A Dazzling Thank You
Each year we like to stop and give
thanks for all that we have. Family,
friends, our health and customers like you.
JEWELERS
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...Astonishing Prices
32940 Wriddlebelt Rd.
(At 14 Mile Rd. in the Broadway Plaza)
Farmington Hills
Phone: 855-1730
Hours: Mon.-ni. 10-6, Thurs. 10-7:30, Sat. 10-5
This Rosh Hashanah,
all of us at Greis Jewelers
extend our best wishes
for the new year to you
and your family. We look
forward to again bringing
you the finest jewelry
designs we can find across
the world.
We look forward to just
seeing you and kibbitzing.
Happy New Year!
Learning And Home
For 2 Weeks In Israel
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR
Nita Lowe Schwartz
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I
t was her realization that
she knew virtually noth-
ing about her religion
and history that started
Nita Lowe-Schwartz on a
journey through Judaism.
Her sons were reaching
bar mitzvah age, and Ms.
Lowe-Schwartz had just
hired a tutor. She started
thinking about her own
education and came to the
conclusion that "after 13
years of Sunday school I
knew nothing about
Judaism." She decided to
start learning.
Through her sons' tutor
she found her own teacher.
It only made her want
more. Her dream, she says,
was having the opportunity
to study in Israel.
This summer, Ms. Lowe-
Schwartz's dream came
true. She was named the
first winner of a scholarship
for a two-week stay at Neve
Yerushalayim, a Jerusalem-
based institution providing
women with classes on
Jewish education. Esta-
blished by Sorah Rosen of
Oak Park, in memory of her
mother Chana Chaya (Anne
Mandell), the annual schol-
arship is open to Michigan
women aged 55-65.
Ms. Lowe-Schwartz, of
West Bloomfield, admits
she wasn't optimistic when
a friend first suggested she
try for the scholarship.
"Me? Get a scholarship?"
she asked. After much prod-
ding, she finally agreed to
send in her application.
Next came the interview,
and then the call telling her
she had won.
"It was," Ms. Lowe-
Schwartz says, "the greatest
news. I had been to Israel,
on a secular tour, and I kept
thinking, 'Please bring me
back to Yerushalayim.' I
couldn't believe that not
only was I going back, but I
was going to learn."
The program at Neve,
called the Adult Summer
Study Mission, attracted 23
women, aged 26-65. Classes
ranged from philosophy to
the writings of the Rambam
and were held in the morn-
ing. Ms. Lowe-Schwartz's
teachers included former
Detroiters Leah Levi and
Naomi Winkler. Tours were
in the afternoon with lec-
tures in the evening.
Ms. Lowe-Schwartz says
she was most impressed
with her sense of feeling
right at home at Neve and
in Israel, despite the fact
that her visit there was
brief.
"I literally had a home in
Yerushalayim, and I can
always go back," she said.
"Here I was, a woman who
had never traveled alone by
herself, yet I felt very com-
fortable. The (Neve) com-
munity was welcoming and
caring."
Ms. Lowe-Schwartz said
she applies principles she
has learned through her
study of Judaism, both in
Detroit and in Israel, to her
work with secular groups. A
former art history teacher,
Ms. Lowe-Schwartz now
leads a support group for
depressed individuals.
Encouraging the group's
members to incorporate into
their lives such Torah val-
ues as forgiveness, respect
and giving others the bene-
fit of the doubt never fails,
she said.
"Yiddishkeit is such a
wonderful thing for one's
mental health," she said.
"Its principles are so pro-
found and true that it works
where other things don't.
"(Philosopher and author
George) Santayana said
that one should make his
life a work of art. For years
I thought, 'How can I do
that?' Then I found the
answer in my own back
yard: Yiddishkeit, which
makes life something even
better than a work of art. It
helps make your life into
something really good." O