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Temple Israel (West Bloomfield, Michigan)

Reform Jewish synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States

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name	Temple Israel
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religious_affiliation	Reform Judaism
festival
organizational_status	Synagogue
leadership
functional_status	Active
location	5725 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan 48323
country	United States
map_type	Michigan
map_size	250
map_relief	1
map_caption	Location of the current synagogue in Michigan
coordinates
architect	William Kapp (1950 and 1980)
(Smith, Hinchman & Grylls)
architecture_type	Synagogue
founded_by	Rabbi Leon Fram
established	1941 (as a congregation)
year_completed
date_demolished
elevation_m
website
module	{{Infobox NRHP
embed	yes
name	Temple Israel (Palmer Park)
nrhp_type	cp
image	Word of Power Church - fmr Temple Israel - Palmer Park, Detroit - 20201213.jpg
image_size	250
caption	The former synagogue, now church, in 2020
mapframe	Michigan
mapframe-caption	Location of the former synagogue, now church, in Michigan
coordinates
location	17400 Manderson Road, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan 48203
built	1950
architect	William Kapp
architecture	Art Moderne
designated_nrhp_type	May 21, 1983
partof	Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District
partof_refnum	83000895
website
nocat	yes
footnotes

West Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan 48323 (Smith, Hinchman & Grylls) | mapframe-caption = Location of the former synagogue, now church, in Michigan

Temple Israel is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 5725 Walnut Lake Road, in West Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, in the United States.

In 2008, Temple Israel was claimed to be among the largest Reform congregations in the United States. , the congregation claimed that it is the largest congregation in North America, and the official database of the Union for Reform Judaism reported that the congregation has 3,383 members.

History

The congregation was founded in 1941 in Detroit, in just 60 days before World War II.

In 1949, the congregation erected an Art Moderne-style temple designed by architect William Kapp that officially opened in 1950.

The Temple moved to West Bloomfield in 1980, in a building located on Walnut Lake Road that was designed by the Bloomfield Hills architectural firm of TMP Associates, Inc.

The original temple in the Palmer Park area has been occupied by the Word of Power Ministry, an Evangelical Christian church, previously the Saint Paul Apostolic Temple Church, since 1989. The former synagogue building was included in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property that is part of Detroit's Palmer Park Apartment Building Historic District, designated in 1983, with a boundary increase in 2015.

Temple Israel completed additional renovations to the Sanctuary in 2017.

Current leadership

Temple Israel has a unique leadership model. Unlike most traditional multi-clergy synagogues, Temple Israel does not have a 'Senior Rabbi' atop the hierarchy. Each member of the clergy team is considered an equal.

Rabbi Harold Loss is the longest-serving active member of the clergy team, joining Temple Israel in 1971. Rabbi Paul Yedwab joined him in 1986 and Rabbi Josh Bennett in 1995. Rabbi Marla Hornsten became the Temple's first female Rabbi in 2000, and Cantor Neil Michaels joined the clergy in 2002. Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny and Cantor Michael Smolash came on board in the summer of 2004, with Rabbi Jennifer Lader's arrival in 2012.

The executive director of Temple Israel is Jason Plotkin, who began serving the congregation in June 2022. Plotkin is a former President of the Program & Engagement Professionals of Reform Judaism, a Senior Member of the National Association of Temple Administration (NATA) and serves on the North American Board of the Union for Reform Judaism.

References

{{NRISref. 2008a
(April 10, 2008). "An interview with Paul M. Yedwab, Rabbi, Temple Israel, West Bloomfield". [[Mlive.com]].
(January 2024). "I'm New Here". Temple Israel.
"Congregational Profile of Temple Israel". [[Union for Reform Judaism]].
(1996). "The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook". [[Greenwood Publishing Group.
"Our History". Temple Israel.
(May 25, 1979). "Temple Israel Reveals Plans for New West Bloomfield Site". [[Detroit Jewish News]].
(n.d.). "About us". Work of Power Ministry.
"Clergy - Temple Israel". Temple Israel.
"Emanu el program director taking top job at largest synagogue in North America". Jewish Herald Voice.

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