PARASHAT VA-YEISHEV

December 9, 2017 21 Kislev, 5778

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:
Genesis 38:1-30, page 233 Amos 2:6-3:8, page 247
Maftir: Haftarah Reader:
Genesis 40:20-23, page 244 Todd Mendel

SERMON Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen

We at CSZ are proud of our connection to the State of Israel, our dedication to
the Jewish people, and our commitment to the safety and security of the Jewish
Homeland. Some of us believe that Wednesdays declaration regarding moving
the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem was a positive step toward peace in the Middle
East and security for the State of Israel - a long overdue recognition of Israeli
sovereignty in the land of our ancestors. Some of us disagree, and worry that
such a move will incite violence, will further suffering, and will impede the peace
process.
We invite you to join us this Shabbat morning, immediately following lunch, for
a respectful learning opportunity with our Synagogue clergy, where all questions
are welcome and encouraged as we come together as one family seeking justice
and understanding. Please join us.

SPONSORS
Congregational Kiddush is Sponsored by:
The Robinson family in memory of beloved mother and grandmother, Fannie
Robinson.
Congregational Lunch is Sponsored by:
Donors to the Sisterhood Shabbat Lunch Fund.
Bimah Flowers are Sponsored by:
Sisterhood.

Sponsorship Information
EVERY SPONSORSHIP HELPS DEFRAY THE COST OF LUNCH.
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 Sisterhood 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 Sudah Shlishit, contact
Assistant Cantor Leonard Gutman at lgutman@shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
 SERVICES

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

Minchah Today: 4:45 PM

followed by
Sudah Shlishit, Maariv
and Havdalah
Shabbat Ends: 5:47 PM

HELP MAKE A
minyan
Daily Minyan Times, December 10 - December 15, 2017
Morning Evening
Sunday 8:30 AM 5:00 PM
Monday 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Tuesday CHANUKAH FIRST CANDLE 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Wednesday CHANUKAH SECOND CANDLE 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Thursday CHANUKAH THIRD CANDLE 7:30 AM 5:30 PM
Friday CHANUKAH FOURTH CANDLE 7:30 AM 5:45 PM
Shabbat Candle Lighting 4:42 PM
PROGRAMMING
SERVICES AND
LEARNING
Shaarey Zedek Shabbat
Fridays,
December 15, 22, & 29, 2017
5:45 PM
Join us for Minchah and our lively,
participatory Kabbalat Shabbat
Service, featuring the CSZ clergy.
The community is welcome.
Library Minyan
Saturday, December 16, 2017
9:30 AM
Berman Center Library
Rimonim CSZ Young Adults welcome
you for study and meditation, a
participatory musical Shabbat service
and a song session.
T.G.I.S. (Thank God Its Shabbat)
Friday, Janaury 5, 2018
5:45 PM
Everyone is welcome for Minchah and
our musical Kabbalat Shabbat service.
Come as you are. Leave uplifted.
Save the Date:
Shabbat Shirah
January 27, 2018
Shacharit Service begins
at 9:00 AM
The Sabbath of Song with Hazzan
David Propis and the CSZ Choir.
Save the Date:
Heal Us Now
January 28, 2018
4:30 PM
A service of healing, renewal and
uplifting of spirits, with the CSZ clergy.
YOUTH, FAMILY &
TEEN EVENTS
Religious School
Chanukah Celebration:
Iron Chef Challenge
Sunday, December 10, 2017
11:15 AM -12:15 PM
Not just another Chanukah party!
Parents and students will team up and
face the (kosher) gauntlet! Will they
be able to use their culinary skills to
woo the judges into naming them the
winning Iron Chef team? Grab your
knives and aprons, and join us!
For information, contact Julie Wohl at
jwohl@shaareyzedek.org.
Thrilling Thursdays
December 14, 2017
10:00-11:30 AM
Thrilling Thursdays will not meet
December 21 or 28, 2017.
Our drop-in playgroup for children
ages 0-5 and their favorite adults,
led by Lindsay Mall and Rabbi Yoni
Dahlen.
Donations are gratefully accepted to
support this program. Thank you!
Contact Julie Wohl at jwohl@
shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
Save the Date:
Tot Shabbat
Friday, January 19, 2018
5:45 PM
A family-friendly Shabbat service,
dinner and activities geared toward
children ages 0-5 years.
Registration information coming soon!
For information about CSZ youth
programs, contact Julie Wohl
at jwohl@shaareyzedek.org or
248.357.5544.

MCUSY Gives to Greyhounds
Sunday, December 17, 2017
3:00-5:00 PM
Congregation Beth Ahm
5057 West Maple Road
West Bloomfield
Meet cute dogs, make blankets for
dogs in shelters, and learn about
Michigan Greyhound Connection.
Cost: $10 per person for Tikkun
Olam.
For information or RSVP, contact
Sophia Gawel at sgawel1313@
gmail.com.
AFFILIATES
Game Day
Thursday, December 14, 2017
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Bring your games and your players to
CSZ and Sisterhoods day of tabletop
play. Delicious lunch included! Cost:
$6.00 per player for reservations
received by 12:00 Noon on Monday,
December 11, 2017. After the deadline
the cost is $8.00. RSVP: www.
shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
Shaarey Zedek Seniors Present
Italian Travelogue
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
1:30-3:00 PM
Photos and local color with Jeri Fishman.
No charge to attend.
Judaic and Armenian Art Tour
Thursday, January 11, 2018
11:00-11:45 AM
Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum
St. John Armenian Church
22001 Northwestern Highway, Southfield
Cost: $5 Per person. RSVP to Janet
Pont at jpont@shaareyzedek.org or
248.357.5544.
PROGRAMMING
Art Class with Jane Alkon
Tuesdays,
January 16 & 30, 2018
1:30-3:00 PM
Take home a different finished piece
of Judaica at each session, and learn
about the artist. Take one or both
classes.
Cost: $5 per person per class. RSVP to
Janet Pont at jpont@shaareyzedek.org
or 248.357.5544.
Save the Date:
Challah Baking with Sisterhood
Sunday, January 28, 2018
10:30 PM-12:30 PM
Watch for more details, coming soon,
or contact Sisterhood at sisterhood@
shaareyzedek.org or 248.357.5544.
GIVING BACK
Shine Light in Darkness
Friday, December 22, 2017
9:00 AM -12:00 NOON or
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Forgotten Harvest
21800 Greenfield Road, Oak Park
CSZ volunteers will continue our
longstanding tradition of helping to
feed vulnerable populations during the
holidays. For information, contact Nicky
Heins at nheins@forgottenharvest.org or
248.268.7521.
Forgotten Harvest
PROGRAMMING
BERMAN CENTER FOR
JEWISH EDUCATION
Progressive Cookie Project
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
10:00 a.m.
A cookie-baking mitzvah project
with CSZ volunteers and Kadima
participants. Bake two cookie recipes
and have a lot of fun!
Volunteers are needed! To join
the laughter in the kitchen call the
Synagogue office at 248.357.5544.
Berman Night of Learning
Chanukah How-to, Laws
and Traditions of the Festival
of Lights
with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Thursday, December 14, 2017
7:00 p.m.
The Rabbis and the Philosophy
of Military Holidays
with Rabbi Yonatan Dahlen
Thursday, December 21, 2017
7:00 p.m.
Please note that Berman Night of
Learning will not meet on Thursday,
December 28, 2017.
Come early for sips,
sweets and schmoozing before the
learning begins!
For information call the Synagogue
office at 248.357.5544.
Berman Night of Learning
SYNAGOGUE
NOTES
Volunteers are Needed
We love to have our Members
volunteer with us! Some areas where
we need help include:
- Special projects in the office;
- Game Day servers;
- Greeters or Registration at events like
Shabbat Dinners;
- Set-up or clean-up for events;
- Assisting at large events like Purim;
- Joining an event planning committee.
Whether its one time or often, please
let us know your availablity, and come
have fun behind the scenes!
Students: do you need community
service hours? We have opportunities
for you at CSZ, too!
Contact the Synagogue office at
248.357.5544.
COMMUNITY
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
William Davidson Neighborhood
Concert Series at CSZ
Mozart and Beethoven
Thursday, January 11, 2018
7:30 PM
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Harmony Zhu, piano
Faure Pelleas et Melisande Suite
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
For tickets: www.dso.org/neighborhood
or 313.576.5111.
 IN REMEMBRANCE

May God bring comfort to our families,

together with all the other mourners
of Zion and Jerusalem.
Marsha Gale
Rosaline Partovich
Stephen Hayman

WE CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE

SHLOSHIM PERIOD OF THE
FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF OUR
CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY.

Howard Lang
Bernice Brodsky
Morris Margulies
Joseph Newman
Loren Larry Daniels
Linda Erlich
Phillip M. Perlstein

The road of righteousness leads to life.

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

DECEMBER 9 DECEMBER 15, 2017

December 9, 2017 21 Kislev, 5778
Sophie Aronovitz Albert Goodman Harry M. Nayer
Edward Berkley Zena R Gorman Michael Schuman
Mandell Bill Berman Margaret Gutman Calvin Kalman Simon
Leonard Paul Birnbaum Roger Hazan Samuel Solway
Bernard Blumrosen Irving Laker Joseph E. Stralser
Bernard Brawer Mary Lerner Mary Sifra Zolla
Paul Gold Evelyn T. Levine

December 10, 2017 22 Kislev, 5778

Emanuel Bauman Sarell Corman Karbal Sam Scheinfeld
Anna Borin Mendel Marcus Donald Shapiro
Harry S. Clayman Kate Miller Raymond Tintori
David Dashow Rose Morris Sara M. Wallach
Ignatz Feldman Benjamin Mutnick Grace Cohen Warren
Samuel L. Glanz Esther Nessel Constance Wineman
Samuel Isberg Irving Radner

December 11, 2017 23 Kislev, 5778

Marian Cohen Goldie Levin Alene Ruth Rubin
Belle Demel Jack Lieber Morris Simon
Arthur DeRoy Rodecker Harry Matler Gary Sole
Eva Fidler Helene Messing Bert P. Solomon
Morris Gordon Evelyn Paxton Julia Zuieback

December 12, 2017 24 Kislev, 5778

Helen Baruch Julius Ginsburg Rose Latt
Aaron H. Brodie Daniel Grant Joseph Levinson
Herbert H. Cohen Megan Lewis Graub Laura Milan
Joseph Edelman Anna Grosberg Enrique Phillips
Dorothy Fink Hilda Kaufman Selma Schwartz
Sadie Fredman Morris Kraft Reubin Sherman
Susan Gardner Zalman Sol Lachman A. Albert Sugar
 YAHRZEITS

21 KISLEV 27 KISLEV, 5778

December 13, 2017 25 Kislev, 5778
Goldie Adler Walter Hoffman Nathan Siegel
Leah Aron David Kliger Elizabeth Sklar
Shulamith Benstein Mamie Kogan Gertrude Glasie Unger
Elsie I. Brawer Hannah Leader Morris Varkle
Chaim Ginsburg Harry Partrich Manuel Zechman
Meyer Helpert Ben Sidlow

December 14, 2017 26 Kislev, 5778

Harry Aronovitz Martha Goldman LeRoy Neumann
Irving Berman Philip Gray Milton Peppy Ressler
Philip Diskin Harold L. Grossman Abe A. Schmier
Louis Duscoff David Hartman Sol Sonenklar
Max Eizelman Mrs Nathalie Isberg Gary Allen Stewart
Rose Geltner Kathy Levi Selma Stromer
Yetta Glazer Hattie Lieberman Claire Weintrob
Morris Gold Bernard Lis

December 15, 2017 27 Kislev, 5778

Rebecca F. Balberor Perle Kriger Richard Rosen
Dorothy S. Brown Phyliss Kusnetz Mildred Simons Rosenberg
Melvina Feldman Ben Lefkowitz Barbara Libbie Silvarman
Richard Frank Yetta Lumelsky Paul B. Solway
Michael Karbal Blanche Najman Gerald Robert Walker
Harry A. Katzman Khody Nathan Henry Willner
Celia Schmier Kline Fannie Robinson
 LEADERSHIP

Executive Officers and Board of Trustees

Larry Nemer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President

Jeri Fishman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President

Janice Stoneman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President

Rick Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large Member of the Executive Board

Robert Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large Member of the Executive Board

Susan Kozik Klein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At-Large Member of the Executive Board

Board of Trustees
Kari Alterman Morry Levin
Kelli Saperstein Anderson Murray Levin (Seniors)
Wendy Arnold I. Matthew Miller
Nicole Eisenberg David Moses
Milton Feldberg (Mens Club) Leigh Moss
Lisa Findling Susan Oleinick
Adam Finkel Michael Rowe
David Grey Hy Safran
Barbara Heller David Salama
Steven Hurvitz Alice Silbergleit
Jay Inwald Brooke Weingarden
Gary Karp Barbara Zack (Sisterhood)
Karen A. Katz Ira Zaltz
Betsy Kellman
 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 Southfield Township.

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 ldor, 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