ENDOWED IN MEMORY OF HARRY AND SHIRLEY NACHMAN Vol. 76 No. 1 January-February 2019 Tevet - Adar

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1 ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE THE הקול ENDOWED IN MEMORY OF HARRY AND SHIRLEY NACHMAN Vol. 76 No. 1 January-February 2019 Tevet - Adar SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Mornings: Sundays Monday - Friday Sabbat :30 A.M. 7:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M. Evenings (Minca-Maariv): Sunday - Friday (tru Feb. 3) 5:00 P.M. Sunday - Friday (starting Feb. 4) 6:00 P.M. Saturdays: January :00 P.M. January :00 P.M. Seuda Selisit (between Minca-Maariv) January :15 P.M. January :30 P.M. February :30 P.M. February :45 P.M. February :00 P.M. February :00 P.M. SHABBAT TORAH PORTIONS January 5 Va era January 12 Bo January 19 Besalac Sabbat Sira January 26 Yitro February 2 Mispatim February 9 Teruma February 16 Tetzave February 23 Ki Tisa Missebaba 2019 Gala Cocktails, Dinner and Dancing Saturday, February 23, 2019 Seven-tirty in te evening Featuring Nuclassica, an electro-pop violin band EVENING MINYAN CHANGES TO 6:00 P.M. Cairpersons: Joan Cernoff Epstein and Caty Slavik MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2019 Watc for your invitation

2 PEOPLE & PROGRAMS Meditation AND MINDFULNESS wit Rabbi Bergman Sundays, January 6 & 20, February 3 & 17 at 9:30 A.M. Find your internal spirituality and realize tat Judaism can make you appier. A refresing our for all ages. Sessions will continue trougout te year. Tere is no carge. Mazal Tov to our February B nai Mitzva February 2 Maxim Paltiel Gross is te son of Hazzan Daniel & Lauren Gross, and te grandson of Seila & Paltiel (z"l) Gross and Sanford Werteimer (z"l) and Kelly & Tomas Skuce Soulful Yoga wit Rabbi Sere Saturday, January 5 wit yoga instructor Nicole Ferguson and January 19, February 9 & 23 wit yoga instructor Mindy Eisenberg Connect body and soul as we apply te wisdom of Tora to te gentle practice of yoga. Join us in te Yout Lounge at 10:00 A.M. No experience necessary. Dress comfortably. Please bring a mat if you ave one. For additional information contact Jodi Gross at or jgross@adatsalom.org February 9 Ella Kaley Lewis is te daugter of Nicole & Roger Lewis, and te granddaugter of Danielle & David Susser, and Emily & Arnold Lewis JANUARY AND FEBRUARY LEARN ABOUT THE WEEKLY PARASHA AND ENHANCE YOUR SHABBAT EXPERIENCE Sabbat-Appella January 18 & February 1 at 5:00 P.M. and February 15 at 6:00 P.M. January 5 wit Rut Bergman January 12 wit Rabbi Aaron Bergman February 2 No Sabbat Tora Study February 9 wit Rut Bergman If you are looking for an uplifting synagogue service experience, ten look no furter! Te beautiful melodies of Kabbalat Sabbat are presented in intricate a cappella armony, allowing you to participate in te spirituality of tis special service to welcome Sabbat. Sabbat-Appella is unique to Adat Salom. January 19 wit Andy Pass January 26 wit Rabbi Jason Miller 9:45 A.M. February 16 wit Rabbi Aaron Bergman February 23 wit Rabbi Joey Krakoff FINISHING IN TIME FOR THE RABBI S SERMON A special birtday... an anniversary... an engagement... a wedding Celebrate a special occasion by sponsoring a Sabbat Kiddus on Saturday morning Call Seila Lederman for more information, T H E V O I C E ( U S P S ) publised montly except February and July by ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Middlebelt Road Farmington Hills, Micigan Pone: l Fax: Periodicals Postage entered at te Farmington, Micigan Post Office Postmaster: Send address canges to: Te VOICE, Middlebelt Farmington Hills, Micigan

3 FROM THE PRESIDENT, SANFORD VIEDER THE NEW YEAR AND NEW BEGINNINGS: As we bid farewell to te year 2018, we reflect upon many tings tat ave transpired over te previous 12 monts, wile we look forward to fres beginnings moving into One cannot elp but be mindful of some of te unpleasant tings wic we ave recently experienced. Te tragedy in Pittsburg is still fres in our minds and leads our focus toward te rising tide of anti-semitism and te overall security for te Jewis people not only in Israel, but now in America too. Rest assured, at Adat Salom we ave te full cooperation of te resources of te Federation as well as te Farmington Hills Police Department. Tere are many key individuals wo ave contributed teir own personal time to look at te overall security of our beautiful building to assure tat our members feel safe wen tey are at te synagogue. Peraps now more tan ever, we must reaffirm our affiliations togeter and troug te roots of our Jewis organizations, including Adat Salom! We would also be remiss not to reflect upon te wonderful tings tat ave transpired over te past year as well. We embarked upon our 75t anniversary wit an incredible and memorable kick off weekend. Our membersip is stable and we look forward to bolstering our financial stability for te next 75 Continued on page 14 3 MESSAGES FROM RABBI AARON BERGMAN LEARNING FROM THE WORLD GOD CREATED Te world God created provides food and selter, but also te spiritual wisdom we need to live our lives meaningfully. Every aspect of creation as te potential to teac us a valuable lesson. We are obligated to appreciate and protect nature in order for future generations to benefit from tese teacings. Te oliday of Tu B Svat, wic is on January 21 tis year, is a reminder of our obligation to be partners wit God in making sure tat te world trives for many years to come. Here are some stories and prayers in onor of te oliday. Rabbi Nacman of Bratslav Master of te Universe, grant me te ability to be alone; May it be my custom to go outdoors eac day Among te trees and grass among all growing tings And tere may I be alone and enter into prayer, To talk wit te One to wom I belong. May I express tere everyting in my eart. And may all te foliage of te field, all grasses, trees and plants Awake at my coming, to send te powers of teir life into te words of my prayer So tat my prayer and speec are made wole Troug te life and spirit of all growing tings, Wic are made as one by teir transcendent Source. FROM HAZZAN DANIEL GROSS May I ten pour out te words of my eart THE KARATE KID EFFECT Before your Presence like water, O God, In onor of our son Maxim s upcoming And lift up my ands to You in worsip, on my bealf, and Bar Mitzva, I wanted to devote tis article to tat of my cildren! tis special time in our lives. As a cantor, B nai Continued on page 14 Mitzva are a constant in my life. Now, experiencing one as a parent, my appreciation of tis time-onored tradition as taken on far FROM RABBI RACHEL SHERE greater significance. BETTER TO LIGHT A MATCH THAN I oversee Adat Salom s B nai Mitzva tutoring program and work closely wit our religious scool staff to ensure tat our CURSE THE DARKNESS students and families receive an all-encompassing educational On te first nigt of Canuka tis experience leading up to tis rite of passage. Te individual year, a group of 29 Adat Salom teenagers tutoring process learning ow to cant te Tora and Haftara and four staff members, myself included, utilizing te different trope (cantillation systems) is one of te were traveling back from New York City to most complicated concepts a young student encounters in teir Detroit. Tanks to an anonymous donor, te teens ad been able educational journey, bot Judaic and secular. It can be a to travel to New York at an affordable cost and learn togeter at callenging learning experience, but te ard work pays off and te Museum of Jewis Heritage, te 9/11 Memorial & Museum, te students learn a skill tat will allow tem to contribute to te American Museum of Natural History, and te Tenement synagogue life for te rest of teir lives. Museum. Te teme of our trip was Meeting Hate wit Humanity An analogy I frequently use wen teacing our B nai Mitzva and we saw many examples of tis trougout te trip. We also students and teir families comes from te 1984 film Karate Kid. enjoyed a deeply meaningful Sabbat, praying at two very In order to defend imself from bullies, Daniel (Ralp Maccio, not different, yet bot incredibly vibrant, synagogues on te Upper me) wants to learn karate from an elderly karate master, Mr. West Side. At synagogue on Saturday morning, I spoke wit a Miyagi. Welcomed into Mr. Miyagi s ome, Daniel is excited to man wose wife was killed on 9/11 in te second tower. I was begin is studies, but te next ting e knows, Miyagi as im amazed at te way e spoke of is loss. He told me tat er last doing taxing cores all around is ouse (waxing te cars, sanding message to im said, Tey ave told us it is safer to re-enter te te floor, painting te fence). Daniel understandably becomes tower tan to be outside wit all te falling debris, so I am going frustrated wit te tedious process. Eventually, Miyagi tells Daniel back in. I ll be at my desk working and look forward to talking to tat e is finally ready. Witout realizing it, Daniel as learned all you soon. Se left im te message just tree minutes before of te necessary tecnical skills to succeed in karate because of te second plane it tree floors above were se was working is arduous work, all of wic previously seemed pointless to im. at er desk. Te man ten told me, My wife and 2,605 people Continued on page 13 Continued on page 13

4 From Micael Wolf Director of Spirituality and Outreac Parasat Yitro includes te Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-15), arguably te most famous section of te entire Tanak. Tradition teaces tat at te moment God revealed te commandments to Mose, te entire world was silent and still. Te first word God utters is Anoki, I and it begins wit te silent letter alef. It may seem strange tat God begins te most important part of te Tora wit silence. But it is te silence of te initial alef tat forces us to listen closely to God s words. One of te most beautiful aspects of our tradition s understanding of te revelation at Sinai is tat it was not limited only to tose present. Every one of us stands at Sinai wen we study Tora and wen we live Tora. If te revelation were for te select few tat were actually pysically present at te base of Mt. Sinai, Judaism would ave died out a long time ago. Because te possibility to experience revelation as never ceased our religious tradition as endured. It is tis ongoing revelation tat as granted te Jewis people an eternal future. Week by week, parasa by parasa, we read troug te entire Tora over te course of a year. And ten, wen we finis, wat do we do? We start te process all over again. Wat a curious custom. Wy do we boter to read te same words every year? At some point don t we know wat te Tora says? Wat we realize, of course, is tat te words of te Tora do not cange. We do. Our experiences sape our lives and our understanding. Every time we learn someting new and every time we ave some new insigt, we are experiencing revelation. A new perspective and new understanding is te result of our personal experience of God s revelation. Seuda Selisit January 12 between Minca and Maariv. As te sky stays ligter...starting on Monday, February 4, we will be switcing te evening minyan back to 6:00 P.M. Morning remains at 7:30 A.M. during te weekdays and 8:30 A.M. on Sundays. Hope to see you! Tank You to te Friends of te IDF Tis past February we ad te wonderful experience of going to Israel wit a terrific group from Adat Salom Synagogue led by Rabbi Aaron and Rut Bergman. It was a fantastic trip wic I igly recommend for anyone wo as traveled to Israel or as never ad te opportunity. Tere is truly noting like it. Among te many igligts, one tat stands out above all was our opportunity to visit te IDF 75t Battalion of te Armored Brigade base near te Lebanon border, arranged by te Friends of te IDF Micigan Capter. We spent an afternoon wit te very talented young men and women wo put teir lives at risk daily defending te State of Israel, and we were able to acieve a better understanding of te many dangers and callenges tey face. We ad te opportunity of visiting wit soldiers and learning muc about teir daily lives on te base and were afforded time for Q&A wit army officers and soldiers. Afterward we were sown te latest and greatest tecnology in teir tanks and maneuvers and a special rare opportunity of seeing teir doctors and medics in an actual medical emergency exercise! We would like to tank te IDF for teir ospitality and for everyting tey do and are pleased to make possible a gift of $3,000 to te Friends of te IDF for te construction of a muc needed mobile leisure corner, a place for te soldiers to take a break from teir everyday surroundings, relax and recarge teir batteries during teir down time on te base. Te conditions on te base are sparse, to say te least, and tis will provide tem wit a place tey can feel at ome and just cill in a comfortable casual setting to take teir minds off of te everyday dangers tey face. Kol Hakavod to te IDF, te Friends of te IDF, and a special tanks to Rabbi Aaron and Rut Bergman and everyone in our group for teir contribution in making tis project a reality. B Salom, Mickey Levin 4

5 Offering you nourisment for your mind, body & spirit Mussar Mondays: A Jewis Guide to Living a Better and More Meaningful Life taugt by Rabbi Bergman Mondays, January 14 and February 11 at 7 P.M. Mussar is a unique approac to living a good and meaningul life. It transmits timeless advice for everyting from aving appy relationsips to creating armonious communities. Eac class is self-contained. No previous knowledge necessary. We next meet on Mondays, April 15 and May 13. Reservations are requested. Please call Seila Lederman, , ext. 246 or slederman@adatsalom.org AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US: Documentary Film Followed by a Panel Discussion And Ten Tey Came for Us brings istory into te present, retelling a difficult story and following Japanese American activists as tey speak out against te Muslim registry and travel ban. Panel includes: Rabbi Racel Sere Adat Salom Synagogue Rana Elmir, Deputy Director of te ACLU of Micigan Padma Kuppa, State Representative for Troy and Clawson Representative from te Waterford Refugee Welcome Alliance Hosted by Adat Salom, Sunday, February 10, 3:00-6:00 P.M. RSVP to A $10 donation will be welcome at te door. Sponsored by: WISDOM (Women s Interfait Solutions for Dialogue and Outreac in Metro Detroit), te InterFait Leadersip Council of Metropolitan Detroit, te Birmingam Race Relations and Diversity Task Force, and te Compassion Work Group Join Limmud Micigan for a full day of Jewis learning at te JCC of Metropolitan Detroit and te Frankel Jewis Academy on Sunday, Marc 31. Rabbi Bergman, Rut Bergman, and Rabbi Sere will be among te teacers. Participants coose teir own classes and experiences, explore teir connection to Jewis ideas and traditions, and meet people wo sare teir curiosity and entusiasm. Visit for more information or askus@limmudmicigan.org. ADULT LEARNING Jodi Gross, Director of Adult Learning Women s Spirituality Retreat: Marc 8-10 Tora Study~Spirituality~Yoga~Sabbat Back by popular demand, our 4t annual Women s Spirituality Retreat, led by Rabbi Sere and yoga instructor, Mindy Eisenberg. For information contact Jodi Gross at jgross@adatsalom.org or Register: adatsalom.org/retreat We received a note of tanks from NYT bestselling autor Edwin Black following is visit to Detroit. In it e stated, Te next day, October 10, I undertook back-to-back sessions at Adat Salom. Te first was for te kids at te sul s scool. I found tem exceptionally brigt, igly informed, and seemingly a cadre waiting to propel our next leadersip ranks. Adat Salom sould be proud of its product our next generation. After a sort break, I launced a two-our lecture Israel and International Law--Te Historical Underpinnings, already presented around te world, from Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv to UC Santa Rose in Nortern California and many points in between. Te stunning response and audience participation troug stand-up readings was noting less tan exciting. I knew I was at ome wit an audience eager to nail down te specifics. Every seat was taken in te capel, and te cemistry wit te audience was pure exilaration. I tank first and foremost my friend Rabbi Aaron Bergman wo made time in between an unforgiving itinerary tat began in California te day before and ended in Israel te next morning. Rabbi Bergman as I stated is a mensc among menscen and a moral ligt for us. We ave worked togeter on more tan one appearance tis year, and I ope to do more. Jodi Gross of te sul was anoter in a string of event perfectionists attending to every detail over scores of s and calls. Tank you Adat Salom. Adult B nai Mitzva Class at Adat Salom Togeter we will study Hebrew literacy, Jewis rituals, customs, olidays, prayer, canting, and muc more. CORE CONTENT CLASS: For tose wit Basic Hebrew reading skills or wo ave taken te PREP CLASS Taugt by Rabbi Bergman, Rabbi Sere, Hazzan Gross and Micael Wolf Wednesdays, February 6, 2019 May 27, :30-11:00 A.M. B nai Mitzva celebratory service: Sabbat morning, Savuot Day 2, May 30, 2020 Evening Learning wit Rabbi Sere at te ome of Robin and Gary Wine, November 18, Registration required: $250 Members / $750 Non-Members To register and for information, contact Caren Harwood , ext. 231 or carwood@adatsalom.org 5

6 THE LEARNING COMMUNITY y 4 JEWISH FAMILY EDUCATION Family Education programs are endowed in memory of Jeanette & Oscar Cook We recently eld our first Sabbat mini minyan. Tis service as eld many names yet maintains its essence. Sabbat mini minyan is a place were families can join Hazz n Dan and enjoy te blessing of Sabbat troug songs and prayers in a small environment and wit a community of young families. Tis is intended for young cildren wile also providing parents wit a sincere Sabbat experience. Wrapped up wit a mini Kiddus, it is also a nice way to meet and visit wit families. Te traditional synagogue service takes place in te sanctuary and will be in full swing wen mini minyan begins and will continue after it concludes. All families are welcome at all times. Tere is a basket in te back of te sanctuary wit books and Sabbat-friendly toys, suc as stuffed Toras, for cildren to sare wile attending te service. Of course, you are always welcome to bring your own. We look forward to seeing you. Sabbat Mini Minyan wit Hazz n Dan Saturdays January 12, February 9, marc 16 A music-filled Sabbat morning of song and prayer for young families beginning at 10:00 A.m. Open to te community. No carge to attend. For information contact or dbanooni@adatsalom.org Te only ting missing is you! L Salom, Debi Upcoming Family Events at Adat Salom Sake, Rattle & Twist wit Hazz n Dan Sunday, January 6 Calla making and songs plus JFamily saring a special PJ story and avdala project at 10:30 A.m. Free for members, $3/nonmember family; Geared to cildren tree and younger and a parent, grandparent, or caregiver. Older siblings are always welcome. Friday, February 1 at 11:15 A.m. A PARENTING PROGRAM LED BY JACKIE ISSNER, PH.D., LP JANUARY 6, :30 A.M. Sabbat Mini Minyan wit Hazz n Dan Saturdays, January 12 & February 9 Families wit young cildren are invited to our musical, interactive, family Sabbat experience, beginning at 10:00 A.m. Havdala for Young Families wit Hazz n Dan Saturday, January 19 Watc for information. Family Camp Friday, January 25 - Sunday, January 27 Applications are out for Family Camp. Call to find out if space is still available. 6t Grade Family Program Sunday, February 3 Sixt graders in our religious scool and teir parents or grandparents learn about teir B nai mitzva Tora portions in a family beit midras learning experience at 10:30 A.m. 4t Grade Family Program Sunday, February 10 Parents wit cildren in our religious scool s fourt grade are invited to a family education experience at 10:30 A.m. For more information or to reserve your place, call Debi Banooni, Jewis Family Educator, at Happy faces at Adat Salom s Kids Nigt Out, November 10 6

7 FROM DR. MELISSA SER Director of Education LEARNING COMMUNITY NEWS Nos & Dras Update: Wen it's cold outside during te winter monts, Adat Salom's Nos & Dras students still come togeter every week to learn, grow, and give back to te community. In December, in addition to exploring personal values tat connected wit te idea of Canuka (and learning tat tere's way more to te story of Canuka tan oil and dreidels), students took some time to create blankets for Project Nigt Nigt, wic provides omeless cildren wit some of te comforts tat our students take for granted. We'll be continuing to explore our personal values in January and February wit our guest, Jackie Issner, wo will co-lead a few sessions wit our students on ow to figure out wat tey stand for, and ow best to express temselves. A program geared to parents of teens will follow (watc your !) Religious Scool Update: Students in grades 3-6 ave been enjoying taking part in elective activities eac week, called cuggim. Cuggim ave been in suc areas as Tikkun Olam (raising money for Wigs4Kids and te Wite Wolf Sanctuary), drama (tey wrote teir own skit, called te Time Turning Tora!), coir, drumming, modern Hebrew, and art. Students in grades PreK troug 2 ave been learning even more modern Hebrew troug an amazing immersion experience eac week, and we love earing cildren speaking Hebrew and recognizing words in prayers from teir classroom vocabulary! & FROM JODI GROSS Director of Adult Learning & Yout Engagement YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Tanks to a generous donor family, te amazing Teen Trip to NYC was possible. Te trip was one of te many opportunities for teens to continue to strengten teir connections to Adat Salom, as well as build a community among temselves. Te teens sared I enjoyed going to so many different museums and learning so many tings about our istory in suc a fun setting. I also enjoyed being wit my friends and exploring a new city. - Megan Diskin, Junior I originally was esitant about attending te trip, but now I couldn t be appier tat I attended it. I loved experiencing te religious aspect of NYC at different synagogues and exploring te museums. It gave me a cance to get to know more people in my community and it as encouraged me to continue elping at Adat Salom and going to Nos & Dras. Tis was a once in a lifetime experience tat I will never forget. Tank you! - Anonymous I really liked visiting te 9/11 Memorial & Museum. It taugt me a lot about wat appened in te past. - Sane Jacobson, Sopomore I am filled wit gratitude as I was able to go on tis trip, wic was amazing. Tis experience is going to stay wit me for my entire life. Tank you to te trip leaders and te donor family. - Anonymous Mrs. Mania Salinger sared wit our 7t graders er experience of survival as a young woman during te Holocaust. CALENDAR: Sunday, January 13, 12:30 P.M. TVC osts te JFS Because We Care project Sunday, January 20, 11:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Congregation-wide Volunteer Day Sunday, February 10, 12-2:00 P.M. Kids Afternoon of Fun November 2018, Rabbi Sere, Jodi Gross, Micael Wolf and Sammi Sapiro led a great group of Adat Salom teens on a trip to New York city. 7

8 A CARING COMMUNITY SOCIAL ACTION IN ACTION CONGREGATION-WIDE VOLUNTEER DAY Sunday, January 20, 2019, 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. Once again, we will participate in Volunteer Day. Our activity will be to make 60 lunces and personal ygiene kits for Hope Hospitality and Warming Center. Te cildren from our scool will assemble te lunces and ygiene kits but we need elp supervising te station. Also, we need a volunteer to take te items to te Center wic is located in Pontiac. Can you elp? YAD EZRA - Sunday, January 27, 2019, 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. Delivering groceries to omebound Yad Ezra recipients is a great way to spend a couple of ours wit te wole family. Tese clients ave no transportation to pick up teir groceries. Please consider elping on tis morning. It s really simple; pick up te pre-packaged groceries, and te directions to 2-3 clients. Tey are usually grouped togeter and in te nearby area. If you can elp, call Evva at SHOES TO SHARE - NCJW / MI Tank you to everyone wo brougt in your gently-used soes to be sared in te community. Tank you to Rut Zerin for slepping te bags. Our box runnet over and required multiple trips to be dropped off. Because of your generosity, we were part of te largest collection to date - 5,000 pairs of soes were collected and distributed to 23 agencies in Oakland and Wayne Counties. Start saving tose soes for next year s soe drive. HELP WANTED: We are still looking for two separate volunteer coordinators for te Yad Ezra deliveries and Ronald McDonald House dinners. If interested, please call me for more details. We could really use your elp! "I do not want followers wo are rigteous, rater I want followers wo are too busy doing good tat tey won t ave time to do bad." Rabbi Menacem Mendel of Kotzk Evva Hepner, Cairperson evva.epner@gmail.com / Recycling: It s a Very Jewis Ting to Do! Te commandment of bal tascit do not destroy or waste as long been considered to be a central Jewis environmental etic. By not wasting, we elp to improve our lives bot pysically and spiritually. Please drop off your empty printer cartridges and old cell pones at te synagogue office and old markers at te scool office for recycling. Baby Basket Bonanza Tikkun Adat: Saring more tan bricks & mortar Wow, is Adat Salom blessed! A mont ago, te Baby Basket Brigade delivered meals to te following newcomers and teir lucky parents: Miles Gregory (Eric and Asley Guttman), Case Hudson (Kim and Micael Rubin), Beatrice Carlotte (Stacey and Set Wiesental), Stella Rose (Katie and Ryan Vieder), Jake Solomon (Ronit and Eric Wagman) and Claire Sara (Sana and Allen Weiss). Got a new baby of your own? Let Carm Levine know at carmleyl@otmail.com. On January 20, Adat Salom s Volunteer Day, Adat s newest babies will get teir edible diplomas. Want to elp fill te baskets and deliver tem to te appy families? Come to Volunteer Day! Adat Salom Movie Group FRIENDS will get togeter for teir next film viewing on February 10. Cairs Diane Lebovic and Jan Goldfarb keep up wit te latest and greatest films in neigborood teaters and will announce teir coice to te group via a week before te sowing. Te FRIENDS welcome regulars and newbies alike. If you d like to get on teir list, contact Diane (dlebovic@ameritec.net) or Jan (jgoldfarb22@aol.com). FRIENDS Day Trippers enjoyed a virtual tour of our early Jewis community led by Jeannie Weiner and Margery Jablin. A great gift idea from Te Sisterood Gift Sop Contact Ed Kol: , kolse44@gmail.com Join Rabbi Bergman, Rabbi Sere and fellow members of Adat Salom Synagogue in our nation s capital for te largest annual gatering of America s pro-israel movement. For information or to register, contact Tatiana Papas at or papas@aipac.org. Judaic-temed kaleidoscopes made in israel SUNDAYS 10:30 A.M. - NOON WEEKDAYS 10 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., ask for Denise or call for a sopping appointment: Carol Vieder, / Lillian Scostak,

9 ACTIVE AFFILIATES4 Sisterood WHAT IF..tere was not a Sisterood at Adat Salom? Were would you purcase your tallitot and kippot, your B nai Mitzva or oliday gifts, or pick up tat one piece of Judaica to complete your oliday table? Tere would not be a Gift Sop to brigten our foyer! Witout te Sunday morning Knitting Circle, tere would be no neonatal caps and baby ats, no scarves and ats for scool cildren and te omeless, no lap blankets for Rabbi Sere to distribute on ospital visits or soft knitted inserts for cancer survivors. Would te B nai Mitzva still receive a gift on te bima to celebrate teir simca? Would tere still be a scolarsip to send young students to a Jewis camp or study program? Wat about community and social programs? Sisterood sponsors and participates in Jewis Book Fair, Ros Codes Study, Healt and Wellness programs and Spring Outreac. Wat would Adat Salom s role be in te future of tese programs? Would Adat Salom still ave a Honey or Flower fundraiser eac year? Sisterood s greatest responsibility is Sabbat. Tere would be no flowers on te bima for olidays and simcas, and tere would no longer be a beautiful Kiddus following Sabbat morning services since Sisterood bills, organizes, cooks and serves te Kiddus. It is our belief tat Sisterood is te eart of Adat Salom and it is te responsibility of every member of te synagogue to keep tat eartbeat strong by financially supporting it. You can do tat by contributing to te Kiddus Fund, and if you are female, by paying your Sisterood dues annually. Weter you participate in our programs and events or not, Adat Salom and te Sisterood appreciate your support. Invest in te future of Sisterood! Cindy Babcock, Geula Rapp, and Judy Rudy Sisterood Ros Codes Study Group wit Rabbi Racel Sere You re invited to a study session for women in onor of te new mont of Adar 1 Wednesday, February 6 10:00-11:00 A.M. Beverly Yost Named Donor Day Woman of Distinction As is customary, eac year at our Donor Day Event we onor a woman wo exemplifies wat it means to be a part of our Sisterood. At tis time, we are excited to announce tat our 2019 onoree is Beverly Yost. Beverly is a Life Member and Past President of Sisterood. Se as devoted countless ours of time and energy to make sure Sisterood is a driving force in our Synagogue, and continues to do so. Please congratulate Beverly wen you see er and by joining us as we onor er on Tuesday, May 7, Adat Salom Knitting Circle Sundays, January 13 and February 10 at 9:30 A.M. Join us as we make scarves, ats and afgans for carity. Feel free to get started at any time wit yarn from te knitting cubicle in te office. For more information: Debby Portney, debbyportney@gmail.com, Sisterood of Adat Salom Book Club Te Adat Salom Sisterood will meet Tursday, February 7 at 7:15 p.m. in te ome of a member. Rebbe by Josep Teluskin will be discussed. Te next book club date is April 4. Tere is a fee to attend. For more information or to register, please contact Book Club cairpersons Sue Lutz, , s4lutz@gmail.com or Marianne Pesick, , mcp55@aol.com. Sue Hickey of Eleganza Boutique taugt us ow to Tie it all togeter at te annual Paid-up Members Dinner New Moon R New Start Wit te new moon comes an opportunity for self-renewal Open to te community. No carge. Future dates: April 5, June 4, August 2 Please respond by January 30 to Rocelle Lieberman or rocelle.r.lieberman@gmail.com 9

10 4 ACTIVE AFFILIATES MEN S CLUB MEN S CLUB MUSINGS... BY JOEY LEBOVIC I m pleased to sare tat our Men s Club membersip continues to exceed 100 individuals. It s never too late to join and Membersip VP David Sevrin (davidsevrin@yaoo.com) can answer questions you may ave about our minimal dues structure. We re a friendly crowd I tink you ll enjoy socializing wit so ceck us out. Listed below are a few great indoor events for te cold Micigan winter. Join us after minyan or religious scool drop-off for Bagels wit Bergman on January 13 at 9:30 A.M. Rabbi Bergman will sare is insigts and lead a discussion on Te Rise of Anti-Semitism. Are you ready for some play off football? Our annual Football Watcing Party is on January 20 at 3:30 P.M. Gater wit friends and a large TV to argue sports wile enjoying a game te Lions ave a slim cance to participate in. See our latest flyer for details. On Super Bowl Sunday, February 3 at 8 A.M., we participate wit conservative congregations globally in World Wide Wrap XIX. Join us before daily minyan wen Micael Wolf explains te customs and traditions of laying tefillin. Extra tefillin will be available to use. Tis year s slogan is We re in it for te Tie. Be a part of our large turnout for te 87t Annual Inter- Congregational Men s Club Dinner on Tuesday February 12, 2019, at Temple Israel, one of te oldest and largest events of its kind in Nort America. Tis dinner is a gatering of Jewis men from synagogues/temples in metropolitan Detroit and te surrounding region. It brings togeter all denominations for an evening of friendsip and social interaction. Our speaker is Professor Howard Lupovitc, WSU Associate Professor of History and Director of te Con-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies. As always, please feel free to contact me at jlebovic@ameritec.net wit any questions. I look forward to meeting you at one of our upcoming events. Adat Salom Men s Club and Te Sisterood of Adat Salom proudly sponsor Te Coffee Connection Adat Salom Business Networking Group DOOR PRIZE Tuesdays, January 15 and February 26 at 9:00 A.M. No carge to attend. Ligt refresments. For information and to RSVP: Ike Engelbaum, or ikeengelbaum@comcast.net Jeff Cymerint, or cymerint@gmail.com Men s Club of Adat Salom invites you to join us for Bagels wit Bergman Sunday, January 13, 9:30 A.M. Rabbi Bergman will speak on Te Rise of Anti-Semitism Tere is no carge for Members Non-Members $6/per person Reservations requested Questions or to RSVP, contact Jaron Friedman at friedmja@otmail.com or t Annual Men s Club Inter-Congregational Dinner Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Temple Israel Featuring Howard Lupovitc Associate Professor, Wayne State University Appetizers and cocktails will begin at 6 P.M. followed by dinner, catered by Epic Koser Catering, and te speaker. Cost per person is $54. Please reserve your space by returning te form on your flyer wit your ceck. Questions? Contact Ralp Woronoff or Steve Woronoff, , or Gary Graff, Reservation & payment deadline is February 3. IS IT MANLY TO BE HEALTHY? S wit Guest Speaker: Dr. Joel Kan Founder of te Kan Center for Cardiac Longevity and owner of GreenSpace Cafe Sunday, January 6 9:30 a.m. at Adat Salom Synagogue Dr. Kan will describe te practical researc on ow to avoid disease and enjoy life to te maximum witout medication Q or disability. Everyone is welcome! RSVPs requested by January 4, 2019 Men s Club Members - No carge / non-men s Club Members - $5 Please reserve your space by returning te form on your flyer wit your ceck. Te flyer can be found at adatsalom.org/flyers. Questions? Ike Engelbaum, ikeengelbaum@comcast.net 10

11 CELEBRATIONS 3 Barbara Eskin Tobi Fox Joel Levi Melissa Levine Selly Perlman Marla Scram-Wolfe 5 Benjamin Hager Dawn Josowitz Marsa Wein Micael Sculman 6 Lila Zorn 7 Ronald Goldenberg Judy Goldis Bill Handelman Susan Slom 8 Barbara Jonas 9 Donna Belen 10 Natalio Kogan 11 Faye Kanter Beverly Liss 12 Kennet Been Ben Kas Gert Matz Stuart Stone Julie Wiener 13 Constance Harris Myra Jane Lawson Lee Scostak 14 Hillary Ancill Stepen Feldman 1 Sandford Asman Natalie Friedman Pyllis Scwartz 2 Sara Kirsc Allen Menuck 3 David Somers 5 Lisa Betman Rocelle Markle 6 Carol Lifton Diane Voigt 8 Anna Levi Susan Rollinger 9 Eli Grier 10 Donald Aaron Lori Issner Nancy Liefer Diane Zameck 12 Alan M. Gallatin Joel Jacob Marcia Tanzman Marta Zinderman 13 Harvey Aidem Alice Klegon Danielle Randel Rita Sitron 14 Craig Bradford Sandy Crane Steven Rotenberg Buddy Sollis 15 Larry Elkus Marcy Feldman JANUARY BIRTHDAYS 16 Jack Bindes Ella Moskovitz Mel Raznick 17 Sandra Feldman Bill Graam Micael Zerin 19 Robert Elkus Eric Goodman Elaine Rosenblatt 20 Dawn Eisenscer Nancy Goldfaden Nancy Handelman Joel Kaufman Stanford Rapp Amy Robbins-Dickstein 21 Elaine Aidem 22 Jacob Coen 23 Daniel Rosenblum Larry Weiss 25 Alan Starr 27 Ellen Betel James Bloom 28 Joan Fiscer Jenna Klar Micael Rubin 29 Mildred Berg Gail Elkus Bonnie Tucker 30 Amy Hager Joanne Katz FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS 16 Sayna Cutter Ann Frankel Jim Issner 17 David Baum Beverly Wine 18 Micelle Farber Abe Saam 19 Telma Goldstein Randy Pillips Robert Scostak 20 Howard Serlin Ellen Silberman 21 Pillip Greenblatt Saron Gaspas Goldenberg Steven Kaufman Florine Mark Robert Naftaly Debora Williams 22 Micael Anstandig 23 Arielle Endelman Loree Gordon Bruce Rosen 24 Aaron Herskovic Maureen Kornwise 26 Ruby Kusner 27 Susan Klau 28 Rodney Broder Harriet Dunsky Mollie Nucian JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES 4 Beverly & Randy Pillips 6 Micele & Louis Elkus Miriam & Peter Seagle 7 Ronna & Myles Hoffert 10 Lisa & Gary Siffman 15 Barbara & Larry Weiss MAZAL TOV! 16 Beverly & Artur Liss 20 Saron & Lawrence Berry 21 Helen & Irving Bernstein 29 Linda & Micael Sculman 30 Geula & Stanford Rapp 31 Saron & Tom Lebovic FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARIES 2 Julie & Marty Wiener 6 Judy & Ike Engelbaum 7 Julie & Edward Hersc 11 Racel & Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz 12 Susan & Jack Bindes 15 Ruby & Ricard Kusner Birt of Reagan Blake Goldis, daugter of Arica & Jason Goldis, granddaugter of Sue & Gordy Leff, Ceryl & Alex Goldis, greatgranddaugter of Erma Mazer and Libby Newman Birt of Noa Kelmenson, son of Lindsay & Daniel Kelmenson, grandson of Sara Braverman, Robin Kelmenson, Debbie & Carles Brown, great-grandson of Jimmye Hill Birt of Aiden Jacob Liefer, son of Lindsey & Micael Liefer, grandson of Janis & Robert Levin, Nancy & Dennis Liefer Birt of Yisrael Uriel Sconberg, son of Racel Losk & Micael Sconberg, grandson of Ila & Les Sconberg, Rosario & David Losk Birt of Ella Fae Zeidman, daugter of Miriam & Larry Zeidman, granddaugter of Rocelle & Joel Lieberman and Irene & te late Alan Zeidman WE ARE PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW... Te Adat Salom Knitting Group received a letter of appreciation for te donation of 80 knitted ats for te NCJW / MI 5t annual Back 2 Scool Store. Susan Adelman, MD will introduce er book After Saturday Comes Sunday on Tuesday, January 8, 6:30 P.M. at Senandoa Country Club. Rut Bergman, Director of Education at te Holocaust Memorial Center, will igligt sared experiences and callenges. For information and reservations Rabbi Racel Sere was a judge in Sout Oakland Selter s Dancing wit te Stars fundraiser. Oter judges were Derrick Coleman and Roop Raj. Best Lawyers recognized Julie Teicer as te 2019 Detroit bankruptcy and creditor debtor rigts/insolvency and reorganization law Lawyer of te Year. If you would like to be listed in te birtdays & anniversaries columns, please notify Susie Steinberg at ssteinberg@adatsalom.org. If your family as celebrated a birt or a wedding, or you ave received a special onor, please let us know tat as well. 11

12 TRIBUTES We record wit sincere appreciation te following generous contributions designed to maintain te programs of Adat Salom: CONGREGATIONAL FUND Dennis Brown by Doreen & Sanford Turbow Rodney Brown by Belle & Jerry Koen Bernard (Barney) Dales by Anne & Mark Klisman; Miriam & Peter Seagle Abram Epstein by Ceryl & Dan Guyer Lenny Jacobson by Lillian & Mark Scostak Adele W. Staller by Baldwin Staff; Lindy & Ray Buc and family; Harriet & Bill Freedman; Jacqueline Gaffin; Sara Guyer; Katy Hart; Laura & Sam Lobar; Judy & Jon Marx; Judy, Karrol, Elana & Jay Miller; Cyntia Miller; Marilynn & Steven Robinson; Ricard Sarason; Lillian & Lee Scostak; Lillian & Mark Scostak; Sue Scugar; Colleagues of Saron Wallac; Mary & Artur Sugarman; Julie & Mark Teicer; Katy & Bill Urban Carlotte & Harry Teicer by Nancy & Ricard Barr; Andrea & Jeffrey Burstein; Elyn & Larry Carlupski; Amy & Steve Dunn; Bet & Earl Erman; Gayle & Gary Eubanks; Amy & Mark Haimann Carlotte Teicer by Sirley Ducatman; Ceryl & Dan Guyer; Mary & Lowell Plotkin; Abbe & David Serbin Yarzeits of: Gale Klar Freidenbeic by Sirley Klar Norman Garland; Beatrice Garland Kaplan; Jane Weiner by Marcia Garland Herman Goldenberg by Etka Goldenberg Bea Kreicman by Beverly K & Randy Pillips Mary Sclosberg by Jacqueline Coen Beatrice Spevack by Terri Weiss IN HONOR OF: Adat Salom Synagogue by Salem Stress Reduction Group Helping us end our Siva for my mom by Te Hoberman Family Francine Berman s tougtfulness by Karen & Ken Goss Norma Dorman s award as 2018 Federation Volunteer of te Year by Debby & David Tukel Aufruf of Daniel Goldfaden & Jennifer Conley by Jennifer Conley Caren Harwood by Lori & Jim Issner B nai Mitzva of Jona & Talya Miller by Karen & Ken Goss Rabbi Sere by Lori & Jim Issner 10t anniversary of Lilly & Alex Stotland by Marjory & Donald Epstein Caritable Foundation B nai Mitzva of Evan & Remi Young by Pam & Jake David; Suzy & Marty Gross; Carol Kastan; Diane & Harvey Zameck SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Lucille Wernolm by Nancy Frank MARILYN & MATTHEW DROZ MEMORIAL FUND Carles Adler by Selly Gac Droz & Alan Droz SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Iva Jean Erlic by Selly Gac Droz & Alan Droz HAROLD DUBIN MEMORIAL TIKKUN ADAT FUND Adele Staller by Carlotte Dubin Birt of Noa Kelmenson by Joan & Ken Stern SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Carol Singer by Carlotte Dubin DR. MANUEL FELDMAN BETH ACHIM RELIGIOUS SCHOOL MEMORIAL FUND Rod Brown by Tammi, Scott, Adam, Elisa & Josua Cooper Adele Staller by Tobi & Larry Fox; Rut Hurvitz and family; Vivian & Daniel Mouradian and family; Beverly Sapiro & Dan Glassman; Sandra Sapiro ALEX GRAHAM TRAVEL & EDUCATION FUND Adele Staller by Sosana Wolok Yarzeits of: Bernard Asmann by Dina Asmann Maryn Been by Claudia & Ken Been Caya Burko by Dina Asmann Seymour Collen by Joan & Fred Fiscer GERRY D. KELLER MEMORIAL CHOIR FUND Adele Staller by Jim & Sandy Hack; Selley & Ed Kol IN HONOR OF: Julie Wiener co-cairing te Diamond Jubilee Concert by Idelle Neuvirt & Debby Tukel Special birtday of Sid Weingarden by Judy Keller & Howard Sculist THE FRANCES AND ALEX KUSHNER MEMORIAL FUND Adele Staller by Ruby & Ricard Kusner IN HONOR OF: Anniversaries of: Barbara & Jerry Cook; Rayna & Natalio Kogan; Marta & Steven Zinderman by Ruby & Ricard Kusner Kindness of Carol Singer by Ruby & Ricard Kusner HILLEL ISAAC AND RACHEL MAISEL MEMORIAL HOUSING THE HOMELESS FUND Adele Staller by Evva & Micael Hepner Yarzeits of: Dora Messenger by Sylvia Starkman Kay Sapiro by Robert Sapiro IN HONOR OF: Rut Bergman by Harry Maisel Birt of Ella Fae by Marcia Garland; Evva & Micael Hepner Wedding of Micael Lieberman & Melanie Kirsenbaum by Rut Hurvitz; Harry Maisel MORRY NEUVIRTH BAR & BAT MITZVAH FUND Dennis Brown by Julie & Marty Wiener Bobbie Levine by Saron & Tom Lebovic Adele Staller by Saron & Tom Lebovic IN HONOR OF: Wedding of Micael Lieberman & Melanie Kirsenbaum by Saron & Tom Lebovic PRAYER BOOK FUND IN HONOR OF: 50t anniversary of Ceryl & Dan Guyer by Joy & Allan Nacman MAURICE RAZNICK & JEAN RAZNICK KLARISTENFELD MEMORIAL FUND Adele Brod by Lou Seligman Dennis Brown by Lou Seligman Mort Feldman by Elaine & Mel Raznick; Irving Nusbaum by Elaine & Mel Raznick Gloria Portney by Elaine & Mel Raznick Adele Staller by Amy & Allen Olender Sylvia Surowitz by Lou Seligman IN HONOR OF: Special birtday of Millie Feldman by Elaine & Mel Raznick 12

13 4 TRIBUTES BELLE & MAURICE ROSENDER MEMORIAL FUND Gere Baskin by Rut & Cuck Weingarten Adele W. Staller by Joyce & Jeffrey Weingarten Yarzeit of Jack Witeman by Lou Berlin IN HONOR OF: Birtday of Ellen Kasselman by Rut & Cuck Weingarten Birtday of Geoffrey Kasselman by Rut & Cuck Weingarten Birtday of Cindy Weingarten by Rut & Cuck Weingarten Birtday of Elliot Weingarten by Rut & Cuck Weingarten SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Geula Rapp by Joyce & Jeffrey Weingarten SISTERHOOD KIDDUSH FUND Dennis Brown by Beryl & Mickey Levin Adele Staller by Cindy & Howard Babcock; Lisa Oreckin Berkey and family; Judy Dubin; Elaine & Mel Erdos; Marilyn Feingold; Marcia Garland; Judy & David Goldis; Beryl & Mickey Levin; Pyllis Soltz; Carla & Howard Spencer; Eliza Israel; Marcia Tanzman; Doreen & Sandy Turbow; Trudy Weiss; Ester Weitzman; Julie & Marty Wiener Irvin Wagenberg by Anita & Ron Taylor Yarzeit of Louis Tron by Geula Rapp JERRY TEPMAN ALIYAH FUND Adele Staller by Susan & Micael Feldman; Serwin Newman; Rena Tepman and family CANTOR LARRY VIEDER MEMORIAL FUND Miriam Hoberman by Laurie & Jeff Tackel Leonard Jacobson by Carol & Sandy Vieder Yarzeits of: Leonard Goldberg; Hirsc Goldberg by Marilyn Goldberg IN HONOR OF: Adat Salom s 75t Anniversary by Serwin Newman THE BREAKFAST FUND November In memory of Julius Taylor by Anita & Ron Taylor In memory of Milton Hubert by Barbara & Les Hubert In memory of Renee Reif by Susan Dines In memory of Rut Cowan by Dorene & Alan Finer In memory of Reuben Slovis, Seymour & Vicky Wimpfeimer by Ellie Slovis In memory of Evelyn Starman by Cindy Starman and Carole DeRoven In onor of te Aufruf of Jordan Zaslow & Nick Jacob by Serry Margulis-Zaslow December In memory of Seri Lyn Traison Devries by Te Devries Family In memory of Norman Garland, Beatrice Garland Kaplan and Jane Weiner by Marcia Garland In memory of Betty Ellias by Debbie & Tom Williams and Anne & Gene Greenstein In memory of Sam Weinberg by Doris Blecman Minyan Breakfast Fund Tillie Kay by Sue & Dennis Kay Eva Solomon by Sue & Dennis Kay Dennis Brown by Gail Langer Yarzeits of: Floyd Bornstein; Sam Klein; Morris Bornstein by Ester Bornstein Adat Salom Synagogue Tribute Contribution Adat Salom s tribute funds provide support for our many important synagogue programs and services, wic elp to define us as an outstanding congregation. We ave set a $10 minimum price for tribute cards. We are very grateful to members and friends wo ave consistently purcased tributes, marking lifecycle events and oter significant occasions, and we encourage your continued support. Eac greeting is individually prepared on a andsome card. To arrange for a tribute, please visit our website call te office at or send te following information to te synagogue office: 1. Name of Fund 2. Occasion: (In memory of In onor of Speedy recovery to (Please print names.) 3. Name(s) (first & last) and address of person(s) to be notified 4. Your name(s) & address 5. Ceck for $10 per tribute We will process your tribute and mail it promptly. Tributes received by te 1st of te mont will appear in te following mont s VOICE. If you would like information about ow to establis a fund, please contact Executive Director Alan Yost. 13 RABBI SHERE (continued from page 3) were killed in te towers. However, wat people rarely remember is tat approximately 15,000 were safely evacuated from te towers. Wile te man was clearly devastated tat is wife wasn t among tose wo survived, e said tat wat as kept im going in te interim seventeen years is focusing on te brave individuals wo risked and sometimes lost teir lives in order to save te lives of oters. He focuses on te fact tat if te attacks ad appened later in te day, te towers would ave ad tousands more people in tem. Eac day e cooses to focus on uman dignity rater tan uman depravity. He cooses to onor is wife s legacy by creating a world were ligt eclipses darkness and love stamps out ate. Te word Canuka means dedication culminating our trip on te first nigt of Canuka, te group dedicated ourselves to doing te same. HAZZAN GROSS (continued from page 3) Tis is often te case wit te Bar/Bat Mitzva preparation process. Learning and applying trope to te ancient words of our tradition often seem irrelevant to B nai Mitzva students in tis day and age. However, wen te big day as arrived and it s time to cant from te bima in front of family, friends and te congregation, te inevitable emotions of accomplisment and pride our B nai Mitzva students feel are evident and visible on teir faces. Seeing my son prepare for is Bar Mitzva as been very special. It was 29 years ago, immediately after my Bar Mitzva service, tat Rabbi Epraim Zimand (z l) said to me, You know, Daniel, you are very good at tis and ave a gift for canting. I d love to see you do it again in te future. It was wit pride, years later, tat I was able to inform Rabbi Zimand of my decision to pursue te cantorate, and prouder still to ave te opportunity to pass on te tradition of canting trope to my firstborn son and countless oters. Please join Lauren and me as we celebrate our son s Bar Mitzva on Sabbat morning, February 2, 2019.

14 MEMORIAMS JANET WEISS ALENT, wife of te late Carles Weiss and te late Henry Alent, moter of Beryl (Mickey) Levin and te late Warren Weiss, grandmoter of Jeffrey (Sayna) Levin and Sara (David) Lipson, great-grandmoter of Andrew and Hanna Levin and Jos and Alex Lipson. MIRIAM HOBERMAN, wife of te late Sol Hoberman, moter of Karen (Terry) Weingarden, Gary (Ceryl) Hoberman, Sandra (Robert) Braun and Ricard (Jamie) Hoberman, grandmoter of Carles Weingarden, Eric Weingarden, Mitcell (Sara) Hoberman, Asley (Ellie) Klapper, Elissa (Steven) Seltzer, Rabbi Scott (Sara) Hoberman, Benjamin (Randi) Braun, Jona Braun, Andrew Hoberman, James Hoberman, Jade and Sage, sister of Frieda Leemon, Jacqueline (late Paul) Drucker, Gail (late Floyd) Tukel and te late Pauline (late Leonard) Screiber, also survived by 15 great-grandcildren. LOIS KAHN, moter of Antony (Serelyn) Kan, Robert Kan, Laura (Ted) Scwartz, and Mitcell (Isabel) Kan, grandmoter of Jacob Kan, Jessica Kan, Bessie Kan, Daniel & Cierra Granger, and Jennifer Granger, great grandmoter of Sae, Gianna, Holland, and Trinity, sister of Irving Meisner, (te late) Rona Summers, (te late) Lillian Meisner, and (te late) Aubrey Meisner. BETTY ROSE PIANIN, wife of te late Sidney Pianin, moter of Alissa Pianin, Marcy Pianin, and Debra (Rubin) Sinins, grandmoter of Jacob Allen, Sopia Sinins, Benjamin Sinins, and Alexandra Sinins, sister of Artur (Carol) Plotkin, te late Anne (te late Pilip) Helfman, te late Alfred (te late Telma) Plotkin, te late Florence (te late Artur) Scultz, te late Bernard Plotkin, and te late Marcus (te late Lillian) Plotkin, sister-in-law of Elaine Plotkin, te late Larry (te late Irene) Pianin, and te late Mel Pianin. RITA JANE PORTNEY, wife of te late Dr. Jack E. Portney, moter of Selley (Lenny) Hutton, Steven (Debora) Portney, and Jeff (Andi) Portney, grandmoter of Micelle (Aaron) Bass, Sara Hutton, Racel (Brandon) Scneider, Morry Hutton, Rebecca (Mitc) Kirby, David (Taylor Novice) Portney, Daniel Portney, Allison Portney, great-grandmoter of Juda Bass and Simon Bass, sister of te late Arnold Stone, sister-in-law of Nora Stone and Norma Sugar. SALLY ELAINE SLABOTSKY, wife of Gordon Slabotsky, moter of Larry (Susan) Slabotsky, Scott (Denise) Slabotsky and Leslie (Peter) Dunn, grandmoter of Zacary, Ariel, Anne, Daniel & Noa Slabotsky, Set and Joanna Coen, Aaron and Emily Dunn and Sara (Bradley) Dunn Roos, great-grandmoter of several. BESSIE STONE, wife of te late Pilip Stone, moter of Elaine (Micael) Serling and Neale (Cyd) Stone, grandmoter of Aliza (Adam) Forman, Dana (Ranil) Serling-Hapuaracci, Ryan (Renee) Stone and Scott (Sarona) Stone, great-grandmoter of Alexis Forman, Danielle Forman, Addison Hapuaracci and Sane Hapuaracci, Arye Stone, Talya Stone, Malca Stone, Naomi Stone and Rafael Stone, sister of te late Sam Weinstein, te late Morrey Weinstein, te late Louie Weinstein and te late Sally Berns. RABBI BERGMAN (continued from page 3) A story of Rav Kook Once wen Rav Kook was walking in te fields, lost deep in tougt, te young student wit im absentmindedly plucked a leaf off of a branc. Rav Kook was visibly saken by tis act and, turning to is companion e said gently, Believe me wen I tell you tat I never simply pluck a leaf or a blade of grass or any living ting unless I ave to. Every part of te vegetable world is singing a song and breating fort a secret of divine mystery of te creation. Blessing on te first blossoming fruit tree seen in spring Blessed are you, our God, wo left noting out of tis world, and created in it good creatures and good trees, so umankind could benefit from tem. Midras Koelet Raba 7:28: Wen te Holy One of Blessing created te first uman He took im and sowed im all te trees of te Garden of Eden and said to im See My works, ow beautiful and praiseworty tey are. And everyting tat I created, I created it for you. Be careful not to spoil or destroy My world for if you do, tere will be nobody after you to repair it. SANFORD VIEDER (continued from page 3) years wit our endowment campaign tat will kick off in te spring of Tere ave been significant plant improvements witin te building wic ave greatly enanced our facility s appearance and functionality. Our incredible clergy team as been offered and accepted updated long-term contracts and tey continue to work ard creating unique educational and spiritual programs for our members. Our Sisterood and Men's Club affiliates ave created a robust year of programming, wic I encourage everybody to take advantage of. As I ave said so many times before, tere is someting for everybody at Adat Salom! On a personal level, wile my family as endured some difficult times and ealt callenges, I remain grateful for te good fortunes tat we ave. I am very appreciative of all of te support tat I ave received troug te initial monts of my presidency at Adat Salom. So on bealf of te entire extended Vieder family, including my wife Carol, my cildren Meryl and Brandon, Alex and Nikolas, we extend our eartfelt tanks and wises for a very appy, ealty and prosperous New Year to all of you! L Salom, Sandy And from te Adat Salom arcives... ADAT SHALOM MEMORIAL PARK THE CEMETERY IS OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CLOSED ON SHABBAT AND JEWISH HOLIDAYS For information about te purcase of cemetery plots, please call Steven Goldsmit, or Denise Gallager, Sisterood of Adat Salom s 2006 Donor Event onoring Gitta Vieder 14

15 JANUARY 2019 TEVET - SHEVAT 5779 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FEBRUARY NEW YEAR S DAY Va era PARENTING WORKSHOP 9:30 AM MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS wit Rabbi Bergman 9:30 AM SHAKE, RATTLE & TWIST 10:30 AM 6 MEN S CLUB HEALTH AWARENESS BREAKFAST 9:30 AM SCHOOL RESUMES MEN S CLUB BAGELS WITH BERGMAN 9:30 AM MC EXEC BOARD MTG 10:45 AM KNITTING CIRCLE 9:30 AM B NAI MITZVAH CONNECTIONS: Tinking Jewisly wit Rabbi Bergman 10:45 AM TVC PROJECT 12:30 PM BABY BASKET ASSEMBLY 7 20 MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS wit Rabbi Bergman 9:30 AM CONGREGATION-WIDE VOLUNTEER DAY 11:00 AM-1:00 PM MEN S CLUB FOOTBALL WATCHING PARTY 3:30 PM FAMILY CAMP 1/25/19-1/27/19 YAD EZRA DELIVERIES 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 21 SERVICE SCHEDULE MORNING SERVICES Sabbat & Festivals 9:00 a.m. Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. Sun. & Nat l Holidays 8:30 a.m. WEEKDAY EVENING SERVICES troug Feb. 3, :00 p.m. Sabbat Minca/Maariv times vary. See eac date. Sabbat & oliday services cildcare available 10:00 a.m. ROSH CHODESH SHEVAT SCHOOL RESUMES SHEVAT MUSSAR MONDAYS wit Rabbi Bergman 7:00 PM TU B SHVAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY TEVET :03 PM 5 SEUDAH SHELISHIT Besalac NO MONDAY NIGHT SCHOOL MORNING MINYAN 8:30 AM SYNAGOGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MTG. 6:00 PM Coffee Connections Business Networking 9:00 AM SYNAGOGUE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING 7:00 PM SCHOOL RESUMES Adat Salom Synagogue :56 PM 27 MINCHAH-MAARIV 5:00 PM Bo :11 PM 12 MINCHAH-MAARIV 5:15 PM Yitro SHABBAT-APPELLA 5:00 PM FAMILY CAMP 1/25/19-1/27/19 wit Rabbi Bergman at Tamarack Camps 5:20 PM 19 wit Rut Bergman 9:45 AM SOULFUL YOGA Rabbi Sere 10:00 AM wit Rabbi Bergman 9:45 AM SHABBAT MINI MINYAN wit Hazz n Dan 10 AM MINCHAH-MAARIV 5:00 PM SHABBAT SHIRAH wit Andy Pass 9:45 AM SOULFUL YOGA Rabbi Sere 10:00 AM HAVDALAH FOR YOUNG FAMILIES 5 wit Rabbi Jason Miller 9:45 AM MINCHAH-MAARIV 5:30 PM Sabbat-Appella FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 5 PM 20 REV121218

16 FEBRUARY 2019 SHEVAT - ADAR I ADAR I :47 PM 10 MINCHAH-MAARIV 6:00 PM Ki Tisa Adat Salom Synagogue SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MARCH Mispatim 1 2 MEN S CLUB WORLD WIDE WRAP 8 AM MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS wit Rabbi Bergman 9:30 AM 6TH GRADE FAMILY PROGRAM 10:30 AM KNITTING CIRCLE 9:30 AM 4TH GRADE FAMILY PROGRAM 10:30 AM B NAI MITZVAH CONNECTIONS: Jewis Roots 10:45 AM WITH MELISSA SER KIDS AFTERNOON OF FUN 12-2:00 PM FRIENDS MOVIE GROUP MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS wit Rabbi Bergman 9:30 AM MEN S CLUB BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING 9:30 AM NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLASSES 12 B NAI MITZVAH BEGINNINGS wit Hazzan Gross 10:45 AM Experience te potential Ros Codes offers you in caring for yourself. SISTERHOOD ROSH CHODESH STUDY GROUP WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 EVENING MINYAN CHANGES TO 6:00 PM MUSSAR MONDAYS wit Rabbi Bergman 7:00 PM 13 ROSH CHODESH ADAR I SYNAGOGUE EXEC. COMMITTEE MTG. 6:00 PM MEN S CLUB INTER- CONGREGATIONAL DINNER 6:00 PM at Temple Israel PURIM KATAN COFFEE CONNECTIONS BUSINESS NETWORKING 9:00 AM ROSH CHODESH ADAR I ADULT B NAI MITZVAH CORE CLASS BEGINS 2/6/19-5/27/20 9:30 AM SISTERHOOD ROSH CHODESH STUDY GROUP wit Rabbi Sere 10:00-11:00 AM NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLASSES SERVICE SCHEDULE MORNING SERVICES Sabbat & Festivals 9:00 a.m. Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. Sun. & Nat l Holidays 8:30 a.m. WEEKDAY EVENING SERVICES troug Feb. 3, :00 p.m. Feb. 4 - Nov. 1, :00 p.m. Sabbat Minca/Maariv times vary. See eac date. Sabbat & oliday services cildcare available 10:00 a.m. SISTERHOOD BOOK CLUB 7:15 in a private ome MEN S CLUB GUYS NIGHT OUT SHAKE, RATTLE & TWIST 11:15 AM SHABBAT-APPELLA 5:00 PM SHEVAT 5:29 PM 5:38 PM SHABBAT-APPELLA 6:00 PM 5:56 PM Bar Mitzva of Maxim Gross MINCHAH-MAARIV 5:30 PM Teruma Minca Bat Mitzva of Ella Lewis MINCHAH-MAARIV 5:45 PM Tetzave MINCHAH-MAARIV 6:00 PM 27 wit Rut Bergman 9:45 AM SOULFUL YOGA wit Rabbi Sere 10:00 AM SHABBAT MINI MINYAN wit Hazz n Dan 10:00 AM wit Rabbi Bergman 9:45 AM wit Rabbi Joey Krakoff 9:45 AM SOULFUL YOGA wit Rabbi Sere 10:00 AM MISSEBABA :30 PM MISSEBABA SCHOOL RESUMES Adat Salom s Gala, February 23 Support our annual fundraising event REV121418

17 MARCH 2019 ADAR I - ADAR II 5779 MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTERNOON OF FUN 12:00 PM :22 PM 8 MINCHAH-MAARIV 7:30 PM EREV PURIM SHUSHAN PURIM 22 Tzav Adat Salom Synagogue SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY APRIL SERVICE SCHEDULE 1 Vayakel 2 Here comes te MORNING SERVICES SHABBAT SHEKALIM Sabbat & Festivals 9:00 a.m. merriment... Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. Sun. & Nat l Holidays 8:30 a.m. 9:45 AM Purim begins WEEKDAY EVENING SERVICES HAVDALAH & CARDS NIGHT troug Nov. 1, :00 p.m. wit Men s Club 7:00 PM Wednesday evening, Sabbat Minca/Maariv times vary. See eac date. Marc 20. MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS wit Rabbi Bergman 9:30 AM TECH CONNECT 12:30-2:00 PM DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS Spring Forward KNITTING CIRCLE 9:30 AM MBC JEWISH VOICE COMPETITION 2:00-5:00 PM at te Berman MEN S CLUB DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE 5:00 PM SPRING BLOOD DRIVE MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS wit Rabbi Bergman 9:30 AM MEN S CLUB EXEC BRD MTG 9:30 AM B NAI MITZVAH CONNECTIONS: UNIFORM OF PRAYER wit Hazzan Gross 10:45 AM RELIGIOUS SCHOOL SPRING BREAK 3/31/19-4/6/19 LIMMUD MICHIGAN at te JCC AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE 2019 (3/24/19-3/26/19) 24 LUNCHTIME LEARNING wit Hazzan Gross 11:45 AM SYNAGOGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MTG. 6:00 PM LUNCHTIME LEARNING wit Hazzan Gross 11:45 AM HANGIN WITH THE HAZZ N Men s Club Event 7:00 PM SYNAGOGUE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MTG. 7:00 PM Sabbat & oliday services cildcare available 10:00 a.m. COMMUNITY-WIDE CARNIVAL AND MEGILLAH READING AT ADAT SHALOM 5:30 PM Megilla Mania 6:00 PM Carnival 8:00 PM Minca/Maariv/ Megilla 13 ROSH CHODESH ADAR II PURIM MORNING MINYAN & MEGILLAH READING AT B NAI ISRAEL TBD No morning minyan at Adat Salom 7 6:13 PM 30 ADAR II :05 PM ADAR I ROSH CHODESH ADAR II 7:30 PM 24 8 SHABBAT WITH TAMARACK CAMPS 1 15 SYNERGY WITH RABBI TELUSHKIN MARCH SHABBAT ROCKS (Tentative) 6:00 PM 7:38 PM MINCHAH-MAARIV 6:00 PM SEUDAH SHELISHIT Bat Mitzva of Doris Gold 9:45 AM WOMEN S SPIRITUALITY RETREAT wit Rabbi Sere troug Sunday 15 Pekudei MINCHAH-MAARIV 6:15 PM Vayikra SHABBAT ZACHOR 9:45 AM SOULFUL YOGA wit Rabbi Sere 10:00 AM SHABBAT MINI MINYAN wit Hazz n Dan 10:00 AM MINCHAH-MAARIV 7:30PM Semini SHABBAT PARAH Bat Mitzva of Isabelle Geller 9:45 AM SOULFUL YOGA wit Rabbi Sere 10:00 AM MINCHAH-MAARIV 7:45 PM REV

18 Sunday, January 20 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT FARMINGTON, MICHIGAN A day for us to give back to our community Hands-on projects for all ages Lunc available $5/person Adat Salom s Congregation-wide Volunteer Day is organized by te Adat Salom-Bet Acim Learning Community, Men s Club, Social Action Committee, Tikkun Adat, and Sisterood. For questions and lunc reservations contact: Jodi Gross, or jgross@adatsalom.org Register online at: CANDLE LIGHTING Friday: Jan. 4 4:56 p.m. 11 5:03 p.m. 18 5:11 p.m 25 5:20 p.m. Feb. 1 5:29 p.m. 8 5:38 p.m. 15 5:47 p.m. 22 5:56 p.m. SHABBAT ENDS Saturday: Jan. 5 5:56 p.m. 12 6:03 p.m 19 6:11 p.m. 26 6:20 p.m. Feb. 2 6:29 p.m 9 6:38 p.m. 16 6:47 p.m. 23 6:56 p.m. ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Middlebelt Road Farmington Hills, Micigan OFFICE (Tel) (Fax) info@adatsalom.org Aaron Bergman, Rabbi * Racel Sere, Rabbi * Daniel Gross, Hazzan Herbert Yoskowitz, Rabbi Emeritus Alan Yost, Executive Director ** Melissa Ser, Director of Education * Jodi Gross, Dir. Adult Learning & Yout Engage Susan Steinberg, Communications Director * Lisa Betman, Communications Associate Director Micael Wolf, Director of Spirituality & Outreac * Debi Banooni, Jewis Family Educator Samanta Sapiro, Education & Yout Engage Carma Gargaro, Controller Sanford Vieder, President Judit Rudy, Sisterood Joey Lebovic, Men s Club President * Robert Dunsky, Memorial Park Cairman Quality Koser Catering, Lisa Sittaro * Mobile Pone Number ** Home Pone Number Rabbi Jacob E. Segal z l, Founding Rabbi Rabbi Efry Spectre z l Cantor Nicolas Fenakel z l Cantor Larry Vieder z l We are onored to welcome Rabbi Josep Teluskin as our Scolar-in-Residence Join us for a Sabbat full of tougt-provoking presentations and conversations. Marc Save te date! VISIT OUR WEBSITE EASY TO NAVIGATE - INFO GALORE Like Adat Salom? Find us on Facebook and Instagram! Facebook: Instagram: AdatSalomSynagogue Adat Salom accepts credit card payments for Tributes, Synagogue Dues, Scool Tuition and Memorial Park Payments.