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A Century of
Jewish Olympians
with Professor Howard Lupovitch
Wednesday nights
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Hundreds of Jewish athletes have competed in the modern Olympics games
during the last 120 years. How has their participation and success impacted
the self-image of Jews and the image of Jews to non-Jewish observers?
We’ll explore this question from the vantage point of the athletes who
competed and from contemporary observers.
July 27: Nordau’s Zionist Vision: Jewish Olympians and the Maccabia Games
August 3: Harold Abrahams and Attila Paczauer:
Jewish Pride or National Glory?
August 10: Marty Glickman and Jesse Owens in Berlin
August 17: Mark Spitz in Mexico City and Munich
$15 per session or $50 for the series
No charge for Beth Ahm members
Advanced registration to 248-851-6880 or [email protected] is requested
For more information, please visit www.cbahm.org
Summer 2016 XXXIX No. 5
Sivan - Tammuz - Av - Elul 5776
SUMMER 2016
What’s Inside?
Apples, Honey
and Hayrides
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A Weekend with
Dara Horn Page 4
Preparing for the
High Holidays Page 5
Calendar of Events Page 7
Beyond Borders Page 11
In Loving Memory Page 17
BIG ENOUGH
TO ENRICH YOU.
SMALL ENOUGH
TO KNOW YOU.
Family Events
Religious School Registration is Open
Beth Ahm’s Natalie & Manny Charach Religious School is a great place for your kindergarten through 8th grade child(ren)to grow
Jewishly. With a focus on Jewish values, Israel, Hebrew literacy, prayer and ritual, learning is done in a fun and interactive way.
Classes meet Tuesday afternoon and Shabbat morning. For more information about the school or to register,
visit www.cbahm.org/learning/religious-school/ or contact Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or [email protected]
Year-round teen programming
Multiple opportunities exist in our community for teens to further their Jewish education and strengthen their Jewish
identities. Beth Ahm is a partner and supporter of many of these opportunities including:
MCUSY (Motor City USY) is a youth group for kids in grades 6-12. Social events and weekend experiences allow
the kids to build relationships and work together while they develop a love of Judaism and Israel. For more
information about the group or the fall kick-off event on August 21, contact Jacki Honig at [email protected]
or 248-357-5544.
ATID (Alliance for Teens in Detroit) engages post-Bar Mitzvah kids as empowered learners and leaders. Regular
educational and tikkun olam programs focus on community building, strengthening Jewish identity, and
participating in Jewish life. For more information, visit www.atidhs.org
Teen Volunteer Corps puts Jewish values into everyday life through hands-on involvement in projects that improve
the quality of life in Metro Detroit. For more information, contact Jodi Gross at [email protected] or
248-851-5100.
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, August 7 at 5:00 p.m.
At the home of Marisa and Gary Lakind
4377 West Maple in Bloomfield Hills
Sunday, September 25 at 5:00 p.m.
At the home of Illana and Noah Stern
6851 East Knollwood in West Bloomfield
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.
Join Rabbi Steven Rubenstein for:
Tot Shabbat at 10:45 a.m.
Parents and/or grandparents are invited to attend with their pre-schoolers!
Birthday Shabbat: Kids will join us for the end of service in the main sanctuary to receive a
special blessing and gift during their birthday month.
Upcoming dates:
August 27 - Birthday Shabbat
September 17 - Birthday & Tot Shabbat
RSVP to Rabbi Rubenstein at 248-851-6880 or [email protected]
Apples, Honey & Hayrides
Sunday, September 11 with breakfast beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Erwin Orchards, 61475 Silver Lake Road, in South Lyon
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Join us for a morning of fun as we pick apples for Rosh Hashanah. We will meet for a pancake
breakfast from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. followed by apple picking and cider and donuts.
$5 per person for breakfast. Bags for apple picking will be available for purchase.
We will meet rain or shine as breakfast will be in the barn.
Advanced registration to 248-851-6880 or [email protected] is required by September 6.
Synagogue News
Sisterhood Rummage Sale
Sunday, August 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, August 8 & Tuesday, August 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Rummage (rŭm′ĭj): Clothing, housewares, linen, toys, sporting goods, art,
books and more… July 22 is the final day to donate your rummage.
Volunteers are needed before, during, and after the sale. Interested?
Contact Marni Foster Lupovitch at [email protected]
Dinner and a Movie
Sunday, August 21 at 5:00 p.m.
Risha Ring welcomes you to 2703 Heathfield Road in Bloomfield Hills for dinner and a movie. We’ll watch
A Gentleman’s Agreement, share friendly conversation, and enjoy a dairy potluck dinner. $5 per person or
bring a dish to share. RSVP to Risha Ring at [email protected] or Elissa Berg at [email protected] or
248-851-6880.
The Men’s Club’s next and newest event is Slow Roll Detroit on August 8 at
5:30 p.m. Slow Roll Detroit (slowroll.bike) is Michigan’s largest weekly bike ride.
The ride is usually 10-12 miles and takes about 1 ½ hours. No reservations
necessary, just bring your bike and helmet. The Detroit police department will
be blocking streets for us to safely cross.
We’ll have dinner first at Town Pump Tavern on Montcalm Street for those that
are interested. You can order a dairy or paarve meal. If you only want to bike
ride, I suggest you arrive no later than 6:30 p.m. as parking gets harder to find
closer to the event start at 7:30 p.m. Questions prior to the event or even day
of? Contact me at 248-892-8684.
Ron Jedwab
[email protected]
Happy Summer! We are the new Co-Presidents of Beth Ahm Sisterhood. We have an exciting year planned with great events. We are
always looking for new people to get involved, so please contact us if you would like to volunteer in any way. As always, our meetings
are open to all members and prospective members. The next meeting will be on Sunday July 31 at 10:30 a.m.
Please watch your mail for the annual Sisterhood membership dues letter. We hope you will consider renewing your commitment or
joining if you are new to the shul or Sisterhood. We are excited to announce that our annual membership event will be on October 9 at
ArtPrize in Grand Rapids. Only paid up Sisterhood members are eligible to buy tickets for the round trip bus ride.
Our annual rummage sale is August 7-9. Please consider donating items and volunteering to help before, during or after the sale. This is
Sisterhood’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The monies raised allow Sisterhood to help beautify our shul, such as the recent remodeling
of the women’s restroom near the teen lounge and adding new lighting in the Mermelstein kitchen.
Other upcoming events include:
Escape Room event with the Men’s Club - November 12, 2016
Painting with a Twist - December 13, 2016
Comedy Club with the Men’s Club - January 21, 2017
Line Dancing with the Men’s Club - February 11, 2017
Cooking event with Robin and Rabbi Rubenstein - date to be determined
We also want to thank our outgoing board members for their dedication and service to Sisterhood! Thank you to our immediate Past
Presidents, Ilene Kahan and Terri Stearn. Your tireless efforts for Sisterhood and Beth Ahm are so appreciated. We look forward to your
continued guidance and support.
We also want to thank Rabbi Rubenstein, David Goodman, and the office and maintenance staff for all of their support and assistance
with Sisterhood.
We look forward to a wonderful and eventful year! Please join us in continuing to enrich our beloved Beth Ahm.
Sincerely,
Marni Foster and Nancy Goldberg
[email protected]
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Scholar-in-Residence
A Weekend with
Award Winning Novelist
Dara Horn
September 23 -24, 2016
Friday night, September 23
Kabbalat Shabbat services begin at 6:00 p.m.
followed by dinner and Dara Horn’s presentation:
What Does It Mean to be a Jewish Writer?
$25 per adult • $15 per child ages 6-12
or $50 per household
Children 5 & under are no charge
Advanced registration by September 19 is required.
Call 248-851-6880 or email [email protected] to register.
Supervis
ed
activities
will be
provided
for
children
after din
ner.
Saturday, September 24
Shabbat Lunch and Learn
Dara Horn’s teaching will continue with a lunch and learn. Shabbat morning services will begin at
9:30 a.m. and will be followed by Shabbat lunch at noon and Dara’s presentation at 12:45 p.m.
Her topic is On the Purpose of Jewish Storytelling.
Saturday night, September 24
Community Wide Selichot
Beth Ahm is proud to welcome the other Conservative congregations and host this year’s
Selichot program. Refreshments will be available at 9:30 p.m. and will be followed by a
Selichot program at 10:00 p.m. Dara will speak on the topic of
Technology, Memory and the Past That Lives in the Present.
Selichot services will begin at 11:00 p.m.
About our featured guest:
Dara Horn was born in New Jersey in 1977 and received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University in
2006, studying Hebrew and Yiddish. In 2007 she was chosen by Granta magazine as one of 20 “Best Young American
Novelists.” She has published 4 award-winning novels. Her fourth novel, A Guide for the Perplexed was selected as one
of Booklist‘s Best Books of 2013 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. She has taught
courses in Jewish literature and Israeli history at Sarah Lawrence College, City University of New York, and Harvard. She
has lectured at over two hundred universities and cultural institutions throughout North America, in Israel and in Australia.
She is currently at work on her fifth novel Dara Horn lives in New Jersey with her husband and four children.
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Scholar-in-Residence weekend is sponsored by the Schreier Shabbat Limud Fund
High Holidays
Preparing for the High Holidays
Our congregational bylaws require members to be in good standing to receive holiday tickets.
If you have an open financial obligation, please contact David Goodman at 248-851-6880 to make
payment arrangements or to make alternative arrangement. Tickets and other related holiday
information will be mailed to those members who are in good standing in early September.
Information about the Yiskor book will be mailed in early August.
Rosh Hashana
Sunday, October 2
Erev Rosh Hashana
Candle lighting 6:54 p.m.
Services 5:00-5:45 p.m.
Family memberships include children through age 25. If you have older children who will be
attending services, please contact David Goodman to inquire about a new $36 membership
designed to engage our older children.
Monday, October 3
Rosh Hashana Day 1
Shaharit 8:15 a.m.
Tashlikh 5:00 p.m.
Minha/Maariv 6:00 p.m.
Candle lighting 7:52 p.m.
Communitywide Selichot
Saturday, September 24 at 9:30 p.m.
Beth Ahm is proud to welcome the other Conservative congregations and host this year’s Selichot
program. Refreshments will be available at 9:30 p.m. and will be followed by a Selichot program
at 10:00 p.m. Our featured presenter is Dara Horn, an author and teacher, who will speak on the
topic of Technology, Memory and the Past That Lives in the Present. Selichot services will begin at
11:00 p.m. For more information about Selichot or the entire weekend with Dara Horn, visit
www.cbahm.org, or call the synagogue at 248-851-6880.
Attention Teens : Your Help is Needed!
We would love teens to assist with services (as part of a group of people who will accompany Ronn
Nadis during the Torah service) and/or read Torah during Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. We are
happy to help you prepare and because Rosh Hashana begins the evening of October 2, there is
more time than usual between the end of summer break and the holidays. A great opportunity to be
involved. If you are interested, please contact Rabbi Rubenstein at [email protected]
High Holiday Honors
Over the course of several years, our Ritual Committee reached out to our congregation on a
rotating basis to offer them honors during High Holy Day services. Still, if you haven’t received an
honor recently or would simply like an opportunity to participate this year, please contact Rabbi
Rubenstein directly at 248-851-6880 or [email protected]. We will do our best to find an
opportunity for you to participate during the holidays this year.
High Holiday Hebrew
Thursday nights 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Seven sessions beginning August 18
Tuesday, October 4
Rosh Hashana Day 2
Shaharit 8:15 a.m.
Minha/Maariv 6:45 p.m.
Havdalah 7:50 p.m.
Yom Kippur
Tuesday, October 11
Erev Yom Kippur
Minha 2:00 p.m.
Kol Nidre 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday, October 12
Yom Kippur
Shaharit 9:00 a.m.
Yizkor 12:00 p.m.
Minha 5:30 p.m.
Neilah 6:30 p.m.
Shofar/Havdalah 7:38 p.m.
Sidney & Bee Kalt Israel Scholarship
The Kalt Scholarship is a wonderful expression of the
Know the Hebrew alef-bet but need practice reading before the High
value that Beth Ahm places on both our youth and
Holidays? This class is for you. We’ll use the machzor to improve your
The State of Israel. The scholarship actively engages
reading skills and your comfort with the High Holiday liturgy. No cost for
your child(ren) during their teen years and rewards
Beth Ahm members. $50 for non-members. Contact Elissa Berg
them with funding for future travel to Israel. Each
at 248-851-6880 or [email protected] to register or with questions.
time your child dedicates her/his time towards a
High Holiday Youth Volunteers Needed
worthy project at Beth Ahm, they will earn credits
Want to do a mitzvah during the High Holidays? Youth, age 11 to 17, are
towards this scholarship. There are a number of
needed to help with child care activities on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. ways for your child(ren) to earn travel credit
However, only pre-registered youth will be able to assist. If you want to
including:
volunteer, please contact Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or [email protected]
• Volunteering to help during the High Holidays
for more information. You will be doing a mitzvah and earning Kalt
• Serving as a madrich/madricha in the
scholarship credit for future travel to Israel.
religious school
• Participating in Mitzvah Kids
Attention Families with College Students!
(social action) activities
Beth Ahm wants to know where your college students are studying for
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Helping with Shabbat kiddush, the Purim
the 2016-2017 school year. The Charlotte and Warren Tessler College
carnival,
Hanukkah party, and more.
Fund is happy to send Chanukah, Purim and Pesach packages that will
add extra joy to their holiday. Contact Alison Blau at 248-851-6880 or
[email protected] to register your child.
Travel credit can be redeemed for travel to Israel
in 2017 and 2018. For more information about
earning or redeeming credit, please contact
Elissa Berg at 248-851-6880 or [email protected]
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Minyan Matters
Message from the President
Dear Friends,
Thirteen times a week, (Shabbat morning being the only exception), a dedicated group of Beth Ahm members, and some who are not
members, gather in Tauber Chapel for morning and evening services. Each service includes Kaddish for mourners while Monday and
Thursday morning services also include Torah readings. In order to recite Kaddish, read Torah, as well as say several other parts of the
service, we need a minyan of at least ten adults.
While our minyan program remains strong, we are always looking for the additional involvement of others. Consider joining us one day a
week or one day a month. Or, consider joining us when you have yahrzeit for a loved one. In addition to knowing that you will have helped
insure that a mourner has the opportunity to say Kaddish, you will feel a sense of community, know that you are helping to continue an
important tradition and have the opportunity to meet new people. As
Drop In and Learn on DVD:
an added bonus, there is the camaraderie associated with a
“Visions of the Jewish State”
minyan breakfast if you are able to be a morning participant.
If you are not able to actively participate yourself in our minyan, there
is a way that you can help our minyan remain strong. Many of us know
people in the community (e.g. friends, extended family, neighbors, work
colleagues) who may have suffered a loss or might be searching for a
“spiritual comfort zone” for whatever reason. Please tell them about our
minyan and invite them to come.
To volunteer or for more information, please call or email me.
with Professor Howard Lupovitch
Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in the Teen Lounge
Free and open to the community
no reservations needed, all welcome
Wednesday, July 13 - “Herzl: Sovereignty, Honor and Refuge”
Wednesday, July 20 - “Ahad Ha’Am, A.D. Gordon, and David Ben Gurion – New Jews in a New State”
Wednesday, July 27 - “Jabotinsky: Realism and Militarism”
This three-part series was originally presented
at Beth Ahm on January 2016.
A new DVD course will begin on August 3 entitled “Lectures
From the Summer 2016 Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem”
Rick Emmer
248-660-4071
[email protected]
Shabbat Times
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Donations are welcome to support this free drop-in learning
opportunity, which Beth Ahm has been offering to lifelong
learners in our community for the past nine years.
To make a contribution or for more info
contact Nancy Kaplan by phone 248-737-1931,
text 248-390-4294 or e-mail [email protected]
Service Times
Candlelighting
Shabbat ends
July 1 - 8:56 p.m.
July 2 - 10:08 p.m.
July 8 - 8:54 p.m.
July 9 - 10:04 p.m.
July 15 - 8:50 p.m.
July 16 - 9:59 p.m.
Sunday & Major Legal Holidays: 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.
July 22 - 8:45 p.m.
July 23 - 9:52 p.m.
July 29 - 8:38 p.m.
July 30 - 9:44 p.m.
* Weekday morning minyan starts at 6:45 a.m. on
Rosh Hodesh (Friday, August 5).
August 5 - 8:29 p.m.
August 6 - 9:34 p.m.
August 12 - 8:20 p.m.
August 13 - 9:23 p.m.
August 19 - 8:10 p.m.
August 20 - 9:12 p.m.
August 26 - 7:58 p.m.
August 27 - 8:59 p.m.
September 2 - 7:47 p.m.
September 3 - 8:47 p.m.
September 9 - 7:34 p.m.
September 10 - 8:34 p.m.
September 16 - 7:22 p.m.
September 17 - 8:21 p.m.
September 23 - 7:10 p.m.
September 24 - 8:08 p.m.
September 30 - 6:57 p.m
October 1 - 7:56 p.m.
Daily Minyan
Monday – Thursday: 7 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Friday: 7 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv – Friday 6 p.m.
Shabbat Morning – Saturday 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Minha
Shabbat Afternoon - Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Calendar of Events
July 2016
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • 6600 W. Maple Rd.
West Bloomfield, MI • 48322 • 248.432.5579
Farber Painting Show
July 10-14
Opening reception:
Sunday, July 10 from 1-3 p.m.
Free and open to the public
The Farber Painting class contains 17 adults
and is led by Harriet Gelfond.
All work will be for sale.
Sunday, August 28 - Thursday, September 29
Opening Reception, Sunday, August 28, 1-4 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Main level
Connections: The Artistry of Bits and Pieces
Featuring artists
Nanci LaBret Einstein and Jay Knapp
Upper level
Schoolcraft Metal Sculpture:
Students and Alumni
This group of students and faculty will be
displaying work that contains multiple
techniques taught at the Schoolcraft Metals
program. Many of the artists displaying work in
this show have since developed their own metal
working shops in the Metropolitan Detroit area to
create and sell their sculptures.
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Final day for rummage donations
Yad Ezra deliveries
A Century of Jewish Olympians
Sisterhood meeting
August 2016
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Sisterhood rummage sale
PJs at Home
Sisterhood rummage sale
Slow Roll Detroit with the Men’s Club
Sisterhood rummage sale
A Century of Jewish Olympians
Tisha B’Av, reading of Eichah
Tisha B’Av
A Century of Jewish Olympians
Dinner and a Movie
Adult education meeting
Bet Midrash Shabbat
Birthday Shabbat
Jewish Food Festival
September 2016
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Apples, Honey, and Hayrides
Tot Shabbat
Birthday Shabbat
High Holiday Hebrew begins
A weekend with Dara Horn
A weekend with Dara Horn
Communitywide Selichot
PJs at Home
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.
The Gallery is open to the general public at no admission.
BIG
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Welcome to
our Newest Members
Aaron, Jill and Cara Dones
Rochelle and Jerry Gach
Irene Slobin
Jewish Food Festival
August 28 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Market in Detroit
Hazon Detroit, in partnership with
Congregation Beth Ahm,
is proud to announce Michigan’s first annual
Jewish Food Festival. It is a day for foodies, rabbis,
restaurateurs, chefs, farmers, educators,
and entrepreneurs to come together to explore the
interplay of food, sustainability, Jewish traditions,
and contemporary life.
There is no cost to attend.
For more information and to view
the complete schedule of seminars,
visit hazon.org/detroit or send an email
to [email protected]
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
July Birthdays
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Erica Bak
Daniel Elkus
Amber Fischer
Benoit Gorge
Nathan Shiovitz
Michael Geller
Miles Auster
Alexa Dresner
Karol Friedman
Gail Offen
William Vine
Jarod Fischer
Seth Schmitz
Matthew Kurzmann
Bernard Schreier
Deborah Steingold
Sandra Vine -Sirlin
Arielle Wolf
Dennis Bernard
Matthew Lampear
Joshua Chudnow
Maxwell Nadis
Naomi Frenkel
Phyllis Levin
Erinn Kohn
Jonathan Nusbaum
Hudson Elfersy
Steven King
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Milton Stern
Sheldon Dulberg
Lillian Harwin
Noah Stern
Leonard Cetner
Shellie Kurtis-Koren
Elissa Sternberg
Jason Baumhaft
Zeev Maine
Robert Nusbaum
Milo Rothberger
Jeffrey Weiss
Dora Ackerman
Talia Cohen
Eli Ribiat
Alan Kimmel
David Schwartz
Mark Migdal
Sidney Simonian
Faye Wolf
Omer Chudnow
Boris Drigant
Julia Pais
Isac User
Merle Leserman
Gillian Tamaroff
Leslie Chudnow
Deborah King
September Birthdays
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Ben Rosen
Susan Sitron
Lori Farber
Arthur Nusbaum
Debbie Rones
Jonathan Warsh
Dean Cohen
Mark Langberg
Nancy Goldberg
Eileen Rosenbaum
Lawrence Rothstein
Michael Rubyan
Spencer Shapiro
Nancy Adler
Charles Goldston
Stephen Rope
Aiden Schafer
David Shapiro
Maya Skolnik
Sandor Adler
Hilde Dreifus
Barbara Cohen
Jonah Nitzkin
Micayla Kersch
Daniel Kurzmann
Miriam User
Nathan Cykiert
Hannah Kahan
Ilene Kahan
Joseph Nemeth
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Jeffrey Tamaroff
Ryan Barrett
Richard Lampear
Alyse Schwartz
Edward Kersch
Julie Nitzkin
Sharon Kapit
Pat Ritchie
Mildred Rosenbaum
Cara Schafer
Ira Goldberg
Allan Lovinger
Aaron Weintraub
Sandra Dembs
Marni Foster
Robin Rubenstein
Cherie Warsaw
Alyssa Adler
Justin Farber
Ezra Schwartz
Janis Feingold
Lois Fishman
Avery Ribiat
Fanny Herman
Lucas Papsin
Jacob Ellenbogen
Jonah Singman
Lori Nusbaum
Dorothy Sandberg
Juniper Steingold
Alyssa Aguilar
Thomas Barth
Steven Rubenstein
Alex Stryk
Jennifer Ribiat
Ariel Zalesin
Lillian Berg
Lihi Maine
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Gladys Allen
Benjy Bak
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August Birthdays
Mitchell Blackman
Dolores Farber
Steven Siegler
Elie Brode
Oseygefo Nagbe
Avery Wolf
Madhu Gaba
Michael Rubin
Florence Schon
Anita Zalesin
Austin Dresner
Marla Golnick
Jorge Singman
Patrick Ritchie
Evelyn Rosen
Gene Goodman
Ruthe Levy
Sara Nadis
Olivia Riemer
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Steven Kalt
Erin Stilman
Barbara Nusbaum
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Daniel Kaufman
Afia Pokuaah
Jody Rosenberg
Nety User
Mackenzie Ritchie
Lester Shindler
James Hobson
Alon Kaufman
Joel Kersch
Elaine Darmon
Shaul Englender
Beverly Fradis
Emma Israel
Ariel Levi
Michael Schmitz
Leonard Farber
Carri Riemer
Ellen Apsel
Mara Cranis
Albert Sasson
Stefani Chudnow
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Sidney & Linda Blackman
Joshua & Meredith Ben “10th”
Eric Edelstein & Tracey Proghovnick
Sy & Helen Indianer Jerry & Rochelle Gach
Lester & Lillian Shindler
Arnie & Nina Harris
Sandor & Ilana Adler
Michael & Omer Chudnow
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Benjamin Craine
Jacques Darmon
Jarrett Fishman
Dahvi Lupovitch
Hannah Stryk
Tammy Kahan
Salo Korn
Paul Nadiv
Martin Newman
Thomas Lugosi
Kathy Rothstein
Ilene Rubin
Andrew Weiss
Daniel Kaplan
Amy Rothberger
Andrew Klein
Gabriel Maine
Jodie Mientkiewicz
Ari Giske
Devin Kersch
Diana Kovnat
Steven Ribiat
Randi Traison
Bradley Levick
Nicole Hobson
Mia Jacobson
Ruth Kwaselow
Edward Shapiro
Howard & Karen Frehsee
Richard & Jody Grossman
Steven Kalt & Robert Heeren
Joel & Nicole Mazur
Evan & Leslie Chudnow
Marc & Shelley Shindler Allan & Karen Lovinger
Strul & Manuela User
Jerome & Michelle Seid
August Anniversaries
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Michael & Samantha Shapiro
Dahlia Schwartz & Kathleen Moltz “20th”
David & Annise Goodman “15th”
Thomas & Agnes Lugosi “55th”
Jason & Cynthia Weintraub “10th”
David & Charlene Kott “50th”
Steven & Janice Traison
Leslie & Helene Kohn
Alan & Belle Kimmel
Andrew & Janet Belsky
Miles & Deede Auster
Elissa Berg & Yaacov Scholar “5th”
Ronn & Beth Nadis
Howard Lupovitch & Marni Foster
Todd & Terri Stearn
Marvin & Claire Tamaroff
Harvey & Anita Zalesin
Jeffrey & Tammy Kahan “20th”
Irving & Barbara Nusbaum
Joseph & Nancy Jacobson
Yair & Renee Nadiv “10th”
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Charles & Laura Goldston
Scott & Jody Rosenberg
Kenneth & Ellen Apsel
Isaac & Dayna Slutsky
Daniel & Ryan Warsh
Stephen & Jeri Rope
Marc & Julie Cohen
Alex & Svetlana Lebedinski
Evan & Sheri Shapiro “15th”
Paul & Bella Brookenthal “50th”
Ashley & Marcie Israel
Daniel & Lisa Kurzmann
Ariel & Miriam Levi
Les & Gail Baron “45th”
David & Andrea Jacobson
Joshua & Laura Berg
Seymour & Elaine Cohen
Charles & Jane Kessler
Moshe Koren & Shellie Kurtis-Koren
September Anniversaries
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Phil & Erica Bak “10th”
Robert & Lori Nusbaum
Timothy & Sara Zwickl
Belle & Patrick Hornung
Michael & Kathy Rothstein
Steven & Deborah King
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Steven & Robin Rubenstein “20th”
Harry & Debra Lebovic
Dave & Rena Kresch
Benjamin & Victoria Craine
James & Suzanne Sondheimer “30th”
Looking Back
Mazal Tov and Yasher Koach to:
Abby Segal and Family on the birth of her daughter Aliyah Braila Segal.
Susan & Bruce Sitron and sister Emily on the engagement of Hayley Sitron to Pat Greenleaf.
Paul (Lorraine z’l) Kales and Family on the Bar Mitzvah of his grandson Andrew Reed Kales.
Beth & Ronn Nadis and Family on the marriage of their daughter Emily Nadis to Randy Silver.
Proud grandparents are Rochelle & Aaron Lupovitch and Sara & Maxwell Nadis.
Thank you to our recent Shabbat lunch sponsors:
Friends who sit on the northern bench
The Beth Abraham Cemetery Association and by Shirley & Harold Strom in memory of Shirley’s father, Dr. Morris Marks
and in recognition of the Bar Mitzvah anniversary of their son Dr. Elliot Dov Strom
Shellie & Moshe Koren in memory of Moshe’s mother Sarah Blumenkrantz
Dorothy & Hershel Sandberg in memory of Dorothy’s brother Norman Linder
Beth & Ronn Nadis in honor of the marriage of their daughter
Emily Nadis to Randy Silver, son of Debra and Scott Silver
Robin & Rabbi Steven Rubenstein in celebration of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Tali Rubenstein
In celebration of the wedding anniversary of Dolores and Leonard Farber by their
children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren
Sue and Marc Soble in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary
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Message from the President
I am excited to write to you as President of our synagogue. Beth Ahm has a rich history dating from 1892. I am
grateful for the opportunity to lead our congregation and do all that I can to continue its role of being a dynamic
center of Jewish life.
The events at Beth Ahm over the last few months highlight our role in the community of being a place to
celebrate Judaism. Here are just a few examples,
• We hosted The Jewish Theological Seminary and over 300 guests as they honored leaders within the Conservative congregations
• The community walked through our doors for the Star Trax event planning expo
• Our children inspired us by leading the congregation in prayer during youth Shabbat
• Yad Ezra recognized the work of their volunteers at their annual appreciation dinner
• As a synagogue community, we celebrated the Bat Mitzvah of a young person
• We celebrated the wedding of another young person who continues to grow within the synagogue
• The Institute of Retired Professionals marked the 30th anniversary of their organization
• We welcomed the Accountants Guild for a day of continuing education
We also look forward to events this summer that will enrich us. Professor Howard Lupovitch will present a 4-part educational series titled
A Century of Jewish Olympians. As the eyes of the world are focused on the games in Brazil, Professor Lupovitch will highlight the
Jewish presence over the years.
I am also excited for Dara Horn, renowned author and teacher, to visit and serve as our scholar-in-residence. She will teach following
Shabbat dinner on September 23, after lunch on September 24, and will be our featured guest at the communal Selichot service which
Beth Ahm will be hosting. I hope you join us for all or part of this wonderful weekend.
Lastly, I want to thank you for your involvement and commitment to the congregation. Without your participation, time, and tzedakkah,
Beth Ahm would not be the synagogue it is today. We all have worked hard over the last few years and our future is bright. I look forward to
your continued involvement and to serving as your President. Together, we’ll continue the rich tradition of Beth Ahm.
Sandi Tamaroff
President
[email protected]
Guests share in the joy of the wedding
of Emily (Nadis) and Randy Silver.
The Accountants Guild enjoyed a comfortable environment
for professional education along with breakfast, lunch
and snacks throughout the day.
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The synagogue is transformed for the
Star Trax event planning expo.
Jody and Rich Grossman are among
the JTS Shin Award honorees.
Message from the Rabbi
Beyond Borders
I was looking forward to hearing Daniel Gordis at the AIPAC Michigan Spring Event. While I continue to think
of him in part as someone that served on the admissions committee that interviewed me when I applied for
rabbinical school, he is certainly more well-known for his books and articles about Israel. His talk at AIPAC
was a bit surprising in that he chose to avoid the specific geo-political issues that are usually the focus for
AIPAC.
Instead, his main claim was that those of us who love Israel need to tell the story of Israel from the perspective
of the revolutionary nature of Zionism and The State of Israel. He lamented the fact that too often when talking
about Israel, people bring forth a list of dates associated with Israel’s wars---1948, 1967, 1973. Of course,
these are important moments in Israeli history, but as he pointed out, you wouldn’t tell the story of the United
States by focusing only on its wars---War of Independence, Civil War, WW I, WW II, Korea, Vietnam… Instead,
someone telling the story of what is essential about the U.S. might talk about its values.
The same should be true when we speak about Israel. The return of the Jewish people to its ancestral homeland, the rebirth of the Hebrew
language, the creation of a refuge for a people who has suffered from the absence of such a refuge---all of these stand at the heart of
modern Israel. Gordis also reminded us of the fact that Theodor Herzl’s vision of Israel included the revolutionary idea that this nation would
be concerned with the well-being of those beyond its borders. This from a man living in Europe, frightened (and rightly so) for the existence
of the Jewish people, dreaming of a country that will reach beyond self-preservation. It was Golda Meir who, upon her election as Prime
Minister of Israel, pulled Herzl’s Altneuland off her shelf, pointed to this vision of Herzl’s and directed her advisors to begin that process; a
process which resulted in Israelis traveling to Africa to teach agricultural techniques and to Haiti, Turkey, and China (among other places) to
set up mobile medical units in response to natural disasters.
Gordis’ message resonated with me. Beyond a focus on the revolutionary aspects of Israel, my love and attachment to Israel grows as I
continue to learn about Israel through literature and modern media. So, with summer upon us and the possibility that some of you may
have a bit more free time, I offer a few suggestions for enhancing your knowledge of Israel.
My first suggestion is a podcast. While I heard about Israel Story when it first appeared, I let it slip out of sight until just a month or so ago.
Israel Story is built on the model of This American Life, the hugely successful public radio show. It began as a Hebrew podcast but soon
moved to producing an English version as well. It provides a variety of stories about Israel today from the mundane to the monumental;
from the changing role of Yitzhak Rabin in Israeli memory to stories about basketball, love, and the only Israeli buffalo cheese maker in the
world.
My second suggestion is to read Israeli literature. You may have noticed that I have started an occasional series called Book Notes which
will let you know about things I’ve been reading. Over time I hope to include a good bit of Israeli literature but don’t wait. Think about all
of the books and stories you read back in school which form the foundation of your American-ness (think Faulkner, Steinbeck, Melville,
Fitzgerald, Hemingway…). Not everyone loved all of those books, but they are part of you. Israelis have a literary canon too but it is made
up of Bialik, Agnon, Rachel, Tchernikovsky, Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua… A beautiful way to connect with Israel is to get to know Israeli
literature. Most of us are a bit behind since we didn’t read these authors as kids. But we are in luck! So much of this literature is in
translation and available in paperback and in our library.
Beyond the issue of Israel’s borders, Israel is a place of change, variety, and a thriving culture. For those who love Israel but live far from its
shores, there are many ways to continue to grow in our knowledge and love.
Bet Midrash
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein
248-851-6880 ext. 17
[email protected]
Bet Midrash Shabbat - Saturday, August 27
Everyone is invited to learn bet midrash style. Rabbi will lead us and in
small groups, we’ll learn from each other.
Tisha B’Av – The Fast of The 9th of Av
Saturday, August 13
Special Shabbat Schedule
No Torah study – Shaharit begins at 9:00 a.m.
Bet Midrash will begin at the conclusion of services (approximately 11:00 am).
5:00 p.m. Minha at Beth Ahm
Tisha B’Av Services at Adat Shalom Synagogue
In partnership with the other Conservative synagogues, we’ll observe Tisha B’Av at Adat Shalom. The community is invited for
the traditional Shabbat 3rd meal at 7:30 p.m. followed by Minha and Tisha B’Av learning at 8:30 p.m. Ma’ariv and the chanting of
Eichah (Lamentations), will begin at 9:45 p.m. Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, marks the destruction of the
first and second Temples, as well as a variety of other tragedies throughout Jewish history.
Sunday, August 14 – at Beth Ahm
9:00 a.m. Shaharit for Tisha B’Av
5:00 p.m. Minha for Tisha B’Av
*We do not wear Tallit or Tefillin on the morning of Tisha B’Av.
Instead, we wear them at Minha as the mood of the day begins to lighten.
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Tributes
Adult Programs
In Memory of:
In Memory of:
Hyman Weiner
Isadore Silverman
By: Pauline & Werner Seiferheld
By: Lois & Mark Langberg
Aliyah Fund
Donation by:
Jody & Rich Grossman
Martha Katz
By: Pauline & Werner Seiferheld
David Lieberman
Samuel Farber
Irwin A. Klar Endowment Fund
By: Leonard Farber
In Memory of:
Morton S. Moltz
Jean Blau
Elayne & Barry Moss
Nadis Family Fund
Gladys Allen
In Memory of:
Dina Kawer
Jean Blau
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice
In Honor of:
Todd Stearn’s Aliyah
By: Nita & Ron Stearn
and Family
Hy Weiner
By: Pauline & Werner Seiferheld
In Memory of:
By: Ruth Moltz
By: Linda & Sid Blackman
By: Beth & Ronn Nadis
Steve Rosen
By: Sharon & Jim Hobson
Robert Kief
By: Beth & Ronn Nadis
Harold Tobin
By: Libby Newman
In Honor of:
Steve Rosen
Stuart J. Bricker Library Shelf Fund
By: Joanne & Michael Bellet
In Memory of:
Lottie Halperin
By: Helen & Sy Indianer
Breakfast Fund Sponsors
The wedding of Emily Nadis
By: Sharon & Jim Hobson
Beth & Ronn Nadis
In Memory of:
and Randy Silver
Cheryl & Paul Darmon
Jean Blau
By: Phyllis Levin
Sadie Farber Weinstock
Marcia & Marc Manson
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef,
Maxine Berman
By: Leonard Farber
Nancy Aal
Carol Wyman & Douglas Brzak,
Marc Terebelo
Joanne & Michael Bellet and Family
Nancy & Michael Kaplan,
Anita & Harvey Zalesin
Tim & Sara Zivian Zwickl,
Joanne & Michael Bellet
Samuel Farber
By: Leonard Farber
Lillian Bricker
Jean Blau
Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
Thank You to our recent
By: Sara & Maxwell Nadis
Esther Kawer Minyan
Debra & Martin Darvick,
Willie Opperer Fund
By: Al Bricker
Esther & Leon Salomon
Steve Rosen
Genia Lilov, Mother
Sarah Millman
By: Al Bricker
By: Lev Lilov
By: Margi Karp Opperer &
Mollie Cohen
Eugene Weiss, Father
By: Al Bricker
By: Harvey Weiss and Family
My Levi Honor
Annette Newman
Steve Rosen, Husband
By: David Schwartz
By: Al Bricker
By: Evelyn Rosen and Family
Beth Ahm Endowment Fund
Sidney & Bee Kalt
Scott Cranis, Husband
Dorothy Davis
By: Nancy Jacobson
Blume Glass
By: Phyllis Levin
Thank You for:
In Honor of:
Israel Scholarship Fund
Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
In Honor of:
In Memory of:
Morry Opperer
Annette Newman
By: Margi & Morry Opperer
Benjamin S. Kott
By: Dr. & Mrs. David Kott
By: Jodi Cranis and Family
In Honor of:
The birth of granddaughter
By: Toby & Rob Kleinberg
Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
Maier Brenner, Father
Reese Madison Stern to
The Hornung Family
By: Debra & Martin Darvick
By: Ellen Weiss and Family
Barbara & Milton Stern
Beth Ahm’s Mens’ Club
Esther Kawer
In Honor of:
Minyan Breakfast Fund
Marc Soble
Donation by:
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
Max & Mali Blum
Seymore Resnick
Get Well Wishes to:
Senior Shut-in Fund
Nancy Kaplan
Yiskor Donation by:
By: Sharon & Jim Hobson
Rene Lieberman
By: Margi & Morry Opperer
Willie Fred Opperer, Father
By: Morry Opperer and Family
By: Charlene & David Kott
Chava Feldman, Mother
By: Bella (Paul) Brookenthal,
Our Home Our Future
Michael and Eugene Feldman
In Honor of:
The birth of twin granddaughters
Philip White, Father
to Shelley & Marc Shindler
By: Robert White
By: Cathy & Rene Lichtman
In Memory of:
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Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
Sadie Farber Weinstock
Janice Charach, Daughter
By: Leonard Farber
By: Natalie & Manny Charach
Tributes
The wedding of Emily Nadis
Samantha Erin Rosen
In Honor of:
Linda & Ron Jedwab
and Randy Silver
Youth Programming Fund
David Goodman
Millie & Ed Rosenbaum
By: Alesa & Jeff Silver
In Memory of:
By: Cathy & Rene Lichtman
Nancy Aal
Samantha Erin Rosen
Jody & Rich Grossman
By: Helen & Sy Indianer
By: Risha Ring
Sally Kaufer
In Memory of:
By: Helen & Sy Indianer
Harold Tobin
By: Alesa & Jeff Silver
Margi & Morry Opperer
Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
Deborah & Richard Warsh
By: Marsha Lynn
Nety & Carl User
Margot Efros
Jody & Rich Grossman
Mike, Nancy and Dan Kaplan
By: Nancy & Ira Goldberg
Jody & Rich Grossman
Esther Indianer
Flo & Don Nitzkin
By: Helen & Sy Indianer
Thank You to:
Sandi & Jeff Tamaroff
Anita & Harvey Zalesin
Rochelle & Jerry Gach
In Honor of:
Pat Sachs Food Fund
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Bea Mondry
Beverly & Larry Sabbath
In Memory of:
By: Their friends from Bookstock
Dr. Philip J. Parker
Synagogue Fund
Ruthe Levy
By: David Sachs & Freda Arlow
Donation(s) by:
Ila & Leslie Schonberg
Garry Parker
Susan & Larry Rothstein
Sherwin Vine
Dorothy & Hershel Sandberg
Beverly Fradis
By: David Sachs & Freda Arlow
Phoebe & Harris Mainster
Eleanor Fradis
Barbara & Irving Nusbaum
Diane & Al Sasson
In Honor of:
Joseph & Yetta Schlaff
Sara Goodman
Dr. & Mrs. Gary LaKind and Family
Our Aliyah
Memorial Fund
Karen & Larry Kawer
Tammy & Jeff Kahan
By: Sharon & Jim Hobson
In Memory of:
Prayer Book Fund
Donald Kirsch’s 85th Birthday
By: Dolores & Harold Greenspan
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Joseph Schlaff
Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
By: Bea Mondry
Deede & Miles Auster
Nancy & Ira Goldberg
In Honor of:
Esther & Steve Davidson
Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
By: Sharon, Jim and Nicole Hobson
Jeff Silver
Cherie Kohl Warsaw
Shabbat Lunch Fund
Cathy & Rene Lichtman
By: Cathy & Rene Lichtman
Barbara Cohen
In Memory of:
Irene Slobin
Marc Terebelo
Arleen Karbel
Selma Silverman
Irene Slobin’s 70th Birthday
Boris Drigant & Anna Glik
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Terry & David Kahan
By: Sharon & Jim Hobson
By: Sharon Klein
Rachel & Mike Geller
Eden Lichterman
Robert Kief
Ilene Rubin
Rita & Murray Rubin’s new home
By: Sharon Klein
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Susan & Martin Rose
By: Flo & Don Nitzkin
Judy Vine
In Memory of:
Harvey Shapiro
Alesa & Jeff Silver
The engagement of
Jean Blau
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Linda Wright
Rachel Belsky to Justin Moss
Karen & Morrie Davidson
By: The Zalesin Family
By: Ilene Rubin
Ellen Levy’s mother
Harold Tobin
Helene & Leslie Kohn
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Cheryl & Alex Goldis and Family
Burton Shifman
Audrey & Jack Sobel
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
By: Sharon Klein
Max Halperin
Heinz Ducks
Phyllis Levin
By: Nancy & Manny Kalef
Illene Wenner
The birth of daughter
Charlotte Jonap & Henry Dodge
Aliyah Braila Segal to Abby Segal
Edith Ketchel
Lili & Howard Brode
By: Judy Vine
By: Flo & Don Nitzkin
Bruce, Susan and Emily Sitron
By: Sharon & Jim Hobson
Harold Tobin
Sharon Lampear
The marriage of
My grandmothers Hannah
Roz Winer
Emily Nadis and Randy Silver
Steve Rosen
and Sima
Elaine & Seymour Cohen
By: Karen & Allan Lovinger
By: Your loving family and friends
By: Adele Silver
Anna Nedelman
Dolores & Leonard Farber
Maxine Berman
Sandy Sirlin
Boris Drigant & Anna Glik
By: Cheryl & Alex Goldis
Larry Sabbath
Get Well Wishes to:
Debi & Steve King
By: Sharon Klein
Gail Baron
Victoria & Benjamin Craine
Sandy & Warren Lada
By: Flo & Don Nitzkin
Tom Barth
Rhona & Rob Fidler
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Tributes
Jody & Rich Grossman
Nancy Aal
Harold Tobin
Yehonatan Binyaminy’s Bar Mitzvah
By: Anna Nedelman
Andrea Bernstein & Art Dermer
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
By: Sharon, Jim and Nicole Hobson
Zita & Don Kirsch
Sharon & Jim Hobson
Ellen Weiss
Karen & Morrie Davidson
Nikki Kroner
Ilene Rubin
Jody & Rich Grossman
Karen & Scott Lewis
Dorothy & Hershel Sandberg
By: Staci & Fabio Giske
Dolores & Leonard Farber’s
Carol Ellstein & Joe Wildberg
Anita & Harvey Zalesin
Wedding Anniversary
Phyllis Blau
Judy Vine
In Memory of:
By: Risha Ring
Laurie & Paul Sweet
Esther & Leon Salomon
Jean Blau
Jason, Lisa and Richard Harris
By: Diane & Larry Blau
Get Well Wishes to:
Marshall Blau
Terri Swartz
Dr. Steven Klein
Judy Vine
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice
Ronald Hopp
Sheryl & Steven Fellows’ sister Jodi
By: Debi & Steve King
By: Barbara & Jack Krekun
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice
Barbara Cohen
Suzanne Katz
Emily & Brandon Gorge’s Aunt Jodi
Louis & Fay Woll
By: Anna Nedelman
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice
Memorial Bible Garden Fund
By: Judy Vine and Auntie Ruthie
Lillian Kaufman
By: Margot Efros
In Memory of:
Annette Newman
Missy & Rich Small
Harvey Shapiro
In Honor of:
By: Linda & Sid Blackman
Charles Bassin
Marvin Hoffman
The engagement of
Joanne & Michael Bellet
By: Linda & Ron Jedwab
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
Rachel Belsky to Justin Moss
Judy Vine and Ruth Rader
By: Margo & Doug Woll
Larry Sabbath
Elissa Berg
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
By: Ilene Rubin
Diana & Alex Kovnat
Jean Blau
By: Illene Wenner
Lillian Bricker
By: Marc Terebelo and Sheri Schiff
Roz Winer
Steve Rosen
Diane & Larry Blau
By: Tim & Sara Zivian Zwickl
Deede & Miles Auster
Jody & Rich Grossman
Linda & Ron Jedwab
Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
Audrey & Jack Sobel
By: Ilene Rubin
Madeline Zingle
Evelyn & Ben Gorge
Sharon Lampear
Jo Schulman
Dolores & Leonard Farber
Teresa Love & John Steinberger
Jo Rosen
Fran Savin
Helen Laski
Susan Fox
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
Esther Morger & Bernie Jonas
Frank Shaenboen
Cliff Rogers
Jean Blau
Sara & Maxwell Nadis
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
By: Judy Vine and Ruth Rader
By: Jane & Chuck Kessler
Cheryl & Paul Darmon
Milt Sucher
Gary Rosenblatt’s mother
Barry Zate
Dolores & Leonard Farber
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
By: Marilyn & Michael Rice and Family
By: Jane & Chuck Kessler
Cheryl & Kenneth Noonan
Harvey Shapiro
Edith Ketchel
Suzanne Katz
Suzanne & Stuart Gildenberg
By: Ruth & Alvin Kwaselow
By: Shelley & Marc Shindler
By: Margo & Doug Woll
Lauren & Joel Bruss
Karen & Scott Lewis
Rhonda & Mike Piper
Linda & Harold Friedman
Elaine Margolis
Janice & Richard Cherkasky
Lori & Larry Garon
Sharon Horowitz
Susan Grant
Sonia Sklar
By: Marilyn & Jerry Soble
Illana Greenberg
Bridget & Paul Flanagan
Audrie Friedman
Sheila & Owen Perlman
TOSAT Fund
The Bodnick Family
Christopher Montague
In Honor of:
Dr. Eli & Gail Markovich
Kelly & Mark Dixon
Aliyah Braila Segal
Suzanne Mendelsohn
Leah & Harvey Ruttenberg
Marilynn & Rick Emmer
By: Abby B. Segal
By: Jane & Chuck Kessler
Pam & Michael Friedman
Julie & Fred Treuhaft
Evelyn Rosen
Bruce Lowen
Tali Rubenstein’s Bat Mitzvah
Phyllis Cohen
Rita & Tom O’Neill
Janis & Larry Shulman
By: The Goldston Family
By: Margo & Doug Woll
Pearl & Seymour Manello
Mimi Curtis
Helen & Sy Indianer
Marilyn & Michael Rice
Pamela & Jacob David
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Maxine Berman
The marriage of
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Cox
By: Jane & Chuck Kessler
In Memory of:
Steve Rosen
By: Margo & Doug Woll
Erwin Robinson
Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Cetner
By: Jane & Chuck Kessler
Tributes
Annette Newman
Philip White
Lyudmila Lebedinskaya
Helen Shindler
By: Beverly Fradis
By: Robert White
By: Lynn & Nikolai Lebedinski
By: Lester Shindler
Faye Palman
Mina & Isaack Kresch
Julius Parker
By: Nancie Eizen
Betty & Samuel Byck
By: Lester Shindler
Eleanor Fradis
Alan Malbin
By: Deborah and Brett Malbin
By: Rena & Dave Kresch
Sabina & Samuel Wildstrom
Morton Horwitz
By: Minna Kaufman
By: Margo & Doug Woll
Molly Lyons
Mair Kahan
Eugene Weiss
Muriel Maisels
Yahrzeit Fund
By: Ellen Weiss
Ben Sobel
In Memory of:
Helene, Leslie, Daniel and
Rhoda Sobel
Sadie Farber Weinstock
Erinn Kohn
By: Audrey & Jack Sobel
Brian Fetter
Jakob Liwazer
By: Neil Fetter
By: Anita & Dennis Blender
Borbala Lugosi
Daniel Zalesin
Ester & Moscu User
Irving Biel
By: Harvey Zalesin
By: Nety & Carl User
By: Agnes & Thomas Lugosi
By: Leonard Farber
Samuel Farber
By: Bill Sperber
By: David Kahan
By: Jeffrey Maisels
Shirley M. Goldin
By: Ilene Rubin
By: Leonard Farber
Hermina Friedman
By: Ilene & Jack Friedman
Yefim Goldis
By: Alex Goldis
Joseph Kwaselow
Ben Nadis
Mildred Schneider
Esther Tolkovsky
By: Annette & Marty Newman
By: Alvin Kwaselow
Henrietta Ruda
By: Susan Rothstein
Hyman Weiner
By: Sara & Maxwell Nadis
Morris Bakst
Henry Leserman
Oscar Korobkin
Ester User
By: Sheri Terebelo Schiff
By: Merle Leserman
By: Lillian Korobkin
Moscu User
and Dr. Marc Terebelo and Families
Lorraine Kales
May Kozin
By: Nancy Weinfeld
By: Frank Kozin
Mary Jo Zwickl
Susan Moore
By: Tim & Sara Zivian Zwickl
By: Ilene & Jack Friedman
Philip Schechter
Irene Belsky
By: Barbara Cohen
By: Andrew Belsky
Shoshana Stern
David Binder
By: Helen Shapiro
By: Etta Zivian
Herman Kass
Aaron Morros
By: Sharon Lampear and Family
By: Jack Morros
Bernard Lampear
Wolf Englender
Fanny Sperber
By: Sharon & Richard Lampear
By: Sandy Sirlin
By: William Sperber
and Family
By: Michael Rubin &
Jacob Wecker
Werner Fink
Sidney Simonian
By: Evelyn Wecker Freeman
Meta Fink
Selma Pearl
Harvey Shapiro
By: Sanford L. Pearl
By: Patti Aaron
By: Manuela & Strul User
Dr. Irwin Posner
Jean Blau
By: Madeline Rosenfield
By: Barbara & Marvin Aal
Emily & Mark Eaton
Mildred Baron
Ronald Wolk
By: Les Baron
William “Bill” Kozin
Gail Lemberg
By: Frank Kozin
By: Cheryl & Jeff Lemberg
Martin Feldman
Manfred Dreifus
Arthur Lyons
By: Hilde Dreifus
By: Rose Lyons
Sadie Lahr
Lillian Bricker
By: Selma Silverman
By: Cathy & Rene Lichtman
Solomon, Lena, Toby
& Irving Rubin
Al Halprin
By: Margot Efros
By: Barbara Katzman
Ruth Aal
By: Marvin Aal
Eleanor Blender
By: Dennis Blender
The Kahan Family
By: David Kahan
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Tributes
Jacques Benguigui
Richard Benguigui
Jean-Claude Benguigui
By: Michele Friend,
Bruce and Maya Skolnik
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.
Yiskor Fund
In Memory of:
Lottie Salzman, Mother
Samson Salzman, Father
By: Dolores Farber
Sadie Farber Weinstock, Mother
Samuel Farber, Father
Florence Tucker, Sister
By: Leonard Farber
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
Parents
By: Jack Friedman
Sister and Brothers
By: Jack Friedman
Please remember to fill out yahrzeit and tribute
forms completely. Thank you!
Minimum suggested tribute amount is $18.
If received after 6/20/16 tributes will appear in the
Fall 2016 Bulletin.
Adult Learning
Committee in Formation
Sunday, July 24
at 10:00 a.m.
You are invited to join a
conversation about adult
learning at Beth Ahm on
Sunday, July 24 at 10:00 a.m.
We’ll review the varied
opportunities for learning that
we currently offer and begin to
plan ways to provide growth
opportunities for everyone at
Beth Ahm. Everyone is invited
whether or not you would
like to be a part of the Adult
Learning Committee that is
currently in formation.
RSVPs appreciated to
Rabbi Rubenstein at
[email protected]
The Ruth Mermelstein
Kitchen Fund
We Extend our Condolences to:
In Memory of:
Evelyn Rosen and Family on the passing of her husband Dr. Steven Rosen.
Jean Blau
By: Karen & Morrie Davidson
Jody & Rich Grossman
Zita & Don Kirsch
Helen Shapiro and Family on the passing of her husband Harvey Shapiro.
Harold Tobin
By: Zita & Don Kirsch
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William (Karol Friedman) Vine and Family on the passing of his father Sherwin Vine.
Florence (Donald) Nitzkin and Family on the passing of her brother Harold L. Tobin.
Beverly Sabbath and Family on the passing of her husband Lawrence Sabbath.
Randle (Gail Offen) Samuels on the passing of his mother Adele Elaine Gitlin Samuels.
Gail (Les) Baron, Julie (Gary) Nitzkin, Rachel and Jonah Nitzkin and Family
on the passing of their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Edith Ketchel.
Martin Newman and Family on the passing of his wife Annette Newman.
Shaul (Julie) Englender and Family on the passing of his father Wolf Englender.
Would you like to receive a phone call to let you know
when there is a death in the Beth Ahm family?
While we send an email to all congregants after a passing,
we know that some members of Beth Ahm either do not have a computer or
do not check their email regularly.
For this reason, we maintain a phone call list for death notifications.
To join the call list or for more info, contact Ritual Assistant Nancy Kaplan
phone 248-737-1931 or e-mail [email protected]
Yahrzeits–In Loving Memory
Sponsored by the Beth Abraham Cemetery Association, serving our congregation since 1912.
*Denotes a plaque in the Kahan Memorial room
July 2016 - Sivan/Tammuz 5776
7/1/2016 (25 Sivan)
Martin Herman*, Estelle Smith*, Morris M. Sperber*
7/2/2016 (26 Sivan)
Harold Bloch*, Rae Grund*, Mollie Lustig, Josef Tolkovsky, Ruth Traison
7/3/2016 (27 Sivan)Patricia Milner Sachs*, Isadore Schon
7/4/2016 (28 Sivan)Esther Indianer*, Hy Kinzer*, Jack Palman*
7/5/2016 (29 Sivan)
Harry Berg, Morris Korman, Samuel A. Morros*, Yetta Rosenfeld*, Minna Stryk*
7/6/2016 (30 Sivan)Leah Baum, Rubye Schreiber*
7/7/2016 (1 Tammuz)
Bertha Brotman*, Zoltan Lugosi, Lottie Wolf*, Solomon “Solly” Yaffe*
7/8/2016 (2 Tammuz)
Rose Adler, Minnie Eder*, Jerry Pollack, Irving Waserman, Henry Wildstrom, Renee Yarzig
7/9/2016 (3 Tammuz)
Helen Gettleson*, Alva Lavine, Irving Rubin, Joseph Stilman*, Hilda Tennenhouse
7/10/2016 (4 Tammuz)
Nathan Apsel, Stuart David Bassin*, Chana Gomolinski, Cyril Silver, Evelyn Starler*, Daniel Weisswasser*
7/11/2016 (5 Tammuz)
Florence Blau*, Harold Diamond*, Hyla Offen*
7/12/2016 (6 Tammuz)
Richard M. Gerber*, Efraim Kahan, Robin Mainster, Ehud Reiter, Sarah Sawitz*, Mary Silver
7/13/2016 (7 Tammuz)
Cecilie Rosenow*, Sarah Rubin*, Boruch Simcha Salomon, Isadore Strom
7/14/2016 (8 Tammuz)
Aaron Byron Cohen*, Ann Jacobson*, Dora Schulman*
7/15/2016 (9 Tammuz)
Norman Blake, Marika Katzender, Meyer Levin*, Philip Yaker*
7/16/2016 (10 Tammuz)
Rose Davidson, Ira Gitlin, Marilyn Goldberg
7/17/2016 (11 Tammuz)
Meyer Metzger, Masha Neshkes, Morris Schwartz*
7/18/2016 (12 Tammuz)
Julius E. Allen, Esther Kawer*, Esther Ida Kawer, Maurice Martin Silverman*, Celia Terebelo*, William J. Weinstein
7/19/2016 (13 Tammuz)
Louis Grossman*
7/20/2016 (14 Tammuz)
Aaron Allen*, Ben Bazaman, Sarah Dzodin, Jay Goodman, Samuel Kief, Hyman Levy*, Evelyn Plotnick
7/21/2016 (15 Tammuz)
Irving Belsky, Bertha Cohen*, Pearl Gertsman*, Helen Kass, Anna Leaderman*, Alfred Mitteldorf*, Monroe Title
7/22/2016 (16 Tammuz)
Ivan Lloyd Blazofsky, Abe Emmer, Paula Leserman*, Israel Patrick*
7/23/2016 (17 Tammuz)
Joanne Kreekun Davidson, Evelyn Geller*
7/24/2016 (18 Tammuz)
Aaron Lankowsky*, Morris Mainster*
7/25/2016 (19 Tammuz)
Shirley Goodman*, Sally Hechtman*, Elias Herman, Victor Lawson, Fanny Newman*, Bertha Selig*, Jennie Topper*
7/26/2016 (20 Tammuz)
Marlene Goldberg*, Walter Manson*, Abraham Metzger*, Bertha Seiferheld*
7/27/2016 (21 Tammuz)
Natalia Drigant, Sylvia Neshkes, Simon Roberts*, Samuel Schwartz*, Brad Silverstein
7/28/2016 (22 Tammuz)
Richard Berg, Pinches David Feldman, Monte Gittleman, Esther Pelton*, Geraldine (Gerry) Schreier, Paul Schulman*
7/29/2016 (23 Tammuz)
Linda Brenner, Lisa Maisels, Julius Travis
7/30/2016 (24 Tammuz)
Maxine Rosenberg, Ann Schonberg
7/31/2016 (25 Tammuz)
Henry Brode, Daisy Kass, Lillian Kersch, Julius Steinharter*, Nathan Utchenik, Fanny Beneson Wolf*
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
August 2016 - Tammuz/Av 5776
8/1/2016 (26 Tammuz)
Sanford Goldansky, Frances Mintz*, Ida Phyllis Terris*
8/2/2016 (27 Tammuz)
Goldie Bank*, Dorothy V. Goodman, Pearl Levin*, Bernard H. Winer*, Sonia Zalesin*
8/3/2016 (28 Tammuz)Irving E. Glancy, Samuel Mandel*
8/4/2016 (29 Tammuz)
Sara Last*, Ruth Mermelstein*, Ralph Rice*
8/5/2016 (1 Av)
Abraham Zelig Erlich, Dorothy Goodman, Walter Siegler
8/6/2016 (2 Av)
Myra Gold, Florence Kaufman, Jacob Landgarten*, Rita Terebelo*
8/7/2016 (3 Av)
Cecile Cohen, Anna Guyer*, Irene Kleinberg*, Louis Ludwig Leserman*, Hedwig Steinharter*
8/8/2016 (4 Av)Albert (Obbie) Snow
8/9/2016 (5 Av)
Nathan Brodsky, Sol Davidson, Joseph Manela, Robert Weinbaum, Anna Chanin Westerman
8/10/2016 (6 Av)
Bella Ackerman*, Isadore Goldfarb, Lillian Stilman*, Goldie Vine
8/12/2016 (8 Av)Pearl Newman*
8/13/2016 (9 Av)David Keller, Steward Kepes
8/14/2016 (10 Av)
Eleanor Kirsch, Hillel Ari Marcus, Harry Starler*, Anne Geraldine Yaker*, David Yaker*, Harold Frank Yaker*
8/15/2016 (11 Av)Jerome Nathan Superstine*
8/16/2016 (12 Av)
Clothilde Bacharach*, Pauline B. Federman, Morris Yanowitz
8/17/2016 (13 Av)Cantor Shabtai Ackerman*
8/18/2016 (14 Av)Dora Kobaker, Esther Shoskes
8/19/2016 (15 Av)
Morris Cohen*, Mayme Lawson, Minnie Shapiro*, Morris Shoskes, Salomon Wildstrom*
8/20/2016 (16 Av)
Sanford Baron, Katalin Biel, Pinkus Greenberg, Louis Last*, Joseph Mash*, Louis Woll*
8/21/2016 (17 Av)
Maurice Glazier, Libby Malowany
A Time to Give and a Time to Receive
8/22/2016 (18 Av)
Jacob Fishman*, Marshal Monte Gorge*, Molly Kessler
No matter the time in your life, the
8/23/2016 (19 Av)
Samuel Byck, William Gutman*, Samson Salzman*, Gitlya Torban
Beth
Ahm
HESED
TEAM is there for our synagogue friends.
We are currently a group of 15 people who believe in
8/24/2016 (20 Av)
Esther Rochlin*, Hattie Shulman*
making a difference in the lives of others in our
8/25/2016 (21 Av)
Hershey Binder, Morris Zabel*
Beth Ahm community with simple gestures of kindness.
8/26/2016 (22 Av)Berthold Selig*
These gestures can be:
• Making a phone call
8/27/2016 (23 Av)
Sylvia Ellenbogen, Ruth Emmer, Anna M. Fox*, Moses Pearlman*
• Sending a greeting card
• Making a friendly visit
8/28/2016 (24 Av)Rachel Drigant
• Providing a ride to and from shul
8/29/2016 (25 Av)
Mildred Neumark, Sonia Wais*, Honey Weingarden
for someone who does not drive
• Offering to put up a mezuza
8/30/2016 (26 Av)
Samuel Friedman*, Julius Schulman*
at
a new assisted living residence
8/31/2016 (27 Av)
Morton Goldberger, Celia Schmidt*, Abraham Weisner*
• Being a good listener at an important moment
• Encouraging others to let the synagogue
know when and how we might be of help
Whether you need some help, are able to offer help,
or want more info. please be in touch:
Nancy Kaplan, 248-390-4294, [email protected]
Alesa Silver, 248-494-1946, [email protected]
Judy Vine, 248-303-6201, [email protected]
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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
September 2016 - Av/Elul 5776
9/1/2016 (28 Av)Betty Byck, Sheldon Fishman*, Larry Goldberg
9/2/2016 (29 Av)Mary Goodman, Eva Maister*
9/3/2016 (30 Av)
Isadore Bernstein*, Fred Futerman, Celia P. Goldberg*, Mendel Schlussel*
9/4/2016 (1 Elul)
Hugo Goldberger*, Leo Kallman*, Benjamin Terebelo*
9/5/2016 (2 Elul)William Goodman*
9/6/2016 (3 Elul)Irving Gittleman, Nancy Reider, Bertha Rosemberg
9/7/2016 (4 Elul)Joseph Faigin*, Florence Pais, Mayer Subrin
9/8/2016 (5 Elul)Noreen Helen Goodman*, Louis Shiovitz
9/9/2016 (6 Elul)
Ann Faigin*, Abe Gittleman*, Arkadiy Lebedinskiy*, Albert Migdal
9/10/2016 (7 Elul)
Saul Berkower*, Julius Berkowitz*, Simon Drissman*, Ida Modiest*, Sue Ann Schafer
9/11/2016 (8 Elul)
Golda Balantzow, Rose Hamovitz*, Lester Kaplan, Samuel Tartof
9/12/2016 (9 Elul)Max Kreshover*, Dyna Novetsky*, Ida Weinman*
9/13/2016 (10 Elul)
Samson Balantzow, Evelyn Gach, Esther Gold*, Anna Neumann*, Beverly Travis
9/14/2016 (11 Elul)
Violet Korn, Ruth Kwaselow, Walter Litt*, Mary Samuels*
9/15/2016 (12 Elul)
Carl Cameron, Harry Louis Rothenberg*, Siegfried Siegler, Khana Vinarskaya
9/16/2016 (13 Elul)Nathan Blazofsky, Hershel Grachniak, Jacob Marx*
9/17/2016 (14 Elul)Fay Block*, Jack Goldberg, Abraham Pelton*
9/18/2016 (15 Elul)Samuel Levy, Jakob Offen*, Felix Sachs*
9/19/2016 (16 Elul)Bertha Supian*, Joseph Woll*
9/20/2016 (17 Elul)
Fred Ackerman*, Minnie Shiovitz*, Fran Title, Samuel Traison, Mark Walker
9/21/2016 (18 Elul)Isaack Kresch
9/22/2016 (19 Elul)
Esther Haffner, Dorothy Sabbath, Ronald Urbach, Fred Weiss, Bessie Yaffa*
9/23/2016 (20 Elul)Clara Browarny*, Max Hammer*, Moritz Katz*
9/24/2016 (21 Elul)
Dagobert Gable*, Jack H. Schwartz, Else Siegler
9/25/2016 (22 Elul)
Pinchas Adler, Joseph Anstandig*, Meyer Ehrlich*, Harry Goodman*, Martha Gorge Jacob, Bella Korman, Sigmund Rohlik*,
Nettie Rudack*
9/26/2016 (23 Elul)Osias Gutman*, Harriet Rogoff
9/27/2016 (24 Elul)Lee Applebaum, Franklin Levy*
9/28/2016 (25 Elul)
Polly Binder, Mary G. Friedman*, Carol Anne Gordon, John Mogill*, Bernice Zuckerman
9/29/2016 (26 Elul)Harry Itskovitz*, Harry Jacobson*, Jack Schon*
9/30/2016 (27 Elul)
Meyer Berman*, Cyla Futerman, Herman Futerman, Bella Gertsberg, David Levy*, Yetta Schreier, Bessie Sheplow,
Evelyn Silverman*, Anne Weisswasser, Sidney Wise
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Congregation Beth Ahm—Summer 2016
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein
David Goodman
Executive Director
2016-2017 Officers
Sandi Tamaroff
President
Congregation Beth Ahm
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.
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
www.cbahm.org
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Royal Oak, MI
Beth Nadis
First Vice President
Subscription rate 50 cents
(included with dues)
Maxine Berman
Second Vice President
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Debi King
Third Vice President
Marc Soble
Treasurer
Staci Giske
Recording Secretary
Immediate Past President
Jeff Silver
2016-2017 Trustees
Jeff Blackman
Dennis Blender
Al Bricker*
Amy Brode
Aaron Ellenbogen
Sandy Glazier
Nancy Goldberg
Manny Kalef
Marissa Lakind
Lois Langberg
Elayne Moss
Jeremy Moss
Risha Ring*
Harvey Schulist
Dahlia Schwartz
Todd Stearn
David Stryk
Jeff Weiss
Margo Woll*
Sarah Zivian Zwickl
* Past Presidents
Professional Staff
Elissa Berg
Alison Blau
Lisa Gates
Nancy Kaplan
Professor Howard Lupovitch
Linda Wright
Rabbi Emeritus
A. Irving Schnipper
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.
BETH ABRAHAM CEMETERY
In Ferndale on Woodward Avenue
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.
Office Information
phone 248.851.6880 • fax 248.636.2052
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]