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faces&places
On April 8, Holocaust
Remembrance Day cere-
monies took place at both
Fleischman Residence and
Meer Apartments of Jewish
Senior Life. Holocaust survi-
vors were joined by residents
and staff who remembered the
6 million Jews who perished in
the Shoah.
In 1959, Israel established
Yom HaShoah to honor the
heroism of the Warsaw Ghetto
fighters. Dr. Charles Silow,
director of JSL
’s Program
for Holocaust Survivors and
Families, commented on the
heroism and resiliency of all
Holocaust survivors.
Survivors lit memorial can-
dles and read moving passages
from Elie Wiesel and Anne
Frank. The service concluded
with the singing of “Hatikvah”
led by survivors Gabriella
Weiss and Laurette Levadi.
PHOTOS COURTESY JSL
Dr.
Charles
Silow
Audience at
Fleischman
Residence
Judy Martin,
widow of
survivor Andrew
Martin, and
Joanne Kristal
Survivor Laurette Levadi and
JSL Chaplaincy Program
Associate Joanne Kristal
Remembrance at JSL
Music Shabbat at Temple Kol Ami
The annual Music Shabbat at
Temple Kol Ami takes place
Friday, April 30, at 7:15 p.m.
The service has been prepared
by Nathalie M. Conrad,
pianist, who served as director
of music at the temple since its
founding in 1966 until being
named music director emerita
in 2009. She is marking her
55th year of making music at
Temple Kol Ami, and several
of her own compositions will
be included in the service.
The worship will be
a “Sermon in Song,
” a
retrospective collection of
synagogue music which
has been heard and sung
for so many years: ancient,
Sephardic, Ashkenazic,
Chassidic, Israeli and
contemporary.
Miles Eichenhorn and
Marci Shulman will serve
as cantorial soloists, and
Rabbi Brent P
. Gutmann will
conduct the service.
The public is invited to view
this service on Facebook at
the Temple Kol Ami Facebook
page.
New Course Explores the Future
This April, Rabbi Levi Dubov
of Chabad Jewish Center of
Bloomfield Hills will offer
This Can Happen, a
new six-session course
by the Rohr Jewish
Learning Institute
(JLI) that will address
pressing questions: Is
the current situation
going to get any bet-
ter? Can we realisti-
cally rectify the world? What
does the future hold in store
for us?
“It’s common for people to
feel that matters are getting
progressively worse and,
fostered by much hysterical
media and general dialogue,
an environment of fear and
despair is all too rampant,
”
Dubov told the Jewish News.
“Exploring world history and
the actual facts from a larger
perspective and context paints
an eye-opening picture, one
that can provide real, practical
understanding and hope.
”
This course will explore one
of the most misunderstood
and maligned topics in the
Jewish canon — the future
redemption, presenting an
opportunity to finally appreci-
ate, in a realistic and down-to-
earth manner, what Judaism
really means when it
talks about a “Messiah.
”
The six-week course
will be offered with three
class options: Wednesday
afternoons, noon-1:30
p.m., beginning April 28,
via Zoom; Wednesday
evenings, 7:30-9 p.m.,
beginning April 28, via Zoom;
and Thursday mornings, 11
a.m.–12:30 p.m., beginning
April 29, which will hopefully
be offered safely in-person
to a limited audience at the
Farber Soul Center in West
Bloomfield, with the option
of ordering lunch from the
Soul Café for a special course
discount.
The course fee is $80, and
includes the course textbook,
with discounts available
for couples and groups.
Scholarships are available
upon request.
Register at bloomfield-
hillschabad.org/canhappen,
or contact Dubov at (248)
949-6210 or rabbi@
bloomfieldhillschabad.org.
Rabbi Levi
Dubov