January 28, 201618 Shevat 5776
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 7 P.M., SANCTUARY
PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND
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SHABBAT 
SHALOM! 
Shabbat Yitro
Friday, January 29th
Shabbat Table
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, January 30th
9 a.m., Sanctuary
10:15 a.m.  Supervised Youth Room and youth activities.
Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by Joanna and Jay Abramson, Alissa Citron and Jeff Lupovitch, Susan and David Feber, Cathy and Michael Graub, Jay and Renee Kozlowski, Lori and Matt Orel, Karen and Howard Rosenberg, Susan Knoppow and David Saperstein.

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

BI COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

KEEP CALM AND EAT SHABBAT LUNCH
Future Shabbat Home Hospitality Dates:  
3/26, 5/14
Please e-mail Rabbi Robbins to be a host or guest or with further questions.

pj library

"PJ OUR WAY," a reading program for youth ages 9-11. 
A unique book club for parents and children which will meet 1/31, 2/28, and 5/1. Please e-mail Rabbi Robbins if you wish to receive further information about this program. Click here for complete schedule and information.
 

To join the B'nai Israel Synagogue Family Facebook Group, contact Ilana Glazier

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
COMING SOON:  SUNDAY MORNING 3D 3d
Daven, Dine and Discuss
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Next 3D session:  February 7th
Speaker:  David Victor: "Is it Good for the Jews?"
Guest Chef: Sharon Rosen
Join us in the chapel for morning minyan, followed in the social hall by guest speakers and yummy breakfast.  Open to anyone who wishes to participate.  Contact Mitch Parker if you wish to assist with this program.  

Shabbat Youth Learning
Shabbat Morning Activities Youth 
Ages 6-12
Formal Activities in lower level 10:30 a.m.-11:45a.m. 
2/27 3/12, and 4/30
Teen D'var Torah Cafe, 11 a.m. 
Youth-led discussion in the social hall following D'var   Torah 
2/27, 3/12, and 4/30

"Talmud for Beginners:  
led by Dr. Mitch Parker
Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 p.m., Room 2 TKA/BI
Everyone is welcome, no prior knowledge required.  Texts will have full English translations and commentaries. We will study the tenth chapter of Pesachim, which deals with the Seder night. Join the class in January and be prepared to astound your friends and relatives in April at your Seder with everything you have learned.  $25.00 onetime charge for materials. 
Please register with Mitch (abbadoc@comcast.net; 248 738 0220) 
if you plan to attend.

Adult Learning
jewish books
Thumin Beit Madrash in 
cooperation with Congregation Beth Ahm
"Who are the People in your Talmudic Neighborhood?"
7:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Ahm, $25 for the series. 
Four sessions, led by Aaron Wogel, Judaic Studies faculty member, Frankel Jewish Academy.  RSVP to ablau@cbahm.org or call 248-851-6880
                                                OR
Open Beit Midrash with Rabbi Rubenstein, 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Ahm
$5.00/session.      All texts provided in Hebrew and English
February 1 - Shabbat Kiddush                    February 8 - Dive into the Mishna
February 22 - What's Bothering Rashi? 
February 29th - A text-based Primer to the Mitzvot of Purim 

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Sisterhood Corner
snowshoesSunday, February 7th 1-2:30
Shmoozers on the Go
Snowshoe Trek at Heritage Park, Farmington Hills.  
$10.00 charge includes snowshoe rental and instruction.  $5.00 charge if you have your own snow shoes. In case of no snow, there will be a nature trail walk. 
Registration Options:
Online at https://recreg.fhgov.com/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/search.html, Class #211245-01.  In person: at the Costick Activities Center, 28600 Eleven Mile Road, Farmington Hills, Monday-Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm and Wednesdays until 7:30 pm. Please Contact Cheryl Berlin with any questions:  acberlin_mi@yahoo.com, or 248-763-1121.

Book Club
Next Book Club book:  
My Promised Land by Ari Shavit.
April 10th, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., TKA/BI Library.

Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
29 
Becky Bernard  
29
David Chudnow   
31 
Robin Pappas

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
  2 Hanna Berlin        4 Murray Baruch         12 Constance Victor     14 Jeffrey Eisman
14 Rebecca Tron      16 Benjamin Eisman    16 Brian Newhouse      16 Miriam Saperstein
17 Michael Golob        17 Leia Serlin              19 Nancy Silverman      20 Colton Graub
21 Inez Stevenson   22 Seymour Manello    25 Sheila Kurland         25 Sharon Rosen                                      26 Aaron Orel
Jewish Wedding

FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARIES
2 Jerry & Gail Beale               9 Steven & Marlene Myers

If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please email the synagogue so we can update our records.
May Their Memories Be For a Blessing 
JANUARY YAHRZEITS
   1/28/2016 (18 Shevat)                   1/30/2016 (20 Shevat)
    Richard Reinherz                           Albert (Sam) Sklar
FEBRUARY YAHRZEITS
2/3/2016 (24 Shevat)      2/4/2016 (25 Shevat)        2/5/2016 (26 Shevat)        2/6/2016 (27 Shevat
 Betty Crone                      Betty Ginsburg                  Joseph Langnas                Isaac Faxtein
2/10/2016 (1 Adar 1)       2/14/2016 (5 Adar 1)        2/15/2016 (6 Adar I)         2/17/2016 (8 Adar I)
Oscar Kuhn                    Henrietta Hamburger          Jack Gruber                    Wesley Brown
Arnold Lada
2/18/2016 (9 Adar I)          2/19/2016 (10 Adar 1)     2/21/2016 (12 Adar I)          2/21/2016 (12 Adar I)
Max Silverstein                    Klara Stark                     Theodore Jacob Levine       Betty Margolis
2/22/2016 (13 Adar I)     2/22/2016 (13 Adar I)        2/22/2016 (13 Adar I)          2/22/2016 (13 Adar I)
Gloria Braverman            Arthur Goodman                 Sol Reichberg Taub             Leo Weber
2/23/2016 (14 Adar I)     2/23/2016 (14 Adar I)        2/25/2016 (a6 Adar I)          2/26/2016 (17 Adar I)
Wolfe Brown                    Esther Nusbaum                Yetta Langfelder                  Ann Doneson
                                                                                                                               Maurice Katz
2/27/2016 (18 Adar I)      2/27/2016 (18 Adar I)       2/29/2016 (20 Adar I)          2/29/2016 (20 Adar I)
Alan Breitman                   Rose Lifshitz                    Doris Barahal Tron              Arlene Beals
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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