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Concert Of Cultures
Music reflecting the cultures of
the Jewish and African-American
communities will be heard in the
program "Common Bonds: An
Interfaith Concert," 8 p.m. Saturday,
April 25, at Congregation Shir Tikvah,
3900 Northfield Pwky., Troy.
Shir Tikvah's Schmaltz klezmer
band and the Metropolitan Detroit
Area Fellowship Choir will join for
a community concert in celebration
of brotherhood, sisterhood and the
communities' shared love of music.
The Schmaltz band, formed by
members of Shir Tikvah, will play
Yiddish and klezmer music — Eastern
European folk music — and popular
tunes. The band is led by Shir Tikvah
member Rick May.
The 30-member Metropolitan
Detroit Area Fellowship Choir will sing
gospel songs. Denard McClary is the
founder and director of the choir. The
two groups will join for American folk,
popular and Hebrew songs.
The third joint program of the two
groups, the concert came from an
idea raised during a unique mission
of African-American ministers and
Jewish rabbis who traveled together to
West Africa and Israel in 2002. During
the mission, the clergy discovered
parallels in each other's history
— slavery, pain and suffering — and
from that developed a desire to do joint
programming.
The evening will begin with a
Havdalah service that separates Shabbat
from the new week. Traditional prayers
will be recited. Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg,
Shir Tikvah spiritual leader, and Rev. Dr.
Ronald E Turner of the local Restoration
International Christian Ministries will
bring greetings from their respective
communities.
A dessert reception, featuring
traditional Jewish and African-
American desserts, will follow the
concert. Free parking is available.
Adults, families and children are
invited. Admission fee up to and on
April 15 is as follows: $12 per child; $20
per adult; $40 per family (All members
of a family must reside in the same
household to receive the family rate.
After April 15 and at the door, the
admission fee is: $14 per child; $22 per
adult; $42 per family
Checks should be made payable and
mailed to Congregation Shir Tikvah,
3900 Northfield Pkwy., Troy, Mich.,
48084. Write Common Bonds Concert
in the memo line.
For information, call Joyce May,
(248)756-3883.
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Temple Beth El
Temple Kol Ami
Jewish Parents Institute
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. Saturday, Samantha Goldsmith will
read Torah. Wednesday, April 15,10:30
a.m. Yizkor and dedication of memorial
plaques.
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,
Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat. Passover:
Wednesday, April 15, 10:30 a.m. joint
Pesach Yizkor service at Temple Shir
Shalom.
JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 661-1000. Director: Marilyn
Wolfe. Alternative cultural Jewish cele-
brations; secular bar/bat mitzvah ceremo-
nies; adult programming; cultural Sunday
school from nursery through teen.
Temple Beth El (Flint)
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.
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; 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.
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 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) 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
6:30 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 no services
at temple: Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat at
Temple Kol Ami. Saturday 10:30 a.m. in
cahpel; Sunday 9 a.m..
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
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, Music/Sisterhood Shabbat.
U-M Reform Chavurah
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
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 .
Keter Torah Synagogue
Reform/Renewal
Traditional
Congregation Shir Tikvah
B'nai David
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy, 48084,
(248) 649-4418. Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg.
Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 10
a.m. Friday, Isaac Mayer Wise Shabbat at
Temple Kol Ami.
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 fam-
ily service 7 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat study. Sunday school, b'nai
mitzvah program, 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.
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.
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)
386-1625. Services: During the school
year, morning services at 7:30 a.m.; after-
noon services at 2:40 p.m. The commu-
nity is invited.