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February 23 • 2017

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enjamin Franklin said, “If you want something done,
ask a busy person.” At Temple Shir Shalom, they ask Art
Fishman. Actually, Art doesn’t wait to get asked; he’s the
one doing the asking: “What do you need and when do you
need it?”
Hopefully, Art will adjust his whirlwind schedule to arrive on
time for Shir Shalom’s Havdalah service and dinner Saturday,
March 4, to honor his milestone 90th birthday.
The evening is fittingly called: “Artful Living ... Art Fishman’s
90th.” Congregants and the community will have a chance, as
Shir Shalom Executive Director Andre Douville says, “to let Art
know how much he means to us all.” A portion of the proceeds
will benefit Art’s beloved Jewish War Veterans (JWV) and the
Art Fishman Burning Bush Fund.
Andre met Art almost 13 years ago. New at the temple, Andre
wanted to tap into Art’s wealth of experience. He knew he was
intimately involved in all things Shir Shalom — from “Food,
Fun and Fireworks” and coordination of the High Holidays to
the Walk for Israel.
“I asked Art if he would teach me what he knows,” Andre
says, “and I’ll never forget his response: ‘No one ever said that to
me before. If you’re willing to learn, I’m willing to teach you.’”
It began a relationship that Andre describes as “one of the
strongest and deepest I have at Shir Shalom.”
Art’s love affair with Shir Shalom began while attending a
Shabbat service at the temple’s newly opened West Bloomfield
home. Cantor Penny Steyer recalls, “Art was moved when he
saw founding Rabbi Dannel Schwartz invite all the young
children in the congregation to sit with him on the step of the
bimah as he told a story. Art knew then this was the place he
wanted to bring his grandchildren to.
“He has been my confidante, my ‘go-to’ person for everything
I ever need; he is family,” she says of their 25-year friendship.
That sentiment is a recurring theme at Shir Shalom.

