewish Charities Supporters:
We, the Jewish people of Muskegon, have joined in the past with
the great Anurican Jewish Com!llunit:, in cOIIl1litting our name, and our
strength to the leadership of Jewish causes .
this comru.t.niant is as
crucial today as it was in tho past. The tasks we face as Jews and
the dangers that surround us must al.Nays be met with exceptional
courage and sacrifice.
Once more, this :,ear, as always before, we
have fulfilled the obligations which we !reel:, sought and willingly
took upon ourselves,
We ma:, never see those 'Whom we have benefited,
but our lives will be hawier tor having made theirs ~ppior ,
Let us lend our continuing support to the new drive. lie Jews
have a conaion glory 1n the past. Let us have a co!llll\on will in the
future ,
Dr. Arthur H, Greenberg
�UNITED JE".,ISH CHARITIF.S
OF GRE&TER MUSKEGON
Statemnt of Receipts and Disbursements
For Year Ended February 15, 1967
Cash on Hand April l, 1966 •
.$ 1,472.54
1966 Pledges Received
, 16,026.66
1965 Pledges Received
50,00
~.... tery
Association
1 1400,00
Total Receipts
$18,91,9,40
LESS DISBURSEMENTS
United Jewish Appeal
Other Al.locations to Charities ,
Printing Expense •
Audit & Legal , ,
Sacre tarial & Bookkeeping Expense
,$15 ,800.00
2,395. 00
105,00
65.00
200,00
Office & Postage Expense
46, 94
Transient • • • , • • •
J.50
Victory Dinner & Invitations
Total Disbursemnts
Bank Balance February 15, 1967
Checks on hand 2/15/67
265.45
$18,!180,89
68,51
l 400, 00
t1,l6a. s1
�UtlI'l'ED J£',, ISII CH.JUTI!:S
OF ORUTER MUSKEGO!
illoca tions for 1966
United Jewish Appeal • • • •
Muskegon Chapter of Hadassah
. .sis,600.oo
1$0.00
Hebrev University & Technion
100.00
Union of American Hebrew Congrecat1ons
100.00
Aa:lrtcan Jewish Ccoaittoe
150,00
imorican Je,isb Conft"ss
100.00
Anti-Defamation Lea~ •
. .. . . . . . .
Federated Council ot Jewish Institutions
Hebrew Union College - Jeru.sale•
150.00
so.oo
100,00
Hias ,
iso.oo
11.illel
150,00
Histraduth Ivrith
20. 00
Amarican Red Xogen David for Israel
25.00
Jewish Braille • • • • •
2$.00
Jewish Chatauqua Society
100.00
Jewish 'lheological Se:ninary Now York
100.0~
, .._ _...:.~t: '11elfare
]$0,00
Boarci
Rabbical Subvention
so.oo
Synagogue Council ot America
25.00
l'.ebrew Cnion College - Cincir.nati
'16,0SO.oo
100.00
; 2,us.00
Total Allocations • • • • • , , , , , •• , , , • , , , ,
$111,195,00
�UNireD J&IISH CHARines
OF OREA'!ER KUSKEG<ll
AY.OONT PLEDG&D
NA.'IE OF CON'lRIBUTllR
$
Mr. and r.rs. Abe &shendor!
l'.r. and Hrs . Isadore Ashendorf
500.00
30.00
Mr. Ind !',rs. l'.ax Asbandor! •
250.00
Dr. & Hrs. Ralph August •
200. 00
Mr . and Mrs. Harry Ben,an
125.00
50. 00
Mr. and Mrs . Louis Berman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Br~ & Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Br~
35 .00
l'.r. and Mrs. Howard Bruelbeck • • • •
12.00
llrs. Audrey Cahill
10. 00
!'.rs. Selaa Calm
10.00
l'.r. and l'.r~. Jerome Cherin
25 . 00
!'.r. & Mrs. Jack Chevlin
10.00
l'r . Louis Darlt:ltadter
,50.00
50. 00
Kr. and Mrs . H~rbert Ennis
20.00
l'.r. Harry Field ••
100. 00
and >;rs . Eupene Fisher
2.s.00
Mr. and !'.rs. Leo t'onstein •
21.s.oo
Dr. and Mrs . Arthur Greenberg
Mr. and
Mr•. Hennan Grosaan
, • •
.soo.oo
l·'.r. David Gudelslcy
200.00
Mrs. Koma Gudelsky
20. 00
l'.r. and Mrs.
•:arv1.n
Gudelslcy
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph HavldmJ
•:r.
\
100.00
Mrs. Nathan Broutun • • • • • • • • •
•'.r .
)
100. 00
50.00
and !·'.rs. Levis Ja!te
450.00
Mrs . Morris Kantor • • •
25 . 00
Dr. and Mrs . l'.orton Kantor
12.s.oo
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�UNimD JE',,ISH CHARITES
CF
<ru:.T:::R rn;:c:;;01
.l.'la.l!IT f'LEIX)i:l)
!Cau!n,an FoUDdation •
Y.r, and Mrs. Sa,.,-1 llayf
Mr. and Y.rs. Ed>1ard Krause
Mrs. Samuel La>1aon • • ••
Yr . and >:rs. Jeu Lenn •
Hr. and >:rs. Reuben Levy •
!ir. and Mrs. Robert Libne r
Mr. and
1-'.rs. Jack "1paan •
Hr. and Mrs. S8111uel Lipman
Mr-. Ben Marcua • • • • • •
!'.r. and !'.rs. Ted lie..er • • •
Mr. and Mrs • .llan Oppenheimer
!'.r. and l·:rs • .llbert Parker • •
Y.r. and Mrs . Sa:,uel frice ••
>:r.
&nd Yrs. Daniel Rapoport
Mr. and l'.rs. Douglas Rosen
Mr. and Y.rs. Leo Rosen • •
50.00
85.00
50, 00
75.00
2$.00
2$0. 00
22$. 00
750. 00
150.00
• 150.00
6$.00
J0.00
100.00
125.00
500.00
1800
.oo
!'.rs. Harold Rosen • • ,
600.00
Rabbi Phillip Rosenberg
2$.00
l'.rs. Benno Rothschild •
Hr. and Hrs.
Max
Rothschild
Xiss Florence .,ubinall:7 • • •
'\
.$J,ooo.oo
2$.00
100.00
100.00
Hr. and Mrs. Jacob Schrieber
so.oo
Mr. Joseph Saon ••
120.00
Dr. Irrinv Sin€9r •
2$.00
Mr. ar,cl Mrs, Joseph ~~er
so.oo
�UNiml JEWISH CH.lRITlES
CF GRZA.'!ER Y.USKEOON
N.&.ME OF Cet; '!RIEU TCR
&!-'CUNT FLEDGED
Mr. and t:rs. Sal!luel Singer
$
50.00
!'.rs. Alexander Smith • • •
200. 00
r:r. and >:rs. Jack Steindler
325. 00
l'r. and l'rs . l!ilton Steindler
500. 00
. . .. .
l'r, and Mrs. Herbert Steinr>an
1".r, and "'rs. Bernard Stern
:'r, and l'rs .
50.00
50.00
illi8JII Stern
100.00
so.oo
Dr. and t!rs . l'.aur1ce Stror,berg
Dr. and 1-'.rs. >:orris Teles • •
100.00
t:r.
David Wiener • • • •
10.00
t:r.
and Mrs. Joel Wiener
1,000. 00
rrs. Josiah ,:1ener
l,250, XJ
t:rs. Paul "iener
2,200 . 00
U. J. C. Juniors
34, 86
Anonymous • • • •
40.00
Pled~ s Unpaid as of rebruary 15, 1967
Total Dues Collected
••••••
Less Checks on Rand
• • • • • •
Receipts frM Dues Collected and lleposi ted
Unpaid l:ote Receivable • • •
Previous Years I Unpaid Dues
.$1sOO,OO
1965 Dues Paid During 1966:
•
27S.oo
50. 00
$17,831.86
405 , 00
$17,426.86
1,400.00
$16,02{;.86
...
�FCl'NDER .&ND DiSFIRATIC!W.
WllER
PAUL M, WIENER
1901
1955
ROS'IER CF 1-xt."\'lCUS CHURY.E!i
CF
UNITED JEWISH CIWllTIES
OP G.U'!ER !:USKEGCN
PAUL M, •IDIER • ,
J. KKLLY UUFl'.AJI •
, 1941 - 191'6
• 1946- 191'7
1WU!Y S. oifYAll
• 1947- 191'8
SA>:UiJ. Lll'l'.J.N ,
, 1948 - 19119
HARRI A. FISHER
• 1949 - 1950
f'RlliCIS II . FM
• 1950 - 1951
PA!,1. M, ;.'IE!,'ER
, 1951 - 1952
HERl".All GROSSMAII
• 1952 - 1953
.lBE &SP.E?IDORF ,
• 1953 - 1951'
n;o !IEUMER ,
•
JOSZPH S. STRil'LING
• 195h - 19$5
• 1955 - 1956
FRED STEIN ••
• 1956 - 1957
JOSWI wIEN::R
• 1957 - 1958
~IL TOIi S'IEI!IILER •
• 1958 - 1959
LOUIS M. BERl'.All ,
, , 1959 - 1960
HKRIWi GliOSSl-:&N .
• 1960 - 1961
·•m'ER • •
• 1961 - 1962
ROBERT LIENER ,
, 1962 - 1963
RICHARD uunwi • •
• 1963 - 1964
JotL
JI.Cl S1!:I!IILER • •
1965
ARTHUR C2UEIIBERG •
1966
�U.
J. C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. Art.bur Greenberg
Chairman
Dr. Morton Kantor
Vice-Chain>an
Mr . Lewis Ja!fe •
Treasurer
Y.rs. Samuel Lawson • •
Secretary
Abe Ashendorf
ilan Oppenhelll9r
Isadore Ashendorf
Max Rothschild
Hannan GrossJIWI
Douglas Rosen
Marvin Gmelslcy
Leo Rosen
Richard Ka.uflnan
Jack Steindler
Jacob l'l. Kaufman
Milton Steindler
Jess Levin
Joel Wiener
Robe rt Libner
Mrs. Josiah Wiener
Jack Lipman
Mrs. Paul Wiener
Samuel Lipman
•
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��MESSAGE
FROM
THE
CHAIRMAN
CONGRATULATIONS, MUSKEGON JEWRY! Your generosity has saved over 25 lives this past year. Yes, 1957 was a
refugee year - with more than 100,000 Jewish men, women
and children facing disaster and death. To save a single refugee
costs $1000.00. This is the average amount needed to see him
through his first year - to resettle him, house him, and start
him on the road to self-support in Israel or any free land.
Through your unselfish contributions, you have shown your true
way of life.
As my administration comes to an end, all of our funds
collected, ( except for a small customary working balance,)
have either been expended or ear-marked. Thus we are financially depleted, but spiritually enriched by having expended
and allocated generously to the support of the United Jewish
Appeal and the other charities as detailed in this report. Now
my successor finds himself with no carry over of funds, and
therefore, he too must have the same financial support you so
generously gave to save lives during my campaign.
In all humbleness, I give thanks to my Co-Chairman, Secretary, and Trustees for their untiring efforts in wholly supporting
this campaign throughout the year. Special thanks to Mr. U. J. C.
himself, Mr. Leo Rosen, our dedicated treasurer. Thanks, Mrs.
Robert Rosenberg and your committee, for a job well done.
I should like to close this message with this thought: Only
if Muskegon and American Jewry will it, can inhumanity be
answered with humanity. Only if YOU will it, can lives be
saved, not lost.
May God bless you.
Frederick W. Stein,
Chairman 1956-57
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Stalement of Receipts and Disbursements
For Year Ended November 30, 1957
J
$ 3,265.85
Cash on Hand Nov. 30, 1956
Undeposited Checks and
Bonds, Nov. 30, 1956
Payments Received 1956-57 Pledges:
Bonds
$ 1,672.50
Checks
29,970.50
3,915.00
31,643.00
$38,823.85
LESS DISBURSEMENTS:
Allocations to Charities
$34,325.00
Dinners and Banquets
509.92
Office Expense .
137.00
50.00
Audit
Petty Cash, Transit Fund .
40.00
35.00
250.00
Addressograph
Secretarial Expense
403.50
Loan #1
Loan :ii: 2
175.00
35,925.42
2,898.43
Bonds for Israel on Hand
$ 1,500.00
Undeposited Checks .
4,320.00
75.00
Undeposited Cash
5,895.00
Bank Overdraft Nov. 30, 1957
.
$ 2,996.57
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Allo cations 1956-1957
TO ISRAEL:
United Jewish Appeal
Hadassah
• Hebrew University
& Technion 1955-56 .
Hebrew University
& Technion 1956-57 .
Jewish National Fund
$29,000.00
1,000.00
400.00
400.00
100.00
$30,900.00
OTHER:
*Union American
Hebrew Cong. 1955-56.
American Assoc. for Jewish Education
B'nai Brith Nat'I Youth Service
Brandeis University
Dropsie College .
Jewish Welfare Board
Bellefaire
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Joint Defense Appeal
Jewish Theological Seminary of N.Y.
Hebrew Theological College
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital
National Jewish Children's Home
Histcdruth lvrith
Bitzaron
National Jewish Hospital of Denver
Hillel
Yeshiva College
American Jewish Congress .
United Hias Service .
Synagogue Council of America
The Zionist Council .
Jewish Publication Society of America
$
600.00
25.00
100.00
400.00
100.00
125.00
100.00
50.00
750.00
100.00
100.00
150.00
150.00
25.00
25.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
$ 3,425.00
,;,p"'' of SI ,200.00 earmarked but
110/
$34,325.00
disbursed from 1955-56 cnmpaign.
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November 30 , 1957
PLEDGED
NAME
Anonymous
······················
$
························
Mrs. Tony Aron
Jocob Ashendorf ··············
Abe Ashendorf
500.00
Mrs. Abe Ashendorf
300.00
Mrs. Ida Ashendorf
••••••••n••
50.00
Max Ashendorf -···············
250.00
Or. Ralph August ············
200.00
lsodore Ashendorl
-0-0-
100.00
-0-
50.00
50.00
-0-
20.00
300.00
-0-
500.00
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
50.00
350.00
-0-
5.00
50.00
150.00
25.00
Mrs. Reva Bank ................
210.00
BALANCE
36.50
100.00
280.00
PAID
$
36.50
················
················
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
21 o.oo
Mrs. Louis Aron ················
Tony Aron
MILK
FUND
25.00
55.00
-0-
250.00
-0-
400.00
-0-
25.00
-0-
125.00
-0-
Arthur Bell ······················
100.00
Louis. M. Berman
············
250.00
250.00
-0-
·········-········
25.00
25.00
-0-
··················
25.00
Noth an Broutmon ············
25.00
25.00
-0-
··········--···-······
10.00
10.00
-0-
Or. Seymour Cane . ...........
25.00
25.00
-0-
10.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
-0-
300.00
300.00
-0-
Jack Chevlin
50.00
50.00
-0-
Louis Oarmstadter
75.00
75.00
-0-
Andrew
50.00
50.00
-0-
10.00
-0-
Horry Berman
Hy Braverman
Selma Cohn
10.00
David & Elsie Cane -·······
Ellis Chevlin
Robert Cherin
················--··
··················
····················
----········
Epstein ················
10.00
Rebecca Epstein ······•·········
Harry Field
Harry fisher
······················
····················
20.00
Hyman
Friedman
············
1,500.00
750.00
250.00
Mrs. Harry Fisher ············
Hernord Fisher ·········•······
25.00
100.00
15.00
10.00
20.00
-0-
750.00
1,500.00
250.00
-0-
100.00
-0-
25.00
-0-0-
Or. Arthur Greenberg ······
175.00
25.00
200.00
Hermon Grossman •···········
1,000.00
1,200.00
2,200.00
-0-
Louis Grossman ············--··
500.00
1,000.00
200.00
1,300.00
100.00
-0-
Mrs. Hermon Grossman
100.00
Jeff, Lourie &
Rochel Grossman
100.00
········
100.00
1
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Year Ended November JO, 19 57
NAME
r
I
PLEDGED
MILK
FUND
PAID
BALANCE
Mr. & Mn.
M. S. Gudelsky
40.00
20.00
20.00
Oscar Gudelsky ..
100.00
50.00
50.00
Kamma Gudelsky
David Gudelsky
Meyer Jacobs
Soul Jacobson ...
10.00
10.00
-0-
200.00
200.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
-0-
375.00
375.00
-0-
60.00
-0-
3,500.00
-0-
60.00
Dr. Marie Keilin
1,500.00
J. K. Kaufman
Mrs. J. K. Kaufman ..........
....
Samuel Klay!
2,000.00
100.00
300.00
1,000.00
100.00
-0-
600.00
700.00
Mrs. Saro Klein
200.00
200.00
-0-
Sigmund Kulka
200.00
200.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
Mrs. Sigmund Kulka
........
...............
50.00
50.00
25.00
75.00
- 0-
Samuel Lawson
60.00
15.00
75.00
-0-
Jess Levin ......
100.00
20.00
120.00
- 0-
36.50
-0-
Edward Krouse
Lourie, Mimi &
Jereme Levine
36.50
Reuben levy ....
Jack Lipman
500.00
.....
100.00
..
Mrs. Sam Lipman
1,500.00
............
Mr. & Mrs. Jame, Metz ....
Herman Mendel.an
20.00
Som Price
Betty Price
....... ..
-0-
2,500.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
50.00
150.00
25.00
5.00
-0-
425.00
-0-
50.00
-0-
25.00
-0-
50.00
100.00
350.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
-0100.00
500.00
Elizabeth Rose ..................
Mr. & Mrs. lea Rosen ··-·
Harold Rosen ..
-0-
10.00
425.00
.......... ·······••··
Fred Radell ....
150.00
50.00
.......
Howard Pearlman
50.00
5.00
Mrs. Ted Neu mer
Albert Park er ...
-0-
1,000.00
Ted Neu mer ....
Sylvia Poul
1,000.00
50.00
130.00
- 0-
500.00
10.00
Ellen Lynn Lipman ............
Sam Lipman
25.00
25.00
Hyman Lipman
j
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
500.00
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
100.00
450.00
-0-
15.00
15.00
-0-
50.00
1,500.00
2,550.00
-0-
1,500.00
2,000.00
500.00
---- - -----
�UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
Schedule of Pledges for Yea r Ended November 30 , 19S7
NAME
PLEDGED
Oouglos Rosen •...............
MILK
FUND
SPECIAL
SURVIVAL
125.00
Jeff, 80rb0r0 &
More Rosen .................
100.00
200.00
Mox Rosenberg
PAID
BALANCE
125.00
-0-
100.00
-0-
200.00
-0-
100.00
-0-
Robert Rosenberg
100.00
Maxwell Rou
~00.00
50.00
250.00
-0-
50.00
25.00
75.00
-0-
Mox Rothschi ld
Arthur, Steven &
Lindo Rothschi ld
10.00
-0-
25.00
25.00
-0-
100.00
100.00
-0-
Mox Shumocher
75.00
75.00
-0-
Som Shumocher ..
10.00
10.00
-0-
110.00
110.00
-0-
10.00
Cho,. Rubinsky
Florence Rubinsky
Jacob Schreiber
Mrs. Mox Schubb
25.00
35.00
-0-
Sol Silverman .....
100.00
100.00
-0-
Joseph Simon ...
150.00
150.00
-0-
Dr. Irving Singer
25.00
30.00
-0-
Eli Smith ........
750.00
750.00
-0-
Wm. Stern .....••.•............•
100.00
100.00
-0-
Fred Stein
250.00
500.00
-0-
···············
5.00
100.00
150.00
50.00
Frances Steindler ..•..........
50.00
-0-
450.00
-0-
........
Steindler ...
300.00
,so.oo
250.00
-0-
......
500.00
500.00
-0-
250.00
-0-
125.00
-0-0-
Milton Steindler ·Jock & Irene
10.00
Mr. Joseph Strifling .
Mrs. Joseph Strifling ...
Dr. Morris Teles ..........
..
....
150.00
250.00
125.00
···········
10.00
5.00
15.00
... ······• ...
Mrs. Josiah Wiener . ......
1,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
-0-
80.00
-0-0-
Melvin VonDuren
Josiah Wiener
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Wiener ....
Mrs. Poul Wiener . .......
80.00
50.00
25.00
75.00
1,250.00
250.00
1,500.00
10.00
Temple B'noi lsroel Youth ..
Chos. Yoker ....................
40.00
$19,720.00 $1,983.00 $ 14,260.00
- 0-
10.00
-0-
40.00
-0-
$31,64 3.00 $ 4,320.00
!
�\
December 3, 1957
United Jewish Charities,
Muskegon, Michigan.
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to your request, I have audited the books and records
of the UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES, of Muskegon, Michigan, for the year
ended November 30, 1957, and submit, herewith, my report on my
findings.
The books were accurately kept and were in balance at the year end.
Included in the report are the following:
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements.
Statements of Charitable Allocations.
Schedule of pledges for various funds.
Balance sheet as at November 30, 1957.
Cash on hand consisted of checks collected subsequent to the last
deposit, some of which are post dated, and ore to be deposited within
the next few days. Bonds in the amount of S1500 were received on
account of pledges and are being held for disposition. During the year
the prior pledge of Mike Goldberg in the amount of $50.00 was cancelled.
In my opinion, according to the accepted principles of accounting,
the attached statements and schedules truly reflect your operations for
the year ended November 30, 1957, and your financial condition as
of that date.
Thanking you for this opportunity to again serve you,
am,
Respectfu I ly yours,
WALTER A. DIXON.
Certified Public Accountant.
�FOUNDER AND INSPIRATIONAL
LEADER
PAUL M. WIENER
1901
1955
ROSTER OF PREVIOUS CHAIRMEN
OF
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
OF GREATER MUSKEGON
PAUL M. WIENER .
1941 -1 946
J. KELLY KAUFMAN
1946-1947
HARRY S. BERMAN
1947-1948
SAMUEL LIPMAN
1948-1949
HARRY A. FISHER
1949-1950
FRANCIS N. FINE
1950-1951
PAUL M. WIENER
1951-1952
HERMAN GROSSMAN
1952-1953
ABE ASHENDORF
1953- 1954
TED NEUMER
1954-1955
JOSEPH S. STRIFLING
1955-1956
�mhr fflullrtin
of
<!Longregalion ID'nai ~srnel
MUSKEGON. MICHIGAN
5710
I
•
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER
1949
he Rabbi, Officers and Board of Trustees of
Temple B'nai Israel extend New Year greetings
to the entire congregation. May God gi·ant that
in the New Year we and a.11 mankind may be
fret! from worry, sickness and mishap.
�SCHEDULE OF SERVICE
FOR SUCCOTH
October 8 and 9th. Saturday and Sunday,
first two day~ of Succoth.
Friday, October 7th
Traditional Evening Service
7 ::JO P.M
COMMUNITY SERVICE
8:15 P.M
Saturday, October 8th
Traditional 1\1orning Service
8::11) A.l\L
Traditional Evening Service
6:30 P.M.
Sunday, October 9th
Traditional Morning Service
8:30 A.1\1.
The Bulletin of C-Ongregalloo U-nal Israel Is published monthly from Septmnb<!r \<l July.
Tem1>le Telephone 2-2702
Samuel Umen
Rabbi
1949-0FFICERS-1949
Paul M. Wiener
President
1st Vice President
Sam Lipman
2nd Vice President
Harry S. Berman
Treasurer
Reuben Berman
Financial Secretary
Han-y H. Berman
Secretary
Rose Lawson
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR
THE HIGH HOLY DAYS
1949-1950 - 5710
Rosh Hashonnah-Saturday and Sunday, September 24th and 25th.
Friday Evc.ning, September 236 :00 P.1\1.
Traditional Maariv Service
(In small Chapel.)
Formal Community Service
8 :00 P.M.
(In large Chapel.)
Saturday, September 24th-1st day of Rosh
Hashonnah
Traditional morning service
8 ::30 A.1\1.
(Seba charis)
10:00 A.M.
Reading of the Scroll
11:00 A.M.
Formal Community Service
Sermon
End of Service
12 :45 P.M.
Saturday Afternoon-September 24th
Traditional Mincho Service
5 :15 P.M.
Traditional Maariv Service
6 :01) P.M.
Sunday, September 25th~2nd day of Rosh
Hashonnah.
Traditional morning service
(Seba charis)
8 :30 A.M.
Reading of the Scroll
10 :00 A.1\-1.
Se1·mon
Sounding of the Shofar
(ram's horn)
11 :20 A.~[.
Traditional Musaf Service
11 :30 A.M.
End of Service
12 :45 P.M.
Sunday Afternoon-September 25th
Traditional Mine ho Service
5 :15 P.M.
Traditional Maariv Service
6 :00 P.M.
YOM KIPPUR
Yorn Kippur-Monday, October 3, 1949
Sunday Evening, October 2nd.
Traditional Kol Nidrei Service _ .. 6 :00 P.M.
(In small Chapel)
Formal Community Kol Nidrei
8:00 P.l\I.
Service
-Sermon:\Tonday Morning, October 3rd
Traditional morning service
8:00 A.M.
(Seba charis)
Reading of the Scroll
10:00 A.M.
Traditional Yizkor Service
10:45 A.M.
Formal Community Service
11 :15 A.1\1.
-Sermon1:15 P.M.
Recess
Traditional Musaf Service
1 :30 P.M.
Junior Service
3 :lfi P.M.
Traditional Afternoon (l\Iincho)
Service
3:45 P.M.
Community Memorial Service
4:30 P.1\-1.
Neilah (Closing Service)
5:00 P.M
End of Service
6:00 P.M.
HASHONNAH RABAH - OCTOBER 14
Friday, October 14th
Traditional Morning Sl.'rvicc
8 :30 A.M.
SHMINI A TZERES (8th DAY SUCCOTH)
OCTOBER 15th
Friday Evening, October 14
Traditional Service
7 :31) P.M.
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL SERVICE 8:15 P.M.
Saturday, October 15th
Traditional Morning Service
8 ::30 A.M.
YIZKOR
10:00 A.M.
Saturday, October 15th
CHILDREN'S SIMCHATH
TORAH PARTY
4:00 P.M.
Traditional Simchath Torah Service
6:30 P.M.
SIMCHATH TORAH
Sunday, October 16th
Traditional Morning Service
8:30 A.1\1.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR
1949 - 1950. (5710)
OPENING SESSIONS
;;;unday School, Sunday, September 18. 10:00
Hebrew School, l\Ionday, October 24, -1 :O(J
Adult Hebrew, i\fondav, October 24 1 :00
Bible Study, Wednesday, October 26, 8: L5
a.m
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
SIMCHATH TORAH PARTY
On Saturday afternoon, October 15, 4 :30 p.m.,
t'. ere will be a Simchath Torah party for the children of our Religious School. 'l he !{.abbi will explain the nature of the celebration, the children
will march in the Torah parade and then receive
a special treat from Sisterhood.
OUR FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
The Jewish festivals in their traditional forms,
take the Jew year by year, through all the im~ortant period$ of J•e~vish hisory. At Passover he
lives through the Exodus "as if he himself went
out of ,Egypt";_ at Succoth he makes the juurney
throug.1 the wilderness, at Shevuoth he receives
the Law. on the various fast days, culminating
on Tisha Be' Av, he passes through alI the peop!e's wars down to the Destruction of the 8cconrl
Temple, at Hanuccah he wins again the victorv
of the people against its attackers and of Judaism over Hellenism. And he who sees all this
again year after ye~,. ca"n'>• bnt root himself
deeply in his people and strengthen his dete1·mination to bring the renewed State of Israel to
fruition, and to continue all the bright trends of
our original culture. Even the Jew who is far
from Jewish tradition will admit that we would
have been lost had we not held to these tracliions through the thousands of years of exile.
-2-
�THE NEW YEAR
The New Year festival is far other than the
mere opening day, according to the olden ,Tewish
reckoning, of another ye,ar in the flight of time.
Unlike the New Year celebrations of many
ancient and modern nations, the Jewish New
Year is not a time of revelry. It is a solemn season of self-examination and self judgment in th<>
life of the Jew. Scripture prescribes a special
symbolic rite for this day, the sounding of the
ram's horn, the SHOF AR. Whoever has once
heard during the New Year service the shrill
notes 01 this oldest of wind instruments will never
forget them. And the meaninia- of this ceremony
to the worshippers who listen to these notes in
solemn awe is as stirring as the sounds them-•
selves. Since days immemorial , the sounding of
the ram's h0l'n on the New Year has been interpretod in Israel as the clarion call to repentance and spiritual renewal, saying: "Awake, ye
sleepers! Be not of those who miss realities in
their hunt after shadows. Consider your deeds:
purify your hearts. There is an Eye that seeth
all things: the,re is an Ear that heareth all things.
There is a heavenly Judge with whom is no unrighteousness, nor forgetfulness, nor respect of
persons."
And on the High Festivals the Jew thinks not
only of himself, but of peace and blessedness for
all mankind. In the most ancient and solemn
part of the services, both of the New Year and
of the Day of Atonement, he prays God to hasten
the time when the mighty shall be just and the
just mighty; when al) the children of men shall
form one hand of brotherhood; when national arrogance and oppression shalJ have passed away,
like so much smoke from the earth.
-JOSEPH H. HERTZ
-Chief Rabbi of British Empire
( 1872-1946)
A MESSAGE FROM OUR RABBI
The year just t~ded was a test year. Through
the will and determination of the Jewish people
everywhere, the D. P. camps have well nigh be-1en
evaeuated. Thousands of our brethren have
been given a new Je.ise on life in their new home,
Palestine. The Israelis have proved to the worlJ
by their ability and wisdom that they can carry
on as a free and indeptvtdent nation.
While there are still many pressing problem~
facing the Israeli government and the Israeli
peopTei as a whole, we are confident nevertheless,
that given time, they will go from strength to
strength.
For our own local community, the year past
was also a challenge. Our program called for
vision, courage, effort and a stronia- will for
execution of same. The year being over, we can
say with a smile the work was done and donE'
well.
Now we stand at the threshold of the New
Year. More, much more is expected of us in the
New Year. Only by doing better in the days
ahead, shall we know that we are progres~ing.
We have met the challenge before, with God's
help and a combined effort we can can do it
again.
Rabbi Samuel Umen
BEGINNERS' CLASSES IN HEBREW
Parents who are planning to register their children in the Heb1'0W School are asked to do so at
the Temple Office. before October 24.
A beginner's class in Hebrew for Adults will
be giw.n on Thursday evenings from 8 :00 p.m.
to 9 :00 p.m. beginning Oetober 27. All those
who are interested in this course, are urgE'd to
notify the Temple Office.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Somehow around this time of the year, a new
spirit takes hold of us. We look forward to the
New Year. We feel that the New Yeal' will be
better and will have nicer things for us than
that offe1'c,d by the past. All this is natural. We
can't do anything with the past. The past is
gone, dead. It is the future that can be lived and
translated by our life into things great and
memorable. Hence. standing before the New
Year in which we are about to begin to Ji\'e, let
u1: resolve to live every day granted to us to the.
fullest of our ability.
Onlv by remembering our duty to ourselves,
our fellow-man, our community, our people and
our country, not only in thought but also in act,
shall we fully E'njoy the days that are ours in the
future.
May God grant that the New Year be for us
and a!J mankind one of happiness and rich in
achievement.
-PAUL M. WIENER
A MESSAGE FROM THE
RITUAL CHAIRMAN
I am happy to report to the community that
the year now ending was one that gave me and
my committee untold joy. It was good to see the
large attendance at our Friday night service, the
many Congregants join and participate in the
Oneg S'habat programs after the service, and following through the Ritual Program as planned
by the Committee throughout the year.
Recently the committee met again and mapped
ou a program for the coming year, which I am
sure will indicate, as this program evolves, that
we are makinia- progress. that we are heading- for
a strong united community. All of us are responsible for the progress we made last year. I know
that the entire Congregation will continue to coperate in the future as in the past to the end
that we shall all enjoy the fruits of our labor.
May our 'heavenly Father bless us, all Israel,
and all mankind with a New Year of peace anri
prosperity.
-SAMUEL G. KLAYF
A MESSAGE FROM
OUR SISTERHOOD PRESIDENT
We of Sisterhood are happy to wish the members of our community a year of peace, happiness. joy and contentment.
With our transitional year in the past, a difficult but happy one, we forge ahead to serve as an
auxiliary to our fine congregation to the fullest
of our capacity. May we be ever mindful of our
duties and obligations to our people and community so that every year produces greater and
more constructive achievements.
The beautiful and familiar words always
sounded at the New Year--"L'Shono Tova Tikosevu" serve as a stimulus to fulfill our duties to
bring the ultimate of peace, happiness, joy and
contentment to all of us and our fellowmen.
-FRANCES AUGUST
GREETINGS FROM
B 'NAI BRITH PRESIDENT
Through the medium of this Bulletin I wish to
extend my sincerest wishes to all the Temple
members and to all the members of the Abraham
Rosen Lodge. Judging from the enthusiasm expressed by most of our members with regard to
the B'nai Brith program for the coming year. I
feel that we can look forward to a very fruitful
year.
-HAROLD SILVERMAN
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�A MESSAGE FROM OUR
U. J . C. CHA IRMAN
I recall at this writing, a thought from one of
the sermons delivered by our Rabbi during the
High Holy Day Services of last year. "We can
become better if we only will it to be. We can
make our community better if we so desire. It
is all within our will."
I fully agree with the Rabbi that the key to
success lies within the will. When a person sets
his whole heart and mind upon a certain goal, he
can in due time achieve his aim. Obstacles vanish
before the strong-willed.
In December 1948, a large portion of the
Temple membership, met at a dinner at the Occidental Hotel. Then and there we took counsel together and decided how much help our needy
brethren were to receive from us. We pledged
our help individually and as a group._ vye reported
our decision to those that were waiting fot· our
answer and who were counting on us.
Thus far on the whole, our pledge 1emains
nothing but a gesture. I feel that in any and
every language there is nothing more sacred than
a pledge. Let nothing stand in our way between
now and the New Year in keeping our word with
God and our fellow man. Before we ask God for
a New Year of life, let us make sure that we
through our promises have not deprived others of
the same.
-SAM L I PMAN
NEW YEAR GREETINGS FROM OUR
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
With God's blessings of a New Year of health
and happine,ss for ourselves and our children, we
look forward to a year of great achieyements. in
our Religious &hool. Many outstandmg Jewish
leaders and educators whose talents were given
in the last decad o to the pressing problems of
Jewish homelessness, are now directing their attention to the much neglected problem of Jewish education at hom&--here in the United States.
There is no doubt in my mind that a new attitude and new spirit toward Jewish study will
seize the entire Jewish Community of America.
It is in the light of this happening, together with
what we ourselves are planning for our School
in the way of a program, that I feel confident
that the coming year will be one of outstanding
accomplishments in our School.
-Gene Berman, Principal
A TEMPLE NEEDS A SOUL
A Temple is in a way like a human being. The
bones, the flesh, the sinews, the entire . body
structure is nothing but lifeless matter without
the breath of life-the soul. A house of worship, no matter how beautiful it may b~, wi~ho~t
the life that the Congregants pour mto 1t, 1s
nothing but a dead body. A -r:emple like a human
being needs a soul. It needs hfe. There are many
ways by which the membership can make their
Temple a living institution. . A~ this time we
3hould like to suggest the bmldmg and developing of our choir. The Choir is a necessary adjunct of the Temple. Therf• are a number of men
and women in our Cong1egation who can help
develop our Choir. By helping the Choir, W'e
shall be giving life and enrich the soul of our
Temple. Join the Choir. Call Rose Rosenberg,
chairman, and tell her that you want to lend
your voice. "LET US COME AND SING UNTO
THE LORD."
A MESSAGE FROM THE
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE CHAIRMAN
It was a wonderful experience to work together with the younger member!> of the Congregation. Since we got organized late in the year,
thn·e was little time bad for planning a full program of activity. The few affairs conducted by
the Young People's League during the year, however, proved to be very successful. More careful
planning and a better organized group, I believe,
can do itself proud during the coming year. I
have faith in the Young People's League.
I want to take this opportunity of expressing
my deepest gratitude to the Congregation and
Sisterhood for the co-operation the Young
People's League received from them on every occasion.
May our Lord grant us all health and happiness
in the New Year, so that we can go on in our
work from strength to strength.
-HERBERT F I SHER
A MESSAGE FROM
THE HADASSAH PRESIDENT
I am very grateful to the Congregation for invitin~ me to extend Hadassah's New Year greetings to our community through this Bulletin.
Once again, I wish to say that the past year has
bel'n one of success for Hadassah generally and
for our Chapter particularly. Two things governed our action and stimulated our interest and
wo1 k. First, the cause itself and secon,Uy the
knowledge that we were working for the enh:rncement of the State of Israeli.
The New Year, will I am certain make greater
dr-m1nds upon us. I am also certain that the untold satisfaction which we derive from our work,
will not permit us to slacken. Hadassah's healing
hand is needed now more than ever. I know that
Hadassah here as everywhere else, will not deprivo her brethren the care and comfort that is
due them.
During the High Holy Day Service, we ask for
life, let us also remember to help those in need
to life and liberty. May we all be privileged to
enjoy the New Year in peace, health and prosperity to the end that we may s:e,rve God and
man.
-Jessie Neumer
A PRAYER AND A DEAL
Once there was a poor man, a "schlemihl". He
was so unhappy that he took pleasure in daydreaming. One day he uttered the following
prayer:
"Dear God---,give me ten thousand dollars for the New Year. I'll tell you
what--1'11 make a deal with you. I
swear to give five thousand dollars of
this amount for charity, the other half
let me keep. You say you have doubts
about my honorable intentions?-then
give me the five thousand dollars I ask
for myself and the other five thousand
dollars You give to charity yourself."
BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER
Rochelle Louise Cherin
September
ANNIVERSARIES FOR SEPTEMBER
Alexander Samuel Krause
September
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Steindler
September 2
William Dean Rosenberg
September
Mr. and Mrs. Max Shumacher
September 3
Jack Stanley Roberts
September
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Aron
September 7
Burt Hess Roberts
September
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P URPOSE OF LIF E
What is the meaning of life? This probably is
the most speculative question with which the
philosophers have wrestled in every generation.
Two things are certain. We ar·e born and we die.
What of the years between these two events?
The average person uses about the first twenty
or twenty-five years of life to prepare for his
life's work. This last about forty years and then
he either dies or retires. It is with these forty
years that the average man is most concerned.
What is the purpose of them. For what purpose
should he prepare himself, only to know that at
best he has forty or less years to be alive. What
should be the goal of purpose. To what designation should we set our ambition to achieve. It
seems to me that joy is the answer. Not pleasure.
Pleasure is only an artifice of nature to guarantee that he living will continue to live; it in no
way indicates the direction of life. But joy always
announces he fact that life has succeeded, that it
has gained ground, has won a victory; great joy
has a note of triumph in it. Wherever there is
joy there is creation: the richer the creation the
more profound the joy. The mother looking at
her child has joy because she knows that she
"created" him, physically and morally. Take the
exceptional joys of life: those of the artist 1·ealizing his concepts of beauty, the scholar discovering truth. You may have thought that these men
work for the glory of it all, that they take great
pleasure in the admiration of others. This is a
profound error. Men depend on fame and honor
to the exact extent that they are no sure of havinJI: succeeded. One who is absoluely sure of having done a good work has no need of praise; he
feels himself above glory, for the simple reason
that he is a creator; he knows he is a creator and
the joy he has in knowing it is a divine joy.
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Before you flare up at anyone's faults. take
time to count ten-ten of your own.
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remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
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most of us get up early.
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Sewing Circle: a group that darns more husbands than socks.
"The best things in life are free"-but the rub
it, that we can't live exclusiveJy on the best
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FIRST FRIDA Y NIGHT SERVICE
OCTOBER 2 1, 8: 15 P.M.
As we are about to resume the Friday night
scrvic()S, we cannot help but think of Sisterhood
and the hostesses tha.t Sisterhood furnished
throughout the past season. There is nothing
that hits the spot better than a hot cup of tea or
coffeo after the Service. Sisterhood with its
hostesses made this possible last year. We look
forward to the continuance of this lovely gesture.
TWO DEDICATIONS
TO TAKE PLACE SOON
The Golden Book will be dedicated at the first
Friday night service on October 21st. After the
Service, congregants will have a chance to feast
their eyes on the magnificent art work. found
within the covers of the Book.
Later in the season, perhaps during the Thanksgiving week~end, we shall have the pleasure of
dedicating the I sraeli Room now being made
ready for the occasion.
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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
THE HIGH HOLY DAYS
Rosh-means head
Shonnoh-means ye.ar
Ha-means the
Rosh Hasonnoh-means the head of the
year or the beginning of the year.
Rosh Hashonnoh is celebrated 1n the month
of TISHREI.
TISHREI is the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar.
The first month on the Hebrew calendar is
NISON.
Rosh Hashonnoh i~ obse)·ved two days by
Orthodox and Conservative Jews and one
day by Liberal or Reform Jew~.
Rosh Hashonnoh marks the anniversary of
the world. Our Rabbis believe that the world
was c1•e.-ated in the fall durin2: the month of
TISHREI.
Rosh Hasonnoh is known by several names:
a. YOM RADIN-Judgment Uay.
b. YOM HAZIKORON-Day of Remembrance.
c. YOM TRUOH-Day of sounding the
Trumpet.
Rosh Hashonnoh is known as ,Judgment Day
because our Rabbis claim that God sits in
judg-ement on this day, reviews our deeds of
the year gone by and judges according to
our dessert. Some are marked for death,
some for life, some for health and some for
illness, somei for riches and E-:>me for poverty etc.
The reason why Rosh Hashonnoh is known
as YOl\I HAZIKORON is because God remembers the great sacrifices many of our
leaders have m:ide on behalf of their reli11;ion and their love for God.
Rosh Hashonnoh is known as YOM TRUOH
because on this day the SHOFAR (or trumpet) is sounded during the Service.
Special prayers are re..cited on Rosh Hashonnoh. We appeal to God for a New
Year of health, happiness and prosperity.
Many of the prayers for the New Year or
Rosh Hashonnoh Service were written by
Rabbis aind poets of the middle ag-es. A few
of these men are:
J ehudah Halevi
Ibn Ezra
Eleazer Kalir
Solomon lbn Gabirol
Rosh Hashonnoh is a major holiday. A major
holiday is one which is mentioned in the
Bible.
Rosh Hashonnoh falls on the first day of
the seventh month of Tishrei.
All holidays that are observed two days outside of Palestine, are observed only one day
in Palestine.
Rosh Hashonnoh is observed two days in
Palestine (both days are regarded as 'one).
According to Or·hodox law, no work, except cooking is permitted on Rosh H~shonnoh.
The SHOFAR (trumpet) which is sounded
during the Service on Rosh Hashonnoh, is
fashioned out of a Ram's horn. It brings to
mind the ram which God sent to Abraham
as a substitute for the sacrifice of his son,
Isaac.
It is customary to dip bread in honey at the
supper hour on th.a eve of Rosh Hashonnoh.
This is to symboliie the swee.tness we hope
the New Year will bring us.
�TEMPLE PROSPECTUS
THE MEMBERSHI P of Congregation B'nai [sracl consists of men and women who desire to
practice the teachings and perpetuate the life of Israel.
SERVICES are conducted regularly at the Temple, Friday evenings at 8 :15 P.M., Sabbaths and
Holiday mornings at 8 :30 A.M.
THE CHOIR composed of volunteers from the Congregation assists in the Sabbath and Holiday
Services.
ADULT EDUCATION- courses in Hebrew, Jewish history and literature are given during the
fall and winter seasons by the Rabbi and are freo to the entire community.
OUR HEBREW SCHOOL, free of tuition fees, is open two days a week, Monday and Wednesday.
Tha hours of instruction are 4 :15 to 5 :15 P .M. Classes meet for one hour sessions.
OUR PROGRESSIVE SUNDAY SCHOOL, free cf tuition fees, aims to acquaint the child with
the life and history of his people, and to deepen his loyalty to the brotherhood of Israel and establish
high standards of conduct.
THE SISTERHOOD is an auxiliary body of the Temple. Through its social program and fund
raising activities, it helps support our Hebrew and Sunday Schools. Dues are $10.00 per annum.
LIBRARY-The Congregation B'nai Israel Co~munity Library established in memory of Rabbi
Aaron Cohen, is open to the public for reading, reference and research.
YOUTH-special programs of a cultural and social nature are al"l'anged during the year by our
Youth Committee, for the different age groups of the Temple.
A FORUM free to the entire community is held once a month at our Temple.
BULLETIN-A Monthly Bulletin keeps the membership informed of alJ Temple activities from
September to July.
THE TEMPLE is supported by membership contributions. The minimum contribution is $36.00
per annum.
By affiliating himself with the Synagogue the Jew manifests his loyalty to God and his
identity with the life, history and religion of the Jewish people.
REPRINT FROM LIBERAL JUDAISM
TO LIVE AGAIN
BY OBSERVER
In every service in the Jewish prayer book, there is r. po1•tion called the Kaddish. It is redted by the
living in honor of the. dead. We memorialize the dead, not because our words benefit those who· have
passed away but because we desire to benefit by their qxample as we benefit by theit· works.
OURDEBTTOTHEDEAD
Only when we pause to think of it, do we realize the vastness of our debt to those who pre<'eded
us. The cities we. inhabit, sometimes even the very dw_ellings in which we live, the instruments we use,
the ideas we cherish, the knowledge whereon we build, the laws that govern us, the inRtitutions that
maintain our civilization-how few of them are the works of the living an<l how many of them a1\e
the contributions of the dead.
Without any r~fer~nce, at the ~~ment, to perJonal i~mortality, as this was pictured by our forebears, the d'<\"ld hve 111 a very definite sense 3:nd ~enef1t us by the acts they performed. \Ve find in
this reflection a potent argument for conduct which 1s far from subtle.
What are we planning to do for the generation~ that will folJow? A1•c, we Jiving for ourselves alone
or shall we. too, help to perpetuate in an organized fashion what the wisdom of many generations has
labelled as good and beneficial?
At the moment we arc thinking of the institutions of religion. We are passing through a period
of brazen materialism. Electric lights, dance music and the spirit of Coney Island are too much with
us. To be, sure. this wilJ pass away as similar materialistic periods of the l)ast. At the swift pace of
modern life we might welJ ask ourselws whether the dawn of a new day may ·not find our children
impoverished because we did not remember to perpetuate these great truths that can hold a reeling
world from destruction.
Frankly, we might apply this truth to ourselves. Are we devoting. a_ny of the wealth that the gifts
:>f the past enabled us to accumulate to keep aglow the flame of rehg1on? We all make wills. Are ~
by our testamentary gifts helping to pave the way to a noble Jewish life for our children? Why not
gratify the desire to live again?
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When the 1·abbi reads the Kaddish prayer and even when he mentions the names of the deceased
it is not he who makes them live again. It is we who remember what they did for us and who resolve \~
their name, to do our share for thoRe who are to follow.
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Tho Kaddish service is more than a prayer of memorial. It is a service of consecration, wherein the
dead salute the living and the living salute the unborn.
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�EVENTS OF INTEREST
A 95-YEAR-OLD Maryland law requiring public
officials to swear to belief in the Christian religion was declared invalid Ly Judge Chark,Marbury, who upheld the right of a councilman-elect to take offi~Q without taking th2
customary oath on the grounds that he is a
member of the pantheist religion.
THE MASSACH USETTS Hou~c of Representatives has approv'E)d the Fair F.clucational Practices Bill banning discrimi"lalion a!;'ainst students because of race, religion or national
origin.
THE REMAINS of Dr. Theodor Herzl, founder
of political Zionism, were formally transferred
to the Israe;l Government in a ceremony held
in Vienna's largest hall, following a relia-ious
service conducted in a synagogue. Thousand~
of Jews formed lor_g lines outside the synagogue to pay their last resp<?cts to th<' founder
of the Zionist movement. The reburial ceremonies of Dr. Herzl's remains were attend(<l
in Jerusalem by David Ben Curion and other
major Israel leaders. Dr. W eizman, ill in
Switzerland. sent a message. Thousands of
Israelis attended the services.
ISRAEL has signed a trade agreement with
Finland, making this the fourth such agreement with a foreign state. Poland, Hungarv
and the Netherlands previously signed agreements with Israel.
ALL BUT THREE JEWS of th<-' Jewish community in French Somaliland have emi1n-atecl to
Israel, and the1·" are no ,Jews left in Italian
and British Somaliland, according to information received in New York bv the World
Jewish Congress.
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THE ISRAEL FILM "A State Is Born," has won
the "Prize of Honor" at the Interr.ational
Film Festival at Marienbad.
A BLUEPRINT of Israel's compu1sory military
service bill was sketched for the Knesset by
David Ben Gurion who also announced that
Israel Army, Navy and Air Force officers w;JJ
be sent abroad to receive training in the military academies of various Eastern and \Vestern r.ations. The basic characteristics of the
military servi"e bill are: a permanent land,
sea and air forco of limited proportions; a
body of recruits, who will be enlisted at the
age of 18, if they are Israel resident, and at
26 if they are new immigrants: a reserve force
composed of veterans; specifically fortified
frontier settlements whose residents will b-.?
soldier-farmers.
A REQUEST
In order to ersure perfect deC'orum during the
High Holy Day Services as well as on Frida~·
evenings, every congregant is urged to co-op<'rate
with the T emple ushers. Let our ushers always
be but a mere symbol of om· n·verence and respect and our sincere wish for the most perfect
decorum during services.
THE TEMPLE LIBRARY
The Temple libran• is slowly but surely expanding. Several excellent yolumes ha\"e been
added to our library shelves this summn· and a
~ood ly number of other vol;,imes have recently
been ordered. Much c1·edit for the growth of our
library is du(;l to Fred Rodoff, who as chairman
of this project is doing an excellent job. On
birthdays, anniversaries, or on the day of commemorating dtar ones, Jet u~ remember the
Temple Library.
A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
One of the most pleasant expPriences a person
can have is through the knowledge of a free and
clear conscience. How wonderful it is for one to
feel that he has done his duty toward his God
and fellowman!
With the New Year approaching, you will
want to start with a clean rct:ord. By paying
your dues now. you will be straightening out
with your God and your fellow man. Pe,rhaps by
paying your dues, you will experience the joy
tr.at comes from a clear con~cil•nce. Send your
check to the Temple office today.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE
Our Youn_g People's League met a few weeks
ago, elected officers and mapped out a cultural
program which will be without a doubt a great
contribution to our entire Jewish community.
We can all look forward to many an enjoyable
evening of entertainment and culture to be provided by the League,..
The old saying with regar<ls to age is "it is
not how old you are, but how old you feel you
are". The Young People's League has no age
limits set for its group. If you feel young, if you
feel like participating in the Young People's
League program, then do not wait for special
invitations, JOI N AND BE ACTI VE.
BIBLE STUDY TO BE RESUMED
The course in Judaism started last year, and
which began with primitive religion and covered
·'The Five Books of Moses" will be continued
beginning Wednesday, October 26, at 8:15 P.M.
The first hour of the two hour session, the book
of Ecclesiastes will be studied and discussed.
The second hour will be devoted to prophecy
and the Religion of the Prophets. This course
touches upon biblical literature, poetry and philosophy. It is a must for those who would not let
their intelk,cts rusticate. "There is no study
that is not capable of delighting us after a little
application to it."
THE SERVICE SCHEDULE
Congregants are urged to aC'quaint themselves
with the Service Schedule given in this bulletin.
Service3 begin and end as p er schedule.
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what a man lrns-knowledge,
skill, or goods o{ life-determin<>s
his cLdture, but what a man is:
culture is not so much m astery
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of things as mastery of self. And only that
nalion can be called cultured which adds
to or, at least, broaden s cmd deepens th""
spiritual assets of mankind; which introduces some -dislinctive note into the soul-
life of the world; which teaches human ity
a new angle of vision lowards the ln{inite;
and by its living and, i{ need lJe, hy its
dying, vindicates the eternal values of life
-conscience, honor, liherly.
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W E HAV E NOT FORGOTTEN
OUR CHILDREN
Tho Bull.,tin of Coowegatlon B'nal lsrnel Is published monthly from Septmnber t,o July.
Temple Tele11hone 2- 2702
While September and October were busy
months for those connected with the Temple, yet
our children were not forgotten. A lovely service
was arranged for the children on Y om Kippur
Day. This was followed by a beautiful party on
Simchath Torah for the entire Sunday School,
and another party a few days later for the little
tots, sponsored by the Cradle Roll committee.
Were it not for our beautiful Temple with its
fine facilities, all these affairs would be impossible. Thanks to our Lord for our fine Temple.
Rabbi
Samuel Umen .
---o--1949- 0FFICERS-1949
President
Paul M. Wiener
1st Vice President
Sam Lipman
2nd Vice President
Harry S. Berman
Treasurer
Reuben Berman
Finaneial Secretary
Harry H. Berman
Rose Lawson ..... .. . . ... Secretary
SCHEDULE OF S ERVICES
Friday Evenings:
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7 :30 P. · ·
COMMUNITY SERVICE
8:30 P.M.
Sabbath Morning:
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T raditional SerV1ce
8 :30 A.M.
Time for lighting candles on Friday evenings,
at sundown.
CALENDAR OF STUDIES
Sunday Mornings: 10 :00 to 12 :00 A.M. S cl~oao1
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Monday Afternoon: 1 :00 to 2 :00 P.M. Intermediate Hebrew for Adults.
Monday Afternoon: 4 :15 to 5 :15 P.M. Heb~·ew
School Session.
Monday Evening: 7 :00 to 9 :00 P.M._ Beginners
Hebrew at Muskegon Junior College.
Tuesday Afternoon: 4 :15 to 5 :15 P.M. Heb~·ew
School Session.
Every Other Wednesday Evening
8 :00 to 10 :00 P .M. Bible Study
MEETINGS
HADASSAH :
B'nai Brith:
SISTERHOOD :
November 21, 1949.
December 19, 1949
November
November
December
December
14, 1949
28, 1949
12, 1949
26, 1949
THANKS FOR THE SUCCOH DECORATIONS
I t was thl'illing both to the Rabbi and Congre··
gation to enter our beautifully decorated Succoh
on S'uccoth eve and recite therein, the Kiddush
and the traditional Succoth blessing. Fo1· our
children too, the lesson of Succoth was made
more meaningful and more vivid when their
Sunday School teachers showed them the S'uccoh, and the Rabbi explained its meaning and
history.
Our deepest thanks go to the good Sisterhood
members who in a pouring rain came to the
Temple and spent several hours making the
Succoh beautiful. May God reward these good
women with many beautiful blessings throughout the year.
FRID AY EVEN ING S ERVICE
This year as last, we look forward from week
to week to the lovely gatherings of our members
at the Friday evening service. From time to
time, some event will crop up either in the form
of a dinner, a movie a ball game etc. which will
test a Congregants loyalty and devotion to his
Temple. Let us therefore from the very start resolve that t<'riday night is dedicated to Temple
and prayer. Let us give at least one night of tht
seven to our soul, to things spiritual.
AN INNOVATION
November 1, 1949
December 6, 1949
THE HOLIDAY SERVICE IN RETROSPECT
Everyone who attende~ the Holiday S~rvi~es
at the Temple this year Wlll agree that begmnm~
with the New Yar Service and ending with the
Simchath Torah Service, there was little that
was lacking to have made the Se_rvices. i:nore
beautiful. There was beauty, a genume sp1nt of
holiness and a feeling of oneness in the Congregati~n, from beginning to end.
A vote of thanks for the magnificent manner
in which everything was done ot make our ~ervice as beautiful as it was, goes to our Rabbi, the
choir the choir leader--,Mr. Paul Shultz, the Organist-Mr. Hube1t Baker, the ritual committee,
and Jack S'teindler, head of the Ushers Committee.
Let us hope that from year to year, we shall
continue to grow and improve.
According to the finest educatoi·s and best
principles of education, a child will learn a lesson quicker through pictures, illustrations and
objects than by stories which taxes at time his
imagination.
In Sunday School, for example. as part of a
lesson, a description will be given of a Synagogue
Service. If, however, the child were to witness
and participate in such a service, the lesson
would be made much more understandable. In
view of this, the Sunday School staff has decided, that once a month the children of our Sunday School be asked to attend a regular Sabbath
morning Service.
This will give our children a chance to see
and experience theory in practice. We trust that
all the parents concerned will co-ope1·ate with our
School and help carry out a project of invaluable
worth to the child and of great importance to the
School. THE FIRST SAB BATH MORNING FOR
OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL W I LL BE HELD ON
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, AT 9 :45 A.M.
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Our Sunday School is already in full swing
with an enrollment of fifty five at this writing.
By the first week in November, we hope to have
i-. few more children who, due to the holidays
and sickness were delayed in registering. A very
fine curriculum has been prepared by the Rabbi.
and with the proper care and supervision we
hope to accomplish a great deal for our school.
Our aim is to make our Sunday School second
to none in every respect. All we ask of the parents is to make sure that the children arc in
school at the exact hour-10 :00 A.M. sharp.
With our able staff of teachers, Gene Berman Principal, our Rabbi, and the parents cooperating, and with God's help we shall not fail
(lur children. The motto for our school is taken
from scripture: "AKO THOU SHALT TEACH
THEM DILIGENTLY UNTO THY CHILDREN."
HEBREW SCHOOL
This is the beginning of the second year for
our Hebrew School. Hebrew School opened on
Monday, October 24th at 4:00 P.M. All the children who started last year, returned to resume
their studies. Smilingly they are at their lesson!'
again. No, the children are not preparing for
Bar Mitzah in these classes. They are studying
the Hebrew language as one studies French,
Spanish. Latin 01· some other language.
Hebrew is a living language again. It is taught
in many high schools, colleges, and universities
throughout the United States. Not only are more
Jews studying Hebrew than ever before, but a
great many non-Jews have taken to the study of
Hebrew in lieu of another language.
TWO ADULT COURSES IN HEBREW
The adult Hebrew class introduced last year
at our Temple, and not without success, met
again for this year on Monday, October 24th at
1 :00 P.M. to continue furthe1-ing its knowledge
of the Hebrew language and literature.
Since the adult Hebrew class meets in the
afternoon. several individuals who would have
liked to join the class could not do so last year
on account of the hour. So that no one may be
deprived of the opportunity to study Hebrew,
another Hebrew class has been added this year.
This beginner's class meets on Monday evenings
from 7 :00 to 9 :00 P.M. at the Muskegon J unior
College under the direction of Rabbi Umen.
While this class is already in progress, it is not
too late to regi!,ter now. "Studies serve for pastimes for ornaments, fo1· abilities. Their chief
use for pastimes is in privateness and retiring;
for ornaments in discourse; and fo1· ability in
judgment."
THE BIBLE STUDY GROUP
RESUMES STUDIES
"If you have acquired knowledge" asks a great
teacher,, "what are you lacking?" "If you lack
knowledge what have you got?" The chance to
study and to widen your knowledge on the Jewish religion, its origin and growth, its philosophy
and literature is at your door. Do not let this
wonderful opportunity pass you by.
The Bible Study Group meeting every other
Wednesday is studying this year (as a continuation of last year's course) the book of Ecclesiastcs-(Solmon's philosophy of life) for the first
hour, and the religion of the Prophets, the second hour of the session.
The next mee ting of the Bible Study Group
will be on Wedne•day evening, November 9 at
8: 15 P.M. in the recreation room of the Temple.
SENIOR AND JUNIOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
STAFF
The following are the teachers in our Sunday
School for the var 1949-50: Rabbi Umen, Samuel
~hvmacher, Lo.uis Grossman, Reva Levy. Shirley
Berkowitz and Gene Be1•man acting as principal. In addition, there is a Junior Staff. The
.Junior Staff members are from the 1949 Confirmation Class. They are: Jean Klayf Elaine
Page, and Dianne Fox. The Junior Staff members serve as substitutes, and are being trained
a:; full fledged teach<'rs for our Sunday School.
SISTERHOOD
The first meeting of Sisterhood for the New
Year, was held on Tuesday evening, October 4th.
A sizeable group attended the meeting and enjoyed an excellent review of Dr. Sirokin's book
"The Reconstruction of H umar.ity" which was
g-iven by Miss Frazelle Boucher.
The next Sisterhood meeting will be held on
Tuesday November 1st promptly at 8 :30 P.i\f. At
this meeting, Sisterhood will hear Dr. Norman
Fleischman discuss the "Disadvantages of Socialized i\Iedicine". Come and enjoy a thought provoking discusssion at the next Sisterhood meeting.
For the December meeting of Sisterhood, there
will be an eveni.ng of Chanukoh games, a quiz
contest, prizes, and a program chuck full of fun.
The December meeting is scheduled for Tuesday
evcn:ng;, December 6th at 8 :30 P.l\I.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE
While there are only a few weeks since the beginning of our New Year, the YOUNG PEOPLE'S
LEAGUE already met several times, reorganized
itself, elected officers, arranged two affairsone a Hallowee'n Dance for the 29th of October,
and tr.e other a New Year's Eve Party for Saturday night December 31. 1949. At the same time
too, the YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE Forum
Committee a1Tanged a cultural program including professional entertainment which will be the
talk of the town. The first program of entertainment will be given dU1·ing the month of January.
Details of the complete YOl'NG PEOPLE'S
LEAGUE cultural program will be sent to our
members shortly.
---0--POST CONFIRMATION CLASSES
ORGANIZE
A meeting of the Post Confirmation Class was
held at the Temple on Wednesday evening, October 19, 7 :30 P.M. Besides the Post Confirmation group, there were present Jack Steindler,
B'nai Brith representative in charge of Youth
Activities; Herbert Fisher, President of the
Young People's League, and Rabbi Umen An
interesting program of activities '.Vas formulated
at this meeting, and a regular meeting night set
for the young group to hold their meetings. At
the rate we are going, every man, woman and
child will have a place in our Temple and contl"ibute through their respective organizations to
the enhancement of our community's welfare.
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BIRTHDA YS FOR NOVEMBER
Julia Ann Fdedenberg
November 1
Harry S. Rogers
November 1
Howard David Baru
November 7
Laurie Anne Levine
November 16
Lois Esther August
November 25
Terry Wayne Braverman
November 25
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�THE GOLDEN BOOK DEDICAT ION
AND TESTIMONIAL DINNER
Sunday November 6 is an important day for
our Congregation. A fine program has been arranged for the dedication of the Golden Book.
In connection with this dedication, there will
also be a Testimonial Dinner in honor of several
of our members who throughout the yea1·s have
served their Congregation and the community
with their time, energy and means. Those to be
honored at this dinner and dedication are:
Reuben Berman
Rebecca Shmookler
Sadie Grossman
Joseph S. Strifling
Sarah Klein
Josiah Wiener
Hyman Lipman
Eli M. Smith
Max Rosenberg
Harry A. Fisher
J . Kelly Kaufman
Ida Ashendorf
Harold Rosen
Robert Cherin
Herman Mendelson
JEWISH BOOK MONTH
NOVEMBER 11- DECEMBER 11
WHY JEWISH BOOK MONTH ?
The Jewish Book Council of America is a broad
representative organization "bringing toge~her
Jews of varying religious and cultural groupings
on a common platform of interest in .Jewish
literature" and covering the field of Jewish
literary a~tivity in the Un\te~ States in i~s trilingual form of Hebrew, Y1dd1sh and Enghsh.
One of the methods used to achieve this objective is the campaign for the observance of Jewish Book Month conducted annually by the Council as a means of stimulating interest in the
Jewish book and sustaining the interest aroused
throughout the year.
At no other time were there more cogent
reasons for such an observance. The time has
come when American Jewry must play a positive
part in assuring the survival of the Je"'.ish cultural heritage. The great European Jewish centers of learning and literature are in ruin~, the
majority of the Jews of Europe have penshed,
the potential talent and creative energies of the
Jewish populations in E_u~o_pe are destr?yed. It
is clear that the respons1b1hty for restormg these
ruins falls upon the Jews of America. The Jewish Book Council of America is one of the agencies of Jewish life in America which is assuming
a share in this responsibility and is seeking ways
of creating conditions favorable for the development of an American Jewish culture, and of preserving the age-old Jewish heritage. A deep consciousness of this need must be awakened and it
is hoped that Jewish Book Month will provide
the impetus.
WHAT HAVE PUBLIC LIBRARIES DONE
TO OBSERVE JEWISH BOOK MONTH?
Originated in 1926 as Jewish Book Week by
a librarian (Miss Fanny Goldstein, Librarian of
th West End Branch of the Boston Public Library), Jewish Book Month has been steadily
gaining in importance as an annual observance
in public libraries.
Libraries in 1both large and sma!J communities
have arranged many attractive programs and exhibitions in the past. Public libraries have also
participated in community-wide celebrations and
a number have prepared special lists of books of
Jewish interest for distribution.
BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER
Donald Michael Wiener
December 7
Harold Victor Shumacher
December 15
December 18
Stanley Brooke Kantor
Gale Patricia Price
December 20
Nancy Kay Ashendorf
December 24
OUR LIBRARY
This month being Book Month, our minds naturally tu11n to books and libraries in general, anci
to our own library and books in particular. Due
to the kindness of many of our members as well
<is the commendable work of our library chairman, our library is growing from day to day.
Slowly but sm·e°Iy some of the finest books are
finding their way into our Temple Library.
During the summer. thirty new volumes have
been added to our lovely collection. May we suggest, that this month above all, is a very appropriate time to give a gift either in money or a
book to the Temple Library. Both the donor's
name and the name in whose honor or memory
the book is given are attached to the covers of
the book. "Books are the legacies that genius
leaves to mankind, to be delivered down from
generation to generation, as presents to those
that are yet unborn."
ISRAELI ROOM TO BE DEDICATED NOV. 20
On November 2•1 of last year, during the dinner given in honor of Leo S. Rosen, and also at
the time when our Temple was dedicated, about
$4,000.00 dollars were pledged by the dinner
guests and paid for a room in our Temple, to be
known qs the "Israeli Room". Between last year
and now, a mural has been set up in one of the
Temple classrooms, confirming the pledge and
promise made by this Congregation last November. Th,s mural which was carefully and tastefully designed, will be on a long time and serve
as a symbol of the heroic deeds performed by our
brethren in the establishment of a democratic
Jewish i,tatP, for which they hoped and waited
for two Ghousand years.
THIS ISRAELI ROOM, WILL BE FORMALLY DEDICATED ON SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, AT 8:00 P. M. OUTSTANDING
PERSONALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNOR
WILLIAMS WILL ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DEDICATORY SERVICE.
---0--UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES
The time has come when we must take counsel
together once again and decide how much we are
going to do this year for our unfortunate brethren who wait for our help. Before doing so,
however, we must first consider the meaning of
a pledge to ourselves and the person to whom it
is made. Last year too we met and pledged. Had
our brethren depended on some of us entirely,
there would be nc;ne of them left today to call
upon us again.
B etween now and December let us determine
to clean up last year's appeal, and decide what
our gift should be this year. It is wrong to play
around with other people's lives. It is well to
remember that eve1·:v person in need is our
brother and we, more fortunate are his keeper.
VIEWPOINT
The man got his ailing friend as far as the
doctor's door, but there the patient balked.
Patient: "I'm a little leery about going in
there."
Friend: "Nonsense, this is one of the best
doctors in the country."
Patient: "Maybe so, but I don't like the odds
he offers. Look on his door there-10 to I."
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EVENTS OF INTEREST
Under the inspired leadership of its new
president, Eugene Fisher, our B'nai Brith is
making rapid strides in its expansion program.
With a membership at an all-time high of more
than 100, the organization is looking torlay
toward its most active year as a community
service group. The dedication in conjunction
with National B'nai Brith Week on Friday, Octcber 14th, started the new ball a-rolling. Rabbi
Samuel Umen spoke on "Looking Backward and
Fonvard", and deceased presidents of the lodge
and the national organization were commemorated. This event was followed by a highly successful Polio Fund Benefit at the Temple on
Sunday, October 16th, where an impressive
turnout danced to Buddy Friend's music. Presentation of our check for $355.00 to a representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis highlighted the intermission program. Our B'nai Brith rates a low bow for this
very worthwhile affair, which was one of the
community's most successful Polio benefits.
Strict!v on the sccial side was the B'nai Brith
me!!ting Monday, Oct. 24th. At least 60 members
spent a thoroughly enjoyable eveninj!,', thanks to
an entertaining and enlightening program. Three
films were shown, the first dealth with the popular sport of fishing, the second was a "March
of Time" tribute to I.he F.B.I., and the third
was a timely documentary on Palestine narrated
by Frederic March. On Sunday morning October
30th, fall and winter bowling begins. All members are urged to come down to Demos Bowling
Alleys and participate. This year we have something special to work for; and that something is
our entry into the Michigan B'nai Bt·ith Bowling
League which will be held in Grand Rapids in
1950. And finally, on the academic side of t.he
ledger, in the near future we are going to have
an opportunity to hear Mr. Haskell Lazere of
the Anti-Defamation League, the exact date of
Mr. Lazere's talk will be announced later.
THE JEWISH population of Smyrna, Turkey,
has been reduced from 16,000 to 4,400 as a result of large-scale migration to Israel during
the last few months. In August alone, 2,000
Turkish Jews left the country for Israel,
which brought the total number of Jewish
emigrants from Turkey to Israel to above
25,000 in one year.
A SYNAGOGUE in Frankfurt was attacked by
three Nazis during Yorn Kippur eve services.
Two of the vandals were arrested; the third
escaped.
THE SECOND Rosh Hashanah since the state
of Israel was established was observed in
packed synagogues throughout the country.
J>rime .Minister David Ben Gurion and Cabinet
ministers and other Government officials
offered their prayers in the new temple in
Northern Tai Aviv.
200 Ford trucks, paid for from funds which
Israel received m the Export-Import Bank
loan, have been shipped to Israel.
THE ESTABLISHMENT of a Department of
Culture and Education to work in cooparation
with local Jewish educational and cultural
groups outside of Israel, has been announced
by the Jewish Agency. The department will be
headed by Dr. Hayim Greenberg, member of
the Amarican section of the Agency executive.
DISCRIMINATION against qualifid Jewish students seeking admission to colleges is wide~pread in p1ivate colleges in the Northeastern
section of the country, according to Elmo
Roper, public opinion analyst.
CHANUKAH
Decem b e r 15-23
Things T o Know About Chanukah
1. Chanukah falls on the 25th day of the Jew-
THANKSGIVING DAY
We give Thee thanks, 0 Lord!
Not for armed legions. marching in their might,
Not for the glory of the well-earned fight
Where brave men slay their brothers also bn ve;
But for the millions of Thy sons who workAnd do Thy task with joy-and never shirk,
And deem the idle man a burdened slave;
For these, 0 Lord, our thanks!
We give Thee thanks, 0 Lord!
Not for the palaces that wealth has grown,
Where ease is worshipped-duty dimly known,
And pleasure leads her dance the flowery way;
But for the quiet homes where love is queen
And. life is more than baubles, touched and seen,
And old folks bless us, and dear children play;
For these, 0 Lord, our than ks!
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Mr.
ANNIVERSARIES FOR NOVEMBER
and Mrs. Warner Galombeck
November 7
and ;\:[rs. Hyman Fox
November 10
and Mrs. Leo Rosen
November 20
and Mrs. Morris Teles
November 21
and Mrs. Eugene Fisher
November 22
ANNIV ERSARIES FOR DECEMBER
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rogers
December 4
Mr. and Mrs. Max Lebow
December 25
Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Ashendorf
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ish month Kislev.
2. Kislev is the 9th month on the Jewish calendar.
3. Chanukah means dedication.
4. Chanukah is known as the feast of lights.
5. Chanukah is observed eight days.
6. Chanukah is a minor festival.
7. In the home, Chanuka)l is celebrated by
lightinj!,' a candle •
first night of the
festival, two the second, three the third
etc.
8. Gifts are exchanged during the feast of
lights.
9. It is customary to play games during the
eight nights of Chanukah.
10. "Hallel"-Hymns of praise are included in the
Chanukah service.
11. Chanukah is observed in commemoration of
the victory Judas ;\laccabbee had over the
Syrians.
12. The war between Judas Maccabbee and the
Syrians was fought in the year 168 B.C.
and ended in the year 165 B. C.
13. The Chanukah Lamp has eight regular holders and one special one used for the special candle with which the other candles
are lighted.
14. The candle used for lighting- the other candles
in the Chanukah lamp is known as the
"Shamosh."
15. Shamosh means servant.
�Commemoraling ...
A DECADE OF
GREATER MUSKEGON'S
JEWISH PHILANTHROPY
PAUL WIENER
CHAIRMAN
1943-44-45-46-52
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES OF GREATER MUSKEGON
1953 CAMPAIGN DINNER
Temple B'nai Israel
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�LEO S. ROSEN
J. M. KAUFMAN
HARRY S. BERMAN
CO-CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
1943-44
1947
1948
THE WILLI::--.;G GIVER
He did the little that he could
Choosing to do it now
Not waiting for the larger good
The future might allow.
No one had ever heard him say
When he was asked to share
"Come back again some distant day
When I have more to spare".
He never asked to see the list
Of gifts by others made
But gave his little, lest he missed
His chance the cause to aid.
Edgar A. Guest
SAMUEL LIPMAN
HARRY A. FISHER
FRANCIS N. FINE
CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
1949
1950
1951
�Dear friends :
Bet,, een the c.O\ ers of this book is inscribed in cold figure,, but from warm hearts,
a record of gencro-,ity and philanthropy e-,tahli~lwcl b) ~luskegon Jc\\ r) in a decade just
closed.
Ten year,, ha, e pas.,ed since a group of local leaders met at tn) home and decided to
organize the LTnited Jewish Charities of Greater ~lu-,kegon. Since that noble and modest
bcginnirg ten years ago, a total of $480,300.00 ha<, bet•n raised $374,400.00 was allocated to
l nitcd Je\\ish Appeal and other overseas agencies. $83,000.00 wa, allocated to National
and local re.lief.
The launching of the l·nit< d Je\\ ish Charities \\"a'- a re, olutionar) and cnhghtcnmg
landmark in our commtmit,. It afforded all of us an opportunit) to help sa, e a people, and
help build a nation.
A-; we undcrtakc our 1953 campaign for t·nitul Je\\ ish Chari tie-, on December 28th,
under the lcaclcrship c,f ~krman Grossman, Samuel Lipman and Harold Ro:,en, we cannot
rest on our past performance, but must give them our utmost support.
I should like to congratulate the leaders and all othci:- men and \\ omen listed in this
uook <,n their achie, ements in a decade of fruitful philanthropic effort. The generosity
and high sen"-e of communal rc.sponsih1lity that ha, c characterized thec.e endeavors ha, e
contributed immeasurably to the sun I\ al and ,, ell-being- of countle-,s thousancb of men,
women and children all o, er the world. and to the establishment of l ,;racl as a strong
hold of dcmocrary in the :\I iddlc East. It is therefore. mv hope and expectation that our
enlightened communit, "ill meet the challcnge on Dt·ccmber 2gth "1th commetbttrate
understanding and generosity.
The story in this book is of -;acrificec; made b) our men and ,,omen in order to help
build a brighter future for our brethren o, C'r,ea-,. But, at the same time. we did not neglect our home front. \\'<' built a $250,000.00 Temple, and maintained a high le, el of n•hg
ion::- and cultural t.rth itie:, for onr-.;eh e--. At the ;,ame time, the Jc\\ i,-h l'ommtmit) leaders
participated in and supported Thc Hackley Hospital, l\tercy Hospital, and Y\\'CA building campaigns. \Yl support annually the Community Chest, Red Cro-,s, Polio, Cancer,
Y l\1CA, Boy Scouts. an<l all other commumty \\"ide projects and undertakings. ( >ur heart-;
and pocketbooks have and alway,- will support de,-cn·ing causes. regardless whether they
are Jc,, ish or Christian
To Ill) associates-Francis Fine. Harr) A. Fi,-her, Kelly Kaufman. Sam Lipman, Harold
Rosen, Leo Hosen, ~lrs. S) d Striiling-, and others too numerous to mention-may I ,-ay
that you ha, e been a source of inspiration, nut onl) to me hut to thc entire community
I extend to you my sincerest heartfelt thanks and be:-;t wishes in the years to come for a
full measun· of good health. happiness;, and prosperity as ju,-tly befits those who ha, e established so brilliant a record of charity and sen ice o,·er the decade JU><t ended.
Faithfull) Yours,
�_About Our Chairmen
PA UL M. WIENER
The historic year of 1930 is remembered a-- a turning point in American history. For
the Jewish community of ;\1uskegon it marked the emergence of a young man into a role
of leadership which he has held for almost a quarter of a century. At a time when people
eYery\\"here were holding on to whateYer they could salYage from the stock market crash,
responding to the call of the late Issac Grossman, Paul l\I. \Viener undertook to organize
the Finances of the S.) nagogue to carry it thn1 the depression years. In 1941 he organized
the Gnited Jewish Charities whose tenth anni,ersary we are celebrating this year.
At times as the official leader and more often as the unofficial leader. his guidance and
moral support were indispemable. Gifted with a dynamic personality he always directed his
energies where they achie\'ed the greatest good. First for the Jewish community, and then
for the larger community, his ability for leadership was felt keenly. No cause of any worth
escaped his attention. Ile was citizen par excellence. He contributed incessantly of his time
and money to the common good. In his liberal distribution of his gifts we find personified
the familiar prayer in the Union Prayer Book: ''Let us be. 0 Lord, just and great-hearted
in our dealings with our fellow men, sharing with them the fruits of our common labor,
•acknowledging before Thee that we are but stewards of whate\'er we possess."
l\luskegon Jewry is fortunate in being able to boast of Paul \Yiener as one of it,- most
honon:d citizens. \\' e consider him the embot'iment of the truly pious man. not in the sense
of isolating himself from his fellow man in prayer and meditation. but in a larger and more
real sense. He serves family. friend, community, and nation. The:se have become for him
thoroughfares to God. By his deeds he has made God's will his own. :rnd for all his benefaction:s he lays no claim to reward. He abhors slander. and chicanery, and disdains the
shahbines!', of human selfo,hness. By these signs and many more we recognize Paul \Viener
as a sincere man. ~fay God grant him a long life of happiness together with his dear ones,
and the realization of all his hopes and dreams.
LEOS. ROSEN
It can be said that he is one of the stronge"t pillars of the community. Kot only is the
Jewish community blessed h) his presence, but he is a blessing to the entire community as
\\'ell. for he participates in every worthwhile civic enterprise in ).!uskegon. Before the organization of the United Jewish Charities Leo Ro!>en raised funds for the Joint Distribution
Committee singlehandedly. The Congregation B'nai Israel will be forever grateful to him for
his leadership and untiring efforts in organizing and completing our new Temple. ::\lay he
ever remain among us. an ideal worthy of our emulation
J. M. "KELLY" KAUFMAN
A former chairman of the United Jewish Charities and one of its highest contributors,
is a firm believer in the Rabbinic dictum: "Separate not thyself from the congregation."
By his example he has helped to loosen the purse strings of many a donor for in the field of
charity, ''actions speak louder than words." ::\' e\'ertheless. Kelly Kaufman does not stop
here. He is also one of the most diligent workers in the campaign. He shall always have
our undying thanks.
�HARRY S. BERMAN
Congratulation<: on a successful 1948 campaign, the year of your chairmanship.
SAMUEL LIPMAN
Ile wa<: the chairman of the United Jewish ( harities 11' 1948. the )Car \\hich witnessed
the largest collection m its history. Thoroughly grounded in Jewish history and literature he
can di,.,cu..,s Jewish current events with ease and fluem·). Xot sati,-fied with hearsay reports
about brae], only a personal trip could satisfy his curro--ity about the new Jewish State.
l Iowe, er, a good mind is not his only asset. He po-.ses,-cs a warm and generous heart
,, hich finds expression in meritorious acts of charity wherever they are needed. Blessed
with an abun<la11t capacit) for friendship, he Pot only gi\Cs of his substance but he gives
o' him,-elf. He 1s the kind of a person one in~tincth cly ,, ishe,-, to count as a friend. To
kno,, Sam is to IO\ e him. \Ye pray that he will n•main in our 1111(1-.t for many morc : c.ars,
a blessing to all who know him
HARRY A. FISHER
A former chairman of the l;nited Jewish Charitie,. he h a man \\ho has earned the
rc-,pect of all of his contemporaries. Having once had to shoulder the full responsibility of
thi~ campaign he 1s fully appreciative of the enormity of the task facing the present chairman. \\'e are prou<l oi Harry Fisher for his generosity and his many kind deerls which
ha, e endeared him not only to the members of his fan11ly but to the entire community. l\lay
(;od g-rant 111111 many more ) ears oi fruittul ,ervicc among- us.
FRANCIS FINE
The Jc,\ish Community of Greater .:\lu:-skegon ha, long bc<·n hle•---t·d b) the dt•,otion
and genero,.,1t) of it,, older and long-ti111e resident, Tlw,.,e men a11cl ,, u111c11 ha, c contributed
cnorr wusly in time and mone), in energy and le:.cler-.hip, tim ard the e,tahli,hment of
:-,trong and unitt-cl J<'\\'i:--h in:-titut,om,. Ah, ays anxiou-. to hr reht•\ <'d of the clen1anding
duties of adn mbtration, the elder:- oi local I e\H) ha, e been con,-,tantly alert to recug-nize \ outhfnl t .. lent in thrir .,t·ard1 for e, entual ,-uccessor-..
Foremo--t among- the young men \\'ho ha, e made a name in our communit) in recent
year, has been Francis Fine. Francis h;,-. .... ho\\'n a talent for organi/.ation and leadership
which .:\luskegon quick!) recogmzecl, and he \\'a,- gi,en the opportunity l•i dem1111-;trat111g
the,e q11ahtic,., to the great achantage l)f om entire group B) "Cr\'ing as Chamnan oi L'11itecl
Je,, ish Charities for the fiscal year 1950 51. Fram i,-, ha,- h11nsclf grown in ,.,tature. In .:\luskeg-011 he ha~ become deeply iml,11ecl \\ ith a Jcwi-;h conscience, a deep feeling of iclentiiication
\\ ith and re'-pon-.1bilit) tu hi,, people, lts fate, and its institnti,m,-,.
\\'c extend our most cordial thanks to Franci:; Fine [or his ,;en ice::-. ancl co111111e11<l h1111
fur h1:-, <·xample to other young Jc\\ ish men and ,,omen of the commu111ty.
�MRS. FRED RODOFF
MRS. JOSEPH STRIFLING
:\Irs. Fred Rodoff, Hadassah's representative in the United Jewish
Charities. is one of the principal mainstays of this drive. She is a firm
helienr in the traditional Jewish teaching that giving does more good for
the donor than for the recipient. That is why her chief concern is with
the collections from donors of $200 and less, and is the chairman of that
committee. \Yhen we realize that about 701/c of all donors are in this
category, we are made mindful of the immensity of the task facing l\lillie
Rodoff.
:\lrs. Joseph $trifling has served as a mt·mber of the Board of the
United Je-wish Charities since its inception. and during the past two years
has occupied the office of Vice-Chairman. \Vhen the general fund was
implemented by the milk fund Mrs. $trifling became immediately identified
with the latter. As an ardent member of Hadassah and blessed with a
warm and generous heart, she not only responded herself to this human
appeal for the tinder-nourished children of Israel, but she succeeded in
firing the imagination of countless others in this worthwhile and touching
project.
HAROLD ROSEN
MRS. R. SHMOOKLER
Harold Rosen has served as the Vice-Chairman of the United Jewish
Charities during the past several years and has participated actively in
the annual drive for a much longer time. Because of his warm and genial
personality he has come to be known as the conciliator of Muskegon. His
greatest passion is peace and harmony among all the members of the community. It can be said about him that he fulfills religiously the Rabbinic
dictum: "Be of the disciples of Aaron. loYing peace, pursuing peace, and
drawing all thy fellow men to the spirit of the Torah."
The gifts of Mrs. R. Shmookler to the United Jewish Charities during
the past several years have been given with a generous heart and an
open hand. Devoted to her family, and adored by her children and grandchildren, she is sincerely religious in every sense. The standard which
she ha,., set for giving, merits our emulation. \Ve pray for her continued
health and happiness together with the members of her family.
SAM KLAYF
MRS. GROSSMAN
Sam Klayf has served as a member of the Board of the United Jewish
Charities since its inception. Thoroughly versed in Jewish tradition and
lore, he finds his greatest inspiration to achieve the good life from this
source. He is rarely absent from the traditional Sabbath services and
deri,·es a genuine satisfaction from them. ~I uskegon is proud of this man
of integrity and devotion to duty in whom we find the following Scriptural
verse personified: "Thou shalt find grace and favor in the eyes of Goel
and man.'"
~lrs. Sadie Grossman, prominent resident of l\Iuskegon for 65 years,
was one of those rare persons who always ha,·e plenty of time to help
somebody else.
The time many people spend in rushing from one meeting to another,
or indulging in purely personal affairs, she spent as busily, though far
more quietly, in visiting at our hospitals or otherwise seeking to smooth
the path of some other person's illness or distress.
She was a woman with an understanding- heart, who was always thinkmg of one more way to
help people to fuller and happier li\"es.
ELI SMITH
"The rest. of us," remarked one friend, "are always "ishing we had more time to do the nice
things we'd like to do. She had the time. How often do you know people like that? Not too often."
Eli Smith exemplifies a true devotion to God which is expressed in a
genuine love of his fellow men. He is not only reliable as the tenth man
in a ''minyan" but he can always be counted upon for a generous contribution to the United Jewish Charities and to other worthwhile endeavors.
~lay his kind multiply in our community.
:\frs. Grossman was one of l\Iuskegon·s most loyal residents, who lived to see her community
grow steadily, just as she always knew it would. Hers was an eminently satisfying life, with deep
roots in her church, her family, in friendship and ser\"ice to others.
Reprinl of on editorial in the Muske9on Chronicl..,_Novtmt>.r 25, 1952
- --
- --
�I am grateiul to the United Jewish Charities for this opportunity to extend greetings to
the Je" ish community of :\luskegon on the occasion of their annual driYe. The story is told
of a desert traYeler who was lost for many days in the hot, dry sands and was about to
expire from thirst. Suddenly he chanced upon a green, fertile oasis fed by a clear, cool
spring of \\'ater. After slaking his thirst on this precious, life-giYing water, he satisfied his
hunger on the luscious dates which abounded there. Then he lay down to rest under the
cool shade of the palm trees. His heart overflowing with gratitude, he turned to the oasis
and said: "Gracious oasis, for your lavi:--h and life-restoring gifts I would like to bless you.
Shall I pray that you haYe cool and refreshing water, you already ha\'e it. Should I bless
you with sweet and abundant fruit, you already possess more than you require. \\' ere I to
pray that your trees provide a cool refuge against the hot desert sun, the shade of your
trees is already a refreshment to the soul. I shall therefore pray that your spring of water
neYer run dry, that your trees continue to bear abundant fruit, and proYide ample shade
against the hot sun.
:\luskegon may be compared to an oasis that is blessed with water, fruit and shade. Its
water is its substance and goods: its fruit is its people and their offspring; its shade is its
Temple and sen·ice organizations. Like the desert traveler I shall bless you as follows:
:\lay you e\'er be in a position to give of your substance to the less fortunate than you.
:\lay Goel bless you with many children who will be like you in generosity and kindness. '.\lay
your Temple eyer inspire you with a love of God which will enable you to find comfort in
sorrow, strength in trial. and the courage to do justly and to love mercy.
�STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
For period of Dec. 1, 1951 to Dec. 22, 1952
R
'
$
Cash on }land December I, 1951
Cash in Bank Dt·t·emher I. 1951
Z.350.00
757.04
$
3,107.04
PLUS RECEIPTS:
450.00
Pledge,-prcvious years
...... . . . .
Total pledges for year 1952 ..
Less uncollected balance ..... .....
$ 61,694.50
3,900.00
57,794.50
• Payments on pledges for 1952
58.244.50
61.351.54
Total Receipts
LESS DISBURSEMENTS:
57,061.12
688.94
350.48
51.73
Allocations to Charities .... . .....
Campaign and Banquet expenses .
Office and Secretary expense ........
. ..... ...... .
Legal and :\I isccllaneous expense .. ..... ...• .. . ............
58.J 52.27
$
Balance:
3,199.27
•This incllldes 1111depositecl rhecks and notes held totaling $10,400.00.
ALLOCATIONS 1952
TO ISRAEL
L1mkd Jewish Appeal
Haclassah
American Fund for
I sracl. I nstituttons
\\'c1zman Institute
Ht•hrcw l"niversitr ...
Haifa Technological College
Fcderakd Cuuncil of
Israel Institutions ..
$ 47,500.00
2.000.00
100.00
600.00
600.00
300.00
250.00
$ 51,350.00
OTHER
Union of \merican Hebrew
Congrt'gations
...............
~luskcgon Hchrcw School
Special Relief :\1 uskcgon Area
Hillel Foundation ..
B'nai B'rith National
Ym1th Service ................................
1.000.00
500.00
2.01 l.lZ
150.00
200.00
\mnican Association for
Jewish Education
Brandeis l'ninrsity
Dro1hic College .
Jewish \\'elfan: Board
Jewish Tt>lcgraphic Agency
!Iias (Hchn:w Immigrant
Sheltering Society) ..
Leo Levi :\!cmorial Hospital .
~ational Jewish Hospital, Denver
Jewish Consumptive Hospital
of Los Angeles
......... .
:,.;ational Jewish Home
for Children ....
Bcllefairc . .... ..
American Jewish Congress
Joint Defense Appeal ...
Jewish Theological Seminary
of Xcw York
H istradruth I vrith
TOTAL
25.00
200.00
100.00
250.00
25.00
100.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
50.00
500.00
200.00
100.00
5,711.12
$ 57,061.12
�_Affocalionj -- name o/ Recipient and _Amounlj Paid lo Cach
IQ43
............
American Ass'n for Jewis h Education
A1m•rica n Friends Hebrew U niversity
• · h
,\merica n Fund for Israel Institutions
American Jewish Conference . ..............
·••· ••
n • •• o •
····•·······
Amer ican Fund for
Pale~tinian Institutions ......................$
Aml'rican J ewish Congress ,.....
1944
0 0 0 • ",.""r"O •
50.00 $
............
25.00
··········-
••-•
100.00 $
25.00
............
500.00 $
500.00
········ ...
.............
150.00
100.00
50.00
50.00
.$
............
25.00
50.00
··••········
800.00
-~
.............
..... - .. .
.,., ......
600.00
.... ·····
....
....
...... ........
.....
............
··•· ·•
............
..........
·····••··••··
............
•·••·······.........
111.00
.. .....
-
..
, ,. ..
,
~
.a,, .....,
••·
·····••·••··
60.00
200.00
350.00
350.00
....••......
............
···········
....... -~- .
-··
).!rs. Aaron Cohen (Departure Gift) ....
.... ,......
............
1,000.00
Co ngregation B'nai Israel ........................
............
···········•
.............
.............
Congregation Sons of Israel ....................
............
............
···········
2,000.00
Council of Jewish Fed. & Welfare Fds...
............
75.00
120.00
250.00
100.00
... ··•···•-······••. ······............. ··········••·· ··
.............
............
···········
····••·•··•·
..........
···••-•····
·····--····
·····-····-··
38.00
50.00
.., - ......, .
.....
····••··•···
............
·········•-•
100.00
----••··-
25.00
75.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
···········
15.00
25.00
35.00
35.00
...........
F ederal Council of Israel Institutions
.... ·•·····
·-··-···......
······•·····
Gifts -:\len in Service ....". """ """ ..•. ..
-· ......
. .....,
Donations- Transients
Dropsic Co llege
...
......
Rahbi baac Elchanan
Theological Seminary
Ex-Patients Home of Denver
. . ...... ·--~..
....
............
50.00
Brandeis U niversity ...............................
,
50.00
............
B'nai Jrrith \Vider Scope ................. ,...
Day Care Center ...
............
......,..... $
50.00
350.00
1951
1950
······-···· $
.... ···•
50.00
25.00
····•-•··•···
.......
100.00
••
o
•
oooo • H O
···•···
600.00
200.00
450.00
···········
............
. ... , .......
111.00
.... ......
•....., .....
l,JI0,00
--~······
,, , ... . ,o,n
-~---••···.
····•·•••···
,
..............
18,000.00
..............
···-········
6,672.21
~- .... ...
100.00
.. ·-----
197.50
.... -· ..
.... · ··••-
25.00
• •·
,
~
... ......
·······-~
······.......
n••••
. -······
..
25.00
.......__
.........
•······••·••·
..... .......
.........
····•········
········-··
·····•••·•·•
·-···· ....
.... ....
.,
25.00
88.00
100.00
225.00
550.00
250.00
500.00
······· ....
112.62
···········
·••·••··
····•········
Hebrew College of Theology of Chicago
25.00
75.00
100.00
100.00
······••···-
·····•··~...
....... _....•
..........
······••· ..
150.00
200.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
100.00
.......... .....
100.00
············
···••·······
··········-
100.00
100.00
450.00
450.00
300.00
250.00
842.50
.,
............, .
·····••·••··
. •oaoo
..........
250.00
········••--
•••••·
2,000.00
110.00
··········--
Hias ( H ebrew Immigrant
S heltering Soci<:ty) .... -•--·••·- -•--·· ·Hebrew Theological Seminary .... -··········
Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute
of Religion, and Union of
American Hebrew Congregations ,_.,
• - •--o••••
,
Hl'l, rew University ................................
.
24,672.21
-~·..........
250.00
......
600.00
1,000.00
........•
•·-
. ·•-·-
100.00
-
•·
..________
.....
•••··
............
- ·•··••·-•
200.00
,
····••·-·•··
· • · -•
·· •·
,
.....
75.00
.......
._
800.00
0
•n••••ono•
50.00
Haifa In~titute of Technology
1,500.00
0 0 0 0•
200.00
...........
········--··
H adassah H o,pital ............................. ,.
' "O
•
F
............
,
1,000.00
O HOUOO
175.00
425.00
50,00
. ----· ...
-
...
50.00
..... ··•··
1,000.00
....
---
• ..... u , , ,•
.........
-----~-----
475.00
375.00
...... ..._
H adassah .. ....... ..............
,
-····
············
... ··-
..... .....
..... ......
112.62
250.00
100.00
200.00
, . ..,
100.00
150.00
...........
,
50.00
1,000.00
50.00
200.00
· 0
.....
50.00
••·
., .......
• o , 0 0 0• H
25.00 $
$
100.00
·········..---------
T nbk
1952
...,.,~--
-••····-•
, ,ooooooOhO
••••••••u••
.......... $
25.00
..... .......
Oh•Oooooooo
............
O
....... .....
25.00
ll'nai B'rith \Var Ser\'ice Funds . ,. .... ..
•••
1949
.......
•·
25.00
B'nai B'rith Xat'l Youth Services .......
o
1948
..........-
50.00
25.00
,,
U
......
.......
Hclfain: Orphan Home .... ..... .. ...............
B'nai B'rith Essay Conte~! ....
1947
1946
-······
.... ~·- "
25.00 $
......
A merican Zionist Emergency Council ....
1945
.... ~--··.
............
2,800.00
1,700.00
I,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
13,000.00
... -~--..
........
............
..... .....
.... -······
·····••··--·
2,000.00
100.00
............
100.00
500.00
300.00
1,325.00
500.00
600.00
1,350.00
. ......
100.00
••·
,.,.,
-
100.00
- ·-
500.00
700.00
700.00
700.00
1,000.00
300.00
1,350.00
100.00
5,150.00
�1944
1943
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
Totalio
Hillel Foundations ....................................
125.00
100.00
50.00
Hi5tadruth I vrith ................. ....................
••••••••••u
25.00
37.50
50.00
50.00
50.00
............
.. ..... ..
150.00
150.00
50.00
···•·
............
...... ....
....
. ...........
100.00
··-· ......
---·
............
········-···
...........
. ,
.......
500.00
.
.............
450.00
Histadruth of Palestine ··········•· ·····•· .....
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Home for Incurable Jews ......................
············
···•········
100.00
···••-·•····
Institute of Religion ....................................
·····-·····
···-········
250.00
250.00
Jewish Braille Institute ............................
25.00
25.00
35.00
75.00
Jewish Consumptive Relief Hospital ......
60.00
60.00
200.00
60.00
Jewish Theological Seminary of N.Y.....
50.00
75.00
200.00
200.00
500.00
•··········
.....
,
200.00
.
,
,
100.00
........
.._
150.00
1,675.00
. .........
100.00
312.50
·········-··
...........
750.00
160.00
---······•· -
···-···••·.
··•·········
50.00
•···•····· .
430.00
••• ••••••n
.... •····
200.00
···········-
····•·······
.............
200.00
.. ····•····
200.00
1,125.00
25.00
............
25.00
25.00
525.00
······-··
...........
. . . . . .u , u ,
Jewish Telegraph Agency ........................
25.00
25.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
J cwish \Velfare Board ........................... ..
25.00
100.00
145.00
250.00
150.00
300.00
100.00
300.00
250.00
250.00
1.870.00
700.00
700.00
500.00
7,800.00
50.00
600.00
.......
125.00
Joint Defense Appeal ........... ....... . .........
500.00
400.00
400.00
600.00
800.00
1,800.00
1,400.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
..
•······•····
.........
125.00
····-•·······
............
...........
....
2,000.00
2,000.00
500.00
1,200.00
6,074.13
············
.........
··••· ·•····
............
---·········
.........
···••·
Levi )1emorial Hospital .............
Los Angeles Sanitorium .....................
·······•-
:\Iona View Jewish Cemetery Ass'n ......
...
,
.
)1uskegon Hebrew School ..........................
••••••••oUo
·-··········
············
............
National Farm School ................................
25.00
40.00
60.00
75.00
.......
National Jewish Children's Home ..........
40.00
40.00
50.00
40.00
········•··•
···-···
National Jewish Hospital of Denver ......
75.00
75.00
125.00
125.00
............
............
National Jewish Hospital of L. A. .. .. ....
Rabbi Satlow (Confidential Fund
for Needy) ...............................
......
Society of Relief of Yemenite Jews
Sons of Israel-)latzo Fund ........""".......
S. 0. S.-J. D. C .............,..........................
Special Relief (Local Needy Families) ..
75.00
75.00
··-·
······-·· ..
--··••·~•
. .........
,
200.00
............
....
............
____
'
............
............
········•···
-···········
11,774.13
500.00
············
············
............
500.00
•·····•••··•
200.00
..... .....
50.00
50.00
270.00
. ··•••·····
50.00
50.00
500.00
···•········
50.00
200.00
···•·····
............
200.00
. ...........
210.00
,
.........
·····-·-·
··········••·
50.00
.....
oH0••••0000
. ...........
-
'"•·········
·····•· ....
25.00
35.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
....... ....
............
·····•··•··
15.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
............
............
············
..........
--·········
315.00
············
····•·······
............
.... ... ..
500.00
2,155.50
1.850.11
1.975.45
2,011.12
10,884.45
760.00
....
·······
150.00
............
...........,
···••· ••····
•···••······
250.00
············
250.00
321.35
40.00
375.00
2,005.92
Sunday School Fund ................................
········ ...
····••······
760.00
............
............
............
............
..... ...
------••··•··
............
United Jewish Appeal ...........................
J,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
15.000.00
45,000.00
63,500.00
45.000.00
62,400.00
54.000.00
47.500.00
350.400.00
United Jewish Laymen's Committee ......
35.00
75.00
75.00
100.00
50.00
10.00
··•· ····••
-···· .....
345.00
U.S.0.-Fort Custer ....................
55.00
360.00
50.00
····•·••···-
...........
·········-··
............
• • ••••n••••
--•o••••• H•
............
............
100.00
..........
100 00
69.422.61
$ 69,322.66
............
... ........
100.00
............
............
500.00
............
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS* ................ $ 4,905.00 $ 11.636.00 $ 18,859.47 $ 24,335.00
$ 55,075.00
Z. 0. A. Expansion Funds ........................
.......
······••·••·
. ...........
Zionist Organization .................................
..........
............
. ...........
····••
,
----
............
..........
•·•·········
50.00
$ 77,790.05 $ 68,980.50
$
465.00
••··
250.00
.... .......
....
...
250.00
35.00
\Veizman In,titutc .....................................
....
........
35.00
25.00
••··
...........
25.00
Vaad Leumi .............................................
······
500.00
.........
120.00
600.00
1,750.00
........
500.00
----
?Ofl 00
_
-
$ 57,061.12
GR.\~D TOTAL*
*This compi/cition does not detail an amount of approximately $14,000.00, representing total adjustments made
011 pledges above listed, plus campaign expenses incurred and previously reported over this ten year period.
$457,387.41
�Subjcriberj' 11/ame6J -..Amounfj Pfed9ed and Paid, and Unpaid /Ja/ance6
1944
1943
Harol<l Adler
;,Ir & ;1\r~. l.0111,- ,\ron
;1lr & ;1lrs. Tony ,\ron
;1\ r. & ;11 rs. Ahc A ,hendorf
;1lr. & :\lr,. Harn· Ashuulorf
;1lr. & :\!rs. lsad,>rc .\,hendorf
Jacob .,\shtndorf
.
\Ir. &: \I rs. ;1! ax Ash,:ndorf
\Ir. &: ;11 r,. Samuel ,\shcnclorf
Dr. 8,: ;1lrs. Ralph .\ugust
.\ Ir. & \I rs. Stanky Baru
Jacob and Eugl'11•· Thum
,\rthur B,·11
\ \' 111. ll t·rco\'itch
:\Ir. & ;1lr,. Harn· 1-1. Berman
;,Ir. S.: ;1! rs. Ilarr·y S. Berman
.\ Ir. & ;1lr,. Louis J. Berman
\Ir. & \lrs. Louis ;1!. Herman
\I rs. Rose BerPrnn
.
\Ir. & ;1I rs. Hl'll '>cn Berman
:\Ir. & ;1! rs..\! orn, Brrnsll"i11
:\! orris He~palo,·
:\larC'lis Bess ..
J. C. Beukema
;,Ir. & ;1lrs. Herman Bra\'crman
:\Ir. & \I rs. 1'-athan Broutman
:\Ir. & \I rs. Samuel Broutman
:\Ir & \!rs. \'ictor S Bcrnstri11
\Ir. ,<:.: \I rs. Sigmund Calm
Dr. & :\I rs. Scynwur Cane
Rohcrt & J cro111c Cherin Familit s •
;11 r & \I rs Elli, Cht·din
:\Ir. & \!rs. Jack Chevlin
Dr. & :-SI rs So' Cohan
lh~n Cohen
,J can Danigclis
__ _
\Ir. & :-.1 rs l!t-nn· Darmstadtcr
\Ir. & :-.1 rs. I.. I >armstadtcr & HenrJ
l'aul Elliott
.
..
\Ir. & l\lrs. .\nclrcw Epstein
:\I ikc Fems . .
llarn Fi,·ld ..
:-.tr. & .\Ir,. Framis Fme
Harry Fine
.
.. . ......
llarry. Bernard. Eugene, and Jerome
Fisher Familtcs
. ..
:\Ir. & \I rs. Hcrht•rt Fisher
:\Ir. & :\I rs. \\'illiam rishn _
Dr ~ornun Fleishman
Fogel Famih•
Al. Frank, and J. H,·cht
Dr. & \!rs. \lartin Friedcnherg
II vrnan Friedman
:\lauricc & Harrison Friend Families
;1laurin~ Fri<'nd
.\I ikl' Goldhcrg
;1I. J. Goldberg
Sidney Goldherg
,\I Gol<kn
:\Ir. & .\I rs. :\laurice Gold.:-n
).Ir. & Mrs. Phillip Granik
1945
1946
1947
$
$
I 50.00 $
150.00
.l00.00
200.00
500.00
300.00
25.00
.ifl.00
50.00
75,00
250.00
!...
,.,""
-~
-:; "0
...0 ·-"'
0.
......
etJ bO
.,_.
h
...
150.00
150.00
500.00
100.00
350.00
"0 -
~
c
g
i:
·- re
5~
72 no
550.00
1,000.00
200.00
215.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
2,000.00
500.00
1·25.00
.=:oo.oo
300.00
236.50
400.00
4'>0.0()
25.00
200.00
100.00
25.00
215.00
ZS 00
22500
l,440.00
300.00
50.00
300.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
350.00
1,625.00
35.00
JS.00
1000
50.00
50.00
300.00
IOI 00
300.00
25 00
75.00
-
ISO.OD
16.00
4.00
14.00
711 50
600.00
250.00
325.00
100.00
.mo.on
536.50
25.00
10.00
200.00
25 00
:on.no
65.00
200 00
650.00
3.16 50
50.0'l
.,
125 00
150 00
175.00
250.00
250.00
75.00
50 00
.:
.?5.00
.i(l.00
125.00
25.00
J00.00
586.50
.36.50
10.00
36.50
.uso.oo
60.00
5.160.00
s.J2s.;o
87.00
223.00
136.50
500.00
100.00
500.00
100.00
.300.00
0
25.00
60.00
50.00
...u
c,:
25.00
15.00
30.00
2 3
10.00
20000
5000
I0.00
255.0()
25,00
10.00
100.00
25 00
25.00
2.5 00
60.00
100.00
60.00
40.00
60.00
50.00
10.00
50.00
,on oo
700_(1()
87500
100.00
300.00
100.00
25.00
110.00
30.00
200.00
100.00
250.00
220.00
100.00
200.00
100.00
100.00
200.00
20000
500.00
10000
:25.oo
5000
l00.00
50.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
300.00
25.00
I 50.00
R 510.00
50.00
100.00
63.00
25.00
250.00
36.50
8,500.00
SO.OU
200.00
50.00
10.00
5,350.00
100.00
100.00
200.00
11 .00
10.00
250.00
100.00
750.00
so.on
340.00
1,550.00
2,575.00
3,596.00
6,209.50
l,l95.00
150.00
450.00
15.00
1.909.50
1,200.00
75.00
286.50
300.00
100.00
400.00
20000
,2500
336.50
1.000.00
25.00
200.00
250.00
150.00
500.00
261.50
236.50
85.00
100.00
l.?5.00
.l00.00
25 00
900.00
Balances
Not Due or
Not Paid
150.00
1,721.00
2,200.00
2,1150.00
300.00
350.00
50 00
200.00
150.00
225.00
25.00
25.00
200.00
.500.00
573.00
1,109 ;o
$
I I I.SO
JOO.OU
500.00
150.00
10.00
136..50
5.00
oo
I I I.SO $ . I I I 50 $
100.00
150.00
500.0()
400.00
1952
150.00
25.00
25
200.00
500.00
5.16.50
.300.00
$
1951
100.00
5.00
!i0.00
100(
25.00
15 (10
300.00
IS 00
15 00
100.00
236.50
1950
50.00
400.00
100.00
300.00
50.00
10.00
50.00
75 00
$
200.00
200.00
~0.00
250.00
50.00
50.00
1949
50.00
..:.:,. 0
g-£
100.00
200.00
600.00
200.00
! (IIJ.00
100.00
";..c.,
·- c::
150.00
150.00
250.00
50.00
SO.OU
250.00
300.00
25000
1948
$
200.00
100.00
75 00
"0 "0
:.,
1 ·o
$
50.00
500.00
600.00
Total
Pledges
536.50
20000
100.00
23000
90.00
140.00
50.00
700.00
5.35.00
.150.00
50.00
169.00
166.00
3,653.00
65.00
45 00
1.600.00
2.50.00
50.00
100.00
1.441.50
65.00
1,195.00
50.00
ll0.00
1,084.50
50.00
38,073.50
160.00
500.00
448.00
552.50
1,000.00
1,455.00
380.00
450.00
1,436.50
100.00
325.00
l0.00
100.00
3,166.50
350.00
$ 3.250.00
�1943
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Greenberg
(irossman Dept. Store
. . ..
.\1 rs. Isaac Grossman & Family . .....
.\! r. & .\[rs. Harold Grossman
:-.Ir. & .\!rs. Samuel Grossman
.\Ir. & .\!rs. David Gudcbky.
.\fr. & .\!rs. Komma Gudebky .. . ....
Mr. & .\irs . .\farvin Gudebky
Mr. & .\lrs. Oscar Gudcbky
Hamilton ,\pts.
·
..... ..
Homer Hayden .... ....
...............
.\Ir. & .\!rs. Joseph Hecht .......
Cy W. Hirt .........
H ughcs & Hatcher .
... .....
.\Ir. & .\1 r, . .\!eyer Jacobs
.\lrs. Tillie Jacobs
..
.\Ir. & .\I rs. Sol J acohson ........
.\Ir. & .\1 rs . .\lorris Kantor .......,
J . .\I. Kaufman Family & Associates
Dr. .\1arie Keihn .... ........... .
.\ir. & .\lrs. Samuel Klayf
.\!rs. Sarah Klein .
. ..
.\Ir. & .\!rs. Harold Kline
Rev. & .\!rs. Jacoh Klitnwr
Abe Kollcnberg
Ben Komiss . .. .. . . ........... ..
.\fr. & .\!rs. ,\lex Krause
.\Ir. & .\!rs. Edward H. Krause
David J. Krupp
.... .....
.\fr. & .\I rs. Harry Lahr ..
.\Ir. & .\!rs. Jack Lawson
.\Ir. & .\Ir:;. Samuel Lawson
.\Ir. & :\I rs. '.\fax Le how .
:0.fax Lenhoff
.....
:\Ir. & .\Ir:;. Jess Levin ....
~Ir. & .\!rs. :O.lorris Le"in,·
:0-f r. & .\I rs. Reuhl·n Len
:O.l r. & ..\1 rs. II yman Lip.man .
:0.1 r. & :\I rs. J al·k Lipman
:0.lr. & :0-lrs. Samuel Lipman
\Ir. & '.\I rs. Chas. Locke ..
Don :O.lann ..... .
Benjamin .\!arms ..
H crman .\1 cndelson
James .\lctz
.\liss Eva .\[illcr
Dr. Phillip :0-liller
:0-[isccllaneous Contributions
Joe Nadel
.\I ax ~ (..·\Jinan .. . ...
Oscar :S:cuman ......... .
.\Ir. & :\!rs. Ted Xl'Ullll'r
..
'.\Ir. & :0.1 rs. B.,n Oi>pcnheim .
S,im Orlikoff
.\Ir. & :0-1 r:-. Harold Page .
.\Ir. & :\I rs. ,\lhcrt Parker ...
.\I rs. Bertha & Sylvia l'aul ...
.\Ir. & :0.1 r,. Nathan Price
'.\! r. & ,\( rs. Samuel Price
.\Ir. & 1\lr,. J.C. Rapaport
Leah Richel .....
.
.\Ir. & '.\Ir,;. Barne,· Rola•rt,
'.\Ir. & :0-frs, !,ral'l'Rodin
.\1 r. & .\1 rs. Fred Rodoff
11 r, & .\I rs. Lyle Roger~ .
1944
1945
500.00
550.00
250.00
10.00
150.00
25.00
500.00
725.00
250.00
25.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
25.00
1946
500.00
725.00
275.00
25.00
235.00
25.00
25.00
60.00
1947
2,000.00
5,000.00
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
55.00
75.00
3 109.50
2,182.50
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,551.50
2,746.00
250.00
12.'i.OO
650.00
350.00
125.00
1,000.00
100.00
40.00
50.00
1,000.00
250.00
1,000.00
400.00
400.00
25.00
500.00
35.00
100.00
200.00
150.00
25.00
l,.,
"';.-,
:.c"'
- -0
...0 ·-"'0.
....
,.,r.r. '-'"·
10.00
10.00
5.00
10.00
75.00
600.00
100.00
600.00
25.00
15000
150.00
25.00
10.00
100.00
25.00
250.00
125.00
1,000.00
25.00
300.00
150.00
50.00
20.00
250.00
25.00
300.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
10.00
25.00
250.00
200.00
300.00
4,750.00
25.00
1,000.00
200.00
100.00
30.00
200.00
300.00
8,036.00
25.00
300.00
25.00
600.00
20.00
.,
C.c.
250.00
- ....
~=g
.::
25.00
150.00
25.00
200.00
"'
::, 0
~ ::::
.;::
g~
.::: 0
:r. ~
0
=C:
0
10.00
;;
0
50.00
300,00
50.00
500.00
J00.00
25.00
500.00
25.00
25.00
10.00
325.00
25.00
110.00
20.00
85.00
600.00
50.00
550.00
30.00
25.00
410.00
250.00
75.00
4000
25.00
200.00
100.00
12,300.00
15.00
405 00
250.00
110.00
25.00
25.00
850.00
325.00
50.00
50.00
25.00
150.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
"
50.00
25.00
250.00
100.00
10,350.00
25.00
300.00
273.00
161.50
275.00
100.00
100.00
35.00
525.00
50.00
75.00
3,000.00
111.50
3,000.00
50.00
45.00
25.00
86.50
786.50
50.00
10.00
50.00
25.00
2,500.00
150.00
3.790.00
1(),00
51.50
50.00
50.00
25.00
2,500.00
50.00
3.036.50
50.00
25.00
2,500.00
50.00
J,050.00
75.00
50.00
1,000.00
90.00
2.050.00
35.00
25.00
ISO.no
250.00
100.00
50.00
I ,0.00
100.00
50.00
1S000
so
9.l.50
1.010.00
200 00
30.00
61.50
50.00
J0.00
36.50
50.00
25.00
-0
-0...
0
,.,CJ
50.00
25.00
250.00
100.00
12,450.00
15.00
325.00
200.00
161 50
500.00
bl) bl)
-0 -0
'-'
100.00
30.00
100.00
35.00
5.00
200.00
25.00
10,100.00
25.00
50.00
25.00
25.00
.~0.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
25.00
200.00
190.00
45.00
25.00
50.00
231.00
25.00
165.00
322.00
90.00
167.00
250.00
275.00
1,000.00
100.00
1,750.00
50.00
100.00
1.000.00
1,000.00
125.00
25.00
600.00
J00.00
750.00
750.00
100.00
7.50.00
850.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
325 00
25.00
100.00
300.00
525.00
7.l
50.00
200.00
25.00
IO(l.00
150.00
10.00
150.00
150.00
250.00
25000
25.00
2500
1,570.00
2.150.00
100.00
25.00
25.00
500.00
10.00
50 ()()
50..00
25.00
75.00
60.00
25.00
10.00
100.00
396.50
786.50
186.50
J6.50
250.00
141.50
.\6 so
150.00
136.50
36.50
Total
Pledges
130.00
4,500.00
19,589.50
775.00
160.00
1,910.00
75.00
65.00
685.00
3,000.00
200.00
950.00
25.00
600.00
240.00
110.00
1,J00.00
1,225.00
60,1S6.00
180.00
3,290.00
1,573.00
833.00
100.00
850.00
120.00
1,400.00
825.00
150.00
190.00
1,525.00
181.50
1,896.00
250.00
115.00
300.00
535.00
14,400.00
501.50
17,776.50
230.00
250.00
285.00
325.00
850.00
25.00
50.00
1,377.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
6,685.00
175.00
250.00
10.00
150.00
100.00
2,500.00
6,520.00
300.00
1().00
.lS.00
975.00
1,446.00
1.77100
Balances
Not Due or
Not Paid
150.00
1,800.00
�1943
Rogus & Lebow
....... ... .... ... ..
!I.tr. & l\lrs Leo Rnse ...._. _ .. ...
i\lr. & !\!rs. Douglas Rosen
.....
!I.Ir. & !1.1 rs. llarold Rosen !I.Ir. & .\!rs. Leu S. Rosen .... . .... .....
!I.Ir. & !l.lrs. !,am Rosenbaum.......
!I.tr. & !l.lrs..\lax Rosenberg
!I.Ir. & Mr<. Robert Ro•cnlwrg
!I.tr. I\: .\!rs. Seymour Rosenberg . .
!l.lartill Roth
!I.tr. & !l.frs Chas. Ruhmsky
.. ...
!I.I iss Florl'IIC<' Rulimsky
Louis Rnhinsky
......
!l.lrs. Rat' Rnbm~ky
. .. .
Elizaheth I• Hyan
. ......
I
Jack Sa ppcr
... . ..
'"
Rahhi & !I.Ir~. Satlow
..., . ...
?
l'aul J. Sd1lossman
.,.,
Ja<:oh Schocrhcr . ..
..
:.E
!I.Ir. & i\l rs. !I.I ax Schuhb .
- -o
Dr. Leonard Schultz
5 ;.
ill r & :,\fr~ .\ be Shmooklcr
... c..
!l.lrs. ,\he Shmooklr.r & !I.tr. &
~ [;
Mrs. Francis Fine
~~
Leah Shumaker
. .... - .... ...... .....
~ ~
Mr. & .\!rs. !I.lax Shumaker . ... ...... .
::,.. "!I.Ir. & :\lr5. Sam Shumaker..
iii O
!I.Ir. & !l.lrs. Sam Siegl'I
-5 Mr. & !I.I rs. Harold Silverman
:~ §
!I.Ir. & !l.lrs, Sol Silverman
] g
Ed Simcoe
.. .
.
·- ;;;
!I.Ir. S.: !l.lrs Joseph Simon
:!: Jacoh Singer
_g ~
!I.Ir. & ~!rs. Joseph ';inger
'· !I.Ir. & :\!rs Sam $ingcr
.. ....
o~
.!I.Ir. & Mrs. C~arlC', Smith
~ §
!I.Ir. & .!l.lrs. Eh Smith
.. ...
-o
Saul .Smith ...
.... ...... ..... ....
.,,
R. Stotz .
... . ... _ ...
"2
Mr. & !-.!rs. Fred Stein
8
!I.Ir. & !l.lrs. Carl Ste!n<ller
~
Mr. & !I.Ir~. Jack Stcmdlcr
.. ..
!I.Ir. & \I rs. .!I.I ilton Stcindlcr
.. ..
\Ir. & \lrs. \\'illiam Stern ... ..... ...
!I.fr & .!1.lrs. Joseph Strifling
......
II arrirt falbot . .. . . ..... ....
.!I.Ir & \!rs . .!I.form Teles
.. . ... ....
Rahhi & :\!rs. Samuel l1men . ..... ....
E. \'alentinc .
..
!l.iclvin Dan Duren
... ....
\\'alter~ & 8reccher
\\'est ~lich1gan Steel
T ~f. \\'hit1nan
..
....
;1f r. & ~Ir~. Tosial• Wiener .
!I.Ir & !I.I rs. Paul \l. Wiener .
!I.I orton Wolfe
...
.. .... .
,....
Total Amount for 1943 ................ _ 5.360.00
$ S,360.00
1944
25.00
U5 00
.225.00
100.00
250.00
50.00
1945
1946
50.00
5000
25.00
500.00
750.00
175.00
500.00
50.00
25.00
300.00
450.00
125.00
350.00
50.00
5.00
25.00
60.00
1,300.00
1,600.00
500.00
750.00
225.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
10 00
25.00
....
... . ..
1947
400.00
1,00(100
!5.00
118.00
1,000.00
25.00
50.00
60.00
100.00
300.00
600.00
800.00
I.I 00.00
50.00
100.00
125.00
100.00
425.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
25.00
50.00
50.00
1110.00
100.00
200.00
600.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
I too
100.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
850.00
300.00
110.00
100.00
10000
100.00
I 00.00
300.00
,oo.oo
1000
.....
.. ...
250.00
200.00
7SO.OO
20.00
..... ..
275.oO
50.00
200.00
35.00
200.00
2.000 00
50000
100 00
100.00
30.00
J00.00
1948
1949
100.00
10.00
1.000.00
1,600.00
200.00
1.250.00
246.50
100.00
125.00
75.00
. .....
.. .....
100.00
1951
750 00
50.00
136.50
2,536.50
2.353.50
1952
750.00
50.00
86.50
2,500.00
1,50000
236..,o
250.00
125 00
600.00
100.00
100.00
136.50
150 00
150.00
100.00
....
····-····
... .... ..
. . ....
.... ....
100.00
75.00
2,100.00
50.00
250.00
25.00
260.00
275.00
25.00
1.000.00
500.00
50.00
100.00
15.00
50.00
300.00
550.00
510.00
25.00
175.00
SU0.00
500.00
..
200.00
270.00
1,000.00
50.00
25.00
.. .......
. .....
75.00
350 00
4,250.00
100.00
550 00
750.00
3,600.00
100.00
.. ....
100.00
.....
118.00
90.00
175.00
170.00
..... -
100.00
86.50
850.00
2,125.00
1950
500.00
50.00
125.00
2,250.01)
2,371.50
200.00
.5000
50.00
... ..
50.00
.....
..
...
100.00
7, 00
2,536.50
~5.00
200.00
41.50
100.00
786.50
2.000.00
~00 00
2.000.00
225.00
....
~----
· --
---·--
750.00
10,000 00
60.00
150.00
2,373 00
2,373.00
100.00
10.00
136.50
10.00
175.00
250.00
100.00
50.00
H!6.50
25.00
200.00
S0.00
161.50
1,000.00
1.036.50
135.00
500.00
1,536.50
110.00
500.00
1,500.00
....
11000
500.00
2.036.50
llOJ>O
100.00
160.00
100.00
77lOO
3,681 00
100 00
625 00
500.00
2,282.50
2,755.':o
125.00
125.00
125.00
161 50
125.00
100.00
5.00
15.00
..
650.00
2,750.00
250.00
25 00
100.llO
286. :;o
100.00
50 00
l.!6.50
25 00
136.50
100 00
625.00
100.00
625.00
300.00
2,800.00
125.00
100.00
20.00
15 00
...
500.00
315.00
1.000.00
I 50.00
... ..
75 00
50.00
.....
25.00
1,236.50
15,000.00
-
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2,036.50
20,200.00
1.050.00
15,000.00
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25.00
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1.250.00
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Balances
Total
Not Due or
Pledges
Not Paid
2,000.00
350.00
475.00
529.50
11,461.50
12,975.00
1,100.00
4,223.00
1.221.SO
400.00
50.00
280.00
275.00
100.00
35.00
50.00
.15.00
393.00
2,400.00
85.00
660.00
75.00
4,900.00
9,282.50
125.00
1.161.50
121.50
975.00
6, I 98.00
2.000.00
610.00
1,121.00
135.00
618.00
845.00
3,685.00
7,264.50
50.00
100.00
1,545.00
100.00
575.00
4,298.00
2,320.00
21.619.00
50.00
755.00
486.50
20.00
35.00
200.00
500.00
50.00
8.838.00
96,450.00
..625.00
~.360.00
15000
~
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Vice-Chairman ................................................. Mrs. Jos. Strifling
Vice-Chairman ..............................................................Jerome Fisher
Treasurer ........................................................................ Leo S. Rosen
Secretary ........................................................................ Rose Lawson
B OARD OF TRUSTEES
J. '.\L Kaufman
Francis Fine
Samuel Lipman
Harold Rosen
Harry Fisher
Herman Grossman
Samuel Klayf
J us. Strifling
'.\Tilton Steindler
Dr. l\iorris Teles
Josiah \Viener
Dr. Ralph August
Eli Smith
Ted Neumer
Fred Rodoff
l\Iax Lebow
Harold Silverman
Abe Ashendorf
l\Iildred Rodoff
Seymour Rosen berg
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'.\Ir. and '.\frs. Abe Ashendorf
'.\Ir. and '.\!rs. Ted :Neumer
Dr. and '.\frs. Ralph V. August
'.\Ir. and '.\I rs. Harold Rosen
'.\Jr. and '.\frs. Francis Fine
'.\Ir. and '.\[rs. Leo S. Rosen
'.\Ir. and '.\!rs. Bernard Fisher
;\I rs. Rebecca Shmookler
'.\Ir. and .\!rs. Harry A. Fisher
'.\Ir. and '.\[rs. H. A. Sih·erman
'.\Ir. and '.\lrs. Herman Grossman
'.\Ir. and :\!rs. Louis Gros,;man
'.\Ir. and '.\Irs. Eli :'.\I. Smith
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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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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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Congregation B'nai Israel
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1948/1957
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Congregation Scrap Book
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Large scrap book with photographs of temple construction, programs, annual reports, and other documents dating from around 1948 to 1957.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
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SABBATH EVENING SETIVICE
BIM BAM
Opening Hymn:
Ten Commandments·
Candle Blessing:
Kiddish:
page
Reader:
Page
7
93
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein. For He hath
founded it upon the seas, and established it upon
the flood. '\r.T ho s hall ascend tr•e mountain of the Lord
and who shall stand in His holy place? Pe that hath
clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not taken My
name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully. He
shall receive a blessinp from the Lord, and justice
fro ,'1 the God of his salvation. Such is the generation
of them that seek Thee; that seek Th~ presence, 0 God
of Jacob.
(congreation rises)
All Recite:
Borchu es Adonai ham 1 vorach
Boruch Adonai hamvorach L'olam voed.
Praise ye the Lord, to whom all praise is due.
Praised be the Lord to whom all praise is due fo~
ever and ever.
All Sinp.; :
Borchu es Adonai hamvorach.
Boruch Adonai hamvorach l 1 olam voed.
(congregation is seated)
Reader:
Dear G-od, often in onr constant search for knowledge
and information we seek too deeply. v'e try to find
out your infinite plans and reasons, your very deepest
motivations--th1n~s that only you know and control.
Though we know that You alone mana~e all, we often
forget and attempt to delve into hat 1s Yours alone.
It is at these times t hat -we need Your understanding
and help, so that we may know only -wha t is o urs to
know and be ignorant and innocent of what is Yours .
(congregation rises)
All Recite:
Sh 1 ma Yisroel, Adonai elohanu Adonai eched .
Boruch shem k 1 v od malchuso l 1 olam voed.
Hear, 0 Lsrail: The Lord our God, the Lord is One
Praised be His name \,, hose P:lorious kinr;dom is forever
and ever.
All Sing:
Sh 1 ma Yisroel, Adonai elohanu Adonai echod.
Boruch sham k 1 vod malchuso 1 1 olam voed.
(con~refation is seated)
�Par;e 2
SAff' \ATH LVLIJIJ'J/1 SETTVIGES
Reader:
Union Prayer Book, pagel5
CongreQation and Reader; page
14
Solo:
Eli, Eli, shelo y 1 gamer l'mlam
Ha-chol, v 1 hayam, rish rush shel hamayim
B 1 rak ha-sha-ma-yim
Tfila t ha-ad am,
Ha-chol, v'hayam, rish rush shv-11 hamayim
B 1 rak ha-sha-ma-yim
Tfilat ha-adam.
All Sing;
0 L 0 rd, My God, I pray that these never end:
The sand and the sea,
The rush of the waters,
The crash of the heavens,
The ~rayer of man.
The sand and the sea,
The rush of the waters,
The crash of the heavens,
The prayer of man.
Reader:
Heavenly Father, the days ,·o on, the week~ pass by.
Childhood joys become memories of old, and what lies
in the future lies l.n our dreams. 1 .ith one ,,ir,I'ld
behind us and a new one ahead, we look at our lives
from the eyes of our youth.
In these years of questions, we seek Thee, our ~od.
So many tears have we shed to Thee, tear~ of ~adness
and tears brimrninp; with happiness, vi th praises and
problems, with sonp, and despair ½e com8 to Thee and
are taken to Thy heart. Be with us always to show
us thy ways. Teach us to knowthat from Thee we can
learn. And help us to remember that in Thee we live.
Then shall our youth be with us always, and not merely
somethinrr we must leave beh:i.nd.
tantor:
Mi Cho Mo Cho
V'Shomru
page 16-17
page 19
Read Responsively:
Reader:
All:
Eternal is Thy Power, 0 Lord,
Thou art mighty to save.
In lovin~kindness Thou sustainest the living
In the multitude of Thy mercies, Tho11 preservest
all.
Thou uphldest the falling and healest the sick;
Freest the captives and keepest faith wri. th Thy
children in death as in life.
~;ho is like unto Thee, Almi~hty 0od, Author
of life and death, Source of salvation?
Praised be Thou, 0 Lord, 1riho hast implanted
within us eternal life.
Thon art .. holy, Thy
name is holy and Th~r v-1orshippers preclaim Thy
holiness.
Praised be Tho l , 0 Lord, the holy
God.
1
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page 3
SABBATH EVENING SE?VICE
Reader: I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, whence cometh
my help. My help cometh from the Lord, v-iho :r1ade heaven
and earth. Re will mot suffer thy foot to be moved; He
that keepeth thee will not alµmber. Behold, Fe that kee~~sh
Israel doth neither slumber not sleep. Th.e Lord is thy
keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The
sun shall not smite t r10e hyrooyimor•,tfu~ moon:,;bylmi~ht;.
The I,ord.sha.11 keep thee from all evil; J-Te shall keep thy
soul. The Lord shall r:uard thy going ont ana thy coming
in, from this time forth and forever.
A.11 Sing:
I lift up mine eyes unto the mountain from whence,from
whence; will my help come •• repeat
My help will come from the Lord
Maker of heaven and the earth •• repeat
(Silent Mee1itat.iion)
All 3ing:
May the words of my mouth and the Meditation of My heart
be accepable unto Thee, O, Lord, my Rock an< Hy Redeemer
(Announcements)
All Sing: AllY ALLY OXEN FREE
Tims to let the rain fall
11'itho 1.t the help of man;
Time to let the trees grow tall
Now if they only can;
Time to let our children
Live in a land that's fre u .
Ally ally ally ally, oxen free (2)
1
Time to blow the smoke away
And look at the sky again;
time to lwt our friends Know
We'd like to be~in a~ain;
Time to send the mesPa~e
Across the land and sea
Ally ally ally ally oxen free (2)
Strong and weak
Mild and meek
Ng more hide and seek
Time to see the fairness
of a children 1 s game;
Time for men to stop to stop and
learn to do the same;
Time to make onr minds up
If the world at last wi 11 be
Ally ally ally ally oxen free (2)
(Sermon)
(congre~ation rises)
A,11 Sing
Solo:
Let us Adore
Let us Adore
The ever-living Gog,
All:
The ever-livin~ God,
And render praise
and render praiee
Unto Him,
Unto Him,
All:
Sclo:
�•
,,
1·
SOLO:
who spread out the heavens
who s p read out the heavens
ar-. j e .,jta:..ilis ~6d t r)E eo.:r- t', ,
and established the earth,
whose P,lory
whose glory
is revealed in the heavens above
in the heavens above
and whose greatness
and wbose greatness
/
All: is manifest throup;hout the 1,.J orld,
He is our God; there is none else.
Varanach 1 nu korim umish 1 tachavim umodim
lif 1 nay melech mal 1 chay ham'lochim hakodosh
boruch hu.
(con5regation is seated)
All:
Reader:
Your hearts know in silence the sesrets of the days and
the nights.
But yo ,1 ears thinst for the so trnd of you.r heart's knowledp:e •
You WO •lld know in iJords that 1-J hich you have always known
in thought,
You would toucl with your fin~ e rs the naked 1 ody of you?"
dreams.
And it is we 11 you s ho 'l ld •
The hid~en well-spring of your soul mu•t need ri1e and
run murmurin~ to the seat and the ~rea•ure of your inf.
inite d e pths would be revealed to your eyeg, But let
there h e no scales to weigh you unknown trea•u:roe; And
seek not the depths of you knowledge with ~taff or soundi~~
line, For self is a sea boundless and meaaureless 1
(eongregation ~ises,
Medition a■ d Kaddi@h
page 77 and 7~
r..;, it~ s .: •.~t, ,•· r~ )
(
~- ,,
; •' "'l'a
..
, ~: . .
(Be.r,edi~tion)
All Singt
May the ~ord protect and defend you.
May He always shield you from shame,
May you come to be, in Yierail a shining name.
May you be like Ruth and like Lsther•
May you be deserving of praise•
Strengthen us, O Lord, ano Keep us from a strangers
ways.
Girle:
May God bless you and grant you. lo~g life,
Boys:
ra~1s,
May the tord fulfill our labbath prayer fo:r you,
May ri-od keep you and ~hield you from strife,
Boys
May i• his wisdom ali iays care for yo11.
All:
May the Lera protect and defend you,
May He always shield you from shame,
Fave~ us, O Lord,
v' i th happiness ann peace,
0 hear our Sabbath Prayer.
A-a-a•a•a-amen,
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Temple B'nai Israel Collection
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Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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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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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eng
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Circa 1920s-2018
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Temple B'nai Israel
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Sabbath Evening Service
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Program for Sabbath Evening Service, undated.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
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TO THE OFFICERS ANO BQ_-;___rm OF TRUSTEES OF COWGREG.A.TION
B ' NAI ISR.1 ,.,L:
We, the undersigned, being members of congregation
B'nai Israel, do hereby join in a Petition protesting the proposed
ction of the Officer3 and Bo rd of Trustees of Congregation
B'nai Israel to employ a religious leader for the purpose of
conducting reform services in the new House of Worship or in any
other place that services will be conducted until the new House
of Wo.:rship is completed; and hereby express our desire for the
employment of a religious leader and rabbi who Will be able to
and will conduct conservative services; we further join in protesting against the purchase, or placement of an organ heretofore
proposed in the general synagogue assembly room for use with
religious services; and we recuest that you either pass a
resolution in your meeting expressly prohibiting the foregoing
protested matter or submit these matters to a vote of the general
membership of the congregation at a meeting called for that
purpos ~
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Temple B'nai Israel (Muskegon, Mich.)
Description
An account of the resource
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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Subject
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
Scrapbooks
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Women--Societies and clubs
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Petition in Opposition of Reform Services
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Petition to the officers and Board of Trustees of Congretation B'nai Israel, protesting the proposed employment of religious leaders and rabbis to conduct reform services, and expressing a desire for conservative services, undated.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
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P B T I T I ON
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TO THE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ~F O~NGREGATION
B'NAI ISRAEL:
we,
the undersigned, being members ot congregation
B'nai Israel, do hereby join in a Petition protesting the proposed action o-r the Officers and Boa.rd ot Trustee
ot aongregat.1on
B'na:i Israel to employ a religious leader for the purpose
ot
oonduoting reform services in the new House ot Worship or in any
other place that services will be oonduoted until the %few Rouse
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of Worship is completed; and hereby ~xpress our desire for the
employment of a religious leader and rabbi who Will be e.hle to
and will conduct conservative serv1oes; (we further join in protesting against t h e purchase, or pla cement of an organ heretofore
proposed in the general synagogue assembly room for use with
religious services
0
and we request that you eithe:r pass a
resolution in your meeting expressly prohibiting the foregoing
protested matter or submit these matters to a vote ot the general
membership of the congregation at a meeting called tor that
purpose •
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CONSTITUTION OF THE MUSKEGON TEMPLE YOUl'H
PRF.AMBLE
We the youth of Muskegon Temple B•nai Israel, associated with Michigan
State Temple Youth, Xhe National Federation of Temple Youth, and the Union
of American Hebrew Congregations, recognizing that Judaism is an ever evolving
body of ethical inspirational, and prophetic teachings which are the core of
our Jewish heritage; conscious of our needs as Jewish youth for social awareness,
and intellectual and spiritual stimulus; affirming our belief that the synagogue
provides a conmon ground for the opportunity to respond to the stimulus of
education and prayer, yielding growth of the individual; proclaiming that youth
has a responsibility to preserve this synagogue and to share in upholding it eo
that it can better serve us, our families and mankind do hereby join ourselves
in our local Muskegon Temple youth Group in order that we may actively engage
in the furtherance of these ideas.
ARTICLE I
NAME
· 'ihe'name of the organization shall be Muskegon Temple Youth, in affiliation with
Michigan State Temple Youth; abbreviated MA1'Y
ARTICLE II
PURPOSES
The purposes of this organization shall be:
Section A. To unite the young people of the Congregation B•bai Israel so that
they may share the joys of fellowship and cooperation in the pursuit of their
c0111110n aims.
Section B. To build for its indiVidual members richer Jewish lives through a
quickened religious consciousness and a fuller knowledge of our Jewish religious
and cultural heritage.
Section C. To prepare its members for responsible Jewish parenthood and for
intslligent, loyal shouldering of their responsibilities as adult members of
the Congregation and the community.
Section D. Especially to promote the caus~ of the synagogue as the ideal center
for Jewish life and thought and to advance 'the i ·. iterest of Congregation in pursuit of this aim.
Section E. To make the moral and social te~chings of Judaism a functioning part
of the social outlook of its members.
Section F. To cooperate with other Youth Groups in promoting the ideals of
good citizenship, peace and harmonious relationships among all groups,
irrespective of color or creed.
ARl'lCL~-- IU
1-filMBERSHIP
1fe-.'.tion A. Membership in this organlzat;.on shall be open to all reform Jewish
youth in grades nine through twelve in H:i.gh School.
Section B. One may be a member of this organization without being a _member of
Michigan State Temple Youth.
Section
c.
Non-voting members of this organization shall include the RBbbi
and other adult advil!IOrs.
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Minutes (Records)
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Constitution of the Muskegon Temple Youth
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Muskegon (Mich.)
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BROTHER HOOD SERVICE
CONDUCTED BY
TEMPL:C: B'NAI ISRAEL YOUTH GROUP
�Lighting of Candles
Eli - Eli
Choir
RESPONSIVE READINGPsalm 97
The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice, let the many isles be glad.
)
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are
the foundation of His throne.
His lightnings illumine the world; the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord
of all the earth.
The heavens tell of His righteousness, and all the peoples behold
His glory.
Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
because of Your judgments, 0 Lord.
For You, 0 Lord, are most high over all the earth; You are exalted
far above all other gods.
The Lord loves those who hate evil; He preserves the souls of
His faithful ones; He delivers them from the hand of the
wickedo
,
Barchu et adonai hamvorach.
Praise ye the Lord to \Jhom all praise is due •
Baruch adonai hamvorach leolam vaed.
Praised be the Lord to 'whom all praise is due for ever and
ever
Reader
The General Assembly:
Considering that the Charter of the United Nations is based on the
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�principles of the dignity and equality of all human beings and seeks
••.• to achieve international co-operation in promoting and encouraging
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without
distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,
Considering that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims
that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights •••
Considering that all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection against any discrimination .
Considering that any doctrine of racial differentiation or superiority is scientifically false, morally objectionable, socially unjust
and dangerous • ..•
Convinced also that racial discrimination harms not only those who
are its objects but also those who practice it,
Solemnly affirms the necessity of speedily eliminating racial discrimination throu~hout the world • • . and of securing understanding of
and respect for the dignity of the human person .
RESi-ONSIVE l~DING
Have we not all one Father?
Has not one God created us all?
God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them .
Our tradition says that God created only one man, who is the ancestor
of all men: to teach us that whoever destroys a single human
soul has destroyed an entire world;
And whoever sustains a single human soul has sustained an
en tire world ..
And man was created one for the sake of peace among mankind: that
none mieht say to his fellow: 11My father was greater than your
father. u
I call heaven and earth to wtiness: Gentile or Jew, man or
woman, man-sorvant or maid-servant - all according to hi.s
deeds does the holy spirit rest upon a man .
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�All Reading
Lord our God, we pray for the coming of the day when all Your
children will live together in peace and friendship; uhen oppression,
discrimination and prejudice will be relics of the past, and all mankind will be filled with Your spirit, as it has been said: .,Turn to
me and be saved, all the ends of the earthl'' May that day be soon,
0 Lord: the day foreseen by our prophets and sar es, the day for which
the people of Israel have longed during the course of a hundred generations; when all mankind will recognise that it is one brotherhood;
when we shall be one and acknowledge that You are the Father of us
all; the day proclaimed by the prophet: 11 In that day Israel will be
the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
whom the Lord of Hosts has bless0d, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt My
people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel IJ.y heritage.'"
Shema yisrael adonai
Elohaynu adonai echad
Hear O Israel, the Lord o~r God the Lord is One.
Baruch shaym kevod malchuto le-o-lam va-ed
Ue praise His name, Whose glorious Kingdom is for ever and
ever
All Reading
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with
all your soul, and with all your might.
And these words, which I command you this day, shall be upon your
heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you
shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by
the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall
bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be like frontlets
bgtween your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of
your house, and upon your gates.
That you may remember and do all my commandments, and b~ holy
unto your uod. I the Lord am your God, Who brought you out of the
land of Egypt to be your God. I the Lora am your God.
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�Less of Me
Choir
All Reading
We solemnly aff irm the truth of Israel's faith: there is One
God in heaven and earth. His pow0r and wisdom are manifest in nature,
His love and justice in the life of mankind.
We see God's guiding hand most clearly when we look back upon
the history of our own people. Delivered from ~gyptian bondage, bound
to God by the covenant a t uinai, inspired by prophets and instructed
by sages, we survived oppression and exile, overcoming time and again
the forces that would have cestroyed us.
· Rsader
We were beset by the weaknesses and faults common to all humanity;
yet it ha s been our glory to testify to the unity of God, to hold up
before the world an example of courage, and to keep alive in dark
ages a vision of humaneness and brotherhood.
Let us therefore continue to labour for the day when all men will
recognise God's unity and obey His Law. Then shall the nations live
together in brotherhood and peace, and all will sing with one accord:
All Singing
Mi clamocha ba-e-lim adonai mi camocha needor bakodesh.
oseh feleh.
Norah tehilot
Who is like You, 0 Lord, among the gods men worship? Who is
like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendour, doing wonders?
~
Adonai yimloch leolam vaed.
t)
The Lord shall reign for ever and everl
Reader
Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders toil in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city, its watchman stays awake in vain. 11
Page
4
�May it be Your will, 0 Lord our God, to cause love and brotherhood,
peace and friendship to dwell among us, to diract us in Your world with
good companions and good intentions, to give us hope in the future,
and to plant eternity in our hearts: That we may rise in the morning
to find our hearts waiting to obey Your will.
We praise You, 0 Lord, Guardian of Israel, whose truth gives
light to all the world.
SILENT PRAYER
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be
acceptable unto Thee, 0 Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Song
"Sabbath Prayet'
Scripture Reading
11
Birthday Blessings"
Kiddush (Union Prayer book Page 93)
Sermon
Choir
Hineh Mah Tov
adoration
Kaddish
f
Shalom Chaverim
(,\ Benediction
Page
5
Le t Us Ag.ore
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Women--Societies and clubs
Minutes (Records)
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
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Brotherhood Service
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Muskegon (Mich.)
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CONFIRMATION SERVICE
Confirmation Class of 1985
Shelley E. Garrigan
Rachel Ruthann Logan
�We ask the candle, "Are you complete in yourself?" And the candle
answers, "No, my life is in the flame." We ask the flame, and the flame
answers, "No, my life is in the match."
We ask the match • "No, my life
is in the candle and the flame and the Sabbath. Keep the people of
Israel stripped of the Sabbath and I shall die.
So it is with the
great Tree of Life. Nothing is completely and merely individual.
11
As these Shabbat candles give light to all who behold them,
so may we, by our lives, give light to all who behold us.
As their brightness reminds us of the generations of Israel who
have kindled light, so may we, in our own day, be among
those who kindle light.
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Blessed is the Lord our God, Ruler of the universe,
who hallows us with His Mitzvot, and commands us
to kindle the lights of Shabbat.
• •
Let there be joy!
Let there be peace!
Let there be light!
Let there be Shabbat !
COME, 0 SABBATH DAY
Come, 0 Sabbarh day and bring
Peace and healing on rhy wing;
And ro every weary one
Ler God's word of blessing come:
Thou shale rest, Thou shale rest.
Welcome Sabbath, let depart
Bvery care of troubled heart;
Now the daily task is done,
Let God's word of comfort come:
Thou shalt rest, Thou shalt rest.
Wipe from ev'ry cheek the tear,
Banish care and silence fear;
All things working for rhe best,
Teach us the divine behest:
Thou shalt rest, Thou shale rest.
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SONG Hinay mah tov oomah naim shevet achim gam yachad
How good it is, and how pleasant, when brothers and sisters dwell together
in unity.
Lord, many are tired and lonely;
Teach us to be their friends.
Many are anxious and afraid;
Help us to calm their fears.
Some are tortured in body and mind;
Imbue them with courage and strength.
Others in their emptiness seek only wealth, fame or power;
Teach them to value other gifts than these.
And some live with death in their souls; they are stunned, vtolent and filled
with hate;
Give us wisdom to save them from the wastelands of the spirit.
And teach us to show our love; let compassion and knowledge combine for the welfare
of all Your children That all may know they are not alone.
We are not alone when God is in our heart and actions. We Join together, men, women
and children with an openess to see and feel the HOLY ONE, blessed be He.
Praise the Lord,
to
whom our praise is due!
!i~?J □7;y7
Praised be the Lord , to whom our praise is due,
now and for ever!
T'J:l'?iJ !~ l 11f'
I lift up my eyes to the mountains: what is the source of my help? My help will
come from the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Guardian will not slumber. Behold, the
Guardian of Isreal neither slumbers nor sleeps. The Eternal is your Keeper, the
Lord is your shade at your right hand . The sun shall not harm you by day, nor
the moon by night. The Lord will guard you from all evil, He will protect your
being. The Lord will guard you, coming and going, from this time forth, and for
ever.
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As day depa rts, as the dark of night descends, we lift our eyes
to the heavens. In awe and wond er our hearts cry out :
Eternal God , how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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A vast universe: who can know it? What mind can fathom it?
We look out to the endless suns and ask: What are we, what
are our dreams and our hopes?
What are we, that You are mindful of us? What are we, that
You should care for us?
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And yet within us abides a measure of Your spirit. You are remote, but, oh, how near! Ordering the stars in the vast solitudes of the dark, yet whispering in the mind that You are
"You are My witnesses," says the Lord, "And I am God." That is: when you are My
witnesses, I am God; and when you are not My witnesses, I am, one might also say,
not God.
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Blessed is His glorious kingdom for ever and ever!
All are seated
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You shall love the Lord your God with all your mind, with
all your strength, with all your being.
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heart. Teach them faithfully to your children; speak of them
in your home and on your way, when you lie down and when
you rise up.
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Bind them as a sign upon your hand; let them be a symbol
before your eyes; inscribe them on the doorposts of your
house, and on your gates.
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consecrate yourselves to your God. I, the Lord, am your God
who led you out of Egypt to be your God; I, the Lord, am
your God.
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I don't set up to be no judge of right and wrong in men,
I've lost the trail sometimes myself an' may get lost again;
An' when I see a chap who looks as though he'd gone astray,
I want to shove my hands in his an' help him find the way •
God put His hand in ours and helped us find the way out of Egypt. In gratitude
the Israelites sang:
Who is like You, Eternal One, among the gods that are worshipped? Who is like You,
Majestic in holiness, awesome is splendor, doing wonders?
Mi chamocha bahalim, adonai? Mi kamocha, nehdar bakodesh, norah t'hilot, osah
feleh.
L -Blessed is the Sabbath, the queen of days, which adds new soul to Israel's life.
CMore than Israel has kept the Sabbath, has the Sabbath kept Israel.
L -Happy are those who remember the Sabbath, who hallow it with prayer and song.
CHappy are those who rejoice in the Eternal, who take delight in the heritage
of their people.
L -Their homes are filled with light and gladness;
CThe joy of the Eternal is their strength.
The people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath in every generation as a covenant for all time. It is a sign for ever between Me and the people
of Israel, for in six days the Eternal God made heaven and earth, and on the seventh
day He rested from His labors.
All rise
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Eternal God, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your glory.
THEIR QUEST IS OURS
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Source of all being, we turn to You as did our people in ancient
days. They beheld You in the heavens; they felt You in their
hearts; they sought You in their lives.
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Now their quest is ours. Help us, 0 God, to see the wonder of
being. Give us the courage to search for truth. Teach us the
path to a better life. So shall we, by our lives and our labors,
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bring nearer to realization the great hope inherited from ages
past, for a world transformed by liberty, justice, and peace.
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HELP US TO USE OUR STRENGTH
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Your might, 0 God, is everlasting;
Help us to use our strength for good and not for evil.
You are the Source of life and blessing;
Help us to choose life for ourselves and our children.
You are the support of the falling;
Help us to lift up the fallen.
You are the Author of freedom;
Help us to set free the captive.
You are our hope in death as in life;
Help us to keep faith with those who sleep in the dust.
Your might, 0 God, is everlasting;
Help us to use our strength for good.
Could I meet one who understood all •••
Without word, without search,
Confession or lie,
Without asking why.
I would spread before him, like a white cloth,
The heart and the soul •••
The filth and the gold.
Preceptive, he would understand.
And after I had plundered the heart,
When all had been emptied and given away,
I would feel neither anguish nor pain,
But would know how rich I had become.
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As the moon sinks on the mountain-edge
The fisherman's lights flicker
Far out on the dark wide sea.
When we think that we alone
Are steering our ships at midnight,
We hear the splash of oars
Far beyond us.
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The world is sustained by three things: by Torah, by worship, by
loving deeds.
I am a Jew because the faith of Israel demands no
abdication of my mind.
I AM A JEW BECAUSE THE FAITH OF ISRAEL ASKS EVERY
POSSIBLE SACRIFICE OF MY SOUL •
I am a Jew because in all places where there are tears
and suffering the Jew weeps.
I AM A JEW RECAUSE IN E.'VERY AGE WHEN THE CRY OF DFSPAIR
IS HEARD THE JEW HOFES .
I am a Jew bedause the mes~age of Israel is the most
aecient and the most modern.
I AN A JEW BECAUSE ISRAEL'S PROMISE IS A UNIVF:RSAL PROMISE.
I am a Jew because for Israel the world is not finished;
men will comµlete it.
I AM A JEW BECAUSE FOR ISRAEL MAN IS Nar YET FULLY CREATEDJ
MEN ARE CH.EATING HIM.
I am a Jew because Israel µlaces man and his unity above
nations and above Israel itself.
I AM A JEW BECAUSE ABOVE MAN, IMAGE OF THE DIVINE UNITY,
ISRAEL PLACES THE UNITY 'WHICH IS DIVINE.
The Ark is opened
The To : ah is taken from the Ark
In chis scroll is the secret of l'ur people's life from Sinai until
now. Its teaching is love and justice, goodness and hope. Freedom is its gift to all who treasure it.
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Hear, 0 Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One!
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Yours, ~ord, is the greatness, the power, the.,.glory, the victory, and ... • the maJesty; for all that is in heaven and earth is Yours. Yours is
the kingdom, 0 Lord; You are supreme over all.
All are seated
READING OF THE TORAH:
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Returning the Torah to the Ark
All rise
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May it be God 's will to open our hearts to His Teaching, fulfilling
the wishes of our hearts and the hearts of all His people Israel for
good, for life, and for peac~.
When Torah entered the world, freedom entered it.
The whole Torah exists only to establish peace.
Its highest teaching is love and kindness.
What is hateful to you, do not do to any person.
That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary. Go and
learn it.
Those who study Torah are the true guardians of civilization.
Honoring one another, doing acts of kindness, and making
peace: these are our highest duties.
But the study of Torah is equal to them all, because it leads
to them all.
Let us learn in order to teach;
Let us learn in order to do!
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find happiness. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths
are peace.
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Help us to return to You, 0 Lord; then truly shall we return. Renew
our days as in the past.
The Ark is closed
All are seated
Presentations
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Let us adore
the ever-living God,
and render praise
unto Him
who spread out the heavens
and established the earth,
whose glory
is revealed in the heavens above,
and whose greatness
is manifest throughout the world.
He is our God ; there is none else.
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We therefore bow in awe and thanksgiving before the One who is
Sovereign over all, the Holy One, blessed be He.
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May the time not be distant, 0 God, when Your name shall be
worshipped in all the earth, when unbelief shall disappear and
error be no more. Fervencl y we pray that the day may come
when all shall turn to You in love, when corruption and evil
shall give way to integrity and goodness, when superstition
shall no longer enslave the mind, nor idolatry blind the eye,
when all who dwell on earth shall know that You alone are
God. 0 may all, created in Your image, become one in spirit
and one in friendship, for ever united in Your service. Then
shall Your kingdom be established on earth, and the word of
Your prophet fulfilled: "The Lord will reign for ever and ever."
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de·chol beit
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Yls•ra•eil, ba·a•ga•la u•vi·ze·man ka·riv, ve+me·ru: a·mein.
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Ye•hei she•mei ra·ba me·va·rach le·a·lam u·le·al·mei al·ma·ya.
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Yit•ba·rach ve·yish·ta·bach, ve·yit·pa·ar ve·yit·ro·mam ve·yit·na•sei, ve•yit·ha·dar
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bi•re•cha·ta ve ·shi·ra·ta, tush·be·cha·ta ve·ne·che·ma·ta, da·a·mi ·ran be·al·ma,
ve·i•me·ru: a•mein.
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Ye•hei she·la·ma ra·ba min she ·ma·ya ve•cha·yim a·lei·nu ve •al kol Yls•ra•eil,
ve·i•me•ru: a•mein.
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o-seh sha•lom bi·me•ro•mav, hu ya·a·seh sha·lom a·lei·nu ve·al kol
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Yis•ra•eil, ve·i•me·ru: a·mein.
Let the glory of God be extolled, let His great name be hallowed, in
the world whose creation He willed. May His kingdom soon prevail,
CLOSING SONG:
Eli Eli
0 Lord, my God,
I. pray that these things never end:
The sand and the sea,
The rush of the waters,
The crash of the heavens,
The prayer of the heart.
Th.e sand and the sea,
The rush of the waters,
The crash of the heavens,
The prayer of the heart.
Ei-li, Ei-li,
she-lo yi-ga-meir le-ol-am
ha-chol ve-ha-yam,
rish-rush shel ha-ma-yim,
be-rak ha-sha-ma-yim,
te-fi-lat ha-a-dam.
h_a-ch.ol ve-ha-yqm~
rish~rush. sh.el fta~a ...ytm,
E>e-rak_h_a-sh..a-ma-ytm,
te-ft-1 at ha-a--dqm. ·
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Sources:
Gates of Prayer - Central Conference of American Rabbis.
A Treasury of the Art of Living - Edited by Rabbi Sidney Greenberg.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Thank-you to Sir Speedy for printing of the Confirmation service.
Thank you to Mrs. Fran Boyden and Mrs. Anna Alpert for assistance in preparing
the Confirmation Service.
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TEMPLE B' NA I ISRA EL
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
8th of Sivan 5733
CONF RMAT ON
tXEP\C SES
Friday
June 8, 1973
Prepared and Conducted by
The Class of r73
$:00 PM
�SILENT MEDITATION FOR Piili.ENTS
Father of all mankind, on this day of family gladso1,ieness.,
He turn to you 1rdth overflowing heart,s.
In your goodness.,
You have granted us the privilege of parenthood.
We
know that our labors are yet incomplete and that parental
,
guidance is of the essence in the proper attainment of young
adulthood and maturity.
With anxious hearts we awn.it our
youth who have been instructed in Your Law and are soon to
be ble ssed before You.
May this service in
·which ,,re sh:1.re be a source of constant inspiration and inkindlement to parent and child alike, that together we may go
forwa rd in the light of Your path, ever upborn by mutual devotion and consecration.
May You turn the heart of the
parents to the children and the heart of the children to
their parents.
Amen.
�A CREATIVE SERVICE FOR CONFIRMATION
PREPARED BY THE CLASS OF 1973
Debra Lowy
Mark Silberman
Laurel Singer
Naomi Wiener
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Processional • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The Ten Commandments • • • • • • •
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• • • • • • • • Confirmants
• • • • • • • • • •
Benediction over the Sabbath Candles. • • • • •
Na-a-seh v'nishina
(Confirmation Theme) • • • • • •
L' cha Dodi. • •
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• ¥.lark Silberman
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• Naomi Wiener
Debra Lowy
Laurel Singer
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Laurel Singer
• • • • • • • • • • • •· • • • • • • • • • Confirmants
Ba.rechu. • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • •
• • • • • • • • • • Naomi Wiener
BARECHU ET AOOHAI HAli-VO-RACH
Praise Ye the Lord to whom all praise is due.
BARUCH ADONAI RAM-VO-RACH L 1OLl.JYI VA-ED
Praised be the Lord to -whom all praise is due forever and ever.
(Congregation please be seated)
Praise be given to You, O Lord, for giving us life, for having
the time to listen when we are in need, for helping us to become better
people, for showing us the way when our footsteps falter, for giving
us each new day to live out, and to prove ourselves worthy of the life
You have given to us.
At tilnes O Lord, we may not be perfect, but we do try to show
our thanks to You throughout the day ••••And we're glad, that, as
powerful as You are, You have the time for us when we 1 re in need of You.
Sh'ma & V'ahavta • • • • • • • •
(Union Prayer book - P. 189)
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Debra Lowy
and Confirmants
�Responsive Prayer • • •• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Laurel Singer
Reader:
The clay has gone and clarlmess has fallen. The stars above
us crowd the sky, reminding us that this universe is too
great for our small minds to understand. Even our O"W11 earth,
which seems so large, is but a tiny ball in space. And each
of us - in this vast universe - is like a beam of dust. We
are small in size. But when we are together,, we grow.
All:
When we help one another, we becane great.
Reader:
And in our minds is the thought of God.
All:
He is with us, ma.king us greater still.
Reader:
We cannot see Hir1 with our eyes, but we can feel Him with
our hearts.
Jill:
He is in our thoughts, and in all the goodness we do or
see done.
Reader:
He is in gentle people, peaceful people, helpful people,
all people;
All:
All ·who make this world a better one, all who add to its
happiness;
Reader:
All \obo teach, all who learn;
Jill:
All who speak true i'10rds, all who listen with honest minds;
Reader:
All who study Torah, all who learn to teaqh it.
All:
These are the ones who teach us where to find God.
Reader:
And then we grow in size.
All:
And with us in our thoughts and actioo.s is our
For we are together.
Godj
�MI-CHO-MOCHO
Mi Cha-mo-cha Ba-el:im A-do-nai?
¥1i Ka-mo-cha Ne-dor Ba-Kode~h?
No-ra T 1 hi-lot 0-seh Fe-leh.
Who can be can.pared to You
0 Lord among the mighty?
Who can be compared to You.,
Glorious in holiness?
Revered in Praises doing wonders.
Adonai YiL1-loch L 1 o-laru Va-ed.
The Lord Shall Reign Forever and Ever.
Responsive prayer • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Naocli Wiener
•
Reader:
Iara free; I have the right to think as I please; act as I
please, and no one can tell me wmt to do.
All:
But you must be a part of this society if we are to survive
together.
Reader:
1.that do I do?
All:
You, like every other indivi.dual, must be responsible for
your own actions and how they affect your fellow man.
Reader ·
Am I my brother I s keeper?
All:
You must be.
help.
Reader:
But if I exercise my rights without your responsibilities,
no one can stop rre •
iill:
No, but there are no rights without responsibility ..
Reader:
If I accept my responsibility, what will it do?
All:
If you accept your responsibility and exercise your rights.,
you will truly be a human being.
Reader:
Then I accept, I am willing to be a human being, an
authentic human being.
He has no one but you to whom he can turn for
�Class Meditation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Responsive Scriptural Reading • • • • • • • • •
. . ..
...
Laurel Singer
Mark Silbernen
Reader:
To everything there 1 s a season, and a time for every purpose
under heaven. A time to be born, a tide to die, a time to
plant and a time to reap. A tirne to kill and a t:ime to heal,
a time to laugh, and a time to weep.
All:
To everything, there is a season, and a time for every purpose
under hoaven.
Reader:
A time t _o build up, and a time to break dovJn, a time to dance
a time to mourn, a time to cast away stones, a ti.117.e to gather
stones together.
All:
To everything, there is a season, and a time for every purpose
under heaven.
Reader:
A time to love, a time to hate, a time for ·war and a time
for peace. A time you may embrace, and a time to refrain
from embracmg.
All:
To everythmg, there is a season, and a t:ilne for every purpos(
under heaven.
Reader:
A time to gam, and a time to lose, a time to rend, a time
to sow, a time to love, and a tir.ae to hate, a t:ime for peace,
I hope it's not too late.
All:
To everything, there is a season, and a time for every
purpose under heaven.
Meditation.
.. . . . . . .
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
laurel Singer
Silent Devotion • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Union Prayer Book P. 198
�TCRAH SERVICE
Union Prayer Book - Page 254-255 ••••• • • • • • •
and Torah Benedictions.
Mark Silberrren
Torah Reading (Exodus 24:1 - 7) • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Floral Offering • • • • • • • • • • ·
Return of the Torah to the Ark
Union Prayer Book - P. 267 ••
. •· . . . •
Debra Lowy
• • • ••• Naomi Wiener
. .... . . . . . . . • • •. • r'Jark Silberman
CONFIID-'U.NTS I ADDRESSES
WHAT NE BELIEVE
about
about
about
about
miracles • • • • • • • ~iark Silberrna.n
the 1i1essiah ., •-· ••• Laurel Singer
life and death • • . • .Naomi Wiener
love • • • • • • • ., .•Debra Lowy
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation of Confirmation Certificates • • • • • Mrs. Doris Steinman
Chairman: Board of Education
Presentation of Junior 1,iembership Certificates •• Dr. Arthur Greenberg
President of the Temple
Presentation of Gifts •• • • • • • •
Mrs. Arthur Greenberg, Sisterhood
Mrs. Gerald Singer, Hadassah
Mr. Alan Oppenheimer,
Confirmation Instructor
Charge and Blessing of Confirmants. • • • • • • • • • Rabbi Daniel Lowy
Adoration and Kaddish •• ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rabbi Daniel Lo-wy
(Union Prayer Book P. 202-204
�Closing Hymn • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Behold how good and how
pleasant it is for brothers
to dwell together
Hiney ma tov u-ma nn.-yim
She-vet a-ch:irn gn.m ya-chad
Benediction • • • • • • • • •
Confirrnants and Congregation
• • • • •
• • • • • •
Rabbi Daniel Lowy
Tie cessional • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
,,
Our deep appreciation
Lowy for training and
students of the class
guitar music used for
creative service ••• in
their Confirrotion.
Confirmants
to 1'1r. Judah
guiding the
of 173 in the
this special
honor of
SERVICES 1nJILL BE FOLLOl iED BY i l FESTIVAL
RECEPTION TENDERED IN HONOF~ OF THE
CONFIIDIANDS BY THEIR PiJIBNTS IN THE
SOCIAL l-L\LL.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STAFF
Principal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Mrs. Alan Oppenheimer
Teachers • • • • • • • • • Dr. Harry Babad, Mrs. Florence Bishop
Hrs. Caroline Ilodney, Mr. Judah Lowy
Ivir. Alan Oppenheimer
Confirrnation Class Instructors • • • • • Rabbi Daniel Lowy
Mr. Alan Oppenheimer
BOARD OF EDUCJ,.TION
Chainnan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mrs. Doris Steinman
Hrs. Leo Fonstein, Dr. r.forton Kantor, Mrs. Daniel Silbennan
Mrs. Joel Hiener, ¥.trs. Alan Oppenheimer
�
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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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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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eng
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Circa 1920s-2018
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Temple B'nai Israel
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1973-06-08
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Confirmation Exercises
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Program for Confirmation Exercises for the Class of '73.
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Jews--United States
Muskegon (Mich.)
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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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L'dor V'dor (project)
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application/pdf
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eng
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives