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Above: The festive tables were set
with three types of fruit from Israel.
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Left: Michael Steinberg of Ferndale
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Tu b'Shevat seder geared toward
Jewish environmental group's concerns.
u b'Shevat always has been
tied to the Earth. The fes-
tive holiday recalls the four
seasons, the bounty of the
land and the majesty of the trees. All are
perfect qualities to attract the Southeast
Michigan Coalition on the Environm
' eni
and Jewish Life (SEMCOEJL).
"Tu b'Shevat is the Jewish Earth
Day and we're the environmental arm
of the Jewish community, so it's a nat-
ural connection for us to do this
seder," said Valerie Meyeison, SEM-
COEJL program coordinator. The
group held its first seder last year.
This year's program at Mat Shalom
Synagogue on Feb. 11 attracted about 70
participants, mostly adults. A new
Haggadah prepared by the steering com-
mittee emphasized the environmental
theme. Interesting environmental facts
were listed on each page.
In addition to the traditional four
cups of wine, each progressively darker
to symbolize the four seasons, and
three types of fruit (hard shell, internal
seed, entirely edible), the service
inchided readings about the four natu-
ral elements: earth, water, air and fire.
Songs led by Beth Greenapple of
Southfield, who roved with her guitar,
were interspersed between readings.
The service was led by Rabbi Jay
Strear of Adat Shalom.
"It's a quite interesting approach to
environmental issues — very spiritual,
a very uplifting service," said Dave
Hornstein of Southfield.
"We look at the Tu b'SheVat seder as
a way to bring to light to environmen-
tal issues," said Meyerson. "It's a nice
way to incorporate environment into
Jewish tradition."
Tables representing some of the co-
- sponsoring organizations — Hillel of
Metro Detroit, the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit,
Jewish Vegetarians of North America,
Young Adult Division of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
and Young Adult Shabbat Services of
Adat Shalom — offered information
about environmental issues.
At the seder's end, longtime envi-
ronmental activist Eugene Perrin of
Huntington Woods, urged partici-
pants "not to sit and do nothing, but
to join in, take part."
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