January 2016 - Congregation Beth Ahm

Congregation Beth Ahm
WINTER 2016
What’s Inside?
Family Havdallah
Pray & Play at Beth Ahm
Friday, January 15 at 6 p.m.
Join us for a family oriented Shabbat
service followed by dinner and an evening
of family style games.
$18 per household
Advanced registration by January 11
to 248-851-6880 or
[email protected] is required
For more info, contact
Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or
[email protected]
Generously sponsored by
The Nadis Family Fund
and Bingo Page 3
Tango and Tapas Page 4
Jewish Mindfulness
Weekend Visions of the
Jewish State Tevet - Shevat - Adar I - Adar II 5776
Page 7
Community
Partnerships Page 8
Calendar of Events Page 10
Being Mortal Page 11
In Loving Memory Page 17
BIG ENOUGH
TO ENRICH YOU.
SMALL ENOUGH
TO KNOW YOU.
Winter 2016 XXXIX No. 3
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Mazal Tov
Mazal Tov and Yasher Koach to:
Sari & Jeff Blackman on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Mitchell Blackman.
Proud grandparents are Linda & Sid Blackman.
Alyse & David Schwartz on the birth of their son Ezra Michael Schwartz.
Proud grandparents are Jody & Rich Grossman.
Proud great-grandparents are Dorothy & Hershel Sandberg.
Rhona & Rob Fidler on the birth of their grandson Evan Zachary Wald.
Elizabeth Traison on her engagement to Ari Witkin.
Proud parents are Janice & Steve Traison.
Proud grandparents are Barbara & Larry Traison.
Ryan Garber and Daniel Warsh on their marriage.
Proud parents are Deborah & Richard Warsh.
Nancy & Manny Kalef on the birth of
their great grandson Henry Samuel Robinson.
BIG
A
Welcome to
our Newest Members
Elaine and Seymour Cohen
Lynne, Daniel and Grace Golodner & Asher, Eliana, and Shaya Schreiber
Jerome, Michelle, Jacob, Thea, and Sara Seid
Daniella, Igor, Pelli, Lev, and Mia Mechnikov
The light of Hanukkah was bright at Beth Ahm’s Hanukkah party. It was the 4th night, 278 people shared
in the mitzvah of lighting the menorah and over 1000 latkes were eaten. A dreidel contest, arts & crafts,
cookie decorating, and Hanukkah magic show completed the evening.
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Family Events
Family Book Club
Families with children ages 9-11 are invited to join our book club. In partnership with Bnai Moshe and Bnai Israel, we’ll
focus on 4 books from the PJ Our Way collection. Each session will include a book discussion, activity and lunch.
Book club meets 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Beth Ahm.
Sunday, January 31
The Path of Names
by Ari Goelman
Sunday, February 28
When the Hurricane Came
by Nechama Liss-Levinson
Contact Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or [email protected] to RSVP and to receive information about how to enroll in
PJ Our Way and receive your free books. The book club is generously funded by a Berman Jewish Family Education Grant.
PJs at Home
Experience the PJ Library at home with friends. Children ages 5 and under will enjoy an evening with their
moms and dads, bubbies and zadies, and other Beth Ahm families. Older siblings are welcome.
Join us for dinner, playtime, project, and a story from the PJ Library.
Sunday, January 10 at 5:00 p.m.
At the home of Sheri and Evan Shapiro
35323 Glengary Circle in Farmington Hills
Saturday, March 12 at 6:00 p.m.
At the home of Amy and Adam Brode
26046 Hendri Blvd in Huntington Woods
There is no cost to participate in PJs at Home but advanced registration to
Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or [email protected] is required.
Havdallah and Family Bingo
Saturday night, February 6 at 6:45 p.m.
Bring the entire family for a camp style Havdallah followed by an exciting night of bingo!
Ice cream, great prizes and lots of fun for everyone. Don’t miss it!
No charge for Beth Ahm families/$18 per non-member family.
For questions or to RSVP, contact Terri Stearn at [email protected]
Sponsored by the Beth Ahm Sisterhood
On January 23, February 27, and March 19
Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein for:
Tot Shabbat at 10:45 a.m.
Parents and/or grandparents are invited to attend with their pre-schoolers!
and
Birthday Shabbat
Kids will join us for end of service in the main sanctuary to receive a special
blessing and gift during their birthday month.
RSVP to Rabbi Rubenstein at 248-851-6880 or [email protected]
Save the Date - April 2 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Youth Shabbat
Bring the family to Shabbat services and stay for lunch! All of our young people,
pre-school through high school will be leading us in services. Childcare will
be available for pre-school through kindergarten aged children. There will also
be a family program presented by the Ramah fellows during the Torah service
for K-5th graders at approximately 10:30 a.m. There is no charge for lunch but
advanced registration is encouraged. Contact Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or
[email protected] to register or with questions.
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Sisterhood & Men’s Club
Tango and Tapas
Saturday, January 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Argentine Tango, 7758 Auburn Road in Utica
Join the Men’s Club and Sisterhood for a night of Argentine dance and cuisine. World Tango
Dancers Daniel & Amanda will perform and teach us how to tango. Enjoy tapas and wine throughout
the night. Prior dance or tango experience is not needed. Come with comfortable shoes and ready
to have fun! $24 per person (checks payable to the Beth Ahm Men’s Club) Advanced registration
by January 4 is required. Contact Jorge Singman at 586-651-7009 or [email protected] with
questions or to register.
Let’s Do Lunch with the Men’s Club
Tuesday, January 12 at noon
Come join Rabbi Rubenstein and the
Men’s Club at Beth Ahm in Mainster Hall
for a chance to meet, greet and eat with
the group. Lunch provided by Dish Kosher
Catering for $12 per person which
includes a turkey or tuna roll-up sandwich,
coleslaw, fruit, bottled water, and a
dessert. Please confirm your attendance
(RSVP’s a must by January 8) by contacting Pat Ritchie
at 248-285-1480 or [email protected]
Zumba with the Sisterhood
Tuesday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Beth Ahm
Join Sisterhood to chase away the winter blues with a fun night
of Zumba! Cely Dias, Zumba instructor at Franklin Athletic
Club, will get us moving and grooving! Start the New Year off
right with your Sisterhood friends! Prior Zumba experience is
not needed. $5 per person
payable at the door. Please
RSVP in advance to
[email protected]
Contact Terri Stearn at
[email protected] or
248-672-3207 with questions.
Sisterhood Book Talk and Lunch in Mainster Hall
Thursday, January 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Rabbi Rubenstein will review “The Betrayers” by David Bezmozgis.
“Bezmozgis has given us a complex moral thriller with weighty political implications regarding the continued
effects of migration of Soviet Jews to Israel on global politics.” - New Republic The cost is $15 per person.
For more information, or to RSVP, contact Shelley Shindler at 248-417-8000 or [email protected]
Men’s Club Intercongregational Dinner
Thursday, February 11 beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Temple Beth El, 7400 Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills
Brotherhood will be celebrated at the 84th annual intercongregational Men’s Club dinner. Ilan Berman, Vice
President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington DC will be the featured presenter. Mr. Berman is a
security expert who has consulted for the CIA and the Department of Defense. He is a faculty member at Missouri
State University and a columnist for Forbes.com and The Washington Times. $54 per person includes appetizers,
cocktails, and dinner. Advanced registration is required. Contact Ron Jedwab at 248-892-8684 or
[email protected] for more information.
Men’s Club Theatre Night with The Village Players of Birmingham
performing “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Saturday, March 12 at 8:00 p.m.
Following the play we will proceed to the Great Lakes Bloomfield Coffee Bar next to the Maple Theatre
for an afterglow. Specialty coffee and one dessert per couple/individual are included.
Tickets are $30 each. Limited seating available.To RSVP or for more details contact Ron Jedwab at
248-788-4950 or [email protected]
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Scholar In Residence Weekend
A Weekend of Jewish Mindfulness
with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell
from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality
January 29-31, 2016
at Congregation Beth Ahm
Friday night, January 29
Kabbalat Shabbat services begin at 6:00 p.m.
followed by dinner and
Rabbi Bendat-Appell’s presentation
The Experience of UnEnding Revelation
Is the revelation ongoing or has it stopped? If it is
ongoing, what might this mean for our experience of
God, study, and Jewish life generally?
Circus skill workshop and
supervised activities for kids
following dinner
$25 per adult • $15 per child ages 6-12
or $50 per household
Children 5 & under are no charge
Advanced registration by January 25 is required.
Call 248-851-6880 or email [email protected]
to register.
Saturday, January 30
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
The Torah speaks of Sinai and Horev interchangeably. Moses and Elijah both experience revelation on that mountain but
their experiences are so different. We’ll compare the two experiences of revelation to see what they teach us.
Shabbat morning sermon and afternoon teaching at 1:00 p.m.
Shabbat as a Mindfulness Practice
Rabbi Bendat-Appell will explore the experience of Shabbat. How do the traditional ideas of Zakhor et Yom HaShabbat
(Remembering Shabbat), and Menuha (rest), help us create a lived, mindful experience that can enrich and sustain?
About our featured guest:
Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell is a Program Director for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and is a co-founder
and Director of the Center for Jewish Mindfulness. Jordan was ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical
College in 2008, after which he served as Rabbi at Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living. Prior to pursuing
his rabbinical studies, Jordan studied Conservation Biology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, spent
several months at Zen centers in California and France, and studied Jewish text at the Conservative Yeshiva
and Machon Pardes in Jerusalem. He is a 2014 recipient of the Covenant Foundation’s Pomegranate Prize for
emerging Jewish educators. For more information about Rabbi Bendat-Appell visit www.jewishspirituality.org
Special Mindfulness Workshop
Foundations of Jewish Mindfulness: The Mechanics of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
Sunday, January 31 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Congregation Beth Ahm
Rabbi Bendat-Appell will offer a day long workshop offering significant instruction in, and opportunities to practice, Jewish
mindfulness meditation. We will explore foundational elements of this accessible practice which can support our capacity to
feel awake, alive and present. Participants will learn how to engage in this practice as well as how to understand it as a deeply
Jewish endeavor.
Fee - $50 per person (includes lunch and snacks)
Advanced registration by January 25 is required.
Call 248-851-6880 or email [email protected] to register.
Jewish Mindfulness weekend is sponsored by the Schreier Shabbat Limud Fund
Congregation Beth Ahm • 5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 • 248-851-6880 • www.cbahm.org
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Synagogue News
You are invited to Beth Ahm’s next Havurah-Style Shabbat Dinner
Friday, February 19 following 6:00 p.m. services
Our havurah-style Shabbat dinners are informal, friendly get-togethers
featuring light vegetarian fare which is prepared in advance in the Sisterhood
kitchen by volunteers. Join us for delicious food, friendly conversation,
Shabbat ambience and camaraderie. Everyone who attends will be asked to
volunteer in some way - whether by food shopping, cooking, coming early to
set the tables, or staying after dinner to clean up.
Dinner will take place in Mainster Hall, so space is limited to about 35 people.
Advance reservations are a must. To RSVP please call Alison at 248-851-6880 or e-mail [email protected] by
Monday, February 15
Cost for dinner is $12 for adults and teens, $5 for ages 5 through 12, and no charge for children under 5.
Maximum cost per household is $36.
Questions, last-minute concerns? Call or text Jeffrey Weiss at 248-202-7620 or e-mail [email protected]
Sidney & Bee Kalt Israel Scholarship
The Kalt Scholarship is a wonderful expression of the value that Beth Ahm places on both our youth and The
State of Israel. The scholarship actively engages your child(ren) during their teen years and rewards them
with funding for future travel to Israel.
Each time your child dedicates her/his time towards a worthy project at Beth Ahm, they will earn credits
towards this scholarship. There are a number of ways for your child(ren) to earn travel credit including:
• Serving as a madrich/madricha in the religious school
• Participating in Mitzvah Kids (social action) activities
• Helping with Shabbat kiddush, the Purim carnival, Hanukkah party, and more
Travel credit can be redeemed for travel to Israel in 2016, 2017, or 2018. For more information about
earning or redeeming credit, please contact Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or [email protected]
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Drop In and Learn on DVD:
“Why Evil Exists”
Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in the Teen Lounge
Free and open to the community
no reservations needed, all welcome
Now in progress – “Why Evil Exists” - 36-part lecture series on
DVD from The Great Courses ® featuring Professor Charles
Mathewes, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies,
University of Virginia. We watch two 30-minute lectures each
week, followed by brief informal discussion. Course will run
through March 23. Syllabus available on request.
Donations are welcome to help underwrite this free weekly
learning opportunity. Each week’s session includes informal
discussion facilitated by Nancy Kaplan. For more information
contact Nancy at 248-737-1931 or
[email protected] or visit www.cbahm.org
Adult Education
Thumin Bet Midrash, in partnership with B’nai Israel Synagogue,
Presents
Visions of the Jewish State
A Seminar with Professor Howard Lupovitch
Mondays in January at 7:30 p.m.
Zionism was far from monolithic as an ideology and as a movement; on the contrary, it was a
complex tapestry of ideas and aims which added up to different notions of what the Jewish State
should be. In this series, we explore the different and at times contradictory Zionist
visions of the Jewish State and how the founders of the State of Israel wove these visions
together into the complex and at times contentious Israeli Society and Politics.
January 11
Herzl: Sovereignty, Honor and Refuge
January 18
Ahad Ha’am, A.D. Gordon, David ben Gurion:
New Jews in a New State
January 25
Jabotinsky: Realism and Militarism
$25 for the series
RSVP to [email protected]
or by calling 248-851-6880
Who are the people in your
Talmudic neighborhood?
with Aron Wogel
Besides their halachic teachings, the rabbis of the Talmud had
unique ways of interacting with each other. We’ll explore these
relationships through the lens of Talmudic storytelling (known as
agadata) to try and understand a bit more of what life was like
during Talmudic times and how we can internalize their lessons
today.
Personalities will include: Rabban Gamliel (the powerful
president), Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Elazar (Rabbi Yochanan’s
strongest students), Bruria (Rabbi Meir’s wife), and more!
Four Sessions:
February 1, 8, 22, 29
at 7:30 p.m.
Fee - $25
RSVP to [email protected]
or by calling 248-851-6880
Aron Wolgel is the Director
of Jewish Student Life at the
Frankel Jewish Academy,
where he has taught Judaic
Studies for the last five years.
Open Bet Midrash with Rabbi Rubenstein
Can’t commit to a full course right now?
Drop in for a session of the Open Bet Midrash at 7:30 p.m.
on one of these dates.
February 1 – Shabbat Kiddush
Learn about the mitzva of reciting Kiddush on Friday evenings.
Why do we say Kiddush? What does it tell us about Shabbat?
February 8 – Dive into the Mishna
We’ll take a look at the structure of The Mishna, one of the
foundational texts of Rabbinic Literature.
February 22 – What’s Bothering Rashi?
Sometimes the best way to fully understand Rashi is to ask
yourself, ‘what’s bothering Rashi about this verse?’ We’ll take a
look at some of Rashi’s comments and become better readers
of Torah ourselves.
February 29 – A Text-Based Primer to the Mitzvot of Purim
Using Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah as our text, we will explore
the mitzvot (commandments) related to the celebration of
Purim.
$5 per session. All texts provided in Hebrew and English
RSVP to [email protected] or call 248-851-6880.
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Community Partnerships
PJ Library Tu B’Shevat Exploration
Sunday, January 24 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
DNR Outdoor Adventure Center 1801 Atwater Street in Detroit
* Explore the outdoors INDOORS
* Reel in a fish, ride in a dune buggy or airplane, explore the outdoors and more
* Learn about trees with DNR educators (1:30 or 2:30 sessions)
* PJ Library Book Readings (every 15 minutes)
* Enjoy birthday snacks
In partnership with The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Temple Israel, and
Adat Shalom. Contact Gail Greenberg at [email protected] or 248-205-2536 with
questions. Free for those who pre-register at jewishdetroit.org/pjtrees
$2 per person at the door
Save the date!
February 25-28
Beth Ahm will be hosting the Central Region USY
Kinnus. Join teens from throughout the Midwest for
a weekend fun. Stay tuned for more information.
Join the High School Collaborative to celebrate Israel and
Tu B’Shevat by working with chefs to create cuisine using
the seven species of Israel.
Sunday, January 31 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mirepoix Cooking School (in Holiday Market)
1203 South Main Street in Royal Oak
Advanced registration to [email protected] is required
and only 30 teens will be able to participate. $5 per person
Generously funded by The Hermelin/Davidson Center for
Congregational Excellence and co-sponsored by
Beth Ahm, Beth Shalom, Temple Kol Ami,
Temple Emanu-El and B’nai Moshe.
“They call these days Purim…and they are celebrated throughout every generation...”
March 23 at Adat Shalom
Carnival and family Purim celebration begins at 5:30 p.m.
Traditional Megillah reading at 7:30 p.m.
With an abundance of hamentaschen, festive activities and friendship with Adat Shalom, B’nai
Moshe, and B’nai Israel, we’ll celebrate Purim together, as a community. Morning Megillah
reading and breakfast on March 24 will be at B’nai Moshe. Watch the Jewish News and
synagogue communications for more information.
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Minyan Matters
Message from the President
Dear Friends,
We should be proud of our synagogue’s continued commitment to
daily morning and evening minyanim. Approximately one hundred
individuals attend one or more services each week. While the makeup
of those attending changes over time as new mourners begin their
periods of mourning and others complete theirs, there is a
continuous need for new participants to get involved. As we enter the
winter months when regular participants scatter to warmer climates,
the need is even greater. What better time for you to get involved!
I encourage you to join our minyan team as a regular attendee (e.g.
one morning or evening a week) or on an on-call basis. Most morning
minyanim run 35-40 minutes while evenings run 15-20 minutes.
If you join us, you will be doing a mitzvah, feel a sense of community
and know that you are helping to continue an important Jewish
tradition.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been part
of Kehillat Yom Yom / Daily Minyan
at Beth Ahm since we launched
our Minyan Matters project in the spring of 2006.
It has been a great honor to work with
so many dedicated volunteers
and to get to know all of you wonderful
people as together we built
a strong, vibrant davening community.
The Beth Ahm minyan is in very capable hands
with our new coordinator Rick Emmer.
I know that everyone will continue to
give minyan your participation and support!
To volunteer or for more information, please call or email me.
Remember, it’s not how often one comes to minyan but that one
makes the commitment.
KOL HA KAVOD!
B’yedidut / In friendship,
Nancy
I wish you and your family a Healthy and Happy New Year!
Rick Emmer
248-660-4071
[email protected]
Shabbat Times
Candlelighting
Shabbat ends
January 1 - 4:52 p.m.
January 2 - 5:59 p.m.
January 8 - 4:59 p.m.
January 9 - 6:05 p.m.
January 15 - 5:07 p.m.
January 16 - 6:13 p.m.
January 22 - 5:15 p.m.
January 23 - 6:20 p.m.
January 29 - 5:24 p.m.
January 30 - 6:29 p.m.
February 5 - 5:33 p.m.
February 6 - 6:37 p.m.
February 12 - 5:43 p.m.
February 13 - 6:46 p.m.
February 19 - 5:52 p.m.
February 20 - 6:54 p.m.
February 26 - 6:00 p.m
February 27 - 7:03 p.m.
March 4 - 6:09 p.m.
March 5 - 7:11 p.m.
March 11 - 6:17 p.m.
March 12 - 7:19 p.m.
March 18 - 7:26 p.m.
March 19 - 8:28 p.m.
March 25 - 7:34 p.m.
March 26 - 8:36 p.m.
Service Times
Daily Minyan
Monday – Thursday: 7 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Friday: 7 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Sunday & Major Legal Holidays: 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.
* Weekday morning minyan starts at 6:45 a.m. on Rosh Hodesh
(Monday, January 11, Tuesday, February 9, Wednesday,
February 10, Thursday, March 10, and Friday, March 11)
Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv – Friday 6 p.m.
Shabbat Morning – Saturday 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat MinhaJanuary & February
Minha 1:00 p.m.
March
Minha 4:30 p.m.
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Calendar of Events
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • 6600 W. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI • 48322 • 248.432.5579
Exploring the Figure
A collection of Detroit artists
celebrating the human figure
Sunday, January 10 – Thursday, February 18
Opening Reception: Sunday, January 10, 1-4 p.m.
Beautiful, expansive and relatable, the figure is often the most
relevant means of sharing conceptual ideas. In this exhibit, artists
challenge our perception of this traditional art form and bring a
new understanding of what it is to be human.
Featured Artists:
John Hegarty
Bruce Giffin
Deborah Marlowe Kashdan
Bowen Kline
Camille LaMontagne
Niagara
Tony Roko
Slaw
Michelle Tanguay
Paula Zammit
In the Side Gallery
Nathan Tonning: Starting Over
Sunday, March 13-Thursday, April 21
Opening Reception:
Sunday, March 13 1-4 p.m.
Modest notions of storage and use are
addressed through ceramic vessels, found
objects, and constructed environments.
Building upon humor, and language, Starting
Over is an examination of the punctuations of
life, history, and process as it relates to clay
as an ever-present technology.
The Janice Charach Gallery is open
from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. on Sundays.
For information, call the gallery at 248-432-5448,
go to www.jccdet.org or visit the
Janice Charach Gallery on Facebook.
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Teen event with Rabbi Rubenstein
Tapas and Tango
PJs at Home
Visions of the Jewish State with Howard Lupovitch
Zumba with the Sisterhood
Let’s Do Lunch with the Men’s Club
Pray and Play family Shabbat dinner
Visions of the Jewish State with Howard Lupovitch
Sisterhood book club
Tot Shabbat
Birthday Shabbat
Young adult dinner, drinks, and havdallah
PJ Library Tu B’Shevat Exploration
Visions of the Jewish State with Howard Lupovitch
The Experience of UnEnding Revelation with
Rabbi Bendat-Appell
Shabbat as a Mindfulness Practice with
Rabbi Bendat-Appell
Foundations of Jewish Mindfulness with
Rabbi Bendat-Appell
February 2016
Bet Midrash with Rabbi Rubenstein
Talmudic Neighborhood with Aron Wogel
Family havdallah and bingo
Bet Midrash with Rabbi Rubenstein
Talmudic Neighborhood with Aron Wogel
Intercongregational Men’s Club dinner
Havurah Shabbat dinner
Bet Midrash with Rabbi Rubenstein
Talmudic Neighborhood with Aron Wogel
Tot Shabbat
Birthday Shabbat
Family book club
Bet Midrash with Rabbi Rubenstein
Talmudic Neighborhood with Aron Wogel
March 2016
Family camp begins
Shabbat dinner and limmud
Men’s Club Theatre night
PJs at Home
Limmud Michigan
Tot Shabbat
Birthday Shabbat
Purim carnival and Megillah reading
Morning Megillah reading
Message from the Rabbi
Being Mortal
Dr. Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal was recommended to me several times before it made its way to the
top of books that I ‘absolutely had to read’. Now that I’ve read it, it seems to me a truly important book. While
I think that Dr. Gawande’s book is wonderfully written and engaging, and that it has many insights about the
way our society deals with the realities of aging, medical care, nursing care, hospice (and other
issues as well), I believe that Being Mortal is important because it repeatedly calls on us to ask questions.
Dr. Gawande brings wonderful stories of how individuals, families, and institutions deal with the challenges
of disease and aging. He repeatedly shows his readers how important it is for individuals to ask themselves
(or be asked) questions about what they want their life to be like when illness, disease, or injury derails their
life plans. By asking questions, individuals are given the opportunity to make important choices about continuing/ending treatment, about
where and how they will live, and what kind of treatment they would like done when they can no longer make these choices.
This is difficult ground to cover. What makes Dr. Gawande’s book uplifting rather than depressing, is that he shows that having these
conversations and making these choices create comfort and relief for individuals and for families in situations where one might assume that
few choices remain, and little comfort is available.
Rather than a book report, this article is a call to our congregation. We have not had many opportunities to tackle this issue, and to the
extent that we have, we have not done it in a sustained way. Perhaps the time is right for us to help each other have these discussions or at
least prepare ourselves for these discussions. These are conversations that are applicable to all of us because we are all mortal. You don’t
need to be in an advanced stage of illness to want to explore ideas and your own feelings surrounding illness and dying. So, consider this
an invitation to discussion. If you would be interested in shaping and/or participating in conversations like this, please let me know.
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein
248-851-6880 ext. 17
[email protected]
Rabbi Rubenstein is sending out a call for those who would like to read Torah
or a haftarah in the coming months. There are many opportunities for those who would
like to read. He is happy to provide you with materials (and encouragement!).
You can contact Rabbi Rubenstein directly
at [email protected] or by calling the synagogue office.
Young Adult Dinner, Drinks and Havdalah
Saturday, January 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Young adults (22-40) are invited to join us for Havdalah,
food, and drink. Hosted at the home of Illana and Noah
Stern, 6851 East Knollwood in West Bloomfield.
No cost to attend, but advanced registration is requested.
RSVP to Rabbi Rubenstein at [email protected]
“Do Jews Have Horns?” and Other Awkward Questions
A Conversation For High Schoolers
January 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Teen Lounge
We are fortunate to live in a multi-cultural society where Jews can be Jews in whatever way they’d
like. Still, since not everyone knows what it means to be Jewish, you may be asked questions which
seem awkward or even insensitive. How should you respond? Join Rabbi Rubenstein for an open
conversation about being Jewish in America today and what it means to find a comfortable way to
field uncomfortable questions.
Hot chocolate and snacks will be served. All welcome! Please RSVP to Rabbi Rubenstein at
[email protected]
Save the Date
First Night Seder
Friday, April 22
Join Rabbi Rubenstein to recall the story of our freedom with family and friends. Special activities for the
kids. Dietary laws observed. Seder details including registration information will be available in March.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
January Birthdays
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Madison Avery Ben
Susan Fishman
Lisa Papsin
Eden Adler
Marvin Kramer
Eitan Giske
Joshua Bernard
Polina Stryk
Arthur Smith
Andrew Baskin
Daniel Stryk
Adam Brode
Alexis Darmon
Beth Nadis
Julie Cohen
Noah Geller
David Eisenberg
Arthur Lebedinski
Vivian Friedman
Samuel Kepes
Andrew Langberg
Richie Berg
Kate Kurzmann
David Kurzmann
Bella Papsin
Isabel Jacobson
Hershel Sandberg
Janice Traison
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Bea Mondry
Jeri Rope
Helen Shapiro
Jason Tamaroff
Elisa Zabel
Donna Farber
Isabella Rosenberg
Marilyn Fishman
Marla Schmitz
Susan Feber
Anna Nedelman
Alesa Silver
Matthew Papsin
Wendy Robins
Beverly Sabbath
Jack Beavers
Arthur Gaba
Maurice Davidson
David Elkus
Laurenne Kaufman
Steven Shapiro
Michael Stryk
Kasondra Brittingham
Robin Lewis
Chloe Weisberg
Masada Lakind
Dorothy Last
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Rachel Geller
Alexa Lepsetz
Francine Levine
Casie Menuck
Rachel Belsky
Rona Rones
Sandra Tamaroff
Meredith Ben
Karen Frehsee
Maximilian Goodman
Deborah Rubyan
Jacob Ben
Blake Ribiat
March Birthdays
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Eleanor Fradis
Mark Wolf
Rachel Israel
James Sondheimer
Martin Darvick
Monica Rosen
Noah Singman
Mitchell Adler
Danielle Jacobson
Alvin Kwaselow
Phoebe Mainster
Luke Zeff
Owen Farber
Ellery Gnesin
Jeffrey Leventhal
Adam Riemer
Margie Shapiro
Lillian Soble
Claire Tamaroff
Annise Goodman
Leo Weiss
Howard Frehsee
Anna Glik
Karen Stryk
Aden Cetner
Peter LeWitt
Helen Indianer
Jeremy Kahan
Asher Schreiber
Shari Smith
Marc Shindler
Susan Poellet
Harvey Zalesin
Jordan Weinfeld
Joshua Berg
Marvin Kief
Lindsey Lampear
Douglas Woll
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Evan Shapiro
Steven Stryk
Elan Tamaroff
Chris Gray
Sidney Neuman
Jeffrey Blackman
Hillel Chudnow
Rachel Kahan
Donald Kirsch
Jeffrey Adler
Jeffrey Stilman
Natalie Charach
Paul Darmon
Lawrence Shook
Nancy Aal
Adrian Elfersy
Brandon Fishman
Ariel Golnick
Caleb Nusbaum
Asher Steingold
February Birthdays
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Leslie Baron
Laura Ellenbogen
Alex Goldis
Rita Levin
Miles Menuck
Chava Adler
Adam Gnesin
Allison Levick
Ruth Moltz
Benjamin Harvey
Jeffrey Sondheimer
Faye Braverman
Justin Brittingham
Daniel Zalesin
Shirley Cykiert
Joel Mazur
Amanda Farber
William Goodman
Jill Menuck
Florence Schreier
Peter Harvey
Jan Rubinstein
Strul User
Frances Fetter
Marian Guttman
Nadav Pais-Greenapple
Jason Golnick
Andrea Jacobson
David Newman
Daniel Shapiro
Erica Gray
Nancy Jacobson
Deborah Warsh
Moshe Koren
Charlene Kott
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Robert Levine
Suzanne Sondheimer
Emma Mientkiewicz
Adam Shindler
Paige Stearn
Jason Weintraub
Burton Applebaum
Barbara Stryk
Karen Davidson
Chloe Gray
Betty Klein
Ainsley Hornung
Sadie Schlaff
Kerstyn Zalesin
Sara Zwickl
Amy Brode
Sam Langberg
Renee Nadiv
Drew Edelstein
Sarah Wolf
Jodi Cranis
Lisa Rothberger
Audrey Sondheimer
Samantha Darmon
Ron Gaba
Dina Kawer
Alexander Lebedinski
Lawrence Traison
Joseph Jacobson
Harry Tuchklaper
Ilana Adler
Leon Salomon
Oliver Soble
January Anniversaries
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Elliot & Ronni Baum 5th
Edward & Millie Rosenbaum 45th
Jeffrey & Erin Stilman
Roland & Venera Collins
Steven & Kimberly Siegler
Michael & Rachel Geller 5th
Wallace & Sylvia Kinzer
Edward & Betty Klein
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27 Arthur & Dolores Smith
29 Jeffrey & Nancy Adler
February Anniversaries
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Steven & Lisa Chaben
Gene & Sherri Goodman
Steven & Cara Schafer
Howard & Lili Brode
Ed & Julie Hersch
Donald & Zita Kirsch
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Sheldon & Florence Dulberg
Andrew & Elissa Sternberg
Adrian & Majorie Elfersy
March Anniversaries
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Mark & Theresa Migdal 30th
Michael Rubin & Sidney Simonian
Jarod & Amber Fischer
Robert & Toby Kleinberg
Alex & Cheryl Goldis
David & Susan Feber 20th
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Dennis & Anita Blender
Jeffrey & Nancy Weinfeld
Bernard & Florence Schreier 65th
David & Terry Kahan
Tributes
Aliyah Fund
Max & Mali Blum
Sidney & Bee Kalt
Henry Rubin
Donation by:
Senior Shut-in Fund
Israel Scholarship Fund
By: Elayne & Barry Moss
In Memory of:
Gladys Allen
Barbara Cohen
Reta & Bernie Sigal
In Memory of:
Maxine & Stephen Shoskes
Ida Kurland
Bee Kalt
Ilene & Henry Rubin
By: Pauline & Werner Seiferheld
By: Steven R. Kalt
Manny & Nancy Kalef
Claude Superstine
Morris Kurland
Joseph Fetter
By: Pauline & Werner Seiferheld
By: Steven Kalt & Robert Heeren
on Rosh Hashanah
Heinz Seiferheld
Esther Kawer
Esther Kawer Minyan
By: Noel Lawson
By: Pauline & Werner Seiferheld
Minyan Breakfast Fund
Breakfast Fund Sponsors
Donation by:
In Memory of:
Our ark opening
Stuart J. Bricker Library Shelf Fund
Laraine & Larry Deutsch
Barbara Vine, Mother
By: Lili & Howard Brode
In Memory of:
Seymore Resnick
By: Sandy Vine-Sirlin
In Honor of:
Dina Superstine, Mother
Nancy Kaplan
By: Sharon Klein
In Honor of:
My maftir Aliyah
By: Sharon Klein
Thank You to our recent
Marion Cohen
My Aliyah
By: Alfred D. Bricker
By: Ruth Moltz
Joel Shapiro
My Aliyah
Rose Neuman, Wife
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
By: Paul Darmon
Itamar Moltz’s Bar Mitzvah
By: Margot Efros
Get Well Wishes to:
By: Sidney Neuman
Joseph Fetter
Rick Emmer
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
By: Gladys Allen
Louis Tamaroff, Father
Elayne & Barry Moss
By: Marvin Tamaroff
In Memory of:
Lee Rothstein, Mother
Ronald Urbach
By: Larry, Jay and Stuart Rothstein
By: The Giske Family
Harry Bricker
In Memory of:
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
Stanford Gittleman
By: Ilene Gittleman
Fannie Bricker
By: Dorothy & Hershel Sandberg
Otilia Rosenthal, Mother
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
Helen Silverman
By: Anita Zalesin
Marvin Dubrinsky
Jack Shenkman
Rose Wiesenberg, Mother
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
Esther Sperber
By: Bill Sperber
Frances Warsh
Henry Rubin
Jean Brookenthal, Mother
Fern “Fritzi” Rott
In Memory of:
Get Well Wishes to:
Candy Davidson
Joel Shapiro
By: Toby & Rob Kleinberg
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
Clara & Irvin Charach, Parents
Lena Dinnerstein
Rose & Joseph Abraham Miller,
By: Raye Dinnerstein
Parents
In Honor of:
By: Toby & Rob Kleinberg
Marv Tamaroff’s 90th Birthday
Mildred (Mille) Chad
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
By: Jean Blau
Walter & Shirley Cykiert Fund
Meyer Millman
Donation by:
By: Margi & Morry Opperer
By: Natalie & Manny Charach
Monique Adelski
Henry Rubin
By: Paul (Bella) Brookenthal
By: Dr. Linda Bolton & Sid Blackman
Abraham Kleinberg
By: Toby & Rob Kleinberg
By: Claire (Marvin) Tamaroff
By: Raye Dinnerstein
By: Lillian & Al Bricker
Beth Ahm Endowment Fund
By: Miriam (Isac) User
By: Adele Silver
Rebekka Bunina, Mother
By: Olga (Lev Lilov) Makar-Limanov
Stuart Cykiert
Lottie Salzman, Mother
By: Dolores (Leonard) Farber
Helen Schlachter Fitlow
By: Toby & Rob Kleinberg
In Memory of:
Thank You to:
Fern “Fritzi” Rott
Bob Levine
By: Stuart Cykiert
By: Belle Hornung
By: Marsha Lynn
By: Hershel (Dorothy) Sandberg
Max Schlachter
By: Marsha Lynn
Mildred (Mille) Chad
Rebecca Sandberg, Mother
Esther Sperber, Wife
By: Bill Sperber
By: Shirley Cykiert
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Tributes
Regina and Walter Litt
Stella Skolnik’s Bat Mitzvah
Ronald Urbach
Julia Klein’s Bat Mitzvah
Jewish Music Fund
By: Bruce Skolnik & Michele Friend
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
By: Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel
Beverly Fradis
In Memory of:
Candy Davidson
Itamar Moltz’s Bar Mitzvah
Eleanor Fradis
Henry Rubin
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
By: Emery Weiss
Karen & Maurice Davidson
By: Florence Schon
Donation by:
Malka Littman & Nahman Littman
Bea Weinstein
Henry Rubin
Harry & Belle Ribiat Garden Fund
By: Diane & Al Sasson
Nancy Kaplan
Nadis Family Fund
In Honor of:
Adele Silver
By: Ila & Les Schonberg
In Memory of:
The birth of grandson
Nancy & Manny Kalef
Staci Giske and Family
Lee Applebaum
Ezra Michael Schwartz
By: Sara & Maxwell Nadis
to Jody & Rich Grossman
Synagogue Fund
By: Roz Winer
Donation by:
Willie Opperer Fund
Cathy & Rene Lichtman
Linda & Steve Jacobson
Irene Slobin
My Aliyah
By: Jack Shankman
In Memory of:
In Memory of:
Garry Parker
Bruce Karp
Gayle Rothenberg
Susan Sills-Levey & Michael Levey
By: Margi Karp Opperer
By: Risha Ring,
Nanette & Jason Gold
Flo & Don Nitzkin’s
and Morry Opperer
Jared, Lisa and Amy Rothberger
Harold Strom
60th Wedding Anniversary
Gerald Naftaly
By: Marcia & Ed Kersch
In Honor of:
Henry Rubin
Jason Weintraub
Rose Shoskes’ new home
By: Risha Ring
Richard Wolk
Samantha Erin Rosen
In Honor of:
Our Home Our Future
Youth Programming Fund
Ilene & Henry Rubin’s
Susan Rose
In Honor of:
In Memory of:
65 Wedding Anniversary
By: Isaac Smith
Ilene & Henry Rubin’s
Sam Kaufer
and special birthdays
65th Wedding Anniversary
By: Helen & Sy Indianer
By: Nancy Aal
Rabbi Dorit Edut
Anita & Harvey Zalesin
By: Isaac Smith
By: Margi & Morry Opperer
David Goodman
By: Henry Dodge
and special birthdays
By: Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Schwartz
Joseph & Yetta Schlaff
Pearl Dubin and Family
Memorial Fund
th
Connie, Hal, Blair & Lindsey Schwartz
Isabel Jacobson’s Bat Mitzvah
In Memory of:
The birth of grandson
Get Well Wishes to:
Joel Shapiro
Ezra Michael Schwartz
Edward Klein
By: Bea Mondry
to Jody & Rich Grossman
Get Well Wishes to:
By: Lois & Mark Langberg
Rick Emmer
Flo & Don Nitzkin
By: Debi & Steve King
By: Risha Ring
In Honor of:
Prayer Book Fund
Clare Chait’s birthday
In Honor of:
By: Bea Mondry
Elayne & Barry Moss’
By: Anita & Harvey Zalesin
Linda & Sid Blackman
The Bar Mitzvah of
Warren Tessler’s grandson
Jeff Silver
Wedding Anniversary
Shabbat Kiddush Fund
Jonah Zisholtz
By: Anita & Harvey Zalesin
By: Marsha Barnett & Adrian Holmes
In Honor of:
By: Anita & Harvey Zalesin
Nancy & Ira Goldberg
Helen & Jack Berke
Rabbi Rubenstein
Ellen Schwartz
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Janet & Herb Pont
The marriage of
Anna & Len Stein
Daniel Warsh to Ryan Garber
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
David Goodman
Donation by:
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Cherie Lyons Guttman
Herschel Wander
In Honor of:
By: Helene & Leslie Kohn
By: Martin & Susan Rose
Sharon Lampear
Nancy & Jerry Reed
Get Well Wishes to:
being named Kallat Torah
Marilynn & Rick Emmer
Rick Emmer
By: Ruthellen & Bob Singer
Debi & Steve King
The marriage of
Etta Zivian
By: Cathy & Rene Lichtman
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Rabbi Rubenstein
By: Philip Elkus
In Memory of:
Ryan Cykiert to Stephanie Davis
Debi & Steve King
Esther Kalef
By: Candy & David Cuttner
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
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Linda Bolton Blackman
Ed Klein
By: Dolores & Leonard Farber
Tributes
Illene Wenner
Linda & Steve Jacobson
Beth Rich
Joel Shapiro
By: Tena Bobrin
Barry & Betty Lou Barry
Sandy & Jerry Helman
By: Jane & Chuck Kessler
Shelley & Joel Tauber
Marisa, Gary, Shyah
Joan & Neil Satovsky
and Masada LaKind
Alan Malbin
Diana & Alex Kovnat
By: Melissa Broadman
In Memory of:
Sharon Bergman
By: Linda & Ron Jedwab
Michael Kent
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice
Ronald Urbach
By: Zita & Don Kirsch
Joseph Fetter
Aenetta & Gerald Fischer
By: Linda & Sid Blackman
Anita & Harvey Zalesin
Henry Rubin
Dolores & Leonard Farber
Jean Blau
By: Margo & Doug Woll
Beck & Gary Sakwa
Jennifer Lanxner
Charlotte Dubin
Yahrzeit Fund
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
Debi & Steve King
In Memory of:
Marilyn & Jerry Soble
Dora Galer
Sylvia & Wallace Kinzer
By: Shirley Cykiert
Helena Lebovic
Sarah Gross
By: Gail Lebovic
By: Goldie Topper
Thank You to:
Else & Siegfried Siegler
Helene & Leslie Kohn
Sylvia Kasoff
Tom Barth
By: Charlotte Jonap & Henry Dodge
Carol Frank and Nancy Frank
Robert Stillman
Rev. Joseph Mermelstein
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice,
By: Hannah Garton and Family
Meredith Ben and Family
Sandy & Jim Danto and Family
Meyer Arbit
By: Flo & Don Nitzkin
Mrs. Pat Spadafore’s
good friend Glen
Rabbi Steven & Robin Rubenstein
Eleanor Peltz
By: Larry Shook
TOSAT Fund
Dr. Easton Brodsky
In Honor of:
By: Larry Shook
The birth of grandson
Ezra Michael Schwartz
Murray Gittleman
to Jody & Rich Grossman
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
By: Debi & Steve King
By: Marion & Richard Menczer
Muriel Kushner
Ilene & Henry Rubin’s
Flo & Don Nitzkin
By: Flo & Don Nitzkin
65th Wedding Anniversary
Alex Rubin
Henry Rubin
By: Nancy Aal
By: Joanne & Michael Bellet
By: Marilyn Rice
Mildred (Mille) Chad
By: Anna Nedelman
By: The Flinks
and special birthdays
Harry Jacobson
By: Zita & Don Kirsch
Abraham Liber
By: Vivian Friedman
Carl Levy
By: Hilde Dreifus
Merle R. Silverman
By: Selma Silverman
By: Laurie & Danny Dubin
Gail Silverman Cohen and Family
Eugene Ketchel
Marsha Lynn
In Memory of:
Candy Davidson
Dorothy & Hershel Sandberg
Harry Levine
By: Sari & Jeffrey Weiss
Margot Efros
By: Marsha Lynn
Linda & Ron Jedwab
Maxine Berman
Marcy, Daniel, Scott and
Ruth & Alvin Kwaselow
Henry Rubin
Rachel Wasserman
Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
By: Cherie Warsaw
Cheryl & Paul Darmon
Laila Azzouz
Heidi Coffman
Marc, Erin and Michelle Betman
Lone Pine Villas Condos
Chuck, Laura, Marissa
Edith Wyman
Judy Vine
and Danielle Goldston
By: Carol Wyman
Lawrence Terebelo
By: Gail Baron
Rivka Salomon
Chava Salomon
By: Esther & Leon Salomon
Joel Shapiro
Marilynn & Richard Emmer
By: Ada & Howard Yerman,
Bylaina & Robert Lavine
Louis & Fay Woll
Albert, Claire and Ellie
Flo & Don Nitzkin
Memorial Bible Garden Fund
Sandra & Richard Luboviski
Jody & Rich Grossman
In Honor of:
and Family
Libby Newman
Margo & Doug Woll
Fern “Fritzi” Rott
Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
Bonnie, Henri & Steven Medwed
By: Debbie and Brett Malbin
By: Lois & Mark Langberg
Linda & Sid Blackman
Etta Zivian
Dolores & Leonard Farber
Andrea & Ely Tama
In Memory of:
Sharon & Shel Rocklin
David Dunn
Doris Halprin
Jordan & Jason Light
Ileene Zate
Linda & Sid Blackman
By: Anita & Bob Naftaly
Ellyn & Marc Weiss
Roz Winer
Harry Rosenbaum
Judy & Irwin Elson
Tessa Goldberg
By: Ira Rosenbaum
By: Marc Terebelo
By: Barbara Katzman
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Tributes
Sara Haar
Joe Fetter
Louis Browarny
Merle R. Silverman
By: Hannah Garton
By: Dora Ackerman
By: Goldie Topper
By: Gail Silverman Cohen
and The Freedmans
Esther Auster
By: Deede & Miles Auster
and Family
Mose Topper
William Auster
By: Goldie Topper
By: Deede & Miles Auster
Harriet Goldberg
By: Steven Goldberg
By: Anna Glik & Boris Drigant
Otto Kaufman
Joseph Fradis
By: Minna Kaufman
Eleanor Fradis
By: Nety & Carl User
Mary & Paul Rafales
Lil & Jess Stearn
By: Beverly Fradis
Iacov Yanai
Family members
Sylvia Nedelman
Richard Stearn
By: Anna Nedelman
By: Nita & Allyn Stearn
Alma Levy
Mother – Lottie Salzman
By: Hilde Dreifus
Father – Samson Salzman
Liezer Leib Iancovici
Morton Moltz
By: Nety User
Eva & Irving Lang
By: Ruth Moltz
Alan Schreier
By: Phyllis & Burton Applebaum
Sarah Zalesin
By: Harvey Zalesin
By: Merle Leserman
Andrea Kalef-Brass
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Harry Goldberg
By: Madeline Rosenfield
By: Flo & Don Nitzkin
Ronald Urbach
By: Audrey & Jack Sobel
By: Audrey & Jack Sobel
In Memory of:
My parents, sister and brothers
Esther Sperber
Mother – Lottie Salzman
Father – Samson Salzman
By: Kayla & Rob Stein
By: Dolores Farber
Bernard Iancovici
Mother – Sadie Farber Weinstock
By: Nety User
Father – Samuel Farber
Sister – Florence Tucker
Eva Rubin
Simonne Stern
The Ruth Mermelstein
Kitchen Fund
By: Nancy Aal
In Memory of:
Henry Rubin
Pesia Wecker
By: Morrie, Karen and Joel Davidson
By: Evelyn Wecker Freeman
Illene Wenner and
Fanny Yarzig
By: Lisa & Michael Wais
Nathan Bobroff
Leonard Efros
Shari & Craig Morgan
In Honor of:
Beverly Fradis
Nancy Kaplan
Eleanor Fradis
By: Ruth & Alvin Kwaselow
By: Margot Efros
Anna Stein
Get Well to:
Yom Kippur Yizkor
Harvey Schulist
Lottie Salzman
In Memory of:
By: Karen & Morrie Davidson
By: Dolores Farber
Hermina & Benny Friedman
Helen Silverman
By: Anita Zalesin
By: Jack Friedman
Martha Nitzkin
By: Rochelle Shindler
Illene Wenner
By: Morrie, Karen and Joel Davidson
Our family
By: Rena & Dave Kresch
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By: Leonard Farber
Hilde Frank
Ruth Waserman
By: Nancy & Ira Goldberg
By: Amy, Peter and Benjamin Harvey
By: Jack Friedman
Henry Rubin
Simon Eudovich
Lewis G. Hyams
By: Linda Schmier
Shemini Atzeret Yizkor
By: Carol Wyman
By: Charlene Edelman
By: Cherie Kohl-Warsaw
By: Cathy Lichtman
Irving Wyman
Cecile Bass
Alice Eudovich
By: Charlotte Dubin
By: Leonard Farber
Barrow Bass
Ilene Cohen
By: Cherie Kohl-Warsaw
Sister – Florence Tucker
By: Lawrence Benton
Ann Selig
Keith A. Feldman
By: Irvin Kessler
Charlotte Cohen
By: Bill Sperber
By: Marlene Moss
By: Robert R. Feldman
Father – Samuel Farber
Mariette Moscovici
By: Manuela User
By: Cathy & Rene Lichtman
Mother – Sadie Farber Weinstock
Al Tobin
Barbara Glinski
By: Les Baron
By: Dolores Farber
Morris Kurland
Yahrzeits–In Loving Memory
Sponsored by the Beth Abraham Cemetery Association, serving our congregation since 1912.
*Denotes a plaque in the Kahan Memorial room
January 2016 - Tevet/Shevat 5776
1/1/2016 (20 Tevet)
Nellie Chad*, Ela Dzodin, Max Feit*, David Klein*, Rebecca Lieberman*, Laurence Larry Ribiat, Dora Saulles*, Ellis Sheplow,
Pearl Zeltzer*
1/2/2016 (21 Tevet)
Sonia Abramson, Hyman Berke*, Asco Dosu, Jennie Fishel*, Helena Lebovic*, Bernardo Luchtan, Dorothy Reisner*, Mae Robins, Harry Rosen*, Rose Silverman, Fannie Tartof*
1/3/2016 (22 Tevet)
Mayer Adler*, Mehir Kahan, Zelda Markzon*, Elsie Robert, Karen Sicherman*, Jacob Wapner*, Bertha Weisner*
1/4/2016 (23 Tevet)
Harry Horowitz*, Rae Katz*, Rose Kaufman*, Rochel Leah Klar*, Anna Silver*
1/5/2016 (24 Tevet)
Miriam Gordner, Jack Kahan*, Neil Kalef*, Hugh Warsh*
1/6/2016 (25 Tevet)
Michael Haron*, Bessie Rothenberg*, Blima Saltzman*, Charlotte Tessler
1/7/2016 (26 Tevet)
Clara Charach*, Seliag Davidson*, Howard Guttman, Mina Kresch, Isaac Harry Newman*, Ruth Shapiro, Elliot Spiller
1/8/2016 (27 Tevet)
Sophie Berman*, Harry A. Levy*, Toby Rope, Lillian Schon*, Kate Strassburger*
1/9/2016 (28 Tevet)
Janet Bloch*, Shimon Goldis, Milton Irwin Kushnir*, Hilda Lacs*, Nathan Landgarten, Helen Mandell*, Ann Mitteldorf*,
Helen Siegel Music*, Jacob Rothbart*, Isadore Shanbrom*
1/10/2016 (29 Tevet)
Albert Layne, Harold Allen Rieger*, Joseph Sabbath, Vivian Seiferheld*, Kenneth Soble*, Gordon Warsaw
1/11/2016 (1 Shevat)
Afia Awjio, Margareta Doiny*, Edith Kirschner, Harry Saferstein*, Richard Stearn*
1/12/2016 (2 Shevat)
Malli Blum*, David Braverman*, Rebecca Freidgood*, Charles Kalt*, Solomon Stone, Molly Rappoport Surowitz*, Chayem Thurswell*, Morris Weiner*
1/13/2016 (3 Shevat)
Samuel I. Bernstein*, Mary Levine, Avrum Moscovici, Alfred H. Schulist*, Sam Warsh*
1/14/2016 (4 Shevat)
Rose Bakst*, Rhoda Wolberg Hochwald*, Maurice Lahr*, Eugenia Gusta Pokart*, Bertha Rubin, Beatrice Stein, Benjamin Sweet
1/15/2016 (5 Shevat)
Moritz Bacharach*, Meyer Cohn*, Ann Dembs*, Morris Eder*, Morris Gerston*, Ravella Ratner*, Len Wanetik
1/16/2016 (6 Shevat)
Herman Curtis*, Rose Lubin, Meyer Nitzkin*, Louis Opperer, Nathan Potach*, Richard Rader*, Rose Zakon*
1/17/2016 (7 Shevat)
Edward (Ted) Allen*, Sidney Cohen*, David Finkelstein*, Sam Z. Hirschman*, Mina Inowlocki*, Sarah Jaffie*, Esser Korman,
Molly Linder, Abraham Moses*, Brinnie Rubin*
1/18/2016 (8 Shevat)
Morris Kief, Ann Kleinstein, Albert Kurzmann, Morey Patrick
1/19/2016 (9 Shevat)
Ruth Baker, Clara Kurtzman, Ethel Mogill*, Mary Rosenzweig*
1/20/2016 (10 Shevat)
Earl Israel Davidson*, Peter Zucca*
1/21/2016 (11 Shevat)
Fred Baum, David Davidson, Jacob Dubrinsky*, Sol Goodman*, Anna Lasser*, Celia Margolis*
1/22/2016 (12 Shevat)
George Berk, Shirley Utchenik
1/23/2016 (13 Shevat)
Jack Cranis*, Abraham Leib Lilov, Jean Schechter, Joseph Leon Schechter, Yetta Schlaff, Milton Stein
1/24/2016 (14 Shevat)
Maurice Curtis*, Joseph Kreekun, Harold Levin, Leibe Nitzkin*, Max Rosenberg*, Morris Silver, Vicki Lynn Utchenik
1/25/2016 (15 Shevat)
Samuel Brodie*, Saul Golden*, Yetta Grunt*, Flora Levy*, Nettie Ring*, Mollie Rothenburg*, Esther H. Sussan*
1/26/2016 (16 Shevat)
Goldie Berkowitz*, Anna Blazofsky, Henry Greenbaum*, Max Strassburger*, Samuel Weller*, Sadye Zucca*
1/27/2016 (17 Shevat)
Jack Brecher*, Henrietta Hopfeld*, Sam Isaacs, Morris Rabinovitz*, Jacob Siegal*, Esther Stasofsky*
1/28/2016 (18 Shevat)
Ben M. Brown*, William Darmon*, Joseph Lazarus*, Harry Left*, Morris Mohr*
1/29/2016 (19 Shevat)
Bella Band*, Herman Doiny*, Katie Goldberg, Hilde Hurtig*, Jack Roberts*, Zina Sass*, Jac Spalter*
1/30/2016 (20 Shevat)
Jerome Bennett Bernstein*, Dean Fine, Emily Schneider Greenapple*, Marcu Markowitz*, Sarah Revzin, Donald Samuels*, Lily Sell*,
David Server*, Max Shiovitz*, Rhoda Sobel
1/31/2016 (21 Shevat)
Dezso Biel, Louis Block*, Isabelle Finstein*, Max Friedman*, Phyllis Gilman*, Karen Lynn Gorge*, Harry Katzman*, Goldie Orechkin*, Edward Joseph Slater
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Yahrzeits–In Loving Memory
Sponsored by the Beth Abraham Cemetery Association, serving our congregation since 1912.
*Denotes a plaque in the Kahan Memorial room
February 2016 - Shevat/Adar I 5776
2/1/2016 (22 Shevat)
Celia Antman*, Morris Galer, Jean Gittleman, Charles Rader, Mollie Ring*, Rudolph Robert*, Arthur Warsaw
2/2/2016 (23 Shevat)
Morris Indianer*, Shirley Kaner*, Joseph Kukes*, Morris Rosner*, Boris Rozenfeld, Rose Schreibman*
2/3/2016 (24 Shevat)
Gordon Abel, Phyllis Berman Damraur*, Andrew Friedman, Eleanor S. Manela, Beckie Metzger*, Marion Schulman*, Jess Stearn, Maurice Stern*, Edna Weinberg*
2/4/2016 (25 Shevat)
Nori Geffen Braude, Seema Fischel, Hyman Grossman*, Fay Halem*, Harold Leonard Lupiloff*, Harry Ribiat*, Ida Schwartz,
Anna Tamaroff*, Jonas Weiss, Lajosne Wiesner
2/5/2016 (26 Shevat)
Meyer Blackman*, Yakov Kaushanskiy, Rachel Pucsyc*, Fannie Yaker*
2/6/2016 (27 Shevat)
Lawrence Emmer*, Al Finstein*, Sally Ann Shiovitz Jackson, Chaye Dina Kawer*, Esther Kawer*, Hersch Leib Kawer*,
Rochel Grossman Kawer*, Sam Linder, Max Lonnerstater*, Esther Patrick*
2/7/2016 (28 Shevat)
David Blender, Morris Kersch, Rose Kinitzer, Irving Lang, Pearl Rose, Rose Sherer*
2/8/2016 (29 Shevat)
Roslyn Goldfarb, Eugene Jacob Goodman*, Meyer Sawitz*, Henry Thumin*, Harry Zolkower*
2/9/2016 (30 Shevat)
Harold Adler*, Gregory Drigant, Sarah Feistein*, Rachel Kinitzer*, Sylvia Zelma Sachs, Jennie Scheer*
2/10/2016 (1 Adar I)
Ann Darmon, Frances Darvick, Saul Kopman, Jack Left*
2/11/2016 (2 Adar I)
Sarah Cranis, Samuel David Klein, Morris Rothenberg*, Joseph Schon, Murray Shapiro
2/12/2016 (3 Adar I)
Warren Harrison*
2/13/2016 (4 Adar I)
Rachel Chusid*, Anne Frank*, Sam Grund*, Babs Kaufman, Ernest Klein, Evelyn Stearn
2/14/2016 (5 Adar I)
2/15/2016 (6 Adar I)
Janet Kessler*, Gad Rosenbaum, Harriet Warsh*
Harry Schreier, Ann Siegel*
2/16/2016 (7 Adar I)
Marcus Adler*, Sadie Betman, Aaron Gertsman*, Yetta Gross, Fannie Luchtan, Herbert Racklin, Sonia Reznik, Selma Sweet,
Sarah Opperer Zdanowicz*
2/17/2016 (8 Adar I)
Mara Kheyfets, William Naftaly*, Harold Patrick, Manuel Gordon Yaker*
2/18/2016 (9 Adar I)
Peggy Cutler, Isaac Korobkin*, Sophie Silverman*
2/19/2016 (10 Adar I)
Bertha Hower*, Louis Hower*, Sidney Schlaff
2/20/2016 (11 Adar I)
Feivel Schrager Malowany, Nathan Rose, Murray Sabin, Paula Urbach, Ethel Utchenik
2/21/2016 (12 Adar I)
Edward Blau, Samuel Burnstine*, Jerry Lynn, Thelma Schulist
2/22/2016 (13 Adar I)
Seymour Gross*, Pearl Herskovitz, Toby Mermell, Bernice Storch*, Milton Superstine*, Gertrude Tessler*
2/23/2016 (14 Adar I)
Mona Elkin, Philip Freedberg, William Gottlieb*, Rose Kass, Ben Kawer*, Sonia Woll*
2/24/2016 (15 Adar I)
David Blau*, Bertha Feldman*, Lillian Gornbein, Sara Zelda Horowitz*, Harry Leaderman*, Rose Levy*, Joseph Abraham Miller*,
Rebecca Morros*
2/25/2016 (16 Adar I)
Estelle Berkowitz, Sebastian Mainster Dittman, Harry Nedelman
2/26/2016 (17 Adar I)
Itzak Ackerman*, Ann Barth, Belle Perlove*, Jacob Sandberg, Josef Sperber
2/27/2016 (18 Adar I)
Eli Darvick, Max Krause, Abraham Nusbaum*
2/28/2016 (19 Adar I)
Joseph Blau, Lena Rubin, George Silverman*, S. Walter Stern, David Howard Yanowitz
2/29/2016 (20 Adar I)
Sarah Cranis*, Belle Curtis*, Alexander Frank*, Sidney Ring*, Gerald Title
May their memories endure for a blessing
Honor the memory of your loved ones by purchasing a memorial plaque in the Kahan Memorial Room. The purchase of a plaque
will ensure that your loved one’s name will be read during the week of their yahrzeit. It is a lasting tribute of your love that links
the generations of your family. Plaques are currently $500 each. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to assure your
loved ones will be forever remembered at Congregation Beth Ahm. Contact David Goodman at 248-851-6880.
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Yahrzeits–In Loving Memory
Sponsored by the Beth Abraham Cemetery Association, serving our congregation since 1912.
*Denotes a plaque in the Kahan Memorial room
March 2016 - Adar I/Adar II 5776
3/1/2016 (21 Adar I)
Ethel Berman*, David Blazofsky, Manfred Gorge*, Maurice Hoffman*, Robert Adam Katz*, Leopold Kellerman*, Joe Metzger,
Adele Sperber
3/2/2016 (22 Adar I)
Mary Spalter*
3/3/2016 (23 Adar I)
Sidney Kalt*, Alvin Daniel Topper*, Sara Yanowitz
3/4/2016 (24 Adar I)
Bertha Friedman*
3/5/2016 (25 Adar I)
Sidney Dines*, Ben Perlove*
3/6/2016 (26 Adar I)
Anna Dembs*, Nathan Grunt*, Morris Israel, Edie Snyder Layne, Max Newman*, Solomon David Rubin, Mildred Berg Singer,
Morris Weinman*
3/7/2016 (27 Adar I)
Belle Nadis, Flora Pais
3/8/2016 (28 Adar I)
Abram Borak*, Benny Friedman*, Becky Whitman
3/9/2016 (29 Adar I)
Arthur Aal*, Visa Iancovici, Ida E. Lieberman*, Bess Manson Goldberg*, Alice Segal, Solomon Stone*, Frances Zucker*
3/11/2016 (1 Adar II)
Moscu User*
3/12/2016 (2 Adar II)
Freda Freedberg, Irving Haffner
3/14/2016 (4 Adar II)
Frieda Citron*, Violet Kreekun
3/15/2016 (5 Adar II)
Yehuda Chaim Marcus
3/16/2016 (6 Adar II)
Lottie Halperin, Rose Lovinger, Carol Maisels
3/17/2016 (7 Adar II)
Dorothea “Dolly” Bourke
3/18/2016 (8 Adar II)
Abram Ber Stryk*, Ester User*
3/20/2016 (10 Adar II)
Lena Schlussel*
3/21/2016 (11 Adar II)
Rose Naftaly*, Sylvia Rothenberg,
Joseph Steingold*
3/22/2016 (12 Adar II)
Isadore Leib Rosenfeld*,
Irving Norman Rubin, Jessie Stone*
3/24/2016 (14 Adar II)
Nathan Fink, Abigail Kott
3/25/2016 (15 Adar II)
Gertrude Fishman*,
Eleanor Federman Greitzer, Sophie Mikon
3/26/2016 (16 Adar II)
Max Halperin
3/27/2016 (17 Adar II)
Anna Aft
We Extend our Condolences to:
Lori (Mark) Farber, Halli (Adam) Cohen, Carri (Adam) Riemer
and Cody Farber on the passing of
their mother and grandmother Fern “Fritzi” Rott.
The Family of Mildred (Mille) Chad on her passing.
The Family of Joel Shapiro on his passing.
Frances Fetter on the passing of
her husband Joseph Fetter.
Steven (Esther) Davidson and Joshua, Daniel and
Arielle Davidson on the passing of
their mother and grandmother Candy Davidson.
Ilene Rubin on the passing of her husband Henry Rubin.
Lili (Dr. Howard) Brode on the passing of
her brother Roger Hazan.
The Family of Nancy Simon on her passing.
Dorothy Last on the passing of her brother Morris Last.
3/28/2016 (18 Adar II)
Kraindl Brenner, Bertha Rosenbaum,
William Taitelbaum
3/29/2016 (19 Adar II)
Walter Cykiert*
3/31/2016 (21 Adar II)
Manfred Gorge*, Maurice Ronald Israel
The Ruth Mermelstein
Kitchen Fund
helps with ongoing expenses such as cleaning
and appliance maintenance for the
Ruth Mermelstein Kitchen.
The minimum suggested contribution is $10.
Call Beverly Fradis at 248-661-8395 if you
would like to make a contribution.
Tributes are a great way to mark a special occasion, honor the
memory of a loved one, or send good wishes to a friend.
Beth Ahm has many tribute funds which support various
congregational programs and provide scholarship assistance
to members in need. Submit your
tributes online at: www.cbahm.org/tributes
Please remember to fill out yahrzeit and tribute
forms completely. Thank you!
Minimum suggested tribute amount is $18.
If received after 12/4/15 tributes will appear in the
Spring 2016 Bulletin.
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Congregation Beth Ahm—Winter 2016
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein
David Goodman
Executive Director
Congregation Beth Ahm
2015-2016 Officers
Jeff Silver
President
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Congregation Beth Ahm
(USPS 052-040) is published
quarterly by:
Congregation Beth Ahm
5075 West Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
5075 West Maple Rd.
www.cbahm.org
Sandi Tamaroff
First Vice President
Periodical postage paid at
Royal Oak, MI
Beth Nadis
Second Vice President
Subscription rate 50 cents
(included with dues)
POSTMASTER:
Send address changes to:
Congregation Beth Ahm
5075 West Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Maxine Berman
Third Vice President
Al Sasson
Treasurer
Staci Giske
Recording Secretary
Immediate Past President
Risha B. Ring
2015-2016 Trustees
Jeff Blackman
Al Bricker*
Amy Brode
Aaron Ellenbogen
Sandy Glazier
Jody Grossman
Manny Kalef
Chuck Kessler*
Debi King
Lois Langberg
Elayne Moss
Jeremy Moss
Robert Nusbaum
Steve Ribiat
Dahlia Schwartz
Harvey Schulist
Marc Soble
David Stryk
Jeff Weiss
Margo Woll*
Mission Statement
Congregation Beth Ahm is a
conservative synagogue with
a belief in a common Jewish
heritage, serving the Metropolitan
Detroit area with a philosophy of
equality of men and women fully
participating in religious, cultural,
educational, and social activities
of the synagogue.
Rabbi Emeritus
A. Irving Schnipper
Pre-planning for future needs
makes good sense.
Burial plots and perpetual care
are available.
For more information,
please contact
Risha Ring 248-763-7929
Emphasis is placed on a close
family–like relationship between
members working together to
provide a community of caring.
* Past Presidents
Professional Staff
Elissa Berg
Alison Blau
Lisa Gates
Nancy Kaplan
Professor Howard Lupovitch
Linda Wright
BETH ABRAHAM CEMETERY
In Ferndale on Woodward Avenue
Office Information
phone 248.851.6880 • fax 248.851.6488
Hours
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Friday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Staff
David Goodman-Executive Director • [email protected]
Elissa Berg
Education and Programming
[email protected]
Alison Blau
Office Coordinator
[email protected]
www.cbahm.org
Linda Wright
Accounting
[email protected]