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Register for our 2008-2009 Religious School Program
Do you have a preschool child who is ready to join our Religious School program? Please contact our office for information about the 2008-2009 school year.

Questions? Call Judy Lewis @ (248) 737-8700.

URJ Camp George Updates
URJ Camp George will be hosting a visitors’ day for families who may be interested in camp for the 2009 summer sessions. You can try Camp George for a day Sunday, August 10 from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. Parents and kids will have the opportunity to see the camp in action, eat a kosher BBQ lunch, tour the property, meet the staff, and talk to campers.

Some 60 campers from Detroit area Reform temples are going to George this summer and will be on hand to answer any questions. Camp George is located in beautiful Parry Sound, Ontario.

Please reserve your attendance by calling Camp George at (705) 732-6964. For more info contact Carol LoPatin at (248) 788-1465.

Food, Fun & Fireworks
The Fifth annual Food, Fun & Fireworks celebration on August 18 @ 6:30 pm.

Service under the Stars
Our annual Service under the Stars on Friday, August 22 @ 8:00 pm.

TSS Directory

The much anticipated Temple Shir Shalom Membership/Business Directory is now available for pick up in the Temple office. Each member can pick up one free copy of the directory (one copy per family). You may also purchase additional copies @ $18 each.

Please stop in the office to get your copy.

A Message from the Minyon Corps

Please join us on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am for a short lay-led service with fellow members. During the winter, we usually congregate in the sanctuary. When the weather gets warmer, we gather in the Inter-faith Garden. We meet every Sunday, whether or not religious school is in session.
After the service, some of our members meet at a neighborhood restaurant and enjoy a relaxing brunch. Any questions? Contact Geri Zacks gzacks@ameritech.net or (248) 320-3074.) We look forward to seeing you.

At Temple, We Want to do "Broadway Our Way"...

Shir Shalom has talent and we want to show it off! We are looking for singers, dancers, musicians or anyone with a special talent for a variety show that will be performed in the spring of 2008. The project is a huge undertaking and will require talent and commitment. We need volunteers for backstage support including costuming, scenery design, set construction, lighting, etc. The show will be for adults only and performers must be at least 18 years old. If you would like to be a part of this exciting project, are willing to audition for the show, or want to learn more, please contact Hank Heiser at arcade711@yahoo.com.

Spend Chanukah Next Year in Jerusalem with Rabbi Moskowitz

My first trip to Israel was at the age of 11 with my parents and brother, my rabbi and his family and a bus filled with other synagogue families. That experience helped begin my love for Israel and my passion for our faith. I will never forget walking up to the Western Wall for the first time, my father holding my hand in his and the emotional impact of that moment. I want you to have that kind of experience next year.

The Family Mission 2008 is about to begin registration. Don't miss this incredible opportunity to travel to Israel with families from our community next winter. Temple Shir Shalom wants to be a very strong part of this trip, so we need all of those planning on going to register AS SOON AS REGISTRATION BEGINS on December 13. Whether or not you have been to Israel, this is a wonderful way connect with our homeland and with families from Shir Shalom.

For more information, go to the Federation link and read about this spectacular opportunity.

http://www.thisisfederation.org/familymission/default.asp

Here's the catch. There is only one plane chartered for this mission (direct from Detroit to Israel), which means it will sell out. Registration will be accepted on a first come, first served basis, and I do not want anyone from our temple to miss out because they waited to sign up. Therefore, make sure you register AS SOON AS REGISTRATION BEGINS - at 9:00 AM DECEMBER 13, 2007.

Next week, when you light your Chanukiyot, imagine what it would be like doing this in Jerusalem next year. Now, let's make this happen.

Looking to Help Sponsor a Temple Event?

The fundraising committee is looking for members who would be interested in sponsoring one of our many temple events. These include: onegs, adult and family dinners, special holiday dinners, our annual food, fun and fireworks celebration, and our yearly fundraiser. You can sponsor all, or just a portion of any of these events. Recognition will be given to those people who sponsor an event in the scribe, and at the event. Please consider helping out and making our events extra special!!!! For details on how to participate in sponsoring an event, or any questions, please call Fran Bell, at 248-706-0738, or e-mail her at: JFARBell@aol.com. Thank you!

College Connection

Parents of TSS college kids: please let us know how we may reach your child while he or she is in college. We would like to send them notices from Temple and other relevant information for young adults. Please call the office @ (248) 737-8700 and let us know where we can send correspondence, etc. to your college kids. We also want to update our database with the latest and greatest information about your kids!

What is Shabbat Camp?

Shabbat Camp is a special time for children ages 4-10 (no diapers, please) to celebrate the Sabbath in a unique environment. As you might have guessed from the program's name, our goal is to emulate the warmth and spirituality of the Jewish summer camps that so many of have enjoyed. With our Shabbat Camp Counselors Julia Music and Ido Meron, the children will say the Shabbat blessings, read a story, create an arts and crafts project, and then join the congregation downstairs for a special blessing from the Rabbis.

WANTED!

Adults Do you want to, need to, have to become a bar or bat mitzvah? Do you want to show your children the importance of celebrating your Judaism? Would you like to celebrate the anniversary of your becoming a bar or bat mitzvah? Please call the office for further information-248-737-8700

Time Travelers

Time Travelers, our support group for people dealing with challenges from strokes, heart attacks, central nervous system vasculitis, ms, myasthenia gravis, closed head injuries, and the like, will be meeting every Tuesday from 10:00 am to noon, in the TSS Social Hall. We help each other over the challenges and bumps in the road.

RSVP to Shelly Newman, (248) 737-0266 or sred9@sbcglobal.net. NO CHARGE. Beginning September 4, Time Travelers will be meeting weekly on Tuesdays, 10 AM-NOON. There will be no meeting on September 11 due to High Holy Day preparations.

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