ple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield,
Temple Beth Israel in Jackson, Con-
gregation Kehillat Israel in Lansing
and the Bais Chabad Torah Center
in West Bloomfield.
"It's too soon to tell what effect
these programs are having on Jew-
ish continuity, on the promise that
Judaism, the Jewish community will
become stronger, more educated,"
Ms. Notkin said.
The key to keeping people's in-
terest is follow-up.
"If somebody is invited to one of
these learner minyans/beginners'
service and nobody invites the par-
ticipant home for a Shabbat meal
[or] if the leader doesn't encourage
the participant on to further pro-
grams [or] to read Hebrew, then all
we've done is given them a small
taste of what there is," Ms. Notkin
said.
"It's up to the affiliated commu-
nity to engage the learner in real
Jewish life, not just classroom, in
Shabbat family life, Passover seders,
something that really touches them."
Until April 4, NJOP's Hebrew
Reading Crash Course was its most
successful program, with 100,000
participants. "Out of our four main
Nancy Kaplan: B'nai Moshe's learning minyan.
programs, it's the least Threatening'
in that [learning Hebrew is] more of
a cultural experience than a religious
On April 4, NJOP sponsored a nation- experience," Ms. Notkin said. People are
wide introduction to Shabbat, "Shabbat less intimidated by the effort."
Across America," with five sites in Michi-
But 76 percent of those who take a crash
gan: Machon LTorah in Oak Park, Tern- course in Hebrew say they do so to be able
to participate in a synagogue service. And
on April 4, that proved true — 50,000,
through 500 shuls, came out for Shabbat
Across America.
And come October, the Jewish Federa-
tion of Metropolitan Detroit and area syn-
agogues will jointly launch "Rekindling
Shabbat," an effort to draw more people to
Shabbat observance across the city.
`There's obviously a great sensitivity and
a great need for the Jews who participated
[in a Hebrew class] to experience a hands-
on Shabbat," Ms. Notkin said.
She told the story of a Connecticut
woman who had walked past a nearby
synagogue countless times but never
stepped inside. An 8x12-foot banner for
Shabbat Across America finally drew
the woman into the shul, Ms. Notkin
said.
"She hadn't stepped foot into any syn-
agogue in decades, and she came to this
program.
`The Jewish community supplies the
impetus as opposed to the impetus be-
ing something almost innate inside the
person. People don't, unfortunately,
wake up one morning and say, 'You
know, I think I should look into educat-
ing myselfJewishly.' "
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