-m4X=1=11=111111=1 Spirituality Synagogues Lay-led services with occasional guest rabbi. Services: 6:30 p.m. the last Friday of every month; Saturday 10 a.m. the first and third Saturday of every month. Services held at 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor. CONGREGATION T'CHIYAH 404 S. Pleasant St., Royal Oak, (313) 366-0292. President: Mary Ellen Gurewitz. Services: Friday 7:45 p.m. led by Fred Schwarz and Richard Miller. RECONSTRUCTIONIST CONGREGATION OF DETROIT 976 E. Jefferson, Detroit, (313) 393-1818. President: Matthew Schenk. Services: first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. REFORM BET CHAVERIM ",`MIZZSZVIWZM FOR ILAN RAMON The name "Ilan" means tree. P.O. Box 871262 Canton, 48187-6262; (734) 480- 8880. Rabbi: Peter Gluck. Cantorial soloist: Robin Liberatore. Services the third Friday of every month. High Holiday services; religious school. TEMPLE BENJAMIN 502 North Brown Street, Mt. Pleasant 48858; (989) 772-3324 or (989) 779-0945. Congregational leaders conduct services through- out the year. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Shabbat serv- ices, holidays, educational and social events. CONGREGATION BETH EL Before he died, astronaut Ilan Ramon of Israel sent the fol- lowing message back to earth... 311 S. Park, Traverse City 49684; (231) 946-1913. Rabbi: Jonathan V. Plaut. Cantorial soloist: Hannah Dietz. Shabbat services 8 p.m. bi-weekly. CONGREGATION BETH EL 2525 Mark Ave., Windsor; (519) 969-2422. Rabbi: Jeffrey Ableser. Cantor: Sidney Resnick. Services: 5:45 p.m. the first and last Friday of the month; 8 p.m. intermediate Fridays. TEMPLE BETH EL "I call upon every Jew in the world to plant a tree in the land of Israel during the coming year. I would like to see 13 or 14 million new trees planted in Israel exactly one year from now, on the anniversary of th launching." TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL 801 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson 49202; (517) 784- 3862. Rabbi: Jonathan V. Plaut. Rabbi emeritus: Alan Ponn. Chazzan: Evette Lutman. President: David Eizelman. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. the first Saturday of the month. P.O. Box 250356, Franklin Village, 48025-9998, (248) 752-6669. Cantor: Stephen L. Dubov. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. at the International School, 25888 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills. TEMPLE EMANU-EL 14450 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 967- 4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein. Cantor: Norman Rose. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday, Faculty Appreciation Shabbat. Saturday bat mitzvah of Rachel Nelson, daughter of Kathryn Nelson. TEMPLE ISRAEL 5725 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248) 661-5700. Rabbis: Harold S. Loss, Paul M. Yedwab, Joshua L. Bennett, Marla Hornsten. Rabbi emeritus: M. Robert Syme, Cantor: Lori Corrsin. Cantorial soloist: Neil Michaels. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday early service wedding blessing of Catalina Dorin and David Erlich. Later service bar mitzvah of David Henkin, son of Sandra and Roger Henkin. Saturday bar mitzvah of Jacob Levin, son of Linda and Michael Levin. Havdalah bat mitzvah at 5 p.m. of Elizabeth Podolsky, daughter of Ann and Jonathan Podolsky. Havdalah bar mitzvah at 6 p.m. of Ryan Rosman, son of Marla and Dr. David Rosman. TEMPLE KOL AMI 5085 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248) 661-0040. Rabbi: Norman T. Roman. Rabbi emeri- tus: Ernst J. Conrad. Cantorial soloist: Susan Greener. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday, Family Shabbat. Saturday bat mitzvah of Michelle Balaj, daughter of Gloria and Ted Balaj. 1924 Coolidge, East Lansing 48823, (517) 351- 3570. Rabbi Emelitus: Morton Hoffman. Cantor: Pamela Jordan Schiffer. Student rabbi: Roger Lerner. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. TEMPLE BETH EL (FLINT) TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM 2505 Bay City Road, Midland, 48642, (517) 835- 4822. Guest teacher: Hal Greenwald. President: Stuart J. Bergstein. Services: Friday 8 p.m. once a month. Regularly scheduled social events and High Holiday services for the tri-city area. TEMPLE BETH EMETH To plant a tree in Israel in honor of Ilan Ramon and 2309 Packard, Ann Arbor, 48104, (734) 665-4744. Rabbi: Robert D. Levy. Chazzan: Ann Zibelman Rose. Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. Family service once a month at 7:30 p.m. replaces 8 p.m. Friday service; call for specific dates. 3999 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248) 737-8700. Rabbis: Dannel Schwartz, Michael L. Moskowitz. Cantorial soloist: Penny Steyer. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. Saturday bat mitzvah of Leah Glowacki, daughter of Felice Epstein and Mark Glowacki. REFORM/RENEWAL CONGREGATION SHIR TIKVAH 3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy, 48084, (248) 649- 4418. Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg. Services: Friday 7:45 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Rabbi Mitchell Chefitz will speak. SECULAR HUMANISTIC his fellow astronauts, go to www.jewish.com . Click on Donations to Israel. 3/ 7 2003 58 BETH ISAAC SYNAGOGUE 2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, 48183, (734) 675-0355. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. Congregational leaders conduct services throughout the year. JEWISH PARENTS INSTITUTE JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 661-1000. Director: Marilyn Wolfe. Alternative cultural Jewish celebrations; secular bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies; adult programming; cultural Sunday school from nursery through teen. SHOLEM ALEICHEM INSTITUTE 28690 Southfield, Suite 293, Lathrup Village, 48076, (248) 423-4406. Co-presidents: Alva Dworkin, May Moskowitz. Holiday observances; Friday night oneg Shabbat; cultural events. WORKMEN'S CIRCLE ARBETER RING 26341 Coolidge, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 545- 0985. Chair: Arlene Frank. Michigan district direc- tor: Ellen R. Bates-Brackett. Year round holiday observances, Nokh Shabbes Havdalah once a month; secular bar/bat mitzvah; Sunday school. SEPHARDIC KETER TORAH SYNAGOGUE 5480 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, (248) 681-3665. Rabbi: Michael Cohen. Services: Friday at candlelighting time; Saturday 9 a.m., Minchah 1 1/4 hours before the end of Shabbat; Sunday 9 a.m.; Monday 7 a.m.; Wednesday 9 p.m., Thursday 7 a.m., 9 p.m. TRADITIONAL B'NAI DAVID CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK TEMPLE BETH EL (MIDLAND) —Ilan Ramon 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor, 48108-2301, (734) 975-9872. Board president: Karla Rice. School principal: Ramona Brand. Shabbat services first Friday of every month 7:30 p.m.; cultural Jewish celebrations, secular bar/bat mitzvah pro- gramming, cultural Sunday school. CONGREGATION CHAYE OLAM 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township, 48301, (248) 851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel B. Syme, David Scott Castiglione. Cantor: David Montefiore. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman will speak throughout the weekend for the Glazer Institute. 5150 Calkins, Flint, 48532, (810) 720-9494. Rabbi: Karen Companez. Cantorial soloist: Aleksander Chernyak. Services: First Friday of the month 6:15 p.m.; second Friday 8 p.m.; all other Fridays 8 p.m. JEWISH CULTURAL SOCIETY THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE 28611 W. 12 Mile, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 477-1410. Rabbis: Sherwin T. Wine, Tamara Kolton, Adam Chalom, Miriam Jerris. Services: Friday 8 p.m. 6346 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 100, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 855-5007. Cantor: Ben- Zion Lanxner. Services: Saturday 9 a.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Haftorah, William lcikson. MINYANS FLEISCHMAN RESIDENCE 6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 661-2999. Rabbi: Avie Shapiro. Minchah Monday- Thursday 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, Shabbat Schacharit 9:15 a.m. YESHIVAT AKIVA 21100 W. 12 Mile, Southfield, 48076 (248) 386- 1625. Services: During the school year, morning services at 7:30 a.m.; afternoon services at 2:40 p.m. The community is invited. .