August 25, 2016

21 Av 5776

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.

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.

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.

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 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:
mitch@bnaiisraelwb.org.

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

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

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

To make a donation in honor of someone's birthday or anniversary, please click here.

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.

B'nai Israel Synagogue is affiliated with USCJ

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

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