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Temple Beth El (Flint)
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Sholem Aleichem Institute
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
services; lvriah religious and Hebrew
school. Web: temp lebethelflint.org .
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.
28690 Southfield, Suite 293, Lathrup
Village, 48076, (248) 423-4406.
President: Alva Dworkin. Holiday
observances; Friday night oneg
Shabbat; cultural events.
Temple Beth El (Midland)
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.
2505 Bay City Road, Midland, 48642.
Lay service twice monthly. Contact
Stuart Bergstein, (989) 835-4822.
Temple Beth Emeth
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Mr. Liss emphasizes HFL still performs
much as it did at its founding 114 years
ago. 'With our current economic crisis,
HFL's deeply committed staff and Board
members play an even more active role.
The respect, care and concern for our
clients have never changed. Many times
people tell us they would never be in a
better place without HFL."
'We are proud of how well-run we
are," Mr. Liss says, "and our repayment
rates are even better than the banks.
We now attract people who have never
been in a position of need before, who
were previously our contributors. The
donations they made then still help
now. Giving to HFL at any level makes
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it enriches your soul."
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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 soloist: 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.
Temple Emanuel (Grand Rapids)
1715 E. Fulton, Grand Rapids, 49503,
(616) 459-5976. Rabbi: Michael A.
Schadick. Services: Friday 6:15 p.m.
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. Services: Monday-
Thursday 7:30 a.m.; Friday 7:30 p.m., 8
p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.
Temple Kol Ami
www.hfldetroit.org
248.723.8184
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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.
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. Friday,
December birthday blessings. Saturday
Tot Shabbat at 9 a.m.
Temple Shir Shalom
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 7:45 p.m.;
Saturday 10 a.m. Friday, Steve Klaper will
assist with the service.
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.
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 family service 7 p.m. Saturday
9:30 a.m. Shabbat study. Sunday school,
b'nai mitzvah program, holiday obser-
vances. 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 pro-
grams, pre-school. Sunday school, b'nai
mitzvah program, High Holiday obser-
vances.
Jewish Parents Institute
JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 661-1000. Director: Marilyn
Wolfe. Alternative cultural Jewish
celebrations; secular bar/bat mitzvah
ceremonies; adult programming; cultural
Sunday school from nursery through
teen.
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 program-
ming. Welcoming community, Jewish/
Yiddish culture, social justice.
Sephardic
Keter Torah Synagogue
5480 Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield, (248) 681-3665. 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: SundayThursday-
abbreviated Minchah: 10 minutes
before sunset, followed by Maariv.
Friday and Saturday, Minchah 5
p.m.; Maariv 6:10 p.m.; Saturday and
Sunday, 9:15 a.m. Call office to con-
firm times.
Yeshivat 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.