Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by
TEMPLE ISRAEL CALENDAR
January 9
11 AM, irriAcinE BUSY BABIES
January 11
PLAY GROUP. Children ages 2.5
and younger are invited to join us
for music, gym and Shabbat snacks.
Open to the community, free of
charge.To RSVP, contact Michelle
Lichtman at 248-661-5700 or
michelle@temple-israel.org .
6 PM, SHABBAT MISHPACHA. Join
us for a family Shabbat experience.
A family friendly Shabbat dinner
will follow the service at 6:30 PM.
To RSVP contact Sandi Stocker at
sandi@temple-israel.org or 248-
661-5700.
10 AM, MOMS - IT'S ALL ABOUT
YOU! Drop in support group for
Ahavas Israel (Grand Rapids)
moms. For more information or to
RSVP, contact Denise Tarnopol at
denise@temple-israel.org or 248-
661-5700.
A Homeowner's
Survival Seminar
Thursday
January 22, 2009
at 7 PM
R R eceive valuable FREE information about:
• Foreclosure timeline and what your lender
doesn't want you to know
•Short sales
•Deeds in lieu of foreclosure
•Sheriff's deeds and possible redemption
•Land contracts and why they will become
f4much more popular
Expert Foreclosure Prevention Advice
Straight talk, honest answers from
Guest Speaker Paul A. Schaefer.
This event is free and open to the community. For more information or to
RSVP, contact Denise Tarnopol at denise@temple-israel.org or 248-661-5700.
For more information or to RSVP
for the above events, call
248.661.5700
5725 Walnut Lake Road • West Bloomfield, MI
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January 1 2009
2727 Michigan St. SE, Grand Rapids,
49506-1297, (616) 949-2840. Rabbi:
David J.B. Krishef. Cantor: Stuart
R. Rapaport. Services: Wednesday,
Thursday, 7:30 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
Dor Chadash
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U-M Hillel; 1429 Hill St., Ann Arbor
48104, (734) 769-0500. Rabbi: Nathan
Martin. Co-chairs: Josh Weinstein,
Madeline campo. Check Web site for
times www.umhillel.org/religious/
conservminyan.
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
1457 Griswold, Detroit, 48226, (313)
864-7824. Baal Kriah: Howard Marcus.
Cantorial soloist: Neil Barris. President:
Dr. Martin Herman. Services: Saturday
9 a.m.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
5075 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322,
(248) 851-6880. Rabbi: Steven Rubenstein.
Batal tefillah: Prof. Howard Lupovitch.
Rabbi emeritus: A. Irving Schnipper. Ritual
director emeritus: Joseph Mermelstein.
Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.,
4:45 p.m., 5:45 p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 7
p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m., 5 p.m.
Rabbis: Joseph H. Krakoff, Eric Yanoff.
Rabbi emeritus: Irwin Groner. Rabbi
Aaron Starr. Cantor: Meir Finkelstein.
Cantor emeritus: Chaim Najman.
Assistant cantor: Leonard Gutman.
Southfield: 27375 Bell Road, Southfield,
48034, (248) 357-5544. Services:
Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m.; week-
days, 5:30 p.m.; Friday 5 p.m. Saturday
9 a.m., 4:45 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m., 5
p.m.
West Bloomfield, B`nal Israel Center:
4200 Walnut Lake Road, West
Bloomfield, 48323-2772, (248) 357-
5544. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday 7:15 a.m., 6 p.m.; Monday and
Thursday 7 a.m., Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday 7:15 a.m.; daily 6 p.m.;
Saturday 9 a.m., 4:45 p.m.; Sunday 9
a.m., 5 p.m.
Beth Israel (Flint)
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Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills,
48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Aaron
Bergman, Herbert Yoskowitz, Rachel
Lawson Shere. Rabbi emeritus: Efry
Spectre. Cantor: Frank Lanzkron-
Tamarazo. Ritual director: Barry Lippitt.
Services: Friday 5 p.m. Saturday, 9
a.m, 5 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 5 p.m.
Sunday 8:30 a.m.
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9:30 AM, BROTHERHOOD
BREAKFAST. Detroit Icon Mitch
Ryder will be guest speaker. A full
breakfast will be available. For more
information or to RSVP, contact the
Temple Israel reception desk at 248-
661-5700.
The Robert Sosnick Family Life Center
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31840 W. Seven Mile, Livonia, (248) 477-
8974. Cantor emeritus: David A. Gutman.
Presidents: Martin Diskin, Jerry Cohn,
Aaron Engel. Services: Friday. 8 p.m.;
Saturday 9 a.m.
Congregation Beth Ahm
G-5240 Calkins Road, Flint, 48532, (810)
732-6310. Cantor emeritus: Shalom
Kalib. President: Leonard Meizlish.
Services: Saturday 9:30 a.m., 6 p.m.;
weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday and
legal holidays 8 a.m., 5 p.m. lvriah reli-
gious school (810) 732-6312.
Beth Israel Congregation (Ann Arbor)
2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor,
48104, (734) 665-9897. Rabbi: Robert
Dobrusin. Services: Friday 6 p.m.;
Saturday 9:30 a.m.; weekdays 7:30 p.m.;
Sunday 7:30 p.m.
2300 Center Ave., Bay City, 48708;
(989) 893-7811. Rabbi: Dorit Edut.
Visiting rabbi: David Nelson. Presidents:
Dr. Jonathan Abramson, Beth Cook, Mark
Duvall. Services: Friday monthly (time
varies). Saturday 10 a.m., twice a month.
Call for times and dates. A liberal, egali-
tarian congregation serving the tri-cities
area. Religious and Hebrew education
programs for children and adults.
Independent
Congregation Beth Shalom
Ahavat Shalom
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, 48237, (248)
547-7970. Rabbi emeritus: David A.
Nelson. Cantor: Samuel L. Greenbaum.
Ritual director: Rev. Samuel Semp.
Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.,
5:20 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m., 5 p.m.; week-
days 7 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Children's monthly
birthday blessings.
413 N. Division St., Traverse City, 49684,
(231) 929-4330. Weekly Shabbat celebra-
tions, holidays, year-round programming,
children's education. Summer program-
ming for downstate visitors. All services
at Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
6726 Center Rd, Traverse City.
Grosse Pointe Jewish Council
Beth Tephilath Moses
P.O. Box 36432, Grosse Pointe Farms
48236, (313) 882-6700. Rabbi: Ernst J.
Conrad. Cantorial soloist: Bryant Frank.
Monthly Shabbat services, High Holiday
services, year-round programming and
religious education. E-mail: thegpjc@
comcast.net .
146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, 48043,
(586) 465-0641. Services: weekdays 7:15
a.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. Sunday 8 a.m.
Congregation B'nai Moshe
6800 Drake, West Bloomfield, 48322,
(248) 788-0600. Rabbi: Elliot Pachter.
Cantor: Earl Berris. Saturday 9 a.m., 5
p.m. Weekdays : Monday-Friday 7 a.m.,
5 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m. at the synagogue;
4:45 p.m. at Fleischman Residence.
Haftorah, Samantha Fine.
Jewbilation
P.O. Box 130014, Ann Arbor, 48103, (734)
996-3524 or 995-1963. Rev. Lauren
Zinn. Services: Friday 6:15 p.m., follow-
ing dinner. Jewish Roots with Interfaith
Wings holds bi-monthly Shabbat dinner,