The Birmingham Temple
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Aaron Hamburger
Temple Emanu-EI
14450 W. 10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248)
967-4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein. Cantor
emeritus: Norman Rose. Shlichei Tzibor:
Steve Klaper and Judy Lewis. Services:
Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. Sukkot:
Monday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct.
18, 10:30 a.m.
Temple Israel
5725 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield,
48323, (248) 661-5700. Rabbis: Harold S.
Loss, Paul M. Yedwab, Joshua L. Bennett,
Marla Hornsten, Jennifer A. Tisdale. Cantor:
Michael Smolash. Cantorial soloist: Neil
Michaels. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m., 8
p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. Minyan Monday-
Thursday 7:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. Friday
early service baby naming of Ayla Miriam
Smolash, daughter of Dr. Jen Green and
Cantor Michael Smolash. Saturday baby
naming of Zachary Marc lzraeli, son of
Erica and Tal lzraeli.
Temple Kol Ami
5085 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield,
48323, (248) 661-0040. Rabbi: Norman T.
Roman. Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad.
Cantorial soloist: Susan Greener. Services:
Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Sukkot:Tuesday, Oct. 18, 10:30 a.m.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
1924 Coolidge, East Lansing 48823, (517)
351-3570. Rabbi Emeritus: Morton
Hoffman. Rabbi: Richard Baroff. Services:
Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.
Temple Shir Shalom
3999 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield,
48323, (248) 737-8700. Rabbis: Dannel
Schwartz, Michael L. Moskowitz. Cantorial
soloist: Penny Steyer. Services: Friday 8
p.m. Saturday 11 a.m.
U M Reform Chavurah
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1429 Hill St., Ann Arbor 48104, (734) 769-
0500. Friday evening services; check Web
site for times: www.umhillel.org .
Reform/Renewal
Congregation Shir Tikvah
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy, 48084, (248)
649-4418. Rabbis: Arnie Sleutelberg, Aaron
Starr. Services: Friday 7:45 p.m. Saturday 10
a.m. Sukkot: Monday, Oct. 17, 7:15 p.m.
Kolton. Founding rabbi: Sherwin T. Wine.
Services: Friday 8 p.m.
Jewish Cultural Society
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 cel-
ebrations, secular bar/bat mitzvah pro-
gramming, cultural Sunday school.
Jewish Parents Institute
JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 661-1000. Director: Marilyn
Wolfe. Alternative cultural Jewish celebra-
tions; 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-presi-
dents: 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 director: Ellen R. Bates-Brackett.
Year round holiday observances, Nokh
Shabbes Havdalah once a month; secular
bar/bat mitzvah; Sunday school.
Pardes Hannah
Secular
Humanistic
The Birmingham Temple
28611 W. 12 Mile, Farmington Hills,
48334, (248) 477-1410. Rabbi: Tamara
October 13 • 2005
At The Birmingham Temple
Wednesday, October 19th
At 8:00 pm
Rabbi Sherwin Wine will speak? on
"The Beginning of the Jews"
For The Birmingham Temple Forum
The Exodus Story: Fact or Fiction?
October 17 at 8:00 pm
After Colloquium: What Did We Learn?
October 24 at 8:00 pm
The Birmingham Temple
Call for details
28611 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(west of Inkster Road)
248-477-1410
www.birminghamtemple.org
1035540
Sephardic
Keter Torah Synagogue
5480 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
(248) 681-3665. Rabbi: Michael Cohen.
Chazzan: Ben Zion Ben Shimon. Services:
Friday 6:25 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m., 5:50
p.m. Monday and Thursday 7 a.m., 9:15
p.m.
Traditional
B'nai David
P.O. Box 251574, West Bloomfield, 48325,
(248) 855-5007. Cantor: Ben-Zion Lanxner.
Services: Saturday 9 a.m. Services held at
Hadassah House, 5030 Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield. Shabbat and Yom
Tov 9 a.m. Yom Kippur Kol Nidre 6:45 p.m.
High Holiday services at Hillel Day School.
Renewal
2010 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, 48104,
(734) 213-8374. Rabbi: Elliot Ginsburg.
Affiliation: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.
Services: Friday night, monthly. Shabbat
morning the second and fourth Saturday
each month. Services are lead by the rabbi
and other leaders in the group.
A Native Metro Detroiter
Will Be Speaking About His New Novel
Faith for Beginners
Minyans
Fleischman Residence
6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322,
(248) 661-2999. Rabbi: Avie Shapiro.
Services: Services: Sunday-Thursday Minchah
5:15 p.m.; Maariv follows daily hour of Phlag
Friday and Saturday, 6:20 p.m.; Maariv after
Phlag. Saturday and Sunday, 9:15 a.m.
The first thing Moishe and Helene Last did when they
I decided to add onto their home of the past 16 years was to
interview builders they thought could do the job. First one,
then another, and then—Scott Gittleman.
"We chose him because of his great organizational skills,"
said Moishe, a retired school teacher and an instructor of
guitar who has written books on the subject. He now kindly
refers to the builder "as a great kid," and Helene confirms that
Gittleman "was absolutely phenomenal."
What the Lasts wanted—and what they got—was a room that
exposed a gorgeous 1 1/2 acre backyard that had never before
been part of their daily vista.
From the beginning, the Gittleman team helped the couple
develop their ideas of how the new room should be and how it
should look. Helene, said Moishe, "was the director of ideas"
and Scott helped refine them.
"Collectively, we thought everything through, as a trio," he said.
Gittleman's experts were often on the job to help resolve issues
and offer suggestions on materials or color selection. Amazingly, said Moishe, the entire team was terrific.
Helene, who was braced for a tumultuous remodel, was pleasantly surprised. "It was, I truly can say, a
delightful experience."
Gittleman completed a reconfiguration of the Last's dining room'and the addition of what the couple now
refers to as their "special" room with windows all around and a soaring cathedral ceiling above. It has
become, said Moishe, their haven, a respite of sorts, from all other things that happen in their house
during the course of a day. Even their dog ChaChi knows the room is "special."
"We absolutely love it," raved Moishe and Helene.
So next time you want to add a "special room" to the home you love, turn to the team that can help you
build your best idea and rely on Gittleman.
JUST ASK THE LASTS.
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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 invit-
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