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Temple Emanu-El
14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248)
967-4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein. Cantor:
Darcie Sharlein. Services: Friday 7:30 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 10:30 a.m.;
Sunday 9 a.m. Friday, Kiezmer Shabbat.
Baby namings of Zachary Ethan Biegeisen,
son of Jennifer and Larry Biegeisen; Ethan
Jack Goldstein and Charlie Aaron Goldstein,
twin sons of Andrea and Michael Goldstein;
Benjamin Shai Richheimer, Noah Reuben
Richheimer, Simon Levi Richheimer, sons of
Susan and Todd Richheimer; Joseph William
Spence, son of Melissa and Chris Spence.
Temple Kol Ami
5085 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield, 48323,
(248) 661-0040. Rabbi: Norman T. Roman.
Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad. Soloist:
Tiffany Steyer. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.;
Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
1924 Coolidge, East Lansing 48823, (517)
351-3570. Rabbi: Amy Bigman. Rabbi
Emeritus: Morton Hoffman. Cantorial solo-
ist: 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, Daniel Schwartz.
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. Regular Friday evening services
through the 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 6:15 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.
Friday, Prospective Member Shabbat; birth-
day blessings; aufruf of Debra Yamron and
Brian Epstein.
Renewal
Pardes Hannah
2010 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, 48104,
(734) 213-8374. Rabbi: Elliot Ginsburg.
Affiliation: Alliance for Jewish Renewal.
Services: Friday night, monthly. Shabbat
morning second and fourth Saturday each
month — led by rabbi and group leaders.
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Secular Humanistic
The Birmkigham Temple
28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills, 48334,
(248) 477-1410. Rabbi: Tamara Kolton.
Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; monthly family
service 7 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m. Shabbat
study. Sunday school, b'nai mitzvah pro-
gram, holiday observances. Rabbi's tish
Sunday 10:30 a.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 ceremonies;
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 observances; Friday
night oneg Shabbat; cultural 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
nil David
P.O. Box 251574, West Bloomfield, 48325,
(248) 855-5007. Cantor: Ben-Zion Lanxner.
Services: Saturday 9 a.m. at Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake, W. Bloomfield.
Minyans
Fleischman Residence
6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322,
(248) 661-2999. Rabbi: Avie Shapiro.
Sunday-Thursday abbrev. Minchah: 10 min.
before sunset, followed by Maariv. Friday-
Saturday, Minchah 5 p.m.; Maariv 6:10 p.m.;
Saturday-Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Call to confirm.
Yeshivat Akiva
21100 W.12 Mile, Southfield, 48076, (248)
386-1625. During school year, services at
7:30 a.m.; 2:40 p.m. Community is invited.
To Go In The Right Path
Shabbat Ekev: Deuteronomy 7:12-
11:25; Isaiah 49:14-51:3
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n this week's Torah portion,
and favoritism, nepotism and conflict
Moses continues his final address of interest, "politics" as usual in gov-
to the people. He exhorts them to ernment, religious affairs and in all
understand that if they keep the Torah business are prohibited. The proper
that God gave them, they will be suc-
care and respect for the most vulner-
cessful in the land that God gave them. able and marginalized — especially
This truth, which is, in fact, the pri- the "other" who is not part of the "in
mary message of the entire
group" of the community
Torah and of Judaism itself,
or the nation — must be
is stated very succinctly
the top priority. This the
and clearly in this portion
Torah proclaims is our duty
(Deuteronomy 10:12 13):
as God's chosen people
"And now, Israel, what
— particularly in the Land
does the Lord your God ask
of Israel that God has given
of you but to be in awe of
to us.
the Lord your God to go in
Our Torah portion tells
His ways and to love Him
us (Deuteronomy 11:11-
and to serve the Lord your
12): "The land that you are
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God with your whole heart
coming to ... is the land
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and your whole self to keep
about which the Lord your
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Lord and His rules that I
the eyes of God are upon it
command you today — to
from the beginning of the
be beneficial to you."
year until the end of
We are told to be
the year."
in awe of and to love
The Jewish people
God, to keep His
and especially the
Torah and to go in
State of Israel, where
His ways; doing so
we have created our
will bring us advan-
own society and
tages.
culture, are certainly
While these words
judged by the rest
are lofty and inspir-
of the world. Are we
ing, it is not quite
honest and just in
clear what exactly
our dealings? Is the
they mean and how
utmost integrity a top
to implement them.
priority? Do we care
In fact, the Torah
for all people with
itself spells out clearly
respect, sensitivity
and specifically what
and love?
are "the ways of God"
This is how the
and how to conduct ourselves accord-
world judges us and, according to the
ingly. The Torah tells us (Deuteronomy Torah, how we, even more importantly,
10: 17-19):
are judged by God. 0
"The Lord your God is God of gods
and Lord of lords, the great, mighty,
awesome God. Who does not show
Eliezer Cohen is rabbi of Congregation
favoritism nor is subject to bribery.
Or Chadash in Oak Park.
Who exacts justice for the orphan and
widow and who loves the stranger to
provide food and clothing. You must
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love the stranger because you were
In what ways do the Jewish peo-
strangers in the land of Egypt"
ple and the State of Israel "go in
We are commanded to imitate God's
the ways of God"? In what ways
ways. Absolute integrity is demanded
can we improve these things?
from the entire Jewish people — but
particularly from its leaders. Cronyism
-
Absolute integ-
rity is demand-
ed from the
entire Jewish
people — but
particularly
from its leaders.