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Beth El Graduates
Members of the Bloomfield
Township Temple Beth El class of
2009 will be honored at Shabbat
services, Friday, June 5, at 7:30
p.m. in a service written and led
by the graduates.
Graduates include Rachel Paige
Bletstein, Ian Charles Deutch,
Wade Louis Henney, Amanda
Gayle Kalt, Ian Emery Kohler,
Sarah Robyn Kolchinsky, Sarah
Elaine Kolins, Aaron Joshua
Lowen, Joshua Eric Simon, Scott
Aaron Tarnowsky and Billy Ryan
Joseph Whiting.
Nursery Graduation
On Friday, June 5, Temple Beth El
Nursery in Bloomfield Township
will mark the graduation of
27 pre-kindergarten children
with ceremonies in the Temple's
Handleman Hall.
The youngsters, graduation
caps on their heads, will walk
across the stage to receive their
preschool diplomas and "keys" to
the Temple.
This year's graduates include
Drew Bell, Zachary Bienenfeld,
Ryan Flynn, Eli Foltyn, Evan
Foltyn, Samuel Goodman,
Mitchell Greenberger, Kimberly
Gurwin, Emily Johnson, Chloe
Kreindler, Charlie LaBelle, Sam
Maier, Ethan Marcus, Jake Pereira,
Madison Prohow, Avery Purther,
Genna Reid, Raquel Rosenfeld,
Benjamin Rosenthal, Cooper
Schoenberg, Rocco Schwartz,
Andrew Sherman, Rachel Thav,
Joshua Tompkins, Mia Victor,
Lindsay Vondell and Alex Zoref.
JGN Plans Meeting
The Jewish Gay Network Family
& Friends discussion and support
group will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday,
June 2, in the downstairs library
of the Jewish Community Center
in West Bloomfield.
JGN Family & Friends is an
ongoing discussion-support group
that meets on the first Tuesday of
every month. They are a gather-
ing of people who have family or
friends who identify as lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender or who
are questioning (LGBTQ) their
sexual orientation or gender iden-
tity.
Meetings are free of charge. For
information about JGNFF, call
(248) 432-5661 or e-mail info@
jgnmi.org.
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May 28
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.
Shavuot: Friday, Yizkor 10:30 a.m.;
Confirmation at 7:30 p.m.
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; 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 Kol Ami
Jewish Parents Institute
5085 Walnut Lake, West Bloomfield,
48323, (248) 661-0040. Rabbi: Norman T.
Roman. Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad.
Soloist: Tiffany Steyer- Services: Thursday,
May 28, 7:30 p.m. Shavuot/Affirmation
Service. Friday 10:30 a.m. (Shavuot/
Yizkor), 6 p.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m.
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.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
28690 Southfield, Suite 293, Lathrup
Village, 48076, (248) 423-4406.
President: Alva Dworkin. Holiday obser-
vances; Friday night oneg Shabbat; cultural
events.
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 10:30 a.m. (Yizkor), 8 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday, graduation/
SSTY installation.
Temple Beth Emeth
U-M Reform Chavurah
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.
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 .
Beth Isaac Synagogue
Reform/Renewal
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 10:30
a.m. Yizcor, 6:30 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Friday, TEMTY Shabbat.
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 8 p.m. Saturday
10:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.
Sunday 9 a.m. Friday, graduation service.
Congregation Shir Tikvah
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy, 48084,
(248) 649-4418. Rabbi: Arnie Sleutelberg.
Services: Friday 6:15 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.
Saturday service with Vizor.
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.
Sholem Aleichem Institute
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.