Giving Tzedakah By giving charity to the poor before prayer, one reminds oneself how his prayer is similar to a helpless person pleading for mercy and kindness. Presented by Lubavitch Women's Organization. For information on keeping kosher or lighting Shabbat candles, contact Miriam Amzalak (248) 548-6771, miriamamzalaki@junu.com . To help consolidate lifecycle list- ings in one location, we've moved all b'nai mitzvah announcements to the Mazel Tov! section. CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851- 5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz, Rachel Lawson Shere. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor: Yevsey Gutman. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 8 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. AHAVAS ISRAEL (GRAND RAPIDS) 2727 Michigan St. SE, Grand Rapids, 49506-1297, (616) 949-2840. Rabbi: David J.B. Krishef. Cantor: Stuart R. Rapaport. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30 a.m.; Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. BEIT KODESH 31840 W. Seven Mile, Livonia, (248) 477-8974. Cantor emeritus: David A. Gutman. President: Martin Diskin. Vice presidents: Aaron Engel, Jeffrey Kirsch. Services: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. Saturday bar mitzvah of Sheldon Stone, son of Gary Stone and Terry Parrott. CONGREGATION BETH AHM 5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 851- 6880. Rabbi: Steven Rubenstein. Ritual director: Joseph Mermelstein. Rabbi emeritus: A. Irving Schnipper. Cantor Emeritus: Shabtai Ackerman. Visiting scholar: Dr. Howard Lupovitch. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 7 p.m.; Sundays and civic holidays: 8:15 a.m., 5 p.m. BETH ISRAEL (FLINT) G-5240 Calkins Road, Flint, 48532, (810) 732-6310. Cantor emeritus: Sholom Kalib. President: Dr. Harold Steinman. Services: Saturday 9:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; week- days 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday and legal holidays 8 a.m., 6 p.m. lvriah religious school (810) 732-6312. BETH ISRAEL (ANN ARBOR) CONGREGATION 2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, 48104, (734) 665- 9897. Rabbi: Robert Dobrusin. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.; weekdays 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 7:30 p.m. CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM 14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 547-7970. Rabbi: David A. Nelson. Cantor: Samuel L. Greenbaum. Ritual director: Rev. Samuel Semp. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 6:30 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m., 5 p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Children's monthly birthday blessings. BETH TEPHILATH MOSES 146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, 48043, (586) 465-0641. Services: weekdays 7:15 a.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE 6800 Drake, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 788-0600. Rabbi: Elliot Pechter. Cantor: Earl Berris. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 7:15 p.m.; Monday- Friday 7 a.m., Monday-Thursday 6 p.m.; Sunday and legal holidays 9 a.m.; Sunday 6 p.m. DOR CHADASH — U. OF MICH. U-M Hillel; 1429 Hill St., Ann Arbor 48104, (734) 769- 0500. Rabbi: Jason A. Miller. Co-chairs: Naomi Karp, Perry Teicher. Egalitarian Carlebach-style service at candlelighting time Fridays. Monthly Shabbat morning service. Monthly Shabbat Minchah-Seudah Shlishit. Check Web site for times www.umhillel.org ISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE 1457 Griswold, Detroit, 48226, (313) 961-9328. Chazan: Cantor Usher Adler. Baal Kriah: Howard Marcus. Cantorial soloist: Neil Barris. Ritual director: Dr. Martin Herman. President: Dr. Ellen Kahn. Services: Saturday 8:30 a.m. CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK Rabbis: Joseph H. Krakoff, Jonathan E. Berkun, Eric S. Yanoff. Rabbi emeritus: Irwin Groner. Cantors: Meir Finkelstein, Chaim Najman. Ritual director: Leonard Gutman. Southfield: 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, 48034, (248) 357-5544. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:30 a.m.; Monday, Thursday 7:15 a.m.; daily 6 p.m.; Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. West Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center: 4200 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, 48323-2772, (248) 357- 5544. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:15 a.m.; Monday, Thursday 7 a.m.; daily 6 p.m.; Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. TEMPLE ISRAEL 2300 Center Ave., Bay City, 48708; (989) 893-7811. Presidents: Dr. Jonathan Abramson, Judith Kerman, Mark Duvall. A liberal, egalitarian congregation serving the tri-cities area. Religious and Hebrew education programs for children and adults. Beyond The Gift W hen Sarah Richard and friend Avery Drongowski, both of Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park, first started planning how to honor their respective bat mitzvahs, they knew that doing something for the Jewish people in Israel had to be a part of it. For help in choosing the right proj- ect, they turned to the Jewish Agency for Israel's Ask JAFI, one-stop e-mail link. The inquiry was forwarded to Tal Bar-Lev, who thought of the Kiryat Ye'arim youth village in Jerusalem. After consulting with Bar-Lev, the girls decided to collect school supplies for the Kiryat Ye'arim children as a yearlong project. Sarah's mother, Karen, facilitated the gift-giving effort. Guests at the girls' bat mitzvah receptions were requested to bring school supplies for Kiryat Ye'arim instead of a more traditional bat mitz- vah gift. In addition, the girls spent many hours, during the year before they became bat mitzvah collecting donations of school supplies. When the girls arrived in Israel on July 21, on a family mission from the temple, they brought three suitcases filled with a cornucopia of school sup- plies to present to the school directors. "It was a wonderfully emotional afternoon: the proud smiles of our girls and their parents, the surprise of the directors who never thought they'd receive so much, and our joy in shar- ing in this heartwarming meeting," said Emanu-El Rabbi Joseph Klein. "That afternoon we were all reminded that what is most important about making a trip to Israel is 'people touching people.' For an hour or so, we were connected to the Jewish state in ways that transcended archaeology and history." The Temple Emanu-El community will continue to keep in touch with Kiryat Ye'arim youth village through the b'nai mitzvah projects of other children, forging a human connection of long-term interest and involvement. If others wish to help out, contact Tal Bar-Lev at Youth Aliyah Institu- tions: write PO Box 92, Jerusalem, Israel, 91000; call 972-2-620-4323; or e-mail talbl@jazo.org.il . 1 INDEPENDENT AHAVAT SHALOM 413 N. Division St., Traverse City, 49684, (231) 929- 4330. Rabbi: Chava (Stacie) Bahle. Weekly Shabbat celebrations, holidays, year round programming, chil- dren's education. Summer programming for downstate visitors. GROSSE POINTE JEWISH COUNCIL (313) 882-6700. Rabbi: Nicholas Behrmann. Cantorial soloist: Bryant Frank. JEWBILATION P.O. Box 130014, Ann Arbor, 48103, (734) 996-3524 or 995-1963. Rev. Lauren Zinn. Services: Friday 6:15, fol- lowing dinner. Jewish Roots with Interfaith Wings holds bi-monthly Shabbat dinner, services, kids' programs, family school and Hebrew school for all ages. ORTHODOX AGUDAS YISROEL MOGEN ABRAHAM 15751 W. Lincoln, Southfield, 48075, (248) 552-1971. Rabbis: Dov Loketch, Asher Eisenberger. President: Irwin Cohen. ANN ARBOR CHABAD HOUSE 715 Hill St., Ann Arbor, 48104, (734) 995-3276. Rabbi: Aharon Goldstein. Services: Friday at sundown; Saturday 9:45 a.m., 20 min. before sundown; week- days 7:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. Times for weekdays and Sunday are for the academic year. ANN ARBOR ORTHODOX MINYAN 1429 Hill St., Ann Arbor, 48014. Rabbi: Rod Glogower. Services: Friday at sundown; Saturday 9:30 a.m. and 20 minutes before sundown; weekdays during the academic year 7:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. SYNAGOGUE LIST Avery Drongowski and Sarah Richard on page 68 9/ 1 2005 87