Midrasha Center for Adult Jewish Learning
and the Detroit Jewish News present

said, support Washington's
increasingly active role in
the talks. "But what hap-
pens is that the 'establish-
ment,' which I believe was
very much influenced by the
previous governments, can-
not shift in one moment
from one policy to another,"
he said.
Mr. Beilin repeated his
call for a much more active
American role — including
an ongoing effort at "shuttle
diplomacy" to parallel the
peace talks.
The recent tough Israeli
response to the Hezbollah
in Lebanon, Mr. Beilin said,
may have reduced the gap
between Mr. Rabin and
American Jewish leaders by
proving conclusively that
the Israeli leader's more
flexible approach to the
peace negotiations does not
mean he is lax on security
issues. ❑

Students Protest
Bust Of Hitler

Sydney, Australia (JTA) —
A bust of Adolf Hitler,
draped with altered Israeli
and Nazi flags, has been
removed from a university
arts display following a pro-
test by Jewish students.
The display, part of the
Melbourne University
Drama Festival, consisted of
a caricature of the Nazi
leader flanked by an Israeli
flag with a swastika in the
place of the Star of David
and a Nazi flag with the
swastika replaced by a Star
of David.
Julian Zmood, political of-
ficer of the Australian Union
of Jewish Students, lodged a
protest with the Melbourne
University Student Union
after receiving what he de-
scribed as "a barrage of
complaints."
"Jewish students felt that
their union fees were being
used to desecrate the
memory of the Holocaust,"
Mr. Zmood said.
The artist, 22-year-old
sculpture student Charles
Robb, claimed that his work
"condemned Nazism" and
was designed to highlight
the hypocrisy of the art
world.
He described the removal
of the display as "akin to
totalitarianism."
The student union's art
committee voted
unanimously to remove the
a l ATork after Mr. Zmood con-
tended that it "transgressed
union policy."

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Tuesday, August 31
"A Lesson from Maimonides: 24
Things that Make Teshuvah Difficult"
Rabbi Rod Glogower

In the fourth chapter of his Hilkhot Teshuvah (Laws of Repentance) from his great work, Mishneh Torah,
the Rambam discusses various obstacles to the attainment of repentance. Basing his analysis on a
rather obscure early rabbinic teaching which the editors of the Talmud relegated to the "back of the
book," Maimonides took a simple list and systematized it by creating categories and connections that
greatly enriched the meaning of the original text. By studying his material we are afforded an
extraordinary glimpse into the mind of this great genius. More important, however, as we prepare for the
upcoming Days of Awe, an analysis of this text can help us look deeply into ourselves and come to
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Wednesday, September 8
"The Binding of Isaac:
Midrash & Memory"
Aviva Silverman

The story of the binding of Isaac (known in Jewish tradition as the "Akedah") is one of the most
powerful, inspiring, and disturbing of all religious texts. Why did the editors of our liturgy choose this
story to read from the Torah on Rosh Hashanah morning? What is the Akedah's relationship to the
themes of the High Holidays? How and why did the psychological and religious power of this story grow
over the centuries, especially during the Middle Ages, when Jewish parents and children saw themselves
as reliving Abraham and Isaac's trial in the face of the Crusades? How can studying the binding of
Isaac help us prepare for the Days of Awe?

7:20 to 9:00 PM on September 2, 7 & 9
"Spiritual Themes in
High Holiday Prayers
Rabbi Ahron Davidson

Would you like to understand more of what goes on during High Holiday services? Enhance
your awarenesss of the spiritual themes of the High Holiday liturgy by studying key prayers with
the help of a gifted teacher. This class is open to any interested adult learner who would like to
feel more tuned in to the High Holiday services that he or she will be attending this year. The
prayers that will be studied are all found in traditional, Conservative, and Reform High Holiday
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