February 2014Shevat / adar 5774

vol. 56, No. 6 14450 West Ten Mile Rd . Oak Park, MI 48237 • 248.967.4020 . www.emanuel-mich.org

Temple Emanu-El WHERE YOU BELONG

February Shabbat WorShip

Saturday Feb. 1st 9:15 AM - Torah Study 10:30 AM – Shabbat Worship

Friday Feb. 7th 5:45 PM – Young Family Pajama Shabbat 6:30 pM – Family Shabbat 4th Grade Class help lead

Saturday Feb. 8th 9:15AM – Torah Study 10:30AM – Shabbat Worship

Friday Feb. 14th 7:00 pM Erev Shabbat Worship

Saturday Feb. 15th 9:15 AM – Torah Study 10:30 AM – Shabbat Worship

Friday Feb. 21st 7:00 pM Erev Shabbat Service

Saturday Feb. 22nd 9:15 AM – Torah Study 10:30 AM – Shabbat Worship

Friday Feb 28th 7:00 pM Erev Shabbat Worship

Purim is fast approaching and with it returns the opportunity to purchase SHALACH MANOT packages for your family and friends. They will be delighted to receive this special gift from you of hamentaschen, candy and more. You will receive

information in your mail about ordering Shalach Manot packages.

Orders must be received in the Temple office by Sunday, February 16, 2014 to ensure timely delivery, so place your orders quickly. Call Ruthanne Okun at 248-547-8893 if you do not receive an order form; have questions; or would like to volunteer to assemble and/or deliver packages.

Get Ready for BaseballThe Temple Brotherhood is pleased to bring back Marc Himelstein, the Director of Authentics for the Detroit Tigers.

Join us Sunday, February 2 at 11:30 am for Marc’s lively and entertaining program explaining how he collects and makes available to the public, Tigers “authentics.” Brotherhood will provide a pizza and drinks lunch at 12:00 Noon. Please RSVP to the Temple Office for the lunch. Email templefamily@emanuel-mich.org

This will be Marc’s 7th season with the Tigers organization. The Tigers and Marc operate the number 1 ranked Authentics program in Major League Baseball. Authentics is the sale of memorabilia, which includes game used equipment as well as autographed memorabilia. Marc and the Detroit Tigers won the prestigious MLB Retailer of the year award in 2011. Marc is originally from Kansas City, grew up in Chicago and currently lives in Troy, MI.

Brotherhoodat Temple Emanu-ElHappy Purim! Happy Purim!

14550 W. Ten Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237248-967-4020 • www.emanuel-mich.org

In accordance with the mitzvah of Purim, a portion of the proceeds of this

Shalach Manot package will be given to those in need.

14550 W. Ten Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237248-967-4020 • www.emanuel-mich.org

In accordance with the mitzvah of Purim, a portion of the proceeds of this

Shalach Manot package will be given to those in need.

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o u r T E M P l E F A M i l Y T r E E

JAnuAry AnniversAries!

Glenn and Kim LiebowitzMichael and Sharon Jaffe

Sidney and Joyce SchulmanSteven and Linda Permut

Joe and Liz FallertJerrold and Terry Selman

MAzel Tov

Y A r T z E i T S

*A light will be lit on our Memorial Board. If you wish to memorialize your loved ones in

a special way, consider purchas-ing a memorial plaque to be

displayed in our Anne Jospey Sanctuary. Each year, on the an-niversary of their death, it will be lit as a remembrance. Contact the Temple office at 248-967-4020 to make arrangements

for this eternal memory of your loved one.

Feb. 2-Feb.8Beatrice Docks *Joseph Dorfman *Walter D. Feldmesser *Joseph Frank *Hyman Friedman Morris Gobel Pearl Goldberg *Fannie Gordon *Lillian Greenwald *Celia Hoffman *William Isaacs Charles Dustin Kalt Moshe Aaron Klaper *Ida Klein *Albert Kneip *Rose Braun Kohl *Bertha Kohn *Lillian Kornhauser Lena Kretchmer *Mollie Landau *Belle Levine *Ida Losh *Edward Mandel Bruce Menken *Jessie Miller Harry Riche Sam Rudner Bessie Sasan *Lillian Sherman *Max Spiegel Sarah Thomas *Morris Weingarden *Milton Weiss Abraham Werney Ann Wilner

Feb. 9- 15Bunny BandRose BraikerPolina Chikhalenko*Morris P. Cohen

*Charles Dodge*Ruth Dodge*Bess Alper Dutsch*Belle EisenbergRobert Fallert Sr.Harry GreenJoseph Hennig*Henry GordonRobert HolzmanCarole JonasPaul Kaatz*Sophie KaploeLouis Lefkovits*Esther LeibsonHyman Levin*Dr. Sidney S. LevineBruce MacMurray*Geeziena M. MeesterDr. Jack L. MillerRichard Oliva*Evelyn PrimakJenny Roby*Abraham SacksHarry Schreier*Morris SchwartzFrank Selman*Klara Stark*Augusta TragerGeorge UlreichJoseph Vulcan

Feb. 16 – 22*Jennie Aronsson *Rose Bloom Adolph Damraur *Sophie Edelson *Harold M. Gelman *Samuel Grobman Jack Gubkin *Charles Hamburger Jane Hassard *Sarah Holweger

*Harry Kaplan Barney Katzman Marion Jane Klavons *Gloria Klein Rose Lefkovits *Hyman Lepler *Isek Levine *Abraham Levitan *Katherine Magdic Joseph N. Menken *Sola Hamburger Modell *Rose Nachemson Ethel Portner Sol Rose *Sol Rosengarten *Isaac Rosenthal Molly Shapiro Charlotte Shebowich Anna Sherbow *Dr. Seymour Smelsey *Evelyn Tobias *Ryan Adam Unatin William Zeplain

Feb. 23- March 1*David B. AaronBettie Alpert*Betty BoeskyLarry BrookCelia Cohen*Dora Wax CunichWilliam EhrlichHelen EpsteinBelle FriedlanderZelda Gilman*Conrad GoodeEdna Greenwald*Seymour Jones*Anne Jospey*Margarethe KollmannLibby Levenson

*Hershel LevinTannie LewinStanley Liebowitz*Daniel MillerWoolf PelaBiaggio Ragazzino*Alice RobbinsFrederick F. Rose*Rabbi Milton Rosen-baum*Thelma RosenbaumRose Scheer*Dr. Gilbert Schoenfield*Samuel Selman*Mitchell SmithRose Soifer*Dr. Norman N. Steinberg*Issac Strickstein*Abraham Tigay*Dorothy Trock*Dr. Richard A. WeinerIrving WeintraubRubin ZakalikArnold ZickermanVictor Zuckerman

Yom Huledet SameiacH

Samuel HurwitzMorgan RosenblumCharlotte LuczakNoah FindlingAden KayeSamuel KoretzZoe Lask

January Birthdays - temple children

Abigail SamsonLev BerdyLily ApplebaumJonah WolfeAdam EderyMerritt Stern

Temple emanu-el BulleTin • FeBruary 2014 • ShevaT / 1adar 5774

To Stephen & Fran Barnes on the birth of their granddaughter, Jillian Alise Barnes on

December 19, 2013 to Eric and Nicole Barnes

WelcoMe To TeMple eMAnu-el!

Welcome to new members who have joined our Temple family:

Laura Roby of Bloomfield Hills

We look forward to your involvement in services & at our many events and activities.

Lacey DavidsonEkitu BurdeLaura SchultzRayna GoldLilah KalfusBenjamin Schwartz

in MeMoriAM

Dr. David Drasnin, brother of Yona (Robert) Kahn and uncle of Sarah Kahn and Natalie Kahn, December 4, 2013

Rose Sallen, December 6, 2013Lois Nisenson, mother of Sandra (Ernest) Needle, Dec. 15, 2013

Paraschiva “Piri” Bartos, grandmother of Gabe (Wendy Lauzano-Hertz) Hertz, December 22, 2013

Doris Holberg, December 26, 2013Carole Shaya, December 27, 2013

Harold Finegood, father of Ken (Pam) Finegood, Dec. 27, 2013

Friday, Feb. 7 6:30 pm Service, 7:30 pm Dinner

First Friday Family services, Featuring 4th Grade

& youth choir Followed by

shabbat Dinner for everyone

Kelly onickel, Nathan herskovitz and Jacob Gringorten and other students not pictured made meals for a soup kitchen at Monday

Night School

T h E r A b b i ’ S C o r n E r

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Rabbi Arturo Kalfus

A thoughtful congregant recently asked to meet with me. This Temple member asked me plainly: Where is God in our Temple? We had a good conversation. I shared my views and sentiments on ‘where God resides’. We Jews, are not as comfortable talking about beliefs and the conse-quences of those beliefs in our daily lives. So I decided to share with you some Rabbinic sources on this matter with a short personal com-mentary. Perhaps this short presentation will spark questions about our spiritual lives and what are we here for.

“A little boy was playing hide-and-seek with his friends. For some unknown reason they stopped playing while he was hiding. He began to cry. His old grandfather came out of the house to see what was troubling him and to comfort him. The grandfather said: “Do not weep my child,

because the boys did not come to find you. Perhaps you can learn from this disappointment. All of life is like a game between God and human beings, only it is God who is weeping, for human beings are not playing the game fairly. God is waiting to be found while everybody else has gone off in the search of other things”.

We live our lives very “busy”. But think for a moment, busy about what? We are so busy we forget about the most important questions in life. Indeed, we are hiding from reaching within ourselves and being able to discover and develop our spiritual lives. We are hiding and God, and our souls are waiting to be found! Imagine if every day, we will dedicate some time for our personal spiritual development. Imagine asking if our daily routine enables us to be inspired and feel more elevated. Imagine the personal struggle to overcome our escapisms and our meaninglessness.

“Where is the dwelling of God?” the Rabbi of Kotsk asked a number of learned men. They laughed at him. “What a thing to ask! Is not the whole world full of God’s glory?”. The pious Rabbi thought for a moment, and then answered his own question: “Where is God? God dwells wherever human beings let God in.”

It is my hope that most of us have experienced a few moments where we get a fabulous insight or a special inspiration. Moments that are really impactful. Moments that have changed some-what the direction of our lives. Those new realizations that enabled us to recognize what really matters most. This is part of what I call the Divine within each one of us. Those moments may come spontaneously, but I believe we also can make them come more often if we prepare our-selves to receive that inspiration. Indeed, God dwells wherever we let the divine spark in.

Moses was still a novice in prophecy; Therefore God said, “If I reveal Myself to him in loud tones, I shall alarm him, but if I reveal Myself in a subdued voice, he will hold prophecy in low esteem.” Therefore God addressed Moses in his father’s voice. Moses was overjoyed to hear his father speak, for it gave him the assurance that his father was still alive. The voice called his name twice, and he answered, “Here I am! What is my father’s wish?” God replied, saying, “I am not your father. I desired to refrain from terrifying you, therefore I spoke with your father’s voice. I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

Where does God reside? God can speak to us through our parents. God does reside everywhere. Our parents can be the source of divine inspiration. May we have such parents!

What are we here for? One possible answer is to achieve Shlemut, wholeness. To be un-afflicted, to be healed from the stresses and the pains of life. What we understand to be our God will definitely help us get there. May we have a smooth journey!

From my heart to yours,

Where is God in our Temple? Help Wanted -

USHeRSPRe-RequIsITes:

• A friendly face, with a warm smile. • No prior experience necessary. • Flexible shifts (Friday evening or

saturday morning); Once a month or on an occasional basis.

• No reasonable offers refused. Join our corps of Kabbalat Panim

(welcoming faces).Contact us today. Barbara Levitt: levittb@hotmail.com

Bob Levitt: Bobl044@yahoo.com

Exciting news from hiller's Markets!

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There is no longer a need for Scrip cards With the new

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organizations to benefit from the customer rewards points they earn through shopping

at hiller's.

Simply log onto www.hillers.com/club, register your hiller's Club card and you can select

Temple Emanu-El from the organization list. We appreci-

ate your support!

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r E l i G i o u S S C h o o l D i r E C T o r

Geoff Berdy

Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood presents the Annual

For more inFormation, or to register, call Harvey Hurvitz - 248 398-0174

sunday march 9th at 5:00 Prizes awarded to toP tHree cHilis.

highlights of the Year so FarFirst off, a big “Todah Rabbah” (thanks much) to Cantorial Soloist Kelly Onickel for directing the wonderful December Israel themed concert, and for preparing classes to lead our First Friday Family Services. Similarly, we appreciate the efforts of our new Madrichim Coordinator, art teacher and education assistant Marla Schloss, who has worked with teachers to improve our use of

art projects and did much of the planning for our “Yom Tikkun/MLK/Tu B’Shvat Commemoration” which was a big hit. 5th and 7th grade held a Tu B’Shvat Seder at Trowbridge Senior apartments and got great reviews from the residents. At Temple classes made snack packs for hungry kids, cat toys for sheltered animals, blankets for kids at Children’s hospital, had a mini-Tu B’Shvat Seder and learned about Jewish involvement in Civil Rights.

Some other highlights of the school year so far have been: Our new Gan (kindergarten teacher) Jennifer Johnson join-ing staff, 1st grade consecration and trip to Yad Ezra, second grade learning Hebrew letters, and the k-2 Chanukah Fair, Kitah Gimel (third grade) students enjoyed putting on a skit at Temple Together and playing Hebrew Bingo, Kitah dalet did a fantas-tic job leading their first weekday prayer service in December, Kitah Hey, Fifth grade helped publicize their own and Temple’s commitment to the Jewish Ukrainian community of Brovary and even learned traditional music and dance from that region which they shared at First Friday and the December concert. 6th particularly enjoyed their Hebrew name project, which deco-rated the Temple foyer for many weeks, 7th grade has hit higher goals in Hebrew and have spent several productive weeks using our laptops and tablets to research anti-semitism and even write their own anti-hate songs. Highlights in the teen realm include a tour of Jewish Detroit in the fall with parents and grandparents, a trip to Ann Arbor with Rabbi Kalfus where we met up with two recent graduates at Zingerman’s and a visit from the new NFTY regional advisor who taught a Monday Night School class on Jewish values through the t.v. show Glee.

Youth Group updates:To RSVP for these events of for more information contact Youth Group Coordinator: Denise Goodman, 248-417-7912, denisegoodman.goodman7@gmail.com

No’ar: 4th-5th grade: Roller Skating at Skate World in Troy, Sunday February 9, $10, lunch included, meet right after religious school for lunch and games, choir leaves right after re-hearsal. Skating is 1:00pm-2:30pm, meet us there, or at Temple at 3pm.

JETS: 6th, 7th grade: Bowling at Emagine Royal Oak and Blaze Pizza, Saturday, February 8th, 5:00-7:00pm, $10

2nd Graders celebrate “Yom Tikkun” with “repair the world signs” inspired by Martin Luther King

6th graders sample new fruits at Tu B’Shvat Seder

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Please Join Us for

a Tapestry of Tastea Passover Workshop and

Cooking Demonstration

March 23, 2014, 2:00 p.m.in remembrance of

lillian GreenWalD sisterhood life Member

Featuring the very talented chef elwin Greenwald

From elwin and company in Berkley

elwin will demonstrate preparations of delicious traditional and innovative Passover dishes. Samples will be available for tasting. the workshop will review various traditions, including both Sephardic and ashkenazic observances, explaining the mean-ing of Passover symbols, and providing interesting suggestions for preparing our Seder tables.

attendees will receive a Booklet containing Passover educational information and the recipes from the demonstration.

this program is a joint effort of temple emanu-el Sisterhood, Brotherhood, and adult education. Proceeds will help provide Shabbat onegs.

Bring your own "tried-and-true" family Passover recipe written on the front of a 4 x 6" card. We will make a copy for everyone.

TickeTs/sponsorship levels:$18 cook $36 execuTive cheF $72 Top cheF

Please RSVP by march 15, 2014 temple emanu-el 248-967-4020

Rae mandel 248-650-9497

Starting in the Sanctuary for a family-friendly, interactive Shabbat Service

Move to the Foyer for Kiddish, Motzi & music with the Shiru Dor L’dor Youth Choir

Complimentary Dinner, Music, Crafts & More in the Modell Room

JOIN US IN THE FOYER WEARING YOUR FAVORITE PJ’S

COOKIES, MILK & A BEDTIME STORY

WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

14450 West 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237

Additional questions? Contact our friendly office staff at

248.967.4020

Age focus 0 to 2nd grade

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL—ECC—COMMUNITY

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E x E C u T i v E D i r E C T o r

Susan J. Kirschner

Sponsor an Oneg, a Kiddush or a Wine & Cheese Pre-Service Oneg in honor of a simcha—anniversary, birthday, graduation or other special event.

or, you may wish to honor the memory of a loved one.

The minimum costs of sponsorship are: Friday oneg: $150 • Saturday Kiddush: $90 • Wine & Cheese Oneg: $100

We recognize our oneg sponsors and the occasions for their sponsorship in the service bulletin. it is possible for more than one family to sponsor an oneg. Please contact barbara in the office for more information and to select a date.

Call 248 967-4020, ext 204 or email calendar@emanuel-mich.org

This month I’m going to share an email sent by my dear friend Ruth who teaches at Brooklyn College and forwards fascinating emails on Jewish topics...

MoE bErG Sportsman, Scholar, SpyWhen baseball greats Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on tour in baseball-crazy Japan in 1934, some fans wondered why a third-string catcher’s name was included.

The answer: Berg was a US spy. Speaking 15 languages—includ-ing Japanese—Moe Berg had two loves: baseball and spying.

In Tokyo, garbed in a kimono, Berg took flowers to the daughter of an American diplomat being treated in St. Luke’s Hospital--the tallest building in the Japanese capital. He never delivered them. The ball-player ascended to the hospital roof and filmed key features: the harbor, military installations, railway yards, etc. Eight years later, General Jimmy Doolittle studied Berg’s films in planning his spectacular raid on Tokyo.

Berg’s father, a pharmacist in Newark, taught his son Hebrew and Yiddish. Moe began playing baseball on the street at age four against his wishes, and he never once watched his son play. In high school Moe learned Latin, Greek and French. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton—having added Spanish, Ital-ian, German and Sanskrit to his linguistic quiver, During further studies at the Sorbonne and Columbia Law School he picked up Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Arabic, Portuguese and Hun-garian—15 languages in all, plus some regional dialects.

While playing baseball for Princeton University, Moe Berg would describe plays in Latin or Sanskrit.

During World War II, he was parachuted into Yugoslavia to assess the value to the war effort of the two groups of partisans there. He reported back that Marshall Tito’s forces were widely supported by the people and Winston Churchill ordered all-out support for the Yugoslav underground fighter, rather than Miha-jlovic’s Serbians.

Berg penetrated German-held Norway, met with members of the underground and located a secret heavy water plant—part of

the Nazi effort to build an atomic bomb. His information guided the Royal Air Force in a bombing raid to destroy the plant.

There still remained the question of how far the Nazis had progressed in the race to build the first Atomic bomb. Berg (under the code name Remus) was sent to Switzer-land to hear leading German physicist Werner Heisenberg lecture and determine if the Nazis were close to building an A-bomb. Moe managed to slip past the SS guards at the auditorium, posing as a Swiss graduate student. The spy carried in his pocket a pistol and a cyanide pill. If the German indicated the Nazis were close to building a weapon, Berg was to shoot him—and then swallow the cyanide pill. Moe, sitting in the front row, determined that the Germans were nowhere near their goal, so he compli-mented Heisenberg on his speech and walked him back to his hotel.

Moe Berg’s report was distributed to Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and key figures in the team developing the Atomic Bomb. Roosevelt responded: Give my regards to the catcher.

After the war, Moe Berg was awarded the Medal of Merit – Americas highest honor for a civilian in wartime. But Berg refused to accept, as he couldn’t tell people about his exploits. After his death, his sister accepted the Medal and it hangs in the Baseball Hall of Fame, in Cooperstown.

He once said, “maybe I can’t hit as much as Ruth, but I speak more languages than him.”

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Social actioN iN actioN at temple emanu-el

st. Marks Holiday food Drive The Social Action Committee would like to thank our generous congregation for their support of the St. Marks Holiday Food Drive. We collected both non-perishable groceries and $1400

which were used by St. Marks Church to help feed needy fami-lies in the south Warren community.

A group of Temple members joined members of the church to pack 1,305 bags of food for more than 400 families.

linda and Jim Greenwood, Jolie and Martin Kaufmann, robin and rebecca Gold, Eric Parr and

family, with a St. Mark’s church member.

brovary As we welcome in the New Year of 2014, in our cozy homes and temple, we hear of financial hard-ship from the small Jewish community in Brovary, Ukraine.

Had they not received our temple’s Chanukah do-nation, they would have had to give up their Com-munity Center where they do all things Jewish: where they play their klezmer music, share Jewish food, dance, celebrate Jewish holidays and pray.

And so let us not abandon our Ukrainian brothers and sisters during these times of destitution and anti-Semitism.

When our members support Brovary through their donations of $1.80, or $18, or whatever amount moves them, they help the Social Action Commit-tee to continue this mitzvah, this partnership with Jews so very far away. And this support shows our religious school students, especially Lynn Cooper’s 5th grade students – who just made another very generous contribution – that they are not alone in caring for this little town so far away.

Donations may be mailed in with checks payable to Temple Emanu-El with a note on the memo line: Brovary.

May 2014 be healthy and happy for you and yours.

Laura and Marty Kohn Brovary co-chairs.

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We have recently formed a Mental Health professional group at Temple. These are congregants whose expertise can help us as a community and as individuals. We meet every other month to study interesting texts on the confluence between Spirituality, Religion and Psychology. A member of this group, Dan Stettner PHD, is the first to write a short article particularly for the benefit of young families within our community. Enjoy!

insights For Parents Choosing A Jewish Future For Their ChildrenBy Dan Stettner, Ph.D. member of the mental health professionals group at Temple Emanu-El

As a psychologist and both a member of our congrega-tion and parent of an EEC graduate; I congratulate you for enrolling your child or children in our ECC community! This is a full-range, rich experience that you have initiated. It is also a wonderful opportunity for you and your whole family to have your Jewishness enriched through the won-derful nursery, pre-school, and Temple Emanu-El opportu-nities that lay ahead. Whether you are on your first parental journey or continuing your parenting experiences, the ECC provides you with daily opportunities to be intimately involved with your child’s social, academic, emotional, and religious early development. These involvements at the ECC can also enrich the personal and psychological well-being of your child/children. We know that nursery and pre-school help develop feelings of belonging, initia-tive, exploration, and autonomy skills that are important for child development.

Each day that your child attends and brings home projects, sings songs, and invites you to participate - is another lov-ing aspect of being a parent. Each classroom in the ECC is an important link to our past and the collective future of the Jewish people. Temple activities, like young fam-ily programs, Shabbat services and dinners that you will hear about, and are invited to join, are another part of this special parent Journey. Here you have an opportunity to mingle with other Jewish families in the ECC community. There are frequent opportunities for you and the family to experience and celebrate meaningful Jewish rituals both at home and at the Temple. You can read Jewish bedtime sto-ries, do something kind for others (mitzvot), make simple Jewish recipes, or activities that are a part already of your family Jewish experiences. From festivals to simple celebrations of Shabbat, these are meaningful and loving opportunities for all of you! Your children experience their Jewishness along with all their other emotional and social growth opportunities each day at the ECC. So, your valida-tion of their activities makes all the difference for personal and social well-being.

Your family participations at home, at the ECC, and at Temple help perpetuate our Jewish traditions. Studies show that when families take the time to experience Jewishness at any level in the home, the strength of the Jewish family

EvErY CAn CounTS now more than ever.Please bring a can of food for the chaveet whenever you visit Temple. Our neighborhood food banks thank you for sharing your food with the hungry - because…

Now more than ever, EvErY CAn CounTS!

and our community are enriched and strengthened. Try to take time each day to sit down and let them show you what they are learning, doing and experiencing. This helps their overall development and enhances your parenting experi-ences – everyone benefits! Quality family experiences are important for overall child psychological growth and development.

The ECC and Temple Young Family programs help them to make Judaism fun - to experience the family aspects of Judaism. The excitement, the songs, the special projects the children make are a way for all of you to connect with being Jewish in a personal and meaningful family-focused manner.

For those of you who celebrate or have a history of two re-ligious faiths, we welcome you and are so pleased that you have chosen to have your child in the ECC program. This may also provide you with an opportunity to discover many of the special Jewish holidays, practices and programs that can have meaningfulness for you and your family.

We invite you be an active participant in the ECC com-munity and Temple Emanu-El so as to benefit this most special young person (or children) that you have entrusted to the care of your teacher(s). As you get to know the ECC and Temple Emanu-El better, we all will grow together as empowered Jews – from one generation to another. Thank you for being a part of everyone’s exciting future that un-folds here at Temple Emanu-El.

We are here for you!

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Eileen Brand, Director, Early Childhood Community

NEWS FROM THE ECC WHERE OUR EXPERIENCE PROVIDES YOUR CHILD WITH THE BEST EXPERIENCE

D I R e C T T O Y O u F e B R u A R Y 2 0 1 4

Eileen Brand

Parent/Teacher Conferences were held in January, giving parents an opportunity to learn about their child’s world at school. For those children going on to kinder-garten, conferences provide a social and academic assessment.

During January our classes celebrated the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the New Year of the Trees. This holiday marks the transi-tion in the land of Israel from dormant

winter to blooming spring. While here it is impossible to celebrate the holiday by actual planting of trees and flowers, we symbolize the holiday by observing the custom of eating Israeli foods such as figs, dates, carob chips and oranges.

Here it is the middle of winter, but in the ECC offices we are already looking forward to another fabulous summer. Our camp and school packets are coming home very soon. Camp begins on Monday, June 16th and consists of 3, three week sessions. Children who have completed a Pre-K program have the option of attending Camp Get-Away, which includes the nationally acclaimed Safety Town Program. The enroll-ment for Camp Get-Away is limited due to bus capacity. We use buses for our trips so that we can “get away.” We encour-age early registration so you will not be disappointed. We also have openings available for bar and bat mitzvah stu-dents interested in doing their mitzvah projects during camp.

Students must be able to commit to a full camp session. It is always a pleasure to welcome back pre-school alumni.

The following advice from therapist Kate Cohen-Posey in “Preschooler’s Today” deals with an issue which we see among young children.

Q. My son is very hurt by his preschool classmates say-ing they don’t want to be his friend. How do I explain their behavior to my 4-year-old?

A. The most common insult preschoolers give each other is “I’m not your friend.” Explain to him that even the best of friends say mean things when they are angry or having a bad day. If your son responds by saying “I wonder why you’re not my friend,” he will be breaking the vicious cycle of kiddie cruelty. Making such responses is very empowering to chil-dren. This is a learned skill and can be taught just by playing around with unkind comments. Telling children to ignore mean remarks usually leaves them feeling hurt. As you help your son learn to redirect meanness you will help yourself deal with annoying adults.

February is still a time of resolution. Let’s resolve to be kind.

Winter/Spring 2014 FedEd Classes with Rabbi Joseph Klein

ThE booK oF ExoDuS: TExT AnD TExTurEA careful reading of the better known Exodus narratives, looking for messages and meaning beneath the surface. The class will incorporate a discussion of the Documentary Hy-pothesis as a means of better understanding the purpose and intention of this foundation-text of Torah. Students should bring a Bible translation of their choice.

Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. 8 weeks starting March 24, 2014

ThE PArTinG oF ThE WAYS: rAbbiniC JuDAiSM AnD EArlY ChriSTinAiTYReading both Rabbinic and Christian sources, the course will answer the question of how a 1st Century Jewish leader, who lived Jewish, and died Jewish; whose disciples were Jewish; and preached a Jewish message, to Jews—would become the focal point of a religion that is not Judaism!

Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 8 week starting March 19, 2014

Location: Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills Tuition: $140 per 8-week course

Rabbi Joseph Klein was Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El of Oak Park for 16 years before becoming Rabbi Emeritus in 2013. He holds a Master of Hebrew Letters and received his ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in

Cincinnati, Ohio. Rabbi Klein currently teaches at Oakland University

For information: (248) 205-2557 or jewishdetroit.org/feded

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G i F T S A n D M E M o r i A l S

A Sincere Thank You: We sincerely thank everyone for their generous contributions to our various funds. Your support allows us to continue offering our outstanding programs and services and helps us to support all members of our Temple Family. Thank you!

ArtS & dÉCor/FoYer FUNd

In Memory of:Sadie Lachar

Robert Tomasik & Norman Horowitz

theodore d. BIrNKrANt MeMorIAL

GArdeN ChAPeLIn Memory of:Morris H. Mayer

Leon Mayer

B’rAYSheet NUrSerY FUNd

In Memory of:Mollie Fisher

Alan & Joyce Kaczander

BUILdING & MAINteNANCe FUNd

In Honor of:The birth of Jillian Alise Barnes

Marcia & Michael LeibsonIn Memory of:Sarajane SchwartzDr. Ralph SchwartzSophie KaploeAlbert Kaploe

Linda & Mark Kaploe

GeNerAL GIFtS FUNdIn Honor of:Faye & Lou Damraur’s 60th Anniversary

Allan & Shelley Kalmus & Family

In Memory of:Rose Blank SallenLois NisensonDoris HolbergCarole ShayaHarold Finegood

T.E. Board of TrusteesDr. David Drasnin

T.E. Board of TrusteesTemple Emanue-El Caring CommunityMichal & Jeffrey Ram

Herman DavisHoward Rabotnick

Esther & Seymour RabotnickHenry Strausz

Lloyd StrauszSarah Shapiro

Robert M. CarsonDavid & Merilyn Schwartz

Dan & JoEllen Schwartz

LeCh LeChA oPerAtING eNdoWMeNt

In Honor of:Barbara Nurenberg

Renee EisenbergIn Memory of:Ralph WeissFlorence WeissBarry Weiss

Linda & Bruce GordonSam, Belle, Peppy & Stanley

Renee Eisenberg

BeVerLY GoLd MeMorIAL CoLLeGe

StUdeNt FUNdIn Honor of:Adela Gold, for a speedy recovery

Renee EisenbergLou Damraur, get well wishesMurt Sherbow, get well wishesJudy Weiner, get well wishesErnie Baron, get well wishes

Adela GoldIn Memory of:Gertrude Gold

Adela GoldGrace Berger

Rosa & Norman BergerMorty Sauber

The Rose, Pulleyblank & Rosenthal Families

LoIS Goode NFtY SChoLArShIP FUNd

In Memory of:Dr. Joseph H. Goodman

Nancy G. Blumenthal

hArrY & JeWeL KretChMer B’NAI MItZ-VAh SChoLArShIP FUNdIn Honor of:The birth of Jillian Alise Barnes

Marcia & Michael LeibsonIn Memory of:Dr. David Drasnin

Marcia & Michael LeibsonRoger EttlingerEleanor Kahn Ettlinger

Claire & Arthur Kretchmer

MUSIC FUNdIn Honor of:Lloyd Strausz, enjoy your new home!Ruth & David Marcus, thank you for your hospitalityJack Nolish, being elected President of the International Association of Industrial Ac-cident Boards/CommissionsThe Nolish Family for their years of service and contri-butions too numerous to list; Yasher Koach on the next chapter of your life!Barbara Nurenberg’s retire-ment from a stellar career at JVS and Mazal Tov on her new adventureThe birth of Rick and Arlene Selik’s grandson, Jalen Greigh

Judy GreenwaldIn Memory of:Betty RinaldiChris CotheryDoris Holberg

Judy GreenwaldLois Nisenson

Judy GreenwaldThe Caring Community

rUth & MAXWeLL StettNer CArING

CoMMUNItYIn Memory of:Louis Zalk

Barbara & Stuart Trager

NorMAN roSe CANtor FUNd

In Memory of:Charles Paul Druker

Marshall WeingardenLois Nisenson

Sharon & Steve Dillon

rABBI MILtoN roSeNBAUM

edUCAtIoNAL FUNdIn Honor of:Faye & Lou Damraur’s 60th AnniversaryBarbara Nurenberg’s retire-ment from JVSThe birth of Suri Isabella Gold

Julie KrausAdela Gold’s recovery and the birth of her great-grand-daughter, Suri Isabella Gold

Leah & Dr. Daniel Rosenbaum

BeA SACKS SoCIAL ACtIoN FUNd

For Brovary Project:Mrs. Cooper’s Classroom

In Honor of:Murt Sherbow, with well wishes

Laura Sacks Kohn & Marty KohnLouis & Flo Citarel

Louis Damraur’s BirthdayLouis & Flo Citarel

Arlene & Rick Selik’s 40th Anniversary

Laura & Ed CohnIn Memory of:Denise Ann Fogelman

Goldie Fogelman

SASSoN ShAYA LIBrArYIn Memory of:Carole Shaya

Judy GreenwaldRosetta Creed

LArrY StrAGer MeMorIAL

PhotoGrAPhY FUNdIn Memory of:Betty Rinaldi

Abby Goldfaden

dr. MAUrICe B.WeINer & dr. rIChArd A.

WeINer ChILdreN’S BooK FUNd

In Honor of:The birth of our granddaugh-ter, Jillian Alise Barnes

Fran & Steve BarnesIn Memory of:Sheldon Dworkin

Jeffrey WeinerLois Nisenson

Fran & Steve Barnes

ZUSSMAN-UNGer YoUth SChoLArShIP

In Memory of:Harold Finegood

Julie & Rick Zussman

Temple emanu-el BulleTin • FeBruary 2014 • ShevaT / 1adar 5774

MoSES Award honors Jacquie Steingold

Jacqueline Steingold, a Temple Emanu-El member and avid community and political activist, has been active in Detroit NOW since early 1970s. She served in a number of positions, including being the current presi-dent (and a past president), and served as Vice-President Administrative at the state level. She worked on many political campaigns including City Council, State Board of Education, Michigan House and Senate, U.S. Senate, and numerous judges.

As a NASW (National Association of Social Worker), Jacquie served a 3-year term on the national board from 2003-2006. She is cur-rently a member of national NASW-PACE, and also served as president of the State NASW from 1999- 2002 and held other state-wide offices and committee positions.

Many organizations owe their success to her support and membership, including: the MOSES Board of Directors, Detroit Women’s Forum, Michigan Women’s Political Caucus, Women and AIDS Committee of Southeastern Michigan, Arab-American Anti-Violence Co-alition., Female Services Advisory Committee, and the Nancy H. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work. Jacquie currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at Wayne State, Siena Heights, and Wayne County Community College.

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TEmplE Emanu-El: WHERE YOU BELONG • 248-967-4020

weekly Torah class every saturday with bagels and cream cheese.

Join Rabbi Kalfus in the Rosen Foyer,

shabbaT mornings from 9:15 To 10:15 a.m. for an exciting and insightful look

at the week’s Torah portion.

And have a nosh before services!

Torah sTudy aT Temple

Tapestry of TasteMarch 23, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

___$18 cook ___$36 execuTive cheF ___$72 Top cheF

Please RSVP by march 15, 2013

Get Ready for Baseball

Sunday, February 2 at 12:30 pm Pizza and drinks at 12:00 Noon. No charge

Please RSVP to the Temple Office for the lunch.

Brotherhoodat Temple Emanu-El

Arturo L. Kalfus Rabbi Kelly Onickel Cantorial Soloist

Joseph P. Klein Rabbi Emeritus Norman Rose, z’l Cantor Emeritus Milton Rosenbaum, z’l

Susan J. Kirschner Executive Director Geoffrey Berdy Director, Education & Youth Activities Eileen Brand Director, Early Childhood Community Michaelyn Silverman Founding Director - ECC Bruce Klein President David Hart Vice-President Dennie Kayes Vice-President Stuart Trager Vice-President Wendy Bakst Vice-President Ruthanne Okun Vice-President Richard Gold Treasurer Marty Leibowitz Secretary Mitch Meisner Immediate Past President

14450 W. Ten Mile Rd. Oak Park, MI 48237-1438

Temple Emanu-El WHERE YOU BELONG

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February 2014 - Shevat/1Adar 5774

1Torah Study 9:15am - 10:15 amMorning Service10:30 am - 12:00 pm

8Torah Study 9:15am - 10:15 amMorning Service10:30 am - 12:00 pm

15Torah Study 9:15am - 10:15 amMorning Service10:30 am - 12:00 pm

2222Mid WinterSchool Breakthrough 2/23/14 Torah Study 9:15am - 10:15 amMorning Service10:30 am - 12:00 pm

7Young Family Shabbat followed by dinner in Modell 5:45 - 6:15 pm4th Grade ClassShabbat -First Friday Family Service w/ Youth Choir 6:30 pm -7:30 pmCong Dinner in EKH7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

14 8:00 am - 10:00am @ Patricia Modell Youth RoomErev Shabbat w/ Shir Chadash 7:00 - 8:00 pmSisterhood sponsors oneg 7:45 - 8:00 pm

28Erev Shabbat 7:00pm - 8:00 pm

21ECC has no regularclasses- Vacation care available Mid WinterSchool Break through2/23/14 Erev Shabbat 7:00 - 8:00 pm

6Religious School4:30 pm - 6:00 pmShir Chadash 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

13Religious School4:30 pm - 6:00 pmShir Chadash 7:30pm - 8:30 pm

27Religious School4:30 pm - 6:00 pmtentative dinnerJVS for clients -5:00 pm - 8:30 pmShir Chadash 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

20ECC has no regularclasses- Vacation care available Mid WinterSchool Break through2/23/14 No Shir Chadash

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12JVS STAFF event5:00 pm - 8:30 pmKol Limud 7:00 pm- 8:00 pm @ Library

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19ECC has no regularclasses- Vacation care available Mid WinterSchool Break through2/23/14

4Religious School -4:30 pm - 6:00 pmKol Limud 7:00 pm- 8:00 pm @ LibraryMembership Cte.7:00 pm - 8:00pm @ Katzman Hall

11Religious School -4:30 pm - 6:00 pmBrotherhood GameNight 7:00 pm -8:00 pm @ EKHPajama jam storytime 7:00 pm - 7:30 pmReligious Cte. 7:00pm - 8:00 pm

25Religious School -4:30 pm - 6:00 pmBOT 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

18Mid Winter School Breakthrough 2/23/14NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOLExecutive Cte. Meeting 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

3Optional Dinner forHigh Schoolstudents before class 6:30 pm - 7:30 pmHigh School 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

10Optional Dinner for High School students beforeclass 6:30 - 7:30 pmHigh School 7:00pm - 8:30 pm

24Optional Dinner forHigh Schoolstudents before class 6:30 pm -7:30 pmHigh School 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

17 President’s DayECC has no regularclasses- Vacationcare availableMid Winter School Breakthrough 2/23/14

2Brotherhood mtg9:00 am - 11:00am @ EstherKatzman Social HallReligious School9:00 am - 11:30 amMental Health Professionals Mtg.10:00 am - 11:00 amYouth Choir 11:30am - 12:30 pmBrotherhood speaker event on ‘Tigers Authen-tics’ in EKH 12:00 pm -1:00 pm @ EKH

9Religious School9:00 am - 11:30 amSocial Action 9:30am - 10:30 amYouth Choir 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

23Bldg. Closed Mid WinterSchool Break through2/23/14NO RELIGIOUSSCHOOL

16Mid Winter School Breakthrough 2/23/14NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL[B’hood Meeting DIA outing with S’hood] 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

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