Great Lakes Development Office

The Great Lakes Development Office for The Jewish Theological Seminary, based in metropolitan Detroit, is one of JTS's main arteries, delivering programming, education, and events to synagogues and communities in Michigan, Ohio, and Canada. Please contact our director, Tom Wexelberg-Clouser, to put your finger on the pulse of JTS.


Contact Information

The Jewish Theological Seminary
6735 Telegraph Road, #310
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
(248) 258-0055

Tom Wexelberg-Clouser, Director

Beverly Roth, Administrative Assistant

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Lay Leadership

Detroit Cabinet Chair(s)
  • Mr. Robert Goodman, Chair
  • Ms. Sandy Glazier, Associate Chair
  • Mr. Paul Magy, Associate Chair
Members of the Board of Trustees of The Jewish Theological Seminary
  • Mr. Jonathan Aaron, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • Mr. Joseph Kerzner, Ex Officio, Toronto, Ontario
  • Mr. Harold Wolfe, Toronto, Ontario
Members of the Advisory Boards of The Jewish Theological Seminary

The Jewish Studies Advisory Board

  • Rabbi Robert B. Slosberg, Louisville, Kentucky

The Rabbinical School Board

  • Mr. Paul Magy, Southfield, Michigan
  • Mr. Harold Wolfe, Toronto, Ontario

The Davidson School Board

  • Mr. Jonathan Aaron, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • Mr. Ethan Davidson, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  • Mrs. Doreen Hermelin, Bingham Farms, Michigan
  • Alan J. Kaufman, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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Upcoming Events

Cleveland, Ohio

January 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m.—Cleveland Women's Series
"Perfectly Baked Hallah, Shiny String Pearls, Family Photos, and Online Searches—What Makes a Jewish Home Jewish?"
  • With Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Irving Lehrman Research Associate Professor of American Jewish History and Walter and Sarah Schlesinger Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, JTS
  • Hosted by Beth Rosenberg
January 26 & February 2, 2012

Dr. Benjamin Sommer, professor of Bible, JTS

"Seeing a Sound: Revelation at Sinai in the Bible and Jewish Tradition"

  • At Siegal College
February 8–10, 2012

Cleveland Women's Study Group / Mission to JTS New York

Columbus, Ohio

For more information, call (248) 258-0055 or email toclouser@jtsa.edu.

Detroit, Michigan

March 22, 2012, 7:00 p.m.—"Preparing for Passover"
  • With Rabbi Robert Harris, associate professor of Bible, JTS
  • At Hillel Day School, Farmington Hills
March 23–24, 2012: Adat Shalom Synergy Shabbat
April 18, 2012: JTS SAJE
  • Rabbi Juan Mejia, coordinator for the Southwest for Jewish nonprofit organization Bechol Lashon
  • At the JCC Campus in West Bloomfield. More information.
April 20–21, 2012
Congregation Beth Ahm Scholar-in-Residence

Rabbi David Hoffman, assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS

www.cbahm.org

May 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m.—Parlor Meeting with Governor Snyder and Chancellor Eisen
June 4, 2012: Quiz Bowl—Detroit Gala Event
  • Details to be announced
  • Stuart Logan, Chair

Toronto, Canada

March 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m.—Community-wide Pre-Passover Study
May 29, 2012—JTS Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen

Beth Sholom Synagogue, 7:30 p.m.

 

Dallas, Texas

March 12, March 19, and March 26, 2012—Pre-Passover Study
  • With Rabbi David Hoffman, assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS
  • At Congregation Shearith Israel
March 12, 2012
  • "Can I Skype the Seder? Challenges to Jewish Notions in an Internet Age"
    How has our understanding of the world, our sense of family, and Judaism changed in the light of technology? Explore how Judaism strengthens how we build Jewish families and communities.
March 29, 2012
  • "Where Am I in the Haggadah?: New Ideas on Faith and Jewish Identity"
    Judaism's central family ritual, the seder, focuses on the history of a people and its liberation. In an age of increasing individualism, how does Judaism reconcile the needs of the one and the needs of the many?
March 26, 2012
  • "Sh'fokh Hamatekha—Pour Out Your Wrath: Religious Passion and Religious Fundamentalism"
    How Judaism impassions but avoids zealotry; the slippery slope from reason to fundamentalism.
May 17–20, 2012

Dallas Mission to New York



Past Events

 

June 1, 2011—JTS Culinary Adventure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9zL5COwmOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zjfykv1ZT8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PedtxdndjFM

 

March 6, 2011

DIA/JTS Manuscript Program featuring Heather Ecker, DIA curator of Islamic Art, and Lynne Avadenka, local artist, consisting of an illustrated talk and a walking tour of the DIA gallery with special attention to the space dedicated to sacred writings and housing three manuscripts from The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary.

April 18, 2010

A high tea reception honoring Senator Carl Levin and Representative Sander Levin, both Eternal Light Award recipients.

View a photo slideshow from the event.

 

 

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Friends of JTS Congregations

  • Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Congregation Tifereth Israel, Columbus, Ohio
  • Adath Israel, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Park Synagogue, Cleveland, Ohio
  • B'nai Jeshurun, Cleveland, Ohio
  • El Emeth, Youngstown, Ohio
  • Ohev Tzedek-Shaarei Torah, Youngstown, Ohio
  • Temple Israel, Bay City, Michigan
  • Ahavas Israel, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Michigan
  • Adat Shalom, Farmington Hills, Michigan
  • Or Shalom, London, Ontario
  • Adath Israel, Toronto, Ontario
  • Beth David, Toronto, Ontario
  • Beth Emeth, Toronto, Ontario
  • Beth Tzedec, Toronto, Ontario
  • Shaare Zion, Montreal, Quebec
  • Shaare Zedek, Montreal, Quebec

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