July-August 2016 Scribe

Sivan - Av 5776
July - August 2016
Volume 28, No. 7 & 8
Temple Shir Shalom
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The festival begins with an evening loaded with family fun, food tastings and games, and ends
with a spectacular fireworks display! To tempt your palate, some of the area’s most popular
restaurants will be on hand to help us celebrate.
Buy your tickets online at www.shirshalom.org
SERVICES
JULY
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6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Meditation
Service
Blessing of Teen Mission 2016
9:00am Shabbat Minyan Service
9:30am Tish
2
9:00am Shabbat Minyan Service
9:30am Tish
9
9:00am Shabbat Minyan Service
9:30am Tish
16
9:00am Shabbat Minyan Service
9:30am Tish
23
9:00am Shabbat Minyan Service
9:30am Tish
30
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Meditation Service
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Meditation Service
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Meditation Service
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Meditation Service
College Connection
During their years in college or military service, Shir Shalom wants to make sure that we stay connected
to our young adults so that they know that if they ever need anything, we’re here for them. We like to
send them little gifts, holiday packages, emails, and invitations to meals and other Temple events. To
make sure we can do this, we need your help. Please send the following information for your student or
military personnel to shoresh@shirshalom.org so that we can be in touch: first name, last name, college/
branch of military, school mailing address, city, state, zip, email, cell phone number, expected month
and year of graduation.
SERVICES
AUGUST
5
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Meditation Service
12
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Meditation Service
19
6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat
Meditation Service
26
6:00pm Congregational Picnic*
7:30pm Service Under the Stars
9:00am Shabbat Minyan Service
9:30am Tish
6
9:00am Tish
10:30am Shabbat Service
Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Kopel
13
9:00am Tish
10:30am Shabbat Service
20
9:00am Tish
10:30am Shabbat Service
Bat Mitzvah of Sarah Scheck
27
Sunday morning Minyan meets at 10:00am.
* Please RSVP for dinners by 5:00pm the preceding Wednesday.
What are you gonna do?
Refocus. Renew.
MICHAEL L. MOSKOWITZ
Rabbi
With high school and college graduations completed, so are the opportunities to sift through the
commencement addresses shared and the platitudes extolled. I love these speeches. Quite possibly it’s the
messages shared that set a tone for such an idyllic time of year. With long evenings,
flowers in bloom, children enjoying camp, warm jackets and wool sweaters stored
safely in our closets, and the sun shining brightly, so can our perspective adjust,
refocus even.
Interesting what theme this year seemed pervasive in many graduation remarks.
The New York Times sifted through the best of them and found that from First Lady
Michelle Obama to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to Speaker of the House Paul
Ryan the recurring message was that times are tough but you actually can make it.
Interesting reality check. But in reading many of these inspiring talks, what so many
kept returning to was the blessing of time – so much that stood before them that truly
anything was possible, but so much that it could be easy to let it slip by so quickly.
And that’s just what time will do.
Summer gives us that very same challenge, and yes, that very same blessing. How often are we overwhelmed
at how quickly time has passed, another year has transpired. In the proverbial blink of our eyes, the calendar
flips and suddenly we find ourselves looking at the new year.
Judaism affords us the opportunity to pause and notice, to recognize that time is our gift, and we need to embrace it as such. On some level, the ancients understood human nature and tendency, that we so often squander
this natural commodity and neglect the inherent blessing right before us. So we have Shabbat to pause and say,
another week has passed and another week sits before me. What was good? What could I do more of? What
has made me smile? How will I spend my days even more engaged next week? What will be the blessings
waiting for me? What is it for which I hope?
Rabbi Telushkin taught in his book Jewish Wisdom a reality that rings true for us all – and something so many
might find themselves thinking. Occasionally, we might be given the gift of a few extra minutes or even more.
But don’t catch yourself saying that you have some “time to kill,” for he teaches, “we don’t kill time. Time
kills us.” Without a doubt, it sounds severe, but we know it to be true. Time is our gift. Our blessing. Now
relish it and make it such.
So what do you want to do in these two special months of summer? Complain that another week just evaporated? Or find another book to read that has been waiting. Spend some moments with a friend, a family member
you haven’t been able to see due to the busyness of the year, enjoy an outdoor service on a Friday night, find
the blessing in the simplicity of a sunset, a full moon, a singing bird. Whatever it is, know that it’s a gift you’ve
been given. Your simple chance to refresh and to renew.
From the desk of . . .
ANDRE DOUVILLE
Executive Director
The beginning of our fiscal year is July 1 and, in the past month, everyone has received their dues statements
from Temple. There are two incredibly important realities that we cannot stress enough. First, when we pay
our dues promptly it helps tremendously. Our yearly budget is based on the expectation and understanding
of these monies being paid, and when we are unsure of what to expect, it makes the
daily running of Temple more of a challenge. Second, please know that we want to
work with you if there is difficulty in paying your dues.
We are a community, first and foremost. And our mission always must be that we
take care of each other. How much the more so when there are needs that you have.
Of course, that is exactly what our dues accomplish: they help us help people – from
our programming to our children to our religious services to our lifelong learning
opportunities. For those who already have contributed their dues, we thank you. For
those who have decided to help even more by joining our Tzedakah Circle, our Chai
donors, or Vatikim, know that you have made possible services to our families that
might otherwise not been available. And if you would like to help more and be part
of our Chai donors (those members that give above and beyond their regular dues amount), all you have to do
is give me a call. Thanks to so many for your help and understanding, and for doing tzedakah in such a special
and meaningful way. Please know how much it is appreciated by all of us at Temple.
This past May we celebrated the eleventh anniversary of the Walk for Israel. Each year your temple, Shir
Shalom, has hosted the Walk and, for the past four years, has also hosted the Run for Israel, a 5K Family
Fun Run. We added another event this year: the Roll for Israel, a family bicycle ride through the tranquil
streets of Oak Park and Huntington Woods. Each year the Walk has grown in popularity, culminating with
over 40 cosponsors and corporate sponsors. Even with brief snow squalls and the threat of rain, close to two
thousand people gathered to celebrate Israel. Senator Gary Peters and Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence were
among the many dignitaries that joined us. It’s an amazing vision to see a line of people more than a mile
long walking together to support Israel. I hope you can join us next year on Sunday, May 7, 2017, as we begin
another decade.
Food, Fun & Fireworks is around the corner. Our annual Food, Fun and Fireworks is Monday, August 15.
It’s an event that you don’t want to miss! Local restaurants share their finest creations for you to sample. Each
year we bring in new restaurants to complement the outstanding ones from years past. Come hungry and ready
for fun! We have games, face painting, bouncies, train rides and more for your little ones. Enjoy wonderful
music while you gather outside at a table with your friends and family. Make sure to save room for the ice
cream truck that is stocked with goodies before the big fireworks show. Bring a blanket or lounge chair and
sit back and enjoy the spectacular fireworks show generously donated by Lili and Les Gold. It’s a night to
remember and always a great time. Tickets are $25 per adult and $12 per child 5-12; children under 5 are free!
Call the Temple office at 248-737-8700 to buy your tickets today or visit our website (www.shirshalom.org)
where you can buy your tickets via PayPal. We can’t wait to see you; it’s a time-honored tradition at Temple
you don’t want to miss!
Shoresh
SARAH ALLYN
Associate Director
Not to be insecure, but we aren’t feeling the love over here at SHORESH during these summer months. We
know, we know, it’s not us—it’s you. You just have a lot going on. You’re not sure if you have time right
now for a SHORESH relationship. Just for a moment, we are going to be the Jewish mother you already
have and throw a little guilt your way. We’re here all summer. We’d love to see
you or, at the very least, hear from you!
Let’s get the nasty business of paperwork out of the way. Most of you—yes,
probably you—owe us some paperwork. You should have received your
SHORESH Registration Packet in the mail in June (unless you stopped by Early
Registration. Special shout out to those of you who have already turned yours in!)
All registration paperwork, preschool-12th grade, is due no later than August
1. After that date we are unable to honor friend requests. Machonikim applications
for students in 7th-12th grade are also due by August 1. Please, please help us out
by submitting your paperwork on time. Give us a call at 248-406-4255 if you have
any questions.
On to the fun stuff…
We have a few summertime events not to be missed. Two by Two at the Zoo, our annual get-together at the
Detroit Zoo is on Wednesday, August 17. This program is geared toward families with early childhood and
early elementary age students but all are welcome. Look for more information and a link to RSVP in your
inbox. Have you purchased your tickets for Food, Fun and Fireworks? I personally go for the food. Maybe
you’re in it for the fireworks. Regardless, the ‘Fun’ is for all! Call Temple to purchase your tickets today
and hold the date: Monday, August 15.
Before I let you get back to your fun-filled summer schedule, I’d like to take a moment to highlight our
Shir Shalom preschool, The Learning Center. Don’t skip over this paragraph just because you don’t have
preschool age kids. What we’re doing with our early childhood program is so amazing, you need to know
about it! Marsha Mitnick, our director, along with our amazing staff are currently running the best early
learning program in the area. If you need proof, just check out their new website:
www.shirshalompreschool.com. Make sure to click on the ‘Garden’ tab to see the wonder that is the TLC
Garden (planted, cared-for and harvested by our children.) It’s truly amazing. Do your part to spread the
word. If you know families with children 0-5, point them in our direction. They’ll thank you for it.
Enjoy the rest of your summer. We’ll see you in (hopefully before) September!
The Learning Center
Marsha Mitnick
Early Childhood Learning Director
Ask any parent of young children if they expected the role of being a parent to be easy and my guess is the initial
response might be: “Yes!” “Wait I mean NO!” or “”I had no idea!” In my mind I can’t think of a more stressful,
serious, fulfilling, heartwarming, demanding, emotional, and loving job. All that job description and no manual to get
you through it. Being a parent is the hardest job to be blessed with.
In Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s new book, Nurture the Wow, she refers to Rabbi Heschel’s
concept of radical amazement as the “WOW” about the world around us. This sense of
amazement – as if seeing something for the first time, like a baby taking their first steps
or standing in the middle of a garden holding your breath as the butterfly lands on your
arm – creates both a physical and emotional response. This sense of awe, or wow, or being
present, is a constant state for the young child. Rabbi Ruttenberg brilliantly suggests in
her book that kids are the masters at this state-of-mind and we as adults need to learn from
them as we parent.
My role as the director of The Learning Center has provided countless opportunities to
be an active participant in this process of “WOW”. When parents come for a tour of The
Learning Center and meet me for the first time it is important that I hear and see everything they are saying…and listen
to what they are not saying.
Ultimately, it is the parents in a child’s life that will foster the sense of awe or minimize it. For some parents it is
intuitive, for most it is not. They may not even know what the “WOW” is or the questions to ask. If you are one of the
latter, that is OK. If you would like to learn more, please come and ask me.
Beginning in the fall I will be starting a new class. Some call it Parent Toddler. I call it Play and Stay. There is a
uniqueness to this program. Parents and children will have the opportunity to play and engage in purposeful activities
that address the young child’s development and their Jewish identity. Each session will run for six weeks. On the sixth
week, Rabbi Moskowitz and I will meet with parents while your children play in the same room.
Enrollment is open. The fee is $50.00 for six weeks. It is open to all. The first session begins Thursday, July 7th.
For more information contact Marsha Mitnick at 248-406-4255 or marsha@shirshalom.org
Visit our NEW website www.shirshalompreschool.com
“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning
and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is
phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to
be amazed.”
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Call 248-406-4255 to set up a visit and enroll for the fall of 2016-2017.
You don’t want to miss the incredible experience of Temple Shir Shalom’s Preschool: The Learning Center!
B’nai Mitzvah!
Ethan Jacob Kopel,
son of Christine and Mark Kopel, will become a bar mitzvah at the Friday evening Shabbat service on
August 13, 2016. He is the grandson of the late Joanne and the late Walter Winiarski and the late Thelma and
the late Martin Kopel. Ethan is a student at Novi Middle School. He enjoys playing in chess tournaments,
running track and cross country and spending time with his friends. Ethan enjoyed spending time with his
tutor Mrs. Zacks and Cantor Penny because they made learning how to chant a fun experience. Ethan is
looking forward to continuing his involvement in the Jewish community by volunteering at SHORESH so he
can be a mentor to younger kids.
Sarah Hammel Scheck,
daughter of Melissa and Richard Scheck, will become a bat mitzvah at the Saturday morning Shabbat service
on August 27, 2016. She is the granddaughter of Leonard Scheck and the late Elizabeth Flapan and Christina
and Paul Rakoczy. Sarah is a student at Larson Middle School. In her free time Sarah is an active ballet
dancer. One of her most memorable Jewish experiences was teaching in the pre-kindergarten classroom at
SHORESH this year. To Sarah, becoming a bat mitzvah means participating in the Jewish community by
being involved in Tikkun Olam activities and celebrating holidays.
Scribe Deadline IN ORDER TO INSURE PUBLICATION, all materials for the Scribe must be submitted
to the office in Microsoft Word format (either on disk with one hard copy or as an e-mail attachment to
scribe@shirshalom.org) by the 25th of the month preceding the month preceding publication.
Dates to Remember
FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT SERVICES
Kabbalat Shabbat Meditation Services,
through August 19, at 6:30pm
Shabbat Services, beginning August 26, at 7:30pm
SATURDAY MORNING SHABBAT SERVICES
9:00am, through August 6
Beginning August 13, at 10:30am
SUNDAY MORNING MINYAN SERVICES
10:00am
TISH WITH THE RABBIS
Saturday Mornings at 9:30am
FAST OF TISHA B’AV
Beginning Saturday, August 13 at Sunset
FOOD, FUN & FIREWORKS
Monday, August 15 at 7:00pm
CONGREGATIONAL PICNIC
Friday, August 26 at 6:00pm
(Please RSVP by 5:00pm the preceding Wednesday.)
SERVICE UNDER THE STARS
Installation of the Board of Directors
Friday, August 26 at 7:30pm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
PLAY AND STAY
Thursdays, July 7 through August 11
10:00-11:30am at The Corners
RSVP to Marsha Mitnick
(248-406-4255 or marsha@shirshalom.org)
BIM BOM BABY SHABBAT
Friday, July 15, 10:00-11:30am
at Meer Apartments
Friday, August 19, 10:00-11:30am
at Hechtman Apartments
RSVP to Marsha Mitnick
(248-406-4255 or marsha@shirshalom.org)
DETROIT MACC-A-BABY
Sunday, August 21 at 11:30am-1:00pm
at The Corners
RSVP to Marsha Mitnick
(248-406-4255 or marsha@shirshalom.org)
ATTITUDINAL HEALING
Tuesdays at 6:30pm
(no meeting 7/5)
BOOK CLUB
Tuesdays, July 5 and August 2 at 7:00pm
FIRST DAY OF SHORESH
Sunday, September 11 9:00am
Tuesday, August 23 at 7:00pm
Tuesday, September 27 at 7:00pm
Saturday, September 24 at 9:30pm
BROTHERHOOD
HIGH HOLY DAYS 5777
Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30pm
AA, ALANON
SELICHOT SERVICE
Rosh Hashanah begins Sunday, October 2 at Sunset
Yom Kippur begins Tuesday, October 11 at Sunset
Wednesdays at 8:00pm
The office will be closed:
Monday, July 4, for Independence Day
Monday, September 5 for Labor Day
Mentschenings
MAZEL TOV
Temple Shir Shalom wishes mazel tov to this year’s 33 graduates of the Florence Melton School of
Adult Jewish Learning of Metro Detroit. The Melton School, a project of The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem and sponsored locally by Federation’s Alliance for Jewish Education and the Jewish
Community Center, is an innovative program in adult Jewish learning that explores Jewish ethics,
history, values, traditions and current trends and dilemmas facing today’s Jewish community.
Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning Temple Shir Shalom 2016 Graduates:
Regina Colton
Pamela Kornfeld
Mara Moss
Josi Ryke
Richard Scheck
Temple Shir Shalom will be hosting the Melton School beginning in September. To register for
the upcoming Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning program in the fall, or for more
information, call the Melton office at 248-205-2557 or email melton@jfmd.org.
Mazel Tov to Isaac Mintz, son of Michelle and Eric Mintz, grandson of Gail and Sid Mintz
and Myra and Dennis Potocsky, on his graduation from Hillel Hebrew Day School on June 8
with two major honors: the Tennis Team “Mentsch Award” and “The William Schumer Award For
Excellence In Hebrew Language and Judaic Studies.” Isaac was also selected to play ice hockey for
the Detroit Maccabi Team in Stamford, Connecticut, this August.
Share your Naches!
Please call the Temple office or e-mail scribe@shirshalom.org with your good news
– we can’t print it unless if we know about it.
Take Note!
Volunteers: Friends of Shir Shalom
Thank you to just a few of our volunteers over the past two months …
Sunday Morning Minyan Leaders: Steve Chadwick, Ilysa Koltonow, Flo Paterni, music by David Hearshen.
Shiva Corps: Joe Firestone, David Hearshen, Flo Paterni, Geri Zacks.
Temple office helpers: Edie “Boo” Klein, Ilysa Koltonow, Lisa Zeldes.
Shoresh Registration Volunteers: Neal Alpiner, Virginie Perov, Tobye Stein.
I Am My Brother’s Keeper: On May 26 Temple Shir Shalom again brought dinner to “I Am My Brother’s Keeper
Ministry” in Detroit. The dinner was sponsored by Temple Brotherhood, a Temple Fund and a generous donation
from Laurel Manor Catering and Deli in Livonia, Great Harvest Bread Co. of Commerce, Diane Jacobs, Laura and
Bob Levy, and Diane Silverstein.
The wonderful volunteers who came down to serve dinner were Sallyjo Levine, Dean Randall, Cathy Pollen,
Steve Chadwick, Annette Pines, Mindy Herman, Joan Diamond, Noreen Goode, Marilyn Madorsky, Betsy
Appleton, Diane Silverstein, Mary Krasman and Michele Colton.
At 6:00pm, when we typically serve dinner, there were more volunteers than guests, by 6:30pm we had a full house
of 65 individuals, including 4 children. We had more than enough food and it was so appreciated by all of our guests
that we could join them for a Friday evening “Family Night”.
We will be returning to I Am My Brother’s Keeper on July 28. If you would like to help contact Charlotte Milgrim
at 248-669-3565 or bloodymercedes@aol.com
Welcome our Newest Members
Dorothy Brodie & Mitchell Abrams and family
Kelly & Sam Frank and family
Andrea & Brian Parel and family
Tobye Stein & Neal Alpiner
Lindsay & Jacob Gaberman
Nicole & Jason Peltz and family
Emily Goldstein
Judie & Mort Plotnick
Miriam Goldstein
Gail & Stuart Raben and family
Julie & Robert Greenfield and family
Michele & Scott Rosenblum and family
Joyce & Alan Kaczander and family
Elisa & Jim Ross and family
Yelena & Nathan Kerner and family
Karen & Glenn Saltsman and family
Shayna & Jeffrey Levin and family
Tami & Danny Samson and family
Tanja & Leo Lieberman and family
Terri & Bruce Selik and family
Melissa Blum & Shane Mally
Stacey & Larry Shulman and family
C.P. Roberts & Steven Merahn
and family
Wendy & Eric Slutzky and family
Lori Davidson-Mertz & Steve Mertz
and family
Michelle & Larry Stern and family
Danielle & Jacob Bass
Joanne & Michael Bellet and family
Avivah Bowen and family
Susan Brody and family
Rhonda & Morris Brown and family
Kira Lesser & Tyler Carr
Meredith & Jeremy Chupack and family
Elyse & Robert Cohen and family
Donna & Jack Costello and family
Tracy & Brian Crane and family
Liz & Rob DeRoven and family
Lindsay & Ryan Dershem and family
Renée Firestone and family
Barbara Levinson & Carl Fischer
Irene & Alexander Milshteyn
and family
Liana & Alex Spiegel and family
Misty & Todd Trompeter and family
Barbara Vinton and family
Stacy & Brian Mingus and family
Tarin & Robert Wine and family
Mara & Andrew Moss and family
Sheryl Wolberg
Take Note!
Come Celebrate Our 12th Anniversary of
Food Fun and Fireworks
Our FOOD FUN and FIREWORKS
festival begins with an evening
loaded with family fun, food
tastings and games, and ends with
a spectacular fireworks display!
MONDAY, AUGUST 15 • 7:00pm
3999 Walnut Lake Road • West Bloomfield
To tempt your palate, some of the
area’s most popular restaurants will
be on hand to help us celebrate.
Get more BANG for your Buck!
THROW BACK PRICING!
$20 per adult • $10 per child (5-12) by July 15TH
After July 15th:
$25 per adult/$30 at the door
$12 per child/$18 at the door
Buy your tickets online! Visit our website
at www.shirshalom.org
Interested in sponsorship? Email us at FFF@shirshalom.org
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Take Note!
The Learning Center
Very Thoughtful People
TZEDAKAH CIRCLE
($500 above dues)
Susan & Larry Becker
Geraldine & Herman Bennett
Barbara & Jack Dorfman
Patricia & Daniel Frank
Millicent & Murray Hozman
Linda & Thomas Klein
Celia & George Leikin
Sharon Meisel
Marilyn & Joel Nosanchuk
Louise Oram
Marilyn & Sanford Schaefer
Janet & Robert Sher
Joyce & David Steinberg
CHAI
($3,000 dues)
VATIKIM
(Senior dues plus)
Paula Milgrom & James Barnett
Wendy & Lloyd Doigan
Pam & Rob Kornfeld
Margo & Robert Lesser
Scott Mazius
Emily & Michael Reich
Kate & Rick Smith
Nancy & Neil Sosin
Patti & Bruce Stein
Terry & Jeffrey Wilner
Marjorie & Steve Ziff
Margi Bayer
Maxine & Bob Carson
Mandy & Joel Fisher
Sara & Michael Frank
Pola & Howard Friedman
Barbara & Donald Janower
Jackie & Larry Kraft
Muriel & Bernard Moray
Alice Brody & Ronald Ross
Barbara & Jerome Sitner
Yan & Robert Stewart
Helen & Howard Topcik
DOUBLE CHAI
($4,200 dues)
Fran Bell
Terri & Gary Cooper
June Gurwin
Jody Lipton & Geoff Kretchmer
Debbie & Robert Lippitt
Lisa & Joshua Sherbin
Adult & Children Choir Fund
In memory of:
MOLLY HECHLER
Joel, Michelle & Wallis Hechler
Art Fishman Burning Bush Fund
In memory of:
FRANCES DAVIS
RAYMOND KUDISCH
Art Fishman
Cantor Penny Steyer’s
Discrectionary Fund
In honor of:
THE MARRIAGE OF OUR
DAUGHTER CARLY
Ilene & Terry Alpert
MURRAY SLOMOVITZ’S
80TH BIRTHDAY
SEYMOUR WEINSTEIN’S
80TH BIRTHDAY
Linda Epstein
Cantor Penny Steyer’s
Discrectionary Fund
THE CAST OF
“SCHLEPPING TO THE 80’S”
Larry D’Ascenzo
In memory of:
DAVID LEDERMAN
Jan Pedersen
To thank:
CANTOR STEYER FOR
AVI’S NAMING CEREMONY
Elana & Daniel Schwartz
To wish:
TIFFANY GREEN A WARM GET WELL
Sandee & Len Mege
Emily Stillman Memorial Fund
In memory of:
ROSE DOBRUSIN
RUTH RYSHEN
Dr. Joseph & Linda Dobrusin
Hyman & Esther Frank
Family Assistance Fund
In memory of:
STEVEN J. BIEGEL
Laurie, Sam, Jacob, & Madison Zeidman
CECELIA ESTHER FRANK
DR. BENJAMIN NEWMAN
Sara & Michael Frank
Jessica Foner Mazius
Memorial Youth Fund
In memory of:
CAROLE MAZIUS
Scott Mazius
Jim Ginn Educational Art Fund
In honor of:
MARISE LEVY’S SPECIAL BIRTHDAY
Sally Ginn
In memory of:
MARVIN SUCHER
Sally Ginn
Very Thoughtful People
Lee C. Saperstein Passover Fund
Mary & Henry Raiber Memorial Fund
CEIL SAPERSTEIN
Barbara Saperstein
LEONARD SILK
Beverly & Spencer Silk
SHARON HOROWITZ
MARTY ROSTKER
Esther & Frank Rosner
In memory of:
Lewis Basic Needs Fund/
I Am My Brother’s Keeper
In honor of:
JAN BRODY& RICHARD GAUTREAU
Elaine Miller
Just because:
CHARLOTTE MILGRIM
Brotherhood of TSS
Liliann & Ely Katz Memorial
Scholarship Fund
In memory of:
DOROTHY HAWORTH
MINDY HOPKINS
DAVID KESNER
ANGELINE KRAMER
LYNNE STRACHAN’S AUNT
LAWRENCE SABBATH
Susan and David Lindow
Liliann & Ely Katz Memorial
Scholarship Fund
To wish:
ALLEN LIEBERMAN A SPEEDY
RECOVERY
Rae Peltz
Lorraine & Al Rohan Fund
In memory of:
NORMAN STEEL
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Steel and Family
Marla Zuppke Youth Fund
In honor of:
PHIL ELKUS’S 90TH BIRTHDAY
Eleanor & Ken Zuppke
In memory of:
BRUCE MARKMAN
Eleanor Zuppke
In memory of:
Michael Nosanchuk Education Fund
In memory of:
MARSHALL KATZ
Laurie Nosanchuk
Myers/Janower Scholarship Fund
In memory of:
JOSEPH BOOK
Donald & Barbara Janower
To thank:
BARRY & ROCHELLE MEYER FOR
INCLUDING US AT YOUR SEDER
Marlene & Steven Myers
Nathan Family Youth Fund
To thank:
THE TEMPLE STAFF FOR ALL THEIR
HARD WORK FOR AVI’S BRIS
Elana & Daniel Schwartz
Oreffice Social Action Fund
In memory of:
BERNICE CAPLAN LAZEROW
Ms. Daine Silverstein
Rabbi Daniel A. Schwartz’s
Discretionary Fund
In honor of:
OUR CHILDREN’S MARRIAGE
Helene & Michael Mally and
Karen & Steve Blum
THE BIRTH OF AVI ISAIAH SCHWARTZ
Sandy & Bill Pitler
In memory of:
SEYMOUR S. ELLMAN
Eloise Ellman
MORT MARGOLIS
David Margolis
To thank:
RABBI DANIEL SCHWARTZ
Mikki, Josh & Lainie Rubin
Glenn and Melissa Scher
Rabbi Dannel I. Schwartz’s
Discretionary Fund
In memory of:
SYLVIA PERLMAN
Zina Kramer
Rabbi Michael L. Moskowitz’s
Discretionary Fund
In honor of:
THE MARRIAGE OF
JULIE RUBIN & RICK KAY
DR. JOHN MARX’S ACHIEVEMENT
Arlene & Tony Payson
In memory of:
DAVID BECK
ESTELLE GERMAN
ELSIE BECK
NORMAN GERMAN
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Beck
NOAM CARMEN
Maida & Jerry Zuckerman
ELIOT FRIEDMAN
PEARL FRIEDMAN
Sheryl & Larry Cohen
SARAH FRIEDMAN
Morton & Patricia Friedman
HARRY EMANUEL KRETCHMER
Claire Kretchmer
IRVING LIPTON
Natalie Lipton Schwartz
MORT MARGOLIS
David Margolis
ROBERT MOSKOWITZ
Pam & Rob Kornfeld
PHIL PARKER
Jackie & Gary Sikora
ANNA WOHLMAN
Seymour Wohlman
To thank:
RABBI MOSKOWITZ FOR THE PURIM
SCOTCH TASTING
Jay Must
RABBI MICHAEL MOSKOWITZ
Mikki, Josh & Lainie Rubin
Glenn and Melissa Scher
RABBI MOSKOWITZ FOR
AVI’S NAMING CEREMONY
Elana & Daniel Schwartz
Very Thoughtful People
Rambam Tikkun Olam Fund
Suzi Romanik Print Fund
Temple Shir Shalom Building Fund
THE TEMPLE STAFF FOR ALL THEIR
HARD WORK FOR AVI’S BRIS
Elana & Daniel Schwartz
ANDREW FOLTYN
Paul & Leah Foltyn
TODD KROLL FOR BEING A MENTSCH
Anonymous
Temple Shir Shalom
Temple Shir Shalom Library Fund
LOIS JAFFIE’S ANGELA HOSPICE
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER
RECOGNITION
Seymour N. & Pearl L. Manello
NORMAN GALLANT
Jeri & Tim Keer
To thank:
Sakwa Endowment Fund
In memory of:
LANCE ELLIOT TAINES
Rebecca & Howard Emmer
Sandra & Giorgio Sonninon Fund
In memory of:
SANDRA SONNINO
GIORGIO SONNINO
Roberta E. Sonnino
Schwartz-Averbuch
Youth Scholarship Fund
In honor of:
THE BIRTH OF AVI ISAIAH SCHWARTZ
The Bush Family
Gail & Sid Mintz
Jay, Lucie & Lila Must
THE BIRTHS OF JENNA ELYSE
SCHWARTZ & AVI ISAIAH SCHWARTZ
Carol, Rick, Devin & Jeremy Ellis
Shirlee E. Sachs Library Fund
In honor of:
MISCHA SACHS’ 90TH BIRTHDAY
The Saperstein Family
In memory of:
In honor of:
In memory of:
ROSE BARRON
Diane & Ronald Barron
FAY BIRCOLL
MARY COLEMAN
Patricia & Herbert Bircoll
CELIA MARY BURROW
ROSE ELLIS
Bob & Gloria Ellis
ZOLTON GLANTZ
Anita Fishman
HARRY MUST
Natalie Lankin
SIDNEY PETER PATTERSON
Ruth Newman
SHOSHANA RIVAL
Eva & Jan Rival
HARRY SHAPIRO
Nancy & Michael Bank
HAROLD TOBIN
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Beck
LIA VAYNER
MICHAEL VAYNER
Natalie Perov
To thank:
In memory of:
Temple Shir Shalom Music Fund
In memory of:
DR. PHILIP PARKER
Ida Zack & Ed Alpert
Temple Shir Shalom Personnel Fund
In memory of:
ROBERT GURWIN
STEVE GURWIN
MERYL SIEGAL HICKEY
Fran Bell
STEVEN D. GURWIN
ROBERT C. GURWIN
June Gurwin
Ziff Family Memorial Wall Fund
In memory of:
KEN DUBRINSKY
JEAN CUTLER
ANDREA DUBRINSKY
Mark Dubrinsky
MARY GOODMAN
CAROL RUENKBERG
NORINNE SELESKO
Marjie & Steve Ziff
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In Remembrance
We Regret with Sorrow the Passing of:
Bernice Caplan Lazerow
Mother of Wendy (Lloyd) Doigan
Edith Fershtman
Mother of Robert (Linda) Fershtman
Morris Eisenberg
Father of Andrea Eisenberg
Randy Rubin
Brother of Amy Weber
Ethel Lynn
Mother of Laurie (Michael)
Banks
Craig Saperstein
Son of Barbara Saperstein
Brother of Beverly Jacober-Silk
(Spencer Silk)
Brother of Carey Gerchak
(Richard Levey)
Sunday, June 26, at 10:00am … Friday, July 1, at 6:30pm and Saturday, July 2, at 9:00am
Abraham Adelson
Sue Alexander
Benjamin Banks
Louis Bellet
*Esther Berkowitz
Seymour Bernstein
*Moe Bershad
Alex Blackman
Harold Bloch
Joel Bodzin
David Buckfire
*Charles Cohen
Marsha Diskin
*Lois Finn
Alexander Freund
*Abe Friedman
Lewis Garfinkel
Edward Glick
Bobbye Goldburg
Maxine Goldburg
Sylvia Guggenheim
Edgar Hartman
*Pearl Herold
Dr. Sidney J. Hillenberg
Lillian Hirsch
Della Hirschbein
*Earl Hordes
Debra Jo Jacobs
*Gerald Kanarek
Ilene Karson
Harry Kasmer
Sandra Klein
Freda Kline
Stuart Lenhoff
*Albert H. Lentzer
Marilyn Lipman
Matilda Lis
Lois London
Timothy Lunde
Morris Lurie
Bernard Margolis
Isadore Mege
Ella Meisner
Michael Alan Meyers
*Marlene Miller
Marsha Moore
Max Nyman
Maxine Ordower
*Judith Owens-Stern
Gladys Paletz
Leslie Mark Pines
Gerald Pollack
William Rosen
*Samuel Rosenthal
Joseph Roth
Rhoda Schaefer Roth
*Sam Rothfeder
Fira Rozenberg
Phyllis Schwartz
*Rose Ginsburg Sherman
Istir Shumshinov
*Bernard Sloan
Hyman Solomon
Nic Sotelo
Sydney Stern
Beatrice Stillman
Simon Umanskiy
Shirley Witus
Eva Yellen
Gerald Zeidman
Sunday, July 3, at 10:00am … Friday, July 8, at 6:30pm and Saturday, July 9, at 9:00am
Molly Alpert
Norman Baril
Thelma Barnett
Samuel Baum
Zelda Blackman
Evelyn Carpenter
Gerald Carrick
*Charles Cohen
Nathan Coleman
Meyer Ellis
Seymour Faber
Marcy Fealk
Robert Fisher
Harold Ira Gach
Charlotte Gertner
*Lisa Lyn Glass
Sophie Goldman
Sidney Gorman
Benjamin Greenfield
Rose Growick
Lawrence Gundlach
*Dr. Leo H. Harris
Lorraine Herschelman
Seymour Louis Heyman
Abe Ingber
Zeesh Kanarek
*Gerald Marvin Kirschner
Edyth Lampcov
Minnie Leshman
Hyman “Hy” Levine
Arthur “Art” Link
Harry M. Mandell
Abraham Meadow
Judith Carole Mendelson
Dr. William H. Michaels
Marshall Miller
Merrill Miller
Myrtle M. Otto
Miriam Pickard
Philip Pondo
Bob Probert
*Blanche Robinson
Charles Rubin
Robert “Bob” Ruskin
Leslie Silver
Rose Silver
Fanny Stockler
Harold Turner
Sadie Weisman
* Denotes a plaque on our Ziff Family Wall of Remembrance
** Denotes a plaque in our Carole & Henry Frank Interfaith Garden
In Remembrance
Sunday, July 10, at 10:00am … Friday, July 15, at 6:30pm and Saturday, July 16, at 9:00am
*Dr. Moris M. Becker
Raymond Becker
Lena Beckerman
Bertha Blackman
Sidney Blackman
Barbara Bockoff
*Harry Bussell
Edward Essar Chodoroff
**Cindy “C.C.” Cowper
Jacob “Jack” Diamond
Harry Eichler
Fanny Freedman
Manuel “Manny” Goldring
Estelle Goldsmith
Rose Grossman
Nathan Haynes
Sally Hindley
*Samuel Hollander
*Diane Hozman
James Inglis
Beatrice Jacob
Ted Kaczander
Israel Kaplansky
Lottie Koltonow
Diane Krosnick
Samuel Ledger
*Freda Linden
Louis Lis
Robert Lynn
Sherry Maloff
Val Jo Mauro
Vivian McGill
Nettie Moore
Edith Moss
Lillian Newell
DeForest “Arnolde” Piper
Ruth Rich
Dr. Herschel Rubin
Paul David Rubinstein
Bernice Shulman
*Michael Lee Stockler
*Martin Craig Weinstein
Sandra Weston
Irving Wohlman
Tim Wright
Benjamin Zager
*Henry Zicholtz
Shirley Lucow Zickerman
Joseph Zumberg
Sunday, July 17, at 10:00am … Friday, July 22, at 6:30pm and Saturday, July 23, at 9:00am
Myron “Mike” Aaron
Matthew Bittker
Rose Blau
Edward Blum
James Thomas Bush
Suzanne Bégin
Julie Cahill
*Sydney Chisik
*Mary Evelyn Cohen
*Samuel Cohen
*Sam Fishman
Manny Foner
Arline Foster
Martin Fried
Tillie Gardner
Eleanor L. Gawlik
Jean Gold
Margaret Guralnick
*Stephen R. Hoff
Audree Horwitz
Jeffrey Jacob Tauber Hyke
*Max Keane
*Larry Allen Klegman
Irving Kleiff
Suzanne “Sue” Knight
Henry Bernard Lewis
Jeanne Maxwell
Samuel L. Moss
*Sheila Naster
*Max Nosanchuk
Jess Ogusky
Ray Pevos
Elvin Pollack
Eugenia Popescul
*Betty Rosenblatt
Bertha Rosenfeld
Lillian Rosinger
Rose Rozanoff
Betty Salesin
Ernestine Schott
Marion Schwartz
*Anita Silberman
Theodore Silverman
*Cary Simon
Art Sklar
*Steven Lewis Slomovitz
*Milton D. Smith
Dianne Stahl
Shirley Lewis Steinberg
Arthur Stern
Lena Stockser
Bernard Uronovitz
Rabbi Sherwin Wine
Louis Zucker
Morris Zucker
Sunday, July 24, at 10:00am … Friday, July 29, at 6:30pm and Saturday, July 30, at 9:00am
William Alexander
Bernice Barill
Rita Bronstein
Sol Brown
Lori Haber Buckfire
Rose Cecchini
Florence Cohen
Marsha Cohen
*Melba Cohen
Larey Dresner
Sheila Dubin
Marcy Fealk
Karen Flam
**Benson Ford, Sr.
Jeanne Garbeil
Babs Arlene Geller
Shirley Goldman
Ahuva Graham
Hermine Gruber
Herbert Guggenheim
Gail Henson
Merle Hoffman
Alan Jacobs
Rose Jacobs
David Katz
*Ely J. Katz
Louis Katzer
Frances Noble Klein
Myrtle Krickstein
Brian Lenhoff
Adolph Harry Levy
Becky Weinstein Lichtenfeld
Bertha Lowy
Jack Malamud
Susan Ilene Michael
Adela Mirkin
Albert “Herbie” Mitnick
Anna Morof
Dr. Howard Neff
Marie Elizabeth Nemeth
William John Nemeth, Sr.
Cantor Norman Rose
Dr. Herbert Rosenthal
Murray Rudner
Amelia Sabolo
Howard M. Schudson
Benjamin Shepard
Bertha Shook
Ethel Shumer
Dorothy Sokoloff
*Werner E. Stark
Sam Stockler
Kal Jerrud Sweet
Roslyn E. Zuckerman
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In Remembrance
Sunday, July 31, at 10:00am … Friday, August 5, at 6:30pm and Saturday, August 6, at 9:00am
Edith Albion
Esther Allan
Jerry Altschul
Eugene “Gene” Arden
Howard Berkowitz
Cantor Samuel Berman
Al Binder
Rose Blatnikoff
Harry Bockoff
*Dr. Leonard Crane
John Dangovian
Cantor Stephen Dubov
Mel Durbin
Abe Eisenberg
Lawrence Eisenberg
Richard Elconin
Gary Elias
Esther Finkelstein
Harvey Gallison
Rochelle Goldman
Jerry Hanrahan
Scott Hozman
Mary Inglis
Seymour Jaffie
Benjamin Janower
Nakhshum Kerimov
Sheila Kirsch
Herman Koltonow
Mark Leider
Adolph Harry Levy
David Lurie
Susan Meskin
Allen Michaels
*Max Mindlin
Harry Mirkin
Muriel Morse
Hyman Pudavick
*Shirley “Sherry” Robbins
Florence Robert
Henrietta Schwartz
Mary Schwartz
Max Schwartz
Elliott Shepard
Merrill S. Siegrist
Shirley Sitner
Sol Slomovitz
Dorothy Statfeld
Hannah Steel
Sam Sweet
*Joseph Taitelbaum
Julius Taitelbaum
Irene Walt
Meyer Weinstein
Stanley Wigodski
*Becky Yourofsky
Sunday, August 7, at 10:00am … Friday, August 12, at 6:30pm and Saturday, August 13, at 10:30am
Norman Appleton
*Madeline Barkin
*George Barr
Julius Bronstein
*Howard Camden
Meyer Cohen
Bessie Cohen-Gilman
Diane Colton
Kenneth Davidson
Alvin Delidow
Rose Elkind
Herman Feigenson
Lois Fine
*Mac R. Fisher
**Edith McNaughton Ford
*Rose Schwartz Foster
Harold Friedman
*Rose Gayer
Lee Genser
Manuel Gold
Zola Gold
Bertha Goldman
*Jason Goode
*Solomon Gray
Edward Greenfield
Morris Hirsch
*Ina Kadish
Irving Kaplan
Kurt Kent
Inez Kepes
*Joyce Kolb
Benjamin “Ben” Konstantin
Doris Lapin
Elsie Lindow
Betty Eisenman Lynn
Rose Mankoff
*Irwin “Burt” Meisel
Juliet Meldrum
Harvey Yhezkel Meyer
Harold Munter
*Sylvia Nathan
Sheila Fay Oberndorf
Michael Phillips
Edythe Raskin
*Dr. Charles Joseph Reich
Tojve Rival
*George Rosenberg
Janet Rosenberg
Rose Stein Ross
Jean Ryke
Richard J. Schaefer
Joel Schulman
Charles Shwedel
Dora Silverfarb
Hilda Silverman
Alan Small
*Dr. Abraham Barnette Solomon
Harry Techner
Morris Weiss
*Joseph John Wilber
Ben Yellen
Sunday, August 14, at 10:00am … Friday, August 19, at 6:30pm and Saturday, August 20, at 10:30am
Morris Aaron
Simon Alpert
Holly Jayne Barnett
Mary Bas
Rabbi Eric Bram
Abraham Brasch
Ellanore “Elle” Bronstein
Robert Raphael Citron
John Conatser
Ronald Disner
Rose Disner
Goldie Dunn
Carol Falk
Freda Fisher
Sheldon Fishman
Bessie Friedman
Ilene Joseph
Jean Kalisky
*Sydelle Markson Katzer
Rose Korn
June Koscielny
Beatrice Levine
Ben Levine
Walter Lindow
*Israel Lopatin
*Mary Meyers
*Diane Serota Mintz
Seymour Mirkes
Clara Niss
Esther Olen
Stephen Paull
Loretta Raskin
*Sarah Reich
*Samuel “Sam” Robbins
Dorothy Roer
Melvin Rosen
Sid Rosenberg
*Mary Rosenthal
Irving Schumer
Eleonore Schwartz
Louis Seidman
Ida Sher
Ilene “Torchy” Silverman
*Morton Silverman
Issadore Snider
Arlene Spero
*Shaaron Rae Varon
Nancy Ann Victor
Ernest Wenk
*Anne Loewy Williams
Guy S. Wiseman
Teddy Zicholtz
* Denotes a plaque on our Ziff Family Wall of Remembrance
** Denotes a plaque in our Carole & Henry Frank Interfaith Garden
In Remembrance
Sunday, August 21, at 10:00am … Friday, August 26, at 7:30pm and Saturday, August 27, at 10:30am
Carol Adler
Sally Alexander
Jack Alpert
Morris Bas
Milton “Mickey” Bates
*Eugene I. Bendersky
*Robert Blank
*Shirley Lichtenfeld Chapel
Sol Cohen
Joseph Deutch
Fanny “Faye” Diskin
Dr. Harvey Elford
*Irving “Izzy” Emmer
Albert Epstein
*Jeanne G. Fishman
Steven Scott Frager
Xenia Friedenberg
Bernard Gayer
Betty Goldman-Brown
Trinette Grandstaff
*Irene J. Grey
Alex Gross
Eric Grossman
Steven Guralnick
Morris Howard
*Donald R. Jacobson
Robert Joseph
John Keer
Irving Kingston
Harold Kravin
Leon Landsberg
Jack Levin
*Lillian R. Levine
Phil Linder
Jack Malamud
Patricia Mather
Gerald Meltzer
*Sylvia Nathan
Jacob Nosanchuk
Barbara Maier Nulf
Minnie Pole
*Reba Rashti
**Dr. Charles Joseph Reich
Sylvia Rosenberg
*Leslie Carol Rosenblatt
June Rothfeder
*Shirlee Sachs
Beatrice Salem
*Mortimer Schwartz
Jack Seedman
Louis Seidman
Burton Selik
Renee Tushman
Herbert Wasserman
Katie Wasserman
Lena Wasserman
Bernard Zipser
Diane Zuppke
August 28, at 10:00am … Friday, September 2, at 7:30pm and Saturday, September 3, at 10:30am
*Michael Aronovitz
Sylvia Beresh
*Ruth Berkowitz
Harry Block
Dr. Jason Bodzin
Joseph Burke
*Heleta Chernack
Rose Dubrinsky
Dr. Bernard Ducoff
*Jacob Emmer
Leonard Hannan Gaba
Harmon Gallant
Ben Gelman
Jennie Gross
Sharon Joy Hoffman-Fiander
John Hole
Rosemary Holiday
Florence Howard
Earl G. Kaplan
Carol Kaufman
Shirley Litinsky
*Esther Meisel
Celia Kohn Michaels
Jacob Moray
Rebecca Leikin Mullen
Jean Newling
Olga Poloz
Rachel Putterman
Leah Simka Raykhinshteyn
Fannie Reizman
Roslyn Rock
Helen Rom
Stanley Rontal
Samuel Rosenberg
Helen Rosenthal
Esther Roth
Millie Roth
Yetta Savage
Morris Schaefer
Melvin Scher
Robert Schlaff
Jason Eric Schwartz
Bruce Seid
Don Sharfman
Liliya “Lily” Sharova
Bonia Shur
*Eleanor Mozen Silver
*Rose Silverstein
Lester Singer
Joseph Taylor
Samuel Toby
*Eva Goldberg Weinstein
Mildred Williams
Donald Wohlman
Herman Yarrows
Ruth Yarrows
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What’s on My Mind?
From the President: Joshua Sherbin
How do you think of time passing? Some think in terms of
calendar years (whether Gregorian or Jewish), some forever
think in terms of school years (as in the year ends in June
when I still should be going away to camp for at least 4
weeks), some ponder the completion of each fiscal year
(which happens to be the end of June at Temple) and others
have perfected the art of losing track of time.
For me, as I have already let slip, the year ends with the
completion of another school year. Instead of me heading off
to camp for a memorable summer, it was replaced long ago
by our kids doing the same. Many years of Jewish summer
camp experience for each of our three kids appears to be as powerful for them as it was
for me in nurturing Jewish values and identity.
So, back to the passage of time. As my first year as Temple president concludes on June
30, I am grateful for the support over the past year of our rabbis, staff, my fellow board
members – and each of you.
Now, I’m looking forward to what year two will bring.
Temple Shir Shalom
3999 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Phone: 248-737-8700
Fax: 248-737-8862
www.shirshalom.org
Shoresh
2075 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Phone: 248-406-4255
Rabbis: Dannel I. Schwartz,
Michael L. Moskowitz,
Daniel A. Schwartz
Cantor: Penny Steyer
Executive Director: Andre Douville
Director of Early Childhood
Learning Center: Marsha Mitnick
SHORESH Principal: Sarah Allyn
Scribe Staff
Fran Bell, Lenie Bershad,
Audrey Bloomberg, Amy Douville,
Andre Douville, Sid Jacobs,
Melanie Pohl, Marla Worthing
We’ll start the year with addition of three new Board members (as I write this, I know the
final vote tally is still to be counted, but I’m pretty confident) who bring extraordinary
skills and enthusiasm as trustees: Barry Levine, Michelle Bayer and Eric Tilds. If joining
the Temple Board at some point in the future tempts you, I’d love to talk to you about it.
Last Edition’s Stuffers
Brian Fiander, Sid Garbeil,
Ronna Gordon, Jill Newling,
Cathy Yourofsky
We’ll also start the year with a brand new parking lot. While July will be inconvenient
and dusty, the payback will be safety and convenience that we’ll enjoy for the next 20
years or so.
Officers of the Congregation
President: Josh Sherbin
Vice President: Fran Bell
Vice President: Keith Lublin
Vice President: Scott Mazius
Vice President: Allison Parr
Two of my favorite Temple activities are also front loaded at the start of our new Temple
year – summer meditation services and Food Fun & Fireworks. Friday night services
outside with a lighter touch by Rabbis Mike and Daniel is a great way to celebrate
Shabbat and unwind at the end of a long week. Then, on August 15, we host our 12th
Food Fun & Fireworks - a great evening that welcomes all ages in the community to
Temple and nobody goes home hungry. A heartfelt thanks to Katie Brown for chairing
this event. If you are interested in helping make Food Fun & Fireworks a success, please
contact our Temple executive director, Andre Douville, at andre@shirshalom.org.
So once the fun of summer starts to wane, what’s next in my second year? Soon, we will
kick off our new hardcover prayer book beautifully illustrated by Temple member Lori
Blume. By Chanukah 2016, expect the new prayer book to be in your hands and look for
opportunities this year to support Temple through dedication of a prayer book.
In response to your survey feedback and thanks to an enthusiastic founding group, look
for the Women of Shir Shalom to come together during my second year.
What would you like to see happen at Temple over the next 12 months? Let me know at
joshuasherbintss@gmail.com.
Trustees
Terri Cooper, Shari Dobrusin, Tracie
Engel, Howard Goldman, Joel
Hechler, Jonathan Jones,
Eric Krause, Richard Mandell,
Howard Morof, Lyle Wolberg,
Rabbi Michael Moskowitz
Immediate Past President
Lloyd Doigan