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Tevet/ Shevat - Adar 5774 January - February 2014

Volume 26, No. 1 & 2

Temple Shir Shalom

I recently read a great short story about a rabbi and a soap maker.* As they were talking, the soap maker turned to the rabbi and asked, “What good is religion? Religion teaches morals, values and ethics, yet look at this world! It’s filled with pain, evil and wickedness. Rabbi, what good is religion?”

Nearby, a group of kids were playing with a ball. The rabbi pointed at them and said, “Just look at that young child. He’s absolutely filthy! And you’re a soap maker, so I ask you, what good is soap? There’s all this soap in the world, and that young boy is still dirty!”

The soap maker protested. “How can you say that? You’re a smart man, rabbi – surely you understand that soap is good only if it’s used.”

“And so it is with religion,” said the rabbi. “Our faith only makes a difference when we use it.”

I love this story because it reminds us of the beauty of our religion. Judaism has something to teach us about every situation. Our faith has the potential to guide us on every decision.

Like our parents and teachers who reminded us to use the soap as we grew, our tradition has also created reminders for us – our holidays. However, some of those holidays have become like the soap and the little boy. We don’t use them, we don’t mark them.

This month, we celebrate one of those often-overlooked holidays, Tu B’Shevat, one of the four new years on our Jewish calendar. Tu B’Shevat is the New Year of the Trees, the day that we celebrate the birthday of every tree.

But it is more than that. It is a day when we’re reminded about taking care of the environment, when we’re reminded not to be wasteful, and when we’re reminded to be responsible for nature around us.

For others, it is a moment to pause to recognize the blessings in our lives and to thank God for them as, 2000 years ago, this was the day on which a tithing for the fruits was taken.

And still for others, Tu B’Shevat is a day when we plant trees, especially in Israel, as a reminder that it is our responsibility to provide for the generations after us, just as our parents and grandparents provided for us.

This January 15-16, whether it is through a Tu B’Shevat Seder or a different ritual you create or ask us to help create with you, our hope is that you take some time to celebrate the day and experience the beauty and meaning that it can provide in your life.

* “The Soap Maker.” Three Times Chai by Laney Katz Becker.

Tu B’Shevat - The New Year of the Treesby Rabbi Daniel A. Schwartz

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Scribe DeaDline

IN ORDER TO INSURE PUBLICATION, all materials for the Scribe must be submitted to the office in Microsoft Word format (either on disk with one hard copy or as an e-mail attachment to

scribe@shirshalom.org) by the 25th of the month preceding the month preceding publication.

S E R V I C E SJANUARY

9:00am Tish10:30am Shabbat Service

Bat Mitzvah of Lilley Kroll7:30pm Shabbat Service

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7:30pm Shabbat Service

7:30pm Shabbat ServiceBar Mitzvah of Noah Carrick

9:00am Tish 10:30am Shabbat Service

Bat Mitzvah of Madison Zeidman

9:00am Tish 10:30am Shabbat Service

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S E R V I C E SFEBRUARY

9:00am Tish9:00am Ma’at Shabbat

10:30am Shabbat ServiceSpecial Innovative Music Shabbat

with Dan Nichols 7:30pm Shabbat Service

7:30pm Shabbat ServiceSpecial Shabbat service with Dan Nichols

9:00am Tish10:30am Shabbat Service 1

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28 7:30pm Shabbat ServiceBar Mitzvah of Steven Krivitsky

6:30pm Adult Shabbat Dinner7:30pm Shabbat ServiceSisterhood Shabbat

9:00am Tish 10:30am Shabbat Service

9:00am Tish 10:30am Shabbat Service

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Dan Nichols

February 7-9

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Andre Douville Executive Director

Sunday, December 15 was truly a special day. The blowing snow and freezing temperatures couldn’t keep over 400 people from attending the opening ceremonies of Project 613. Our Sofer, Rabbi Selwyn, flew in from Miami and, after saying the Sh’ma about a hundred times on his drive to Temple, joined us for a day of scribing and celebrating.

Our children paraded in the Torah artwork that they had worked on and proudly handed it off to the caring volunteers who worked quickly to assemble our own Shoresh Torah scroll. As I watched these volunteers take part in this program and the scribing sessions that took place later in the day, I was amazed at the way we all came together to support and execute Project 613. Rabbis and I began discussions about Project 613 months ago… To see this idea come to fruition is a magical thing – for someone in my position, the pinnacle of what we do…

To that end, I thank the following volunteers: Michael Pearl and Art Fishman for jumping to help with ushering, security and traffic control…Sidra Lewis and Melanie Pohl for taking care of all the little details and providing the last minute fixes we needed…Marysue & Don Munter, Wendy Doigan, Sharon Alpert, and Eric Krause for assisting with the creation of our Shoresh Torah Scroll and the overall planning of the opening ceremony…Brian Fishman, Alex Minkin, and David Guralnick for being our photographers throughout the day…To Rob Kornfeld for agreeing to be our videographer two minutes before the ceremony began…Terri Cooper and Shari Dobrusin for leading the organization and team the day of the scribing, assigning the task assignments and making sure that everything was covered and attended to…Janice Schwartz for running countless errands the days before and assisting with the children the day of…Leslie Moskowitz, Tracie Engel, Lyle Wolberg, and Scott Mazius for welcoming our members and escorting them throughout the scribing process…Gayle Beck for her assistance at the memento station…To Fran Bell and Pam Kornfeld for leading the planning and execution of the opening ceremony, including the wonderful lunch we all enjoyed…Allison Parr for her creative expertise and laser focus in leading the advertising/marketing efforts from the moment the idea of Project 613 became a reality…To our president Lloyd Doigan for his backing of this idea from the very beginning, insisting that this will be our finest moment as a congregation – his smile from ear to ear on Sunday was all the confirmation I needed that he was right…And to Josh Sherbin, the overall project chair, for his leadership, wisdom, and guidance of everyone. Effortlessly steering our weekly conference calls to assure we stay on task to reminding us what our goals are and that this effort, this experience, needs to be made accessible to everyone, regardless of cost. Thank you Josh for taking my calls late at night and just listening…

Such a wonderful group of people to work with; I am truly blessed. A tangential benefit from this past Sunday was the number of members who asked to help with the project. Watching others give of their time is inspiring; people want to help. If you feel that way, call me or email me (andre@shirshalom.org) and let me know.

I would love to add you to my thank you list…

Interesting in scribing a letter? Give the office a call at 248-737-8700 and sign up for an available session on Sunday, February 9th, Monday, February 10th, Sunday, April 27th, or Monday, April 28th.

From the desk of . . .

ShoreshSARAH ALLYN associate director

My favorite book as a little girl was called, Miss Rumphius, a story about an elderly woman who roamed around town sowing seeds so that, in the springtime, the community would have beautiful flowers. Miss Rumphius had lived a full life studying, travelling to far away places, and retiring by the sea. But as a child her grandfather told her, “You must do something to make the world more beautiful.” The story ends with Miss Rumphius telling her great-niece that she, too, must do something to make the world more beautiful.

I don’t think Miss Rumphius was Jewish, but themes of tikkun olam, repairing the world, and imparting the importance of this act from generation to generation, l’dor v’dor, certainly resonate throughout this books. What can we, as Jews, do to make the world more beautiful? And how do we teach our children to do the same?

In the coming months at SHORESH we will be exploring themes of tikkun olam in our classrooms. Students will be learning the meaning of tikkun olam, why we as Jews are dedicated to repairing the world, and how we can do acts of tikkun olam in our everyday lives.

Sunday, January 19, will be our annual Tikkun Olam-a-Thon. In place of SHORESH, our families will gather at Temple to take part in a morning of tikkun olam. As in years past, we will partner with several local charitable organizations for many different types of service projects out in the community and on-site at our building. Last year students and families stocked non-perishables at Yad Ezra, created “study kits” full of school supplies for a local shelter, and built “kitty castles” for feline friends at the Humane Society. We are excited to be partnering with these and other organizations this year. In the next few weeks you will be receiving information on how to sign up for Tikkun Olam-a-Thon projects. Please call us with any questions!

There are many ways to bring tikkun olam into our homes and teach our children the importance of repairing the world by our own example. Having a tzedakah box that the whole family can contribute to is a meaningful way to make a family donation to an organization of your choosing. Once every few months, have a family closet clean-up day. Pack up clothes you no longer wear and make a donation to a collection agency. Sending kind letters and hand-drawn pictures to children’s hospitals or veteran organizations is always a great way to help repair someone’s world.

Please join us at the Tikkun Olam-a-Thon on January 19 for a day of community service. As we learn about repairing the world at SHORESH in the coming weeks, keep in mind that there is always something we can do to make our world more beautiful.

Marsha Mitnick early childhood learning director

In the next few months new families will be walking through the door of The Learning Center. Some will be members of Temple Shir Shalom. Some will be neighbors of The Learning Center. Some will be friends of the families that already attend The Learning Center. All of them will be looking to enroll their child in preschool for the fall of 2014.

This is one of my favorite jobs as Director. I get to show off The Learning Center. With pride I get to introduce the staff of The Learning Center. With joy I encourage these future preschool parents to look through the window and observe our students. Nothing speaks louder than observing our classrooms in action. And then I do what Rabbi Dannel Schwartz referred as “Marsha speak.” I educate these parents about what we really do at The Learning Center. We help children learn how to think, play, and learn. Each child does it differently and each child brings their individuality to the group.

It is through recognizing their individual differences that each child is so successful in their learning here. Children don’t leave their emotions at home when they come into school. They don’t even leave them in their coat pockets. Emotions are a motivating force in a child’s learning process. At The Learning Center our kids practice mastering negotiating, critical thinking, attention skills, and focus. They think they are having fun and playing. That is the point. The Learning Center kids love to come to school. They don’t realize how hard they are working.

A child could start their journey here at 6 months. Our Play and Stay class is for parents and kids 6 months through 3 years. It is amazing when you meet a child at 6 months and watch them go off to kindergarten at 5. The beauty of The Learning Center is often that these families become members of Temple Shir Shalom, attending Shoresh, experiencing the relationship of knowing our rabbis and connecting with their Judaism. This sense of community and continuity all happened because of a young child and a parent looking for a preschool.

Parents that have been a part of The Learning Center and now have kids in kindergarten and first grade tell us how wonderful their children are doing. They were prepared to learn the next steps needed in elementary school. More importantly, families that become members have found a home like no other.

How do we do it? To understand this, you have to come to The Learning Center to see.

Enrollment has started. Please call 248-406-4255 to schedule a visit.

Please contact Marsha Mitnick at marsha@shirshalom.org with any questions you may have.

The Learning Center

“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”

George S. Patton

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B’nai Mitzvah!

daughter of Jennifer and Todd Kroll, will become a bat mitzvah at the Saturday morning Shabbat service on January 11, 2014. She is the granddaughter of Beverly and Arnold Lantor and Barbara and Albert Kroll and a student at Hillel Day School. Lilley loves spending time with her friends and dancing. She enjoys travel and visiting Charlevoix every summer. Lilley has felt very comfortable at Shir Shalom from the very first Shabbat service she attended here and, to her, becoming a bat mitzvah means that she has been gifted with greater responsibilities. She is grateful to her family for supporting her in everything she does.

Lilley Kroll,

daughter of Laurie and Sam Zeidman, will become a bat mitzvah at the Saturday morning Shabbat service on January 25, 2014. She is the granddaughter of Andrea and Michael Jeross and the late Helen and Gerald Zeidman, and the great-granddaughter of Ethel Weisblatt. A student at O.E. Dunckel Middle School, she has learned a lot about Judaism and made many close friends during her years at Shir Shalom – it’s like family. Visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum had a deep impact on her and she will never forget what she learned about how our people were violated. To her, becoming a bat mitzvah means that she is growing into an adult within the Jewish religion, that she is taking on more responsibilities and committing to continue to learn about Judaism as she grows older. In the years to come, Madison wants to travel to Israel. She hopes to learn more about her heritage and hopes to some day carry on her family’s traditions with her own children.

Madison Zeidman,

son of Jamie and Scott Carrick, will become a bar mitzvah at the Friday evening Shabbat service on January 31, 2014. He is the grandson of Bonnie and Dr. Michael Rosenberg, James Ringlein and the late Mary Ringlein, and Sharon Carrick and the late Jerry Carrick. Noah attends O.E. Dunckel Middle School and loves attending the URJ 6 Points Sports Academy where he’s majoring in soccer. He describes his visit to the Holocaust Memorial Center as one of the most powerful experiences he’s ever had. He learned a lot about how difficult life was for our people in the concentration camps and how millions of Jews died so senselessly. Currently Noah assists at Shoresh, volunteers at Forgotten Harvest, and concentrates on his Hebrew studies. Participating in the Madrichim programs has helped him to realize that everyone has a special place in this world, and after his bar mitzvah he would like to stay involved with Temple and the Jewish community. Preparing for his bar mitzvah has been a lot of hard work, and he is thankful to the Rabbis, Cantor Steyer, his tutor Geri Zacks, and especially his parents for all of the help they have given him.

Noah Robert Carrick,

B’nai Mitzvah!

son of Linda Rissman and Michael Krivitsky, will become a bar mitzvah at the Friday evening Shabbat service on February 28, 2014. He is the grandson of Pearl and Bob Rissman and Roz and Norman Krivitsky. Steve is a student at West Hills Middle School and tries to be well-balanced between his academic responsibilities and his love of sports, especially hockey. He says that the bar mitzvah process has helped him mature in many ways. By adding another commitment to his daily life he has learned how to take on and balance even more responsibility in general. He has also learned how to enjoy the achievements of others when he celebrated the b’nai mitzvah of his classmates. Steve loved working with his tutor, Riki Wexler, whose one-on-one attention helped him to grow much stronger in his Hebrew studies. He is outrageously grateful to his parents, who have raised him and helped him to become who he is today, and also that he has such loving grandparents and awesome older brothers

Steven Tyler Krivitsky,

Take Note!

Dates to Remember

FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES7:30pm

SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES10:30am

SUNDAY MORNING MINYAN SERVICES10:00am

TISH WITH THE RABBISSaturday Mornings at 9:00am

MA’AT SHABBATSaturday, February 8 at 9:00am

ADULT SHABBAT DINNERFriday, February 21 at 6:30pm

TU B’SHEVATBegins Wednesday, January 15 at sunset

PROJECT 613 SCRIBING SESSIONSSunday/Monday, February 9/10

LUNCH & LEARN WITH SOFER ON SITE RABBI LEVI SELWYN

Monday, February 10 at 12:00pm

TIKKUN OLAM-A-THONSunday, January 19

CHICKEN SOUP COOK-OFFSunday, January 26 at 12:00pm at The Corners

DAN NICHOLS AT SHIR SHALOMFebruary 7-9

SEMI-ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGThursday, January 23 at 7:00pm

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGThursday, January 23 at 7:30pm

Tuesday, February 25 at 7:00pm

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGTuesday, January 14 at 6:00pm

Tuesday, February 11 at 6:00pm

LUNCH & LEARN SERIES: THE PROPHETS WITH RABBI DANIEL

Wednesday, January 29 at 12:00pm Wednesday, February 26 at 12:00pm

BROTHERHOODSecond Wednesday of the Month at 6:30pm

January 8 & February 12

SISTERHOOD BOOK CLUBFirst Tuesday of the Month at 6:30pm

January 7 & February 4

ATTITUDINAL HEALINGTuesdays at 6:30pm

AA, ALANONWednesdays at 8:00pm

PURIMBegins Saturday, March 15 at sunset

Carnival – Sunday, March 16

P613 Opening CeremonyJosh sherbin Project 613 chair and board trustee

Thanks to each of you who braved a cold Michigan morning and icy roads to come together on December 15th to celebrate the start of our year long journey to welcome Shir Shalom’s eighth Torah that will be kept in our ark.

While each of our Torahs has a unique history, our newest Torah will have a story that we actually inscribe and tell together as a congregation through an experience we are calling “Project 613”. I have the privilege and honor to lead this effort.

Although it sounds like a national security task force, Project 613 is about each of us personally taking part in the 613th mitzvah: the responsibility of each Jew to write a Sefer Torah.

The pomegranate with its 613 seeds (we didn’t count, but relied on Jewish pomegranate experts) symbolizes this mitzvah and so you see it on our brochure and popping up in your email.

Our new Torah, which is one of the most important ways we will celebrate our 25th anniversary as a congregation, will be a joint effort between each of us and our scribe as each of the 304,805 letters comes to life. A scribe will work over the next year in Jerusalem and Florida to write our Torah, but will leave letters unwritten so that when our new Torah actually travels here four times before next Chanukah, just as it has today, we will have the opportunity to write the letters. Our hands will hold and guide the expert hands of the scribe who will travel to Temple each time our Torah visits. As tradition tells us, one who writes even a single letter in a Torah or causes one to be written through their support fulfills the 613th and final commandment of writing a Torah.

Our work together on our new Torah will be handed down from generation to generation, l’ Dor v’Dor, as we join with family and friends to both remember those who came before us and inscribe a legacy for our children and grandchildren.

Project 613 is a gift of Torah – a link to our past and a connection to our future – and through our generosity as a congregation an opportunity to insure the future of our Temple.

Each time our Torah visits, including today, we will have private scribing sessions for each and every member of our Temple family that wants to take part. Together with the writing of a letter, there is an opportunity to make a contribution to Temple to memorialize your participation in Project 613. While you may dedicate a favorite Torah portion, a high holiday reading, or countless other choices that our Rabbis will help you to choose – each of which has a dedication level – the letter you write will be the next naturally occurring letter in the Torah. The letter you write will symbolize your connection to our new Torah, the fulfillment of the 613th mitzvot, and the bright promise of Shir Shalom’s future. Contributions to Project 613 will be honored and remembered with a permanent installation at Temple.

We will ensure our Temple legacy with funds raised through our dedication of a Torah passage – funds that will be used to repair and maintain our Torahs, support the programming and outreach that is so critical to the strength and success of our growing congregation, and enhance the facilities of our Temple home.

And most importantly, Temple and our Judaism is about community. No family will be excluded from writing in our new Torah or otherwise taking part in Project 613 due to financial considerations. Our goal is that every family in Temple takes part in celebrating and creating our heritage by taking part in a scribing session.

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P613 Kick-Off (cont’d)If you are not already signed up to scribe today, our new Torah will visit again in February, April, and October together with a scribe. By going to the Project 613 website or calling Temple, you can reserve your spot today for you and your family to take part in this memorable and impactful experience.

Before we get on with the real stars of this morning, I need to share a few thank-yous that have made Project 613 come to life and will continue to guide it over the next twelve months. We are blessed to have Steve and Margie Ziff’s family’s generous participation as the lead donor for Project 613, a commitment that is both heartwarming and inspiring. Our Rabbis, Temple Board under Lloyd Doigan’s leadership, and Temple staff under Andre’s leadership are the foundation of this magical project. An energized leadership committee made up of Scott Mazius, Fran Bell, Pam Kornfeld, Allison Parr, Terri Cooper, Shari Dobrusin and Howard Moroff – each members of our Board – ensure that all the details fit together. Our scribing partner, Sofer on Site, guides us through the scribing process, drawing on their 25 years of experience. The many other volunteers who have and will give of their time and effort to do something extraordinary as we move Project 613 forward. And, most importantly, our thanks to each of you as you embrace this opportunity and generously support our Temple community.

Thank you.

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Take Note!

Fourth AnnuAl temple Shir ShAlom ChiCken Soup Cook-oFF

Taste soups from amateur and professional entrants. Vote for the “People’s Choice Award”. Listen to live music. Enjoy bagels and desserts for purchase.

Past Professional Entrants: Achatz Soup from Skratzch, Busch’s Fresh Food Market, Canapé Cart, Cutting Edge Cuisine, D’Pauli’s, Lulu’s Coney Island, Nick’s Country Oven, Steve’s

Deli, Sunny’s Café, Tony’s Deli, The Gallery Restaurant, Yoga Shelter, Zoup!

Past Amateur Entrants: Lily Ciccodicola, Janet Cooperstock, Sharry Fealk, Ann and Marla Feldman, Carol Finkelstein, Amy Gers, Vicki Goldsmith, Gary Grossman, The Learning Center, Robb Lippitt, Celeste, Olivia & Marcia Meisel, Cameron, Jonah & Sadie Rifkin, Rabbi Daniel

Schwartz, Stacey Shimones, Kathleen Tapley, Sandor Terner, Jan Jacobs Walt.

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Take Note!brotherhood news brotherhood board

It’s winter and you’ve been cooped up in the house too long. Time to get up off the couch and come to a Brotherhood meeting! How can you pass up on the chance to meet up with the most interesting men (and two gals) of Temple Shir Shalom, share a meal, network, and make plans for charitable acts? It’s really quite a nice night out during the middle of the week. We meet the second Wednesday of each month.

In just a few months it will be time for the much anticipated Maven Gallery, so be on the lookout for that special event.

Another important function of Brotherhood is to promote the planting of trees in Israel. Every tree sold not only helps Israel, but also a portion of the sale helps support the Temple. Please consider buying trees for that special event in your life by calling the Temple office.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting.

HeaDing for Warmer WeatHer for tHe Winter?We don’t want to lose touch with those members heading for sunnier climates during the winter.

Please contact the office with your winter address and phone number, as well as effective dates.

248-737-8700 or e-mail scribe@shirshalom.org.

Dan Nichols February 7-9A Special Shabbat and weekend with Dan Nichols -

Friday Night & Saturday morning services,Tefillot and Concert at Shoresh.

Watch your emails for more details.

It’s always a blessing when Dan is with us at Shir Shalom as he brings new music, energy

and joy to everything we create together.

Don’t miss out!

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Take Note!

Come with us and take your family on the journey of a lifetime. Take a walk through the Old City, hike up Masada, dip into the Dead Sea, ride a camel, have a falafel, dig into antiquity, spiritually explore Safad, welcome Shabbat in Jerusalem, celebrate Chanukah like never before, shop in Tel Aviv, pack a real lsraeli-life experience into a 10-day journey (or a 30 day journey for your teen) that you and your family will never, ever forget.

Travel with Rabbi Daniel on the Teen Mission and with Rabbi Moskowitz on the Family Mission.Email sidra@shirshalom.org and let us know you’re interested!

Teen Mission: July 1, 2014 – August 1, 2014(Register at www.thisisfederation.org)

Family Mission: December 20 – 31, 2014(Register at www.arzaworld.com/shir-shalom-west-bloomfield-2014-israel-tour.aspx)

Register by November 30 and save $300 per person. Price will be $4,035 as of December 1.

Memories for a lifetime...

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Israel...History...Tradition.

Teen Mission

Family Mission

Interested in an adult trip to Israel? Join Rabbi Dannel Schwartz in the Spring of 2015

for a once in a lifetime trip.Contact the temple office and let Mel know you want to go! 248-737-8700

or mel@shirshalom.org.

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Take Note!sisterhood janice schwartz and Maida zuckerMan, co-Presidents

It’s a winter Michigan wonderland… Sisterhood ladies could hibernate until spring, but we have too many activities planned.

In keeping within our mission of tikkun olam, our Sisterhood social action never stops. For example, Sisterhood will be collecting winter coats for high school students that are in need. Drop off is at the home of Linda Robinson; please contact Linda to make your arrangements at 248-855-0452. Sisterhood has many other ongoing activities and mitzvah projects that we hope you will be part of. On Sunday January 19, Sisterhood is sponsoring a musical ice cream social for the residents of Fleischman. Cantor Steyer and the youth choir will be performing as part of Shoresh’s Tikkun Olam-a-Thon. We encourage all Temple members and their families to join us. Thank you to Sandee Mege for chairing this event.

This year’s annual Sisterhood Shabbat Service will take place on Friday evening February 21, 2014 at 7:30Pm. The ladies of Sisterhood will lead the service under the direction of Cantor Steyer, accompanied by the Shir Shalom Adult Choir. All Temple members are welcome to worship with us and be a part of this beautiful Shabbat service. There will be a dinner prior to the service that we also hope you will attend; please call the temple office by 5:00Pm on Wednesday, February 15 to reserve your spot. Special thanks to Mary Krasman for chairing this event.

Sisterhood events are open to all Temple members. If you are interested in joining Sisterhood or would like to attend an event, please contact Jan Brody at 248-356-8532 or Celia Block at 248-417-1139. The more members and more involvement we have the more we can accomplish. Wishing you a Happy New Year that brings good health and blessings for you and your family.

sisterhood book worMs

Please join your fellow sisters the first Tuesday of every month from 7:00-9:00Pm at Temple Shir Shalom in the library on the second floor for a lively discussion of the monthly book. January’s selection is The Healing by Jonathan Odell. Come and help choose the books for February and March’s meetings. Everyone’s input is welcome.

Liz Shubow, librarian from the West Bloomfield Public Library, will facilitate our meetings. It should prove to be a fun, stimulating, and page-turning kind of evening. No charge. Please RSVP so we can include you in the number of books we order.

If you are interested in some fabulous reads, contact Jane Raitt, club chair, at 248-661-2174 or jraitt@comcast.net so that you can make arrangements to pick up your next selection. You don’t want to miss an evening of engaging discussion and lots of laughs.

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Very Thoughtful People

AB Solomon FundIn honor of:

MARY KAY FRANCIS JOHN JONESJOE WENKE

David L. Solomon

Art Fishman Burning Bush FundIn memory of:

BERNARD & MARY MEYERSMr. and Mrs. Herman Bennett

Cantor Penny Steyer’s Discretionary Fund

In honor of:RACHEL BREUER

AMANDA SIMMONSEVAN ZIEGELMAN

AARON FELSENFELDRichard Mukamal

ANDRE DOUVILLE Steve Chadwick & Annette Pines

JARRYD, NOLAN, AND DUSTIN ELIASRichard & Shauna Elias

In memory of:ROBERTA B. ABRAMS

Marilyn HartonHILDA SILVERMAN

Pola & Howard FriedmanTo thank:

CANTOR PENNY STEYERTerri & Gary Cooper

Eileen Kleiman

Choir FundIn honor of:

ILYSA KOLTONOW’S BIRTHDAYBarbara Saperstein

In memory of:PEARL EISENSTEIN & HARRY FOSTER

Herman & Sylvia FosterARNOLD E. GROSSMAN

Nany Grossman & Alissa N. GetzIDA HOWARDJune Gurwin

ZOLAN KOHENPatty & Steve Ceresnie

SOL LEVITTPatty & Steve Ceresnie

HILDA RASKINPatty & Steve Ceresnie

Just because:JOHN HORTONDiane Silverstein

Cooper Family FundIn honor of:

BEN COOPERRose & George CooperJane & Chuck Kessler

Lisa Zeskino & Mitch Rosen

Doug Pergament FundIn memory of:

DOUG PERGAMENTJay Must

Emily Stillman Research FundIn honor of:

EMILY STILLMANRenee & Jerry Gerger

Laura & Scott GoldsteinSteven TapperJust because:

TO HELP THE COMMUNITYDavid Gumenick

George & Celia Leikin Program FundIn honor of:

GEORGE LEIKINJerry & Hilda Cohen

Hyman & Esther Frank Family Assistance Fund

In honor of:MARK GEOFFREY

Sara & Michael FrankIn memory of:

HY FRANKBERTHA LILLIAN

FRANK SILVERSTEIN Sara & Michael Frank

James “Jamey” Moray Special Needs Fund

In memory of:BERNICE FELDMESSERMuriel & Bernie MoraySTUART HERTZBERG

Muriel & Bernie Moray

TZEDAKAH CIRCLE ($400 above dues)

Susan & Larry BeckerGeraldine & Herman Bennett

Udas BlankBarbara & Jack DorfmanPatricia & Daniel Frank

Millicent & Murray HozmanLinda & Thomas KleinCelia & George Leikin

Sharon MeiselMarilyn & Joel Nosanchuk

Louise OramSally & Charles Reich

Marilyn & Sanford SchaeferJanice & Michael Schwartz

Joyce & David Steinberg

VATIKIM(Senior dues plus)

Margi BayerMaxine & Bob CarsonMandy & Joel Fisher

Pola & Howard FriedmanBarbara & Donald JanowerMuriel & Bernard MorayBarbara & Jerome Sitner

Yan & Robert StewartHelen & Howard Topcik

CHAI ($2,700 dues)

Paula Milgrom & James BarnettPam & Rob Kornfeld

Margo & Robert LesserScott Mazius

Emily & Michael ReichKate & Rick SmithNancy & Neil SosinPatti & Bruce SteinTerry & Jeff Wilner

Marjorie & Stephen Ziff

DOUBLE CHAI ($3,900 dues)

Fran BellTerri & Gary Cooper

Wendy & Lloyd DoiganJune Gurwin

Debbie & Robert LippittLisa & Joshua Sherbin

Very Thoughtful PeopleJami Ann Sanders Youth

In memory of:NELLES FORD

Gary & Sharon Sanders

Lee C. Saperstein Passover FundIn memory of:

GLORIA HIRSCH RICHMOND & ESTHER S. LEVINE

Dr. & Mrs. Edward HirschLORIE SOLOMON

Sonia SklarTo wish:

BARBARA SAPERSTEINA HAPPY CHANUKAH

Beverly & Spencer Silk & FamilyLeslee Boyd & Family c/o Beverly Silk

Liliann & Ely Katz Memorial ScholarshipIn memory of:

MARY ANN JARACZArt Fishman

IRVING WARSHAWSKY Bunni & Allen Lieberman

Mikki, Josh, Lainie, and Ryan Rubin

Marla Zuppke Youth FundIn memory of:

RALPH BERNSTEIN Eleanor & Ken Zuppkee

Marjorie & Steve Ziff Family Memorial Wall Fund

In memory of:ELIOS PELLERONORALPH BERNSTEINMarjie & Steve Ziff

Monica Farris Linker Adoption FundIn honor of:

TIA & JOSH LINKERRenne & Craig Erlich

Myers/Janower Scholarship FundIn memory of:ROSE STERN

Saul Gross

Nathan Youth FundIn honor of:

ILYSA KOLTONOW’S BIRTHDAYSandy & Ben Nathan

In memory of:ROY F. NATHAN

Sandy & Ben Nathan

Preschool Scholarship FundIn honor of:

JERRY & JUDY RUBINJudy & Larry Rothenberg

THE LEARNING CENTER TEACHERSStacy & Ian Nordan

In memory of:FRED LINDENEdith Linden

MATT NOUGETMyrna & Mickey Shanker

Rabbi Daniel A. Schwartz’s Discretionary Fund

In honor of:RABBI DANIEL SCHWARTZ

Lloyd DoiganIn memory of:BILL NEMETH

Carol Bendersky & Bob Kaufman Jackie & Gary Sikora

Diane SilversteinGEORGE SHERMAN

Sandra & George DobrowitskyHILDA SILVERMAN

Pola & Howard FriedmanTo thank:

RABBI DANIEL A. SCHWARTZ Colleen & Brett AltmanGerri & Herm Bennett

The Berlin FamilyTerri & Gary CooperAnn & Jay Feldman

Eileen KleimanPaul & Elizabeth Simko

Rabbi Dannel I. Schwartz’s Discretionary Fund

In honor of:ANNIE ROSE HILLENBERG

Charles & Ruth DantoIn memory of:

ESTER CHODOROFFRebecca & Howard Emmer

HARRY P. FALKLeon Falk

JOSEPHINE KRAUSSLeah & Paul Foltyn

Rabbi Michael L. Moskowitz’s Discretionary Fund

In honor of:RABBI MICHAEL MOSKOWITZ

Lloyd Doigan

Rabbi Michael L. Moskowitz’s Discretionary Fund (cont’d)

JENNY SOLOMONEmily Rogers & Family

In memory of:STANLEY BROWN

Marilyn FinkelCAROL KAUFMANN

Daniel SokolowskiROBERT LINKNER

Renita LinknerBILL NEMETHJan Landsberg

FLORENCE PATTJessica Walker

PHILLIS PAYSONTony Payson

ELEANOR ROSENCarol & Dennis Rosen

FLORENCE SCHWARTZMaxwell Schwartz

ALBERT WEISHAUSHELEN WEISHAUS

Katie & Mickey WeishausTo thank:

RABBI MICHAEL MOSKOWITZ Gerri & Herm Bennett

The Berlin FamilyTerri & Gary CooperAnn & Jay Feldman

Paul & Elizabeth SimkoNeil J. Sosin

Religious School Scholarship FundIn honor of:

LAURIE NOSANCHUK’S SPEED LIMIT BIRTHDAY

Arnold BergerIn memory of:

ELIZABETH “LOLLY” FRIEDMANPamela & Michael Cooper

EDWIN GITTLEMANJudy & Bill Stern

JOSEPHINE KRAUSSJudy Shewach & Fred Stevenson

LESLIE ROSENBLATTAnne Bielman

Mary-Ellen & Karl LyngaasJessica & Jeff Mindell

JEFFREY MARC ROTH Laura & Burton Roth

Sakwa EndowmentIn honor of:

MAURA & DAVID LEVINEStephanie & Fred Keywell

Very Thoughtful PeopleSisterhood Fund

In honor of:JEAN & FRANK FOX Diane Silverstein

In memory of:MONTAGUE BALBES

JOSEPH PREVOSTMaida & Jerry Zuckerman

LEONARD GORELICKMaida Zuckerman

Social Action Fund - I Am My Brothers Keeper

In honor of:ELANA AVERBUCH & RABBI DANIEL

SCHWARTZ’S ENGAGEMENTCharlotte & Paul Milgrim

In memory of:PESACH ROSENJEAN NEWLING

Charlotte & Paul MilgrimJust because:

James BarnettRichard & Rachel Mandell

In memory of:JOSEPH PREVOST

Charlotte & Paul MilgrimMichael, Janice, and Mallory Schwartz

Social Action Fund - Walk for IsraelIn honor of:

ANDRE DOUVILLEChris & Hank Heiser

The Executive Directors of Metropolitan Detroit

Temple Shir ShalomIn honor of:

HARVEY BECKRosalie & Bruce Rosen

BEN COOPERDale & Jerry RubinLLOYD DOIGAN

Louise OramALLEN KOVINSKY & ARLENE

MCDANIELCindy & Mickey Grey

BUBBA URDANLouise Oram

In memory of:BEN FEINSTEIN & STUART BARRON

Diane BarronMARILYN BOLLER

Lori, Randy, Madeline, and Jake PitlerALLAN FREUND

Kate Sislin

Temple Shir Shalom (cont’d)JEAN SOSIN

Joyce & Allen SosinDR. SYDELLE KATZER

BILL NEMETHAudrie Friedman

Georgeanna WellsTo thank:

RABBI MOSKOWITZRABBI DANIEL SCHWARTZ

CANTOR STEYER Rita & Mel Seidman

Just because:ROCHELLE SOLOMON

Ruth Yarrows

Temple Shir Shalom Music FundIn memory of:BILL NEMETH

Rhonda & Ed Friedler

Torah Restoration FundIn memory of:

PETER CHODOROFFRebecca & Howard Emmer

Paid Internships Available for College StudentsJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT

Applications are now being accepted for the Jeanette & Oscar Cook Jewish Occupational Intern (JOIN) program. The program offers eight-week paid summer internships to full-time Jewish undergraduate or graduate students who are residents of metropolitan Detroit.

Interns work at Jewish nonprofit agencies in the fields of nonprofit business administration, marketing and communications, research and program planning, human services, women’s issues and advocacy and human resources.

Written applications for the JOIN program are being accepted and personal interviews will be held through January 31, 2014.

For an application or more information, contact Debra Silver of JVS at (248) 233-4233 or dsilver@jvsdet.org.

In RemembranceWe Regret with Sorrow the Passing of:

Leonard LipkinFather of Howard (Kate) Lipkin

Montague BalbesFather of Cindy (Reid) Kavieff

Arlene StarrWife of Lloyd Starr

Michael GillHusband of Mary Krasman

Carol Ann DorfmanSister of Dennis Park

Evonne Callaghan RogersMother of David (Susan) Rogers

Marcus LevitchFather of Wendy (Michael) Passer

Stella GallobMother of Patricia Shink (Randolph Nyznyk)

Grandmother of David (Rhonda) Shink

Rochelle SolomonMember

Ruth Ann HamptonSister of Fran (Allen) Mirsky

Herman MainwoldFather of Melissa “Lisa” Imhoff

Rogie AlpertMother of Terry (Ilene) Alpert

Elizabeth WeissGrandmother of David (Deborah) Weiss

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Passover Sunday, 4/20/2014 at 7:00pm

Shavuot Wednesday, 6/4/2014 at 10:30am

Yom Kippur 5775 Saturday, 10/4/2014 at 4:00pm

Yizkor at Shir Shalom

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In RemembranceSunday, January 5, aT 10:00am … Friday, January 10, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, January 11, aT 10:30am

Brandon Abramson*Sidney Alexander, Jr. Frieda BarahalMilton Barnett*Rosalyn Bloch Esther BroadSol CeresnieJoseph ColemanSamuel ColumbusRose Cooperstock*LeRoy Dunn Judy EastmanSheldon EichlerMaureen EllmanRobert FelderClara Flam-ErenthalDebbie FriedmanMarshall FrumanGeorge S. Gantz

Leah GarfinkelMiep Gies*Bertha Goldberg Rabbi Morton GoldbergAbraham GoldbergerHelen GoldmanLisa GoldstoneLillian “Lakie” Goodman*Larry L. Guttenberg *Stella Himmelstein Dolores HintzLewis A. Hirsch*Samuel Zalman Hirschman Rose HornDr. Alvin R. HowardRhoda IczkovitzLeslye IndenbaumMyrtle JacksonIda Katchan

*Fannie Keane *Harry S. Kosins James KovacsPhelps KurjanAnneliese LitzbarskiRoss MaifertMorton MaloneMarlene MargolisCharles MeiselHarry MillerLawrence MillerSaleh MukamalMiriam NymanRose Ogusky*Gerald “Jerry” Oram Lorraine PollackRose PollackLouis PopperNancy Precour

*Kate Romanik *Erwin R. Roth Jerred Ruda*Ida Sanders Lillian SegalFlorence SeyburnSarah SiegelJack SolRhea SteinJohn SteinkampPamela TalonMeyer Tanenblatt*James Varon Harvey VintonNorton WeissDorothy WestoverJeffrey YellenSamuel Yellen

** Denotes a plaque in our Carole & Henry Frank Interfaith Garden* Denotes a plaque on our Ziff Family Wall of Remembrance

Sunday, January 12, aT 10:00am … Friday, January 17, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, January 18, aT 10:30am

Sunday, January 19, aT 10:00am … Friday, January 24, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, January 25, aT 10:30am

Agi AlpertIra BailenDorothy BaritBen BircollBetty BlairRuth BlevinsBetty BloomHarry BrownHoward BurlakSol CashMurray Alan ChessJeannette Love CohenLois Love Cohen

Philip DorfIrving DubrinskyLouis EfrusyHarriett Ephraim*Edith Ginsburg-Silverman Shirley GrossMargaret “Maggie” HarryRegina HermanFrances Holland*Martin Elliot Hollander Marjorie Hoffman KasoffTeddy KrassIrwin Landau

David I. LaskyDr. Howard L. LazarEdward LevinIsabel LloydCynthia LustigWilliam MassIda Meltzer*Celia Must Harriet OrnsteinMildred RobinsonRobert RoggendorfGertrude Roog RosenfeldRobert Ross

Mikhail RozenbergJessie SheftelRose Shaw SmithAnnette SolomonBenjamin SonnenscheinSadye TenebaumBen WeintrobElaine Williams WeissJay J. WerberAlbert WermuthMargaret WestheimerEtta WilsonNancy Zerry

Burt BailenMac Albert BankJanica BarzelyAlec BrownAnn E. Burke*Dora Camden Bess ChisikMarvin DantoBetty ElfordSidney EllisAl EpsteinSally FeinbergIsabel Finstein

*Joseph Ginsburg Marjorie GoedertVivian GoldSara GoldbergJudith GoodgallRuth GreenMary KanderHilda Kaplan*Irwin Kasoff Marvin KleinDorothy LandauMorris A. LindenGeorge Messina

*Ruth Moore Clara MorayMorie NelsonHinda NesmourStuart Kenneth “Ken” NeumannMax OrefficeLouis PalangeJoan Partrich*Samuel Pies Ada PolkLouis PopperEsther RobinowitzSally Robinson

*Esta Siegel Minnie SilbermanFrances “Fagle” SilvermanRuth SiporinHarry SitnerMorey SteinAlicia Joy TechnerCharles H. Tennen*Robert Weinstein Evelyn WeissCliff WilliamsJames David WilliamsHelen Zeidman

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** Denotes a plaque in our Carole & Henry Frank Interfaith Garden* Denotes a plaque on our Ziff Family Wall of Remembrance

In Remembrance

Sunday, February 2, aT 10:00am … Friday, February 7, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, February 8, aT 10:30am

Philip AlperBarbara AlpertMax BassinMargold Bing*Loraine Carson Janice Chadwick*Sylvia Cohen Connie Crane*Jean Cutler Edward Ernest DouvilleEdward EliasJoseph EpelSidney Finkelstein*Ida Gales Mildred Garfinkel

Genia Greener*Molly Greenfield Robert Grund**Marjorie Ann Haley Robert JasgurTamara “Tammy” Ruth JonesLouis KaliskyMarie KatzmanHarry KopelMartin LenhoffAnna LevinDorothy LevineMeyer LevineCynthia LustigMadeline J. Mandell

*Estelle Rand Mass *Arthur Melder Michael MillerRenee MillsElaine MullenPhilip NobleLauri R. PeriniLorraine Popper*Herman Sam Portney Jack PrinceMartin ResnickEva RimerBetty RosenDoris Aaron RubinLawrence Rubinstein

*Joseph Saperstein Ida ShapiroRobert “Rockey” SimonAnne SniderBetty SteinkampEmily Nicole StillmanRev. Lewis “Jack” TheodoreRay TlumakJoshua Turetsky**Elizabeth Ann Voelker Jill WolffMolly Zager*Bernard Zamler

Sunday, February 9, aT 10:00am … Friday, February 14, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, February 15, aT 10:30am

Jack AronoffIrving BarillBetty BensonMildred “Mickey” BereshLouis BermanMay BlechmanJerry BrennerEdward BurtonIrene CitronSol ColtonCharles Dodge

Ruth DodgeMilton EislerSylvia EllmanJoseph Firestone*Clare Fisher Sam GarfinkelPearl Garfinkle*Charles “Chuckie” Gayer *Etta Goldberg Reka GoldstienDavid Goldstone

Leatrice “Lea” GoodwinJessica Rose GrzychLouis GurwinJacob Harris*Walter Hass Barney HertzbergJack HoffmanRabbi Ben Hollander**Gerald Klask Rochelle KomorowskiShirley Kornspan

Erna LeopoldElsie LesserElise LewisSandra “Sandy” LewisJeannette MelaasIda MillerSam MirskyDelores Lee MooreRhoda Moran*Sam Myers Jo Ann Orange

Sunday, January 26, aT 10:00am … Friday, January 31, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, February 1, aT 10:30am

Sidney AbramskyGeraldine AdlerAnn AlekmanPhilip Assiran*Morris Barr Jacqueline BershasLaurie BiegelCara Lee BlumenthalAnnette BorinsteinPeggy V. BreznerLouis CohenMorris CohenLeonard CooperFloyd CoppingerHyman DolinkaDavid EckhouseHoward EhrlichHanley Elias

Gloria EllisMary FinkAlbert Finstein*Esther Goldie Fishman Rose GalexHeda GlickRaymond GoldmanEdith GoodmanJeanette Gotte-LewisShirley GrossLenore “Nori” GrossmanFreda Kalo*Leonard S. Kerner Eta KleinmanWilma Rae LabellHarry LavineMatt LeiterIrving Levy

Betty LiebermanZelda LofmanAlvin LynnSaul MedoffRose MillerMilton MonyClara Morozoff*Dr. Joseph I. Nosanchuk Hyman Parker*Lillian Paull Max PechererJames Persinger*Frances Pierce *Anna Portney Sheldon RaminickSheldon RichieJanice Colman RifkinAbraham “Arthur” Rochlen

*Ida Sakwa Amy ShermanBernard SilverAllan Silverman*Hilbert Sosin Gerald M. StarkSamuel Edward StoneDavid Tabashnik*Myrna Joy Usdan Norman VaronJordan WachlerEdan WeinerNed WeitzmanBen Wepman*Lois Zamler-Lesser Robert ZektickNorbert Zuckerman

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In Remembrance

Sunday, February 23, aT 10:00am … Friday, February 28, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, march 1, aT 10:30am

*Marcia Stern Alexander William “Wills” BarnettSylvia BarrJerome BearmanZelda Beim*Alfred Berkowitz Helen BielMartin BlauSteven BloomLeiser BordoleyGloria BrownJoseph Canosa, Jr.Mary CarrCorrine ChartyPinkus CooperstockMilton EislerWilliam ElfmanHarold “Hal” ErwinFaye Feldman Ross

Julius FischerPearl Fleisher*Ida Gales *Norman German Jack GilbertJoseph GoldbergHarold GoldstoneDr. Conrad H. GoodeHarry GreenspanLena Silk GurwinAnne HearshenMolly HechlerDr. Arthur HowardLee I. HowardAlex KasmerBabs KaufmanNeil KayMichael Edward KinsellaWilliam Klein

*Sadye Kovinsky Bessie LandsbergEdward Levine*Yetta Lopatin Joseph LowySol LumbergJessica MaziusRobert MishellCharles MitchellLee Monashkin*E. Ruth Neumarker *Laura Oberfeld Ben Peter Perlove*Paul Pierce *Muriel Gup Pies Bruce PolcekSusan PoleHenry PopperMax Prince

Shirley PurtherSamuel RichSally RogowRose SchiffMartin SchifferSam Shepard*Ronald Jay Silberman Mildred SingerIda SklarAlvin SteinmanMary TarnowRose Tarnow*Ethel Terman Esther Bershad VogelAlexander WaltRabbi David WeisbergHarry Wilson

** Denotes a plaque in our Carole & Henry Frank Interfaith Garden* Denotes a plaque on our Ziff Family Wall of Remembrance

Sunday, February 16, aT 10:00am … Friday, February 21, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, February 22, aT 10:30am

Mildred BeckerGertrude BrodskyJeane Brose*Albert Burke Ruth Marion DietrichStuart DinneyMorris DobrusinEdna DoiganIsadore Ellis*Robert S. Ernstein Bernice Glossman*Max Hoffman George Kahn

Lawrence KoltonowDr. Seymour Lewis*Nate Light Mollie LippittGayle LutvakJoseph LutvakLeo A. MandellPearl MartonRoland MeralCharles Milgrim*Stacey Lee Milgrim *Elaine Moss Harry Nedelman

Sol OseffDoug PergamentRussell PfeifferEthel Stern PorterSanford RopeEphraim Ross*Rose “Buppee” Ross Agata “Agi” Rubin*Dave Sakwa Louis Salesin*Wallace “Wally” Sampson Marion SchulmanHarold Sher

Richard SiegelGeorge SilvermanSophia SirofMarcia SklarHelen SmithRosalie SorkinSylvia StraussRyan UnatinAnna VorsovskayaArnold WassermanEvelyn Weil*Sherwin E. Zamler Ann Ziegelman

Sunday, February 9, aT 10:00am … Friday, February 14, aT 7:30pm and SaTurday, February 15, aT 10:30am (conT’d)

Harold RobinsonLeo RoogSara RossSamuel Rovin*Ben J. Rudin Dora Siegel*Jerome Silberman

Mark SilvermanMorris SilvermanHannelore “Lorrie” Simon*Aubrey Smith *Minnie Sosin Cyd StahlLouis Statfeld

Sam SteelAnnette Renee StorbinskyMichael VorsovskiyBessie WeintrobEdward WinstonBen WishMichelle Wright-Cox

Jack Yaker*Abe Yourofsky Jon ZacksMarla Zuppke

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What’s on My Mind?From the President: LLoyd doigan

Recently our Executive Director, Andre Douville, and I attended a Temple Directors’ conference at the JCC. The conference included Conservative and Reform Temple Directors, Rabbis, and Temple Presidents and addressed issues affecting the Jewish community such as the recent Pew and other reports that highlighted a shrinking Jewish community in Detroit and other areas of the United States. Since the last counting, the Reform and Conservative communities lost about 8% of their number while the Orthodox community only lost about 4%. While

no solution was reached to stabilize and even grow our numbers, many profound questions were asked, including, “how does a Jewish institution compete for people’s time given the plethora of other things they may wish to do?”

My perception is that the rabbinate in the US has failed by believing that the message in Judaism should be enough to “win” any competition for people’s time. But this isn’t true at Shir Shalom as is evidenced by our formula for continuing growth. We and our rabbis succeed in many ways. Firstly, the rabbis and other teachers infuse Judaism in our children at Shoresh by teaching while the children are having fun. The children want to come to school and develop a fondness and a basic understanding of Jewish values. Secondly, our rabbis’ sense of community is so great that they most probably know your name. Their warmth, wisdom, and accessibility are legend. Thirdly, our belief that Judaism is an institution of inclusion and not exclusion allows us to roll with our changing demographics by honoring and welcoming anybody who wishes to join us. Finally, we offer continuing education that enriches all of our congregants.

We should be proud of our organization and beliefs, as best evidenced Sunday, December 15 as we began writing our Torah. If you were there, you could not be unmoved by this most important emotional experience I have ever had the pleasure to be part of Shir Shalom. Please ask your friends about it and come see it for yourself. Participate. We will continue to grow and help Judaism by making Jews.

Temple Shir Shalom3999 Walnut Lake Road

West Bloomfield, MI 48323Phone: 248-737-8700

Fax: 248-737-8862www.shirshalom.org

Shoresh2075 Walnut Lake Road

West Bloomfield, MI 48323Phone: 248-406-4255

Rabbis: Dannel I. Schwartz, Michael L. Moskowitz,

Daniel A. SchwartzCantor: Penny Steyer

Executive Director: Andre DouvilleDirector of Early Childhood

Learning Center: Marsha MitnickSHORESH Associate Director:

Sarah Allyn

Scribe StaffFran Bell, Lenie Bershad,

Amy Douville, Andre Douville, Sid Jacobs, Melanie Pohl,

Marla Worthing

Last Edition’s StuffersArt Fishman, Sid Garbeil,

Susan Greenfield, Fred Krainen, Jan Landsberg, Barbara Pollack, Janice Schwartz, Jerry Weisberg

Officers of the CongregationPresident: Lloyd DoiganVice President: Fran Bell

Vice President: Howard Goldman Vice President: Keith Lublin Vice President: Scott Mazius

TrusteesJames Barnett, Terri Cooper, Shari Dobrusin, Joel Hechler, Jonathan Jones, Eric Krause,

Richard Mandell, Howard Morof, Allison Parr, Janice Schwartz, Josh Sherbin, Lyle Wolberg, Rabbi Michael Moskowitz

Immediate Past PresidentPam Kornfeld

Join us on Sunday, February 9th & Monday, February 10th

to take part in this incredible experience. Contact the temple office at 248-737-8700 and reserve your scribing session today.