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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

www.bookfair.jccdet.org

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