October 30, 2014
6 Cheshvan 5775
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Welcome, hebrew
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
Talent Show Reprise.  For details, or to register your act, please e-mail Frank Ellias.

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.
 




Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cake

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

OCTOBER 
ANNIVERSARIES
Jewish Wedding

29  Ehud & Debi Kapen


 

 

NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

  7  Brian & Roxane Newhouse

 14  Dave Hundiak & Fran Stark-Hundiak

 20  Larry & Elyn Charlupski

 26  Miles & Debra Singer

 30  Michael & Betsy Wolf

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If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
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. FALL BACKDON'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 
UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES
hot cocoa2 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.
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.

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. 

 

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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