PARASHAT VA-ERA

M’VAR’KHIM HAHODESH
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January 5, 2019 • 28 Tevet, 5779

CLERGY
Rabbi Aaron L. Starr
Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Hazzan David Propis, D.M.
Assistant Cantor Leonard S. Gutman
Cantor Emeritus Chaim Najman, D.M.
 SERVICES
TORAH AND HAFTARAH READINGS
Torah Reading: Haftarah:
Exodus 8:16-9:35, page 362 Ezekiel 28:25-29:21, page 370
Maftir Reading: Haftarah Reader:
Exodus :33-35, page 367 Robin Lash

SERMON Rabbi Aaron Starr

SPONSORS
Congregational Kiddush and lunch are Sponsored by:
Shana Silber, R.J. Haley and their children, in honor of their father and grandfather,
Leo Silber.
Bimah Flowers are Sponsored by:
Marilyn Schakne in honor of her daughter, Robin Beth Lash, as she celebrates 50
years since her Bat Mitzvah.

Sponsorship Information
EVERY SPONSORSHIP HELPS DEFRAY OUR COSTS.
To sponsor Bimah Flowers, Congregational Kiddush and/or Shabbat
Lunch, please contact Beverly Frank at bevmakfrank@yahoo.com or 248.646.8594.
Be a friend of the Shabbat Lunch Fund – With an automatic monthly credit card
deduction of $18/month for 60 months, you help sustain the Shabbat Lunch program,
and are honored with a nameplate on the Shabbat Lunch Plaque! Contact Janice
Stoneman at 248.770.3454 for details.
To sponsor a Morning Minyan Breakfast and/or S’udah Sh’lishit, contact
Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman at lgutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
 SERVICES

Y.E.S.!
Youth Experiences on Shabbat
Ruach Activities Me & My Preschooler Kehillah Kids
• Tikvah Chapel • Room 6 • Tikvah Chapel
• 10:00 AM • 10:45 AM • 10:45 AM
• Children ages 3-7 • Children ages 2-4 • Children ages 4-7
A lively Shabbat Joyful adult and child Music and games.
babysitting experience for class with music, snacks,
children whose parents Shabbat-oriented games
wish to attend services. and small group activities.

Minchah Today: 5:00 PM

S’udah Sh’lishit, Ma’ariv

and Havdalah
Shabbat Ends: 6:01 PM

HELP MAKE A
minyan
Daily Minyan Times, January 6 - January 11, 2019
Morning Evening
Sunday 8:30 AM 5:00 PM
Monday ROSH CHODESH SHEVAT 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Tuesday 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Wednesday 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Thursday 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Friday 7:30 AM 4:45 PM
Shabbat Candle Lighting 5:02 PM
PROGRAMMING
SERVICES AND
LEARNING
Shaarey Zedek Shabbat
Fridays,
January 18 & 25, 2019
5:00 PM
Join us for uplifting Friday Night services
featuring the CSZ clergy.
Three Stars Havdalah
Saturday, January 5, 2019
8:00 PM
Rimonim CSZ Young adults host a monthly
Havdalah celebration with food, drinks,
music and prayer. Held at rotating
locations, watch online for details.
Shabbat Shirah
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Shacharit begins at 9:00 AM
A musical service for the Sabbath of
Song. Hazzan David Propis will deliver
the sermon on aspects of Jewish music,
and will be accompanied throughout the
service by the CSZ Choir.
Plowshares and Pruning Hooks:
A Tu B’Shevat Seder
Monday, January 21, 2019
6:30-8:30 PM
Join Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen for an evening
of text study, meditation, ritual, food
and friendship. Cost: $5.00 per person.
RSVP to www.shaareyzedek.org or
248.357.5544.
Shabbat Lunch and Learn
Saturday, January 26, 2019
12:45 PM
An informative session with Yoaz Hendel,
Israeli military historian, chairman of the
Institute for Zionist Strategies and former
Director of Communications and Public
Diplomacy for Prime Minister Natanyahu.
YOUTH, FAMILY & TEEN
Thrilling Thursdays
January 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2019
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Our drop-in playgroup for children ages 0-5
and their favorite adults. Lindsay Mall and
our clergy welcome you for play, games,
stories, songs, kosher snacks and more!
Donations are gratefully accepted to
continue the fun!
For information, call 248.357.5544.
CSZ Religious School
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
9:30 AM
Special Welcome Back program as we
resume from our year-end break.
Sunday, January 20, 2019, 2018
9:30 AM
Growing Strong on Tu B’Shevat
A brunch and learning session where
families will create a family tree, plant
seedlings to be brought home and nurtured,
learn about blessings for different natural
foods, and meet with Jewish professionals
who are dedicated to preserving the
environment, food justice and sustainability.
Halutzim and Kadima
Sunday, January 13, 2019
12:15-2:15 PM
Halutzim (students in grades 4-5) and
Kadima (students in grades 6-7) will enjoy
pizza lunch and learn about Jews Who
Rock, Jewish leaders in entertainment, sports
and music, followed by crafts and games.
RSVP by January 8, 2019 to Ari Reis at
areis@shareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
Thrilling Thursdays

BERMAN CENTER FOR
JEWISH EDUCATION
BERMAN NIGHT OF LEARNING
Berman Night of Learning will not meet
Thursday, January 10, 2019.
Tu B’Shevat: Torah, Trees and Tenacity
with Rabbi Ariana Silverman
Thursday, January 17, 2019
7:00 PM
What We Carry: Jewish Artist
Collective, Chicago
with Wendy Evans
Thursday, January 24, 2019
7:00 PM
Come early for sips, sweets and schmoozing
before the learning begins! For more
information, call 248.357.5544.
Read Hebrew America
Ten sessions beginning
Sunday, January 20, 2019
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Learn how to follow synagogue services,
get more involved in your children’s Jewish
education, or simply enhance your own ties
to Judaism! Join our FREE Hebrew Level I
(beginner) class at CSZ with instructor Ilana
Ben-Ze’ev. Class size is limited! Register at
www.shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
Mock Shabbat
with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Four once-monthly sessions begin
Thursday, January 24, 2019
8:00 PM
Rimonim CSZ Young Adults hosts a Shabbat
dinner “boot camp” for ages 21 - 40. Learn
the rituals, language and texts of the Shabbat
meal, on a night when you can ask questions
and take notes. Cost: $10 per member
per session, $15 per non-member per
session. Space is limited. Register at www.
shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
PROGRAMMING
ADULT EVENTS
Game Day
Thursday, January 10, 2019
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Bring your games and your players to CSZ
and Sisterhood’s day of lunch and play. Cost:
$6.00 per person if RSVPs are received by
12:00 Noon on Monday, January 7, 2019, or
$8.00 per person after.
A Soulful, Artsy and Meditative
Morning with Sisterhood
Sunday, January 13, 2019
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Jacqueline Drake Gallery, Franklin
Come experience Jacqueline’s healing and
artistic gifts at a private workshop in her
gallery, which is a center for art, yoga,
poetry gatherings and much more.
Light breakfast will be served.
Cost: $25 per person. RSVPs requested
by Thursday, January 10, 2018 to www.
shaareyzedek.org, or 248.357.5544.
SHAAREY ZEDEK SENIORS PRESENT
The History of the Jewish Community
in Metro Detroit Through its
Cemeteries
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
1:30 PM
A presentation by Judie Blumeno and Ruthe
Goldstein from the Jewish Historical Society
of Michigan. Join us for coffee, cake, and a
friendly discussion. For information, contact
Janet Pont at jpont@shaareyzedek.org or
248.357.5544.
SHAAREY ZEDEK SENIORS PRESENT
Italian Travelogue
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
1:30 PM
Jeri Fishman will bring southern Italy and
Sicily to life as we enjoy her photography.
Light refreshments will be served. For
information, contact Janet Pont at jpont@
shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
PROGRAMMING

WHAT’S GOING ON?

CSZ is having a HEAT WAVE!
Come one, come all, GET READY and COME AND GET
THESE MEMORIES, ‘cause we’ll be DANCING IN THE
STREETS (of Orley Hall) to the live Motown music of the
popular Detroit All-Stars, ALL NIGHT LONG.
MONEY - $36 per person
includes heavy appetizers by Annabel Cohen,
adult beverages and dancing the night away!
Hosted by the Empty Nesters.
Everyone is welcome, so bring your friends!
RSVP by Friday, January 11, 2019
to www.shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
 IN REMEMBRANCE

May God bring comfort to our families,

together with all the other mourners
of Zion and Jerusalem.
Naomi (Cecile) Beitner Mark Harwood
Shirlee Marshall

WE CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE

SH’LOSHIM PERIOD OF THE
FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF OUR
CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY.

Leonard Barash
Stanley Siegel
Diane Grant
Shirley Levin

The road of righteousness leads to life.

By way of its path there is no death.
Proverbs 12:28
YAHRZEITS

JANUARY 5 - JANUARY 11, 2019

January 5, 2019 • 28 Tevet, 5779
Ivan S. Bloch Harry Gorell Sidney Page
Janet Bloch Howard S. Greenberg Sophie Silverstein
Dora Dorfman Benjamin David Jaffe Nathan Spevakow
Joseph H. Ehrlich Philip N. Lansky Milton Todd
Saul Robert Epstein Harry Lewis Beryl Winkelman
Jack Erman Ben Mandelbaum Alma Derin Yaffe
Richard Fynke Graham Miller
Edward Geller Alvin Nachman

January 6, 2019 • 29 Tevet, 5779

Deanna R. Averbuch Fannie Rose Itzkowitz Edith Ginsburg Silverman
Louis Bleznak Wolfe Keller Milton Silverman
Harry Cohen Tiba Kraft Minnie Silverman
Doris Davidson Rose Krohn Shirley Strum
Bertha Epstein Joseph Leib Gerald K. Teper
Rev Lazarus Hershovitz Samuel Merkovitz Pearl Z. Volkovich
Edward Hollenberg Jacob Reder Pearl Volkovich Zeff
Bernard Indenbaum Morris Shlensky

January 7, 2019 • 1 Shevat, 5779

Ida Bader Edith Kirschner Yetta Plotnik
Sara Berkovic Calvin Klyman Dorothy Podolsky
Al S. Borinstein Henry “Skip” Allan Kovinsky Ethel Rosenberg
Nathan Brodsky S. Daniel Levit Edith Kitty Rudner
Irving Donenfeld Frederick Lichtman Sarah Sitko
Milton “Mickey” Fishman Kate Lipsitz Simeon Snider
Jennie Glen Esther Mattler Jerome S. Stasson
Molly Gorman Mollie Olsman Mark Samuel Weisberg

January 8, 2019 • 2 Shevat, 5779

Abe B. Cohen Mary Jacob Rose Provizer
Sara Copin Wolf Kunianski Henry Shewach
Israel Donenfeld Tillie Lantor David Spielberg
Shirley Dunitz Herbert V. Lee Edith Tucker
Sarah Faber Aaron Lenhoff Mary Wetsman Uhr
Adele Firsten Sam Marks Max Wasserman
Theodore Isaacs Monick Milberger
 YAHRZEITS

28 TEVET, 5779 – 5 SHEVAT, 5779

January 9, 2019 • 3 Shevat, 5779
Mamie Lumberg Allen Marian Knoppow Eleanor Shere
Motel Clayman Sally Kossit Ben S. Sidlow
Philip Cutler Robert Loewenberg Melvyn Joseph Stollman
William M. Ellmann Isaac Merkow Samuel Tron
Milton Fishman Sadie Myers Jennie Anya Victor
Benjamin Forman Seymour Podolsky Melvin Wallace
Yale Ginsburg Bertha Rubin Rena Wax
Harold Herman Sarah Saks
Morris Hurwitz Florence Seyburn

January 10, 2019 • 4 Shevat, 5779

Esther Bielfield Helen Goren Ida A. Miller
Fred Bond Sara Gurvitz Edith Charlupsk Orner
Celia Bornstein Joseph Holtz Stanley Loren Satovsky
Nathaniel Canvasser Herman Kanter Michael David Schram
Ann Dembs Anna Karbal Seymour Shapiro
Nettie Deutch Wolf Keidan Rosalyn “Roz” Stern
Morris H. Fishman Bernard Krakauer Peter Vass
Marie Garnick Ayreh Laib Lewis Ida Wise
Jerry A. Glanz Isaac Mandel
Lisa Goldstone Jennie Maskin

January 11, 2019 • 5 Shevat, 5779

Yetta Applebaum
Irving W. Blumberg
Ida Chaenko
Ann Gertrude Danzig
Perry Feigenson
Harry David Fink
Leona Friedman
Aaron Joseph Glueckman
William Gottlieb Rudolph J. Newman
Jeanette Jay Lynn S. Podolsky
Howard Koss Abraham Primack
William Z. Krasnick Nathan Rubenstein
Max Milgrom Solomon W. Schkloven
Samuel Mittenthal Louis Tatken
Gloria Moses Ann Wasserman
Joseph Newman Raymond T. Zelch
LEADERSHIP

Executive Officers and Board of Trustees

Jeri Fishman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President

Karen A. Katz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President

Susan Kozik Klein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President

Jon Dwoskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large Member of the Executive Board

Jay Inwald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large Member of the Executive Board

Leigh Moss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large Member of the Executive Board

Board of Trustees
Wendy Arnold Jodi Michaelson
Firooz Banooni I. Matthew Miller
Karen Couf Cohen (Sisterhood) David Moses
Nicole Eisenberg Susan Oleinick
Adam Finkel Michael Rowe
Barbra Giles David Salama
David Grey Alice Silbergleit
Barbara Heller Michael Tobin (Men’s Club)
Steven Hurvitz Mitchell Wagner
Betsy Kellman Brooke Weingarden
Harold Kusnetz (Seniors) Ira Zaltz
Morry Levin

Shabbat Gabbaim
Judie Blumeno Sheldon Larky
Rick Cohen Michael Rowe
Bill Glogower Mark Weisberg
Richard Jacobs Neil Zechman
 MISSION & HISTORY

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK Mission

C ongregation Shaarey Zedek is a warm, welcoming, inclusive and egalitarian

Conservative Jewish community. We provide to all generations innovative,
stimulating and diverse spiritual, educational, leadership and social opportunities
that nurture our love and commitment to Jewish life, our Synagogue, our country and
the State of Israel.

Our spiritual direction is led by committed, knowledgeable and caring clergy

available to all.

Together, all participate in celebrating our history, enriching our community and
planning our future.

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK History

In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, seventeen followers of Traditional

Judaism withdrew from the Beth El Society in Detroit to found the “Shaarey
Zedek Society.” In 1877 the membership constructed the first building in Detroit
to be erected specifically as a synagogue at Congress and St. Antoine. Over the
years, Congregation Shaarey Zedek has been located in a number of beautiful and
picturesque buildings. These include Winder between St. Antoine and Beaubien
Streets, Willis Street E and Brush, and Chicago Boulevard and Lawton which is still
standing. At the 100th annual meeting of the Congregation on April 12, 1961,
more than 700 members approved the recommendation from the Board of Directors
that a new synagogue be built on a forty acre site in the city of Southfield.

Since the 19th century, members of our congregation have proudly played leading
roles in Michigan, the nation and throughout the world Jewry. For more than
150 years Congregation Shaarey Zedek has been a house of prayer, a house
of learning and a community gathering place, transmitting Conservative Jewish
teaching, dor l’dor, from generation to generation.
Synagogue Office
27375 Bell Road
Southfield, MI 48034-2079
248.357.5544
Fax 248.357.0227
www.shaareyzedek.org

Clover Hill Park Cemetery

2425 East Fourteen Mile Road
Birmingham, MI 48009-7257
248.723.8884
Fax 248.723.8886
www.cloverhillpark.org