Midrasha Sponsors
Classes, Lectures

Midrasha College of Jewish
Studies will sponsor Rabbi
Rod Glogower's ongoing Tues-
day morning seminar,
"Selected Readings from
Talmud Literature," which
meets 10 a.m.-noon starting
April 20 at the Midrasha,
21550 West 12 Mile Road,
Southfield. This course ex-
plores the world of Talmud
through close textual study.
Although no previous study of
Talmud is required, a reading
knowledge of Hebrew would
be helpful. There is no prere-
quisite for this course.
Rabbi Amy Bigman of Tem-
ple Emanu-El will be the
speaker at a lunch and learn
noon-1:30 p.m. April 22 at
Midrasha as part of the
monthly adult education lec-
ture series co-sponsored by
the Michigan Regional Coun-
cil -of B'nai B'rith, the
Michigan Board of Rabbis,
and Midrasha. Her subject
will be "A Jewish Understan-
ding of the Second Testa-
ment." The program follows
lunch. There is a charge.
Reservations are required.
For a lesser charge, adult
learners may omit lunch and
come just for the program.
To learn more about
Michigan Jewish history, two
bus excursions co-sponsored
by the Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan and
Midrasha College of Jewish
Studies in cooperation with
the Jewish Newcomers Group
(a community outreach pro-
ject of the Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah) are
scheduled.
April 25, Dr. Aaron
Lupovitch will lead a bus tour
of Jewish Detroit. The bus
will depart from the Agency
for Jewish Education, 21550
West 12 Mile Road, South-
field, at 12:30 p.m. The bus
will return to the AJE by 4
p.m. There is a charge. Ad-
vance reservations and pre-
payment are required.
May 2, there will be a bus
excursion to the new Michi-
gan Historical Museum in
Lansing. The bus will leave
from the Agency for Jewish
Education at 11 a.m. and will
return by 5:30 p.m. Enroute
to Lansing, Judith Levin Can-
tor, archivist and editor of
Michigan Jewish History, will
speak on "Michigan Jews:
Pioneer Entrepreneurs on the
Two Peninsulas." At the
museum in Lansing, a brown-
bag lunch in the museum lun-
chroom will be followed by a
docent-led tour. There is a

.

charge. Advance reservations
and pre-payment are
required.
Midrasha will offer a four-
week text class for adults on
the subject of Jewish ethical
literature starting April 28.
The course is titled, "Life As
An Art Form: An Invitation
to Jewish Ethical Literature"
and will be taught by Dr. Irv-
ing Panush, professor of
humanities at Oakland Com-
munity College.
Midrasha will present the
course at two different times
and in two different formats:
(1) as a lunch and learn, from
noon-1:30 p.m. at the Max M.
Fisher Building, 6735
Telegraph Road, Bloomfield
Hills; and (2) 7:30-9 p.m. at
the Midrasha. Both versions
of the course will meet on four
consecutive Wednesdays:
April 28, May 5, 12 and 19.
There is a charge.
For information and to
register for classes, call
Midrasha, 354-1050.

Weekend Set
At Butzel Center

The Sholem Aleichem Insti-
tute will host • its annual
Tamarack weekend at the
Butzel Center in Ortonville
April 30-May 2. The speaker
for the weekend will be Sabell
Bender, director of the
Oakwood School and Theater
in California. A Yiddush per-
former and educator, Ms.
Bender will conduct work-
shops that explore the history
and content of Yiddish
Theater.
Information about the
weekend can be obtained by
calling the Sholem Aleichem
Institute office, 553-7040.

The Warmth of Family
,,.The Elegance of Mansion Living!

You don't have to choose
between the two if you
join the Bortz family at
"The Mansion."

Call 363 4121 for our limousine
to pick you up fora personal tour
of our facility. Ask for Harriet Sarnoff Schiff

-

BOrtz

Health
Care
of

Green Lake

Family owned and operated for over 33 years. Medicare approved.

6470 Alden Drive, Orchard Lake

(Less than 20 minutes from Maple & Orchard Lake Roads)

hilsum

Ann Arbor JCC
Bible Program

The Washtenaw County JCC
will present a free family pro-
gram, "Bible Days and Bible
Ways," 1-3 p.m. April 25 at the
center. The program will in-
clude songs and storytelling
as well as arts and crafts. Pre-
schoolers and elementary
school children and their
families are welcome.

misses & misses petites contemporary fashions

UNIQUE CONTEMPORARY ART

Located in Sugar I ree
Maple and Orchard Lake Road. West Bloomfield

313-539-3332

Spring Merchandise
Arriving Daily

Harvard Row • 11 Mile Road at Lahser

354-4650