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and collectively, as the sole caretakers
of the Earth and each other:'
As at other synagogues,
Birmingham Temple will "sound the
shofar and sing familiar tunes. We
reflect on the year that has passed and
consider our goals for the New Year:'
said Falick, who will deliver a presen-
tation.
The longest service will run less
than two hours and "have no repetitive
standing and sitting. We only stand in
memory of the dead:' he said.
According to the rabbi, today's
American Jews continue to go to syna-
gogues in large numbers at the High
Holidays because they "view it as an
opportunity to very publicly connect
with their Jewish identity and heritage.
It's a wonderful time to join together
in community and to affirm their
sense of belonging:'
Workmen's Circle/
Arbeter Ring
The WC/AR's services for Rosh
Hashanah began in 1990, and Yom
Kippur came a year later. Services have
been held at the Oak Park JCC for
about 10 years, and previously were at
the Southfield Civic Center, Oak Park
Community Center and other venues.
"Secular Jews are a part of the fabric
of Jewish life — its history and its conti-
nuity:' said Arlene Frank, WC/AR board
member and former president. She and
retired WC/AR Michigan Region direc-
tor Ellen Bates-Brackett created the ser-
vice guide, later revised by Frank and
board member Susan Warrow.
"Jewish heritage is
made up of both reli-
gious and non-reli-
gious components
and, as secular Jews,
we continue to draw
inspiration from the
past, including oral
Arlene Frank
and written tradi-
tions, Yiddish,
Hebrew and Ladino languages, litera-
ture, culture, politics, history, philoso-
phy, morals and ethics:' Frank said.
"And we modify traditions today, as
Jews have always done, to reflect our
current needs and understanding:'
For WC/AR, Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur are "a period of introspec-
tion, an opportunity to gather in com-
munity to reflect on the year past, and
to give meaning and sustenance to the
concept of the beginning of a new year:'
Frank said.
The services, especially appealing to
baby boomers, include a strong call for
social and economic justice. Passages
are assigned to readers and singing is in
Yiddish and English. Vocalist Daniella
HarPaz Mechnikov performs several
solos, including her signature Kol Nidre.
While she is not
herself secular,
Mechnikov said, "It's
a very welcoming
and non-exclusionary
service. It doesn't say
`you must believe or
deny' anything. Some
Danielle
secular services are
Mechnikov
more like that —
stating a theological
position. I find the WC/AR service so
easy because it celebrates Jewish history
and tradition, even traditions that were
rooted in faith at the time. It is a
respectful service:'
Sholem Aleichem Institute
Alva Dworkin, SAI president, said her
organization "differs from Birmingham
Temple and Workmen's Circle in that
we are not afraid to include a reference
to God and spiritual psalms in our
machzor."
"We don't pray,"
Dworkin said, "but
we do include literary
works that inspire
faith in humanity
and hopes for a more
peaceful existence for
all peoples:'
Alva Dworkin
Under the direc-
tion of the late SAI
founder Moishe Haar, "we assembled
songs and poems that characterize our
people in its many struggles and suc-
cesses. These are in Yiddish, Hebrew
and English," she said.
The SAI service presents a stage
full of readers, such as Wayne State
University Provost Dr. Margaret
Winters and her husband, Professor
Geoffrey Nathan, and soprano Shirley
Benyas as featured soloist among the
chorus. Distinguished attorney Eugene
Driker often delivers a sermon.
"We have no political agenda and
welcome people of all persuasions —
political and religious," Dworkin said.
Jewish Parents Institute
"Though Yom Kippur has tradition-
ally been thought of as a time when
Jews are focused on God, secular Jews
take the opportunity to look at human
action:' said Marilyn Wolfe, director
of the Jewish Parents Institute, which
offers a Sunday school and programing
for families.
"Yom Kippur means not 'Day of
Atonement: but 'Day of Cleansing:"
she said. "We retrace our steps and
allow our essentially good human
nature to surface again ... The great
beauty of humanity is that we have the
ability and freedom to renew ourselves
and make a fresh start. It is in this dis-
covery that the meaning and signifi-
cance of Yom Kippur lie:'