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She feels the "millennium theory
HaShana. He plans to welcome
works around ideas like the Second
Shabbat by enjoying "hors d'oeuvres
Coming." For her, "This is one secu-
chicken soup and my wife's delicious
lar year turning into another."
chicken."
Unlike most Shabbat evenings,
For Rabbi Stephen Weiss, New
Temple Beth El's Cantor Stephen
Year's is merely the mark-
Dubov expects to be among
ing of the passing of time.
the congregation, rather than
"Celebrating Shabbat is
on the bima. "I am going to
the more important occa-
sit with my son and my wife
sion in my life," he says.
and
"The society around us is
watch
very caught up in the mil-
my
lennium, but it's not our
daughter
millennium and is not as
lead the
significant to us as Jews."
entire
Temple Emanu-El
cantorial
Rabbi Joseph
section
Klein will hold a
of the
Shabbat service
Shabbat
followed by a
service,"
champagne
he said.
Kiddush for his
"Even though
congregation. "I
we [Jews] are
chose not to have
way ahead with
a New Year's Eve
our 5760 years,
celebration
this New Year's
because it didn't
is our chance to
fit with Shabbat.
move into the
There's no Jewish
future together,
angle for New
Clockwise from top..
thinking this is
Year's Eve," he
the last time in
Rabbi Elimelech
said.
the 20th centu-
Silberberg
Other clergy
ry we are able
Rabbi Sheila Goloboy
will blend
to greet the Shabbat bride."
Rabbi David Nelson
Shabbat obser-
Some look at Dec. 31 with an
vance with cele-
Rabbi Sherwin Wine
entirely different focus.
bration of the sec-
Rabbi Shaiall Zachariash of
ular holiday.
Shomrey Emunah says his cong-
Rabbi Joshua Bennett at Temple
regation will join together for a spe-
Israel plans "a regular full service,
cial dinner and Shabbat service,
with a light musical selection and a
completely unrelated to New
lighter kind of sermon that will
Year's," he says. The celebration's
probably have to do with predictions
purpose is to observe a holy day —
for the new year. ,,
that being Shabbat.
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg of
Rabbi Sherwin Wine says a cele-
Congregation Shir Tikvah finds it
bration of the secular new year at the
special that New Year's Eve falls on
Birmingham Temple will not be held
Shabbat. His Shabbat service will be
on New Year's Eve, but rather one
followed by a catered dinner and a
week prior to it. "We want people
celebration — music, dance band, all
there!" he said, adding, "It's a time to
of it!" he said. "Everybody celebrates
celebrate the coming year together."
New Year's Eve and there are a lot of
On Jan. 7, the first Shabbat of the
best friends in our congregation, so
new year, Rabbi Wine said he will
we'll open up the building and make
"do my annual prophecies for the
it possible to celebrate together."
coming year."
At Temple Beth El, Rabbi Sheila
Rabbi David Nelson of
Goloboy says she will help lead
Congregation Beth Shalom said, "I'm
Shabbat services. For other Jews, she
going to do what I always do on
expects the celebration will be "guid-
Friday night, observe Shabbat — but
ed by their own boundaries and how
with kosher champagne." In "a
they define their Shabbat obser-
kippa, instead of funny hats, and no
vances."
noise makers" he will mark Dec. 31
She sees the celebration of the
the way he always does, regardless of
millennium as "a Christian concept
the year — celebrating his wife,
(that) plays into Christian theology."
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