EDUCATION I Congregation Shaarey Zedek Presents A Special Guest Lecture by Teacher Contest Seeks Nominations PROFESSOR TODD ENDELMAN December 12, 1989 8:00 p.m. in the Adler Hall The Flight from Jewishness An Historical Perspective • How have Jews assimilated over our history? • How do Jews assimilate today? • What is the future of the American Jewish Community? Professor Endelman received his Ph.D from Harvard University. He is present- ly William Haber Professor of Modern Jewish History and director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. Pro- fessor Endelman is author of The Jews of Georgian England, 1714-1830: Tradition and Change in a Liberal Society (1979), which received the National Jewish Book Award for History. 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Call 354-6060 66 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1989 Nominations are being ac- cepted through Dec. 29 for the second annual Schochet Family Outstanding Teacher Award, sponsored by the Frank and Freda Schochet Fund of United Jewish Charities. Candidates must be involv- ed in Jewish education in the greater Detroit area. The winner will receive up to $3,000 to fund a project in an area of Jewish learning and teaching. Nominees will be judged on the potential benefits of their proposal, as well as their individual qualities. These include pro- fessionalism, an ability to be innovative, a demonstrated commitment to Jewish educa- tion and empathy with students and their families. Names of candidates should be submitted to the Schochet Award Committee. For entry forms call Carla Newman at the Jewish Welfare Federa- tion, 965-3939. Teachers Meet At Conference The David Oppenheim Family Teachers' Institute will host teachers from area Jewish schools at its fifth an- nual converence 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Guest lecturer Dr. Susan Mandel Glazer is the founder of the graduate program and reading language arts clinic at Rider College. She has developed a model and prac- tical approach for guiding children, both gifted and remedial, to be more effective readers and writers. For reservations, call the Agency for Jewish Education, 354-1050. Panim El Panim Program Set The Agency for Jewish Education and the Jewish Community Council an- nounce the Panim el Panim program Feb. 18-21. Sponsored by the Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values, the program provides high school teenagers the op- portunity to travel to Washington, D.C., to interact with administration officials, members of Congress, lob- byists and representatives of public interest organizations. Participants will hear both sides of a debate on issues such as economic justice, church-state separation, the environment, nuclear pro- liferation and human rights. Students from across the country will meet the people who work on behalf of Soviet Jewry, Israel and endangered Jewish communities around the world. Registration deadline is Dec. 31. For information, con- tact Rabbi Bruce Aft, prin- cipal of the Community Jewish High School, 352-7117, or David Gad-Harf, director of the Jewish Corn- munity Council, 962-1880. (1' 1 Judaic Course To Be Offered The Agency for Jewish Education is sponsoring a col- lege credit course for seniors in high school beginning Jan. 30. The Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan will offer English 280: "Thematic Approaches to Literature-American Jewish Literature" for three credits. The class will be held at the United Hebrew Schools 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays for 15 weeks. This college credit is offered by the Mina and Theodore B _ argman Foundation. Professor Mashey Berns- tein, visiting lecturer of English language and literature at the University of Michigan and faculty member of the Agency for Jewish Education Midrasha- College of Jewish Studies and Community Jewish High School will teach this course. Registration deadline is Dec. 15. For information, con- tact Rabbi Bruce Aft, prin- cipal of the Community Jewish High School, 352-7117. Bais Chabad Sets Events Bais Chabad Torah Center will hold its monthly Sunday night forum 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the home of Martin and Dale Goodman, 4320 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield. Ir- win Cohen will present an audio-visual program on Jewish Detroit 1700s through 1970. Refreshments will be served. Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg will speak on "Jacob and Rachel — A Spiritual Romance" 8:15 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Bais Chabad Torah Center. The lecture is part of the Monday night series on basic Judaism. Rabbi Silberberg will speak on "Poligamy And The Patriarchs" at the Ann Arbor Chabad House 5 p.m. Dec. 2 cl