MAZEL TOV
To Linda and David Foster on the recent engagement of their son, Rabbi Josh Foster, to Katie Mintzer.
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HIGH HOLIDAY INFORMATION
Guest Tickets
Guest tickets for High Holiday Services may be ordered through the synagogue office. For order form, please click here. Please place order by August 31st to allow time for processing.
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
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PARSHAT PINHAS
Leading by Example
In identifying Moses' successor, God emphasizes that inspiration, not passion or popularity, makes a successful leader.
Rabbi Jordan D. Cohen
Overview
This week's portion continues the controversial story of Pinhas, which began at the end of last week's parasha. In a climate of rampant idolatry, Pinhas, a grandson of Aaron who is known as a great zealot, takes a spear and stabs through an Israelite Chieftain who was in the act of consorting with the daughter of a Midianite priest. At the beginning of this week's parashah, which bears his name, Pinhas is rewarded with the inheritance of the priestly line, which began with Aaron.
The portion continues with a description of Israel's struggles with the Midianites, and then a census is taken as part of the preparation for battle. As a footnote to the listing of the census, a story is told about a man named Zelophehad who died of natural causes in the wilderness without leaving a son. His daughters come to Moses to complain that their family would lose their father's property because daughters were not allowed to inherit. Moses consults with God, who agrees that the laws need to be changed. Joshua is formally appointed as Moses' successor, and the portion concludes with a review of all the sacrificial offerings of the festivals.
In Focus
Let the Eternal, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the community who shall go out before them and come in before them, and who shall take them out and bring them in, so that God's community may not be like sheep that have no shepherd (Numbers 27:16-17).
Pshat
Moses has received notice from God that his death is imminent. Although previously God told Moses that he would not be allowed to enter the Promised Land, in this parasha God relents a bit and allows Moses to view the land from the top of Mount Abarim. But, before he ascends the mountain, Moses expresses one concern to God: Who will lead the people after I am gone?
Since he had to ask, it seems the answer is not obvious. Moses asks God to appoint someone, and God responds immediately by identifying Joshua, "who has the spirit in him," to be ordained as the new leader of the people. Moses does as God instructs. Before the entire people of
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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing
JULY YAHRTZEITS
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.
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Sisterhood Corner
Book Club 
Thank you to Lori Orel and Shelley Fenyes for organizing Book Club. Your suggestions are welcome.
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Shabbat Pinhas
Friday, July 10th

6 p.m., SHABBAT IN THE PARK
Bring your dairy or pareve picnic dinner and join us at Bloomer Park, West Bloomfield, for Kabbalat Shabbat along with Temple Kol Ami.
If it is raining please enjoy your dinner at home.
Saturday, July 11th
9 a.m., Sanctuary Part I in our 3-part series of High Holiday melodies/study begins this Shabbat. Rachel Jacobson will share and teach melodies during the course of the Shabbat morning service.
Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by Rick Jacobson and Sheri Poole, Linda and Steve Jacobson, and Lenny and Robin Jacobson in honor of Howard Jacobson's 60th birthday. Kiddush Lunch is also sponsored by the following Kiddush Lunch Bunch Group:
Linda and Murray Baruch, Joe and Leah Bernstein, Howard and Sharon Friedman, Marilyn and Herb Lantor, Marlene and Steve Myers, Gail and Jerry Beale, Stacy and Craig Gittleman, Rabbi Mark and Amy Robbins.
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.
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HONEY FROM THE HEART ORDERS 2015/5776
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TKA/BI JOINT ACTIVITIES
Shabbat in the Park
Tomorrow, July 10th
6 p.m. Bloomer Park
Bring your dairy or pareve dinner and enjoy food, Kabbalat Shabbat and fun together with Temple Kol Ami.
BI vs. TKA Softball Game
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.
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Saturday Night Learning
July 11th, 8:30 p.m., hosted by Rabbi Mark and Amy Robbins.
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.
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Mazel Tov

JULY BIRTHDAYS
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
JULY ANNIVERSARIES
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.
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B'nai Israel Synagogue is affiliated with USCJ
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
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