Monday, December 31, 2012
The 81-year-old Southfield resident was elected 'Rabbi of the congregation for life' in 1978.
Rabbi Irwin Groner, who served Congregation Shaarey Zedek for more than 50 years, died Dec. 30. He was 81. The Detroit News reports Rabbi Groner died at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, due to complications from Parkinson's disease. A funeral service will be held Jan. 1, 2 p.m., at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield, with Rabbis Joseph Krakoff, Aaron Starr, Alan Lucas and Cantor Meir Finkelstein officiating. According to an obituary published by Ira Kaufman Funeral Home, Rabbi Groner first came to Shaarey Zedek in Detroit in 1959 as an assistant rabbi and was named senior rabbi in 1967. In 1978, he was elected rabbi of the congregation for life, and 25 years later, was granted the title of Rabbi Emeritus. …
Friday, January 20, 2012
Five West Bloomfield Patch readers each won a pair of tickets to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
It could be argued that anyone who gets to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform for free is a winner. In this instance, everyone who entered the West Bloomfield Patch contest to see the DSO at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield was a winner. Patch users Elana Shelef, Maxwell D. Lowe, Nancy Yee, Jonathan Shuttlewood, and EDC each won a pair of tickets to the show Jan. 26, as part of the DSO's Neighborhood Concert Series. (Winners, please get in touch at tim.rath@patch.com!) The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and features Hans Graf as conductor and Karl Pituch on horn. Pieces include Invitation to the Dance and Overture to Oberon (Weber), Horn Concerto No. 4 (Mozart) and Symphony No. 2 (Schumann). To enter, these five users …
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Just tell us your favorite area music venue to enter for a chance at a pair of tickets.
Are you craving a night out? Want to add some extra culture to your social life? A local classical music concert might be the answer. Patch to the rescue! We have five pairs of tickets to give away to lucky West Bloomfield Patch readers to the Jan. 26 Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert in Southfield. The DSO will perform at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield as part of its Neighborhood Concert Series. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and features Hans Graf as conductor and Karl Pituch on horn. Pieces include Invitation to the Dance and Overture to Oberon (Weber), Horn Concerto No. 4 (Mozart) and Symphony No. 2 (Schumann). To enter to win a pair of tickets, tell us in the comments section below what your favorite area music venue is…
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EDC
10:53 am on Friday, January 20, 2012
I really like the Berman Center. - It is such a great intimate venue and has wonderful acoustics. Metro Detroit wide, I like the DTE because it is a smaller concert setting for some fantastic acts, and where else can you sit in your lawnchair and listen to Bob Segar live? more ›