| Object ID |
XXXX.1112 |
| Object Name |
records |
| Abstract |
The Temple Beth El Administration, 1970's Collection: Consists of pamphlets, blueprints, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, budgets, surveys, wills, deeds, balance sheets, rosters, and titles of properties. This collection primarily covers the administration years 1970 through 1979. The focus of the collection is the building of the current temple and the financial challenges that accompanied the move. |
| Admin/Biog History |
In the 1970s, Temple Beth El moved from the corner of Woodward and Gladstone in Detroit, to its present site at the corner of Telegraph and Fourteen Mile in Birmingham (now West Bloomfield). Dr. Richard C. Hertz was the Rabbi, Rabbi Morton M. Kanter (1964-1973), Rabbi Joseph Guteman (1973-1974), and Dannel I. Schwartz (1974-1982) were Assistant Rabbis, James J. Levbarg (1966-1973) and Rabbi Jeffrey B. Lazar (1974-1978) were Educational Directors, and Irving I. Katz was the Executive Secretary. A bond drive was held for Israel in 1975 and Rabbi Hertz celebrated his 25th anniversary in 1978. In 1971, the ground breaking ceremony took place for the new synagogue with the cornerstone ceremony taking place in 1973. The dedication of Temple Beth El and the dinner dedication dance both took place in 1974. Minoru Yamasaki's architectural firm (who also designed the World Trade Center) was hired to design the temple and construction begun in 1972. A building fund campaign was launched in 1970 and came to a climax
in 1974. Project Solomon was launched in 1975. This projected provided the opportunity for temple members to express their opinions through a questionnaire. This survey focused questions about Jewishness and what it meant to temple members, activities at Temple Beth El, educational programs, views on the rabbi, Sabbath services, music, and dues. The survey ends with a host of questions about the individual member, which include marital statues, number of children, education, and occupation. There were over 500 responses which are recorded on index cards. All costs that were related to building and funding the new temple are recorded in the collection. |
| Catalog date |
08/09/2005 |
| Collection |
Temple Beth El Administration, 1970's Collection |
| Container |
6 Storage Boxes |
| Dates of Accumulation |
c.1970's |
| Level of description |
Folder |
| People |
Cannvasser, Robert & Beverly/Cater, James/Guteman, Joseph/Hertz, Richard/Hope, Bob/Kanter, Morton/Katz, Irving/Lazar, Jeffery/Levbarg, James/Levine, Allen/Maas, Bernard/Neins, Charles/Potok, Chaim/Samuel, Robert/Schwart, Theodore/Shapero, Nate and Ruth/Siegel, Mark/Slotkin, Hugo/Steinberg, David/Teichner, Miram/Welt, Joseph/Yamasaki, Minoru/ |
| Related unit of descrip |
The property series of the Temple Beth El 1970's Administration Collection is related to the Temple Beth El Building Collection. |
| Search Terms |
"Focus 78"/"The Fourth Tuesday"/120th Annual Meeting/121st Annual Meeting of Congregation Temple Beth El/125th Anniversary/127th Annual Meeting/128th Annual Meeting of Temple Beth El/19th Annual Hebrew Music Festival/80-20 Committee/Ad Hoc Committee/Advisory Committee/Advisory Finance Committee/Allen Levin and Robert Samuel Lecture/Anniversary Planning Committee/Annual Hebrew Music Festival/Annual Memorial Day Service at Temple Beth El Memorial Park/Art and House Committee/Art Committee/Auxillary Sabbath/Bernard L. Maas Tribute Dinner/Blueprints/Board of Trustees Retreat/Breaking Ground for Temple Beth El/Building Fund Campaign Committee/Cash Mobilization Committee/Catering Committee/Cemetery Committee/Choir Committee/Committe on Maintence of Union Membership Meeting/Cornerstone Cermony/Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds Address/Dedication Dinner Dance/Dedication of Temple Beth El/Dequinder and Seven Mile/Dues Evaluation Committee/E.F. Hutton/Educational and Philanthropic Funds Committee/Family
Services/Geographic Distribution/Great Lakes Club/Hebrew Honors/Holy Day Services/Insurance Committee/Investment Committee/Israel and London Tour/Israel Bond Drive/Jewish New Year 5734/Landscaping Committee/Leadership Gift Committee/League of Jewish Women's Organization/Mail-O-Gram/Mark Siegel "Carter and the Middle East"/Memorial Committee/Memorials and Living Dedications Committee/Mortgage Reduction Campaign Committee/New Building Finance Committee/New Members/Nominating Committee/Personnel Committee/Program Coordinating Committee/Properties Committee/Rabbi Hertz's 25 Year Anniversary/Rabbinical Selection Committee/Recipients of 50 Year Membership Certificates/Resignations/Retention Committee/Ritual and Worship Committee/Robert and Beverly Canvasser Tribute Dinner/Rosh Hashana/Second Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service/Seder Services/Service of Installation/Shabbat Service/Showboat '72/Social Action Committee/Solomon Project/Special Affairs Committee/Special Fund Raising Committee/State of Israel
Bonds/Suspensions/Temple Art Committee/Temple Beth El's Day Proclaimation/Temple Emanuel/Temple Israel/Temple Social Action Committee/Third Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Community/Tour to Israel/Treasurama 10/Union of American Hebrew Congregation/Ways and Means Committee/WJBK-TV/Woodmere and Lafayette/Woodward and Gladstone/Worship and Program Committee/Yom Kippur/ |
| Title |
The Temple Beth El Administration, 1970's Collection |
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