Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1995 — Page 5

Klain-Balber families joined

On April 22, at the Radisson Hotel, Rabbis Dennis and Sandy Sasso officiated at the wedding of Jodie Klain and Ralph Balber, both from Grand Rapids, Mich. The bride is the daughter of Livia and Bradley Klain, Carmel. Etta and Anton Berkovits, Pembroke Pines, Fla., are the grandparents of the bride. The groom is the son of Leslie and Sam Balber, Sylvania, Ohio. He is the grandson of Dottie and Babe Green and Marion and Jerry ■ Baron, Toledo. At the 7:30 p.m. ceremony the maid of honor was Amy Winer, Chicago. Matron of honor was the mother of the bride. Bridesmaids were Tracy Zirn, Dayle Lieberman and Diane Meadows, all of Chicago; Katie Biggs, New Albany, and Jenny Hohlt, Bloomington, 111. The best men were Josh Milner, Toledo, and Sam Balber, Sylvania, Ohio. Ushers were David Klain, Carmel; Todd Siegel, Ohio; Rick Schuste, Evansville; Mike Gersten, Ken Rosenbaum, Dave Schulman, and David Zirin, all of Chicago; Todd Moerman, Ohio; and Tony Rochte, Ohio. The bride wore an off the shoulder ivory galena, silk gown, with a detachable train. The fitted bodice was adorned with white lace and beading. Jodie carried a round bouquet of old fashioned raspberry and pale pink roses. The bridesmaids' attire was black off the shoulder silk gowns with sweetheart necklines. They carried hand tied French garden bouquets. The overall color scheme was ivory, black and jewel tones. The bride has finished at Indiana University. She is director of sales and marketing for

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Ralph and Barry's Inc. doing business as Barry Bagels. Mr. Balber was graduated from Indiana University. He is a CPA and the owner of Ralph & Barry's Inc. The out-of-town guest list included Suzanne and Joe Berkovits with their sons, Stephen, Neil and Marc, Coral Springs, Fla.; Nancy Sanders and Gary Joffe, Los Angeles; Captain and Mrs. Jeffrey Klain, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Reeky and Kenny Maltenfort, Arizona; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Posner, Englewood Colo.; Susan and

Michael Silverstein, Columbus, Ga.; Carolyn Zanville and Matt Reganstrief, Chicago; friends and relatives from Chicago, and Greensburg, Pa.; Friends from St. Louis Mo., and Grand Rapids, Mich. Following their wedding trip to Jamaica-Sandals Dunn's River, Mr. and Mrs. Balber will be home at 3314 S. Creek Dr. SE #303 Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Cantors called to combat assimilation through music

MONTICELLO, N.Y. —

Calling on his fellow cantors to "quickly respond" to the rampant assimilation that is afflicting large segments of the Jewish community, Hazzan Abraham Lubin of Bethesda, Md. took office recently as president of the Cantors Assembly, at its 48th annual convention at Kutsher's Country

Club. He succeeds Hazzan Stephen J. Stein of Akron, Ohio. The five-day gathering of the world's largest body of hazzanim concluded here on Thursday, May 25. Several hundred leaders of Conservative congregations, cantorial students and lovers of hazzanut from throughout the United States and Canada participated. Hazzan Robert Kieval of Rockville, Md., a past president of the Assembly, was convention chairman. "We need to seriously review, rethink and re-examine our tasks and priorities as shlichay tzibbur, serving the present needs of our congregation and communities

whose very existence and continuity is in question," Hazzan Lubin said after being installed by Hazzan Nathan Lam of Los Angeles, a past president of the Assembly. Taking as his theme the mandates of the Ahavah Rabbah prayer, as the antidote to alienation, Hazzan Lubin exhorted his colleagues "to hear, to study, to teach, to observe and to do" in serving the crucial needs of today's community in order to secure the continuity of tomorrow. "We need to hear and listen to what our congregants are saying to us and to respond to their present needs. "Each of us must set a time for personal study, so we can function fully and better in a variety of ways. "We must be active in the educational programs of our congregations, conveying to worshippers a sense of excitement and enthusiasm about prayer, Jewish music, the Hebrew language and Jewish culture. "We must observe the rapid changes that are occurContinued on page 7

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