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SINGLES RITUALS page 35

He probably won't throw
away his bagels.
"I buy some of the tradi-
tional foods and I don't eat
bread products," Mr. Stein-
berg said. "I think it's sym-
bolic — not eating bread at
this time allows me to stand
out as a Jew among non-
Jews."
Rabbi Amy Bigman's par-
ents no longer live in Michi-
gan. However, returning to
Detroit as an adult has af-
forded the single rabbi with
many Passover options, from
distant relatives to congre-
gation members.
This year, Rabbi Bigman
will spend the first night
with her boyfriend and his
family. The second night of
Pesach, Rabbi Bigman will
break matzah at the congre-
gational seder at Temple
Emanu-El.
Like Mr. Steinberg, Rabbi
Bigman will not prepare her
apartment for the holiday.
She said this choice was not
made out of laziness or lack

of respect for her religion.
"I'm a Reform rabbi. I've
studied the texts and chosen
to live a certain way," Rabbi
Bigman explained. "For me,
it is meaningful to not eat
bread products for seven
days."
Rabbi Bigman grew up in
a Reform household. Howev-
er, she shares a memory of
many — eating peanut butter
and jelly on matzah, which
was usually soggy by the
time lunch hour came
around.
Perhaps her favorite
Passover was celebrated in
Israel.
Away from their families,
Rabbi Bigman and several
other students attended a
seder at a classmate's apart-
ment. They ate on the floor, <
shared different versions of
the Haggadah, sang songs
and stopped often to ask
questions.
"It was really as Pesach
should be," Rabbi Bigman-
said.

The Lipten family and friends

From Orthodox
To Humanistic

KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER

N

ext week, Dr. Claire
Lipten will'4 begin
preparing for Pass-
over, removing cha-
metz, buying foods that are
kosher for the holiday and
taking out her dishes that
are used only these eight
days a year.
This is not a tradition
practiced by most Humanis-
tic Jews, who believe in hon-
oring universal human
values without God.
Though she closely follows
the teachings of Rabbi Sher-
win Wine of the Birmingham

Temple, Dr. Lipten, of West
Bloomfield, pays homage this
time of year to her late par-
ents, who were Orthodox.
"Our quest to define our-
selves as Jews has been a <
long endeavor," Dr. Lipten
says. "We have gone through
a complete transformation."
Raised Orthodox, Dr.
Lipten and her husband, Sy
Lipten, opted for Reform Ju-
daism shortly after they got
married.
She never considered her-
self Orthodox, but she re-

