Jewry's Role in
Human Advancement
146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, (810) 465-
0641. Services: weekdays 7:15 am.; Sat-
urday 10 a.m. with kiddush following;
Sunday 8 a.m. with breakfast following.
Hebrew Sunday school 9 a.m.-noon.
Saturday, baby naming of MacKenzie
Nicole Ross, daughter of Michael and
Dawn Ross; Hailee Stagner Halprin,
daughter of Rick and Mary Beth Halprin.
Wedding blessing of Cindy Bernstein and
Steven Buchman.
B'NAI MOSHE
TEMPLE KOL AMI
BETH TEPHILATH MOSES
6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, 5085 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloom-
(810) 788-0600. Rabbi: Elliot Pachter. field, (810) 661-0040. Rabbi Norman T.
Cantor emeritus: Louis Klein. Sexton Roman. Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Con-
emeritus: Shalom Ralph. Torah reader: rad. Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday
Avram Rabinovitz. Services: Friday 6 Chevrat Torah 9:30 a.m., services 11
p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 8:45 p.m.; Sunday a.m. Saturday Tot Shabbat at 9 a.m.
8:30 am.; weekdays 7 a.m. Kiddush fol-
TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM
lows Shabbat services. Shabbat Minchah
3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloom-
followed by se'udah shlishit, rabbi's class,
field, (810) 737-8700. Rabbis: Dannel
Ma'ariv and Havdalah. Family Shabbat
Schwartz, Michael L Moskowitz. Canto-
with Michael Weiss.
rial soloist: Penny Steyer. Services: Fri-
day 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9:45 a.m. Rabbi's
ISAAC AGREE
Tish, 11 am. service. No Friday service
DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE
1457 Griswold, Detroit, (313) 961-9328. this week. Saturday baby naming of Erin
Rabbi: Noah Gamze. Cantor Israel Idel- Guria.
sohn. Services: Monday-Friday 5:15 p.m.; CONGREGATION SHIR TIKVAH
Saturday 8:30 a.m.
3633 W. Big Beaver, Troy, (810) 619-
9669. Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg. Services:
SHAAREY ZEDEK
27375 Bell Road, Southfield, (810) 357- Friday 7:45 p.m. Service will be con-
5544. Rabbi: Irwin Groner. Cantors: ducted by members of the adult inter-
Chaim Najman, Sidney Rube. Services: mediate Hebrew class.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:45 a.m.;
RECONSTRUCTIONIST
Monday and Thursday 7:30 a.m.; daily
and Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 a.m., CONGREGATION TCHIYAH
8:45 p.m.; Se'udah shilishit between Min- 404 S. Pleasant St., Royal Oak, (810)
chah and Ma'ariv. Sunday 8:30 a.m. 542-0900; 4605 Cass, Detroit, (313) 832-
Aufruf of Aimee Majdi and Richard Jay 0009. President: Alan Schenk. Services:
Kovan.
Friday 7:45 p.m. at the Royal Oak
Women's Club led by Sandy Hansel! and
SHAAREY ZEDEK
Matthew Schenk.
B'NAI ISRAEL CENTER
4200 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloom-
HUMANISTIC
field, (810) 681-5353. Rabbi: Leonardo
A. Bitran. Services: Saturday 9 a.m., 8:45 THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE
p.m.; Sunday 9 am.; Monday and Thurs- 28611 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills,
day 7 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri- (810) 477-1410. Rabbi: Sherwin T. Wine.
day 7:15 a.m.; daily and Friday 6 p.m. Services: Friday 8 p.m.
Join the congregational family for kid-
dush/lunch following services.
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CONGREGATION
BET CHAVERIM
stalled new officers and trustees
for the coming year. The officers
are: Donna R. Sklar, president;
Marc Willner, first vice president;
Shirley Rosenberg, second vice
president; Lee Schottenfels, third
vice president; Karen Gutman,
secretary; and Irving Yellin, trea-
surer. Paul Groffsky serves as
past president.
Trustees who were installed
were: Debbi Chasnick, Gary Eu-
banks, Cindy Faber, Lori Fidler,
Myrna Fisher, Judie Goren,
David Gumenick, Jordan Isaacs,
Jeff Kaplan, Andrea Liberman,
Frida Markle, Sandra Nessel,
Lawrence Pepper, Mindi Silver-
Weiss, Naomi Tendler.
Steven Shelden represents
KATY (Kol Ami Temple Youth)
and Shelley Willner represents
Kol Ami Sisterhood.
SIM 0 HOS
P.O. Box 871262 Canton, MI 48187-
6262; (313) 480-8880. Rabbi: Peter
Gluck. Services: 7:15 p.m. the third Fri-
day of each month. Services are at Cher-
ry Hill United Methodist Church at Ridge
Road and Cherry Hill Road in Canton.
Visitors are welcome. Religious school
available.
Beth Shalom
Graduates
a.m.
B'nai Moshe
Family Service
Congregation Beth Shalom grad-
uates from its religious high
school are Matthew Weiner,
TEMPLE BETH EL
7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, Brent Pliskow and Joel Kirsch.
(810) 851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel B. Syme, Next year Brent Pliskow will be
David Scott Castiglione. Rabbi emeritus: the editor in chief of the Beth
Richard C. Hertz. Cantor: Stephen Shalom Religious School news-
Dubov. Services: Friday 6 p.m. Saturday
Torah study 9:15 a.m.; services 10:30 paper.
BETH ISAAC
2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, (313) 675-0355.
Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. Congrega-
tional leaders conduct services through-
out the year. Visitors are welcome.
TEMPLE BETH EMETH
2309 Packard Road, Ann Arbor, (313)
665-4744. Rabbi: Robert D. Levy. Direc-
tor of music: Ann Zibelman Rose. Ser-
vices: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.
TEMPLE EMANU-EL
14450 W. Ten Mile Road, Oak Park,
(810) 967-4020. Rabbi emeritus: Dr. Mil-
ton Rosenbaum. Rabbi: Joesph P. Klein.
Cantor: Norman Rose. Services: Friday
7:30 p.m.; Monday-Thursday 5:30 p.m.
TEMPLE ISRAEL
5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloom-
field; (810) 661-5700. Rabbis: M. Robert
Syme, Harold S. Loss, Paul M. Yedwab,
Joshua Bennett. Cantor. Harold Mach.
Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday
Rabbi's Tish 9:30 a.m., services 10:30
am.; weekdays 7:30 am.; Sunday 9 a.m.
Congregation B'nai Moshe will
host grandparents, parents and
children at a relaxed, participa-
tory service 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sat-
urday, July 12.
Following the family service,
everyone will join the main ser-
vice for concluding prayers, songs
and ldddush.
Other dates in the Family
Shabbat series are July 26, Aug.
2, and Aug.23.
Kol Ami
Elects Board
Temple Kol Ami recently in-
Comm*
Golden Branch
Meeting Set
Future programming will be dis-
cussed at the next meeting of the
Shir Shalom Golden Branch 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at the
temple.
The Golden Branch, for those
age 59 and up, is open to the en-
tire Jewish community. Meetings
are held the third Tuesday of
each month.
For information, call the tem-
ple office, (248) 737-8700.
Senior Events
At The JPM
Botsford Hospital will sponsor
a stress reduction seminar 1 p.m.
Monday, July 14, at the JPM
JCC. Donna May will speak on
"Humor is Ageless." There is no
charge.
The Charles and Frances
Driker Yiddish Culture Fund will
present a program by Sam Bar-
nett called "Yiddish Music We
Love" 1 p.m. Thursday, July 17,
at JPM. There is no charge.
Publicity
Deadlines
The normal deadline for local,
news and publicity items is
noon Thursday, eight days
prior to issue date. The dead-
line for out-of-town obituar-
ies is 10 a.m. Tuesday, three
days prior to issue date.
All material must be type-
written, double-spaced, on 81I2
x 11 paper and include the
name and daytime telephone
number of sender.
In the book of mystical biblical commentary, the Zohar,
often credited to Spanish kabbalist Moses de Leon
(1250-1305), he claimed that "The earth revolves like a
ball. When it is day on one-half of the globe, night reigns
over the other half." These speculations about celestial
mysteries predated Copernicus and Columbus by two
centuries--suggesting the intellectual curiosity through
time of Jewish pioneers in astronomy and cosmology.
As early as 240
C.E., the records find the
illustrious Babylonian
astronomer, physician and
teacher, Mar Samuel,
dean of the Nehardea
Academy of Higher
Learning, justly observe,
From a 14th century atlas of the
constellations by astronomer
"The paths of the heavens
are as close to me as the Yakov ben David ben Yom Tov Fuel
paths of Nehardea." The calendar produced by the
scholar, based on the motions of the stars, added much to
his repute in Babylon and Palestine.
During the Middle Ages, astrology was widely
practiced by Jewish advisors to the Moslem and Christian
courts of Spain. Several 11th Century Hebrew sages in
Toledo helped compile the famous Alfonsine Tables, the
foundations of scientific astronomy. And before the
dawn of the 16th century, over 250 Jews were named in
a short "census" of Europe's foremost astronomers.
Treatise on the Sphere, published in 1536 by the
Marrano cosmographer, Pedro Nunes, guided Gerhardus
Mercator in founding modern cartography. And the
voyages of discovery by Vasco da Gama and Christopher
Columbus were largely piloted by the counsel and
astronomical tables of the respected Spanish astronomer
and historian, Abraham Zacuto (c. 1450-1515).
Another towering
figure in the field was Sir
William Herschel (1792-
1871), of reputed Jewish
origins. Constructing some
of the most powerful
reflecting telescopes of his
day, he discovered Uranus
40 ft.Herschel telescope
in 1781, the first n ew
planet sighted since ancient times, and added much to our
knowledge of the solar system, galaxy and nebulae. His
theories helped lay the groundwork for astrophysics. An
older sister and associate, Caroline, equally adept in
astronomical observation, discovered a number of star
clusters, eight comets and several nebulae.
Physicist Steven Weinberg has followed in his
kinsmen's footsteps, sharing work on a 1979 Nobel Prize
winning theory on elemental forces from which the
fundamental laws of nature are formulated. In his many
sweeping writings, the 64-year old visionary has helped
transform our views of space and time, of reality and
knowing, of the universe. As he often insists, his search
for cosmology's holy grail--the unified theory--
foreshadows our finding an even deeper truth.
-- Saul Stadtmauer.
"Those should be the best loved who have contributed
most to the elevation of the human race."
-- Albert Einstein
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