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Home At Last

The nomadic
Congregation
Shir Tikvah
joyfully dedicates
its new temple.

JULIE EDGAR News Editor
JOSHUA KRISTAL Photographer

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is name is apt: Song of Hope.
The spark was ignited in
1982, months before the tiny
Troy Jewish Congregation was
offered a temporary home at a
Lutheran church. Five years later, con-
gregants moved to Northminister
Presbyterian Church, which they
called home for 11 years. A year after
that, in 1988, they renamed their shul
Congregation Shir Tikvah.
On Sunday, smiles lit up the sanc-
tuary of Shir Tikvah as congregants
celebrated the dedication of their very
own home on Northfield Parkway in
Troy.
"I think all of us really felt God's
presence in the midst of our great joy,"
said Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg.
Home at last.

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Top: Congregant Dan Nichols leads a
group in song.

Above: Bruce Turbow, building chair-
man throughout the construction of Shir
Tikvah, with his daughter, Lis.

Left: Dr. Bernie and Alice Reizner came
from Jackson for the service.