Camp Raanana -
BOOKS & MUSIC
of Metro Detroit
Harmony House
148
148
Ganeinu Day Camp
100
Butzel Conference Center _101*, 121
CAMERAS
56*, 102
JCC - Kahn Building
56*, 102
Temple Israel
102
102
CAMPS, SUMMER OVERNIGHT
Agree Outpost Camp ....101*, 102
101*, 104
Silverman Village
134, 136*
Capital Grille
Capital Mortgage
179*, 181
Funding
Cappuccino Man
120*, 121
Carleton Construction
172*, 175
CATERERS
Bloom's Kitchen
121, 123*
Cappuccino Man
120*, 121
Cocktails N' Dreams
121, 129*
Dish Catering and Carry-out ..121
Camp Kennedy
101*, 102
Fiddler International Dining ...121
Camp Maas
101*, 102
Ginopolis' Carry Out -
168, 196*
Camp Gan Israel
Woodward Camera
164*, 169
168, 196*
CAMPS, SUMMER DAY
104
102
Camera Mart, Inc.
Camera Mart, Inc
100, 102*
JCC - JPM Building
of Grand Rapids
148
132, 136*
Brandy's
100
Jewish Community Fund
Jewish Book Fair - JCC -
JPM Building
Hillel Moses
Gibson School
146*, 148
Jewish Book Fair - JCC
Kahn Building
Sergei Federov Day Camp
Congregation Beth Abraham
148
BirminghamTemple
Book Fair
100
JCC of Ann Arbor
Aish HaTorah
CAMPS & SPORTS, SPECIAL NEEDS
101*, 104
Horizons
Camp Maplehurst
103
121, 141*
Catering
117*, 122
Adat Shalom
100
Camp Ramah
103
Kroger
Camp Maccabi
100
CampYoung Judaea
103
Merchant ofVino/
Habonim CampTavor
103
Whole Foods Market
122, 124*
S
Honorable Menschen
West Bloomfield
halom Ralph has been "opening up the gates of
"Doing a
Heaven" at Congregation B'nai Moshe for 51 years.
Every weekday at 7 a.m. and on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.
mitzva is part
he walks the five minutes to the synagogue to unlock the
of my life,
doors and welcome those attending the daily minyan.
As the shul's longtime ritual director, he's taught hundreds
like eating.
of bar/bat mitzvah students; prepared and served thousands of
It's not a burden
minyan breakfasts; fulfilled pastoral duties at funerals, unveil-
ings, shivah homes and hospitals. Though he's officially retired,
but a pleasure."
he still does much of the work, all the while making worship-
pers feel comfortable at services with his quick smile,
humorous one-liners and steady stream of hard candy fished
out of his suit pockets.
A native of Poland who immigrated after World War I, first to Palestine, then to Philadel-
phia and finally Detroit, Shalom says the shul is his home. "I talk to people, make a
joke, make them laugh and feel comfortable," he says.
In typical fashion, he offers a "bubbe maise" about himself. "In 51 years, I've never
made any enemies in the synagogue. It's like the two men who come to the rabbi about
a dispute. Each tells his story. The rabbi tells the first man he's right. Then he tells the oth-
er man he's right, too. That's like me...I never take sides!"
He won't tell his age either. "Can you keep a secret?" he says when asked his age. "So
can I!"
Shalom's zest for life is enhanced by his pious lifestyle. "M y father lives to do mitzvot,"
says daughter Sandra Endelman.
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