July 2, 201515 Tammuz 5775
Click here for Daily Minyan Schedule

Like us on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

CONDOLENCES

To Michael and Carol Golob on the passing of Michael's mother, Marjory Golob.  May the Golob family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. 

******************************* 

YIZKOR BOOK 5776

Please consider memorializing your loved ones in the Yizkor Books which will be used throughout the coming year, beginning on Yom Kippur. To add names to the Yizkor Book for the coming year, Click here for
the downloadable form
or simply respond to the e-mails and letters that were sent this past week to those who had previously listed names. 

Questions? Contact DebbieSinger: yizkorbooks@gmail.com

 

ISRAEL: 

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED.  

Join Mitch Parker March 21-April 2nd in Israel.

Click here for detailed itinerary. 

E-mail Mitch:

if you are interested in participating.

 

PARSHAT BALAK

Rabbi Ismar Schorsch

Balak intuited an important truth about the Israelites: Their strength was spiritual, not military.
 

After two impressive victories against the Canaanites of the Negeb and the Amorites in Transjordan, the looming military might of Israel throws the leaders of Moab into a panic. Only the land of the Moabites separates Israel from the Jordan River and the conquest of Canaan. Balak ben Zippor, King of Moab, knows that he is next.

In desperation, he takes recourse in an unconventional pre-emptive measure. He summons Balaam son of Beor, a sorcerer from Mesopotamia to curse Israel, making it susceptible to defeat on the battlefield. Though Balaam comes, God frustrates the plan. Within the monotheistic framework of the Torah, Balaam can utter only what God imparts to him. Hence he ends up in rapturous praise of Israel, to the consternation of Balak.

In an imaginative midrash, the Rabbis expatiate on what brought Balak to seize on this particular tactic. Awestruck by Moses, he inquired of the Midianites, among whom Moses had once found refuge when fleeing Pharoah's wrath, as to the man's strength. They responded that Moses' strength resided in his mouth, that is, his prayers were able to move God to act in his behalf. To neutralize that weapon, Balak turns to sorcery. Balaam's strength also resides in his mouth. His curse will trump Moses' prayers. Without divine assistance, Israel is eminently beatable (Rashi on 22:4).

click here to continue reading

 

May Their Memories Be For a Blessing 

JULY YAHRTZEITS

7/2/2015 (15 Tammuz)

Irv Belsky

Isadore Hamburger

7/4/2015 (17 Tammuz)

Pearl Nusbaum

7/5/2015 (18 Tammuz)

Ida Friedman

7/6/2015 (19 Tammuz)

N. Norman Goldenberg

Victor Lawson

Bella Lieberman

7/8/2015 (21 Tammuz)

Max Kleinbard

7/12/2015 (25 Tammuz)

Min Parker

7/13/2015 (26 Tammuz)

Maxine Gordon

Freda Kovsky

Toby Leib Myers

7/15/2015 (28 Tammuz)

Esther Dworin

Abraham Nusholtz

7/16/2015 (29 Tammuz)

Sophie Fischel

7/17/2015 (1 Av)

Molly Haar

Florence Bobry Robert

7/18/2015 (2 Av)

Milton (Billy) Graub

7/19/2015 (3 Av)

Saul Raimi

7/20/2015 (4 Av)

Herman Stark

7/27/2015 (11 Av)

Tilly Rose

7/29/2015 (13 Av)

Sydney Gartenberg

Simon Aaron Kapen

7/30/2015 (14 Av)

Rose Feibus

7/31/2015 (15 Av)

Mayme Lawson

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.  

flower border
Sisterhood Corner
Book Club books

The first Book Club meeting was well-attended and enjoyed by all.  Click here for list of future books and dates.  Thank you to Lori Orel and Shelley Fenyes for organizing Book Club.  Your suggestions are welcome.

Fourth of July
Friday Morning, July 3rd
Minyan time: 7:15 a.m.


SHABBAT 
SHALOM!
Shabbat Balak
Friday, July 3rd
Shabbat Table

7:15 a.m., Chapel

6 p.m., Chapel

Saturday, July 4th

9 a.m., Sanctuary

10 a.m.  Supervised Youth Room, Lower Level

Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by the following Kiddush Lunch Bunch Group: Bev Avadenka, Bernice Jacobson, Linda and Steve Jacobson, Pearl and Seymour Manello, Ruby Robinson, Lou and Sally Soverinsky, Joe Rose, and Ruth Webber.

To help sustain Kiddush Lunch, please consider joining a Kiddush Lunch Bunch group. E-mail Mindy Shuback for more information.  

 

Donations to the Kiddush Lunch Fund can also be made online or mailed directly to the synagogue. 

 

TKA/BI JOINT ACTIVITIES
BI vs. TKA Softball Game BI TKA together
Sunday, July 12th 9-11 a.m.
Drake Sports Park, Field 2
Come cheer on your favorite team along with our extended TKA/BI family.  Bring folding chairs or blankets for your family. Refreshments and water will be provided.

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.

HONEY FROM THE HEART ORDERS 2015/5776
Honey
SUPPORT B'NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 
BY SENDING HONEY TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN TIME FOR ROSH HASHANAH
ORDER BY JULY 13TH FOR FREE SHIPPING!
$11.00/JAR, HONEY ARRIVES  WITH PERSONALIZED MESSAGE FOR RECIPIENT.
 
USE THIS LINK: www.orthoney.com/BIS 
ORDER TODAY . . . DON'T DELAY!!! 
Questions?  Need help ordering?  
Contact Peter Fenyes: pfenyes@yahoo.com
248-855-4033 Honey from the Heart logo

ADULT EDUCATION

SNL
Saturday Night Learning
THERE WILL NOT BE A SESSION JULY 5TH.  SNL WILL RESUME ON JULY 11TH.  Happy Fourth of July.
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:    TKA/BI Library 

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.


Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cake

JULY BIRTHDAYS

 2  Sharon Gadoth-Goodman

 2   Mark Kuhn

 2   Cheryl Parker

 2   Marla Weiss

 4   Maxwell Singer

 7   Ilan Elrom

 7   Yael Elrom

 8   Vicki Freedman

 9   Joshua Chudnow

11  Monte Schloss

13  Coby Robbins

16  Tammy Dines

16  Elan Rosenberg

17  Joe Roth

18  Howard Jacobson

19  Randy Soverinsky

20  Miles Singer

21  Adina Berger

24  Leslie Chudnow

24  Bernice Handler

27  Barbara Kappy

28  Lena Karesh

28  Fran Stark-Hundiak

29  Robin Jacobson

29  David Lazarus

30  Hannah Finn

30  Ian Robinson

31  Brandon Kappy

31 Noah Weingarden

Jewish Wedding

JULY ANNIVERSARIES

  6  Itzik Elrom and Paula Levy

  6 Adam and Meredith Weingarden

 

  9 Fred and Mindy Shuback

 16  Evan and Leslie Chudnow

 16  Irvin and Barbara Kappy

 19  Allan and Karen Lovinger

 30  David and Gloria Ruskin

 

 

If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
Support B'nai Israel by using the Amazon button 
to shop today!
USCJ logo
B'nai Israel Synagogue is affiliated with USCJ
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
QUICK LINKS:
Join Our Mailing List
B'nai Israel Synagogue  
5085 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, Michigan  48323
248-432-2729