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Shaarey Zedek congregants

host church goers at

post-holiday model seder.

Clockwise from top:
Shaarey Zedek Rabbi Joseph
Krakoff greets Anna Turner of
Detroit.

Anna Turner of Detroit and Etta
Solway of Bloomfield Hills read
from Haggadot at the seder.

Meghan Berry, 7, of Farmington
Hills and her mother, Carol
Harper-Berry, taste the matzah.

Susan Knoppow of Huntington
Woods entertains her 18-month-
old son, Sammy Saperstein, during
the seder.

Miriam Foxman of Keego Harbor,
Eliie Reimer of West Bloomfield and
Bertha Davidson of Livonia chat after the seder.

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elebrating a new friendship with members of the
Third Baptist Church in Detroit, Congregation
Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, B'nai Israel
Center hosted an April 7 model seder.
"Together, going over the ritual of Passover and sur-
rounded by spiritual choir music, we discovered how
much we like each other," says Rabbi Leonardo Bitran.
The Rev. Jacob Adams Jr., along with Rabbis Bitran,
Jonathan Berkun and Joseph Krakoff facilitated an after-
noon of learning, discovery and enjoyment for nearly
100 guests.
"Great plans to do joint programs and involve our
youth are in the works," Rabbi Bitran says. "As Rev.
Adams said in his letter to the rabbis of Shaarey Zedek,
`It was an enlightening experience and everyone was so
receptive. It warms my heart to know this is an ongoing
relationship.'"
Rabbi Bitran feels the same way. "Indeed, we want
more, our people want more of this friendship with our
brothers and sisters of the Third Baptist Church in
Detroit."

4/26
2002

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