We warmly welcome the newest additions to our synagogue family, Joe and Leah Bernstein, Hallie and Daniel.
SAVE THE DATES:
Saturday Evening, December 6th
Coffee House/Music and Dancing to the sounds of The Detroit Boomer Band, featuring our very own Frank Ellias. Details coming soon.
Saturday February 7th
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PARSHAT LEKH-LEKHA
Sam Berrin Shonkoff
Pursuing Righteousness: Changing the external to affect the internal.
Parashat Lekh L'kha chronicles Abram's development and maturation into the role that
God designates for him: to be the seed of a new people whose values are rooted in justice and righteousness (Genesis 18:19).
God tells Abram to "be a blessing," (12:2) a cryptic phrase for the nascent leader and for us.
What does it mean to "be a blessing?" As the parashah unfolds, we can trace Abram's development into this role. His growth shows us what it means to embody justice and righteousness; to be a blessing.
Public and Private Lives
The parashah chronicles Abram's actions out in the world and in his own tent, giving us a sense that justice is equally important in public and at home. A series of episodes shows us that when his actions aren't guided by justice, he fails in both arenas.
While in Egypt as a public figure, Abram pretends that his attractive wife, Sarai, is his sister in an attempt to avoid harmful relations with his Egyptian hosts (12:13). Pharaoh takes her as a mistress and Abram gains
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Sam Berrin Shonkoff is currently the Jewish student life coordinator at Stanford Hillel.
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Mazel Tov
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
30 Jeremy Baruch
30 Philip Epstein
31 Benjamin Chudnow
31 Yael Duer
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
2 Ezra Lupovitch
2 Avital Ohana
3 Jason Bank
3 Julie Ohana
4 Amy Robbins
5 Debra Singer
11 Nathan Gittleman
13 Lorne Newhouse
14 Joshua Jacobson
19 Gail Kaye
19 Martin Kurland
19 Shelli Orzach
20 Daniel Bernstein
20 Robert Kimmel
21 Adele Band
22 Belmont Kershenbaum
22 Ofer Ohana
26 Leah Bernstein
26 Jerry Knoppow
26 Howard Friedman
28 Paula Levy
If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
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SHABBAT SHALOM
SHABBAT Lekh-Lekha
Friday, October 31st
6 p.m. Services, Chapel
Saturday, November 1st
9 a.m. Services, Sanctuary
10 a.m. Supervised Youth Room
Kiddush is sponsored by Roxane and Brian Newhouse and Don Nusholtz in memory of Gertrude Nusholtz, Lorne's birthday and Roxane & Brian's anniversary. Kiddush Lunch is also sponsored by Sharon and Jerry Knoppow in honor of the first anniversary of their grandson, Sammy Saperstein's bar mitzvah.
Upcoming Simcha: We look forward to celebrating with the entire Robbins family on November 15th, Parshat Chayei Sarah, when Adina will become a bat mitzvah.
FALL BACK . . . DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS NOVEMBER 2ND. DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP.
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Camp Ramah in Canada
Summer 2015
Information Sessions and Events
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UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES
D'var Torah Cocoa Cafe (8-12 graders) and Shabbat Children's Workshop (ages 7-12) have returned!
Future dates: 11/8, 12/16, 1/10, 2/7, 3/7, 4/11, 5/9 PLEASE WATCH THE WEEKLY SHABBAT BULLETIN FOR DETAILS.
To stay current on all youth and family activities, contact Ilana Glazier to join the B'nai Israel Families Facebook Group.
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ADULT EDUCATION
Shabbat morning study with Dr. Mitch Parker:
"Reflections on the Siddur: Hallel, Birkat Hamazon and Beyond."
10:30-11:15 a.m. Future dates: 11/8, 11/22, 12/6, 12/20, 1/10, 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/7, 3/21, 4/11, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23.
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Caring Community Information
Refuah Sh'leimah/Wishing a Speedy Recovery.
Please e-mail Michael Golob or call the synagogue: 248-432-2729 to add a name to our communal mishebeirach list.
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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing
OCTOBER YAHRTZEITS
10/30/2014 (6 Heshvan)
Marilyn Breitman
10/31/2014 (7 Heshvan)
Martha Faxstein
11/1/2014 (8 Heshvan)
Ethel Berman
11/3/2014 (10 Heshvan)
Morris Lantor
11/4/2014 (11 Heshvan)
Jerome Lipowicz
Arthur Aaron Lovinger
11/5/2014 (12 Heshvan)
Mrs. Kayla Kapen
11/6/2014 (13 Heshvan)
Philip Dines
Joseph Irving Friedman
Gertrude Nusholtz
11/10/2014 (17 Heshvan)
Manny Chudnow
11/12/2014 (19 Heshvan)
David Harris
11/13/2014 (20 Heshvan)
Naomi Lillian Markowitz
Irving A. Rubin
Martin Segal
11/14/2014 (21 Heshvan)
Nathan Weiner
11/15/2014 (22 Heshvan)
Serena Weiss
11/17/2014 (24 Heshvan)
Mary Katz
Robert Braverman
Alvin Jacobson
11/18/2014 (25 Heshvan)
Fara Caplan Baer
11/20/2014 (27 Heshvan)
Linda Kozlowski
11/22/2014 (29 Heshvan)
Harry Golob
Pearl Klein
11/23/2014 (1 Kislev)
Beatrice Leaderman
Esther Kert
11/25/2014 (3 Kislev)
Randy Kohn
Rayetta Soverinsky
11/26/2014 (4 Kislev)
Frank Herman Basch
11/29/2014 (7 Kislev)
Jean Chitkin
William Klein
11/30/2014 (8 Kislev)
Sheldon Kapen
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