August 25, 2016  21 Av 5776
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SHABBAT 
SHALOM! 
SHABBAT EIKEV
Friday, August 26th
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, August 27th 
9 a.m., Sanctuary
Fred Shuback will officiate at Shabbat morning services.
10 a.m.  Supervised Youth Room
Kiddish Lunch is sponsored by David and Louise Lazarus in honor of their wedding anniversary, and by Linda and Murray Baruch, Leah and Joe Bernstein, Sharon and Howard Friedman, Marlene and Steve Myers, Amy and Mark Robbins, and Stacy and Craig Gittleman. 
To become part of a Kiddush Lunch Group or to sponsor a lunch, please contact the synagogue office:  info@bnaiisraelwb.org.

CONDOLENCES
To Susan Gartenberg on the passing of her beloved daughter, Randi Schreiber.

To Gertrude, Ellen, Jay and Marian Kershenbaum on the passing of their beloved husband and father and our dear friend, Belmont Kershenbaum.

Baby Duck
MAZEL TOV
To Linda and Murray Baruch on the birth of their new grandson.  Mazel tov to parents, Jeremy and Rachel Baruch and big brother Noam.  Mazel Tov to grandparents Robert and Tobie Levine and to great grandparents, Leonard and Ann Baruch.

Rosh Hashanah HIGH HOLIDAYS
High Holiday packets for members will be mailed the second week in September.  To secure additional tickets for non-members, please download the ticket form by clicking here.  Please submit forms and payments by the September 16th deadline to enable adequate time for processing.

yahrtzeit3 YIZKOR BOOK ENTRIES ARE DUE TOMORROW, AUGUST 26TH.  IF YOU STILL HAVE NAMES YOU WANT INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE, PLEASE E-MAIL DEBBIE SINGER:  yizkorbooks@gmail.com by tomorrow.

BI COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Book Club Sunday, September 25th
Kesher/Connection is excited to host local author, Barbara Stark-Nemon, at our next book club meeting
Barbara is the author of Even in Darkness, the fictional account of her great-aunt's experiences in Germany before, during and after WWII. Barbara is the sister of B'nai Israel member Joanna Abramson. Her book is available at the West Bloomfield Public Library and for purchase at Amazon. Ask a friend to join you in reading the book and coming to the meeting! Please RSVP to Sandy Lada at  lada.sandy@gmail.com or Lori Orel at loriorel@gmail.com.

To join the B'nai Israel Synagogue Family Facebook Group, contact Ilana Glazier
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Shabbat Kulanu-Shabbat together for all!
shabbat whimsy
Shabbat Morning Tot Shabbat and Youth Activities, 
Shabbat Morning Teen Scene Dates for 2016-2017
9/24/16, 10/15/16, 11/12/16, 12/17/16, 1/21/17, 2/11/17, 3/18/17, 4/8/17, 4/18/17, 5/20/17
These dates are for both Tot Shabbat (Ages 2-5) and Youth Ages 10-17.
All activities are in the lower level on Shabbat Morning beginning at 10:45 a.m.



LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
ADULT EDUCATION
Sunday Morning September 11, 8:30 AM
"Food for the Soul" 
Morning services followed by breakfast at the Soul Cafe honoring Roxanne and Brian Newhouse (who will not have to make breakfast. ) $20 per person including an entree, an espresso drink, taxes and tip.  
Let Mitch know if you are coming: 

Sunday Morning September 18.  8:30 AM
The return of Sunday morning 3D (daven, dine and discuss)
Alan Taub will be our guest speaker after breakfast.


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

"You too can give a D'var Torah"  
Between October 29th and January 14 we will read the book of Braishit. This first book of Torah scroll the Torah is full of stories of love, conflict and intrigue as families try to grapple with both the mundane and the extraordinary.  Here is your chance to prepare a dvar Torah on the lives of our earliest ancestors and their families.  If you are interested, please let Mitch know.  A little secret: the preparation is often the best part of the process.

Travel and Learn:
If you are interested in being on the organizing committee for a potential B'nai Israel tour of the Jewish South, please contact Mitch: mitch@bnaiisraelwb.org.


Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
25 Rabbi Jonathan Berger
27 Noah Marcotte, Mel Tovy
29 Edward Chudnow
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
 1  Sandy Lada, Melissa Levy
 2  Jack Canvasser, Pearl Manello
 3  Toby Gittleman, Avery Robinson
 4  Brenda Soverinsky
 5  Stephanie Singer
10 Alan Taub
11 Beverly Avadenka, Julia Feber, Bernice Jacobson
12 Adam Baruch
12 Samantha Dines, John Marcotte
13 Benjamin Rosenberg
15 Adena Wolf
16 Benton Karesh
17 Linda Jacobson, Renee Kozlowski
18 Daniel Chudnow
19 Carol Wiseman
20 David Bernard, Madeline Jacobson, Edith Kozlowski, Samuel Saperstein
23 Jordan Stevenson
25 Frances Chudnow
26 Howard Friedman
27 Erika Finn, Warren Lada

Jewish Wedding
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES
25 Jerry & Sharon Knoppow
31 Michael Karesh & Gayla Bassham
SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
  4  Matt & Lori Orel
                 5  Howard & Trudy Jacobson, Randy & Brenda Soverinsky
                14 Jay & Renee Kozlowski


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 
AUGUST YAHRTZEITS

8/25/2016 (21 Av)         Manya Gartenberg, Theodore P. Mason, Benjamin B. Tower
8/26/2016 (22 Av)         Dr. Joel D. Hamburger, Bennie Magy
8/27/2016 (23 Av)         Marilyn "Mike" Feigelson
8/28/2016 (24 Av)         Bertha Chitkin
8/30/2016 (26 Av)         Sarah Lewis, Ormond Sacks
9/1/2016 (28 Av)           
Louis Jonah Lieberman
9/2/2016 (29 Av)          Judge Edward Avadenka, Edward Avadenka, 
                                     Leonard Gaba, Robert Alan Kapetansky
9/4/2016 (1 Elul)          Moshe Buncel, Louis Silverstein
9/5/2016 (2 Elul)          Robert Keila
9/6/2016 (3 Elul)          Louis Rose, Sam Toby
9/9/2016 (6 Elul)         Franka Charlupski
9/11/2016 (8 Elul)       John Eby
9/12/2016 (9 Elul)       Reinald Freedman
9/14/2016 (11 Elul)      Ernest Gans, Mr. Arthur Markowitz
9/15/2016 (12 Elul)     Alex Kuhn
9/16/2016 (13 Elul)     Pearl Leah Naimark
9/18/2016 (15 Elul)     Rabbi Carl L. Manello
9/20/2016 (17 Elul)     Yosef Garber
9/21/2016 (18 Elul)     Leo Orel
9/22/2016 (19 Elul)     Saul Rose
9/24/2016 (21 Elul)     Douglas Cohen, Paula S. Lawson
9/27/2016 (24 Elul)     Lawrence Sklar
9/29/2016 (26 Elul)     Ida Goode, Sophie Blau Konek, Mr. Robert Nusholtz

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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