Spirituality KETER TORAH SYNAGOGUE 5480 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield (NW corner of Walnut Lake Road) DIGEST Holiday Senricei conducted by Rabbi Ylpl T idi and Acts Of Lovingkindness Rosh Mond Tuesda incha 7:00 p hdtharit 9:0 z m, 4„ , Wedne ac rit 9:00 am, Shofar Partners in Torah widens its focus. in a 6:30 pm Mi coha 6:45 pm Yom Ki Wednesda Thursday, Oct pm, Neila 6:15 pm Please join us for Traditional Sephardic Services. Everyone is welcome! For ticket information call the Synagogue office at 248-681-3665 1433940 Your Lexus Lease Headquarters Golden Opportunity Lease Event IS 250 $ 439/mo... T he Weiss Family Partners in Torah program, whose flagship Tuesday-night belt medrash draws hundreds of Jews to explore their heritage in a chavruta format, is launching a sister division, Partners in Care. While Partners in Torah focuses on the Jewish value of lilmod, to learn, Partners in Care will focus on the equally important Jewish value of la'asot, to do. Designed for Jews of all persuasions and educational backgrounds, Partners in Care will bring to action the classroom lessons of chessed, lovingkindness, and tikkun olam, repair of the world, through community projects. Rachel Leah Black, coordinator of this division, said, "I hope that everyone in the Detroit Jewish community will step up to this opportunity to do many hands-on acts of kindness, making a real difference and helping to strengthen the many in need" Partners in Care will host its first proj- ect, a communitywide can drive, at a free barbecue 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Oak Park JCC Family Fun Fest. Cans will be donated to Berkley-based Yad Ezra, a kosher food pantry. "With a 30 percent, year-over-year increase in the number of families whom we are currently assisting, it is heartwarming to witness the outpouring of support from organizations, business- es and individuals in our community,' said Lea Luger, Yad Ezra development director. "It is clear that our community truly believes that families not having enough food to eat is not an option': Partners in Care will kick off the Jewish new year by gathering 3,000 cans of food. It will join forces with a number of local organizations. The first opportunity to partake in the "We CAN do it!" drive will be at the barbecue; each person who brings two cans will gain entrance to the free buffet. "There can be no better way to start off the year, than by doing chessed, enjoying a barbecue with the family, and showing support and concern for those in the Detroit community who need it most;' said Black. All cans must have a kosher symbol on them. For information or to volun- teer, contact Rachel Leah Black: (248) JUDAISM or Rlsyblack@gmail.com. Machon Speakers Oak Park-based Machon L'Torah will feature two prominent communal leaders, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb and Rabbi Shmuel Dishon. The event will begin at 7:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. A buffet dinner will be served. For information, call Arly Mandelbaum, (248) 967-0888 Rabbi Dishon is a member of the hanhala of Yeshiva Karlin Stolin and chairman of Yad Yisroel, an organiza- tion dedicated to rekindling Judaism in the former Soviet Union. Rabbi Weinreb has been executive vice president of the Orthodox Union since January 2002. The agency rep- resents and serves Orthodox Jewry through hundreds of synagogues across North America and beyond. During the evening, Rabbi Elazar Meisels will be awarded the Pillar of Torah award. Rabbi Meisels has been active with the Metro Detroit Jewish community for more than 10 years. As the director of the Lidrosh institute, he reached out to many hundreds of affiliated and unaffiliated Jews in various neighborhoods in addition to his outreach efforts at Michigan State University and Wayne State University in Detroit. 26 MPG. HWY ES 350 429/moie 27 MPG. HWY RX 350 $ 489 _ hno.. 22 MPG. HWY Hurry for Best Selection DOWN *48 months /10,000 miles per year plus state tax, title, license and lease fees. Tier 1 credit. cy MEADE 1.-11E71CU of 5COUT11-11FINEILXII 28300 NORTHWESTERN HWY., SOUTHFIELD, MI (248) 372-7100 I www.lexusofsouthfield.com 1423180 teen 2 teen A44 September 18 • 2008 pi VISIT T2T ONLINE www.JNt2t.com Kol Ami Goes 'Green' For the first time in its 40-year his- tory, Temple Kol Ami will have its own in-house education facility, a 10-classroom environmentally "green" building. The school will be dedicated 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21. Festivities will include words by Rabbi Judah Isaacs, director of Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education, Dr. JoAnn Andrees, superintendent of West Bloomfield Schools, and Robert Cohen, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit. A wine and dessert reception will follow. Kol Ami is located at 5085 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Visit www.tkolami.org or call (248) 661-0040.