September 22, 2016

19 Elul 5776

SHABBAT
SHALOM!

SHABBAT KI TAVO

Friday, September 23rd

6 p.m., Chapel

Saturday, September 24th

9 a.m., Sanctuary

Dr. Mitch Parker will officiate at Shabbat morning services.

D'var Torah this week and next week will be led by Fred Shuback and Rabbi Jonathan Berger, and will include melodies for the High Holidays.

10 a.m. Supervised Youth Room

10:45 a.m. Youth Activities, Lower Level with Joe Bernstein

Kiddish Lunch is sponsored by the following Kiddish Lunch Group:

Fran and Ed Chudnow, Leslie and Evan Chudnow, Fran and Dave Hundiak, Laurie and Robert Kimmel, Sandy and Warren Lada, Cheryl and Mitch Parker, Sharon and Leonard Rosen, Mindy and Fred Shuback, Julie Solomon and Rebecca Tron.

To become part of a Kiddush Lunch Group or to sponsor a lunch, please contact the synagogue office: info@bnaiisraelwb.org.

SELICHOT SERVICES Saturday Night, September 24th

hosted by Congregation Beth Ahm for the entire Conservative Synagogue community

9:30 p.m. Refreshments

10 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Dara Horn: "Technology, Memory and the Past that Lives in the Present"

11 p.m. Selichot Service begins Click here to view event flyer

HIGH HOLIDAYS

High Holiday Sanctuary Set-Up, Covenant Baptist Church

Sunday, October 2nd and Sunday, October 9th.

We will be creating our sacred space for Rosh Hashanah on Sunday, October 2nd at

1 p.m. Set-up takes approximately 45 minutes if we have a sizable crew to help. Please

e-mail John Marcotte: john@marcfree.org if you will be able to attend. Please also remember that we need people to remain following the conclusion of services on the second day of Rosh Hashanah to re-set the sanctuary for our friends at the church.

We will be setting the sanctuary at the church for Yom Kippur on Sunday, October 9th at

1 p.m. All who are able to assist will be welcome to join us.

YOM KIPPUR FOOD DRIVE

We will be collecting non-perishable kosher food items to be donated to Yad Ezra after Yom Kippur. Please bring your food items to services on Kol Nidrei evening. Thank you to Marty and Sheila Kurland for once again collecting and delivering the food.

MAZEL TOV

Mazel Tov to Laurie and Robert Kimmel on the birth of their new granddaughter in New York. Mazel Tov to parents Avihud and Faiga, and to siblings Tuvia and Sara Tehila.

Mazel Tov to Michelle Tukel and Jay Brown on the birth of their new grandson in New York. Mazel Tov to parents, Benji and Dr. Merrill Brown, and to big sister Sophie.

Mazel Tov to Howard and Trudy Jacobson on the birth of their new granddaughter in Washington, D.C. Mazel Tov to new parents, Shira and Ross Broms, grandparents Marilyn and Tim Broms, and great-grandmothers, Bernice Jacobson and Paula Balkin.

Mazel Tov to Alan and Barbara Funk on the birth of their new granddaughter, Hannah Chloe Funk, born in Chicago to parents, Lori and Asher Funk, and big brother Asher.

BI COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Book Club Sunday, September 25th, 3 p.m.

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.

TKA MITZVAH DAY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH

Activities begin at noon in the social hall. Donations of toiletries, socks, deodorant, hand sanitizer and hand wipes will be collected. For more information,

please contact Dena Lederman: in2motion02@gmail.com. Click here to sign up to volunteer.

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

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

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

23 Jordan Stevenson

25 Frances Chudnow

26 Howard Friedman

27 Erika Finn, Warren Lada

SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

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

SEPTEMBER YAHRTZEITS

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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