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YIOP Hosts Israel Rabbi

Rabbi Yona Metzger, shlita, chief
Ashkenazi rabbi of Israel, will pay
a visit to Michigan in May, serving
as guest speaker at the annual
dinner of Young Israel of Oak Park.
The event, which is open to the
entire community, will be held at
6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at the
synagogue, 15140 W. 10 Mile.
Benefactors and patrons or
those at the $500-and-up level are
invited to attend a VIP reception
with Rabbi Metzger at 5:30 p.m.
The annual dinner on May 17
includes recognition of Jill and
Aaron Kleid, recipients of the
Young Israel of Oak Park Young
Leadership Award, and a formal
welcome to Mrs. Devora and Rabbi
Michael Cohen, who joined the
synagogue as its spiritual leader in
August 2008.
Tickets for the dinner range
from $125 each to $1,000 for the
Benefactor level. Table prices are
available. For information, go to
www.yiop.org .
To make reservations, e-mail
Julie@yiop.org or call (248) 967-
3655.

Yom HaShoah Marked

Congregation Shaarey Zedek of
Oakland County will host a Yom
HaShoah commemoration and
presentation by author Joshua
Rubenstein 7
p.m. on Tuesday
April 21, at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
West Bloomfield
B'nai Israel Center.
Rubenstein was
Joshua
approached by
Rubenstein
the U.S. Holocaust
Museum and
Indiana University Press to edit The
Unknown Black Book. Made up of
testimonies from Jewish survivors of
German massacres on Soviet lands,
the book was originally assembled
in Moscow by Russian and Israeli
scholars and published in 1993.
Rubenstein is northeast director
of Amnesty International USA and
an associate at Harvard's Davis
Center for Eurasian and Russian
Studies. He has been professionally
involved with human rights and
international affairs for 30 years as
an activist, scholar and journalist.
For information, contact Tobye
Bello, (248) 357-5544, or e-mail
tbello@shaareyzedek.org .

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April 16 s 2009

5:45 p.m. the first and last Friday of the
month; 8 p.m. intermediate Fridays.

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 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Friday, services will honor those who have
been members for 18 and 36 years.

Temple Beth El (Flint)

daughter of Olga and Todd Swanson; wed-
ding blessing of Robyn Sallen and David
Heicklen.

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,
Sisterhood Shabbat. Saturday, service will
highlight fifth-grade students. Monday,
April 20, 7 p.m. Yom HaShoah service.

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

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 .

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 Beth El (Midland)

Temple Shir Shalom

2505 Bay City Road, Midland, 48642.
Lay service twice monthly. Contact Stuart
Bergstein, (989) 835-4822.

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.

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) 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 8 p.m.
Saturday 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: Friday 7:30 p.m., 8
p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday
7:30 a.m. Sunday 9 a.m. Friday early ser-
vice baby naming of Anneilse Swanson,

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 7:15 p.m.; Saturday 10
a.m. Friday, Music Shabbat with birthday
blessings.

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)
386-1625. Services: During the school
year, morning services at 7:30 a.m.; after-
noon services at 2:40 p.m. The community
is invited.