April 2015 Nisan/ iyar 5775 Vol. 57, No. 7 Temple Emanu-El where you belong 14450 West Ten Mile Rd . Oak Park, MI 48237 • 248.967.4020 . www.emanuel-mich.org April Worship Schedule Friday April 3 Passover Begins Tonight Abbreviated Shabbat Ser- April 24-26, 2015 Temple Emanu-El vice with Birthday Blessing 5:00 pm Saturday April 4 Torah Study 9:15-10:15 am Morning Service 10:30 am Friday April 10 Rabbi Kenneth Kanter Passover Morning & Yizkor Service 10:30 am Friday, April 24, 2015 Erev Shabbat Carlebach 6:30 pm Wine and Cheese Pre-Oneg 7:00 pm 7:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Services Saturday April 11 dinner Following Services Torah Study 9:15-10:15 am (Dinner with Reservation $36 pp) Morning Service 10:30 am 8:30 pm “We Jews on Broadway” Friday April 17 Erev Shabbat service with Saturday, April 25, 2015 Anniversary Blessing 7pm 10:30 am Morning Service Saturday April 18 Kenneth A. Kanter 12:15 pm lunch and Learn Shabbaton Torah Study 9:15-10:15 am Rabbi Kenneth Kanter is Associate (Lunch with Reservation $12 pp) Morning Service 10:30 am Dean and Director of the Rabbinical 1:00 pm “The Bible on Broadway” Laura Schultz’ Bat Mitzvah School at Hebrew Union College/ 7:30 pm patrons and Sponsors Evening followed by Kiddush Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincin- nati. Rabbi Kanter is a knowledge- Wine & Dessert with Rabbi Kanter Friday April 24 able, accessible, and entertaining lecturer on Jews on Broadway and Pre-Service Oneg 6:30 pm Popular Culture. He is the author of Sunday, April 26, 2015 Erev Shabbat service 7pm Jews on Tin Pan Alley (1982), and 10:00 am “Jews on Tin Pan Alley” contributed to Jewish-American Saturday April 25 History and Culture(1992) and the Coffee, bagels, and cream cheese will be served Torah Study 9:15-10:15 am Encyclopedia of Jewish American Morning Service 10:30 am Popular Culture (2009). All Presentations are free & open to all. Become a Scholar Weekend Sponsor for $150, or Patron for $225 includes admission to all events, including wine and dessert reception

Brotherhood Join us for Temple Emanu-El’s 2015… at Temple Emanu-El Congregational Seder Saturday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. Led by Rabbi Kalfus and Kelly Onickel Saturday, May 9 Schmooze a little... learn a little... Havdalah service w/BBQ Hot Dogs & campfire outside. eat a LOT! Bring your Seder Plate 5:30 - Havallah kit craft project, kickball, rummi kub Adults: $40 • Kids (ages 4-12): $18 6:00 - BBQ Hot Dogs, chips and watermelon Children 3 & under: Free 7:00 - Havdallah service Menu: Menu Gefilte fish, Horseradish, Matzo, Charoset, parsley, Hard cooked egg, Wine/ grape juice, Matza Ball soup, Braised Chicken Provencal, Roasted Potatoes, 7:15 - Guitar/Camp Songs by Jamie Schultz Tzimmes, Fresh cut fruit, Passover Mandelbrot. Optional Vegan main dish if request- and Rabbi Klein, with marshmallow roast ed at time of reservation--Vegan Quinoa with roasted veggies. Call the office by RSVP Deadline: May 5, 2015 to temple office 248-967-4020 March 30 for vegetarian entree or to notify us of other dietary restrictions or [email protected]. For more info, contact: Mike Rich [email protected] or 248-709-2235 Please RSVP by Monday March 30 [email protected] or 248-967-4020 Mazel Tov!

To Temple Emanu-El’s Technology & Communications Coordinator, Stefanie Steinberg, who is the recipient of this year’s JVS Women to Work Award To Franklin & Lois Greenberg on the birth of their granddaughter, Olivia Charlotte Morgan on February 12th; parents are Jennifer & Sean Morgan Apr 3

In MemoriAm Every month, members who have a birthday are invited to attend the Ruth Leibowitz, mother of Marty (Esther) Leibowitz, February 16, 2015 FIRST FRIDAY EVENING SHABBAT Muriel Zweigel, wife of Warren Zweigel, February 17, 2015 to receive a Howard Gluckman, former father-in-law of Faith (Debora) Robinson-Renner, February 22, 2015 BIRTHDAY BLESSING Marian “Mickey” Pelzner Lipshaw, mother of Susan (Dr. Daniel) Stettner during our SHABBAT service and grandmother of Elyse (Dr. Rob) Cohen and of Ethan (Joanna) Stettner. which begins at 6:30pm.

April Birthdays!

Ryan Cohen Kaytlyn Rae McPherson yartzeits Jake Cooper Blake Alexander Phillips April 5 - 11 Charles Brasch April 19-25 Helen Stein Natalie Danzig Emma Aislin Quail Sesto Alessandro Scott Nathan Davis *Eli Aiken Edith Walter Rebecca Driker-Ohren Caleb Richardson *Bella Barr *Rolla J. Donner *Ida (Hudel) Band Jules William Erb Lucille Rosenthal Morton Braiker Sophie Eglin *Sigmond Barna April 26 – May 2 Solita Cohn *Eva Bell *Abraham Becker Alexander Fetterman Edward Anthony Rosenthal Joseph Engelberg *Blanche Einhorn Berthold Erdstein Morris Moe Bensman Abraham Belsky Benjamin Findling Eric Silver *Betty Dorothy Frank *Jennie Fagin Lillian Brod Norman Blumeno Sydney Dov Gringorten Riley Emma Stocki *Kate Jacob Frank *Lemuel Farber Albert Chait Doris Dershow Asher James Horowitz Carsen Teicher *Eric Gilbert Albert Fox *Seymour Cobrin Trudy Driker Aidan Marie Horowitz Graham Wise Harry Greenberg Avery Fried *Ruth Curtis Jan Dunn Lindsey Brook Katz Jack Wise Helen Hack *Daniel A. Friedman *Julius Droz *Lois Eder-Weisman *Benjamin Jaffe *Joseph Glinter *Dorothy Droz Mills *Harry G. Feldscher *Rosalyn Kraus Melvin Gluckman *Douglas E. Friedman *Sharyn Finkelberg *Samuel Landau Bertram Gordon **Marian Castleman *Albert S. Finn *Minnie Levitt *Henry Gordon Funke Eudice Fischhoff Susan Liebowitz Harold Bernard Gross *Edith J. Gans Abraham Glovinsky Apr 17 *Aaron Malamud Robyn Gross *Jack A. Glass Elaine Gordon Eunice (Euni) Michelson *Kate J. Harris *Jeanette Gold Nate Gordon Faith Naber Dr. Maurice Herschfus Dr. Herbert Goldstein *Rabbi Harry Z. Gordon Rose Lofman Natinsky Dora P. Hockfield Ike Grodsky *Fanny Goren *Leo Henry Newhouse *Herman Kessell *Janet Harris *Beatrice Hearshen *Fern Onickel Dora Kleiman Sam Horowitz George James Isadore J. Pelzner *Irvin Klein Samuel Hurwitz *Scott Irwin Kaplan Joseph Pohl *Edgar Kornhauser *Dorothy Kallush Sandra Klein Every month, all those who have wedding *Samuel A. Rappaport *Dr. Dennis Kovan *Pearl Kalt *Israel Losh anniversaries are invited to attend the Sarah Ravitz Sylvia Latt Lawrence (Larry) Katz *Miron Maisel *Samuel Reder *Dora Lucow *Morris Klein *Helen Miller THIRD FRIDAY SHABBAT OF THE MONTH *Seymour Shulman Isadore Matenky Jack Kolko Lyle Parr to receive a wedding anniversary blessing during Markus S. Simon *Isadore Melamed *Elsie Laven *James Popkin *Milton Slatkin Sylvia Reitman *Stella T. Marks Barbara Rabotnick our Shabbat service which begins @ 7:00pm. Jack Soifer Florence Rose Abraham Pickard Mary Sacks Bring all your family and friends to celebrate! *Evelyn Sorkin Leona Rose Jack Reitman Leah Schwartz *Kevin Traute Shirlee Rosin Esther Rich *Maxwell Sherman Rabbi Kalfus invites you, if you are able, *Jack Weiss *Sylvia Ross Stanley Rosen Mildred B. Simon Archie Zeitlin Betty Rubin *Dora Rosenberg Ben Tuckman to come to his office @ 6:45pm to greet each *Benjamin Zuckerman Robert Rubin *Madolyn Rosenthal Ernest Wolfe other prior to the service. Micky Schaar Cole Jay Rosin *Bertha G. Woolf April 12- 18 *Anne K. Schuster Jane Sahn Sophia Zeitlin *Issedor Aronsson *David T. Schuster *Muriel Sofferin April Anniversaries! Eric Baron *Gussie Sherman Martin J. Soffin Joseph Bean *Harry Stein Saul Bloom *Richard A. Stein Norman and Rosa Berger Mitch and Marcia Meisner *Max Bloom Leonard Teicher James and Donna Brennan Gary and Maxine Mondshine *Bernard Blumenstein Maxwell Torneck Glenn and Natalie Lapin Joel and Deborah Pearlman Bernard and Shirley Malamud Steven and Karen Soffin Jeffrey and Rae Mandel Ronald and Carole Weiner *A light will be lit on our Memorial Board. If you wish to memorialize your loved ones in a special way, consider purchasing a memorial plaque to be displayed in our Anne Jospey Sanctuary. Each year, on the anniversary 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. -2- Temple Emanu-El Bulletin • April 2015 • Nisan / Iyar 5775 Musical Shabbat at Temple Emanu-El Shlomo Carlebach, known as Reb Shlo- mo to his followers (14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), was a Jewish rabbi, religious teacher, com- poser, and singer who was known as "The Singing Rabbi" during his lifetime. Although his roots lay in traditional Orthodox yeshivot, he branched out to create his own style combining Hasidic Judaism, warmth and personal interaction, public concerts, and song-filled synagogue services. At various Friday April 10 - 7 PM times he lived in Manhattan, San Francisco, To- ronto and Moshav Mevo Modi'im, Israel. Carlebach Carlebach is considered by many to be the foremost Jewish religious songwriter of the 20th century. In Shabbat Service led by a career that spanned 40 years, he composed thousands of melodies and recorded more Chazanista Kelly and the T’filots than 25 albums that continue to have widespread popularity and appeal. His influence Accompanied by the Sam Harris Band also continues to this day in "Carlebach minyanim" and Jewish religious gatherings in Featuring melodies of Shlomo Carlebach many cities and remote pristine areas around the globe. Carlebach was also considered a pioneer of the Baal teshuva movement ("returnees to Judaism"), encouraging disenchanted Jewish youth to re-embrace their heritage, using his special style of enlightened teaching, and his melodies, songs, and highly inspiring story telling. Carlebach began writing songs at the end of the 1950s, primarily based on verses from the Tanakh or the Siddur set to his own music. Although he composed thousands of songs, he could not read musical notes. Many of his soulful renderings of Torah verses became standards in the wider Jewish community, including Am Yisrael Chai composed on behalf of the plight of Soviet Jewry in the mid-1960s, Pitchu Li, and Borchi Nafshi. The New York Times reported in its obituary of Carlebach that his singing career began in Greenwich Village, where he met Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and other folk singers who encouraged his career, and helped him get a spot at the Berkeley Folk Festival in 1966. But Carlebach was actually recording well before this and was invited to the festival by one of its organizers after she heard a recording of Carlebach. After his appearance at the Berkeley Folk Festival he decided to remain in the San Francisco Bay Area to reach out to what he called “lost Jewish souls.” His lo- cal followers opened a center called the House of Love and Prayer in the Inner Richmond district of San Francisco, to reach out to disaffected youth with song and dance and communal gatherings. He became known as "The Singing Rabbi." Through his infectious music and his innate caring many Jews feel that he in- spired and reconnected thousands of Jewish youngsters and adults, otherwise lost to Judaism. Carlebach also became known for his stories and Hasidic teachings. As part of his performances he spoke of inspirational subjects, rooted in Hasidism and Kabbal- ah. Some of his teachings have been published by his students and appear along- side his recorded songs. Carlebach spread the teachings of Chabad, Breslov, and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Berkley, CA, 1989 popularized the writings of, among others, the Rebbe of Ishbitz, Mordechai Yosef Leiner, and Rebbe Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piasetzno. Carlebach became the Rabbi of the Carlebach Shul on West 79th Street. He continued to perform regularly at concerts, and to record various albums of his original melodies. According to Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, Carlebach "changed the expectations of the prayer experience from decorous and som- bre to uplifting and ecstatic as he captivated generations with elemental melodies and stories of miraculous human saintliness, modesty and unselfishness."

Temple Emanu-El: Where You Belong • 248-967-4020 -3- Music Happenings at Temple

“Though April showers may come your way but they bring the flowers that come in May” Al Jolson. Yes April is here along with Passover, and most important spring. It is a time when things start to thaw and we start to see our plants budding and the world renewing itself We Want You To Join after a long hard winter. We begin to feel Cantorial Soloist renewed ourselves looking to get out of our The Shiru Dor L’dor Kelly Onickel houses and re-attach to the earth and people. Youth Choir This is a great time to get involved at temple. There are so many Calling all 4th, 5th, 6th, ways to do this and one of those ways is to join one of our choirs. and 7th graders who love music! Our Shiru Dor L’dor Youth Choir is look for new members 4th -7th grade, all but 3 of our members will be graduating out of our Get your service requirements! youth choir at the end of this year so we are in desperate need Learn the music for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah! of new voices! Our Shir Chadash Adult Choir is also in need of Sing for Holiday and Shabbat services! members, you may have noticed our dwindling numbers. Al- Sing in the New Zimriyah! though we are small we are mighty, but we would like to be even Establish New Life Long Friendships! mightier! For information about either of these choirs please see the ads below or give me a call. You don't need to know how to sing. Just be willing to learn and participate. Interested? Contact Cantorial Soloist Kelly Onickel, [email protected] 248-388-0190 or Friend me on Facebook

Rehearsal Sundays Bagel snack 11:30-12:00 Rehearsal 12:00-12:45 Shir Chadash Choir The Shir Chadash Choir, Temple Emanu-El’s adult Musical Shabbatot choir, is open to all congregants who love to sing – all levels of experience are welcome. The choir adds to at Temple Emanu-El the beauty of services, introducing new melodies and revitalizing classics. We sing at least once a month at Shabbat services – usually the third Friday of the month – and at High Holy Day services. Sunday, May 17 Being a member of the Shir Chadash Choir is a great Religious School Concert way to make music, be part of a wonderful community, and learn more about the prayers in our services – Friday, June 12 all at the same time! Beatles Shabbat We practice on Thursdays, from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Featuring all Beatles melodies Please contact Cantorial Soloist Kelly Onickel with any questions: [email protected] or (248) 388-0190, or call 248-967-4020 x216

-8- Temple Emanu-El Bulletin • April 2015 • Nisan / Iyar 5775 Young Family DIRECTLY TO YOU: News from the ECC Happenings for WHERE OUR EXPERIENCE PROVIDES YOUR Toddlers-2nd Grade CHILD WITH THE BEST EXPERIENCE The latest buzz in the community is about the new Michi- gan Sea Life Aquarium at Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills. Our Ocean Room children recently enjoyed visiting this new aquarium. Although the smell of Hamantashen still lingers in the air, matzah is on sale, which tells us that Passover will soon be here. The Early Childhood Commu- nity will be very busy preparing for this holiday of free- dom. The Rainbow Room children had the opportunity to make matzah and create a special Passover project on their Eileen Brand visit to the Barbara and Douglas Bloom Matzah Factory at the Community Center in West Bloomfield. This field trip is an annual event. In our classrooms children will be working on matzah covers, seder plates, saltwater bowls, and creating haggadahs to tell the story of Passover. Older classes will prepare traditional school charoset (no nuts or April 21st wine) in preparation for our school seder. 6:30 pm With Passover quickly approaching here are some suggestions to bring more meaning and enjoyment back to the family seder: Cookies, milk and a bedtime story with all your friends. Bring your children and 1. Go to the local dollar store and buy some “visual aids” for the plagues. grandchildren. Join our ECC family When you get to that part of the Haggadah, throw out a pile of frogs…plas- in the foyer wearing your favorite PJs. tic cows and animals…snakes and spiders…ping pong balls (hail)…dark sunglasses (darkness)…Be creative and fun. The kids (and adults) will love it. For more information call the ECC 2. Buy some dollar store “prizes” for kids. When they ask a good question at 248-967-4847 or the Religious School (which is what you are trying to stimulate), they get a prize. Also give prizes Office at 248-967-4023. for asking the Four Questions, good singers, etc… The kids will keep busy playing with their prizes until they think of another good question and jump back in. 3. Read the Haggadah in the language that you best understand. English is fine! If there are a lot of children, you may find the Haggadah your child made in pre-school to be the best. From generation to generation we treasure those grandparents, special friends and relatives who enrich our lives. On Wednesday, April 22nd , it will be our pleasure to welcome grandparents from the Caterpillar, Rainbow, Ocean, and Butterfly classes to a “Grand Morning”. We will begin our morning with an “adult only” buffet breakfast, followed by an activity in the classroom. This inter-gen- erational program is a favorite tradition within the Temple ECC. In looking ahead, mark your calendars for the early childhood social event of the season: THE YOUNG MASTERS ART EXHIBIT, Thursday evening, May 7th, at the Temple. More information to follow. Wishing everyone a Healthy and Happy Passover!

Eileen Brand, Director, Early Childhood Community

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 [email protected]

Temple Emanu-El: Where You Belong • 248-967-4020 -9- Temple Education

UPCOMING Temple & School We’ve been having a great time at the school this EVENTS - Big Month!! Come year. That’s staff, faculty, AND students! Thanks Play And Celebrate With Us. to all parents who have been bringing students to Temple no matter the weather – on Sundays and APRIL Wednesdays. We have very strong attendance in 4| Everyone: Congregational all of our classes this year – and that’s what builds Second Night Seder 6:30 – 8:30 pm student friendships, relationships and learning. 10| Special Musical Shabbat – Yasher Koach Parents! (that means a combination Shlomo Carlebach’s Music: a great of: “stay strong!” and “way to go”!) Our Religious family Shabbat event! 7:00pm School Shabbat Celebrations let us bring in Shabbat Sue Salinger as a school community, share a meal, learn a bit, and 19 | 5/6/7th Grade Parents: have a ton of fun. Raising middle-schoolers – what’s up with them? Special Speaker As we head into spring and a new cycle of growth, we’re thinking about Passover, 9:30 – 10:30 am and freedom, and identity. We’re thinking and talking in class about what it means to struggle to become a community; what we have freedom FROM and what we have 19| 4th Grade Parents: freedom TO; and we’re looking at all the different ways our families and friends build Informal meet and greet over ba- their Jewish lives. Be sure to engage your students in discussion about these things! gels with Rabbi Arturo. They’re sure to surprise you. In his office. 9:15 – 9:45 24| Religious School Shabbat Celebration – drop your kids off for their own Shabbat experience. Fun, food and friends! Students are invited to bring a friend for our last Shabbat Celebration of the Schoolyear. 5:15 – 7:15

TEMPLE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Sun’s Back, It’s Spring! Just look at our fourth April Class INFO: graders, learning Hebrew Grades K – 7: with Mr. Rice! SUNDAY, April 19th (it’s spring break till then); 9:00 – 11:30 Grades 4 – 7: WEDNESDAYS Mazel Tov! BaT Mitzvah HEBREW April 1, April 15 (special program held at BETH SHALOM), Laura Schultz - April 18, 2015 April 22, April 29; 4:30 – 6pm Laura Nicole Schultz will be called to the Torah as a Bat THE FINAL FRIDAY Mitzvah on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Celebrating with her are RELIGIOUS SCHOOL parents Melissa and Jamie, brother Zachary, and grandparents SHABBAT CELEBRATION Adele and Jerry Kalman. With her in spirit will be her late of the year – DANCE PARTY! grandparents Anne and Bert Schultz. Laura is a 7th grader at (Kids Only!): Norup International School. She enjoys baking, creating art, Friday April 24 5:15 – 7:15 modeling, and spending time with her family and dog. She truly enjoyed taking care of the preschoolers at Temple's ECC sum- Grades 8 – 12: SUNDAY, April 19 mer camp for her Mitzvah Project. In addition, Laura volun- teered her time and efforts as an American Girl Doll Runway Model, raising money for Children's Hospital of Detroit, and as a “Discovery Girl” contributed to articles relating to the well- being of tween girls for the Discovery Girl Magazine.

-4- Temple Emanu-El Bulletin • April 2015 • Nisan / Iyar 5775 RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – It’s Fun to EMANU-EL’S PARTICIPATORY, STUDENT-CENTERED PROGRAMS be Jewish at Temple Emanu-El! K-3: Early education on Sunday’s, 9:00 – 11:30am. Children experience Jewish history through Bible Stories, are introduced to Shab- bat and holidays, and begin to learn about and practice G’milut Hasidim – right action with others. We’re building friendships here that will last a lifetime. 4-7: Religious School, with Hebrew added on Sunday’s, 9:00 – 11:30am, plus Wednesdays 4:30 – 6:00pm. A more in-depth look at Torah, Israel, History, Jewish Time and Calendar, and mentschlichkeit and middot (the values or quali- ties that Judaism teaches lead to living a good life). The 6th and 7th grade cohort will learn what they need in order to choose to live their own meaningful Jewish lives. 8-12: Post B’nei Mitzvah Studies deepen our students’ lived Jewish experience. “Sunday Sessions” bring students together from 11:30 – 12:45pm several Sundays a month to explore Jewish themes on justice and the environment, bringing community leaders in as well as Rabbi Kalfus to look at Jewish wisdom on important issues of our time. Field experience takes stu- dents out into the metro area to personally work on issues. We’ll be taking river trips, farm trips, ski trips to personally check out our themes of Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Students can choose to participate as Madrichim to mentor younger students and to assist teachers in our classrooms. Confirmation students receive extra time with the Rabbi throughout the year. FRIDAY SHABBAT EXPERIENCES: Most first Fridays of each month begin with a birth – 2nd Grade Tot Shabbat dinner and service from 5:45 – 6:15, followed by dinner. 3 – 7th graders and their families can attend our regular First Friday Family service from 6:30 – 7:30, which is geared towards families and students although the entire community often joins! It’s followed by a dinner and oneg. Occasionally, the Reli- gious School will meet as an entire group on the third or fourth Friday for an all-school Kabbalat Shabbat service, dinner, and song-filled camp- style oneg. Watch your calendar for details! YOUTH GROUP TRIPS AND EVENTS happen throughout the year.

Temple Emanu-El: Where You Belong • 248-967-4020 -5- Sisterhood at Temple Emanu-El Queen for a Night Israeli Movie Series at Temple Choose to come for movie only or dinner & movie. Meet other Temple members and have a great time!! We will discuss Israeli themes that the movies present to us. Dinner at 6:15pm - $12 pp Movie at 7pm - free! April 18th - The Gatekeepers RSVP by April 14th to 248-967-4020 or email [email protected]

The women of Temple Emanu-El enjoyed a wonderful Purim celebration. Our first annual “Queen for a Night” included henna tattoos; a belly dance demonstration, fol- lowed by lessons; and a delicious middle eastern dinner. Shalach Manot

On behalf of your Temple Membership Committee and its Shalach Manot sub-committee, we thank ALL the 100 plus of our volunteers for their time, generosity and commitment. Amazingly, some 350 packages were assembled with loving care, and 200 of them were delivered by our volunteer drivers. The success of this Temple Emanu-El tradition may be measured not only because more than $2500 was raised to support Caring Community efforts during the upcoming year, but also because, during Shalach Manot, we touched the lives of more than 3/4 of our Temple families. With sincere appreciation, thank you to ALL the volunteers who made this amazing endeavor possible.

-6- Temple Emanu-El Bulletin • April 2015 • Nisan / Iyar 5775 The Wednesday Sessions: HEARTS, HANDS and MINDS A Spring Festival of Classes for Lifelong Learners Presented by Temple Emanu-El and Congregation T’chiyah

April 1 7:00 – 7:45 pm rabbi Joe Klein What They're Really About: the 5 Sages, the 4 Sons, Chad Gadya and the Afikomen. 7:45 – 8:30 pm rabbi Arturo Kalfus Not In Plain Sight: Maimonides’ Hidden Teachings

April 8 7:00 – 7:45 pm rabbi Arturo Kalfus Pluralism and Tolerance: Introducing Rabbi David Hartman’s Legacy 7:45 – 8:30 pm rabbi Joe Klein What Archaeology Tells Us About the Exodus from Egypt

April 15 7:00 – 7:45 pm sue Salinger, Temple Educator, and special guest speaker To See Without Seeing: Hannah Arendt and Claude Lanzmann on the Shoah 7:45 – 8:30 pm rabbi Alana Alpert/Detroit Jews for Justice Out of a Narrow Place: Israelite Enslavement & the Modern Crisis of Mass Incarceration

April 22 7:00 – 7:45 pm rabbi Alana Alpert/Detroit Jews for Justice Mayim Hayyim: A Jewish Perspective on the Water Shut-offs 7:45 – 8:30 pm sue Salinger, Temple Educator, and Friends For the Pleasure of the Children of Men: Jewish Sustainability A little text study plus hands-on making of locally sourced spring pickles, candles and lip-balm for you to take home.

Please be our guest for any or all of these educational explorations. There are two different 45-minute sessions each Wednesday in April. Bring an inquisitive spirit, and your friends! Classes are available at no cost to members of Temple Emanu-El and Congregation T’chiyah. Suggested donation of $10 per class for non-members. Temple Emanu-El and Congregation T’chiyah are delighted to collaborate on and sponsor this series of classes.

,khve Congregation vhj, Temple Emanu-El T’chiyah where you belong

Temple Emanu-El: Where You Belong • 248-967-4020 -7- Gifts & Memorials

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!

B’RAYSHEET NURSERY MUSIC FUND BEA SACKS SOCIAL STETTNER CARING DR. MAURICE B. WEINER SCHOOL FUND General Donation: ACTION FUND COMMUNITY & DR. RICHARD A. From: Norma & Marshall In Memory of: WEINER CHILDREN’S In Memory of: In Memory of: BOOK FUND Ben Braiker Dennis, Sr. My father, Joseph Feitler Muriel Zweigel Roberta Lupo In Honor of: Barbara Karchin Faye & Lou Damraur For the Speedy Recovery of: Eileen & Arthur Brand Hedva & Dan Zeevi’s Adolph Damraur Roberta Lupo Easton Brodsky Marriage Faye & Lou Damraur Ben Braiker Judy Weiner BROTHERHOOD Judy Greenwald Bernard Cohn Ruth Leibowitz In Honor of: In Honor of: In Memory of: Laura & Ed Cohn Barbara & Stuart Trager Susan Kirschner David Newman, for all his Judy Weiner Roberta Lupo YOUTH CHOIR FUND work for the Purim Carnival Dan & Miriam Medow In Memory of: Ruthanne Okun Edward Ruby In Honor of: Albert Manchel Judy Greenwald Rayna Gold’s Bat Mitzvah Jerome Manchel BUILDING & Claire Belsky MAINTENANCE FUND Howard S. Gluckman Debora Renner & In Memory of: Faith Robinson-Renner Roberta Lupo Ruth Leibowitz Marcia & Michael Leibson Debora Renner & Wendy & Marc Bakst Faith Robinson-Renner Ruth Leibowitz Dan & Miriam Medow Cy Servetter Wendy & Marc Bakst PRESIDENT’S DISCRETIONARY FUND GENERAL GIFTS FUND In Memory of: General Donation: Ben Braiker From: Lillian Pruitt Bobbie Patt & Fred In Memory of: Fechheimer Ruth Leibowitz Roberta Lupo T.E. Board of Trustees Faye & Lou Damraur Beverly & Denley Jacobson Bobbie Patt & Fred Fech- Ann & Bruce Klein heimer Muriel Zweigel Alan & Joyce Kaczander T.E. Board of Trustees Laura & Jerry Miller Loren Sue Burton Elayne & Daniel Steinhardt Robyn Weltman Marsha & Chuck Owen Ben Braiker Joyce Ross RABBI’S Roberta Lupo DISCRETIONARY FUND Joyce Ross General Donation: Linda & Dennis Kayes From: Suzanne Dibble The Caring Community In Honor of: BEVERLY GOLD Rabbi Arturo Kalfus, Thank MEMORIAL COLLEGE you for the Aliyah Honor! STUDENT FUND Rabbi Dorit Edut In Memory of: In Memory of: Bea Schulman Ben Braiker Lola Lane The Family of Ben Braiker Denise & Marty Ferman LILLIAN GREENWALD Roberta Lupo ONEG SHABBAT FUND Denise & Marty Ferman It's Winter. It's Cold. In Honor of: Ruth Leibowitz Lou Damraur Bob & Robin Gershman Let's think ahead to Spring! Judy Greenwald Sarah Bacow In Memory of: Joel & Deneen Bacow The Prime Timers are planning another Charles & Ruth Dodge WILLIAM H. RATTNER Bobbie Patt MEMORIAL FUND FOR fun tour! On Saturday, May 16th, we will Ruth Leibowitz THE PRESERVATION OF have a tour of Detroit’s Guardian Building Judy Greenwald TORAHS LECH LECHA OPERATING In Memory of: and the surrounding district, preceded by a ENDOWMENT My parents: Wolf & Mirla Draichorn Shabbat potluck lunch featuring a brief biblical architectural In Honor of: Roberta Lupo talk by Rabbi Kalfus! Richard, Robin, Brian & Liliane Rattner Rebecca Gold Claire Belsky NORMAN ROSE Lunch will be about noon - after services - in the Modell In Memory of: CANTOR FUND Ben Braiker In Memory of: Room at Temple and the tour will be from 2- 4 pm. The cost Roberta Lupo Ben Braiker Elaine & Eugene Driker Morris W. Weingarden of the tour will be about $12 per person. Marshall & Karen Weingarden RSVP by May 12 to office or email templefamily@emanuel- Sam Rudner Stephen & Sharon Dillon mich.org. If you have any questions, call Brenda or Richard Strausz at 248-646-7229.

-10- Temple Emanu-El Bulletin • April 2015 • Nisan / Iyar 5775 3/17/2015 Calendar: April 2015

Event Calendar Temple Emanu-El Michigan TEMPLE CALENDAR - APRIL 2015 April 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Religious School 4:30 Bldg. closes at 6 pm DURING PASSOVER, DURING PASSOVER, pm ­ 6:00 pm Adult Choir 7:30 pm ­ NO LEAVENING NO LEAVENING Adult Education series 9:00 pm SERVED ON TEMPLE SERVED ON TEMPLE titles: 'What They're PREMISES PREMISES Really About: the 5 ECC early closing 1:00 Torah Study 9:15 am ­ sages, the 4 sons, pm ­Passover Begins 10:15 am @ Rosa & Chad Gadya and the Nathan Rosen Foyer ECC Passover seder Afikomen' by Rabbi Morning Service 10:30 Klein, 'Not in Plain No Oneg tonight due am Sight: Maimonides' to Passover Hidden Teachings' by Abbreviated Shabbat Passover Rabbi Kalfus. 7:00 pm service 5:00 pm Congregational Seder ­ 8:30 pm @ Rosa & IC= Sisterhood's Rae Nathan Rosen Foyer Mandel 6:30 pm ­ 8:30 pm

5 Easter Sunday 6 PASSOVER 7 PASSOVER 8 PASSOVER 9 PASSOVER 10 PASSOVER 11 PASSOVER DURING PASSOVER, DURING PASSOVER, DURING PASSOVER, DURING PASSOVER, Bldg. closes at 6 pm DURING PASSOVER, Torah Study 9:15 am ­ NO LEAVENING NO LEAVENING NO LEAVENING NO LEAVENING DURING PASSOVER, NO LEAVENING 10:15 am @ Rosa & Nathan Rosen Foyer SERVED ON TEMPLE SERVED ON TEMPLE SERVED ON TEMPLE SERVED ON TEMPLE NO LEAVENING SERVED ON TEMPLE PREMISES PREMISES PREMISES PREMISES SERVED ON TEMPLE PREMISES Morning Service 10:30 NO RELIGIOUS ECC ­ No school ­ ECC ­ No school ­ NO Religious School PREMISES Offices Closed am SCHOOL Vacation Care Vacation Care ECC ­ No school ­ ECC ­ No school ­ Passover Morning & Available 7:00 am ­ Available 7:00 am ­ Vacation Care Vacation Care Yizkor Service 10:30 6:00 pm 6:00 pm Available 7:00 am ­ Available 7:00 am ­ am ­ 11:30 am Membership Cte. Mtg. Music Cte. Mtg. 6:00 pm 6:00 pm Erev Shabbat 7:00 pm IC=David Gubow 7:00 Adult Education Adult Choir 7:30 pm ­ Carlebach service pm ­ 8:00 pm @ series titles: 9:00 pm followed by Onickel Library 'Pluralism and Family sponsored Tolerance: Oneg in memory of Introducing Rabbi Fern Onickel 7:00 pm David Hartman's Legacy' with Rabbi Kalfus and 'What Archaeology Tells Us About the Exodus from Egypt' by Rabbi Klein. 7:00 pm ­ 8:30 pm @ Rosa & Nathan Rosen Foyer

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Easter ­Legal Holiday ­ ECC ­ Classses resume Adult Ed Mtg. 7:00 pm Religious School 4:30 Bldg. closes at 6 pm Anniversary Blessing Torah Study 9:15 am ­ Bldg. Closed pm ­ 6:00 pm at service 10:15 am @ Patricia Religious Cte. 7:00 pm Adult Choir 7:30 pm ­ Modell Youth Room No Religious School Adult Education 9:00 pm Erev Shabbat service No Youth Choir series title:'To See 6:30 pm Laura Schultz's Bat without seeing: Mitzvah 10:30 am ­ Erev Shabbat service Hannah Arendt and 12:00 pm 7:00 pm Claude Lanzmann Morning Service 10:30 on the Shoah' by am Sue Salinger and 'Out of a Narrow Dinner at 6:15pm & Place: Israelite "Gatekeepers" Movie Enslavement & the at 7pm 6:15 pm ­ Modern Crisis of 8:00 pm @ Esther Mass Incarceration' Katzman Social Hall by Rabbi Alana Alpert. 7:00 pm ­ 8:30 pm

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Religious School 9:00 Kol Limud, IC=Rachel PJ Storytime 6:30 pm ECC ­Grandparent's Bldg. closes at 6 pm Rabbi Kenneth Rabbi Kenneth am ­ 11:30 am Frank 7:00 pm ­ 8:30 ­ 7:00 pm Day 8:45 am ­ 11:30 Adult Choir 7:30 pm ­ Kanter Scholar­in­ Kanter Scholar­in­ pm @ Library Residence Brotherhood Mtg. 9:15 Brotherhood Game am 9:00 pm Residence am Night 7:00 pm [Religious School ­ Religious School Friday Torah Study 9:15 am ­ 10:15 am @ Patricia Parents of 6th grade Executive Cte. Mtg. Yom Ha'atzmaut program 5:15 pm ­ 7:15 pm Modell Youth Room B'nai Mitzvah meeting 7:00 pm hosted by Beth with Speaker 9:30 am Shalom] with Dinner Pre­Service Oneg 6:30 Morning Service 10:30 ­ 10:30 am @ and program 4:30 pm pm @ Rosa & Nathan am ­ 6:00 pm Classroom 2 Rosen Foyer Lunch & Learn with Social Action Mtg. Adult Education Erev Shabbat service Rabbi Kenneth Kanter series: 'Mayim 10:00 am 7:00 pm by reservation $12pp Hayyim: A Jewish 12:15 pm Sisterhood program Perspective on the Dinner program "We 11:00 am ­ 12:00 pm Water Shut­offs' by Jews on Broadway" Patrons and Sponsors @ Rosa & Nathan Rabbi Alpert and following service 8:30 Evening with Rabbi Rosen Foyer 'Jewish pm @ Esther Katzman Kanter 7:30 pm High School ­4C 11:30 Sustainability, by Social Hall am ­ 12:45 pm @ Sue Salinger 7:00 Patricia Modell Youth pm ­ 8:30 pm @ Room Rosa & Nathan Rosen Foyer Youth Choir 11:30 am ­ 12:45 pm

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NO Religious School Board of Trustees Religious School 4:30 Bldg. closes at 6 pm "Jews on Tin Pan Meeting 7:00 pm pm ­ 6:00 pm Adult Choir 7:30 pm ­ Alley" with Rabbi 9:00 pm Kenneth Kanter Scholar­in­ Residence 10:00 am Youth Choir 11:30 am ­ 12:45 pm Check the live calendar for daily updates on Temple’s website http://emanuel-mich.org/calendar

Temple Emanu-El: Where You Belong • 248-967-4020 -11- http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=templeemanuelmichigan&op=cal&month=4&year=2015 1/1 Periodical Postage Temple Emanu-El WHERE YOU BELONG PAID 14450 W. Ten Mile Rd. Oak Park, MI 48237-1438 at Detroit, MI www.emanuel-mich.org and additional Mailing offices Arturo L. Kalfus Rabbi Permit No. 0443870 Kelly Onickel Cantorial Soloist Joseph P. Klein Rabbi Emeritus Norman Rose, z’l Cantor Emeritus Milton Rosenbaum, z’l Frederick Frank Executive Director Sue Salinger Director, Education & Youth Activities Eileen Brand Director, Early Childhood Community Bruce Klein President David Hart Vice-President Dennis Kayes Vice-President Stuart Trager Vice-President Wendy Bakst Vice-President Lynn Cooper Vice-President Richard Gold Treasurer Marty Leibowitz Secretary Mitch Meisner Immediate Past President

Upcoming Events at Temple Emanu-El

Congregational Seder Israeli Movie Series

Saturday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Temple Friday Night Dinner 4/24/15 $36 pp Adults: $40 • Kids (ages 4-12): $18 April 18th Saturday Lunch 4/25/15 $12 pp Children 3 and under: Free Dinner is $12 pp - Please RSVP by Monday, Please RSVP by Monday March 30 Movie is free! April 20, 2015  Tear-off registration for events listed above

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