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ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE THE ENDOWED IN MEMORY OF HARRY AND SHIRLEY NACHMAN Vol. 69 No. 10 November 2012 l Cheshvan - Kislev 5773 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Mornings: TWO FALL CONCERTS Sundays . 8:30 a.m. Monday – Friday . 7:30 a.m. SINGING OUT FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES… Shabbat . 9:00 a.m. Evenings Monday - Friday through November 2 . 6:00 p.m. ELAINE SERLING November 4 - February 15 . 5:00 p.m. Saturdays (Minchah-Maariv) “Kosher Style” November 3 . 6:15 p.m. November 10, 17, 24 . 5:00 p.m. ACCLAIMED SINGER/SONGWRITER Elaine Serling . captivates audiences with her heartfelt interpre - tations of Jewish standards, SHABBAT TORAH PORTIONS showcasing Broadway and Yiddish favorites, along NOVEMBER 3 with tender renditions Vayera of her own songs. Adat SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 Shalom is pleased to NOVEMBER 4 Chaye Sarah present this concert for all musical palates! NOVEMBER 17 The performance will be followed by a 7 PM Toledot dessert afterglow. There is no charge. The communi - ty is welcome. NOVEMBER 24 Vayetze Family Chanukah Concert with Sam Glaser Living & Learning MEMBERS OF ALL AGES are invited to a joyful, OUR CONGREGATIONAL – – up-on-your-feet LEARNING SECTION SUNDAY musical experience FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN with Sam Glaser, DECEMBER 2 whose soulful music OF ALL AGES 4 PM has become part of the fabric of Jewish life in ADULT EDUCATION communities worldwide. Sam has traveled the world from Sydney to London to Hong Kong to Tel Aviv, RELIGIOUS SCHOOL performing not only in synagogues and Jewish Community Centers, FAMILY EDUCATION but to Staples Center and Dodger Stadium as well as on Broadway and EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS at the White House Sam’s compositions are complex and catchy, wise and witty, COMMUNITY OFFERINGS youthful and seasoned. Get ready for lots of Chanukah fun! AND MORE This delightful performance is free to members and the commu - nity as a Chanukah gift from Adat Shalom. SEE PAGES 7-10 FOLLOWED BY A FAMILY LATKE PARTY SEE PAGE TWO SHABBAT CARE EVERY SHABBAT FoR Young CHildREn Mazal Tov to our beginning at 10 am in Room 110 The youngsters will be brought November Bat Mitzvah upstairs to join the congregation for Adon Olam at the conclusion November 10 of the Shabbat Morning Service. Abigail Brickman is the daughter of Stacy & Neil Brickman and the grand - daughter of Susie & Jerry Gold and Shabbat-appella! Elaine Brickman & the late Murray Brickman. IS BACK FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 5 PM Experience this truly unique Kabbalat Abigail Leigh Shabbat found only at Adat. Hazzan & Brickman Lauren Gross, Marty Liebman, Dan Shere and Jason Biederman harmonize in excit- ing interpretations of the beautiful, energetic and uplifting melodies of Friday night. Please come and add your ~ Healing from Loss ~ voice to this truly inspiring way of wel- coming Shabbat together. o NOVEMBER BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT A bereavement support group will be held on Sunday mornings, November 4 & 18 at 10 a.m. WE’RE PLEASED “Healing from Loss” will be facilitated by Rabbi Rachel TO LET YOU KNOW… Shere and Ruby Kushner, M.S.W. These support groups are open to the communi - was named an Honorary GARY SHIFFMAN ty. There is no charge. Following the November sessions, bereavement sup - Golden Torah Awardee at the Yeshiva Beth port groups will resume in the spring. Yehudah Annual Dinner on October 28. Questions? Please email Rabbi Shere at [email protected]. An article by RABBI YOSKOWITZ is featured in the Michigan Jewish History Fall 2012 publica - tion of the Michigan Jewish Historical Society. The Education & Youth Dept. “The Histories of Congregation Ahavas Achim and Men’s Club present and Congregation Beth Aaron” describes the merger of the two congregations in 1968 to become Congregation Beth Achim, which merged A FAMILY with Adat Shalom in 1998. This year marks the - Finding a Spiritual centerary of the founding of Ahavas Achim. The Place for Yourself - article mentions a number of current members LATKE PARTY of our congregation. Join Rabbi Aaron Bergman at 10 a.m. SUNDAY, DEcEMbER 2 on these upcoming Sundays: We look forward to sharing your good news with November 18, December 2 & 9 the Adat Shalom family! Please email engagement, marriage and birth announcements and notable 5:30 PM achievements to Judy Marx at: n Find your internal spirituality and [email protected]. tuna, pasta, realize that Judaism can make you mac‘n cheese, happier. salad, bread, Hazzam Gross to Perform side dishes n A refreshing hour for individuals of and dessert all ages in Candlelight Cabaret DANCING wITh MusIC DoNAT- n Sessions continue throughout the year. Hazzan Dan Gross will be per - ED bY JoE CorNEll forming in a Candlelight n Attend any one or all – each Cabaret at 7:30 p.m. on Advance reservations: session is an individual experience. Thursday, December 13. $7/person, $25/nuclear fami - Hazzan Gross will be featured There is no charge. along with the Cliff Monear ly, $10/person Jazz Trio in this performance at the door T H E V O I C E at the Berman Center. Questions? Contact: Jodi Gross, ( U S P S 6 2 2 - 4 6 0 ) Included are songs from the published monthly except February and July by Amrican Songbook, classics from the holiday 248-626-2153 or jgross@adat - ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE shalom.org 29901 Middlebelt Road Farmington Hills, season, and much more! Michigan 48334 Inquire about special ticket prices for Adat Phone: 248-851-5100 l Fax: 248-851-3190 Periodicals Postage entered at the Farmington, Michigan Post Office Shalom members. For more information and Postmaster: Send address changes to: reservations, call 248-661-1900 or visit berman - The VOICE, 29901 Middlebelt, center.jccdet.org/ticketing. Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2319 2 Messages FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM RABBI BERGMAN GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH THE BEST PART OF THANKSGIVING… he feedback we’ve received from our members about love Thanksgiving. I love the T the High Holiday services was overwhelmingly positive. food. I remember as a child People felt our services were warm and welcoming, beauti - cIarving the kishka, and having fully conducted and spiritually uplifting. Our clergy and matzah balls with marshmal - choirs were a great source of pride, and although it is not lows. The usual. Okay, not real - possible to satisfy everyone, I hope you’ll share my assess - ly, but we always have tradition - DAVID ment that we really are doing a very good job meeting the al foods and they are great. needs of our members. SHERBIN I love the football games. During my remarks on Rosh Hashanah, I mentioned that our member - Most of them. Some years more ship is down, and that just over half of our member families pay full syna - than others. I really hope RABBI gogue dues. While we’ve managed our expenses prudently, balancing our Thursday at least leaves Lions annual budget is a challenge that forces us to make difficult choices. Other fans with some dignity. BERGMAN than minor repairs and several long overdue renovation projects, we have The best part of Thanksgiving of course is not had to spend significantly on improvements CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 time with friends and family. Most families go around the table and talk about what they are thankful for. Good thing to do. It is important to FROM RABBI YOSKOWITZ remember how much people do for us, and how many good things there are in our lives, even SRAEL N Y IND I O M M when things are CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 n the Book of Bereshit, the Patriarch Abraham and the I Matriarch Sarah display their commitment to Israel as a Jewish homeland by having and raising their children there and by fighting for the land and for their co-religion - FROM RABBI SHERE ists when necessary. On November 2, 1917, England issued the Balfour TO THE VOTING BOOTH WE GO! Declaration and proclaimed that there would be a Jewish RABBI inston Churchill once famously said, Homeland in Palestine. Thirty years later, on November YOSKOWITZ W “Democracy is the worst form of govern - 29, 1947, the United Nations voted 33 to 13 to establish a Jewish State in ment except all the others that Palestine. These decisions made by non-Jews, have helped us to continue have been tried.” It’s funny, out commitment to Israel initiated by Abraham and Sarah. because it’s true. We take Many of us reading this edition of The Voice were not yet born when democracy for granted, but Israel became a State on May, 14, 1948. I was a little boy in a Jewish Day when we look at the scope of School sitting in an auditorium with such fellow students as Alan human history, it is a brilliant Dershowitz and my classmates, Alan’s brother, Nathan, and Morris Kramer system. of Skadden fame, when we saw our teachers CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 By the time you read this arti - cle, the election may be over and Americans will know the identity RABBI SHERE of our next president. I am not FROM HAZZAN GROSS writing to endorse either candidate, but only to CONCERTS FOR ALL! express gratitude for the ability to choose a candi - date. Why? Because, in addition to voting this ’m thrilled to announce two very special concerts that month, we will also all be celebrating the holiday I will be taking place at Adat Shalom before the end of of Thanksgiving. 2012. Thanksgiving is an ideal holiday for Jewish First up is Elaine Serling in “Kosher Style” on people to live out our mission as Yehudim , literal - November 4 at 7 p.m.