Religious Life

Traverse City, MI 49684
(231) 929-4330
E-Mail: finerabbi@aol.com
Contact Person: Rabbi Stacie Fine

A warm, caring, independent Jewish congregation
joyously dedicated to spirituality and social action. Full-
time rabbi year-round. Shabbat, holidays, music,
children and adult education. All are welcomed.

Congregation B'nai Israel

Contact Person: Rabbi James Michaels

Conservative congregation.

Congregation Kehillat Israe

2014 Forest Road
Lansing, MI 48910-3711
(517) 882-0049
Fax: (517) 882-9270
Contact Person: Liz Harrow

391 E. Webster Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49440
(616) 722-2702

Highly participatory Reconstructionist congregation.
Religious school serving K-7, high school program and
youth groups. Shabbat services every Saturday morning.

Reform congregation that holds Shabbat and bar/bat
mitzvah services.

Congregation of

Congregation B'nai Israel

MOSF

2501 Stadium Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(616) 342-5463

P.O. Box 2416
Petoskey, MI 49770
(231) 347-8740
(231) 347-8033 Gail Willens
Contact Person: Gail Willens, president;
John Linder, student rabbi

Conservative congregation holding Shabbat services
Friday evening and Saturday morning. Hebrew and
Sunday school, minyan when requested, sisterhood,
youth group, men's club and Kalamazoo B'nai B'rith.

Reform congregation.

1924 Coolidge Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 351-3570
Fax: (517) 351-5909

Congregation Beth El

311 W. Park St.
Traverse City, MI 49684
(231) 946-1913
(248) 788-1300
Fax: (248) 788-4144
E-Mail: plaut@rust.net
Contact Person: Michael F. Zipser, president,
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan V. Plaut

Founded in 1885. Oldest Michigan building in
continuous use. Reform congregation with bi-monthly
services, High Holiday and festival observances, Tot
Shabbat, religious and Hebrew school, educational,
cultural and community outreach programming. All
visitors welcome.

Congregation Beth El

2525 Mark Ave.
Windsor, Ontario
Canada N9E 2E2
(519) 969-2422
E-Mail: ableser@server.vwindsor.ca
Contact Person: Rabbi Jeffrey Ableser

Reform congregation.

Congregation Beth Israel

G-5240 Calkins Road
Flint, MI 48532
(810) 732-6310
Fax: (810) 732-6314

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Congregation Shaarev Zedek

Conservative/Reform congregation.

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

610 Giles Blvd.
Windsor, Ontario
Canada, N9A E42
(519) 252-1594
Contact Person: Rabbi Joseph D. Krupnik

(519) 256-3123
Fax: (519) 256-3124

Orthodox congregation. Daily morning and evening
services.

Temple B'nai Israel

4409 Grand Prairie
Kalamazoo, MI 49006
(616) 342-9170
Website: www.uahc.org/congs/mi/kzo
Contact Person: Rabbi Stephen Forstein

Full-service Reform congregation for Kalamazoo-area
residents.

Temple B'nai Israel

1424 S. Washington Ave.
Saginaw, MI 48601
(517) 753-5230
Fax: (517) 753-5230
Contact Person: Rabbi Robert Scott

Part of Am Yachad synagogue. Offers a variety of
services and gift shop.

2050 Broadway Ave.
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
(616) 925-8021
Fax: (616) 925-4408
Contact Person: Rabbi Balser

Services Friday evening and Saturday morning.

Temple Beth El

125 White St.
Alpena, MI 49707
(517) 356-1103

Orthodox congregation. Services Friday evening,
Saturday morning and holidays.

Reform congregation.

First Hebrew Congregation

306 Capital Ave. N.E.
Battle Creek, MI 49017
(616) 963-4921
Website: www.uahc.org/congs/mi/mi011

249 Broadway Ave.
South Haven, MI 49090
(616) 637-1603
(616) 637-7716
Contact Person: Shelley Sommerfeld

Full-service Reform congregation for Battle Creek
residents.

First Israel Congregation

Temple Beth El

Seventh St.
Houghton, MI 49931
(906) 482-2333
Contact Person: Marshall Katz

5150 Calkins Road
Flint, MI 48532
(810) 720-9494
Fax: (810) 720-1912
E-Mail: bethel@gfn.org
Website: www.gfn.org/bethel
Contact Person: Rabbi Mark B. Goldfarb;
Carl Riseman, president; Aleksander Chernyak,
soloist

Shaar Hashomayim

115 Giles Blvd. E.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9A 4C1