EDUCATION On the Shabbat of September 2 the following congregations in Metropolitan Detroit will salute BAR•ILAN UNIVERSITY MAY ITS PRINCIPLES OF UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY AND CONCERN FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE GUIDE IT IN THE FUTURE AND BE A WORTHY EXAMPLE FOR JEWS EVERYWHERE. Rabbi Efry G Spectre Rabbi Elliot Pachter ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Rabbi Chaim Bergstein BATS CHABAD OF FARMINGTON HILLS Rabbi Meilech Silberberg BAlS CHABAD OF WEST BLOOMFIELD Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper CONGREGATION BETH ABRAHAM. HILIE•MOSES Rabbi Milton Arm Rabbi Martin Berman, Assoc Rabbi CONGREGATION BETH ACHIM CONGREGATION BETH ISAAC Trenton Rabbi Paul Stephen Reis CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL Flint Rabbi David A. Nelson CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM Rabbi !slur Levin CONGREGATION BETH TEFILO EMANUEL TIKVAH Rabbi Morton F. Yolkut CONGREGATION B'NAI DAVID Meyer Levin, President CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL. BETH YEHUDAH Rabbi Dr. Sherman P. Kirshner CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL OF WEST BLOOMFIELD Rabbi Eli M. Jundef CONGREGATION SHOMREY EMUNAH.OHEL MOED Rabbi Noah M. Gamze DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE Rabbi Martin Gordon UVONIA JEWISH CONGREGATION The Agency for Jewish Education and JEFF, Jewish Experiences for Families, is offering a Parenting Institute. The Parenting Institute is designed for parents who want to help themselves in child-rearing. The opening session will be on Sept. 17, at Congregation Beth Achim from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and is entitled, "Raising Parental Self Esteem." Parents will be able to share their child-rearing concerns with each other and with panelists. 41.1 11111000 ""1 Mishkan Israel, Nusach H'Ari WBAVITCHER CENTER rCHIYAH CONGREGATION Rabbi Daniel Polish, Sr. Rabbi Rabbi Julian I. Cook, Associate Rabbi Dr. Richard C Hertz, Rabbi Emeritus TEMPLE BETH EL Rabbi Peter K. Gluck TEMPLE BETH EL Flint Rabbi Richard A. Weiss TEMPLE BETH JACOB Pontiac Rabbi Lane Steinger Dr. Milton Rosenbaum, Rabbi Emeritus TEMPLE EMANU•EL Rabbi M. Robert Syme Rabbi Harold S. loss Rabbi Paul M. Yedwab TEMPLE ISRAEL Cash The panelists are Dr. Ralph Cash, Rabbi Daniel Polish and Deanne Gins-Greenberg. Dr. Cash is a pediatrician, an associate professor at Wayne State University, and author of the newspaper column, "Parents Ask." Rabbi Polish, senior rabbi of Temple Beth El, has had positions with In- ter/Met, an interfaith, inter- racial program in Washington and the Synagogue Council of America, an umbrella organi- zation in the Reform, Conser- vative and Orthodox move- ments. Ginns-Gruenberg is a family life educator who trained as a nurse and has been a frequent guest on WXYT radio. The workshop is free. Rabbi Norman T. Roman Rabbi Emst Conrad, Rabbi Emeritus TEMPLE KOL AMI Rabbi Allan Meyerowitz CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE Rabbi Chaskel Grubner CONGREGATION DOVID BEN NUCHIM Rabbi Edward H. Garsek CONGREGATION ETZ CHAYIM Toledo Rabbi Leo Goldman CONGREGATION SHAAREY SHOMAYIM Rabbi Irwin Groner Rabbi William G. Gershon, Assoc Rabbi CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK Rabbi Eliezer Cohen YOUNG ISRAEL OF OAK WOODS Rabbi Shaiall Zachariash CONGREGATION SHOMREY EMUNAH Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg YOUNG ISRAEL OF SOUTHFIELD Abraham Pastemak SYNAGOGUE UAISON Doreen Hermelin Bernard H. Stollman GENERAL CHAIRMEN 48 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1;1989 Parenting Institute Begins Sept. 17 Alt The "Sundowners" is open to parents with preschool age children. Parents and children share in activities such as arts and crafts, music, storytelling, cooking, and gym. The program meets in the LaMed Auditorium of the United Hebrew Schools Sig- mund and Sophie Rohlik Building, for four weeks beginning Nov. 29 and Jan. 7. An optional family dinner at 6 p.m. precedes the program, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Polish co-sponsored by Common Ground and is facilitated by Deanne Gins-Gruenberg and Julie Stitt, prevention unit coordinator of Common Ground. This program is open to the public and is being held at the United Hebrew Schools Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik Building. There is a minimal charge per family. "The Family Living Room" program is designed for parents and teens who want to explore contemporary issues from a Jewish perspec- tive. Through the use of videotapes, films and TV pro- grams, family members will be challenged to discuss moral issues. Parents and teens proceed to discuss issues in small groups and then in intergenerational discussion groups. The group meets on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., beginning Sept. 24, at the United Hebrew Schools Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik Building. The program is co-sponsored by the National Conference of Synagogue Youth and Jewish Experiences for Families. Registration is available through the Community Jewish High School and open to the public. Through the use of videotapes, films and TV programs, family members will be challenged to discuss moral issues. Parents and teens proceed to discuss issues in small groups and then in intergenerational discussion groups. "Modern Midrasha — A Psychological Look at the Bi- ble," will begin Jan. 7, for six weeks as part of the Paren- ting Institute. Rabbi Bruce D. Aft, director of the Midrasha- College of Jewish Studies and principal of the Community Jewish High School, will review the psychological stages individuals experience during their lives, how these relate to biblical figures and how the lives of our Bible heroes affect us today. This course is open to the public for a charge. For information, call the Agency for Jewish Education, 354-1050. Midrasha To Offer Three New Courses Rabbi Dannel I. Schwartz TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM Rabbi Arnold Sleutelberg TROY JEWISH CONGREGATION Rabbi Reuven Drucker YOUNG ISRAEL OF GREENFIELD cation, problem-solving, sub- stance abuse and sexuality will be the themes of the four sessions. This series is being Gruenberg "Building Your Youth's Self Esteem" is being offered as a four-part series of the in- stitute on Sundays from Oct. 29 to Nov. 19, 9:30-11 a.m., and is designed to help par- ents become more aware of issues that youths are con- fronting. It will help par- ents enhance communication skills so as to increase their children's self-esteem and respect. Building trust, listen- ing, roadblocks to communi- The Midrasha College of Jewish Studies is offering two courses for the fall semester toward Hebrew teacher cer- tification, and a master's level course toward a Midrasha master's degree program. "Storytelling II: Tell Me A Story . . . Continued," taught by Corinne Stavish, instruc- tor of speech commuication at Wayne State University and Lawrence Technological University, is for the advanc- ed student in storytelling and will focus on skills. The course will meet on Tuesdays from Sept. 12 to Oct. 17 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., and is of- fered for 1.5 Midrasha credits toward Hebrew teacher certification. "Strategies for Improving Instruction" will be taught by Mary Jennings, learning disabilities consultant, Oakland Schools. Jennings will provide students with practical ideas for applying current research on reading comprehension to the teaching of expository texts. Participants will enhance their understanding of reading as an interactive pro-