December 29, 2016   29 Kislev 5777
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017
DINNER AND CELEBRATION  HONORING  DR. MITCH PARKER.  
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SHABBAT 
SHALOM!  Happy Chanukah!  chanukah with star
SHABBAT Miketz
Friday, December 30th
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, December 31st
9 a.m., Sanctuary
Dr. Mitch Parker will officiate at Shabbat morning services.
10 a.m. Youth Room is open and staffed.  
Kiddush Lunch is sponsored by Linda and Murray Baruch, Leah and Joe Bernstein, Howard and Sharon Friedman, Marlene and Steve Myers, Amy and Rabbi Mark Robbins, and Stacy and Craig Gittleman.
To help support Kiddush Lunch, please consider becoming part of a Kiddush Lunch Bunch Group or making a one-time donation to the Kiddush Lunch Fund.  Please contact the synagogue office for details.
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CONDOLENCES
To Ellen Kershenbaum, Jay and Marian Kershenbaum on the recent passing of their beloved mother, Gertrude Kershenbaum.


NEW YEAR'S DAY MINYAN
9 a.m. 
Morning Minyan, BI Chapel, together with Beth Ahm
5 p.m. 
Evening Minyan, BI Chapel, together with Beth Ahm 

Monday, January 2nd
8:30 a.m. 
Morning Minyan, BI Chapel
6 p.m.  
Evening Minyan, BI Chapel

BI COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

NEXT KESHER TRAIL WALK, Sunday, January 8, 2:45 p.m.
Meet at Arrowhead Trailhead. We'll walk to the Village Place restaurant, warm up with refreshments and walk back to the trailhead. Please extend your afternoon by attending Sunday evening minyan at 5:00 pm! 
RSVP to  Cheryl Berlin   acberlin_mi@yahoo.com / 248-763-1121, if you plan to attend.

To join the B'nai Israel Synagogue Family Facebook Group, contact  Ilana Glazier
YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Shabbat Kulanu-Shabbat together for all!
shabbat whimsy
Shabbat Morning Tot Shabbat and Youth Activities, 
Shabbat Morning Teen Scene Dates for 2016-2017
1/21/17, 2/11/17, 3/18/17, 4/8/17, 4/18/17, 5/20/17
These dates are for both Tot Shabbat (Ages 2-5) and Youth Ages 10-17.
All activities are in the lower level on Shabbat Morning beginning at 10:45 a.m.

GET READY FOR FAMILY CAMP 2017: MARCH 24-26, 2017
Application deadline is February 17.  Click here for application.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
ADULT EDUCATION
INTRODUCING . . . DATE NIGHT for parents of School-Age Children
date night
Saturday Evenings, 8 p.m. jerusalem
February 4      March 18           
April 29          May 20
Mitch Parker will be leading learning sessions devoted to the History of Jerusalem.  The last session will take place on the weekend before Yom Yerushalayim which this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.   Sessions will be hosted in member homes.  Saturday February 4th session will be hosted by  Leah and Joe Bernstein.   RSVP directly to   lsbhome1@yahoo.com  if you plan to attend.   Host homes are still needed for March, April and May. Please e-mail David Saperstein  if you are interesting in hosting.

Talmud class with Mitch Parker
Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., at the synagogue
We are currently studying Brachot, the first section of the Talmud.  Interested?  Contact Mitch:  mitch@bnaiisraelwb.org

"You too can give a D'var Torah"  
Between October 29th and January 14 we will read the book of Braishit. This first book of Torah scroll the Torah is full of stories of love, conflict and intrigue as families try to grapple with both the mundane and the extraordinary.  Here is your chance to prepare a dvar Torah on the lives of our earliest ancestors and their families.  If you are interested, please let Mitch know.  A little secret: the preparation is often the best part of the process.

Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
31 Gaye Taub
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
  2  Sandy Birnholtz 
  3  Craig Gittleman,  Aviad Kapen 
  4  Leah Lewis,  Aviva Lupovitch
  5  Gayla Bassham,  Hadley Roth,  Sophia Roth 
  6  Lorraine Rimar 
  7  Ellen Kershenbaum 
11 Laurie Kimmel,  Warren Robinson 
12 Joanna Abramson,  Joan Freedman 
13 Joseph Eisman,  Kobi Schmeltz 
18 Ehud Kapen,  Benjamin Schmeltz 
21 Gail Beale,  Susan Feber 
23 David Hundiak 
25 Itzhak Elrom 
29 Becky Bernard,  David Chudnow 
31 Robin Pappas 
Jewish Wedding

DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
30 Mitch & Cheryl Parker
JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES
15 Marvin and Edith Kozlowski
23  Elaine and Mark Segal

If your birthday or anniversary information is not listed, please  email the synagogue  so we can update our records.
May Their Memories Be For a Blessing 
DECEMBER YAHRTZEITS

12/29/2016 (29 Kislev) Helen Rosenthal Levine
12/31/2016 (2 Tevet) Helen Feiner, Ethel Fishman, Diana Nussbaum
JANUARY YAHRTZEITS
1/1/2017 (3 Tevet)  Sophie Chitkin
1/2/2017 (4 Tevet)  Edith Gans, Harrison Myers
1/4/2017 (6 Tevet)  Graham Miller
1/5/2017 (7 Tevet)  Steven Lawrence Beale, Kenny Birnholtz, Mark Lieberman, Julian Nusbaum, Leonard Sonenshein
1/6/2017 (8 Tevet)  William Erlich  David Kaufman
1/7/2017 (9 Tevet)  Lillian Lewis, Annie Wineberg
1/10/2017 (12 Tevet)  Betty Berman Ellias
1/11/2017 (13 Tevet)  Howard Feigelson, Sussel Jakobes
1/12/2017 (14 Tevet)  Benjamin Williams, Elenore Winkelman
1/13/2017 (15 Tevet)  Donald Irwin Kapetansky, Gertrude Lind, Bernard Tucker
1/19/2017 (21 Tevet)  Morris Band, Marvin Finkelstein, Hyman Ribiat Robert, Rose Silverman
1/20/2017 (22 Tevet)  Fay Janet Gollob,  Doris Lada  Jacob Wapner
1/21/2017 (23 Tevet)  Edsel Kershenbaum, Donna Sklar  Muriel Trager
1/23/2017 (25 Tevet)  Mildred Robinson  Lillian Saulson
1/24/2017 (26 Tevet)  David Jacknow, Louis Weiss
1/25/2017 (27 Tevet)  Harriett J. Beale
1/27/2017 (29 Tevet)  Sophie Silverstein
1/28/2017 (1 Shevat)  Joseph Grossman
1/29/2017 (2 Shevat)  Tillie Lantor, Edith Tucker
1/30/2017 (3 Shevat)  Marian Knoppow ,Samuel Tron
1/31/2017 (4 Shevat)  Morris Fishman, Marie Garnick, Lisa Goldstone, Nancy Lynn Precour, Julius Wolfman

To make a donation to commemorate a yahrtzeit, please click here .  If you are a member of the synagogue and a yahrtzeit for your loved one is not on the list, please contact the synagogue office so we can update our records.   Please click here if you wish to permanently memorialize a loved one by purchasing a yahrtzeit plaque.  
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