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into religious services has
enhanced synagogue life.
Congregation Beth Shalom has
made its Soul Shabbat, including
a songfest and dancing, a recur-
ring weekend-long event. A Friday
Jazz Shabbat concert at Temple
Beth El has become an annual
event.
"And look at the role of
women," says Rabbi Sherwin
Wine of the Secular Humanistic
Birmingham Temple. "Their pres-
ence and power in the Jewish
community will continue to
increase in terms of clergy and lay
leadership."
Like Temple Israel, many con-
gregations look toward a continu-
anon of youth programming, sup-
port services like bereavement
meetings and inclusivity groups
for gay and lesbian members.
Rabbi Wine also cites the
increasing need for synagogue- and
community-based programming
for an aging Jewish population.
In terms of his own movement,
Rabbi Wine sees a growing con-
stituency of those looking to con-
nect to Judaism through the
Humanistic movement. "We were
once controversial, but time and
success have bred acceptance and
now our members are in Jewish
communal leadership roles.
"The community of the future
will also have to deal with the
realities of large numbers of non-
Jews married to Jews who need to
be integrated into the communi-
ty," says Rabbi Wine.
Why The Synagogue?
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Born: 9-3-42
Spouse: Emery
Resides: Southfield (winters in
Florida)
Children: 2
Grandchildren: I
Work: Master's degree in guidance
and counseling, taught school in
Detroit and Southfield; professional
community volunteer
Synagogue/Memberships: Adat
Shalom Synagogue and
Congregation B'nai Moshe
Volunteer Activities: past president,
Women's Division of Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit;
past vice president, Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit;
past president, Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah; past vice presi-
dent, Fresh Air Society; currently
serves on the boards of the United
Jewish Communities' National
Women's Constituency, and the local
Israel Bonds Women's Division,
Jewish Apartments and Services, the
Federation and Hadassah.
Jewish News: "It's been fulfilling to
watch our family's history unfold
through the pages of the Jewish News."
Her children's wedding pictures and
birth announcements were in the
paper. Diane recently faxed in the birth
announcement for her first grandson.
Given today's mobile society,
more Jewish people are living away
from their roots and their families,
making the congregation the site for
"strangers to connect with other
strangers," Rabbi Wine says.
Congregational life in the Detroit
area has groWn to more than 60 choic-
es. The May 2000 opening of the
Reconstructionist Congregation of
Detroit, the first synagogue founded
in the city of Detroit in the last 25
years, is an indication of the increased
affiliation within the movement.
Rabbi Spolter says the continuous
increase in Oak Park's Orthodox syna-
gogues allows the influx of Shabbat
observant residents to be within walk-
ing distance of synagogues.
"We see the synagogue as continu-
ing to be a home to so many people in
so many different ways," Temple
Israel's Rabbi Bennett says. "We want
it to be the place to go for Jewish edu-
cation and practice and for spirituality
and family." ❑
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