Klezmer Shabbat
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n June 14, Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township opened its
annual Early Summer Shabbat
series with a joyous Klezmer Shabbat. An
enthusiastic crowd was treated to the music
Temple Beth El celebrates summer with a lively concert and dancing.
of Cliff Monear, Dan Maslanka and Ralph
Katz and the voices of Rabbi Keren Alpert
and her daughter Margot, who sang the
Shabbat prayers to rousing klezmer tunes.
In lieu of a sermon, Alpert coupled her
two favorite hobbies: telling stories and
sharing memorable music to craft a musical
story about the creation of "Hava Nagila,"
with accompaniment from Katz on clari-
net. At the end of the story, the congrega-
tion burst into an enthusiastic rendition of
"Hava Nagila."
The evening ended with a dinner and
Israeli dancing led by Dr. Neil Alexander of
Ann Arbor.
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Denny Brown of West Bloomfield, and Eileen and Richard Polk of
Huntington Woods
Graduation Gala
une 13 marked the 10th anni-
versary of Melton graduations
for the thriving adult Jewish
learning school. In its 10 years, more than
1,000 Detroiters have attended the two-
year program. The event began with a
dinner chaired by Carol Weintraub Fogel
and Halley Uzansky and featured Gordon
Zacks, son of founder Florence Melton.
Linda Lee, Melton Advisory Committee
chair, emceed the program. Honorary
Melton degrees were given to Mark
Dr. Neil Alexander of Ann Arbor leads
the dancing.
Sue Green of Southfield and Gail Posner of
West Bloomfield
Detroit's Melton Adult School celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Lit, executive director of the Jewish
Community Center, and Beverly Baker,
president of the Morris and Beverly Baker
Foundation.
The event also recognized Detroit
Melton for receiving the prestigious
"Florence Melton Award" for excellence.
Judy Mars Kupchan, CEO of the inter-
national school, bestowed the award to
Federation President Douglas Bloom on
behalf of the Melton community.
The Florence Melton School of Adult
Jewish Learning is sponsored by the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
and the Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit.
For information on the Melton School,
call (248) 205-2557 or go to www.
jewishdetroit.org/melton .
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