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Staff Conference Set
Gan Shalom Parenting Center at
Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park
will host a professional development con-
ference on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 6:30 p.m.
for all early childhood staff.
Jill Guz, creator of the Abilities Center
in Commerce, will be the guest speaker.
Teachers and paraprofessionals will ben-
efit from practical suggestions and activi-
ties that can be used in the classroom to
help children feel good and become suc-
cessful. Attendees will earn two hours of
CE credits toward early childhood licens-
ing.
Fee is $10 per lecture and $10 optional
dinner. Contact Susan Gartenberg, (248)
547-7970, ext. 234 or e-mail her at
sgartenberg@congbethshalom. org .

Temple Beth El (Flint)

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Jewish Parents 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; Ivriah religious and Hebrew
school. Web: templebethelflint.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.

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.

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 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 Shir Shalom

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

U-M Reform Chavurah

Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring

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

A Shabbat Blessing
Adin Weiner, 2, of Ferndale, blesses
candles at home on Shabbat. He is
one of the students in Gan Shalom
Preschool at Congregation Beth
Shalom in Oak Park. His teacher,
Nomi Rottenstein of Southfield,
and co-teachers Susie Katkowsky
of Huntington Woods, Sara Aliza
Rottenstein of Southfield, Pnina
Hagiz of West Bloomfield, bake chal-
lot and recite the blessings each
Friday.
"We love to see how what we learn
in class in carried into the home
said Susan Gartenberg, director of
Gan Shalom Preschool. "We are tak-
ing registration for winter and fall,
2009. Children must be 2 to begin the
program!'

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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. Saturday 10:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.
Saturday baby naming of Edie Hope
Lacombe, daughter of Angie and Ian
Lacombe.

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 6 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.

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.

Congregation Shir Tikvah

3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy,
48084, (248) 649-4418. Rabbi: Arnie
Sleutelberg. Services: Friday 7:45 p.m.;
Saturday 10 a.m. Frioday, Steve Klaper
will lead services. Saturday, Aura Ahuvia
and Mike Pytlik will lead services.

Sephardic

Keter Torah Synagogue

Renewal

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.

Parties Hannah

Traditional

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.

Sholem Aleichem Institute

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.

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.

Secular Humanistic

The Birmingham Temple

Woodward Avenue Shul

25595 Woodward, Royal Oak, 48067,
(248) 399-6265. Directors: Rabbi
Chanoch Hadar and Tamar Hadar.
Services: Friday, 6:15 p.m. Saturday
9:30 a.m.

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.

Minyans

Jewish Cultural,Society

Fleischman Residence

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.

6710 W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 661-2999. Rabbi: Avie
Shapiro. Services: Sunday-Thursday
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 confirm 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.