357-5544. Rabbis: Irwin Groner,
William Gershon, Cantors: Chaim
Najman, Sidney Rube. Services:
Monday and Thursday 7:30 a.m.,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
7:45 a.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m., Friday
5 p.m., Saturday 8:45 a.m. Daily 6
p.m.
B'nai Mitzvah of Steven Marc Ingber,
son of Roberta and Paul Ingber and
Alan Tobin, son of Rhoda and
Marshall Tobin.
Federation Shabbat. Lawrence
Jackier, speaker. Prayer for the
Country: Esther Ingber. The Youth
Choir will sing. Gimel Worship
Commencement 4:45 p.m.

SHAAREY ZEDEK
B'NAI ISRAEL CENTER

4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West
Bloomfield, 681-5353. Rabbi: Dr.
Sherman P. Kirshner. Services:
Friday 7:15 a.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.,
Weekdays 7:15 a.m. Sunday 9 a.m.

REFORM:

TEMPLE BETH EL

7400 Telegraph Rd., Birmingham,
851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel Polish,
Julian I. Cook; Richard C. Hertz,
Rabbi Emeritus. Cantor: Gail P.
Hirschenfang. Friday 8 p.m.;
Saturday 11 a.m.; Torah Study, Tot
Shabbat 9:30 a.m. Rabbi Polish will
give the D'var Torah.
Bar Mitzvah of Adam Jeffrey
Freedman, son of Mark and Susan
Freedman.
Two services Friday — Young
People's Society Shabbat in the
sanctuary with Rabbi Polish;
Classical Reform Mode service in
the Maas Chapel with Rabbi Cook.

BETH ISAAC

2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, 675-0355.
Student Rabbi: Ruth Alpers.
Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. Saturday
9:30 a.m.

TEMPLE EMANU EL

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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
8:15 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Saturday: Bat Mitzvah of Jenna
Michelle Goldenberg, daughter of
Enid Bienstock and William
Goldenberg.
Rabbi Feder will speak Friday. Torah
study 9:30 a.m. in library. Federation
Shabbat speaker John Jacobs,
president, Jewish Family Service.

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.
Saturday: B'nai Mitzvah of Matthew
Henry Nash, son of Janice and
Michael Nash and Mikki Lynn
Weinstein, daughter of Davee Brown
and Lee Weinstein.
Friday: Sivan Maas will discuss
Federation Sabbath. Youth Group
Services. Saturday: Rabbi Yedwab
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.
Dr. Norman Cohen, Dean of the New
York Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion,
scholar-in-residence.

Hcmdicapism.
It's Thinking
That People
With Disabilities
Are Different.

TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM

5642 Maple, West Bloomfield,
737-8700. Rabbi: Dannel I. Schwartz.
Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 11
a.m. Rabbi's Tish 9:30 a.m.

CONGREGATION
SHIR TIKVAH

People with disa-
bilities are really like
the rest of us—diverse,
complex, each with
different strengths
and weaknesses,
likes and dislikes.

•

3633 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 643-6520.
Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg. Services:
Friday 7:45 p.m.
Services conducted by Rabbi
Sleutelberg, assisted by Dave
Castiglione, 5th year rabbinical
student.

Sometimes they .
may need more help
than you do. But they
always need a smile,
a hello, respect and
dignity. Just like you.

HUMANISTIC:

THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE

28611 West 12 Mile Rd., Farmington
Hills, 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T.
Wine. Services Friday 8 p.m.
Jewish Community Shabbat,
honoring members of the
community. Jeannie Weiner will
speak. Oneg Shabbat will follow.

Treat every person
you meet like a
person. It's as simple
as that.

RECONSTRUCTIONIST:

T'CHIYAH

1035 St. Antoine at Monroe, Detroit,
393-1089. Service: Friday 7:45 p.m.
Services conducted by Bobbie Cash
and Ed Wise. Guest speaker Dr.
Haim Koren, Israeli press consul.

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for persons with developmental disabilities

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28366 Franklin Road _ Southfield, MI 48034 (313) 352-5272

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.

SYNAGOGUES h

Koren Concludes
T'Chiyah Series

Dr. Haim Koren, Israeli con-
sul for press and information
to the Midwest, will conclude
Congregation T'Chiyah's fall
speaker series 7:45 p.m. Dec.
13.
Following services at the
Greektown synagogue, on St.
Antoine at Monroe, Dr. Koren
will discuss the current
political climate in Israel and
internationally.
Dr. Koren, former vice con-
sul at the Israeli consulate in
Alexandria, Egypt, served in
the Israeli embassy in Kat-
mandu, Nepal. He holds a
doctorate in political science
and Middle Eastern studies
from Haifa University.
For information, call Sandy
Hansell, 559-1818; or Con-
gregation T'Chiyah,
963-5021.

VOICE OF THE VAAD

K

eeping kosher has never been
easier — or more difficult — than to-
day. On the one hand, there has been
an explosion in the number of kosher-certified
foods available to the consumer. Today there
is almost no non-kosher food or flavor that can-
not be duplicated in the strictly kosher kitchen.
However the same technological advances
which have made this possible have made it
almost impossible for the average consumer
to figure out, just by reading a list of ingredients,
whether a product is kosher or not. Labels in-
clude chemicals, food colors, flavors, preser-
vatives, etc. The layman cannot know whether
these are animal, vegetable, or synthetic in
origin, and how and where they are produced.
Thus, kashruth supervision has become a
necessity for the Jewish consumer. Reputable
kashruth organizations have on their staff ex-
perts who are familiar with ingredients and pro-
duction procedures. The symbol of one of these
organizations is generally the consumer's only
guarantee of a given product's kashruth.
In this space the Vaad will discuss issues, in-
gredients, and products of interest to the Jewish
public. If you have a question which you would
like to see addressed here, please write to:

Oils and Shortenings

Many consumers believe that if a product lists
vegetable oil or shortening on its label — or
especially if it advertises "100% vegetable" oil
shortening, then this ingredient poses no pro-
blem. Unfortunately, this is not true. There are
two basic problems with these ingredients:

1. Vegetable oils and shortenings are often
manufactured on the same equipment as
animal-derived oils and shortenings — e.g. lard.
Unless the manufacturer koshers his equipment,
the "100% pure" vegetable oil subsequently
produced there is not kosher.

2. Government regulations allow a certain
percentage of animal fats to be added to oils
and shortenings labeled "pure vegetable"
without them being mentioned on the label.
Many manufacturers indeed do this, since it
enhances the baking and frying qualities of
their product.
It is therefore necessary that all oils, shorten-
ings, and products containing these ingredients,
have reliable kosher certification. D

Council of Orthodox Rabbis • 17071 W. 10 Mile Rd. • Southfield 48075 • 559-5005

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Wall Units
Bedrooms
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Beth Shalom Holds
Preschool Event

Beth
Congregation
Shalom's J.E.F.F. committee
will hold preschool programs
10-11:45 a.m. Dec. 15 and
Jan. 19 at the synagogue.
Art projects and a tour of
Beth Shalom will be offered.
For information, call
Sharon Anders, 967-0543; or
Mary White, 547-4653.

Voice, c/o Council of Orthodox Rabbis, 17071
W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075.

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