March 9, 2017   11 Adar 5777
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SHABBAT 
SHALOM!  
Shabbat Zachor
Friday, March 10th
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, March 11th
9 a.m., Sanctuary
Rabbi Mitch Parker will officiate at Shabbat Morning Services.
Talya Berger will become a bat mitzvah during Shabbat Morning Services. Talya is the daughter of Laura and Rabbi Jonathan Berger, and sister of Adina, Benny and Rami.  Talya is the granddaughter of Ellen and Dr. Michael Leffak and Cheryl and Rabbi Kenneth Berger.
10 a.m. Youth Room is open and staffed.  
11 a.m.  Supervised teen room, lower level.
Kiddush  Lunch is sponsored by Laura and Rabbi Jonathan Berger in honor of their daughter, Talya.

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.


COMMUNITY PURIM CELEBRATION  Purim flyer 2016
B'nai Israel Synagogue together with Congregation Beth Ahm,
Congregation B'nai Moshe and Adat Shalom Synagogue

Saturday, March 11th, hosted by Congregation B'nai Moshe
6:15 Minha, Seudah Shleesheet
7:45 p.m. Maariv and Megillah Reading, followed by dessert reception and entertainment by Lazar Lloyd, Israel's King of Blues.
Sunday, March 12th, hosted by Adat Shalom Synagogue
8:30 a.m.  Shachaarit, Traditional Megillah Reading, Breakfast
11 a.m. Megillah Mania with Lazar Lloyd, a megillah reading for all ages
Noon Purim Carnival and Star Trax Dance Party.  Food available for purchase

YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES

HOME HOSPITALITY NEEDED House
for Shabbat Observant family of 5 the weekend of April 1st.  Family will be attending a bar mitzvah at Temple Kol Ami. Please contact Faith Brasch: FBrasch@tkolami.org if you are able to assist.


Youth Room open every Shabbat beginning at 10 a.m.

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


B'NAI ISRAEL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
NEXT KESHER TRAIL WALK, Sunday, March 26, 2:30 p.m.
Let's take a walk together to welcome spring! We'll meet at Arrowhead Trailhead, walk to the Village Place restaurant for 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.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Study with Rabbi Mitch Parker, "A History of God,"
Wednesdays mornings, 9:30-11:00, beginning March 8th, Federation Building
Interested? Contact Federation:    248-205-2557 to register.

ADULT EDUCATION
INTRODUCING . . . DATE NIGHT for parents of School-Age Children
date night
Saturday Evenings, 8 p.m. jerusalem
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 March 18th session will be hosted by  Alissa Citron and Jeffrey Lupovitch.   RSVP directly to alissacitron@yahoo.com or  e-mail David Saperstein  if you are interesting in attending or 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

Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
MARCH BIRTHDAYS  
 9 Rita Goldstone 
12 Loraine Kuhn
13 Frank Ellias 
14 Larry Charlupski,  Lisa Goldenberg 
20 David Pappas,  Ariel Taub 
23 Mindy Shuback 
24 Talya Berger,  Jeremy Rosenberg 
26 Karen Orzach,  Roi Orzach 
30 Ryan Schmeltz 
31 Sharon Knoppow,  Meredith Weingarden 

Jewish Wedding

MARCH ANNIVERSARIES
12 Craig & Stacy Gittleman 
17 David & Susan Feber 
22 Michael & Cathy Graub 
28 Bob & Joyce Breitman
31 Henry & Janice Citron 

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 
MARCH YAHRTZEITS
3/10/2017 (12 Adar) Theodore Jacob Levine, Betty Margolis, Ricki Nederlander, Leah Yudell
3/11/2017 (13 Adar) Gloria Braverman, Arthur Goodman, Sol Reichberg Taub, Leo Weber
3/12/2017 (14 Adar) Wolfe Brown, Esther Nusbaum
3/13/2017 (15 Adar) Katy Erdos, Ruth Kimmel, Rebecca Wolfman
3/14/2017 (16 Adar) Yetta Langfelder
3/15/2017 (17 Adar) Ann Doneson, Maurice Katz
3/16/2017 (18 Adar) Alan Breitman, Rose Finkelstein
3/17/2017 (19 Adar) Jewel Dorothy Shuback, Joseph Weiss
3/18/2017 (20 Adar) Doris Barahal Tron
3/19/2017 (21 Adar) Arlene Beals
3/20/2017 (22 Adar) Edith Nusholtz, Ruth Raimi
3/21/2017 (23 Adar) Bruria Melman
3/24/2017 (26 Adar) Esther Patent
3/25/2017 (27 Adar) Tillie Kaufman
3/26/2017 (28 Adar) Isadore Goode, Anne Wechselfeld
3/27/2017 (29 Adar) Harold Goldstone
3/29/2017 (2 Nisan) Leonard Kershenbaum

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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