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Football Chassid
The Sarah Tugman Bais Chabad Torah
Center will host its annual dinner
on Sunday, May 3, at Young Israel of
Oak Park, featuring former offensive
lineman and member of Super Bowl
XXVII champion Dallas Cowboys
Alan Veingrad.
Now retired from football and a
Chassid, Veingrad will speak about his
professional football life during his
five years with the Green Bay Packers
and two years with Dallas.
The Torah Center will honor Ethan
and Yael Gross and Perel Schulkind.
The Grosses wil receive the Keser
Shaim Toy — Crown of Distinction
Award. Mrs. Schulkind will receive
the Aishes Chayil — Woman of Valor
Award.
For information, contact Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg, (248) 855-6170
or BCTC770@aol.com .
Hair For Cancer Victims
Adat Shalom Synagogue, in con-
junction with the Pantene Beautiful
Lengths program and the American
Cancer Society, will hold a communi-
ty-wide hair-cutting event to provide
hair for wigs for women and children
who have lost their hair due to cancer
treatment.
This event is 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 13, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
Madison Marcus, an Adat Shalom
youth adviser is organizing the program.
Stylists from the Ruby Blu Salon in
Farmington Hills will be on hand to
cut and style donor hair.
Hair must be at least eight inches in
length. Colored hair is acceptable, but
it must not be bleached. Hair may not
be more than 5 percent gray.
For information or to make an
appointment, contact Jodi Gross,
gross@adatshalom.org or (248) 626-
2153.
Pre-Pesach Buffet Dinner
A&J Kosher Catering at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills will
hold a pre-Passover kosher buffet sup-
per on Monday, April 6, from 6 to 8
p.m.
Included are a salad bar, chicken,
Salisbury steak or whitefish entrees,
whipped potatoes, green beans, pasta
and dessert. Cost: $18, adults; and $8
for children 6-12.
A&J is offering carryout kosher
chicken dinners for Tuesday, April 7.
Order by April 5, for pickup Tuesday.
RSVP for either the buffet or carry-
out orders at (248) 626-5702.
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Temple Beth El
Temple Kol Ami
7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township,
48301, (248) 851-1100. Rabbi: Daniel
B. Syme. Rabbinic associate: Keren
Packman Alpert. Cantorial soloist: Rachel
G. Kalmowitz. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Sunday 9:30
a.m. Saturday, Christa Dash will read
Torah.
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 service
will highlight fourth-grade students; April
birthday blessings. Saturday, 9 a.m. Tot
Shabbat. Passover: Thursday, April 9,
10:30 a.m. with Temple Shir Shalom join-
ing.
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; Ivriah 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 services.
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) 4871661.
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 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m. Passover: Thursday,
April 9, 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. Saturday
10:30 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. Friday, Shabbat
Unplugged. Saturday, in the chapel, baby
naming of Ava Elizabeth Friedman, daugh-
ter of Pamela and Elon Friedman.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
1924 Coolidge, East Lansing 48823, (517)
351-3570. Rabbi: Amy Bigman. Rabbi
Emeritus: Morton Hoffman. Cantorial solo-
ist: 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 services
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, Aaron Ahuvia will speak.
Saturday, Shabbbat Yoga 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 pro-
gram, 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.
Jewish Parents Institute
JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 661-1000. Director: Marilyn
Wolfe. Alternative cultural Jewish celebra-
tions; 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; cultural
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 pro-
gramming. 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.
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.
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.
Yeshivat Akiva
21100 W.12 Mile, Southfield, 48076, (248)
3861625. Services: During the school
year, morning services at 7:30 a.m.; after-
noon services at 2:40 p.m. The community
is invited.