Spirituality
Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by
Tern le Israel
Synagogues from page A35
Lunch Series
Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills will continue
this season's lunch- and-learn
programming with a series titled
"The Chasidic Movement and Its
Masters."
Rabbi Aaron
Bergman will
lead discussions
on Wednesdays,
May 6, 13, 20.
Classes run
from noon to
Rabbi
1:15 p.m. There
Bergman
is a $10 per ses-
sion fee, which
includes lunch. The community is
welcome.
Lunch and learn is sponsored
by the Adat Shalom Adult Study
Commission.
RSVP to Sheila Lederman, (248)
851-5100, by the Thursday prior to
each program.
B'nai Moshe Storyteller
Congregation B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield will host scholar-in-
residence Peninnah Schram the
weekend of May 8.
Schram is a storyteller, teacher,
author and recording artist. She is
a professor of speech and drama at
Stern College of Yeshiva University,
New York.
On Friday, May 8, Shabbat dinner
will be at 7 p.m. For reservations,
call (248) 788-0600.
On May 9, the d'var Torah will be
given at 10:45 a.m. A lunch-and-
learn session begins at 12:30 p.m.
There is a charge for dinner
on Friday; reservations must be
made. There is no charge for the
Saturday sessions; reservations are
requested.
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. Saturday, Shavuot
Tot Shabbat 9:30 a.m.
Temple Kol Ami
Jewish Parents Institute
Temple Beth El (Flint)
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.
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; Ivriah religious and Hebrew
school. Web: templebethelflint.org .
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.
JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield,
48322, (248) 661-1000. Director: Marilyn
Wolfe. Alternative cultural Jewish cel-
ebrations; secular bar/bat mitzvah cer-
emonies; adult programming; cultural
Sunday school from nursery through
teen.
Temple Beth El (Midland)
Temple Shir Shalom
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.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
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
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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 .
Reform/Renewal
Temple Beth Israel
Congregation Shir Tikvah
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.
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy,
48084, (248) 649-4418. Rabbi: Arnie
Sleutelberg. Services: Friday 7:45 p.m.;
Saturday 10 a.m. Friday, Steve Klaper will
lead the service.
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
Renewal
Pardes Hannah
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.
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.
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.
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
Minyans
Woodward Avenue Shul
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Beth Ahm Sisterhood
Shabbat morning, Saturday, May
9, has been designated Sisterhood
Shabbat at Congregation Beth Ahm.
The West Bloomfield shul will
celebrate both the pivotal role that
sisterhood has played in the life of
the synagogue and its continuing
leadership. Members of Beth Ahm
Sisterhood will lead all aspects of
the service.
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein will
lead an informal learning session
at 9 a.m. Services will begin at 9:30.
Following services, there will be
a special Kiddush sponsored by
sisterhood in honor of Sisterhood
Shabbat.
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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 service, wedding
blessing of Maran Maguran and Joshua
Grant. Saturday baby naming of Emma
Jeri Steinberg, daughter of Joanna and
Michael Steinberg.
The Birmingham Temple
Fleischman Residence
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.
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.
Jewish Cultural Society
2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor,
48108-2301, (734) 975-9872. First
Friday Shabbat observances, adult pro-
grams, pre-school. Sunday school, b'nai
mitzvah program, High Holiday obser-
vances.
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.