JANUARY 30 • 2020 | 19
B’nai Moshe To Launch
“Shabbat Experience”
Congregation B’
nai Moshe is embark-
ing on an innovative way to celebrate
Shabbat with Shabbat Experience,
beginning Saturday, Feb. 1. While
traditional services are being chanted
in the sanctuary, this group will meet
at 10 a.m. in the Cantor Klein Chapel
on the first and third Saturdays of
each month for a more casual expe-
rience designed to increase spiritual
satisfaction and build community.
Attire is “come-as-you-are,
” wheth-
er that be a suit or jeans. The group
will learn together and from one
another. Each week will be focused on
the meaning of a specific prayer and
the personal significance that prayer
evokes. The prayer will be read in
Hebrew and translated, with a discus-
sion of the concepts in those words.
Further discussions will delve into the
language of the prayer — how does
it reach individuals emotionally? Is it
spiritually enriching?
The group also will sing together,
learn new songs and relearn old ones.
Meditation also will be part of the
service.
At the Feb. 1 Shabbat Experience,
the group will explore the morning
blessing through a lens of mind-
fulness and gratitude, facilitated by
Hannah Fine. Also, the structure of
the service will be discussed, laying a
foundation for further study, led by
Marc Sussman.
The next Shabbat Experience will
be Feb. 15. The sessions are open to
the community. For details, call (248)
788-0600 or visit bnaimoshe.org.
From Congregation B’
nai Moshe
Science Magazine’s
2019 People’s Choice
Breakthrough of the Year
Last September, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem researchers Prof. Liran Carmel
and Dr. David Gokhman captivated the
science world with their reconstruction of
a Denisovan, the mysterious human species
that lived 100,000 years ago but disappeared.
Now, Science magazine has named their discov-
ery the 2019 People’
s Choice for Breakthrough
of the Year.
Carmel’
s and Gokhman’
s model relied on
DNA from the barest of remains — just a
pinky bone — and gave the world a glimpse of
this nearly unknown ancestor of modern-day
humans.
After an initial round of competition that
included more than 23,000 votes, Carmel — the
only Israeli researcher to be nominated — made
it to the final round and ultimately prevailed
over three other finalists.