Posts Tagged ‘Congregation Beth Ahm’
Common Thread
Though not so unusual, seven synagogues currently are led by women. Barbara Lewis Contributing Writer Seven congregations in the Detroit Jewish community are led by female presidents. What’s so remarkable about that is that it’s so unremarkable. None of the current female congregation presidents feels like a trailblazer, though several noted it is unusual to have…
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Chanukah Resources from Congregation Beth Ahm
From the JN Staff Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, begins this year on the night of Sunday, Dec. 2, and Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield is maintaining its annual pre-Chanukah tradition of offering an array of resources for all who are interested, including suggested books and websites for sparking family and adult conversations and…
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Veterans Day Brunch
A Veterans Day brunch will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Congregation B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield. Guest speaker is Marlene Copeland Dodinval, executive director of the Jewish National Fund, who will speak about JNF’s project for refurbishing Ammunition Hill, a poignant and moving memorial in Jerusalem for soldiers who made the…
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Weekly Torah Portion – A Sense Of Destiny
Parshat Chaye Sara: Genesis 23:1-25:18; I Kings 1:1-31. So much is riding on a mission. Avraham sends his servant back to Aram Nahara’im to find a bride for his son Yitzhak. Avraham wrests a promise from the servant that he won’t take Yitzhak back to Aram Nahara’im, but will, instead, find a proper bride for…
Read MoreCongregation Beth Ahm and Beth El Interfaith Vigil
Congregation Beth Ahm will join with Temple Beth El for an interfaith vigil honoring the tragic deaths of the eleven Jews who were killed during the terrorist attack at Congregation Tree of Life in Pittburgh this past Shabbat. The vigil will take place on Tuesday night, October 30th at 6:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El.…
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Beth Ahm To Host Kabbalah Scholar
Congregation Beth Ahm, the Cohn-Haddow Center at Wayne State University and SAJE welcome Professor Daniel Matt for a weekend of learning and mystical insight. Matt is one of the world’s leading authorities on Kabbalah and translator of the Zohar (kabbalistic text). He will introduce attendees to some of the central themes in the Jewish mystical…
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Set The Tone
Louis Finkelman Contributing Writer Use music to prepare for the High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah is coming soon, and you might not yet have entered the space of the Days of Awe. How can you get into that reflective mood? Thanks to the internet, you can hear the melodies of the Days of Awe in advance.…
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Reboot!
Check out 10Q to stay reflective this holiday. When the sun sets on Rosh Hashanah, many of us will have spent one or two days in reflective prayer and contemplation of the year to come. Traditionally, Jews are expected to spend the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — the Ten Days of Awe…
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High Holiday Learning Resources
The Jewish month of Elul, which began this year on Saturday night, Aug. 11, is a special time on the Jewish calendar. These four weeks leading up to the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah begins this year at sundown on Sunday night, Sept. 9) are an opportunity for introspection, self-assessment, study and prayer, all geared…
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Faces Of All Places And Races
Local author Debra Darvick celebrates Jewish diversity in a new children’s picture book. Debra Darvick celebrates diversity in the Jewish community and wants children to do the same. Years ago, while waiting for her own two youngsters during Hillel Day School dismissal, she looked closely at the different Jewish faces, and the experience inspired a…
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