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A Synagogue
In Marquette!

Following the recent purchase
and renovation of a new facility in
Marquette, Temple Beth Sholom will
welcome members and guests at an
open house celebration. The congre-
gation was founded in Ishpeming,
where it remained in its original
building for nearly 70 years.
A Sanctification Weekend will
include a 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 12,
open house with guided tours of the
building. Shabbat services, held at
8 p.m. Friday, May 11, will be led by

Workshop
Trains Tutors
On Milestones
Of Language
Development

Free Listing Submission
Deadline is May 10, 2018.

The Jewish News will honor all Jewish
students who are graduating this spring from
Michigan high schools in our Cap & Gown
Yearbook 2018, which will be published
in the May 24 issue.

“Milestones of Language Development
in School Aged Children” is the sub-
ject of the Detroit Jewish Coalition
for Literacy’s (DJCL) spring workshop
for literacy tutors on Friday, May 11,
from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building in Bloomfield
Hills.
Designed to provide tutors with
skills and techniques to build student
success, the workshop will feature
Suzanne Potter, M.A. ccc-sp., a speech
language therapist. Potter is facilitator
of “Play with a Purpose” and Early On
Parent Groups at Oakland Schools,
and is a 36-year veteran of Royal Oak
Public Schools.

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to submit your free listing today!

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of Brenda and Howard Rosenberg, each
graduating senior will receive a free
academic-year digital subscription
to the Jewish News!

Beth El Honors
Its Longtime
Archivist

Questions?

Email Sy Manello at
smanello@renmedia.us
or call him at 248-351-5147.

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Archivist Jan Durecki
will be honored at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 11, at a classical
Reform Shabbat, including
the Temple Beth El Choir.
Durecki recently retired
after 12 years as director of
Durecki
the Rabbi Leo M. Franklin
Archives at the temple.
Durecki began her tenure at the
archives knowing almost noth-
ing of the Beth El story, says Suzi
MacWilliams, a volunteer at the
Franklin archives.
“Together we would excitedly find
a clue and have fun connecting the

Temple Beth Sholom

Rabbi Samuel Stahl of San Antonio,
son-in-law of the synagogue’s co-
founders Willard and Lois Cohodas.
Temple Beth Sholom is located at
223 Blaker St., Marquette. Parking is
available at the Episcopal Diocese
of Northern Michigan or the First
Methodist Church.
For details, contact Aaron
Scholnik at apsmd@aol.com. •

At the workshop, Potter will provide
resources and strategies to help stu-
dents who struggle with reading. She
will discuss how to support literacy
for students through the five building
blocks of reading: phonemic aware-
ness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and
text comprehension.
Founded and facilitated by the
Jewish Community Relations Council/
AJC (JCRC/AJC), the DJCL engages
volunteers from local Jewish organiza-
tions, impacting kindergarten through
fourth-grade students in schools in
Detroit and Oakland County through
tutoring, enrichment programs and
book drives. The DJCL conducts train-
ing workshops and provides resources
for its volunteer tutors. JCRC/AJC
board member Sue Birnholtz chairs
the DJCL.
To register for the May 11 workshop
or to learn more about DJCL volun-
teer opportunities, contact Literacy
Coordinator Sandy Lippitt at (248)
642-2649 or slippitt@jfmd.org. •

dots,” MacWilliams says in an article
about Durecki in the Beth El Bulletin.
“Watching and learning from her
as she went on these history
adventures throughout the
community are memories I will
cherish forever. She dove into
our Jewish community whole-
heartedly, and everyone that
worked with her loved her.”
Duerecki said, “The most
compelling thing about the
collection is the wealth of
photographs. Ranging from
formal portraits to family shots, the
photographs capture the days of horse
and buggies to the 1950s. You see such
dramatic changes in clothing and
transportation; it’s just very fun!”
Laura Williams is the new curator
of the Franklin archives. •