TheDayOf
JUDGEMENT
In A Non-Judgemental
Environment
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ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES AT The Shul are for
the entire community. The Shul is a place
for anybody to feel the sweetness of the New
Year without having to be judged, at least not
by us. Everybody should have a place to feel
comfortable on the High Holidays. We feel
strongly about that.
KIDS FOR KATRINA from page 25
Its sweet enough for every Jew. That's why we
will have exciting services (Hebrew and English),
children's programs, classes (during service
times), a warm environment with friendly people
— and a serious Kiddush.
Our big and friendly Shul has plenty of room for
every Jew. Which is how we want it to be.
You are invited but you need to call The Shul
(248-788-4000) and register. We will save
you a seat.
Rosh HaShanah services should be perfect for
every Jew, and at The Shut they are,
At least in our judgement,
'THE PR'
Stuffing backpacks are, clockwise from front left, Noah Newman, 10, of
Bloomfield Township; Susan Shlom, middle school principal; Bryan Ribotnick,
11, of Walled Lake; Polina Fradkin, II, of Farmington Hills; Michael
Hersch, II, of Franklin; and Sara Langnas, 11, of West Bloomfield.
Chabad-Lubavitch
6890 West Maple Road, West BloomfimeId, MI 48322
email: HighHolidaysetheshul.net
www.theshul.net
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Ank 1E)
RESPONDS
TO
HURRICANE
KATRINA
an evening to support the
Federation's Humanitarian Relief Fund
Thursday ■ September 22 a 8p
at
139 S. Old Woodward ■ Birmingham
FEDERATION'S
YAD
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2005
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YOUNG
ADULT
DIVISION
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in class when we discussed the proj-
ect," said Rebecca Budnitskiy, 11, of
Southfield.
"It was an incredible site watching
the children pack the backpacks,"
Freedman said. "The middle school
students did the actual packing while
the elementary school students came in
to observe and to be a part of the mitz-
vah that they helped to make happen."
Additional items were contributed
by the Teacher Store in Livonia, and
Wal-Mart donated $100 toward the
purchase of supplies. Hiller's Markets
in West Bloomfield contributed snacks
to be put in each of the backpacks.
Piles of extra supplies were sent in a
separate package.
Staff from Hewlett Moving
Company of Royal Oak packed the
bags in cartons they donated, loaded
them onto their truck and, at no
charge, delivered the boxes to Houston.
Even More To Give
created a separate project: fund-raising
for hurricane relief.
"We put out the word to our fami-
lies that the kids would be collecting
each morning at drop-off time,"
Freedman said. "Some of our other
children did their own fund-raisers at
home or went door-to-door and
brought the money to school."
In little more than a week, the
school collected $12,000.
Some of the donations went toward
the purchase of school supplies, but
most will be given to the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief
Fund and the American Red Cross.
"This is beyond tzedakah,"
Freedman said. "This is also gemilut
chasadim [acts of loving-kindness],
which involves our time and personal
connectedness, actions and commit-
ment to our community. It is about
our children taking time to go shop-
ping and to do something to help fel-
low children in desperate need."
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Hillel's middle school students also
"This is beyond tzedakah. This
is also gemilut chasadim [acts
of loving-kindness], which
involves our time and personal
connectedness, actions and
commitment to our community.
— Steve Freedman, Hillel's head of school