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Through speakers, workshops and activities, we will explore the concept of
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Jewish Community Center of West Bloomfield
Jewish Community Center of Oak Park
11 a.m.
10 a.m.
NEW: Scholar's Brunch and Learn
Bubbies, Bagels & Books featuring Mark Rosenthal's
Animal Magic
One Hundred Blessings a Day -
Why Jewish Spirituality Begins with Gratitude
Count Your Blessings and Help Animals
(Geared for families with children ages 3-7)
Dr. Andrea Lieber, Associate Professor of Religion, Dickinson College,
Carlisle, PA
6:45-7:45 p.m. (Choose one)
Reservations required by November 5 for the brunch.
The Billion Dollar Happiness Guarantee
12:45 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Rabbi Leiby Burnham, Partners in Torah
Count Your Blessings: What the Garden of Eden Teaches
Us About the Pursuit of Happiness
Count Your Blessings at Thanksgiving
Sh'ma! Scholar-in-Residence - Rabbi David Fohrman, Founder, Aleph
Beta Academy
The Menorah, the Arch of Titus, and the Emblem
of the State of Israel
2:15-3:15 p.m. WORKSHOP 1 (Choose one)
Rabbi Yechiel Morris, Young Israel of Southfield
The Wonders of Everyday Life
8 p.m. ENDNOTE ADDRESS
Wendy Gamer, Community Educator
Bittersweet Blessings:
A Foray into the Secret Depths of Halle!
Rabbi Aaron Bergman, Adat Shalom Synagogue
The Billion Dollar Happiness Guarantee
Sh'ma! Scholar in Residence - Rabbi David Fohrman, Founder,
Aleph Beta Academy
Rabbi Leiby Burnham, Partners in Torah
Being Blessed by the Earth...Being Shomrei Adamah
(Guardians of the Earth)
$10 Registration fee (Includes Keynote, Endnote and All Workshops)
Rabbi Robert Morais, Director, Shalom Street
$18 Brunch and Learn only
Six Words that Open the Gates of Heaven
$25 For the entire day
Dr. Mitch Parker, Florence Melton and FedEd Instructor
$5 Oak Park only (Workshop and Endnote)
Counting Our Blessings Even in the Darkest of Times
Free for students with current I.D.
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg, Congregation Shir Tikvah
For more information or to register, contact the Sh'ma Hotline:
Virtual Blessings: Do Online Prayers Count?
248.502.2850, shma@jfmd.org or www.jewishdetroit.org/shma .
Rabbi Aaron Starr, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Register by November 6 and receive a $5 coupon toward
What Are Your Most Important Blessings?
any one item at Book Fair.
Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz, Adat Shalom Synagogue
One coupon per person. Pick up coupon at registration table. (Excludes $18
brunch only). Workshops are "first come, first seated."
3:30-4:30 p.m. WORKSHOP 2 (Choose one)
Sponsored by Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education and the Jewish
The Wild and the Weird in the World of Jewish Blessings
Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, in cooperation with area Jewish
Rabbi Keren Alpert, Temple Beth El
institutions and congregations.
Barukh Dayan Ha Emet (The Blessing on Death)
Sh'ma! Detroit. Learning. Together. is a member of the international program,
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Rabbi Jonathan Berger, Hillel Day School
Global Day of Jewish Learning.
Blessings for Body and Soul: Expressing Gratitude
for Healthy Bodies, Healthy Spirits
The views represented at Sh'ma! Detroit. Learning. Together. do not necessarily
reflect the views of the participants, congregations, or organizations listed.
Ruth Bergman, Florence Melton and FedEd Instructor
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Count Your Blessings: Make Your Blessings Count
Rabbi Tzvi Muller, Partners in Torah
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When Not To Say a Brakha (Blessing)
We Deliver Adult Jewish Education
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein, Congregation Beth Ahm
"Jewish Federation
The Seven Blessings of Highly Effective People
Rabbi Shneur Silberberg, Bois Chabad
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