PLAINVIEW - The Jewish residents of Plainview will begin observing the holiest day of the year at sundown Sunday evening under the spiritual direction of two new rabbis. Rabbi Phineas Kadushin of the Plainview Jewish Community Center will lead Kol Nidre night services beginning 6 p.m., at the new building on Floral Drive near John St. His subject will be "The Atom and the Prophet". Monday morning the Yom Kippur observance will begin at 8:30 a.m., the subject announced being "The Most Unpopular Idea in Religion". Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. The choir will be under the direction of Murray Weingarten.

Rabbi Phineas Kadushin, the new spiritual leader of the Plainview Jewish Community Center, was born in N.Y.C., but spent most of his life in Madison, Wisconsin. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1945 and was ordained as a rabbi in 1950 at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. From 1950 to 1951 he served as rabbi to Jewish students at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Rabbi Kadushin was a chaplain in the Air Force from 1951 to 1953 and was variously stationed at the Sampson Air Force Base, NY and Greenland. After he left the Armed Forces, Rabbi Kadushin was spiritual advisor to the Jewish students at Harvard University for two years.
He is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly of America, the New York Board of Rabbis, and the Association of Jewish Chaplains of the Armed Forces.

This is the new $250,000 Plainview Jewish Community Center, which will be dedicated at three days of ceremonies starting Friday.
The 20,000 sq. ft. modern structure at 95 Floral Park Drive contains a chapel, religious school, youth center, social hall and administrative offices. The center, affiliated with theUnited Synagogues of America will serve nearly 800 families.
Sabbath Eve services Friday in the present center building will open the dedication weekend. Following a torah procession, services will be completed in the new building.
On Saturday the religious school will be dedicated at the Sabbath services. The same night, an inaugural all will be held in the center's social hall.
The main dedication ceremony will be held next Sunday at 2 p.m. Speakers will include Rabbi Marvin Weiner, director of the National Academy of Adult Jewish Studies; Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Burns, and Mrs. H. Herbert Rossman, president of the National Women's League. The keys to the new building will be presented to Moses Siegel, center president, by Sheldon Newberger, chairman of the building committee.

In Jerusalem, long ago, Solomon who built the Temple said some sage things about its inner meaning. A Temple, according to Solomon, was not, in the strict sense of the word, a place which God was expected to inhabit. "Will God" asked Solomon, "truthfully dwell on earth?" "Then behold heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have built."

What then did Solomon intend to achieve with the Temple he built? Was he going to use this Temple as a showplace to demonstrate his own wealth, glory and power? Not at all. Fortunately, we have a rabbinic tradition of Solomon's confession of his true intent. "I have built thee" said Solomon, "an exalted house as a counterpart of thine eternal throne in Heaven."

That is it. Whether it be Solomon's Temple or the one we are building here at Floral Drive in Plainview, it is the valiant attempt to achieve on earth the perfection which is Heaven. We mortal beings, subject to all the weaknesses and foibles of the flesh are endeavoring to shore in one area of our lives and say of it "This is sacred ground." This is what Solomon meant when he spoke of building a counterpart of God's eternal throne in Heaven, and this is what we are striving for in Plainview when we erect this edifice.

All our tireless efforts are directed towards the consecration of one area of our lives as sacred ground and when, God willing, we will gather in our new building either for worship and study or feasting and celebration, we will always remember that through our efforts, we are standing on ground set aside as sacred and that we are within a building built to be a counterpart of God's eternal throne in Heaven.

The keynote in the design of our sanctuary will be the spiritual quality of our faith. We shall seat 250 congregants in an atmosphere of warmth, beauty and traditional richness. On the High Holy Days, by expansion into the adjacent Social Hall the seating capacity is increased to 1,250. The expansiveness of the Sanctuary, like Man's reach for the infinite, brings God and man into closer accord. Light and sound are transmitted so as to give a sense of direct and personal communion. Man is neither dwarfed nor magnified in the correct treatment of height and space, but in his proper proportions he finds his true relationship to God and his fellow men. All these considerations blend to create a sense of tranquility and serenity that heightens the religious experience.

It is rare, indeed, when individuals during their lifetime are given the opportunity to contribute a lasting and living monument to their faith -- It is even more rare when an entire community is afforded that privilege.
Today, our congregation is faced with the necessity of creating a new Synagogue building and a religious school for our children -- Our present facilities, as we are only too aware, have proven inadequate.
We wish, by the creation of these structures, to provide a Temple where we may spend our lives worshipping our faith in peace -- and a school where our children may learn the ideals of Judaism, and pass those cherished ideals along to their children -- thereby perpetuating our faith -- But wishing will not build Synagogues nor schools.
To create brick from vision, we must unselfishly give of our time, energies and resources -- and in giving, we must keep uppermost in our minds the thought that we are not giving to strangers, but to ourselves, our children and children yet unborn -- What today we sow, tomorrow we shall reap -- What today we contribute, tomorrow will be our monument to our faith.
I know that through our joint efforts and generosity the monument we build will reflect to future generations our pride in our heritage, our ideals and our devotion to our faith.

AUDITORIUM
The Auditorium will serve the School as an Assembly Hall and for children's plays and holiday programs. The seating capacity will be one thousand. An important feature of the Auditorium will be its easy transformation into an attractive Banquet Hall. Close by will be a complete Kitchen, capable of serving the largest affair, as well as a canteen for small gatherings. The Auditorium will adjoin the sanctuary and will be available as an extension of the Sanctuary on Special occasions when additional seating space is required.

SOCIAL HALL
To assure a well-rounded community life, the Auditorium is planned to serve as a Recreation or Social Hall for use by Sisterhood, Men's Club, Youth Groups, etc. By providing pleasant inviting surroundings, we hope to encourage our Synagogue groups, young and old, to a fuller social and communal life.

RABBI'S STUDY

Our plans include a Study for our Rabbi. Here he will be able to organize his work in peaceful surroundings. There will be adequate privacy for members of the congregation who wish to consult with the Rabbi. The location is planned to be quickly accessible by the staff members of our congregation and school.

For Our Children
CLASSROOMS

Eight modern classrooms will be provided to accommodate more than 400 students in the various branches of our religious school. Completed plans will include the most up-to-date lighting and heating for the comfort of children and instructors. Equipment and all facilities will assure ideal conditions for learning. Everything will be done to stimulate and encourage the scholarship of our youth.

KINDERGARTEN

The Kindergarten and Nursery will be furnished with every type of equipment endorsed by leading educators. There will be adequate supervision for instruction and play periods. All will be done for the confort and safety of small chrildren. Programs for their activities will be carried on in surroundings specially designed for their happy participation.

LIBRARY

An important feature of our Center will be the library, which will hold works of Judaica, and those of a general interest. All volumes will be chosen to assure a well-rounded and representative selection of books for all age groups. Adjacent to the library will be the RaBbi's study with sufficient privacy for consultation. There will also be properly equipped administrative offices to facilitate the business of the Educational Center.

Make this Dream a Reality!

PLAY AREA & TERRACE

Facilities for play, for rest and recreation will be provided outdoors. The playground will be equipped for appropriate games and activities; the garden will be attractively landscaped in keeping with the character of the building to afford a pleasing vista in an atmosphere of beauty and restfulness.

CLUB ROOM AND YOUTH LOUNGE

The erection of these facilities will free our present building completely for Youth group activities. Our clubroom will afford scope for our vastly expanding youth program and will provide the means for an enriched community life for youth and adults. Space and facilities will be available for club activities on all levels, and will give creative channels to the formative minds.

ARTS AND CRAFTS

For a truly well-rounded life, we need self-expression,and the development of all those latent talents which best express our personalities. The opportunity for such an outlet, coupled with instructive-play, will be made available to our children and young people through arts and crafts. Classroom projects can be developed and after school hobbies advanced.

WHERE WE STAND

Our basic building, semi-complete, that is with usable classrooms, heat and lightsbut unfinished as far as special flooring on the concrete, no tiled ceilings, no finished ark or bima, no stage or finished kitchen will cost between 180 and 200 thousand dollars.

To finish the building will cost between 55 and 75 thousand dollars for a total cost of $255,000.

To furnish the building including fixed pews, to landscape and to build parking fields will cost an additional 60 to 75 thousand dollars.

WHAT WE HAVE NOW
We have a commitment from the Meadow Brook National Bank for a mortgage of $100,000 on our building even though it is semi-complete.

We also have $80,000 in our $250 pledges and Meadow Brook has agreed to give us that $80,000 now on these pledges.

So, our basic building, semi-complete, will be erected starting in March and will be available for our school and for High Holy Day services in September since we definitely have $180,000 now.

WHAT ARE OUR IMMEDIATE PROSPECTS

New membership is coming in at the expected rate and by the High Holy Days we should have at least 80 to 100 new members whose $250 pledges will make available 20 to 25 thousand dollars.

WHAT WE NEED

We need our finished building this year so that we will have:

-A finished Chapel for our services

-A finished social area for our Bar and Bas Mitzvahs and other affairs

-A finished building that will produce an annual income of $15,000 and thus pay for its own upkeep. We need our building furnished, landscaped and with parking fields in the foreseeable future for complete utilization of our facilities and as a unit representing the combined efforts of the Jewish community to provide a nucleus for creating a climate for Jewish living in this community.

HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS

A "Living Dedication and Memorial" Campaign so that those special gifts which all of us will make at some time or other will be pledged now. We need $125,000 in such pledges to finish the building now and furnish and landscape in the near future.

The bank will advance a percentage of such five year pledges so that we can finish our building now. As these pledges are collected the remaining percentage will enable us to have the capital funds for our furnishings, landscaping and parking fields.

This campaign started on Tuesday evening, January 27th at our Loyalty Dinner. There we received pledges of $31,000 from 34 contributors toward our goal.

Let all of us join together by making a pledge now payable over the next five years either for a memorial or dedication, or toward such a memorial or dedication, that may be reserved.

The Campaign Committee will be contacting you. Listen to them - So much depends on it.

Let Us Complete Our Sacred Task

We are in the midst of a great undertaking made urgent by the lack of facilities for the families of our membership. When our new Center becomes a reality, our children will study in adequate classrooms where they can receive an intensive education, spiritual, cultural and recreation guidance, and we will have a dignified edifice in which to worship.

Because of our growth in the past few years, our Building Program is a mandatory obligation which will prove a powerful force in the future life of our community.

We must go forward to give our children adequate educational facilities and to strengthen our religious life. Our Center will be dedicated to the realization of these sacred goals. Let us work together with zeal and fervor for the fulfillment of this consecrated task. May G-d give us wisdom and understanding in this endeavor and may He "establish the work of our hands."

Sol S. Horowitz

Most of us live ordinary lives. Most of the things we do from day to day are ordinary things. Perhaps that is why so many of us can truthfully say we are ordinary folks.

Yet nobility abides in every human heart. Greatness can be found in every soul.

And once, twice, perhaps a half dozen times in our span of years, comes an opportunity to leave everything that is commonplace, everything that pertains to the mundane and ordinary, and to reach the heights of greatness, goodness, and nobility.

Such opportunities call for strength, courage, and vision, vision which enables us to do that which seems beyond our normal limitations.

The construction of a Synagogue Center is one such opportunity, and perhaps the most significant opportunity for greatness and nobility to come to us during our lifetimes.

Each of us has, within himself, the power to rise to the heights of greatness. Each can taste of nobility by boldly committing himself to the greatest gift of which he is capable.

And each must extend himself beyond his apparent means in order that the Center may be built. Our noblest aspirations can become reality only if each of us is willing to make genuine sacrifices. Each of us will have to do his fair share .... and more ....

And having done so, we will each of us rise above the ordinary, and share through all the years ahead in the exultation that will surely come through nobility of giving.

Rabbi Julius Goldberg

WE BELIEVE that the Synagogue is the heart of Jewish life, and that the continuity of our people depends upon its effectiveness.

WE BELIEVE that Plainview Jewish Community Center provides religious sustenance by interpreting our traditions and our history. It ministers to the moral and spiritual welfare of the family and the community.

WE BELIEVE that through our Rabbi's message there is provided a cultural background for our children and congregants, and the message of Judaism is conveyed to all our brethren.

WE BELIEVE that everyone in the Center must share with us a deep conviction and that we need - AND NEED NOW - a larger Religious and Educational building for our children and ourselves, suitable in its beauty and its dignity to all the many ideals that it shall represent, and to the many purposes it shall serve.

WE BELIEVE that the building of an auditorium-sanctuary, and additional classrooms, is the responsibility not only of the Rabbi, the Officers and Board of Trustees, not only of those who have long been members - but the personal responsibility of all of us, old members and new, those who can give large sums to make our dreams reality, and those who give small sums with full hearts.

WE BELIEVE that the building of our enlarged Religious School and a new House of Worship will bring to all of us the contentment that comes from the successful attainment of a high purpose.

Officers and Trustees, P.J.C.C.