FOR ADULTS ONLY Interfaith Conference Breaks New Ground about to begin at We've brought together some of the country's best teachers, clergy, and professionals to educate, enlighten, and inform you on subjects of great interest to the Jewish community: ■ Mondays What Jews Should Know About Christianity Rev. Jim Lyons, Director of the Ecumenical Institute 7-8 PM • 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21 • $40 ■ Hate in the '90s: The Legitimization of Intolerance Richard Lobenthal, Director of the Detroit Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League 8-9 PM • 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21 • $40 Introduction to Judaism Richard LotheRthal itlabb/ 5herVhf Rev Vim Dons Caft for &mai Cantor Sam Berman 7-8 PM • 2/28-5/2 • $50 + Books Wednesdays Beginning Yiddish Rabbi Ahron Davidson 7-8 PM • 3/2-5/4 • $50 + Books Conversational Hebrew Narda Oz 7-8 PM • 3/2-5/4 • $50 + Books Beginning Hebrew Alan Lowen 7-8 PM • 3/2-5/4 • $50 + Books Thursdays ■ Eastern Europe: Fascism or Democracy Rabbi Sherwin Wine 7-8 PM • 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 4/7 • $40 Introduction to Judaism The Winter '94 term starts soon! Seating is limited and classes fill up quickly, so please call (810) 737-8700 by February 28 to register. Rabbi Dannel Schwartz 7-8 PM • 3/3-5/5 • $50 + Books ■ Coping With Family Relationships in Intermarriage Dr. Nancy Gad-Harf, Ph.D, M.S.W.; Margaret Weiner, M.S.W.; Marilyn Hertzberg, M.S.W. 7-9 PM • 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24 • $50 (2-Hour Class) ■ What Happens After I Die? Rabbi Dannel Schwartz 8 - 9 PM • 3/3-3/24 • $40 Hands-On Judaism Sally Fitlow 8-9 PM • 3/3-5/5 • $50 + Materials TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM Jerusalem (JTA) — A huge interfaith conference held here last week broke new ground by bringing many Church luminaries to Jerusalem for the first time and thereby offering de facto recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the capital city. Top Christian leaders join- ed rabbis from around the world to address the common challenges posed by moder- nity in the largest interfaith conference ever held in Jerusalem. Despite a boycott by Israel's Orthodox and fervently Orthodox estab- lishment, the International Jewish/Christian Con- ference on Modern Social and Scientific Challenges was hailed as a big success, drawing more than 500 delegates from nearly 100 countries. The presence of so many Christian leaders comes in the wake of the recent estab- lishment of diplomatic ties between the Vatican and Israel and a generally warmer international at- titude toward Israel as a result of the Middle East peace accords. "There were top ap- pointees of the Church from the Vatican and top ap- pointees of the Protestants from Geneva," said Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz, ad- ministration director of the Center for Christian Jewish Understanding at Sacred Heart University in Fair- field, Conn. "And they were here on an equal footing (with the Jews) at the invitation of the Jew- ish people," he said. "Outside of the Pope, what more (could) you want?" The conference was spon- sored by the Bamot Center for Cultural and Social Studies in cooperation with the Tantur Ecumenical In- stitute. The notables included Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who is the world's most powerful cardinal and is the leading conservative voice in the Catholic Church, based in Rome; Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, the ar- chbishop of Milan, who is often named as a possible candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II and is the most prominent Church liberal; and the Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey. "The academic and schol- arly positions being staked out (were) not spectacularly new or ground-breaking," said Rabbi Irving Green- berg, the New York-based president of CLAL, the Center for Jewish Learning and Leadership, and one of the keynote speakers. But the "highly visible, Jewish-sponsored" inter- faith dynamic of the con- ference in Jerusalem was "remarkable," he said. "The number of cardinals knocked my eyes out. "And theology follows reality," he said. He pointed to "an historic transforma- tion of the Church toward a covenantal pluralism in its attitude toward Judaism" as evidenced by Cardinal Ratz- inger's speech. Cardinal Ratzinger re- ferred to the history of the relationship between "Israel and Christendom" as one "drenched with blood and tears," one "of mistrust and hostility," but also one 5642 W. Maple Rd. at Orchard Lake Rd. West Bloomfield 737-8700 VALERIE TAYLOR FASHION RESALE THE DETRO Exclusively Women's Clothing and Accessories Current Fashions Sizes 2-14 80 always at 1844 W. Woodward Birmingham 1 block North of 14 Mile Rd. 540-9548 We Pay Cash for Rne j______ , Clothing and ------<,...._ Accessories" NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY HOURS: Mon.-Sat. 12-6 Two priests from Poland talk with an Israeli professor during the conference.