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Beth El Confirmands
Members of the Temple Beth El's
2009 Confirmation Class will be
honored at Shabbat services, Friday,
May 29, at 7:30 p.m. in a service
written and led by the students.
Confirmands include Daniel
Ryan Ackerman, Ryan Scott
Bartholomew, Jake Cornelius Fisher,
Bryce Franklin Henney, Susan Mina
Imerman, Cameron David Masucci,
Michael David Pelton, Adam Scott
Rosen, Sarah Kessler Shaw, Scott
Lowell Sherman, Adielle Sara
Smorgonsky, Jacob Samuel Stein
and Laura Ann Williams.
An oneg, sponsored by the par-
ents, will follow services at the
Bloomfield Township synagogue.

Kol Ami Affirmands
Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield
will host an Erev Shavuot service
on Thursday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m.
During this service, the affirmation
class of 5769 will stand before the
Torah and be confirmed in their
Jewish faith.
Mazel tov to the affirmands: Jared
Gross, Michael Higer, Grace Jessop,
Andrew Lambert, Avery P. McIntyre,
Abraham Morgan, Elizabeth Nagle,
Laura Ng, Emily Schottenfels and
Stephen Vorenberg.

Beth Ahm: Shavuot
Congregation Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield will offer a multi-genera-
tional celebration of Shavuot start-
ing on Thursday night, May 28; all
are invited.
A highlight of the festivities will
be Beth Ahm's annual D'var Torah
Extravaganza on Friday evening,
May 29, featuring divrei Torah (brief
words of Torah) presented by chil-
dren of the congregation.
Friday night's event will begin
with a Shabbat-Shavuot dinner
(dairy menu featuring pizza, salad,
egg salad, tuna salad, and ice cream
bar) at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are
a must. The cost is S10 per person
or S36 per household, whichever
is less. Grandparents, friends and
other guests are also invited. To
respond for the dinner, contact the
Beth Ahm office, (248) 851-6880
or e-mail director@cbahm.org by 4
p.m. on Wednesday, May 27.
For information, including to
sign your children up to present
a d'var Torah that night, call Amy
Appelman, (248) 851-8820, or
e-mail relschool@cbahm.org .

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Temple Beth El (Flint)

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Sholem Aleichem Institute

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.

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

Temple Beth El (Midland)

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 6:30 p.m. is Yoga Shabbat.

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) 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 Shir Shalom

U M Reform Chavurah

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, Mike Pytlik and Aura Ahuvia
will lead services.

Renewal

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 wedding blessing of Lisa Lieberman
and Gabe Fisher. Saturday wedding bless-
ing of Stacy Wolf and Ryan Brand.

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 6
p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.

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.

Pardes Hannah

Woodward Avenue Shul

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.

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Temple Israel

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.

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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 .

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.

Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring

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.

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.