PH OTO BY MARCIA ESTER

"We will do and we will
obey" says the inscription on
the curtain at the Holy Ark at
the Adat Shalom Joseph D.
Shiffman Chapel.
"This embodies what the
congregation is all about," com-
munication director Judy Marx
says.
Adat Shalom also embodied
what Six Days in October was
all about. The Farmington Hills
congregation sent in dozens of
photographs. It also had its own
Six Days in October photo ses-
sion among its own member-
ship with photos of Adat
Shalom events, children and
members being taken.
Grandma Ruth, Rachael (3),
dad Stephen and Kevin (1)
Malerman of West Bloomfield
prepared for a Shabbat dinner
as photographed by
mom, Janet. What's
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even more important
than the food they ate is "How Hillel Won
the time they spent to-
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gether as a family. Ask
Scott
Ruth Malerman about
the joy she has with her Duschinksy, Dan
son, daughter-in-law
Arlow and Gary
and grandchildren and
Rosenberg.
what Shabbat dinner
means to all of them.
Middle: Joseph
The Eizelman family
Cohen is given an
of West Bloomfield
aliyah at Fleis-
understands that it's
important to remember chman
their responsibility of
Residence.
giving charity even be-
fore they enjoy the
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warmth of the Sabbath
having fun or
candles. Here, Shelley
what?
Molly
Eizelman captures her
husband Michael look- Lester, 2, plays
ing on as their 11-year-
hard at the Wein-
old daughter, Mira,
puts tzedakah in a
berg
pushke.
Biblical
"When I thought of
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the different things we

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thing a Jewish person would do
during the week," she said.
Many of those learning op-
portunities are ahead of the
Temple Israel nursery school
student seen through the lens of
Milton Rose. Temple Israel, the
state of Michigan's largest Jew-
ish congregation, has more than
200 children in its nursery
school.