DETROIT • Jewish AIDS Curriculum Being Prepared Here Whether you're outfitting your own home or a whole subdivision you'll find plumbing, hardware and electrical. supplies. AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer T KOHLER • DELTA • MOEN • ARTISTIC BRASS • KWIKSET • FRANKLIN BRASS • SCHLAGE • BROAN anagement8pecialtie8 Corp. 2800 W. 11 Mile Rd. Berkley, MI 48072 (313) 548-5656 Between Greenfield and Coolidge Studio In Harvard Row Mall 50%-70% OFF ALL NAME BRANDS • Vertical Blinds • Levolor Blinds • Pleated Shades Wood Blinds FREE Municipal Bonds Listing 21728 W. Eleven Mile Rd. Harvard Row Mall Southfield, Ml 48076 . Hours Mon -Sat. 10-5 Receive Weekly Report . Free Professional Measure at No Obligation Free in Home Design Consulting F - 4352-8622 New Rochester Hills 18 FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1992 651-5009 A.G Edwards .W577VEVIN &Sons, S1VCE Inc 18.4,7 MEMBER SOC BOB MORtAN (313) 336-9200 1.800-365-9200 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." ❑ _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. Ar • 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.