Aish HaTorah Sets
Shabbaton, Classes
Sephard '92 Programs
Begin On March 1
Aish HaTorah will continue
with their campaign "Say Yes
To Jewish Literacy" by
hosting a community-wide
Shabbaton March 6, 7.
The speakers for the Shab-
baton will be Rabbi Shmuel
Irons, the rosh kollel of the
Kollel Institute of Detroit;
and Rebbetzin Tzippora
Heller, senior faculty member
of Neve Yerushalayim College
for Women in Jerusalem.
Mrs. Heller will address the
women participants on
"Judaism and Feminism:
How Are They Compatible"
and "What Would Queen
Esther Say to The Jewish
Women of the 90s?"
Rabbi Irons will address the
men on "All About Your Soul:
The Soul in Marriage, on
Shabbos and Reincarnation"
and "Havdalah: The Ability
to Make Distinctions!'
This community-wide Shab-
baton will take place in Oak
Park. Local residents from
the Jewish community will be
hosting participants in their
homes. A traditional Shabbat
dinner, beginners services,
The Detroit Jewish Com-
mittee for Sepharad '92 is
planning educational and
cultural events about the
Sephardic Jews.
lectures and classes, Shalosh
Seudos (the third meal), Shab-
bat conclusion services and
Havdalah will be included in
the Shabbaton and will take
place at Congregation Dovid
ben Nuchum.
Children are welcome and
babysitting will be provided.
lb reserve space for the Shab-
baton and to receive tickets
for lectures, call Aish
HaTorah, 737-0400. There is
a charge.
Aish HaTorah/Aleynu will
offer the next series of pro-
grams — a Crash Course in
Jewish Concepts and a Crash
Course in Hebrew Reading
Levels I and II.
The Crash Course in Jewish
Concepts is for all ages to
learn the basics of Judaism.
The program consists of five
sessions: spiritualism and
materialism, prayer, the Sab-
bath, Jewish observance and
love and marriage. The course
will be held 7:30-9 p.m. March
4, 1.1, 25, April 1 and 8 at
Congregation Ohel Moed in
West Bloomfield.
The Crash Course in
Ethical Decisions
Is Lecture Topic
The next installment of the
Irwin I. Cohn Memorial Lec-
tures in talmudic law and
ethics will be noon March 11
in the auditorium of William
Beaumont Hospital, Royal
Oak.
The speaker will be Dr.
David Kazhdan, professor,
Harvard University and reci-
pient of the MacArthur
Award. His topic for the lun-
cheon will be "The Genesis
and Development of an
Ethical Decision."
This lecture has been cer-
tified by the Michigan State
Medical Society for two Level
1 credits and by the American
Osteopathic Association for
two Level 2B credits for con-
tinuing medical education
(C.M.E.)
Dr. David Kazhdan was
born and raised in Moscow.
He received his doctorate
from the University of
Moscow at age 21. During
that time, under the influence
of the local chabad under-
ground, Dr. Kazhdan began to
discover his Jewish heritage.
By age 29, he was successful
in leaving Russia and was
granted a full professorship
from Harvard University.
The Irwin I. Cohn Lectures
are under the auspices of the
David Kazhdan
Lubavitch Foundation. The
lecture is open to the public.
There is a charge for lunch;
reservations are required.
For information, call Rabbi
Herschel Finman, 737-7000.
Dr. Kazhdan will also speak
at 8 p.m. March 11, in Rus-
sian, on the topic, "Aspiring
lb Be Jewish in the 21st Cen-
tury." His lecture, sponsored
by Friends of Refugees of
Eastern Europe, will be held
at the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Community Center.
Tzippora Heller
Hebrew Reading Level I is for
people who want to learn how
to read Hebrew. The program
will begin 7:30-9 p.m. March
9 at Young Israel of South-
field. The next four classes
are on consecutive Mondays.
This is a free program.
The Crash Course in
Hebrew Reading Level II is
for people who have taken the
Level I program and who
already have a basic
understanding of the Hebrew
language.
For class enrollment and in-
formation, call Aish
Halbrah/Aleynu, 737-0400.
Campaign Plans
Spring Phonagift
Volunteers will reach out to
hundreds of Detriot-area
women during the Women's
Division Spring Phonagift on
behalf of the 1992 Allied
Jewish Campaign, 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. March 8, at the
Max M. Fisher Building of
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit.
Volunteers at Spring
Phonagift, one of the Federa-
tion Women's Division major
Campaign Phonathons, will
address the needs of fellow
Jews in Detroit, in Israel and
overseas, as they contact con-
tributors to secure their Cam-
paign pledges. Phonagift also
gives volunteers an oppor-
tunity to reach out to new
contributors.
To date, the Women's Divi-
sion has recorded a $125,000
increase in pledges over last
year,
Cheryl Guyer and Agnes
Klein are chairing Women's
Division Spring Phonagift.
Diane Klein is Women's Divi-
sion president and Penny
Blumenstein is the division's
Campaign chairman.
New Spring Phonagift
volunteers are welcome. To
participate, call Lenoard
Milstone, 642-4260, ext. 250.
The first program will take
place 1 p.m. March 1, and will
feature Moshe Lazar, Univer-
sity of Southern California
professor and expert on med-
ieval Jewish history and cul-
ture. Professor Lazar will con-
duct "A Sephardic Showcase
for Jewish Educators" at the
Agency For Jewish Educa-
tion. At 7 p.m. March 1, Thm-
ple Emanu-El and Congrega-
tion Beth Shalom will co-
sponsor a community-wide
program at Temple Emanu-El
titled "From the Golden Age
of Spain's Jewry to Today's
Sephardic Influence in the
Jewish World!'
From March 25-April 10,
"The Expulsion of the Jews:
Five Hundred Years of Ex-
odus," a photo history of
Sephardic Jewry by Yale
Strom, will be on display at
the Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center. Accom-
panying the exhibit will be a
display of artifacts, religious
and ritual items and costume
articles representing more
than a dozen Sephardic
cultures, contributed from the
personal collections of Detroit
Sephardim.
On March 29, a bus will
transport participants to two
lectures at the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor. The
lectures, to be held at 1:30
and 3:30 p.m. respectively, are
"Judeo-Converts and the Vo-
yages of Discovery" and
"Jews and New Christians in
Trans-Atlantic Trade!" There
is a fee for the bus; the lec-
tures are free. Reservations
are required; call 661-1000,
ext. 293.
A community-wide pro-
gram of music at Temple
Israel will be March 31. The
concert will feature an origi-
nal work, commissioned by
six Jewish communities
across the country, depicting
the heritage of the world-wide
Sephardic community. Admis-
sion is free, but tickets are re-
quired. Call 661-1000, ext.
293.
On April 12, the Sephardic
community of metropolitan
Detroit will hold a family Se-
phardic seder for the entire
community. The seder will
begin at 5 p.m. at Congrega-
tion Beth Abraham Hillel
Moses. For reservations by
April 5 call Congregation
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses,
851-6880.
Detroit And Minsk
Remember Massacre
The Jewish communities of
Detroit and Minsk,
Byelorussia, will hold
memorial services for the
more than 9,000 Jews who
were murdered — many
buried alive — by the Nazis at
11 a.m. March 1 at the
Holocaust Memorial Center
in West Bloomfield, sponsored
by the Soviet Jewry and the
Holocaust Committees of the
Jewish Community Council
and the Holocaust Memorial
Center.
The memorial will include:
a memorial service, which
will include survivors and
children of survivors of the
massacre; a proclamation
presented by Detroit City
Council President Maryanne
Mahaffey, declaring March 1
a Day of Remembrance, to be
accepted by a Holocaust sur-
vivor; the lighting of six
candles, commemorating the
six million Jews killed by the
Nazis, with the last candle to
be lit by a Russian child,
recently arrived in the U.S.
from Minsk, denoting hope
for the future.
Kaddish, the Jewish prayer
for the dead, will be said as
the mourners surround the
eternal flame at the
Holocaust Memorial Center.
The Minsk Jewish com-
munity also will com-
memorate the anniversary
with several events, in-
cluding: a memorial gather-
ing devoted to Jews — victims
of the Nazi genocide; a
solemn laying of a stone at
the site of a future monument
to the massacre victims; a
march of mourners to Yama
("the hollow") where the vic-
tims were buried alive.
Jewish Adoption
Group Will Meet
The organizational meeting
of the Detroit Chapter of Star
of David International will be
7:30 p.m. March 3 at Temple
Kol Ami.
Star of David is a national
organization designed to pro-
vide assistance and support to
Jewish parents who have
adopted or are considering
adoption. For information,
call Kol Ami, 661-0040.
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