Tagged Ruthann Shapiro

At Green Valley shul, 85-year-old brings dedication to second bar mitzvah

Bar mitzvah celebrant Stuart Tobin, center, with Michael Mussman and Sara Golan-Mussman at Beth Shalom Temple Center in Green Valley, Nov. 16. (Courtesy Marylou Tobin)
December 20, 2019 / Phyllis Braun, AJP Executive Editor

Stuart Tobin, 85, was called to the Torah to celebrate his second bar mitzvah last month at Beth Shalom Temple Center in Green Valley, surrounded by family and friends. The custom of a second bar mitzvah ceremony, which has grown in popularity, is based on Psalm 90:10, which says… Read more »

Green Valley’s Beth Shalom Temple Center will host weekend with rabbi
October 26, 2018 / Phyllis Braun, AJP Executive Editor
A night view of the Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley and its new labyrinth (Courtesy Lenny Friedman)

Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley will host a weekend of events with Rabbi Norman T. Roman, Nov. 2-4. Roman has been the rabbi emeritus at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield, Michigan, since 2016, after serving as senior rabbi for 30 years. The weekend marks a significant… Read more »