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"Adon Olam" followed by "America
become cloudy in the room.
the Beautiful."
Once back outside, he says, "We
At the West Bloomfield JCC, an
held clothes over our faces to breathe.
interactive
memorial display was creat-
The streets were covered with several
ed
to
offer
staff
and guests the oppor-
inches of dust, debris and smoldering
tunity
to
remember
victims. Ser in the
papers. Vehicles lay abandoned.
lobby of the building, the display
Thousands of us, covered with ash,
holds yahrtzeit candles and stones to
walked in silence through the wreck-
place in a large jar in memory of those
age in stunned disbelief. This image of
who died. The words of the Shona
a ghost-like column of people walking
and signs that say "Remember" hang
through hell will particularly remain
from a backdrop.
with me forever."
"You can't go through this without
Many programs that took place last
feeling
for those who have felt loss,"
week began with words of prayer and
says
Arthur
Victor of Southfield, who
(psalms)
recit-
tehillim
remembrance and
stopped at the memorial. "Everybody
ed for those affected by the tragedies.
is going to be hurt by this. It reminds
"At the beginning of our Thursday
us that this affects us all — we are not
night program, we had a brief service,
sharing thoughts of the week, offer-
ing prayer and song," says Nancy
Kaplan, project director for Eilu
Eilu, the Conservative movement's
adult Jewish learning network.
In addition to a community-
wide service, held at Young Israel
of Oak Park the night of the
attack, other synagogues and agen-
cies, including Temple Israel and
Congregation B'nai Moshe, held
special prayer events during the
week for their congregants to come
together to pray, talk and mourn.
At the West Bloomfield JCC,
Susan Rollins of Beverly Hills sits with Skip
Rabbi Hal Greenwald led a service
Rosenthal and his wife Alice McCoy of Southfield,
that began with a small group of
as they look at a photo of RosenthaR - son Josh,
staff circling the lobby, and was
missing in the World T-ade Center attacks.
later joined by JCC members,
guests and students from the
separate. I've been through war and
Jewish Academy of Metropolitan
I've never seen anything like this."
Detroit, housed in the building.
"I was able to control myself until I
The group shared thoughts of being
saw the stones," says Yetta Gabe of
grateful, of how the week's events
Farmington Hills. "Now I'm in tears
changed them, of not being able to
from this touching display
understand those with so much hatred.
"This is not just a Jewish response
Across the Detroit Jewish communi-
to
Tuesday's tragedies," says David
ty, Shabbat was a time to focus on
Sorkin,
JCC executive director. "It is
prayer and to join in a show of sup-
an American response. We are part of
port for lives lost and impacted by the
the American family, and we have lost
Sept. 11 tragedies.
some of our family members."
At Congregation Shaarey Zedek and
Many Jewish schools are offering daily
Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel, prayers of
prayers of remembrance and hope.
American solidarity and related com-
Many of the University of Michigan stu-
mentary were offered during services
dents who attended a community vide
on Saturday.
vigil in Ann Arbor Tuesday night, Sept.
At Congregation B'nai Moshe,
11 also joined a U-M Hillel service the
members who had just returned from
next evening. Many also donated blood
the United Jewish Communities-spon-
on campus on Thursday, Sept. 13.
sored IsraelNow and Forever Solidarity
A group, including some Temple
Mission led the prayer for Israel.
Beth El members, were parr of a mass
Before the recitation of the Kaddish
e-mail request to make 7 p.m. Friday
(mourners' prayer), Rabbi Elliot
evening, Sept. 14, a time to step out
Pachter asked 10 congregants to read
outside and light a candle to show the
the list of names of the dead in New
world that Americans are strong and
York. The congregation then sang
united together against terrorism.
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