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Nisan/Iyar 5769
Vol. 52, No. 8
Shabbat, April 4
10:00 a.m.
Young Family Chavurah
10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning
Worship in Rosen Foyer
Thursday, April 9
10:30 a.m. Pesach/Passover
Worship
6:30 p.m. Congregational
Second Night Seder
Shabbat, April 11
*
Friday, April 17
8:00 p.m. Jacob Hertzberg,
Bar Mitzvah
Schmooze a little... learn a little... eat a LOT!
Shabbat, April 18
Adults: $36.50 • Kids (ages 4-12): $16.00
10:30 a.m. Emma Kristal, Children 3 and under: Free
Bat Mitzvah
Menu: Seder Plate, Matzoh Ball Soup, Gefilte Fish, Chopped Liver (or mock chopped liver for
*
Friday, April 24 vegetarians), Chicken Marbela*, Tzimmes, Roasted garlic mashed potatoes, Cheesecake
8:00 p.m. Sisterhood Shabbat Catering by Annabel’s and Company
w/Shir Chadash
*call the office by April 5 if you need a vegetarian entree or wish to notify of other dietary restrictions
Shabbat, April 25
10:30 a.m. Shabbat Morning Please consider sponsoring a JARC resident for Seder 2009!
Worship
Please RSVP to the Temple office by April 5.
For information, call Murt Sherbow at 248-399-1356
In Memoriam
Yom Huledet Sameiach
Barney Katzman
April Birthdays - Temple Emanu-El Children
Mazel Tov! 1 Drew Leshman 8 Alison Cook 22 Joshua Frowine
3 Shane Handelsman Blake Phillips 23 Edward Rosenthal
to Ariel and Daniel Hoffman Allison Lammers Ryan Rubenstein Jacob Stone
on the adoption of Michael Aviv Hoffman Claire Sinai 10 Rebecca Driker- 24 Jared Allyn
Hannah Stoller Ohren 25 Alex Steinberg
4 Graham Wise Rachel Sabbath 26 Lindsey Katz
Jack Wise 11 Ellary Koretz Benjamin Sofferin
Welcome to Temple Emanu-El! 5 Meagan Bonner 13 Lucille Rosenthal 27 Jake Cooper
Jacob Hertzberg 15 Hannah Baron 28 Hanna Sosin
The Congregation welcomes the following new members who have 6 Natalie Danzig Mason Ross Riley Stocki
joined our Temple family (through January 31, 2009): Alexander Fetterman 16 Nicholas Stoller 30 Jules Erb
7 Celeste Schreier 21 Eric Silver Benjamin Zepke
Ron and Fiona Rubenstein of Huntington Woods (ECC)
and their children Mia, Ryan and Rhys.
We look forward to your involvement in services and
April Anniversaries!
at our many events and activities. 6 Steven & Karen Soffin 12 Adam & Margaret Bornstein
7 James & Donna Brennan Mitch & Marcia Meisner
8 Norman & Rosa Berger Michael Sosin & Cynthia Sherburn
Glenn & Natalie Lapin 15 Christopher & Rachel Hulen
Jeffrey & Rae Mandel 26 Carl Bunin & Linda Solomon
Gary & Maxine Mondshine 27 Mark Handelsman & Elaine Bloom
Ronald & Carole Weiner 29 Albert Ascher & Marjorie Katz
10 Stephen & Jennifer Rebori Bernard & Shirley Malamud
y a r t z e i t s
April 3/4 *Isidore Ravitz Ida Kramer *Max Bloom *Dora Lucow *Ruth Curtis *Morris Klein
*Dr. Max Aiken Solomon Sacks *Rosalyn Kraus *Bernard Blumenstein *Aaron Malamud *Jennie Fagin Jack Kolko
*Abraham Baransky Charles Schwartz *Samuel Landau Thomas Bonner Isadore Matenky *Douglas E. Friedman *Elsie Laven
*Louis Barr *Henry Schwartz Meyer Lubin Gertrude Cross *Isadore Melamed *Marian Castleman Harry Levin
Ralph Bensman Polly Segal *Esther Malamud Scott Nathan Davis *Fern Onickel Funke Anna Levine
Henrietta Drasnin *Celia Sidder *Minnie Morgan *Rolla J. Donner Isadore J. Pelzner *Edith J. Gans *Stella T. Marks
*Samuel H. Dudick Judge Sandra Faith Naber *Julius Droz Sylvia Reitman *Jack A. Glass Abraham Pickard
Jo Ann Engelson Silver Davis *Leo Henry Newhouse Sophie Eglin Shirlee Rosin *Jeanette Gold Jack Reitman
*Jane Finkelstein *Freda Steinhardt Joseph Pohl Berthold Erdstein Sylvia Ross Dr. Herbert Goldstein Esther Rich
Edith Fowler *Isadore Stern Samuel A. Popkin *Lemuel Farber Betty Rubin *Henry Gordon Leona Rose
*Rose Fried *Ida Trager *Samuel A. Rappaport *Betty Dorothy Frank *Anne K. Schuster Ethel Gornbein Stanley Rosen
Irving Friedman *William Weiss *Sarah Ravitz *Kate Jacob Frank *David T. Schuster *Kate J. Harris *Dora Rosenberg
*Benjamin Glinter Sue Zepke *Samuel Reder *Daniel A. Friedman Markus S. Simon Dr. Maurice Herschfus Robert Rubin
*Sol Gorman *David H. Resnick *Eric Gilbert Dorothy Spitzer Toby Hersen *Gussie Sherman
David Hazan April 10/11 Mary Robiner *Joseph Glinter *Richard A. Stein Sam Horowitz *Muriel Sofferin
Ben B. Hersen *Bella Barr *Sidney Samovitz Bertram Gordon Maxwell Torneck Samuel Hurwitz Martin J. Soffin
Allen Horowitz *Nina Block *Seymour Shulman Alexander Greenbaum Morris Werney *Dorothy Kallush *Harry Stein
*Anton “Oscar” Benita Bornstein *Milton Slatkin Harry Greenberg Dov Baer Zhuk
Kaczander Morton Braiker Jack Soifer Harold Bernard Gross *A light will be lit on our Memorial Board.
*David King Solita Cohn *Evelyn Sorkin Robyn Gross April 24/25
*Isaac Kuschner Layne Conn *Jack Weiss Dora P. Hockfield *Eli Aiken If you wish to memorialize your loved ones in
a special way, consider purchasing a memo-
*Sol Lachman *Leo Alexander Coskey Berko Zdanowicz *Benjamin Jaffe *Ida (Hudel) Band rial plaque to be displayed in our Anne Jospey
*Dr. Dora (Dolly) Levine *Blanche Einhorn Archie Zeitlin *Herman Kessell *Sigmond Barna Sanctuary. Each year, on the
*Louis Lucow Tamara Erman *Benjamin Zuckerman Dora Kleiman *Eva Bell anniversary of their death, it
*Irving Manheimer Thomas Gilhuly *Irvin Klein Lillian Brod will be lit as a remembrance.
*Josephine J. Marwil Lee Grodsky April 17/18 Edgar Kornhauser Albert Chait
Contact the Temple office
*William Nedelman Helen Hack *Issedor Aronsson *Dr. Dennis D. Kovan *Seymour Cobrin at 248-967-4020 to make
*Mervin Pelzner Bernard Haydu Joseph Bean Sylvia Latt Dorothy Cohn arrangements for this eternal
memory of your loved one.
Our history is marked with several At our Mishkan T’filah dedication service
uniquely transformative passage points. I in January, a member of our congregation
think of them as ‘epoch-making events’-- inquired about a change found in the Avot
occurrences or circumstantial happen- v’Imahot, the first prayer in the T’filah
ings of such magnitude and transcendent section of the worship service. This prayer
significance that they irreversibly trans- recalls the special relationship each of our
formed Judaism, changing forever our ancestors – our avot (patriarchs) and imahot
connection in the present between the (matriarchs) – had with God. The prayer
past and the future. Torah points to two begins by describing God as the God of each
such events: the Exodus from Egypt that of our ancestors: Elohei Avraham (God of
liberated us as a national people, and the Abraham), Elohei Yitzchak (God of Isaac),
Rabbi Joseph P. Klein Revelation at Sinai that forged us into a and so on. Cantor Darcie N. Sharlein
faith-nation. These two “epoch-making”
Originally this prayer mentioned the
events reverberate through our yearly holiday cycle. They have
relationships between God and only our patriarchs. However, by the
prompted the poetry and prose of our Jewish Heritage for over
early 1990s it had become fairly common for Reform congregations to
3000 years and have been the focus of our religious imagination
experiment with including the matriarchs as well, reflecting the reality
for as long as we have been a people. Knowing that in many places
that women’s voices are part of our Jewish history. The question, then,
throughout Hebrew Scripture the story of our desert origin is retold.
was how best to incorporate the matriarchs into the prayer.
I looked for post-Torah references to both the Exodus from Egypt
and the Revelation at Sinai. When Gates of Prayer for Shabbat and Weekdays (the thin grey-cov-
ered siddur) was published in 1994, we were provided with an answer.
I was surprised to find how many times in the Prophets and the
We would list the matriarchs in order of marriage: Elohei Sarah (God
Writings we read of the great and awesome God who, with a strong
of Sarah), Elohei Rivkah (God of Rebecca), Elohei Leah (God of
hand and outstretched arm, rescued the Israelites from slavery and
Leah), v’Eilohei Rachel (and God of Rachel).
redeemed them as the “Chosen People”. There are well over 50
references to the transformative and transcendent Exodus experi- Mishkan T’filah, however, changes the order of the last two matriarchs,
ence recorded in the Prophets and Writings. [Typical are Jeremiah so we now have Elohei Rachel (God of Rachel) v’Eilohei Leah (and
11: 3-5, and Psalms 78 and 105] God of Leah). You may recall that these sisters were married to Jacob;
Rachel was the younger and more beloved; Leah, however, married
But surprisingly, the Revelation at Sinai is barely mentioned outside
Jacob first (through the trickery of her father, Laban).
of Torah! There are only two references to the Sinai Revelation
beyond Deuteronomy-- Nehemiah 9:13 and Psalms 68:7-8! Why Why the change? When the question was raised at our dedication
does the Exodus command such a high remembrance while Sinai is service I had a few guesses, but promised to do research and follow up
barely recalled? Perhaps because, more than Sinai, the Exodus mes- with a bulletin article.
sage promotes a purposeful future. In our Hagaddah we read:
The Mishkan T’filah website (urj.org/mishkan) addresses many ques-
Our history moves from slavery to freedom. Our narration begins tions about the new siddur, including this one. Dr. Richard Sarason
with degradation and rises to dignity. Our service opens with the explains that both orders are found in Rabbinic Literature, with Rachel
rule of evil and advances toward the kingdom of God. v’Leah occurring 72 times and Leah v’Rachel 25 times. Additionally,
in the traditional Mi Shebeirach prayer for honoring a mother or wife
The Exodus experience is a beginning but not an end: it “moves,” it
(different from our Mi Shebeirach prayer for healing), we find liturgy’s
“rises” and it “advances toward the kingdom of God.” It is not over,
only precedent for including the matriarchs. In this instance the order is
it is not completed. It is our most important story because it teaches
Rachel v’Leah.
us that God redeemed us from bondage so that we might be free to
redeem the world. The Reform movement was not alone in including the matriarchs into
new siddurim. Both the Conservative Sim Shalom and Reconstruc-
The Exodus Experience transcends theology; it gives direction to
tionist Kol Haneshamah do so, listing Rachel first, in line with the
our history, meaning to our present and hope for our future. It is the
liturgical precedent described above. Rabbi Elyse Frishman, editor of
story that can be told over and over because it is not time-bound or
Mishkan T’filah, writes, “In balance, the argument for changing the
place-restricted or faith-limited. Because it demands that we “move,
most common traditional order and also being dissimilar from all other
and rise and advance toward the kingdom of God” it defines our
liberal movement prayer books was not strong enough. . . . It’s impor-
identity through process and purpose, and can therefore never be-
tant to know that the decision was thoughtfully studied and considered
come old-fashioned or out-dated. It is our primary, formative story
over many years of our work on the siddur.”
not only because it tells us who we are, but because it reminds us of
what we must do if we are to become God’s chosen. If you have questions about other changes or innovations in Mishkan
T’filah, please ask and I’ll do my best to answer! Best wishes for a
happy Pesach.
Temple Emanu-El
Community of Learners Share Shabbat Dinner
Book Discussion with your Temple Family
…and leave the cooking to us!
Join Temple members Marc Kruman, Chair of the
Department of History and Professor of His- Pizza • Pizza • Pizza
tory at Wayne State University and Michael
Scrivener, Professor of English at WSU, Friday, April 3 - 6:15 p.m.
NEW as they lead a discussion on The Secular
E!
DAT Challenge - The Reform Response. Join us for a Pizza and Salad dinner before
the First Friday Family Service in January.
We will discuss the book: Living
Without God: New Directions Youth Choir members get to eat first!
for Atheists, Agnostics, Cost: Only $14 per family; $7 for individuals - plus a can.
Secularists, and the Please RSVP to the Temple office by 4:00 p.m.
Undecided, by Ronald Aronson. Wednesday, April 1 (see page 11) or call 248-967-4020.
Class will meet Thursday Come to Family Services at a new time - 7:00 p.m.
April 2 at 7:30 p.m. We hope
Mr. Aronson will be joining
us for the discussion.
Please join us at our 8th Annual
It is highly recommended that attendees have read the book.
MIRIAM’S SEDER
Celebrate Passover
with a Woman’s Perspective
At this time of year there are a number tributes, payments to attend some events and classes, the “free
of administrative things to do for the dues” raffle, next year’s fundraiser – I can’t give anything
fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2009. away just yet, but the idea came from Cantor Sharlein and we
Please watch your snail and email boxes are excited – and special gifts from people stepping up to help
for details on the upcoming: others in our congregation struggling to meet their financial
obligations, we realize our members are our primary sources
• Free dues raffle
of income. This strengthens our goal that you will find our
• Dues renewal packet in early May religious services, programming, classes, communal events,
(see more on that in Dolores Galea’s and ways of supporting our members meet your needs.
Susan J. Kirschner column)
One last note on expenses. Our congregation also has annual
• Notice of the Annual Meeting and membership dues to pay to support the Union for Reform
Dinner (May 26) where we present the budget and elect trust- Judaism (check out their website at www.urj.org), and that
ees for 2009-10 is a significant budget expense for us--usually around $130/
member. This year the URJ is restructuring, in part because it
We are well into our budget process for the FY2009-10. Our
has to respond to an unprecedented number of requests from
policy of every year examining each expense afresh, and
congregations (including ours) for dues relief. The URJ, “a
running very lean budgets is standing us in good stead at this
congregation of congregations,” provides comprehensive
economically difficult time. I am proud of the dedication of
resources for every aspect of running a Reform temple and
our lay leaders to work through these challenges to assure
being an affiliated Reform Jew, including:
that our organization will continue to provide meaningful and
comprehensive services. • Support for Hebrew Union College, the URJ seminary
• Assistance to congregations in hiring Reform rabbis and
Our budget sets forth the costs and revenues of each of our
cantors
goals and activities planned for the year. It provides a way to
track our progress in accomplishing those goals while staying • Camps for our kids – with member congregations having
within our means and our mandate of a balanced budget. priority for enrollment
• A voice for our movement as a whole
You may have already read that the decision has been made
to freeze dues rates for 2009-10. We understand the times we • The Religious Action Center
are in and the financial stresses faced by many of our mem- • Prayer books and other sacred texts
bers. It adds to the task of the Budget Committee which has • Resources for congregations on a vast array of topics on
embraced the challenge. For, while we have many income every issue in synagogue administration, Reform Jewish
lines (dues, religious and nursery school tuition, donations, education and worship
• “Reform Judaism” magazine to our members
anted
• Leadership training
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9:00 AM 4:30 PM 6:15 PM 9:30 AM
Nursery Seder Hebrew School Shared Shabbat Torah Study
7:30 PM AM & PM Dinner 10:00AM
Shir Chadash Nursery Seder 7:00 PM Young Family Chavurah
7:30PM First Friday Erev 10:30 AM
“Living without God” Shabbat Shabbat Service
Book Discussion
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Building Closed No Monday Night No Religious School 1st Seder Passover Passover 9:30 AM
School 10:30AM 6:00 PM Torah Study
Worship Service Oneg Shabbat 10:30 AM
6:30 PM 6:30 PM Shabbat Service
Congregational Seder Erev Shabbat
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Eileen Brand Director, Early Childhood Community
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Dolores M. Galea President
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Steven L. Permut Financial Vice-President
Pat Chomet Religious Vice-President
Glenn Lapin Education Vice-President
Elissa Driker-Ohren Membership & Programming VP
Michael Benghiat Treasurer
Rena Friedberg Secretary
Sheldon Klein Immediate Past President
Bea Sacks Bulletin Editor