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Valued Volunteers
The Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit will honor two
longstanding community leaders,
Dr. John Marx of West Bloomfield
and Susie Pappas, both
of Bloomfield Hills, by
recognizing them as
Federation's nominees
for the Association of
Fundraising Professionals'
2008 Distinguished
Volunteer award on
National Philanthropy
Day, Thursday, Nov. 13,
John Marx
at the Hyatt Regency
Dearborn.
An orthodontist by
training, but a volun-
teer by choice for 30
years, Marx served as
chair of the former
Dental and Professional
Service Division of the
Susie Pappas
Campaign and on the
Jewish Federation Board
of Governors. He has served as a
volunteer and solicitor for many
community agencies, including
JARC,Yad Ezra and Jewish Family
Service, for which he served as
president for five years.
Pappas has been the consummate
volunteer and mentor, serving as
a United Jewish Foundation board
member and an officer of Federation.
She has served on every committee
of the Jewish Federation Women's
Department, culminating as presi-
dent from 2007-2008.

Meet The Candidates
Election 2008 Coalition will hold
"The Candidates and the Issues:
What You Need To Know at the
Ballot Box;' at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
5, at the Max M. Fisher Federation
Building in Bloomfield Township.
WWJ-AM broadcaster Tim Kiska
will moderate a forum with candi-
dates for the Ninth Congressional
District (Douglas Campbell, Adam
Goodman, Jack Kevorkian, Rep.
Joe Knollenberg, Gary Peters),
Oakland County executive (Brenda
Lawrence and incumbent L. Brooks
Patterson) and supporters and
opponents of Proposal 2, dealing
with stem-cell research.
State representative candidates
for the 27th, 37th and 39th dis-
tricts are invited. No charge. Call
B'nai B'rith at (248) 646-3100 or
the Jewish Community Relations
Council at (248) 642-5393.

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Temple Beth El

Temple Kol Ami

Jewish Parents Institute

7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township,
48301, (248) 851-1100. Rabbi: Daniel
B. Syme. Rabbinic associate: Karen
Packman Alpert. Cantorial soloist: Rachel
G. Kalmowitz. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, Marilyn Gutman will read Torah.
Yom Kippur: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8:30
p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 9, 11:30 a.m., children
at 2:30 p.m., memorial and concluding
service at 4:30 p.m.

5085 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield,
48323, (248) 661-0040. Rabbi: Norman T.
Roman. Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad.
Soloist: Tiffany Steyer. Services: Friday
6 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. Yom Kippur:
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday,
Oct. 9,10 a.m., Yizkor 12:30 p.m., 5 p.m.
Neilah.

JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 661-1000. Director:
Marilyn Wolfe. Alternative cultural
Jewish celebrations; secular bar/bat
mitzvah ceremonies; adult program-
ming; cultural Sunday school from
nursery through teen.

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

28690 Southfield, Suite 293, Lathrup
Village, 48076, (248) 423-4406.
President: Alva Dworkin. Holiday
observances; Friday night oneg
Shabbat; cultural events.

Temple Beth El (Flint)

5150 Calkins, Flint, 48532, (810) 720-
9494. Rabbi: Karen Companez. Cantorial
soloist: Aleksander Chernyak. Services:
Friday 8 p.m. unless the first Friday of the
month; call for details; High Holiday ser-
vices; lvriah religious and Hebrew school.
Web: templebethelflint.org .

Temple Beth El (Midland)

2505 Bay City Road, Midland, 48642.
Lay service twice monthly. Contact Stuart
Bergstein, (989) 835-4822.

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard, Ann Arbor, 48104,
(734) 665-4744. Rabbi: Robert D. Levy.
Chazzan: Ann Zibelman Rose. Services:
Friday 5:30 p.m. Tot Shabbat, 6:45 p.m.
Family Shabbat, 7:30 p.m. Shabbat ser-
vices. Saturday 9:30 a.m. chapel service
(lay lead), 10 a.m. sanctuary service.

Beth Isaac Synagogue

2730 Edsel Dr., Trenton, 48183, (734)
675-0355. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.
Congregational leaders conduct services
throughout the year.

Temple Beth Israel

801 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson 49202,
(517) 784-3862. Rabbi: Jonathan V. Plaut.
Rabbi emeritus: Alan Ponn. Cantorial solo-
ist: Clara Silver. President: David Cwynar.
Services: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.
the first Saturday of the month.

Temple B'nai Israel

Petoskey. Rabbinic Intern: Tami Elliott.
Monthly services at 7 p.m. Fridays. Call
Tom Johnson for details, (231) 487-1661.

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, 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 ser-
vices 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 7:15 p.m.; Saturday 10
a.m.

Temple Israel

5725 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield,
48323, (248) 661-5700. Rabbis: Harold S.
Loss, Paul M. Yedwab, Joshua L. Bennett,
Maria Hornsten, Jennifer T. Kaluzny.
Cantor: Michael Smolash. Cantorial
soloist: Neil Michaels. Minyan Monday-
Thursday 7:30 a.m.; Friday 7:30 p.m., 8
p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.

Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring

JCC, 15110 W. Ten Mile, Oak Park,
48237, (248) 432-5677. President:
Arlene Frank. Michigan district direc-
tor: Ellen R. Bates-Brackett. Secular
and cultural holiday observances.
Shabbes potlucks, bar/bat mitzvahs,
educational and cultural programming.
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

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 the second and fourth Saturday
each month. Services are led by the rabbi
and other group leaders.

Temple Emanu-El

14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248)
967-4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein. Cantor:
Darcie Sharlein. Services: Friday 8 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday, Grandparents
and Family Shabbat.

Sholem Aleichem Institute

Secular Humanistic

The Birmingham Temple

28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills, 48334,
(248) 477-1410. Rabbi: Tamara Kolton.
Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; monthly fam-
ily service 7 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat study. Sunday school, b'nai
mitzvah program, 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.

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, fol-
lowed by Maariv. Friday and Saturday,
Minchah 5 p.m.; Maariv 6:10 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Call
office to confirm times.

Yeshivah Akiva

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 invited.