-45-71 d Community Wide Event Hosted by Temple Shir Shalom Monday, August 18, 2014 Starting at 7:00pm 1 1 Tem le it Shalom's 10th Annual ital i 1•I• DA ICI 0 191 d I A 4•17 117E- Cii dlArk begins w h an evening loaded with family fun, food tastings and games, and ends with a spectacular fireworks display! Temple Shir Shalom would like to say Thank You to the following donors, corporate sponsors and restaurants for their support of our event: Lili & Les Gold, Geoff Kretchmer & Star Trax, Kroger, Sunset Boulevard, Fran Bell, Sharon Meisel, Sam Zeidman & Jiffy Signs, Michael Klass & Associated Dealer Services, Jason Zimmerman & Schechter Wealth, Mark Fisher & LSG Insurance Partners, Hebrew Free Loan, Detroit Jewish News, Dr. Jeff Miller & Miller Vein, Jonathan Jones, Tamarack Camps, Richard Mandell & CAYA Smokehouse Grill, Gilda's Club, The Sherbin Family, Coin' Postal, Bangkok Cuisine, Bonefish Grill, Market Basket of Franklin, Prime29, The Lodge, Achatz Catering and Soup, Bellacinos Sylvan Lake, Dairy Fresh Foods, Bacco Ristorante, Pine Lake Market, Cutting Edge Cuisine, Happy You, Mex, Social, ()Linton Foods/Catering, Babylon Ethnic Foods, Tim Horton's, Outback Steakhouse, The Grand Stand Bistro, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Brooklyn Bagel, Tony's Embers Deli, Harvard Row Kosher Meats, Leo's Coney Island, Uptown Parthenon, La Marsa Mediterranean Cuisine, Loya Organic, George's Honey Tree, Armando's Catering, Le Monde Bakery, Zoe's Pancake House, Renee's Gourmet Pizzeria, Huerto Restaurant & Tequila Bar. coking To Join Temple Shir Shalom. ring The Whole Family all Temple Shir Shalom's office to arrange for your complimentary tickets. Come get to know us! 248-737-8700 AUCV I 18 2 Music and entertainment provided by Sunset Boulevard and Star Trax. Live auction with Les Gold of Hard Core Pawn! EVERYONE IS WELCOME! $25 per adult in advance / $30 at the door • $12 per child in advance / $18 at the door Tickets can be purchased online at www.shirshalom.org or by calling Temple Shir Shalom's office at 248-737-8700 1936790 32 August 14 • 2014 JN metro Wires from page 30 Who's Doing The Work? Ohel Moed members arrange for maintenance and checking of the West Bloomfield eruv and Bais Chabad takes care of its own connecting eruv, both making sure there are no breaks, fallen trees or damaged areas that would make them unusable. In addition to volunteer checks, Fridman said, "The outer loop of the West Bloomfield eruv is done by Mesivta boys on bicycle, with a donation made to the school for their work:' Both Ohel Moed and Bais Chabad ask those who use their areas of the eruv to contribute to the funding. Cost of the West Bloomfield eruv repair project was $3,527 for materi- als and wages. The estimated running cost is $1,600: $1,200 to pay those who check the eruv and $400 for materials. Members from B'nai Israel and Keter Torah also have donated. "We check the eruv weekly to make sure the complete system is intact" said Howard Storchan, chairman of the WBEC. "This includes checking that utility workers and landscape crews have not changed or damaged the poles and wires of the eruv. The major source of damage is weather." Even with the major overhaul, occa- sional additional repairs are warrant- ed, often taken care of by volunteers. "Howard Storchan does a good por- tion of the repairs along with me" Fridman said. "I joke that we are the `eruv SWAT team:" When neces- sary, professionals are hired to make repairs. Tying Community Together "The benefit of the eruv is that it unifies the West Bloomfield Sabbath- observing community" Storchan said. "It allows us to carry within the confines of the eruv. This includes car- rying babies and small children. It also allows handicapped individuals to use canes, walkers, wheelchairs. We can now carry items between each other's homes, synagogues and parks" For some, including parents of young children who rely on the use of a stroller when the eruv is up, its dis- repair affects much of Shabbat. "When the eruv was down this past winter, my four children [ages 3-8] and I were stuck in our home all Shabbat" said Ohel Moed member Lisa Hoory. "We weren't able to go to shul [with hus- band, David] or even go to anyone for a meal. It was a hard winter. "We were very fortunate that just as the weather began to improve, the eruv was restored. The kids and I have been to shul every week and getting together with friends on Saturdays. We are very appreciative to all those Moses Fridman, with WBEC volunteer Hartley Harris and Howard Storchan involved that helped to make sure the eruv is up and maintained" Dan Mendelson, past treasurer of the WBEC, looks at the project's suc- cess as just one more draw to the West Bloomfield Jewish community. "Given our reinvigorated eruv, together with our Bnei Akiva family [Israeli repre- sentatives providing religious Zionist education and programs for Jewish youth, uth their families and communi- ties] and youth programming, West Bloomfield has a lot to offer young families seeking a comfortable and vibrant community in which to raise their children" Fridman said he sees the West Bloomfield eruv as a wonder- ful example of different streams of Judaism working together. "It is also an example of public utilities and busi- ness owners cooperating with a Jewish community" he said. "DTE donated the time of an electri- cian and his bucket truck many days to repair broken lechis high up and also to install new lechis on poles that needed them. AT&T donated a large, valuable amount of tree trimming to help fix the Walnut Lake leg. Without AT&T and DTE donating thousands of dollars' worth of labor, we would not have an eruv" Nearly 400 individuals use the combined West Bloomfield and Bais Chabad eruv on a regular basis. "When I was growing up in the Bronx in the 1950s and 1960s, there was no eruv" Silberberg said. "This prevented my mother and younger siblings from going to shul on Shabbos and visiting friends. The eruv is a community builder in that it allows mothers and fathers to wheel their children to shul and join friends for Shabbos dinner creating a cohesive community. "It's hard to imagine our lovely com- munity developing without it:' ❑ To make a donation to the West Bloomfield Eruv Committee, access the website at www.ohelmoed.org/eruv. For information, send an email to wberuv@gmail.com.