April 6, 2017   10 Nisan  5777
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SHABBAT 
SHALOM!  
  
Shabbat Tzav/Shabbat Hagadol
Friday, April 7th
6 p.m., Chapel
Saturday, April 8th
9 a.m.,,  Sanctuary
Rabbi Mitch Parker will officiate at Shabbat Morning Services.
Rabbi Parker will offer the D'var Torah: 
10 a.m. Youth Room is open and staffed.  
Kiddush will be in the lobby following the conclusion of services.

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.

MAZEL TOV 
To Hilda Hamburger on the birth of her new great-grandson this past week in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Mazel Tov to parents Elliot and Elyssa Jankelovitz.

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CONDOLENCES
To John Marcotte, Vicki Freedman, Adam and Noah Marcotte on the passing of John's mother, Gloria de Valcourt Marcotte.

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PASSOVER SERVICES SCHEDULE , 5777
PASSOVER YOM TOV FIRST DAYS
APRIL 10th, 11th, 12th 
Erev Pesach, Monday, April 10th,
7 a.m.  Shacharit, followed by siyyum and breakfast
        Last time for eating hametz 11:21 a.m.
THERE WILL BE NO EVENING SERVICE ON MONDAY, APRIL 10TH.
Tuesday, April 11th and Wednesday, April 12th
9 a.m.,
Sanctuary
HOL HAMOED, INTERMEDIATE DAYS
THURSDAY, APRIL 13TH
7 a.m.  Morning Minyan, Shacharit, Chapel
6 p.m. Evening Minyan, Minha/Maariv, Chapel
FRIDAY, APRIL 14TH
7 a.m. Morning Minyan, Shacharit, Chapel
6 p.m. Minha/Maariv/Kabbalat Shabbat, Chapel

BI/TKA COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

REMINDER.......B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region is offering College Scholarships for 1st year students.  The website for the application is: www.bnaibrith.org/scholarship Application deadline is April 10, 2017

cap and gown ATTENTION PARENTS OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS:
JEWISH NEWS CAP AND GOWN ISSUE INFORMATION: 
The Jewish News will honor all Jewish students who are graduating this spring from Michigan high schools in our new Cap & Gown Yearbook 2017. The Yearbook will be published in our May 25 issue. For free, we will include a photo and up to 40 words listing the student's name, school and accomplishments. We also encourage families to honor their students or out-of-state graduates with a congratulatory ad.   Please go to: to  www.thejewishnews.com/cap-and-gown  and click on "Submit Cap and Gown Free Ad."  All free listings need to be submitted by May 8.

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
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Saturday Evenings, 8 p.m. jerusalem
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.  RSVP directly  David Saperstein:  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

WHAT'S THE SLANT?:  ADDRESSING CURRENT ISSUES IN THE NEWS
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3 AND 5/10
7:30 P.M., ROOM 2, TKA/BI
Presented by David A. victor, Ph.D., Professor of Management and International Business, Eastern Michigan University.
This series of seminars describes current news events, providing some historical background to trends following multiple perspectives (from different national and political vantage points) on the same stories. Each seminar then allows for an open discussion of the subject in a neutral, moderated setting. 

Mazel Tov 
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Cake
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
 6  Tillie Silverman 
 7  Arnold Berlin 
 8  Oscar Band 
12 Brianna Dines,  Arica Jacobson 
13 Matthew Orel 
15 Eli Eisman 
16 Jonathan Abramson 
20 Cheryl Berlin 
21 Rachel Kapen,  Jeffrey Lupovitch,  Cooper Myers 
24 Elianna Orel 
26 Evan Chudnow,  Marvin Kozlowski 
27 Adam Weingarden 
30 Charles Seigerman,  Nathan Soverinsky 

Jewish Wedding

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES
19 Louis & Sally Soverinsky 
27 Michael & Carol Golob 
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 
APRIL YAHRTZEITS
4/6/2017 (10 Nisan)       Jack Chitkin, Erwin Robinson
4/7/2017 (11 Nisan)       Sidney Wechselfeld
4/10/2017 (14 Nisan)     Jolyn Freedman, Harry Silverman, Sadie Weiss
4/11/2017 (15 Nisan)     Mimi Schloss
4/13/2017 (17 Nisan)     Esther Manko
4/14/2017 (18 Nisan)     Goldie Chaner, Rose Kaye, Rose Kleinbard
4/15/2017 (19 Nisan)     Bluma Stark
4/18/2017 (22 Nisan)     Shmuel Muschkies
4/19/2017 (23 Nisan)     Julius Abramson
4/21/2017 (25 Nisan)     Max Fischel
4/22/2017 (26 Nisan)     Ida (Huddle) Band, Lottie Kwiatek
4/24/2017 (28 Nisan)     Sara Garber, Morris Soloway
4/28/2017 (2 Iyar)          Avraham Gershon Wygoda, Devorah Leah Wygoda
4/29/2017 (3 Iyar)          Anne Altshuler, Marty Apple

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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