I SYNAGOGUES I THE MIDRASHA-COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES presents ...••••••••••••..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SUNDAYS AT THE MIDRASHA WINTER/SPRING 1990 ••••••••••••••...•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• An ongoing series of four lectures open to the community which will raise important issues in our lives as American Jews. Our goal is to pro- vide a forum for discussion of matters of Jewish interest through an ongoing series. FEBRUARY 11 - 7:30 P.M. •••••••••••••••••••••••• AN EVENING OF ISRAELI POETRY Suzie Russek Osherov Israeli poet, historian and artist - MARCH 4 - 7: 30 P.M. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THE JEWISH FAMILY IN CRISIS/ IS THERE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE? Professor Ron Wolfson University of Judaism, Los Angeles MARCH 18 - 2:00 P.M. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THE INTIFADA: HAS IT HAD AN EFFECT ON THE DAY TO DAY LIFE OF THE AVERAGE ISRAELI? Nahum Barnea Journalist; Political Columnist, "Yediot Aharanot" APRIL 29 - 2 : 00 P.M. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MORRIS AND SARAH FRIEDMAN ANNUAL LECTURE ON YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Associate Professor Eugene Orenstein Department of Jewish Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Midrasha-College of Jewish Studies 21550 West Twelve Mile Road Southfield, MI 48076 ••••••• For further information, please phone 3 5 2-7117 ••••••• Custom Formica Furniture and More / RESIDENTIAL • • • • • • Wall Units Dining Rooms Custom Bedrooms Credenzas Tables Kitchens/Baths • • • • • Beth Abraham Men Set Breakfast Beth Congregation Abraham Hillel Moses Men's Club will hold a breakfast forum 10 a.m. Feb. 4. Guest speaker will be Stuart Lockman of the Anti- Defamation League. His topics will be the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israeli peace process, skinheads on campus and religious freedom in Russia. A continental breakfast will be served. The public is invited. There is no charge. For information, call the synagogue office at 851-6880. We Buy and Sell Good Used Books 545.4300 Congregation Beth Shalom Men's Club will host its an- nual "Cards and Refresh- ments Evening" at the synagogue 8 p.m. Feb. 7. The evening is free to men's club members; there is a charge for guests. On Feb. 8, the men's club members will participate in the Intercongregational Men's Club Dinner at Temple Israel. For tickets, call Jay Waldman, 489-5881. Men's Club Shabbat is March 10. Serving as chair- man is Saul Leff. Open 7 Days 169 W. 9 Mile Ferndale DEAL DIRECT WITH THE MANUFACTURER Free Consultation with our experienced Design Staff 24645 Halsted Rd. • Farmington Hills 44 BOOKS LIBRARY BOOKSTORE COMMERCIAL Conference Tables Desks Reception/Secretarial Built-In Book Units File Cabinets Credenzas Shalom Adat The Synagogue Men's Club will offer Hebrew literacy classes beginning Feb. 6. Beginner, intermediate and advanced classes are offered 7 p.m. Tuesday or Wednesday through the first week in May. The program is designed for those unable to read any Hebrew, as well as for those who desire a more advanced understanding of the language and the structure of the Shabbat service. There is a charge for teaching materials. Instructors are volunteer members of Adat Shalom. Those who wish to par- ticipate should call Harriet in the synagogue office, 851-5100. Beth Shalom Men Plan Programs Open to the Public ••••••••••••••••••••••• No Charge DESIGN-IT, INC. Hebrew Literacy Classes Offered FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1990 471.3223 M. Sempliner Breast self-examination — LEARN. Call us. gi,AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY . Beth Shalom Hosts Lon Grossman Detroit Free Press columnist Lon Grossman will be the featured speaker at the 10 a.m. Jan. 28 Congregation Beth Shalom Men's Club- Sisterhood annual brunch at the synagogue. Grossman is president of the Great Lakes Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors and owner of Technihouse Inspections, a residential and commercial inspection company. His topic will be "The Care and Feeding of a Home . . . So It Stays Alive and Well!" There is a fee. I NEWS I Doctor Is Lone Jewish Casualty New York (JTA) — A physician who was treating an injured person is the sole known Jewish victim of the turbulence that has rocked the Soviet republic of Azer- baijan. Alexander Markevka was riding in an ambulance that was hit by gunfire, according to Daniel Mariaschin, direc- tor of international and public affairs for B'nai B'rith International. Mariaschin and Jacques Lurie, chairman of the B'nai B'rith department on Soviet Jewry, learned the identity of the Jewish victim in a con- ference call placed to Leonid Mishne, a Jewish activist in Baku. In a conversation last week with Micah Naftalin, national director of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Mishne reported that one Jew had died in the eth- nic unrest, but he did not then know the identity of the victim. He also said at the time that the marauders "are leaving Jews alone." Mishne, who also goes by his Hebrew name, Arieh, re- iterated that Jews are not being singled out in the in- ternecine fighting between Azerbaijanis and Armenians and are therefore not in any special danger. But he said most of the Jews want to immigrate to Israel immediately. "If you give them freedom to leave, they would all leave today," Mishne told Mariaschin and Lurie. "Jews want to go out as soon as possible to Israel." The urgency of bringing Jews out of Central Asia was addressed in New York on Jan. 19 by Simcha Dinitz, chairman of the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency Executives. Dinitz, speaking at a news conference of the Jewish Agency and the United Jewish Appeal, said Israel was already giving priority to visa applications coming c_