THE TALK OF THE TOWN REFORM: TEMPLE BETH EL 7400 Telegraph Rd., Birmingham, 851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel Polish, Julian I. Cook, Richard C. Hertz. Cantor: Gail P. Hirschenfang. Friday 5:30 p.m., Likrat Shabbat; Saturday 11 a.m.; Torah Study, 9:30 a.m. Saturday Rabbi Cook will speak on "The Watchword." BETH ISAAC N 2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, 675-0355. Student Rabbi: Ruth Alpers. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m. Bar Mitzvah of Ricky D'Loss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D'Loss. TEMPLE EMANU EL - 14450 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park, 967-4020. Rabbis: Lane B. Steinger, L. David Feder. Rabbi Emeritus: Dr. Milton Rosenbaum. Cantor Emeri- tus: Norman Rose. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Summer services in the West Garden (weather permitting). Shabbat Nahamu will be conducted by the Hollander and Marx families. TEMPLE ISRAEL 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 661-5700. Rabbis: M. Robert Syme, Harold S. Loss, Paul M. Yedwab. Cantor: Harold Orbach. Services: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 10:30 a.m. (Rebbe's Tish 9:30 a.m.), Weekdays 7:30 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m. Friday: Rabbi Yedwab will deliver the sermon. Saturday: Rabbi Loss will deliver the sermon. TEMPLE KOL AMI 5085 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 661-0040. Rabbis: Norman T. Roman, Rabbi Emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad. Services: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 9:15 a.m. Chevrat Torah; Shabbat worship at 10:30 a.m. Rabbi Roman will deliver the sermon. TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM 5642 Maple, West Bloomfield, 737-8700. Rabbi: Dannel I. Schwartz. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. CONGREGATION SHIR TIKVAH 3633 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 643-6520. Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg. Services: Friday 6 p.m. Services will be held at the Georgian-Bloomfield Nursing Home. HUMANISTIC: THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE 28611 West 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T. Wine. There will be no services for the month of July. Services will resume at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 9, 1991. RECONSTRUCTIONIST: T'CHIYAH 1035 St. Antoine at Monroe, Detroit, 393-1089. Service: Saturday 10 a.m. Services conducted by Harold Gurewitz and Lydia Meyers. SEPHARDIC: SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY OF GREATER DETROIT 17030 New Jersey, Southfield. 557-8551. Services: Sunday 9 a.m. at Yeshivah Beth Yehudah, 15751 W. Lincoln, Southfield. TORAH PORTION ► The Last Book Grants Understanding RABBI CRAIG L. ALLEN Special to The Jewish News W e have been called the "People of the Book" i.e. Torah. In its broadest sense, Torah can be defined as all of Jewish learning, our entire system of beliefs and behavior. Of course, in the narrowest sense, when we speak of Torah we are talking about Chumash, the Five Books of Moses. Certainly, it is the cen- tral symbol of our religious and historical experience which is ongoing and, in a sense, circular. During the course of the Jewish year, we read the en- tire Torah in weekly segments beginning and en- ding in the fall. Last week we began the last of the five books, Devarim (Deuteron- omy). It has been said that if you want to understand the Jewish people, study the book of Deuteronomy. Furthermore, if you want to understand Rabbi Allen is rabbi of Congregation Beit Kodesh. Membership in B'nai B'rith is important to me . . . . I have been a member of the Harry B. Keidan Lodge for over 45 years. I take great pride in the Jewish presence on college campuses and universities that B'nai B'rith maintains through their Hillel program promoting Jewish education, preserving Jewish culture, and training Jewish leaders of tomorrow. I am proud to be a member of an organization that under- takes the great task of preparing our young people for the LOUIS BERRY rising tide of anti-Semitism. We often take religious liberties for granted, yet history teaches us that we cannot become complacent. The Anti- Defamation league of B'nai B'rith is ever present to protect all of us from religious hatred and persecution. Who else is there to speak for us but, ADL? . . . Membership in B'nai B'rith will alwatys be important to me! Deuteronomy, you must ex- amine Chapter 4 which is read as part of this week's parsha "Vaetchanan." A series of revealing con- cepts appear in the initial pasuk (sentence) of Chapter 4. The very word Yisrael tells us much about Jewish identity. The idea of Jacob being renamed after wrestling with an angel is at the heart of the ongoing Jewish experience. Having overcome such a be- ing, he had nothing to fear from man. We need only to see ourselves as if we per- sonally wrestled with an angel in order to establish a personal connection with Jewish survival. History bears this out. Those who bless us will be blessed and those who curse us will be cursed. The next word, Sh'ma has implications beyond the usual English translation of hear. The word actually means to listen. In such a way as to understand the significance of what you are hearing. At the revelation at Mt. Sinai, the Jewish people made a DAVID HANDLEMAN As a long-time member of Pisgah Lodge, one of the oldest lodges in B'nai B'rith, I am proud to be associated with an organization that serves the needs of the Jewish people and the communities in which they live. B'nai B'rith is a democratic family organization, interna- tional, involved, indispensable and uniquely equipped to ef- fectively deal with significant issues in today's complex world. If there were no B'nai B'rith, someone would invent it tomorrow! WE ARE B'NAI B'RITH PEOPLE WORKING WITH, AND FOR, PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT B'NAI B'RITH IS ALL ABOUT! FOR MORE THAN 14 DECADES, B'NAI B'RITH MEMBERS HAVE DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR COUNTRY, AND THEIR BRETHREN AROUND THE WORLD. OUR PROGRAMS ARE UNDER- WAY IN HUNDREDS OF TOWNS AND CITIES, USUALLY FAR FROM THE GLARE OF PUBLICITY AND THE SOUND OF APPLAUSE. THEY ARE QUIET ACTS OF CARING AND LOVE. 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