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the following synagogues, their leadership and members who supported our annual
YOM KIPPUR FOOD AND DONATION DRIVE:
Adat Shalom Synagogue
Cong. Beth Ahm
Cong. Beth Shalom
Rabbi Daniel Nevins
Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz
Rabbi Jay Strear
Beverly Liss, President
Rabbi Charles Popky
Ronn Nadis, President
Rabbi David Nelson
Sharon Alterman, President
Cong. B'nai David
Cong. B'nai Moshe
Cong. Shaarey Zedek
Cantor Ben-Zion Lanxner
Harold Strom, President
Rabbi Elliot Pachter
Leonard I. Wanetik, President
Cong. Shir Tikvah
Temple Beth El
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg
Joan Slyker, President
Rabbi Daniel B. Syrne
Rabbi David S. Castiglione
Alan May, President
Rabbi Irwin Groner
Rabbi Stephen Weiss
Rabbi Leonardo Bitran
Rabbi Joseph Krakoff
Lawrence Berry, President
Temple Emanuel
Temple Israel
Rabbi Harold S. Loss
Rabbi Paul Yedwab
Rabbi Joshua L. Bennett
Rabbi Marla Hornsten
Norton Stern, President
The Birmingham Temple
Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine
Rabbi Tamara Kolton
Rabbi Adam Chalom
Charlie Paul, President
Beit Kodesh
Jeffrey Kirsch, President
Rabbi Joseph Klein
Beth Applebaum, President
Temple Kol Ami
Rabbi Norman T. Roman
Lee Schottenfels, President
Temple Shir Shalom
Rabbi Dannel Schwartz
Rabbi Michael Moskowitz
Bunni Lieberman, President
Young Israel of Oak Park
Sanford Singal, President
Young Israel of W. Bloomfield
Young Israel of Southfield
Richard Luger, President
Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg
Dr. Daniel Gotlib, President
Cong. TChiyah
Sandy Hansell, President
Cong. Beth Isaac
Rabbi Jonathan Siger
Neal Freeling, President
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Visionary Thinker
Honored as one of America's 100 most
visionary thinkers by a national maga-
zine, Rabbi Lerner combines a range of
experiences to formulate his ideas. For
20 years he worked as a psychotherapist
with the Institute for Labor and Mental
Health, which he helped to establish.
He holds two doctorate degrees, in
psychotherapy and in philosophy, and
founded and edits the magazine
Tikkun, a bimonthly Jewish critique of
politics, culture and society. Four years
ago, Rabbi Lerner established his Bay-
area Renewal synagogue, which is dedi-
cated to the principles of tikkun olam
— the obligation to be involved in
healing and transforming the world.
Rabbi Lerner is also the author of
seven books, including Jewish Renewal
and Jews and Blacks: A Dialogue on
Race, Religion and Culture in America,
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environmental effects of their activities.
"If a society isn't producing people
who have awe and wonderment in the
grandeur of the world," he said, "it isn't
worthy."
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written with Cornel West, Harvard
University professor of African
American Studies.
At the SEMCOEJL dinner, Rabbi
Lerner challenged the group to go fur-
ther than its environmental stand. He
urged them to also focus on a non-
environmental issue — the hunger for
spirituality.
SEMCOEJL member Mike Sklar of
Southfield initially bristled at some of
Rabbi Lerner's suggestions, but at the
end of the meeting he said the rabbi
was "very thought-provoking" and that
he recognized the importance of
appealing to people's spiritual ideas.
"Rabbi Lerner is enlightening," said
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg, spiritual leader
of Congregation Shir Tikvah. He
attended the SEMCOEJL dinner along
with group co-founder Catherine
Greener and program coordinator
Valerie Meyerson.
"Rabbi Lerner raised very important
and challenab inab issues," added Rabbi
Marla Feldman, assistant director of the
Jewish Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit. "Alona with a
philosophy of grassroots and b organiz-
ing, he has a very
ve spiritual approach
with
b people changing their relation-
ships as a very necessary component of
change. While I don't disagree with
that, we need to deal with practical
realities... to work with the institutions
in our society that currently exist... So,
we don't disagree, but our strategies
may be different." El