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hey came by the hundreds to take comfort in each
other's healing powers after our nation's worst ter-
rorist attack.
"We are in pain; we are vulnerable," said Rabbi
Marla Hornsten at a community unity service held at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield on Sept. 13, two days after terrorists
who commandeered commercial airliners crashed into the
World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in
Arlington, Va., and the Pennsylvania countryside, killing
thousands.
With people of all ages gathered in the sanctuary, yahrtzeit
(memorial) candles aglow and dry eyes more the exception
than the rule, Rabbi Hornsten said:
"We come together as a community to share our anger, our
despair, our sorrow. We come together to mourn the loss of so
many people whose lives were taken in acts of senseless violence.
"We come together as a community and as a family to pray
for our country, to affirm life, to applaud the heroism and
goodness of strangers, and to celebrate the miracles of survival."
Rabbi Paul Yedwab noted the irony of Israelis comforting
the 81 Detroiters who were on the IsraelNow Solidarity
Mission at the time of the terrorism — much like the support
Detroit Jewry has shown Israel during the latest intifada
(Palestinian uprising). "How good it is for brothers and sisters
to come together in times like this," he said.
Lamenting the loss of life and breach in our security, he
urged that we "stand together as a nation, as a wall of hope,
that no terrorist can destroy."
Before the singing of "Mi Shebeirach" and "God Bless
America," Rabbi Harold Loss strived to shape the focus of the
community's outrage.
"Our anger should not be directed at our neighbors. Our
anger should not be directed at the defenseless. Our anger
should be directed toward the perpetrators of this madness."

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Clockwise from top:
Lauren Cohen and Asa Schwartz of Birmingham, new
Temple Israel teaching assistants, participate in the service.

Rabbi Harold Loss

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Rabbi Marla Hornsten lights the memorial candles.

Michael and Barbara Hechtman of Waterford follow the readings.

West Bloomfield's Marci Shulman, who attended with her
husband, Marvin, found the service "very self-healing."
"We came out with such a sense of unity," she said. 'And
when you have that, you know you will triumph."
She said she walked away with tears "because my heart hurt,
and will hurt for a long time, but it was the only place I could
go for help.
"Everybody there was hurting," she added. "This is real. I
didn't live through Pearl Harbor, but I feel like this is the Pearl
Harbor of my generation."

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