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Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township,
48301, (248) 851-1100. Rabbi: Daniel
B. Syme. Rabbinic associate: Keren
Packman Alpert. Cantorial soloist: Rachel
G. Kalmowitz. Services: Friday 6 p.m.
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Friday, Family Kabbalat Shabbat; fifth
grade will participate. Saturday, Belle
Kleinberg will read Torah.

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
services; 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.

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

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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
8 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.

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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. Friday, sixth-grade Honor Shabbat
with youth choir.

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 .

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

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Congregation Shaarey Zedek
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 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.

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.

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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 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Friday, high school graduation.

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.

Congregation Shir Tikvah
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy,
48084, (248) 649-4418. Rabbi: Arnie
Sleutelberg. Services: Friday 6:15
p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. Saturday, Paul
Lefkowitz will lead services; Gayle Hirsch
will chant Torah.

Renewal

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.

Sholem Aleichem Institute
28690 Southfield, Suite 293, Lathrup
Village, 48076, (248) 423-4406.
President: Alva Dworkin. Holiday obser-
vances; Friday night oneg Shabbat; cul-
tural events.

Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring
JCC, 15110 W. Ten Mile, Oak Park, 48237,
(248) 432-5677. President: Arlene Frank.
Michigan district director: 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. Services:
Friday at candlelighting. Saturday 9 a.m.,
5:45 p.m. Monday and Thursday 6 a.m.;
Thursday 9:15 p.m.

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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.

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.

Woodward Avenue Shul
25595 Woodward, Royal Oak, 48067,
(248) 399-6265. Directors: Rabbi
Chanoch Hadar and Tamar Hadar.
Services: Friday, 5:30 p.m. Saturday 9:30
a.m.

Secular Humanistic

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.

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 programs,
pre-school. Sunday school, b'nai mitzvah
program, High Holiday observances.

Minyans

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.