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later did stints in Painsville, Ohio,
Marc Willner praised Rabbi Roman's
and Santa Monica, Calif., before
involvement with the temple's
coming to Temple Beth El and
school. "The kids love him," he said.
Temple Kol Ami.
"One thing that's important for a
At Kol Ami, Rabbi Roman works
rabbi is to make sure he gets around
with Rabbi Emeritus Conrad and
to the younger grades and the older
part-time Rabbi Amy Bigman.
grades. When the kids have prob-
"Rabbi Conrad has always wel-
lems, they can talk to him. They feel
comed
me and has continued to be a
very comfortable with him.
teacher
for me," he said. "Rabbi
"There's always that worry that
Bigman
is a source of great personal
your kids aren't going to grow up
pride and satisfaction because she's a
Jewish. With the temple and the
former student of mine."
rabbi, you don't get that. He really
Rabbi Roman believes he has
instills in them the importance of
been a success as a rabbi: "When
being Jewish."
people say, 'We have learned some-
Rabbi Roman enjoys the symbiot-
thing from you,' 'We were inspired
ic relationship at Kol Ami. "There's
by you,' 'We respect the Jewish com-
been great support for those projects
munity more because of you,' these
that are important to me: my youth
are the measures of my personal sat-
work, my teaching at the Reform
isfaction." ❑
movement's leadership camps over
the summer and my personal
Rabbi Roman wrote
involvement with Israel," he said.
the Torah commentary on page 65.
Rabbi Roman's love of children
begins at home. He has a daughter,
Caryn Roman, 17, and
four stepsons, Adam
Rochkind, 17; Chad
Rochkind, 15; Justin
Rochkind, 13; and
Blake Rochkind, 11.
He and his wife,
Lynne, have a 2 I/2 -
Ami will honor Rabbi Norman
year-old son,
full day of learnim, on Jan. 29.
Benjamin.
discussion of the
b Torah portion
What inspired him
the
Ten
Commandments
of
to become a rabbi? "I
Elliot Kleinman of
never really considered
irector of the Northeast
being anything else,"
Union of American Hebrew
he said. "Whenever I
thought of being a
Lni services will be delivered
teacher, a youth work-
director of the Hebrew
er, doing something in
rersttr of Cincinnati Center
the community set-
al
;Ethics and Contemporary. Moral
ting, anything else that
ant
professor
of
Talmud
at
might have interested
Oman's family will make a spe-
me, I realized that I
on.
could be doing all
the 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. study sessions
those things under the
e Ten Commandments are Rabbis
umbrella of being a
r of Congregation Beth El in
rabbi.
Bennett of Temple Israel, Ernst
"I also had the real-
eklman
of the Jewish
ization that I had a
icil
of
Metropolitan
Detroit,
role to play in the
ple Ernanu-El and also
Jewish world and com-
iss, a Farmington Hills couples and
munity, and being a
1St.
rabbi was the most
, Kol Arni Temple Youth will con-
comfortable role
itabbaton with a Havdala service.
through which I felt I
nts are free and open to the community,
could accomplish
except Al2:45 luncheon, which required prior
something."
reserva.tions.
Rabbi Roman's first
For information, call the temple, (248) 661-
rabbinical position was
three years as educa-
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tion director at his
hometown temple. He

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