May 26, 2016  18 Iyar 5776
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SHABBAT 
SHALOM! 
SHABBAT BEHAR
Friday, May 27th
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, May 28TH
9 a.m., Sanctuary
Dr. Mitch Parker will officiate and deliver the D'var Torah.
10:30 a.m. Supervised Youth Room, Lower Level
Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by the following Kiddush Lunch Groups: Joanna and Jay Abramson, Alissa Citron and Jeffrey Lupovitch, Susan and David Feber, Cathy and Michael Graub, Jay and Renee and Kozlowski, Lori and Matt Orel, Karen and Howard Rosenberg, Susan Knoppow and David Saperstein, Michael and Debbie Balkin, Sue and Sandy Birnholtz, Joan and Steve Freedman, Bernice Handler, Marla and David Weiss, David Pappas, Howard and Trudy Jacobson.
If you would like to be part of a Kiddush Lunch Group or would like to sponsor a lunch, please contact the synagogue office:  info@bnaiisraelwb.org.

SNL
Saturday Night Learning
8:15 p.m. This week's hosts:  Vicki Freedman and John Marcotte.  John will be the speaker.  Please rsvp to John: john@marcfree.org


memorial day
MONDAY MAY 30TH
MORNING MINYAN-Congregation Beth Ahm 9 a.m.
  Breakfast following services.
EVENING MINYAN-Congregation Beth Ahm 5 p.m.
We look forward to continuing to share davening with Congregation Beth Ahm on secular holidays.
THERE WILL NOT BE MORNING OR EVENING MINYAN AT B'NAI ISRAEL ON MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30TH.

TODAH RABBAH
To Casey and Brian Ginsberg for planning, shopping for, and executing or first Lag Ba'Omer picnic.  A great time was had by all!
BI COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Picnic Basket SHABBAT IN THE PARK IS BACK!
Join us the second Fridays of June, July and August at Bloomer Park, 6 p.m. for Shabbat songs, food and fun!  No need to rsvp.  Just bring your pareve or dairy dinner and meet us at the park.
softball B'nai Israel Softball Team
B'nai Israel is part of the inter-congregational softball league.  Games are played on Sunday mornings.  Men and women welcome. Must be 18 or over.
Interested?  Contact Steve Dines: stevedines@aol.com

 

To join the B'nai Israel Synagogue Family Facebook Group, contact Ilana Glazier
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Family tot shabbat
Tots and Parents Shabbat*
led by BI member and early childhood educator Gaye Taub
Join with Gaye in song and Shabbat play.
11 a.m., lower level: June 18.
  *children 5 and under

shabbat whimsyShabbat Youth Learning
Shabbat Morning Activities Youth 
June 18th, 11 a.m. lower level:"What does G-d Need from Us?" Ages 10 and up led by Joe Bernstein
YOUTH SHABBAT
SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH
All youth are invited to participate in the service. 
Please contact Susan Feber: susanfeber@gmail.com for more details.
Families with graduating high school seniors, please CLICK HERE

ADULT EDUCATION
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. 
Please register with Mitch (abbadoc@comcast.net; 248- 738-0220) 
if you plan to attend.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
3d
Sunday Minyan 3D (daven, dine, discuss)
Future Dates: June 5th ( Guest Speaker:  Rabbi Michele Faudem), June 19th.  Come to Sunday morning minyan, stay for breakfast and discussion.  All are welcome. No charge to attend.  Interested in being a sponsor?  Contact Mitch Parker: mitch@bnaiisraelwb.org
 
Talmud class with Mitch Parker
Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., at the synagogue
We are currently studying Brachot, the first section of the Talmud.  Interested?  Contact Mitch: mitch@bnaiisraelwb.org

High Holiday Trope Class in formation.
Interested in learning to chant Torah reading for the High Holidays?  
Fred Shuback will offer a class for all those who wish to learn.  Classes will be Tuesday evening, 7:30 p.m.,  July 5th and July 12th.  Please e-mail Fred directly if you wish to participate: fred.shuback@gmail.com. This class is open to synagogue members post b'nai mitzvah age and older.

SNLSaturday Night Learning
Saturday, May 28th is at the home of Vicki Freedman and John Marcotte.  
Conclude Shabbat with some study, light snacks, followed by maariv and havdalah. 
Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!
Birthday CakeMAY BIRTHDAYS
27 Susan Gartenberg
27 Jay Kozlowski
28 Susan Birnholtz
28 Hilda Hamburger
31 Irvin Kappy
31 Marlene Myers
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
  3 Paula Balkin
  4 Sidney Kaye
  5 Naomi Lupovitch
  5 Joshua Saperstein
  7 Melanie Soverinsky
  9 Sarah Baruch
  9 Robert Breitman
  9 Lowell Schmeltz
 12 Laura Berger
 13 Bess Glazier
 14 Cecily Myers
 14 Marla Schloss
 16 Ilana Glazier
 20 Davida Robinson
 21 Carol Golob
 21 Marni Jacobson
 24 Jessica Singer
 25 Max Feber
 26 Herb Lantor
 26 Karen Rosenberg
 28 Raymond Silverman
 28 Ruth Webber


Jewish Wedding
MAY ANNIVERSARIES                                                                                26    Jeffrey Lupovitch & Alissa Citron                            
 28    David Saperstein & Susan Knoppow                      
 29    Oscar & Adele Band                                                  
 30    Ed & Fran Chudnow                                                 
                30    Steve & Linda Jacobson    
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES
 10 Murray & Linda Baruch
 12 Dan & Miry Serlin
 13 Andy & Libby Beider
 13 Mark & Amy Robbins
 15 Howard & Sharon Friedman
 20 John Marcotte & Vicki Freedman
 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
 29 Mark & Loraine Kuhn
 30 Alan & Barbara Funk
                                         

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 
MAY YAHRTZEITS

5/23/2016 (15 Iyar)              Marilyn Soverinsky
5/26/2016 (18 Iyar)              Sylvia Isaacs
5/27/2016 (19 Iyar)              Rabbi Moshe Funk
5/28/2016 (20 Iyar)              Pearl Mirkin
5/29/2016 (21 Iyar)              Abraham Joseph Kleinbard
5/31/2016 (23 Iyar)              Jean Rapport
6/3/2016 (26 Iyar)                 Maurice Gordon
6/4/2016 (27 Iyar)                 Marvin Picker
6/5/2016 (28 Iyar)                 Stanley Berlin, Bernie Toby
6/6/2016 (29 Iyar)                 Ralph Levin
6/7/2016 (1 Sivan)                Sarah Hurvich
6/8/2016 (2 Sivan)                Sandra G. Rose
6/9/2016 (3 Sivan)                Morris Rogoff, Grace Weiss
6/10/2016 (4 Sivan)              Arnold Margolis, Isadore Silverman
6/11/2016 (5 Sivan)              Roslyn Tucker
6/12/2016 (6 Sivan)              Alice Fenyes
6/14/2016 (8 Sivan)              Daniel Graub
6/15/2016 (9 Sivan)              Harold S. Sossen
6/17/2016 (11 Sivan)            George Weiss
6/18/2016 (12 Sivan)            Henry Fridenberg
6/20/2016 (14 Sivan)            Irene Belsky, Victoria Esther Seigerman
6/22/2016 (16 Sivan)            Harriet (Sivia) Band
6/24/2016 (18 Sivan)            Mark Webber
6/25/2016 (19 Sivan)            Sidney Silverman, Ethel Toby
6/26/2016 (20 Sivan)            Alex Harris
6/28/2016 (22 Sivan)            Harold Foster
6/29/2016 (23 Sivan)            Emanuel Citron


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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