July 30, 2015

14 Av 5775

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.

SHABBAT NACHAMU

PARASHAT V'ETCHANAN

The Dutiful Student:

Moses as a model of one who seeks greater understanding

Rabbi Marc Wolf

Reenacting an historical moment through liturgy and deed is a forte of Judaism. Our calendar year overflows with holidays and observances that transport us to our former days and inspire us to reenter the narrative and relive salient moments of history. This week in particular, observing the 9th of Av, we read of the destruction of the Temple and continue the mourning of our ancestors for the calamities that befell them.

While it is possible to read this narrative as a preventive measure to ensure that we, too, do not fall victims to George Santayana's dictum condemning us to either learn from our history or repeat it, I believe that Judaism's message is a blessing, not a curse. It is a blessing for us to be able to relive life's difficult moments-and the reason why can be gleaned from Moses' behavior and our parasha this week.

Isaiah Horowitz, commenting on this week's parashah, Va'et'hanan, asserts that throughout the parshiyot of D'varim, we are constantly encouraged to learn and relearn the mitzvot of the Torah. The common name of

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May Their Memories Be For a Blessing

JULY YAHRTZEITS

7/30/2015 (14 Av)

Rose Feibus

7/31/2015 (15 Av)

Mayme Lawson

8/1/2015 (16 Av)

Ron Taub

8/2/2015 (17 Av)

Moishe Glazier

Phillip Nusholtz

8/3/2015 (18 Av)

Lillian Handler

8/6/2015 (21 Av)

Manya Gartenberg

Theodore P. Mason

8/7/2015 (22 Av)

Joel D. Hamburger

Bennie Magy

8/8/2015 (23 Av)

Marilyn "Mike" Feigelson

8/9/2015 (24 Av)

Bertha Chitkin

8/11/2015 (26 Av)

Sarah Lewis

Ormond Sacks

8/13/2015 (28 Av)

Louis Jonah Lieberman

8/14/2015 (29 Av)

Edward Avadenka

Leonard Gaba

Robert Alan Kapetansky

8/16/2015 (1 Elul)

Moshe Buncel

Louis Silverstein

8/17/2015 (2 Elul)

Robert Keila

8/18/2015 (3 Elul)

Louis Rose

Sam Toby

8/19/2015 (4 Elul)

Jack Harold Kaufman

8/21/2015 (6 Elul)

Franka Charlupski

8/23/2015 (8 Elul)

John Eby

8/24/2015 (9 Elul)

Reinald Freedman

8/26/2015 (11 Elul)

Ernest Gans

Arthur Markowitz

8/27/2015 (12 Elul)

Alex Kuhn

8/28/2015 (13 Elul)

Pearl Leah Naimark

8/30/2015 (15 Elul)

Rabbi Carl L. Manello

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SHABBAT
SHALOM!

Shabbat V'etchanan/Shabbat Nachamu

Friday, July 31st

6 p.m., Chapel

Saturday, August 1st

9 a.m., Sanctuary
D'var Torah: Annie Jacobson

Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by the following Kiddush Lunch Bunch participants: Libby and Andy Beider, Robyn and Robert Canvasser, Tammy and Steve Dines, Lisa and Frank Ellias, Geri Feigelson, Vicki Friedman and John Marcotte, Ilana Glazier and Lowell Schmeltz, and Marcia and Chuck Seigerman.

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.

SATURDAY NIGHT LEARNING AUGUST 1ST

8:15p.m., at the home of Ed and Fran Chudnow. Please bring a copy of Pirkei Avot. RSVP to Ed if you plan to attend.

UPCOMING YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Formal youth activities will resume in the fall.

COMING THIS FALL:

"PJ OUR WAY," a reading program for youth ages 9-11.

A unique book club for parents and children which will meet 10/18, 11/15, 1/31, 2/28, and 5/1. Please e-mail Rabbi Robbins if you wish to receive further information about this program.

To stay current on all youth and family activities, contact Ilana Glazier to join the B'nai Israel Families Facebook Group.

Sisterhood Corner

Tuesday, August 25, 7 p.m.

Challah Baking and Demonstration

at the home of Nancy Benchell Eisman. Bakers of all levels, from aspiring to expert, are invited to attend. Mark your calendars and watch for further details coming soon!

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.

ISRAEL:

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED.

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

Click here for detailed itinerary.

E-mail Mitch:

abbadoc@comcast.net

if you are interested in participating.

ADULT EDUCATION

Saturday Night Learning

August 1st, at the home of _____

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, 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

Birthday Cake

JULY BIRTHDAYS

30 Hannah Finn

30 Ian Robinson

31 Brandon Kappy

31 Noah Weingarden

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

1 Alissa Citron

2 Joshua Breitman

3 Laura Gartner

4 Steve Freedman

9 Leonard Rosen

10 Julia Abramson

10 Betsy Wolf

11 Nancy Benchell-Eisman

11 Marybeth Rosen

11 Michael Soverinsky

13 Elizabeth Breitman

13 Cathy Graub

15 Andy Beider

15 Kayla Kapen

15 David Saperstein

16 Marlene Margolis

16 Marcia Seigerman

18 Melissa Berlin

19 Katie Rosen

19 Sally Soverinsky

21 Stefani Chudnow

21 Adam Gordon

22 Maya Rosenberg

23 Vernon Gordon

25 Rabbi Jonathan Berger

27 Noah Marcotte

27 Cary Rosen

27 Melvin Toby

29 Edward Chudnow

JULY ANNIVERSARIES

30 David and Gloria Ruskin

AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES

4 Brian & Casey Ginsberg

4 Steve & Nancy Kaufman

14 Jeffrey Eisman & Nancy Benchell-Eisman

14 Steve & Tammy Dines

14 Armando & Rhonda Duer

14 Ram & Karen Orzach

15 Mechelle & David Bernard

18 Rabbi Jonathan & Laura Berger

18 David & Louise Lazarus

20 Michael & Debbie Balkin

25 Jerry & Sharon Knoppow

30 Roy & Robin Rosen

31 Michael Karesh & Gayla Bassham

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If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.

B'nai Israel Synagogue is affiliated with USCJ

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

QUICK LINKS:

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B'nai Israel Synagogue

5085 Walnut Lake Road

West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323

248-432-2729