613ITZEIY6 HEBREW BOOK and GIFT CENTER, INC. JUDAIC COMPUTER SOFTWARE BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION TEMPLE EMANU-EL 2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, (313) 665-9897. Rabbi: Robert Dobrusin. Ser- vices: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.; weekdays 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 5 p.m. Please join the congregation for kiddush following services. BETH SHALOM 14601 W. Lincoln Rd., Oak Park, 547- 7970. Rabbi: David A. Nelson. Cantor: Samuel L. Greenbaum. Ritual director: Rev. Samuel Semp. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m., 5 p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Kid- dush follows Shabbat services. Torah study 8:45-9:30 a.m. April children's birthday blessings. BETH TEPHILATH MOSES 146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, 465-0641. Services: wekdays 7:15 a.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. with kiddush following; Sunday 8 a.m. with breakfast following. Hebrew Sunday school 9 a.m.- noon. B'NAI MOSHE 6800 Drake Rd., West Bloomfield, 788- 0600. Rabbi: Elliot Pachter. Chazzan: Louis Klein. Sexton emeritus: Shalom Ralph. Torah reader: Abram Rabinovitz. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9.a.m, 6:45 p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Kiddush follows Shabbat services. Shabbat Minchah followed by Se'udah Shlishit, Rabbi's Mishna class, Ma'ariv, Havdalah. DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE 1457 Griswold, Detroit, 961-9328. Rab- bi: Noah Gamze. Cantor Israel ldelsohn. Services: Monday-Friday 5:15 p.m.; Sat- urday 8:30 a.m. 14450 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park, 967- 4020. Rabbis: Lane B. Steinger, Amy B. Brodsky. Rabbi emeritus: Dr. Milton Rosenbaum. Cantor Norman Rose. Ser- vices: Friday 8:15 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.; Sunday 9:05 a.m.; Monday-Thurs- day 5:30 p.m. No minyan on Wednesday, April 10. Friday, Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat with discussion groups. Wednesday, April 9 - Passover services at 7:30 p.m.; April 10 - Yizkor services at 10:30 a.m. TEMPLE ISRAEL 5725 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 661-5700. Rabbis: M. Robert Syme, Harold S. Loss, Paul M. Yedwab, Joshua Bennett. Cantor: Harold Orbach. Ser- vices: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday Rabbi's Tish 9:30 a.m., services 10:30 a.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. Friday, Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El. Saturday, baby namings of Jillian Leigh Fellows, daughter of Liz and Neil Fellows; Casey Michelle Balamut, daughter of David and Lory Balamut. clopedia Judaica and author of Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng and Anti-Semitism: How and Why. Xu Xin made several trips to Is- rael beginning in 1988, when he was a guest of Hebrew Universi- ty in Jerusalem and became the first Chinese scholar to give a pub- lic lecture at that institution. He visited again in 1993 when Chi- na and Israel established full diplomatic ties. In 1994 he came to the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati as a Fellow in talmu- dic studies and last summer he studied Yiddish at the Yivo Insti- tute for Jewish Research. He is a visiting scholar at Harvard Uni- versity Center for Judi sh Studies. There is no charge and the community is encouraged to at- tend. TEMPLE KOL AMI 5085 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 661-0040. Rabbi Norman T. Roman. Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad. Ser- vices: Friday 8:15 p.m.; Saturday Chevrat Torah 9:15 a.m.; services 11 a.m. Friday, Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El. Wednseday, April 10 - 10:30 a.m. Pesach Yizkor service. TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield, 357-5544. Rabbis: Irwin Groner, William Gershon. Cantors: Chaim Najman, Sidney Rube. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:45 a.m.; Monday and Thursday 7:30 a.m.; daily and Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 a.m., 7 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. 3999 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 737-8700. Rabbis: Dannel Schwartz, Michael L. Moskowitz. Cantorial soloist: Jerome Padorr. Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday Rabbi's Tish 9:45 a.m., services 11 a.m. Friday, Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El. Sisterhood Shabbat; Judie Blumeno, sis- terhood president, will speak. CONGREGATION SHIR TIKVAH SHAAREY ZEDEK B'NAI ISRAEL CENTER 3633 W. Big Beaver, Troy, (810) 619- 9669. Rabbi: Amie Sleutelberg. Services: Friday 8:15 p.m. Friday, Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El. Wednesday, April 10 - 6 p.m. Passover service with Yizkor. SHAAREY ZEDEK 4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 681-5353. Rabbi: Leonardo Bitran. Ser- vices: Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m.; Mon- day and Thursday 7 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:15 a.m. Please join our congregational family for kiddush/lunch following Shabbat ser- vices. REFORM CONGREGATION BET CHAVERIM P.O. Box 871262 Canton, MI 48187- 6262; (313) 480-8880. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of each month. Services led by a guest rabbi are at Cher- ry Hill United Methodist Church at Ridge Rd. and Cherry Hill Rd. in Canton. Visitors are welcome. Religious school available. TEMPLE BETH EL 7400 Telegraph Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 851-1100; TDD 851-7686. Rabbis: Ju- lian I. Cook, Jonathan V. Plaut. Rabbi emeritus: Richard C. Hertz. Cantor: Gail P. Hirschenfang. Services: Friday 8:15 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. Torah study 9:30 a.m. Friday, all Reform congregations will ob- serve Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El for Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat. April 10 - 10:30 a.m. Yizkor and dedica- tion of memorial plaques. BETH ISAAC 2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, 675-0355. Ser- vices: Friday 7:30 p.m. Congregational leaders conduct services throughout the year. Visitors are welcome. HUMANISTIC THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE Se. ilage HEEIREW , ' WORD See pne 17 HUNT' Mal iala HEBREW Elsa Ei IBLE Vie: F Ste age '' Dageshilitei See Fr 111111111111mimesm ir AVROHOM PLOTNIK, Owner I 21790 W. 11 Mile Road • Southfield • Harvard Row • 356-6080 HAPPY PASSOVER! Beth Achim Holds Classes The Cultural Commission and the Ritual committee of Congregation Beth Achim will co-sponsor a se- ries of three classes on the diver- sity of ritual practices of the Conservative Movement. The classes will be led by Rabbi Her- bert Yoskowitz and will be held on three consecutive Sunday mornings. The dates and topics are as fol- lows: April 14, — "Conservative Ju- daism: How We Got to Where We Are Today;" April 21, — Ritual in Conservative Judaism;" April 28, — "'Me Evolving role of Women in Conservative Congregations." The classes will begin with light refreshments at 10:30 a.m. followed by the discussion. There is no charge and the classes are open to the community. B'nai Moshe Remembers On Tuesday, April 16, at 7:45 p.m., Remnants, a play by Uni- versity of Michigan playwright Hank Greenspan based on mem- ories and reflections of Holocaust survivors, will be presented at Congregation B'nai Moshe, in ob- servance of Yom HaShoah (Holo- The Cultural commission of Con- caust Remembrance Day). There gregation B'nai David will host is no charge. Professor Xu Xin at the first ses- sion of the congregation's Spring Cultural. Forum on Sunday, April Publicity 21. A complimentary continental Deadlines breakfast will be served at 10:15 a.m. The lecture will begin at 11 The normal deadline for local a.m. Professor Xin's topic will be news and publicity items is "Jewish Diasporas in China." noon Thursday, eight days pri- Xu Xin is professor of English, director of the Center for Judaic or to issue date. The deadline for birth announcements is 10 Studies, Nanjing University, Peo- ple's Republic of China and pres- a.m. Monday, four days prior ident of the China Judaic Studies to issue date; out-of-town obit- Association. He also is editor in uaries, 10 a.m. Tuesday, three chief and a major contributor of days prior to issue date. the Chinese edition of the Ency- 28611 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T. Wine. Ser- vices: Friday 8 p.m. B'nai David Cultural Forum Passover Ureatingz from the Zivov Family and 3fali Greg Orchard Mall 851-5566 West Bloomfield SHOES Serving the community for 39 years