rosh hashanah » THIS IS my ’S MPLE THAT FOR THE TE R YOU? LOOKING FO T FI T THE RIGH ann, i Brent Gutm Senior Rabb rs their daughte d an l, Jil fe his wi to welcome you are excited to i! Temple Kol Am NEW FAMILY PROGRAMS designed with 0-2 year-olds in mind! rial Soloist Meet Canto ALL PROGRAMS ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. stein Hilary Duber & Faith Brasch ool Director Religious Sch AGER WE ARE E E YOU! M O C L E W TO 24 - 6:30pm BABY “JEW” DDAH JOGA Temple Israel (Free) Three very special baby and parent yoga Shabbat mornings. ptember Saturday, Se t Experience ed Selicho er music follow mb eption and cha Service Chocolate Rec & Selichot by Havdallah Contact Alicia Mendelson – 248-661-5725 | alicia@temple-israel.org kets & shanah Tic v Rosh Ha of dues) limentary Ere about: Comp ts of the Heart (in lieu Call today lev, Gif T’rumot Ha .JDIJHBO H FTU#MPPNýFME XULPMBNJPS 2113620 LF3PBEt8 8BMOVU-B 'BY tXX t BRIGHT BEGINNINGS: YOUNG MOTHERS’ PROGRAM Congregation Shaarey Zedek ($) Six-session, new mothers’ support group. A great opportunity to connect with other new moms. Contact Leah Gawel – 248-357-5544 | lgawel@shaareyzedek.org BABY AND ME Adat Shalom Synagogue ($) 12 session baby and me class taught by Lindsay Mall of the Bubble Club. Sunday mornings. Join Up! Like family, we at CSZ cheer each other on; we have fun together; we help each other in times of need; we make connectio ns that transform lives; we support the less fortunate and we welcome the new. Our outstand ing spiritual leaders go above and beyond, time and again. Our world-class speakers offer content that informs and raises the bar. Our High Holiday services are rooted in meaning and in hope. This is a place I’m proud to call home - we work together to advance our commun ity in Detroit, across America, and around the world. In fact, empowering current and future leaders to repair our world-at -large is paramount to our day-to-day mission, which inspires me, because that’s what makes our community so special. – ADAM FINKEL Partner, Orfin Ventures 27375 Bell Road ▲ Southfield, MI 48034-2079 p: 248.357.5544 www.shaareyzedek.org High Holidays generate an uptick in synagogue membership. Contact Debi Banooni – 248-626-2153 | dbanooni@adatshalom.org BIMAH BABIES Congregation Shir Tikvah (Free) Lively and loud family services including songs, dancing and story time with Reb Aura on Sunday mornings. Contact Sarah Chisholm – 248-649-4418 Ext. 3 | Sarah@shirtikvah.org FITNESS4MOMS Congregation Shaarey Zedek ($) 6-week, post-partum baby and me fitness program. Contact Leah Gawel – 248-357-5544 | lgawel@shaareyzedek.org KID-ISH CLUB COOKS THROUGH THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS Temple Beth El (Free) Two workshop style cooking classes for young families. Contact Susie Weiner – 248-865-0611 | sweiner@tbeonline.org PLAN: PLAY, LEARN AND NETWORK Adat Shalom Synagogue (Free/$) PLAN is a new “Playgroup Plus” including infant and baby classes with specialists from the community, play dates and opportunities to network. Contact Debi Banooni – 248-626-2153 | dbanooni@adatshalom.org PLAY AND STAY Shir Shalom, The Learning Center ($) 6 week, Thursday or Sunday morning class which includes art, music, braiding challah and harvesting the garden. Shari S. Cohen/Contributing Writer F or the Jewish community, autumn means much more than the start of school and the opening of cider mills. The seasonal change also signals the approaching High Holidays. Many local synagogues view September as a prime time for membership recruitment and report an increase in inquiries and affilia- tions. “This is the annual membership moment and a mental call to action. People don’t get serious until Labor Day,” says David Tisdale, executive director of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. About 50 percent of the temple’s new members join before the high holidays, he says. Melanie Gorman, membership Contact Marsha Mitnick – 248-406-4255 | marsha@shirshalom.org SENSAISHONS Aish Detroit (Free) Families with babies and older siblings will learn Jewish ideas while developing gross and fine motor skills. Contact David Rosenthal – 248-606-1075 | drosenthal@aish.com David Tisdale Andre Douville Melanie Gorman David Goodman Shira Shapiro Judy Marx TIKVAH TOTS ON TUESDAYS Congregation Shir Tikvah (Free) Once a month play group. Enjoy singing, dancing, playing instruments and meeting other families. Contact Sarah Chisholm – 248-649-4418 Ext. 3 | Sarah@shirtikvah.org TOT SHABBAT IN THE D Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (Free) Two very special Tot Shabbats. Enjoy songs, food and fun in the D. Contact Vicki Sitron – 313-962-4047 | vsitron@downtownsynagogue.org Visit jewishdetroitcalendar.org to see all the events happening in our community. For more information about jbabydetroit! events, visit jewishdetroit.org/events or contact Mikki Frank at frank@jfmd.org or 248-645-7845. 2125760 58 September 29 • 2016 engagement director at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield, says the synagogue experiences its greatest interest in membership during the early fall. “They want to be sure that they have a place to go for the High Holidays,” she says. Whether prospective members are motivated by an interest in ritual, an upcoming life-cycle event or seek the social experience of a congregation, says David Goodman, executive direc- tor of Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield, this is the time “when people look around if they are unaf- filiated or want to make a change.” Shira Shapiro, executive director of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, says, “We definitely see more new members now because they want tickets for the High Holidays.” Frederick Frank, executive director of Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park, and Andre Douville, executive director of Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield, con- cur that interest in membership Frederick Frank has this seasonal component. However, as noted by Young Israel of Oak Park and other congregations, families join all year long, sometimes when they relocate to the Detroit area or if they move near a particular synagogue. Some congregations offer spe- Rabbi Schneur cial membership promotions at Silberberg this time of year. Congregation Beth Ahm offers a $36 annual membership to those 36 and younger and Congregation Adat Shalom in Farmington Hills offers free membership for singles and couples under 30 and reduced fees for those 31 to 35 throughout the year. Judy Marx, Adat Shalom’s Steve Fine