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SPOTLIGHT
Olivia Hannah Blumberg,
daughter of Dr. Michele
and Jason Blumberg, will
lead the congregation in
prayer as a bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.
She will be joined in celebration by
her sister, Ella. Olivia is the loving
grandchild of Linda and Robin
Blumberg, Debbie and Darryl
Zanardo, Tom Head, the late Danny
Bailey, and the late Cindy Franz.
She is a student at South Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills.
Olivia’s most meaningful mitzvah
project was volunteering her time in
the choir classroom at Temple Israel.
Dutch Albert Goodman,
son of Regan and Jeffrey
Goodman, will be called to
the Torah as a bar mitzvah
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
Nov. 2, 2024. He will be joined in
celebration by his brother Samuel and
sister, Orion. Dutch is the loving
grandchild of Teri and the late Mark
Goodman, and Lynne and Dale
Boersema.
He is a student at Detroit Country
Day School in Beverly Hills. Dutch’s
most meaningful mitzvah project is
volunteering at Temple Israel’s Free
Fresh Food Pantry.
Myles Kasey Rosenberg,
son of Angela and Daniel
Rosenberg, will lead the
congregation in prayer as a
bar mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. He will be
joined in celebration by his sister
Dylan and brother Ty. Myles is the
loving grandchild of Joanne and Jack
Rubin, Sue and Leonard Rosenberg,
and the late Ann Dings.
He is a student at Geisler Middle
School in Commerce Township. Myles’
most meaningful mitzvah project was
volunteering at Temple Israel.
Congregation B’nai Moshe welcomes Rabbi
Shmuly Yanklowitz as its Sharlene and Seymour
Ungar Scholar in Residence Nov. 8-9.
Rabbi Yanklowitz has twice been named one
of America’s Top Rabbis by Newsweek and has
been named by the Forward as one of the 50
most influential Jews. Nearly
30 of his books and writings
on Jewish ethics have appeared
in outlets as diverse as the
New York Times, the Wall Street
Journal and the Guardian.
Rav Shmuly received
a masters from Harvard
University, a masters from
Yeshiva University, and a
doctorate from Columbia
University. He was ordained as
a rabbi by Yeshivat Chovevei
Torah, along with two private
ordinations in Israel.
He serves as the president and dean of Valley
Beit Midrash (a global Jewish learning and
action center). His wife, Shoshana, and their four
children live in Scottsdale, Arizona. They have
also served as foster parents.
Friday evening Rabbi Yanklowitz will
lead a learning session on “Character &
Virtue: Changing the World from the Inside-
Out.” His Saturday sermon will be “Seeing the
Invisible Right Before Our Eyes: A New Spiritual
Approach to Ethics,” and he will conclude with
a lunch-and-learn discussion
on “In Times of Anxiety
& Worry: Torah Guidance
for Cultivating Spiritual
Calm.” There will be a Friday
evening Shabbat dinner and a
Saturday afternoon luncheon.
The Sharlene and Seymour
Ungar Scholar-in-Residence
Endowment Fund was created
through a bequest by Sharlene
and Seymour Ungar, as well as
gifts from their children and
grandchildren to honor their
memories. This fund is a legacy
to Sharlene and Seymour’s commitment to
Jewish education, synagogue life and especially
to Congregation B’nai Moshe.
RSVPs are required to the Friday evening
Shabbat dinner at www.bnaimoshe.org.
Congregation B’nai Moshe Welcomes
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
Rabbi
Shmuly
Yanklowitz
Metro Detroiters who take care of loved ones
living with dementia can take care of them-
selves for a day at the Caregivers Day Off event
on Sunday, Nov. 10.
The event is free from the Dorothy and Peter
Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Program,
a joint initiative of Gesher Human Services and
Jewish Senior Life.
The event will offer yoga, massage, music
therapy, delicious food, plus educational activ-
ities designed to provide insight, resources and
support to caregivers. It runs from 10:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at Soul Café (5586 Drake Road, West
Bloomfield).
Prior to the day’s events, at 10 a.m. caregivers
will be able to drop their loved ones off at the
nearby Brown Program (6720 W. Maple Road )
where they will be taken care of by expert staff,
given snacks and lunch, and experience spe-
cial programming including music, games and
more.
The Brown Program welcomes people of all
faiths. To register for the program, which has
limited spaces, call Sharilyn Rowe at (248) 592-
5032 or email her at srowe@jslmi.org. Verbal
confirmation is required for registration to be
complete.
“We know that this day is very meaningful
for our caregivers, giving them an opportunity
to take a breath and just focus on how they
feel for a while,” said Brown Program Director
Debi Banooni. “Caregivers are under so much
pressure all the time, and this is a way for them
to get some much-needed relaxation and enjoy-
ment, secure in the knowledge that their loved
one is getting expert care by our trained staff.”
Caregivers Day Off is sponsored by the Dee
dee and Michael Perlman Caregivers Fund. For
more information on the Brown Program, visit
brownadultday.org.
Free Day Off for Caregivers with Loved Ones
Living with Dementia on Nov. 10