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Two fledgling congregations start producing their own b'nai mitzvah.

JULIE WIENER

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R

eading the Torah portion
that her Israeli father
taught her, Gal Warshai
became the Ann Arbor
Reconstructionist Havurah's first bat
mitzvah on March 28. The sanctuary
of the Ann Arbor Friends' Meeting
House resounded with the songs and
prayers of proud relatives and many of
the 38 families who belong to the
Reconstructionist congregation.
Four weeks later, in a small Canton
church that was almost filled to capac-
ity, another landmark rite of passage
occurred. David Rose became the first
student in Congregation Bet
Chaverim's religious school to cele-
brate his bar mitzvah.
Founded as small havurot with
monthly Friday night gatherings — the
Reform Bet Chaverim in 1994 and the
Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Havurah
in 1993 — each congregation is gradu-
ally forging the path from informal
group to full-fledged institution.

What they lack in the material
because they liked the
accoutrements — neither is anywhere
Reconstructionist approach to
near having its own building, full-time
Judaism.
staff or weekly services — they com-
"Yuval didn't like Reform because
pensate for in haimishness.
there was too much English and didn't
"It's more like being in a family
like Conservative because the Hebrew
they used was too traditional," she said.
than at larger congregations," said Sue
Miller, whose husband,
"We're interested in
Jay, is Bet Chaverim's
going back to the
vice president.
roots and figuring out
how to interpret it for
"Everyone kind of
ourselves."
pitches in and does
Bet Chaverim —
things. You don't get
which was founded
lost in the crowd."
by participants in a
Ann Arbor
Stepping Stones To
Reconstructionist
A Jewish Me class
Havurah Co-Chair
for interfaith fami-
Beverly Warshai (Gal's
lies — has the trap-
mother), who grew up
pings of a syna-
attending Oak Park's
gogue. Early on, it
Congregation Beth
created a board of
Shalom, appreciates
directors, a school
"the warmth and
board and a religious
friendliness of the peo-
school, which start-
ple you get to know
ed out as a handful
there." She and her hus- Bar mitzvah David Rose reads
of children sitting
band, Yuval, joined the from the Torah at Bet
around President
havurah two years ago
Chaverim.

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