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Temple Emanu-El
14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237,
(248) 967-4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein.
Shlichei Tzibor: Steve Klaper and Judy
Lewis. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday
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 T. Kaluzny.
Cantor: Michael Smolash. Cantorial soloist:
Neil Michaels. Minyan Monday-Thursday
7:30 a.m.; Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 11
a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. Friday baby nam-
ing of Ryan Nicholas Blitz, son of Nancy
and Kevin Blitz; Nolan Eugene Toomey,
son of Erin and Daniel Toomey; Jane Lee
Wineman, daughter of Heidi and Henry
Wineman. Wedding blessing for Stefani
Wiener and Shalom Ruben; Jennifer
Mindell and William Runstadle. Saturday,
senior services.
Temple Kol Ami
5085 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield,
48323, (248) 661-0040. Rabbi: Norman T.
Roman. Cantor: Kat Hastings. Rabbi emer-
itus: Ernst J. Conrad. Services: Friday
7:30 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday, ser-
vices will honor Teen Mission travelers.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
1924 Coolidge, East Lansing 48823, (517)
351-3570. Rabbi: Amy Bigman. Rabbi
Emeritus: Morton Hoffman. Cantorial
soloist: Pamela Schiffer. Services: Friday
8 p.m. (7 p.m on the second Friday of the
month), 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 10:30 a.m.
U-M Reform Chavurah
1429 Hill St., Ann Arbor 48104, (734) 769-
0500. Friday evening services through
school year. Co-chairs: Shayna Liberman,
Stefanie Albowitz, Edi David, Rebecca
Kamil. Reformchairs07@umich.edu .
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. Saturday service conducted by
Pennie Michelin.
Renewal
Pardes Hannah
2010 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, 48104,
(734) 213-8374. Rabbi: Elliot Ginsburg.
Affiliation: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.
Services: Friday night, monthly. Shabbat
morning, the second and fourth week.
Services led by rabbi and group leaders.
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Secular Humanistic
The Birmingham Temple
28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills, 48334,
(248) 477-1410. Rabbi: Tamara 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. First Friday
Shabbat observances, adult programs,
pre-school. Sunday school, b'nai mitzvah
program, High Holiday observances.
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 ceremo-
nies; adult programming; cultural Sunday
school from nursery through teen.
Sholem Aleichem Institute
28690 Southfield, Suite 293, Lathrup
Village, 48076, (248) 423-4406.
President: Alva Dworkin. Holiday obser-
vances; Friday night oneg Shabbat; cul-
tural events.
Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring
JCC, 15110 W. Ten Mile, Oak Park, 48237,
(248) 432-5677. President: Arlene Frank.
Michigan district director: Ellen R. Bates-
Brackett. Secular and cultural holiday
observances. Shabbes potlucks, bar/bat
mitzvahs, educational and cultural pro-
gramming. Welcoming community, Jewish/
Yiddish culture, social justice.
Sephardic
Keter Torah Synagogue
5480 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
(248) 681-3665. Chazan: Ben Zion Ben
Shimon. Services: Friday at candlelighting.
Saturday 9 a.m., 5:45 p.m. Monday and
Thursday 6 a.m.; Thursday 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.
Minyans
Fleischman Residence
6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322,
(248) 661-2999. Rabbi: Avie Shapiro.
Services: Sunday-Thursday abbreviated
Minchah: 10 minutes before sunset, plus
Maariv. Friday and Saturday, Minchah
5 p.m.; Maariv 6:10 p.m.; Saturday and
Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Call to confirm times.
Yeshivat Akiva
21100 W.12 Mile, Southfield, 48076, (248)
386-1625. Services: During school year,
7:30 a.m.; 2:40 p.m. Community is invited.
Feel Hurt, Not Anger
Shabbat Korach: Numbers 16:1-18:32;
I Samuel 11:14-12:22.
T
he following is an important
them. And do it to protect their own
lesson I learned from our
righteousness!
revered teacher Rav Yakov
Torah is true — it is demonstrable
Weinberg, of blessed memory, the
and it has withstood the test of time.
dean of Ner Israel Rabbinical College
When we see Torah being attacked we
in Baltimore.
should cry from pain, not
Korach rebelled against
yell in anger.
Moshe's being the leader of
Judaism is based on a
the Jewish People and he
very wise principle, "People
accused Moshe of using his
of good will, who reason
position for personal gain
together will reach a com-
and nepotism.
mon conclusion:'
The verse in 16:15
If we maintain that we
describes Moshe as being,
have the truth, we must
,
"very angry" On that verse,
share the truth. After all,
Rashi says that Moshe's
friends don't let friends live
Rabbi Alon
anger really meant that
life in error. But that means
Tolwin
he was greatly pained by
sharing based on good
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to the
Korach's accusation.
will, not personal vendetta;
Jewish News
Why does Rashi say
discussing and not brow-
that Moshe was not angry
beating; reasoning and not
— but that he was pained greatly?
cajoling until a common conclusion is
What would be wrong if Moshe
reached.
would have been angry? Isn't it correct
Therefore Rashi tells us that Moshe
to be angry at someone who denies
did not get angry; he was pained by
the Almighty's direct order placing
Korach.
Moshe at the helm? Doesn't this bor-
So the emotion becomes a litmus
der on heresy?
test of our true convictions. If I am
Rashi, in his understanding this
committed to me, I get angry; but
verse is teaching us a very important
if I am committed to truth, I am
lesson — one that we must all apply
pained.
to our lives.
Today as we see more and more
When we see something that we
people moving away from Judaism,
find to be heresy,
our response must
if someone chal-
be personal pain,
lenges the authority
reaching out in
that we find to be
love.
sacred, we tend to
We can only feel
respond with anger.
that way if our
Anger expresses
commitment to
feelings of personal
Judaism is based on
attack. But we need
understanding and
to question why
appreciation.
should we get angry
If we get angry,
if you attack "our
we must shlep
truth". Examples of this are those who ourselves back to the yeshivah for
get angry when another religion is
a deeper understanding and more
expressed publicly but theirs is not. I
learning. We must never fall into the
ask them how do they feel slighted if
trap of feeling holier at the expense of
their beliefs are not expressed pub-
others.
licly?
When people feel personally threat-
ened when their beliefs are challenged, For more than 30 years, Rabbi Alon
they are laboring under a huge error.
Tolwin has been on staff of the outreach
This is self-righteousness, bordering
organization Aish HaTorah, which is based
on fanaticism. People who feel like
locally in Southfield and Huntington
this will kill those who disagree with
Woods.
The rebels caused
Moses to feel great
pain, but not anger.
We must learn
from his example.