Condolences
To Ruth Webber on the sudden passing of her beloved husband and our dear friend, Mark A. Webber. Our condolences to the entire Webber family on their loss. May the memory of Mark A. Webber always be for a blessing. May the Webber family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
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Mazel Tov
To Carol and Michael Golob on the birth of their new grandson, Robert Avery Nelson, on June 10th. Mazel Tov as well to new parents, Sara and Geoff Nelson.
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PARSHAT
SH'LACH LEKHA
Rabbi Bradley Artson
The survival and success of the Jewish people stems from our ability to mold reality to match our dreams and ideals.
Moses instructs 12 spies, one for each of Israel's tribes, to investigate the characteristics of the land the people are about to enter. They travel throughout the land of Israel during the course of 40 days, and they return to the camp bearing an enormous load of the fruit of the land.
Yet when they return, their testimony is contradictory. On the one hand, they assert that the land is one which "flows with milk and honey," a land bounteous and fertile. On the other hand, they also insist that the people in the land are giants-nefillim-who cause the hearts of those who see them to collapse. Based on the perceived strength of the inhabitants, the spies urge Israel not to occupy the land, despite the assurances of God and of Moses that they would do so successfully. Alone among the spies, Caleband Joshua assert, with complete faith, that Israel should enter and take the land immediately.
What is striking about the spies' report is the central role of subjectivity in any report of reality. What mattered to them was not a simple compilation of facts, but rather an internal sense of what those facts mean: "We looked like grasshoppers to ourselves, and so we must have looked to them."
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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing
JUNE YAHRTZEITS
6/12/2015 (25 Sivan)
Arlene Foster
Joseph Gartenbersg
6/13/2015 (26 Sivan)
Evelyn Wolock Eisman, Deborah Phyllis Vernick
6/14/2015 (27 Sivan)
Samuel Klein
6/15/2015 (28 Sivan)
Irving Koren
6/17/2015 (30 Sivan)
Milton Schloss
6/19/2015 (2 Tammuz)
Rose Arbit Magy
6/20/2015 (3 Tammuz)
Arlene Gorbaty, Judy Rogoff, Alvin Winkelman
6/21/2015 (4 Tammuz)
Edward Feibus, Donald Lewis, Florence Sklar
6/22/2015 (5 Tammuz)
Joseph Jacobson, James Pappas
6/23/2015 (6 Tammuz)
Fival Ginsburg
6/25/2015 (8 Tammuz)
Betty Schwartz
6/27/2015 (10 Tammuz)
Jacob Kurland
6/28/2015 (11 Tammuz)
Harry Baer
6/30/2015 (13 Tammuz)
Beverly Weingarden
To make a donation to commemorate a yahrtzeit, please click here. If you are a member of the synagogue and a yahrtzeit for your loved one is not on the list, please contact the synagogue office so we can update our records.
Please click here if you wish to permanently memorialize a loved one by purchasing a yahrtzeit plaque.
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SHABBAT SHALOM!
SHABBAT SH'LACH LEKHA
Friday, June 12th
6 p.m., SHABBAT IN THE PARK
Bloomer Park, West Bloomfield
Bring a dairy or pareve dinner and join us at the park. If it is raining, please enjoy your dinner at home and there will be services in the chapel.
Saturday, June 13th
9 a.m., Sanctuary
10 a.m. Supervised Youth Room
We will honor our Volunteer of the Year, Mitch Parker. Mitch will also be teaching a class after lunch entitled: "Beginnings." All are welcome to attend.
Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by a generous anonymous donor in honor of Mitch Parker.
If you would like to be part of a Kiddush Lunch Bunch group, please e-mail Mindy Shuback. Donations to the Kiddush Lunch Fund can also be made directly to the synagogue.
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UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Formal youth activities will resume in the fall.
To stay current on all youth and family activities, contact Ilana Glazier to join the B'nai Israel Families Facebook Group.
TKA/BI JOINT OPPORTUNITIES
TKA Summer Send Off Bingo
Wednesday, June 17th, 6:30-8:30, TKA Social Hall
TKA Rummage Sale
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Saturday Night Learning, June 13th, 8:30 p.m. at the home of Fran Stark and Dave Hundiak.
Volunteers will lead a text based discussion each week on the topic of his/her choosing. The evening will close with Maariv and Havdalah. Everyone is welcome! Subjects are self-contained, so you can join any week you would like and not worry about "missing out" on material from the previous week.
SUMMER LOVING
Great Love Stories of the Tanach
Dates: Mondays, July 6, 13, 20, 27. August 3, 10
Time: 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Cost: $90
Place: TBA
Instructor: Mitch Parker
Begin your Mondays with a morning study of the love stories that are an integral parts of the Tanach. Learn the truth about the romances of Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel, Samson and Delilah and David and Bathsheba. Spend a few summer hours immersed in the verses of one of the greatest love poems of all times, The Song of Songs, Shir Hashirim.
If you are interested in enrolling or would like more information, please contact Mitch: abbadoc@comcast.net.
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Mazel Tov

JUNE BIRTHDAYS
12 Laura Berger
13 Bess Glazier
14 Phillip Litt
14 Cecily Myers
14 Marla Schloss
16 Ilana Glazier
18 Rami Berger
18 Benny Berger
20 Davida Robinson
21 Carol Golob
21 Marni Jacobson
24 Jessica Singer
25 Max Feber
26 Herb Lantor
26 Karen Rosenberg
28 Madeline Kaufman
28 Raymond Silverman
28 Ruth Webber
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES
12 Dan & Miry Serlin
13 Andy & Libby Beider
13 Rabbi Mark & Amy Robbins
15 Howard & Sharon Friedman
20 John Marcotte & Vicki Freedman
21 Phillip & Cheryl Litt
22 Steve & Joan Freedman
22 Leonard & Sharon Rosen
24 Belmont & Gertrude Kershenbaum
25 Lowell Schmeltz & Ilana Glazier
26 Ron & Sharon Gadoth-Goodman
27 Ken & Shula Brown
27 Lenny & Robin Jacobson
28 Robert & Laurie Kimmel
28 Noel & Judy Lawson
29 Mark & Loraine Kuhn
30 Alan and Barbara Funk
If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
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