SINGLE LIFE

CONGREGATION B'NAI MOSHE
of West Bloomfield

Antioch

JOIN US THIS YEAR AT THE
WEST BLOOMFIELD J.C.C.

at,

JOIN US NEXT YEAR AT OUR
NEW HOME

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KOL NIDRE
Tuesday, September 17, 1991
Kol Nidre - 7:15 p.m.

ROSH HASNANA
Sunday, September 8, 1991
Mincha - 6:00 p.m.

Monday, September 9, 1991
Shacharis - 8:30 a.m.
Mincha - 6:00 p.m.

YOM KIPPUR
Wednesday, September 18, 1991
Shacharis - 9:00 a.m.
Mincha - 4:40 p.m.
Tuesday, September 10, 1991
Ne'ila - 7:10 p.m.
Shacharis - 8:30 a.m.
Ma'ariv - 8:10 p.m.
Mincha - 6:00 p.m.
End of service - 8:21 p.m.
RABBI MICHAEL UNGAR, OFFICIATING
CANTOR LOUIS KLEIN, CHANTING THE LITURGY
THE B'NAI MOSHE MEN'S CHOIR UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF DANIEL BRAUDE WILL PARTICIPATE

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YOUR WEDDING

Something extra
special when
personally
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PHOTOGRAPHY

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sensational

Centerpieces
Balloons
Gift Baskets
,
1- Party Supplies

in the historic "Ward Eagle home"

29655 W. 14 Mile Rd.
Just W. of Middlebelt

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1991

932-1780

Call Debi 399-4148
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the cooperative education
program.
My Antioch education
should have prepared me well
for single life. We were
always taught to see every ex-
perience in life as "a learning
experience."
In addition to co-op jobs, I
was involved in radical
politics. Although I'd been in
Teen Democrats and been in-
volved in a peace group at
Wayne State University
while in high school, I pro-
ceeded almost directly to the
march on the Pentagon after
my arrival on campus in
1967.
I remember phoning Fred
Cohen, one of the Panther
lawyers, after the Chicago
demonstrations in 1968.
"Fred," I said, "this is Anita
Hoffman."
"Anita," he responded, "I
just talked to you."
"No, no, no!" I protested.
"That's the other Anita Hoff-
man. I'm in Yellow Springs;
she's in New York!"
He thought I was Abbie
Hoffman's (the 1960s activist)
ex-wife, the "other" Anita
Hoffman. Was I still the same
radical Anita I was during
the late 1960s and early
1970s?
I wanted to find out.
I arrived in Yellow Springs
on a Thursday evening. Park-
ing in the Union lot, I met an
old friend, a fellow 1971
alumnus. He told me there
was a greater representation
at this reunion of 1971
graduates than ever before,
although still less than I had
hoped.
Gone were my hopes of
meeting masses of old boy-
friends. Still, I met old and
new friends, and spent long
hours with retired faculty
friends.
It felt strange to have a car
on campus, something
neither David nor I ever had.
Hank, the first person I met,
immediately asked about
David. I answered tersely
where he lived, the type of
work he did and that he had
been remarried for six years.
I requested no more ques-
tions and volunteered no
more answers. This became
my pattern for the remainder
of the four days.
Instead, I talked about
myself, about my son Josh,
about our life together. I felt
good having this conversa-
tion. I felt proud of myself —
my single self.
I met Rosalie Shonfeld Har-
ris, another single alumna,
who returned to campus after
her marriage and divorce. A
1966 Antioch graduate,
Rosalie attended Antioch
from Chicago and returned

there after graduation.
"Choosing Antioch was the
most important watershed
decision of my life," Rosalie
said. "Antioch is the place I
think about, even dream
about, when I need to recap-
ture a sense of autonomy and
freedom."
Rosalie owns her own
business, which she started
after her divorce in 1982. She
said the business was her way
of starting a new life on her
own.
This 25th reunion was her
first. "I wanted to try to
recapture something of what
I was as a student and to
assess where I've been emo-
tionally and intellectually,
since my divorce," she said.
"Would my college peers
respect me and the business
I have built in the past nine
years?"
Larry Denmark, a 38-year-
old alumnus, is from Miami.
This was the second reunion
he attended. He enjoyed the
one he attended in 1984 so
much, he returned.
"I didn't expect to see
anyone I knew," he said, "and
I was surprised to run into a
couple of people whom I had
met before."
Larry met his wife when
she was in Miami on a co-op
from the University of Cincin-
nati. They were married for
two years, and divorced in
1988. He once visited Antioch
with his fiance, who was from
a neighboring town.
During the reunion, he
wanted "to get back the good
feelings." "I wanted to bathe
in the energy generated by
the nostalgia of being at the
college," he said.
"Returning to Antioch is a
comfort; it's like putting on
my favorite bathrobe. It
makes me feel good, even if
I'm unhappy with something.
"My main purpose in atten-
ding the reunion," Larry said,
"was to find out if anybody
still thinks about me at An-
tioch. Were any of my old girl-
friends still carrying a torch
for me?
"Unfortunately," he said, "I
couldn't find out about the
girlfriends because they
weren't there.
"Could I still get in touch
with the good feelings I had
as a single student?"
The answer, for Larry, with
or without the old girlfriends,
was "yes."
After spending four days
talking, eating, drinking and
dancing with 300other An-
tiochians, we found out we are
still progressive, and most of
us are still politically and
socially active.
We found out we are better
than we ever were before. Li

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