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FAMILY & PARENTING
Phone: (248) 548-6652
Rehearsals Mondays, Birney Middle
School, Southfield 7:30-9:30 p.m. Over
30 years performing park concerts, hos-
pitals, libraries, senior residences. Major
fundraising concert mid-May.
Zamir Chorale of Metropolitan Detroit
30200 Telegraph Road, Suite 43+G3710
Bingham Farms, VI 48025
Contact: Larry Katkowsky, program chair
Benjamin Cohen, music director; Cheryl
Hack, president
Phone: (248) 901-3400
Fax: (248) 901-3401
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Community-wide Jewish adult and youth
chorus singing Jewish music from
baroque to modern in Hebrew, Yiddush,
English, Ladino and other languages.
The only community-wide Jewish cho-
rus. Promotes Detroit-area composers.
ERUV
Project Eruv of Oak Park
15716 Jeanette
Southfield, VI 48075
Contact: Dr. Jeffrey Last
Phone: (248) 569-7793;
(248) 968-ERUV hotline
Email: jmlast@hotmail.com
Maintains the eruv in adjoining neighbor-
hoods of Oak Park, Huntington Woods
and Southfield. Call (248) 968-ERUV to
check status of the eruv before Shabbat.
Southfield Gardens Eruv
25451 Southfield Road
Southfield, VI 48075
Contact: Rabbi Shaiall Zachariash
Phone: (248) 559-1533 (248) 557-9666
Enables residents of Southfield Gardens
subdivision to carry children and push
strollers on the Sabbath. Connects with
Project Eruv of Oak Park. Vap with
boundaries is available upon request.
West Bloomfield Eruv I
West Bloomfield, VI 48322
Contact: Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg
Phone: (248) 855-6170 Bais Chabad
Eruv encloses square mile of Maple (N),
Middlebelt (E), 14 Mile (S), and Orchard
Lake (W).
West Bloomfield Eruv II
4751 Walnut Creek Circle
West Bloomfield, VI 48322
Contact: Rabbi Eli Jundef, Howard
Korman, Dan Mendelson
Phone: (248) 737-2626 Shomrey
Emunah (248) 865-0306
Fax: (248) 865-0306
Email: Hkorman@Beaumont.edu
Web Site: www.ohelmoed.org/
Eruv encloses an L-shaped, three
square-mile area from Walnut Lake Road
(N), to 14 Mile Road (S) between
Farmington (W) and Orchard Lake (E)
and to Maple (S) between Farmington
(E) and Drake (W). Connects Ohel
Mohed, shomrey Emunah, Keter Torah
and Shaarey Zedek-B'nai Israel.
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FAMILY & PARENTING
PROGRAMS
Childbirth and Parenting Classes
Temple Israel's Family Life Center
5725 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, VI 48323
Contact: Kari K. Provizer, ACSW
Phone: (248) 661-5700
Fax: (248) 661-1302
Web Site: www.temple-israel.org
Childbirth and parenting classes with a
Jewish touch for expectant parents.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek Eugene and
Marcia Applebaum Life and Family
Center
4200 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, VI 48323
Phone: (248) 681-5353
Fax: (248) 681-4251
Web Site: www.shaareyzedek.org
Life cycle and educational programming
enabling the Jewish family to identify
with synagogue and community.
Emotional and spiritual support for fami-
lies. Parent-Toddler programming.
Family Circle
Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
Contact: Rabbi David Castiglione
Phone: (248) 851-1100, ext. 3143
Fax: (248) 851-1187
A variety of family-centered programs
beginning with Selichot activities and
continuing through sukkah building,
Chanukah dinner, annual Purim spoof,
family dinners and more.
Interfaith Programs and Resources
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education
Contact: Debra Rosenberg
Phone: (248)205-2536
Fax: (248) 645-7867
Email: rosenberg@jfmd.org
Web Site: www.thisisfederation.org
Embraces and empowers newcomers to
Judaism and their families and individu-
als in interfaith relationships and helps
them stay connected to the Jewish
community and to each other.
J.E.F.F.-Jewish Experiences for Families
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education
Contact: Lisa Soble Siegmann
Phone: (248) 642-4260 x 377
Fax: (248) 645-7867
Email: siegmann@jfmd.org
Web Site: www.thisisfederation.org
Community-based family programs
including interfaith programming, Single
Jewish Parents Network, Jewish Family
Education Project of Metropolitan
Detroit, Apples and Honey, the Great
Purim Parcel Project, Sefer Safari Family
Reading Program, congregation-based
Jewish theme and holiday programs,
one-on-one consultation and teacher
training.
Jewish Adventurers
Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, VI 48301
Contact: Rabbi David Castiglione
Phone: (248) 851-1100, ext. 3143
Fax: (248) 851-1187
Programming for children and their par-
ents that brings Judaism into a variety of
family activities outside of Temple,
including camping and observing
Shabbat under the stars.
JCC of Metropolitan Detroit
Jimmy Prentis Morris Bldg.
Contact: Andy Roisman
Phone: (248) 967-4030
Fax: (248) 967-0060
Email: aroisman@jccdet.org
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Bldg
Contact: Fredelle Schneider
Phone: (248) 432-5582
Fax: (248) 432-5540
Email: fschneider@jccdet.org
Web Site: www.jccdet.org
Intergenerational and family hands-on
Judaic programs and entertainment
series, many revolving around the
Jewish holidays. The Sarah and Irving
Pitt Child Development Center offers
parent education seminars.
JCC of Washtenaw County
Contact: Phyllis Herzig
Phone: (734) 971-0990
Fax: (734) 677-0109
Email: jcc@jccfed.org
Web Site: www.jccannarbor.org
An extensive offering of family programs
include: holiday celebrations, intergener-
ational programs and programs for inter-
faith families. All members of the com-
munity are invited.
Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center
5595 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, VI 48322
Contact: Ms. Chaya Sarah Silberberg
Phone: (248) 855-6170
Classes on Jewish family life, taharat
hamishpacha.
FEDERATION
Flint Jewish Federation
619 Wallenberg St.
Flint, MI 48502
Contact: Gary S. Alter, executive director
Phone: (810) 767-5922
Fax: (810) 767-9024
Email: fjf@tm.net
Web Site:
www.flintjewishcornmunity.org
Supports local and overseas agencies
through the Flint Jewish
Federation/United Jewish Appeal Annual
Campaign. Allocates to local, national
and international Jewish Organizations.
Advocate for Jewish community in
Genessee/Shiawasee/Lapeer Counties.
Organizes community-wide Jewish cele-
brations and commemorations.
Publishes the Jewish Reporter, our com-
munity newspaper. Ensures our com-