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gather in Jewish groups because of it.
But our Judaism must be more mean-
ingful than belonging to an ethnic
group. It must be a faith, a way of life,
goodness, depth and love — not just
because we like to swim with Jews or to
eat with Jews, not just middle-classism."
On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Schwartz
will talk about forgiveness, especially
in the context of the family: not giv-
ing up on the people you love.
"Expectations are the termites of
relationships," he said. "When people
don't live up to our expectations, we
have a tendency to give up on them.
But the message is our expectations
are unreasonable."
Among the topics to be addressed
by Rabbi Aaron Bergman of
Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel
Moses is finding joy in life, recogniz-
ing God because of, or regardless of,
what is going on in your life. Rabbi
Bergman will also address the impor-
tant role that grandparents must play
in the life, and spiritual development,
of their grandchildren.
At Temple Beth El, Rabbi Daniel
Syme said he always speaks about
young people on the High Holidays.
"My feeling is, I'm going to give a
talk about what I'd want young people
to know about life, about how they
can conduct themselves as moral
human beings in the wake of the terri-
ble events of last year — Columbine,
Paducah, and places like that. I think
this year, our kids need to hear a word
of encouragement."
Rabbi Yochanan Poker, new rabbi
at the Birmingham Bloomfield Chai
Center, said one of his biggest topics is
the meaning of the shofar.
"It represents a cry and a sigh from
the depths of the Jewish people's
hearts," Rabbi Poker said. "That's all
God wants for us: to sigh a little bit.
By us doing our part, giving the cries
and the sighs, we make God the king
of the world, which is, after all, the
purpose of Rosh HaShana. And then
he helps us the rest of the way, whether
it's physically, spiritually or whatever."
Also, he will discuss thanking God
for everything we received in the past
year, and asking for even greater suc-
cess — not merely in temporal things
but also in the spiritual sense — than
we had last year.
Will the millennium come up at
the Chai Center?
"I might be mentioning it some-
where, but it wouldn't be a basis of a
speech," Rabbi Potter said. "in fact, I
may not mention it for another three
months, when it's a little closer." LI

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