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Beginning Anew:

Awakening Our Jewish Souls

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Rabbi Debra Orenstein

Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner

After terror attacks, Detroiters turn to prayer,
blood donation and security precautions.

Rabbi Debra Orenstein is a popular author and teacher of Judaism,

spirituality and gender studies.

Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner is a reknowned author and teacher from the Jewish

Theological Seminary and Harvard Divinity School.

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n the wake of Tuesday's incom-
prehensible assault on the
American people, the Detroit
Jewish community has rallied to
offer support, make tough decisions
on security — and huddle together in
prayer.
Within minutes of the first plane
crash into the World Trade Center
Tuesday, groups who were gathered for
other reasons changed their focus to
reaction to the terrorism and prayer.
As guests arrived at Links of Novi
for a golf outing in support of The
Shul, they were met by a large-screen
TV showing up-to-the-minute
accounts of the morning's attack.
"It happened right as everyone was
arriving," said Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov
of Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in
West Bloomfield. "Everyone just sat
down in front of the television. We
were supposed to tee off at 10, but at
10:30 they were still watching. The
look on 100 faces was that they need-
ed to talk more than play golf."
So instead, the gathering of both
Jews and non-Jews became one of
prayer and recitation of psalms. "We
wanted to turn it into a moment with
spiritual meaning," he said. "We also
blew the shofar as an expression of
crying out to God."
An already scheduled pre-Rosh

Hashanah blood drive at Temple Kol
Ami became a drive to help victims of
the New York and Washington attacks.
"It was fortuitous that we planned it
the day we did," said Rabbi Norman
Roman. "As soon as we heard about
the tragedy; we called the Red Cross
and asked for additional staff and
offered to have them promote the fact
that the drive was being held here."
The West Bloomfield synagogue
provided food and a place to watch
television news for donors, most of
whom waited at least two hours, some
more than three.
"Everyone was extremely patient and
sensitive and caring," the rabbi said of
the drive that extended two hours
beyond its scheduled ending time. "It
was an amazing display of care and
patriotism. People were glad there was
something they could do to help."
Attempts by the Great Lakes Region
of B'nai B'rith to also hold a blood
drive were unsuccessful, being told by
the American Red Cross that they
could not accommodate them because
so many of their mobile units had
been sent to New York.
A Jewish Family Service staff retreat
Wednesday became a program on how to
offer care in light of the recent violence.

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