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CONSERVATIVE

ADAT SHALOM
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills,
48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel
Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor:
Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry
Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder.
Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.,
8:45 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.;
Sunday 8:30 a.m. B'nai mitzvah of David
Levinson, son of Julie Levinson and Jay
Levinson; Daniel Pesick, son of Marianne
and Jerome Pesick.

AHAVAS ISRAEL (GRAND RAPIDS)
2727 Michigan St. SE, Grand Rapids,
49506-1297, (616) 949-2840. Rabbi:
David J.B. Krishef. Cantor: Stuart R.
Rapaport. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, 7:30 a.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.;
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.

Young participants in the first service at the Reconstructionist Congregation of
Detroit included Zachary Beebe, 11, holding Jared Schenk, 10 months, with Ari
Gillis, 5, and Gabriela Hughes, 12, sitting next to them. They are in a pew that
dates back to the early 20th century, when it was built for Mogain Abraham on
Farnsworth Street.

T

he first new synagogue
founded in Detroit in the
last 25 years opened for a
Shabbat service on May 6.
The Reconstructionist Congregation
of Detroit (RCD) is affiliated with
the Jewish Reconstructionist
Federation; it is the 100th congrega-
tion to join the national JRF.
RCD's guiding principles and
bylaws include a commitment to a
continued Jewish presence in
Detroit.
"Most of our members live in
Detroit," said RCD president
Matthew Schenk, "but we also have
members from Dearborn, Southfield,
Livonia, Keego Harbor, Windsor,
Ontario, and Lincolnwood, Ill.
"The crucial element for our
members, I believe, is not whether
they live in Detroit or not, but how
they feel about the city and about
the city's Jewish community and
heritage."
"Initially, RCD will hold Shabbat
services the first Saturday of each
month. We can walk to our syna-
gogue," Schenk said. "It's wonderful
to be able to do that in the city of

Detroit."
RCD rents space at the Wayne
County Medical Society, 1010

Antietam, near Detroit's Eastern
Market. RCD's sanctuary and library
are furnished with pews and artifacts
donated or loaned by synagogues
formerly located in Detroit, such as
Mogain Abraham, Temple Israel and
Congregation T'chiyah.
Participants in the first Shabbat
service included Matthew, Jessie and
Jared Schenk (Detroit), Lydia
Meyers (Detroit), Robin Gillis and
sons Zachary and Ari (Detroit),
Wendy Bundgaard (Birmingham),
Lisa Gayle and Mike Ehrman
(Detroit), Sheila and Gabriela
Hughes (Dearborn), and Glenn,
Carol and Miriam Weisfeld
(Detroit).
RCD has no rabbi; the service
was conducted by Ruthe Kaliff of
Detroit and Jeffrey Stern of
Southfield.
Other founding members of RCD
include Barbara Goldman, Betty, Alan,
and Jeffrey Schenk, Harriet Saperstein,
Barbara and U.S. Senator Carl Levin
(all of Detroit); Carol Raznik and
daughters Zoe and Emily (Livonia);
Deborah Rose and daughters Anna
and Sarah (Keego Harbor); and Susan
Gold Smith (Windsor).
For information about RCD, call
Matthew Schenk, (313) 566-5412.

BEIT KODESH
31840 W. Seven Mile, Livonia, (248)
477-8974. Cantor: David Gutman.
President: Jeffery Kirsch; vice presidents,
Martin Diskin and Al Gittleman.
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Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.
Children's service the first Friday of every
month.

BETH AHM
5075 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 851-6880. Rabbi: Aaron
Bergman. Ritual director: Joseph
Mermelstein. Rabbis Emeritus: A. Irving
Schnipper, Israel Halpern. Cantor
Emeritus: Shabtai Ackerman. Services:
Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 a.m., 8:50
p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 7 p.m.; Sundays
and Civic Holidays: 8:15 a.m., 5 p.m.
Bar mitzvah of Jason Shimon Goldis, son
of Cheryl and Alex Goldis.

BETH ISRAEL (FLINT)
G-5240 Calkins Road, Flint, 48532,
(810) 732-6310. Rabbi: James Michaels.
Cantor: Sholom Kalib. President:
Leonard Meizlish. Services: Saturday 9:30
a.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday
and legal holidays 8 a.m., 6 p.m.

BETH ISRAEL (ANN ARBOR)
CONGREGATION
2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor,
48104, (734) 665-9 8 97. Rabbi: Robert
Dobrusin. Services: Friday 6 p.m.;
Saturday 9:30 a.m.; weekdays 7:30 p.m.;
Sunday 5 p.m.

BETH SHALOM
14601 W. Lincoln Road, Oak Park,
48237, (248) 547-7970. Rabbi: David A.
Nelson. Cantor: Samuel L. Greenbaum.
Ritual director: Rev.. Samuel Semp.
Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.,
6:30 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m., 5 p.m.; week-
days 7 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Bat mitzvah of
Rachel Ilana Sherman, daughter of Gail
Foreman-Sherman and Mark Sherman.
Mincha bar mitzvah of Jason Marc
Turkish, son of Cindy and Bill Turkish.

BETH TEPHILATH MOSES
146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, 48043,
(810) 465-0641. Services: weekdays
7:15 a.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.; Sunday 8
a.m.

B'NAI MOSHE
6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 788-0600. Rabbi: Elliot
Pachter. Cantor: Earl Berris. Sexton
emeritus: Shalom Ralph. Services:
Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 8:15
p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m. B'nai mitzvah of
Daniel and Brett Ehrmann, sons of Drs.
Paul and Robin Ehrmann. Aufruf of Jeff
Klein and Michelle Rosenthal.

ISAAC AGREE
DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE
1457 Griswold, Detroit, 48226, (313)
961-9328. Rabbi: Noah Gamze.
Services: Saturday 8:30 a.m.

SHAAREY ZEDEK
27375 Bell Road, Southfield; 48037-
2056, (248) 357-5544. Rabbis: Irwin
Groner, Stephen Weiss, Joseph Krakoff.
Cantors: Chaim Najman, Ralph Goren.
Cantor emeritus: Sidney Rube. Services:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:30 a.m.;
Monday and Thursday 7:15 a.m.; daily
and Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 a.m.,
8:30 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. B'nai mitz-
vah of Hayley Dean Stahl, daughter of
Randy Dean and Sam Stahl; Jonathan
Sherman, son of Fanny and Jeffrey
Sherman. Aufruf of Marni Timen and
Daniel Cherrin; Caryn Dorfman and
Aaron Weitzman; Linsey Beck and
Michael Gold; Jamie Hochman and
Stephen Herz.

SHAAREY ZEDEK
B'NAI ISRAEL
4200 Walnut Lake Road, West
Bloomfield, 48323, (248) 681-8247.
Rabbi: Leonardo A. Bitran. Services:
Saturday 9 a.m., 8:30 p.m.; Sunday 9
a.m.; Monday and Thursday 7 a.m.;
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:15 a.m.;
daily and Friday 6 p.m. Bar mitzvah of
Aaron Joshua Fenyes, son of Shelley and
Peter Fenyes.

SECULAR
HUMANISTIC

THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE
28611 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington
Hills, 48334, (248) 477-141 0. Rabbi:
Sherwin T. Wine. Associate rabbi:
Tamara Kolton. Assistant rabbi: Adam
Chalom. Rabbinic candidate: Miriam
Jerris. Services: Friday 8 p.m.

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WORKMEN'S CIRCLE
ARBETER RING
26341 Coolidge, Oak Park, 48237,
(248) 545-0985. Chair: Arlene Frank.
Director: Karen S. Rosenstein. Year
round holiday observances, Nokh
Shabbes Havdala once a month; secular
bar/bat mitzvah; Sunday school.

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