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home, and afterward, too,
as they begin the process of
healing,” he said.
Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills roped off
220 seats in their sanctuary
as a start, while the
congregation considers other
actions, said
Rabbi Aaron
Bergman.
Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield
covered 220
pews with
tallitot. Temple
Kol Ami in West Bloomfield,
which is smaller, put tallitot
on chairs, each
with 10 names of
hostages, which
will be displayed
until all are
released, said
Rabbi Natalie
Shribman.
“People were really
touched by this display, and
I am moved by it each time
I go into our sanctuary,” she
said.
In the week after the
terrorist attack, Congre-
gation B’nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield printed pictures
of those murdered and
displayed them outside the
sanctuary. The following
Shabbat, they printed and
displayed some of the flyers
from the series on Hamas
captives (available at www.
kidnappedfromisrael.com).
B’nai Moshe’s Rabbi
Shalom
Kantor said
he considered
Ingber’s
suggestion of
setting aside
seats in the
sanctuary for
the hostages,
OUR COMMUNITY
Rabbi
Shalom
Kantor
Rabbi
Aaron
Bergman
Rabbi
Natalie
Shribman
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Display at
Temple Israel
The display
outside Temple
Shir Shalom
ON THE COVER
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