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he Michigan Jewish
AIDS Coalition
(MJAC) wants to bring
a Jewish AIDS curriculum
to a synagogue and temple
school near you.
MJAC is working this
summer on an AIDS cur-
riculum for parents and
children that acknowledges
Jewish values, such as the
mitzvah of bikur cholim,
visiting the sick, while pro-
viding accurate AIDS infor-
mation.
"The goal of every AIDS
organization is to be
nonexistent," said Susie
Leemaster, president of
MJAC. "But in the mean-
time, we've got to do what
we can to inform and take
care of people."
MJAC, one year old this
month, serves as a liaison
between Jews affected by
AIDS, Jewish social service
agencies, religious and
community groups and local
AIDS organizations.
To get ready for the next
school year, eight volunteers
from MJAC are developing
an education program for
the fall based on a model
from Cornell University
titled "Talking With Kids
About AIDS: A program for
parents and other adults who
care."
MJAC intends to run a
series of three or four
workshops: One for children,
one for parents, and one or
two for both.
"Children is where edu-
cation has to start," said
Marge Samson, committee
chairwoman. "We're using
portions of Cornell's (AIDS
curriculum) to come up with
our own program for Jewish
education. We will train our
volunteers to lead
workshops at temple and
synagogue religious
schools."
Cornell's AIDS cur-
riculum, designed in 1987 to
help the U.S. Department of
Health develop an AIDS ed-
ucation and awareness pro-
gram, reaches about 2.5
million parents, according to
Jerome Ziegler, professor of
human service studies and
former dean of the univer-
sity's College of Human
Ecology.
"We want to reach chil-
dren outside the school
system," Professor Ziegler
said. "We need parents to
talk to their kids about
AIDS."
Mrs. Samson, a board
member and former chair-
woman of Wellness Net-
work, an AIDS support seri.-
vice, hopes the synagogues,
who will be informed this'
summer, will take advan-
tage of their upcoming
workshops.
"It's up to them (syn-
agogues), but we hope to bye
invited," Mrs. Samson said.
"If you are a living, human',
being, you have to be in-
volved. Anybody who's
human is at risk."
Mrs. Leemaster, who is
speaking at this weekend'
Regional Conference of Gay
and Lesbian Jews in,
Rochester, feels that when it
comes to AIDS, there is still
a sense of denial in the Jew-
ish community.
"It's starting to-get
better," she said, "and there"
are a lot more services in
place for families dealing
with HIV and AIDS."
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_AIDS services available from
the Jewish community now tn-
dude:
Michigan Jewish AIDS Co41_
alition: 932-0964.
Jewish Family Service:
Janette Shallal, 559-1500
Jewish Information Service:
Carol Kaczander, 967-4357
Simcha: Simcha Hotline,
353-8025.
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Musical Theater
Class Set
The Maple-Drake Jewisli
Community Center will offer
a class in musical theater•
with Nancy Gurwin 1-2:30
p.m. Sundays, beginning June
14, in Room 150. Participants
will learn the expressive use
of body and voice, stage orien-
tation and usage, building
and refining characteriza-:,
tions, and performing,
culminating with a perfor-
mance from a Broadway
musical.
There is a charge. For infor-
mation, call Marilyn Wolf
661-1000.
Barristers Group
Plans Dinner
The B'nai B'rith Barristers
Bar Association Annual Judi-
cial Recognition Dinner will
be held 5:30 p.m. June 22 at
the Adat Shalom Synagogue.
There is a charge. For reser-
vations by June 12 call
Lawrence Stockier, 569-7700.