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*

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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.

Keri Guten Cohen

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