COMMUNITY

Rabbi Eliezer Cohen Receives
Outstanding Teacher Award

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Young Israel leader
to be honored.

in any area of Jewish learn-
ing and teaching. It is ad-
ministered in partnership
with the Jewish Welfare
Federation..
Minneapolis philanthro-
pists Frank and Frieda
Schochet have provided
scholarships for teachers in
their community to attend
professional conferences and
extended their interest in
Jewish education in Detroit,
where their son, Wayne State
University Associate Dean
Dr. Claude Schochet, resides.
Rabbi Cohen was graduated
summa cum laude from Yesh-
iva University where he
received ordination and
studied at Yeshiva Chofetz
Chaim in Jerusalem. While

Beth Achim
Special Shabbat

Congregation Beth Achim
will celebrate Israel In-
dependence Day at Shabbat
services April 20. Along with
special prayers and com-
memoration of Israel's 43rd
anniversary, a sermon will be
delivered by Yitzhak Livni,
the Detroit Zionist Federa-
tion's 1991 Scholar in
Residence. Mr. Livni is the
chairman of the Steering
Committee of Israel Televi-
sion Channel 2.

studying for the rabbinate,
Rabbi Cohen was a full-time
Gottesman Fellow at the Rab-
bi Isaac Elchanan Theologi-

Rabbi Cohen

cal Seminary, where he pur-
sued studies in Talmud.
He spent two years at the
Israel Torah Research In-
stitute and came to Detroit in
1974, when he accepted a
teaching position at Akiva. In
1985, he became the rabbi of
Young Israel of Oak-Woods.
In addition, to teaching at
Akiva, Rabbi Cohen conducts
adult evening classes at Oak-
Woods, including a Sunday
evening Talmud class for
women, and is the adviser for
a community-wide women's
Torah study group.
Rabbi Cohen will receive
the award at a future meeting
of the Federation Board of
Governors.

Bernard Kalb Speaks
At Day School Dinner

Bernard Kalb will be the
speaker at the annual dinner
for Hillel Day School 6 p.m.
May 1 at Adat Shalom Syna-
gogue. Mr. Kalb will speak on
current national and interna-
tional affairs. He is a former
assistant secretary of state for
public affairs and a former
news correspondent.

After serving in the Army
during World War II, Mr.
Kalb worked at the New York
Times. He then became a TV
correspondent. At the State
Department, Mr. Kalb's res-
ponsibility was the daily
briefing of the diplomatic
press corps on U.S. foreign
policy.
The dinner chairmen are
Martin Gene and David

The Oak Street Winds: Edward Benyas, Steven Replogle, Cynthia
Tenny, Charles Shapera, and Ann Lavin will perform at the Moishe
Haar Memorial Concert 7:30 p.m. May 5 at the United Hebrew
Schools building. The free concert will be in memory of Mr. Haar, a
teacher and leader of the Sholem Aleichem Institute.

Jewish Education Groups
Plan Activity Workshop

Bernard Kalb

Harold; honorary chairman is
Max Fisher.
For information, call Hillel,
851-6950.

Walk For Israel
Set For May 5

Jewish organizations,
among them the Jewish War
Veterans, National Council of
Jewish Women, B'nai B'rith
Youth Organization and Chai
Flyers, have enrolled for the
annual Walk for Israel 11:30
a.m. May 5 in West
Bloomfield.
Organizations and youth
groups are invited to bring
signs and banners to the walk
which celebrates Israel's 43rd
anniversary of statehood: The
walk will set off from the
Jewish Community Campus.
Sponsored by the Jewish
Welfare Federation and the
Israel Independent Day Com-
mittee, the walk will begin at
10:45 a.m. with registration
and follow a 3.5-mile course

which includes a rest stop at
Temple Israel for refresh-
ments.
The Day of Jewish Solidari-
ty will continue at the Maple-
Drake Jewish Community
Center with an Israel trade
and travel fair at noon,
children's and family ac-
tivities at 12:30 p.m. and a
family concert at 2:30 p.m.
Bus transportation will be
available at a charge from the
Jimmy Prentis Morris build-
ing and from the United
Hebrew Schools building.
To register for the walk or
bus transportation, call Scott
Mittelman (Ext. 140) or Ken
Mintzer (Ext. 149) at Federa-
tion, 965-3939.

The Agency for Jewish
Education/Resource Center
and the Michigan Jewish
Association for Education of
Young Children will present
"Story S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S
for Jewish Children" a
workshop designed for pre-
school, nursery, and
kindergarten educators 6-9
p.m. April 24 at the United
Hebrew Schools building.
The program is based on
the book Story S-T-R-E-T-C-

H-E-R-S: Activities to Expand
Children's Favorite Books

written by Dr. Shirley C.
Raines. Dr. Raines' speech is
entitled "Integrating Jewish
Literature in Classrooms for
Young Children!'
She will focus her talk on
using Jewish books to expand
teaching possibilities; develop
new holiday and everyday
programs; and work with
teachers to create new pro-
jects for the classroom. Fol-
lowing the speech, educators
will break into small groups
and have a hands-on session
creating Jewish Story S-T-R-
E-C-H-E-R-S.
Dr. Raines is an associate
professor of education at
George Mason University in
Virginia.

The following schools are
sponsoring the program: Adat
Shalom Nursery School, Dot-
tie Levitsky, Director; Agen-
cy for Jewish Education
Nursery School, Carol Gale,
Director; Beth Abraham
Hillel Moses Nursery School,
Joyce Epstein, Director;
Jewish Community Center
Child Development Center -
Maple-Drake, Fredelle
Schneider, Director, Robin,
Herman, Assistant Director -
J.P.M., Irma Starr, Director;
Jewish Community Center of
Washtenaw, Rena Weintraub,
Director.
Also Shaarey Zedek
Nursery School, Janet Pont,
Director; Temple Beth El
Nursery School, Joy Kaplan,
Director; Temple Emanu-El
Nursery School, Rena Cohen
and Michaelyn Silverman,
Directors; Temple Israel
Nursery School, Bryna Leib,
Director; The Resource
Center, Agency for Jewish
Education, Renee Wohl,
Director.
The program and materials
are free of charge. There will
be a charge for dinner. For in-
formation, call Judy Silberg
Loebl, 345-1050. You must
pre-register.

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Rabbi Eliezer Cohen,
spiritual leader of Young
Israel of Oak-Woods, will
receive the 1991 Schochet
Family Outstanding Teacher
Award, sponsored by the
Frank and Freda Schochet
Fund of United Jewish
Charities.
A Talmud, Bible and 6th
grade teacher at Akiva
Hebrew Day School, Rabbi
Cohen will receive the award
for his plan to develop a cur-
riculum, source book and
bibliography for high school
students and adults on "The
Beliefs, Principles and Prac-
tices of the Various Branches
of Judaism?'
His project is an outgrowth
of an assignment he gave to
his 10th and 11th graders: to
interview rabbis from the
various branches of Judaism
and learn what divides the
groups theologically, philo-
sophically and in practice,
based on the 13 principles of
Maimonides.
The $3,000 Schochet prize
is to be used to fund a project