JANUARY 26 • 2023 | 35
T
emple Kol Ami hosts a
Social Action Shabbat
every January around
the time of the Dr. Martin
Luther King holiday, and this
year, congregants from TKA
and First Congregational
Church of Detroit packed the
West Bloomfield synagogue’s
sanctuary for a special Friday
night service.
Members of both choirs
sang, and TKA
’s Social Action
Committee read special passag-
es and excerpts from Dr. King’s
speeches, including his 1964
Nobel Peace Prize speech.
Rev. Peter L. Hart gave a
passionate sermon with per-
spectives about Dr. King and
his legacy, and tears flowed as
both choirs joined at the end
of the service to sing “Down
by the Riverside.
” The two
congregations then mingled
afterward in Conrad Social
Hall for a special Oneg.
Interfaith initiatives are very
important at TKA. Years ago,
its twinning weekend with a
Dearborn mosque garnered
national attention, and this
year’s Social Action Shabbat
once again showed that barri-
ers come down when people
take the initiative to gather in
settings like this.
Rev. Peter L. Hart from First Congregational Church of Detroit
delivers his sermon at Temple Kol Ami’s Social Action Shabbat.
PHOTOS BY SARA KRAVITZ AND JACKIE ZAMECK
MLK Celebration
at Temple Kol Ami
PAUL GROSS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Temple Kol Ami and First Congregational Church of Detroit choirs sing
“Down by the Riverside” at Temple Kol Ami’s Social Action Shabbat.
Temple Kol Ami Cantorial
Soloist Janet Christensen
and Rev. Peter L. Hart of First
Congregational Church of
Detroit
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