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Volume 47, No. 11 — June/July 2013 — Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5773

Tigers Take On Phillies…see page 7 Annual Picnic Preview… see page 8

Time to Declutter Clean out your Closets, Basement & Garage

Turn to page 6 to find out what you can do with all that stuff.

Mark July 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, & 14 on your calendar.

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HOW YOU CAN REACH US

Telephone: (248) 788-0600

Fax: (248) 788-0604

School office: (248) 788-3600

email: [email protected]

on the web: www.bnaimoshe.org

Clergy

Rabbi Elliot Pachter ... [email protected]

Cantor Earl G. Berris .... [email protected]

Executive Director

Charles Berris ............. [email protected]

Director of Education

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President ......................................... Dan Sperling

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Vice Presidents ................................... Steve Fine

Steve Mondrow

Jon Isenberg

Treasurer ........................................... Joel Shayne

Secretary…………………..…..Cathleen Zepelin

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by Dan Sperling

Saying Goodbye Means Looking Back, While Looking Forward To The Future

It’s hard to believe, but this will be my last Bulletin

article as my two-year term as your President has come to an end. There are so many things to cover in an article like this: A look back… a look forward… proud moments… regrets. I am going to start out, however, with probably the most important thing I have to say… and that is THANK YOU!

During the past two years, a number of people have thanked ME for stepping up and doing what I do. In reality, though, it is I that should thank YOU for entrusting me with the leadership of our B’nai Moshe home. Most members don’t think about the day-to-day operations of our Shul… and they shouldn’t. By putting your trust in me and the rest of the leadership team, I hope that I’ve given you one less thing to worry about. Thank you for that trust! Now a look back: Needless to say… what a two years it’s been! Of course, when I agreed to take on the role of President back in 2011, little did I realize that this period in time would be coincident with such personal, life-changing events as it was. In looking back, I think my illness demonstrated how strong and supportive our B’nai Moshe family can be. The outpouring of love, caring, and help that my family and I received was awe-inspiring!... not to mention the volume of tributes that the Shul received in my honor. So once again… thank you! Also looking back, I’d say we accomplished a number of great things in the last couple of years. We just recently held the Second Annual President’s Brunch where we had more than 55 people attend and we raised over $42,000 (slightly more than last year). Thank you to everyone who attended or donated to this great event! I’m very proud of the Brunch and it is my hope that this remains an annual event with greater and greater attendance each year. During this past year, we’ve also greatly stepped up our programming. It seems like something’s going on for some group within our Shul every couple of weeks. I’ve heard nothing but great things about every program and I personally attempt to attend as many as I can. Thank you to everyone who has attended these programs and, most importantly, thank you to the volunteers who have stepped up to plan them! Finally, a look forward: I can say confidently that B’nai Moshe can thrive for another 100 years! I’m also pretty confident, however, that we will not be the same B’nai Moshe that we are today. We need to continue to be flexible and adaptable. We need to continue our journey toward a culture of “yes we can” and “yes we will” in order to meet the needs of our changing Jewish community. I’m not suggesting that we throw out tradition or observance. I’m merely pointing out that we need to keep our finger on our pulse and the pulse of the Detroit Jewish community and learn to fill the Jewish Community needs that I know will be there. Well, I covered three of the four topics I teed up in my first paragraph, but what about regrets? I guess my only regret is that as I leave the Presidency, there are still things to worry about. The annual budget is still a challenge… our membership is still aging… young families are still not joining fast enough. I do realize that all these things are not fixable within two years (and may not be fixable at all). I do believe that I’m leaving the Shul slightly better off than when I found it — and most importantly — I do know that I am leaving the Presidency in the very capable hands of Joel Shayne. Please give him the same trust and respect that you’ve afforded me during these past two years. Once again… THANK YOU! See you in Shul!

Thoughts From Our President

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by Rabbi Elliot Pachter

Graduation Wisdom

Although I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan 32 years ago, I attended my first UM Commencement Ceremony just recently on the occasion of my son, Gabriel, earning his B.A. I had the honor of hearing two excellent speeches, the wisdom of which I will share with you.

Richard Costolo, a UM alumnus and the CEO of Twitter, spoke at the morning’s main Commencement. He opened with a memory of Michigan’s football team, from his first year of college. The team was ranked #1 in the country in the pre-season, but lost its very first game. Mr. Costolo's message to the graduates is that though they excitedly anticipate the great things that lie in their future, they must also be prepared for occasional disappointments, which will only serve to make them stronger. He then proceeded to share two lessons he learned from his early career as a fledgling member of Chicago's Second City Improvisational Comedy Troupe: Lesson #1 - Take risks. With a bare stage and no prepared script, the variety of situations for an improvisational skit is limited only by the actors' imagination and courage. Graduates, like improv actors, must be willing to try out new ideas on a regular basis. Lesson #2 - You never know what's coming. That's the wonder of improv. Once the scene begins, no one can predict in which direction it might turn. So don't waste too much time planning a funny line, rather practice your skills of thinking quick on your feet. Later that same day, we attended the more intimate Commencement Ceremony of UM's Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, where Gabriel has been a student these past two years. This time the speaker was former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, who devoted most of his speech to describing his personal memories of President Ford. More than just reciting a biography, the speaker emphasized that President Ford will be remembered for "doing the right thing, even if it's not the popular thing." President Ford will always be associated with his controversial decision to grant a full pardon to President Nixon, enabling Nixon to avoid any legal punishment for his role in the Watergate cover-up. This decision, though angering many Americans who wished to see Richard Nixon pay for his transgressions, was President Ford's ultimately successful attempt to help a grieving nation heal. Even if I didn’t hear two great speeches, I still would have benefited from being there. The achievement of graduation, or witnessing someone you love reach this milestone, is not unlike the ceremony of Bar/Bat Mitzvah. For the child, it is a chance to feel proud for one’s accomplishment. For the parent, or other observer, it is a reminder that our children are in a constant state of becoming wiser, more mature and confident, and more skilled at living independently. For all of these blessings, we must be grateful.

A Word From Our Rabbi

by Cantor Earl G. Berris

A Jewish Look At The Civil War This year, during the week of July 4th, our 10th Annual B’nai Moshe “Bus” Trip, led by Ilana and me, is called the Freedom Tour. We will explore the American Revolution and Civil War period. Below is taken from official Army documents. Abraham Lincoln not only freed Black slaves during the Civil War, but was also known to be a supporter of American Jewry. U. S. Grant, not so much.

GENERAL ORDERS No. 11 HDQRS. 13TH A. C., DEPT. OF THE TENN. Holly Springs, December 17, 1862 The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are hereby expelled from the department (area of control) within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order. Post commanders will see that all of this class of people be furnished passes and required to leave, and any one returning after such notification will be arrested and held in confinement until an opportunity occurs of sending them out as prisoners, unless furnished with permit from headquarters. No passes will be given these people to visit headquarters for the purpose of making personal application for trade permits. By Order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant

PADUCAH, KY December 29, 1862 Hon. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States General Orders, No. 11, issued by General Grant at Oxford, Miss., December the 17th, commands all post commanders to expel all Jews, without distinction, within twenty-four hours, from his entire department. The undersigned, good and loyal citizens of the United States and residents of this town for many years, engaged in legitimate business as merchants, feel greatly insulted and outraged by this inhuman order, the carrying out of which would be the grossest violation of the Constitution and our rights as good citizens under it, and would place us, besides a large number of other Jewish families of this town, as outlaws before the whole world. We respectfully ask your immediate attention to this enormous outrage on all law and humanity, and pray for your effectual and immediate interposition. We would respectfully refer you to the post commander and post adjutant as to our loyalty, and to all respectable citizens of this community as to our standing citizens and merchants. We respectfully ask for immediate instructions to be sent to the commander of this post.

D. WOLFF & BROS. , C. F. KASKELL and J. W. KASWELL

WAR DEPARTMENT Washington, January 4, 1863 Major-General GRANT Holly Springs, Miss. A paper purporting to be General Orders, No. 11, issued by you December 17, has been presented here. By its terms it expels all Jews from your department. If such an order has been issued, it will be immediately revoked. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief

[CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. 13TH ARMY CORPS, DEPT. OF THE TENN. Holly Springs, Miss., January 7, 1863. By direction of General-in-Chief of the Army, at Washington, the general order from these headquarters expelling Jews from the department is hereby revoked.

By Order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant

A Word From Our Cantor

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L.I.F.E./ Youth/Synagogue News

More than 50 people showed their support for B’nai

Moshe by attending the Second Annual President’s

Brunch on April 28. In addition to an array of

delicious food, the

event featured the

jazzy style of the

Cliff Monear Trio

and vocal musical

selections from Kol

HaKavod.

Photos by Lemus

Photography

President’s Brunch

For more photos of the Brunch, visit

our B’nai Moshe Facebook page.

L.I.F.E. Students Celebrate Chagigat HaSiddur

Second– and third-grade

students in the L.I.F.E. Pro-

gram celebrated their aca-

demic and religious school

accomplishments with a

Chagigat HaSiddur Celebra-

tion during May 11 Shabbat

services.

Showing off their beauti-

fully self-decorated Siddur

covers are students Jacklyn

Cohen, Hannah Isser, Rachel

Berris, Noa Ostroff, Hannah

Meltzer,Jacob Hodges,

Keanan Mealoy,Robbie

Whelan and Alex Gadd.

Photo by Gordie Berris

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Library News

Summertime Reading Suggestions from the B’nai Moshe Library In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a

dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York. Chava is a golem, a creature

made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies

at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York

harbor in 1899. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an

old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free. Ahmad and Chava

become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively

readable, Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and

Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and

unforgettable tale.

In the wake of World War II, a young, enigmatic woman named Lily arrives in Montreal on her own,

expecting to be married to a man she’s never met. But, upon seeing her at the train station, Sol

Kramer turns her down. Out of pity, his brother Nathan decides to marry her instead, and pity

turns into a deep — and doomed — love. It is immediately clear that Lily is not who she claims to

be. Her attempt to live out her life as Lily Azerov shatters when she disappears, leaving a new

husband and a baby daughter with only a diary, a large uncut diamond – and a need to find the

truth. Who is Lily and what happened to the young woman whose identity she stole? Why has she

left and where did she go? It's up to the daughter Lily abandoned to discover the answers, as she

searches for the mother she may never find or truly know.

It has been more than 60 years since Elaine Greenstein’s twin sister, Barbara, ran away, cutting off

contact with her family forever. Elaine has made peace with that loss. But while sifting through old

papers as she prepares to move to Rancho Mañana — or the “Ranch of No Tomorrow” as she refers

to the retirement community — she is stunned to find a possible hint to Barbara’s whereabouts all

these years later. It pushes her to confront the fierce love and bitter rivalry of their youth during

the 1920s and ’30s, in the Los Angeles Jewish neighborhood of Boyle Heights. In an unforgettable

voice layered with humor and insight, Elaine delves into the past. She recalls growing up with her

spirited family: her luftmensch of a grandfather, a former tinsmith with tales from the Old

Country; her papa, who preaches the American Dream even as it eludes him; her mercurial mother,

whose secret grief colors her moods — and, of course, audacious Barbara and their younger sisters, Audrey and

Harriet. As Elaine looks back on the momentous events of history and on the personal dramas of the Greenstein clan,

she must finally face the truth of her own childhood, and that of the twin sister she once knew.

Newly engaged and unthinkingly self-satisfied, twenty-eight-year-old Adam Newman is the prize

catch of Temple Fortune, a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London. He has been dating Rachel

Gilbert since they were both 16 and now, to the relief and happiness of the entire Gilbert family,

they are finally to marry. To Adam, Rachel embodies the highest values of Temple Fortune; she is

innocent, conventional, and entirely secure in her community — a place in which everyone still knows

the whereabouts of their nursery school classmates. Marrying Rachel will cement Adam's role in a

warm, inclusive family he loves. But as the vast machinery of the wedding gathers momentum, Adam

feels the first faint touches of claustrophobia, and when Rachel's younger cousin Ellie Schneider

moves home from New York, she unsettles Adam more than he'd care to admit. Ellie -- beautiful, vulnerable, and

fiercely independent -- offers a liberation that he hadn't known existed: a freedom from the loving interference

and frustrating parochialism of North West London. Adam finds himself questioning everything, suddenly torn

between security and exhilaration, tradition and independence. What might he be missing by staying close to home?

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Sisterhood/Synagogue News

Please Donate your

Housewares, Baby goods, Toys, Electronics (in good condition), Tools Small furniture (e.g. coffee tables, chairs), Dorm sized refrigerators & miscellany

Gently worn clothes for the entire family (no stained or torn items please) (Sorry, no Computers will be accepted)

Men, Women & Teens - Your help is needed.

Proceeds from the Rummage Sale help Sisterhood provide Kiddush, create programs and support shul

improvement projects. We need everyone’s help. Set-up hours have been extended to accommodate

working schedules. We will gladly give verification of community service hours for teen volunteers.

Drop off dates & times

Sunday, July 7 & 14 ~ 9 a.m. - Noon

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, July 8, 9, 10 & 11 ~ 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

( Items cannot be accepted after Noon on Sunday, July 14)

Set-up Dates

The weeks of July 7 & 14 – Sunday, weekday and evening slots will be available

Sale Dates and Times Sunday, July 21 ~ 10a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday, July 22 ~ 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 23 ~ 10a.m. – 4 p.m.

Please contact Ruth Shayne at 248-489-0783 or [email protected] and let her know when you are available to help.

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Men’s Club/Synagogue

Detroit Tigers vs.

Philadelphia Phillies

Sunday, July 28, @ 1:08 p.m. Section 331 Upper Box Infield Rows 15, 16 and 17

Ticket price: $30

Spouses, children, grandchildren, & friends are welcome! Free Rides on the Carousel & Ferris Wheel, sponsored by Kroger

Kids Run the Bases by AquafinaKids This is Kids Day – Kids can take the field & run the bases!

Attendees will be expected to observe B’nai Moshe’s Kashrut laws. RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED and PAID BY JUNE 23

No credit cards please (Limited number of seats – first come, first served)

For info, call: Jonathan Tobes, 248.254.2500 _____________________________________________________________________

Make check payable to B’nai Moshe Men’s Club and send to: B’nai Moshe Men’s Club, Congregation B’nai Moshe, 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield MI 48322

2013 Tiger Ball Game

Name: _______________________________________ Phone: ___________________ ____ tickets @ $ 30 = $ _________

Indicate here if you wish to car-pool to Comerica Park: _____________

SAVE THE DATE

The Men’s Club Annual Election/General Board Meeting

Sunday, June 16 at 10 a.m. following morning services at 9 a.m.

A complimentary brunch will be served and

will be followed by a presentation.

Slate of officers President …………. Jerry Katzman Vice President …….David Dulberg Vice President ... David Freedman Treasurer …..…..Mbodja Mougoue Secretary…………... Sid Kraizman

Board Members

Barry V Levine Daniel Vergun Ed Golenberg Jorge Lemus Larry Gunsberg Don Cohen Alan Reinstein

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Synagogue/Sisterhood

Welcome To Our Open Kitchen Plan your next Simcha in our beautiful Bodzin Social Hall or Cantor Klein Chapel.

You may select your own Kosher caterer from among those found on the

Vaad Detroit website: cordetroit.com/kashrus/retail-establishments.

You also may check out Quality Kosher Catering at qualitykosher.com.

Our synagogue is available during the day or evenings for your events. So please contact the office to make your reservations, 248.788.0600.

For more information, please contact Steve Sperling, 248.360.9658.

In Appreciation of the following donations: Sisterhood Kiddush Fund Contributions

In Honor of our 63rd Wedding Anniversary by Sally and Morton Horowitz To Jorge and Amy Lemus in appreciation of the pictures they took of us at the Grandparents and Grandchildren Dinner by David, Phyllis and Evelyn Scherman Get Well to Sheldon Rabb by Audrey and Mel Goldberg General Donations by Elaine and Max Fertel, Marion Nueman, Miriam and Harry Weberman

Frances Zoldan Sisterhood Memorial Fund In memory of Jacob Zoldan, Yekutiel Yehudah Zoldan and Rifka Zoldan by Aron Zoldan

Gold Leaves May 12, 2013 In Honor of

Our Special Birthdays ROBERTA AND DAVID

FREEDMAN 2013

GAIL GALES

ohragu vtn sg Happy Mothers Day! We love you so much!

Your girls, Karen, Jesse, Lizzie and Layla

Recent Torah Fund Donations We want to thank the following for their recent Torah Fund donations: In honor of Heather and Steven Sperling’s grandson’s Bar Mitzvah by Sue Himelhoch; Sharon Silverman In memory of Carol Schulman by Sharon Silverman General Donation by Maggie Thirman. Contributions will continue to be accepted throughout June and July. Information regarding the new Torah Fund Benefactor’s pin will be featured in the August Bulletin. Remember to call Sharon Silverman, 248.666.8170 or e-mail her at [email protected] for any contributions that you would like to make, or information you might need.

B’nai Moshe Annual Picnic Set For August 18 Congregation B’nai Moshe will hold its annual picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday,

August 18 on the synagogue grounds. The picnic features a tasty

combination of hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie dogs, and turkey burg-

ers as well as side dishes and refreshments. There will be entertainment for kids of

all ages, including crafts, relay races, face-painting, and a petting zoo. All congregants and their family and friends are invited.

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Synagogue News

Condolences We extend our condolences to our member, Fred (Karen) Gluckson on the passing of his brother, Paul. H.

Gluckson. We also extend our condolences to Paul Gluckson’s children, Jeffrey Gluckson and Lynda (Bob Munizza) Gluckson; his stepchildren, Tracie, Cathy and Lenny; and his nephew.

We extend our condolences to our member Daniel (Doron) Vergun, on the passing of his grandfather, Howard Hublein.

With sadness we announce the passing of our long-time member, Ida Schwartz, wife of the late David Schwartz. We extend our condolences to her daughter, Rena Tepman; her grandchildren, Larry (Suzan) Tepman and Doreen (Jason) Dickman; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Pauline and Harry Schwartz, Evelyn and Hy Levenson and Helen Grubner; her great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

We extend our condolences to our member, Naomi (Morris) Breuer, on the passing of her sister, Marcia

Weinbaum. We also extend our condolences to Mrs. Weinbaum’s children, Kenneth (Anita) Weinbaum, Sheryl Weinbaum, Linda Kahan, and Elisa (Rick) Geisz; and her grandchildren.

In pairing up with Life Line Screening’s “Helping Hands Program” – Congregation B’nai Moshe will do its part to help prevent strokes. On Tuesday, June 18, B’nai Moshe will host a Life Line Screening event featuring ultrasound screenings that scan for Stroke, Vascular Disease and Osteoporosis. These tests include: · Stroke/Carotid Artery Screening ($60) · Heart Rhythm Screening ( Atrial Fibrillation -irregular heart rhythm) ($60) · Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening ($60) · Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening ($60) · Osteoporosis Risk Assessment ($35)

To get the most out of your screening, you can opt for one of two complete packages. Package 1: Stroke, Vascular Dis-ease & Heart Rhythm Package – four tests for $149. Package 2: Allows you to add Osteoporosis Screening for only $10 more – five tests for $159. Register through the designated Helping Hands phone number or fax at and not only will you get a $10 discount on your screening package, Life Line Screening donate $10 to B’nai Moshe. To ensure you receive the $10 discount on your package plus the matching $10 donation to Congregation B’nai Moshe, you MUST pre-register through one of the exclusive Helping Hands sign up methods: via phone at 1.800.324.9458, online at www.helpinghandsforhealth.com or fax at 1.866.628.4857. Or fax the completed form below to Helping Hands. For more info, visit the B’nai Moshe Facebook page or our website.

First & Last name__________________________ Address_________________________________________ Phone_________________________ E-mail Address____________________ Date of Birth________________

Package 1 ____ Package 2 ____ B’nai Moshe 48322 June 18, 2013

Mazal Tov To: Maurice Betman on his 80th Birthday.

Keri Guten Cohen on winning first prize for best feature

story, “iPad Junkie,” awarded by the Detroit Chapter of the

Society of Professional Journalists, which appeared in the

JN’s Red Thread magazine on March 29, 2012.

Ellyn Fox and Harvey Forman on their Aufruf and recent

marriage.

Kerry Greenhut on the 50th Anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah.

Astrid and Elly Meisler on the Bat Mitzvah of their

granddaughter, Ilana Meisler.

Naomi Weckstein and Rabbi Elliot Pachter on the graduation

of their son, Gabriel, from the University of Michigan.

Seymour Ungar on the Bat Mitzvah of his granddaughter,

Liat Ungar.

Welcome New Members

Pam and Michael Friedman

Life Line Screening’s ‘Helping Hands’ Program Pairs With B’nai Moshe To Help Save Lives