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Home, Sweet Home

Congregation Shir Tikvah is preparing to see a
dream come true: its first permanent residence.

JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER

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Dr. Margo Yellin Woll

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period. And there are dedication
opportunities for donors — the
sanctuary, education wing or so-
cial hall, for example.
The sale about six years ago of
the first parcel of land Shir Tik-
vah owned bolstered the effort,
generating $60,000, a sum which
has nearly doubled.
And help has come from the
outside.
'We're finding that because of
the valuable work we're doing,
there are philanthropists step-
ping out of traditional constraints
— giving to their own syna-
gogues — to give to a synagogue
doing innovative and creative
work," Rabbi Sleutelberg said.
The six nonmember donors
have pledged a total of $80,000.
Shir Tikvah needs to raise
about $200,000 more from out-
side sources in order to be finan-
cially solvent by the time the
building is dedicated. The tem-
ple will take out a mortgage of
$900,000.
Rabbi Sleutelberg points to the
congregation's approach to edu-
cation as an example of its inno-
vativeness.
The religious school is consid-

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PH OTO BY DANIEL LI PPITT

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Monday
September 30, 1996
7:30 p.m.

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heir new home will be nes-
tled in a woods, on five lush
acres.
On Oct. 20, Congrega-
tion Shir Tikvah will break
ground at Wattles and Northfield
Parkway in Troy for its first per-
manent home. At under 10,000
square feet, it could be the world's
smallest synagogue, Rabbi Arnie
Sleutelberg joked.
But it means not having to
hold services in this or that
church, as Shir Tikvah has done
since its founding 14 years ago.
Construction of the $1.2 mil-
lion building should be complet-
ed by next fall, in time for Rosh
Hashanah. Yom Kippur services
will be held at a Mormon church
this year.
"This is a dream come true for
us. We have looked forward to
the day we could create our own
spiritual home. We're sort of
pinching ourselves because it's
actually happening," said Rab-
bi Sleutelberg, who joined Shir
Tikvah after graduating from
Hebrew Union College in 1988.
He is a native of Hudson, Mich.,
where his parents, Simon and
Edith, owned a department store.
The senior Sleutelbergs are still
the only Jews in Hudson, south
of Jackson.
Because of the relatively small
size of Shir Tikvah --- 230 house-
holds — and its demographic mix
— 70 or 80 of its member house-
holds are headed by young, sin-
gle adults — it wasn't easy
raising funds for the building,
Rabbi Sleutelberg said.
Over a year and a half ago, the
congregation began raising build-
ing money in earnest. Members
have been asked
to give a set Right: Shir
amount — Tikvah's Rabbi
$2,400 or $3,600 Arnie Sleutelberg
— over either a Below: A model of
three- or six-year the new temple.

