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Saturday, April 9 —
Young Adult Division dance at
Knollwood Country Club for
1994 Allied Jewish Campaign
contributors of $100 or more
Call 642-4260.
At Beth
Shalom
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Mayer Rabinowitz
R
abbi Mayer Rabinowitz will ap-
ply the teachings of Halachah
(Jewish Law) to a number of top-
ics at Adat Shalom Synagogue.
"How Do We Make Decisions To-
day, When We Have Logic & Science
on the One Hand and Tradition on
the Other?" will be the subject of the
two-day Encounter Weekend program
April 15-16 planned and organized by
the synagogue's Adult Study Com-
mission.
The first of three programs with
Rabbi Rabinowitz will be a lunch and
learn event 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. April
15.At that time the scholar, who is li-
brarian at the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America as well as an as-
sociate professor of Talmud, will
launch the weekend exploration with
a talk on "Tradition Versus Logic."
At Shabbat morning services April
16, he will deliver a sermon on "Deal-
ing With Jews Who Are Different
From Us."
At a Shabbat luncheon program fol-
lowing Kiddush, Rabbi Rabinowitz
will consider "Is Hospice Permissible?
Can We Withhold Medication and
Treatment?"
Rabbi Rabinowtiz has written sev-
eral editions of medieval halachic
works and has received a National
Defense Foreign Language Fellow-
ship, a Memorial Foundation grant,
and a fellowship from the Herbert
Lehman Institute for Talmudic Is-
sues.
All programs are open to the com-
munity. There are charges for each of
the luncheons. Reservations must be
received by April 11. For information
call the synagogue office, 851-5100.
Saturday, April 9 —
Celebration of B'nai 13'rith's
150th anniversary 8:30 p.m. at
the Now Hilton Hotel. Call
855-8580,
ongregation Beth
Shalom will cele-
brate Israel Inde-
pendence Day with an art
show and a wine and cheese
reception 7:30 p.m. April 14
at the synagogue. The Cultural Co
na Sakalovs mission will host ceramicist Lor-
ky and photographer/painter Denise Susman. Both artists
will speak about their work, about living in Jerusalem, and about the
inspiration of working in the Old City.
Lorna Sakalovsky has created a series of menorot, each repre
sent-
ing a different Jewish theme or a combination of themes.
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Using
her
own
special
process,
she
employs
stoneware
and
porcelain
clays,
colors
them by the
oxides,
the individual parts by hand to the
desired form use
and of creates
the shaped
sculptures.
Denise Susman's art captures the bright light which illuminates Is-
rael in subtle colors and shades. Her canvasses portray the tran-
ity of the narrow, winding alleys of the Old City of Jerusalem. quil
Both artists
also will display their work April 17 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
at Beth
Shalom.
Their exhibit will continue co -
sponsored by Congreg ation
Beth
Shalom at the Maple/ Drake branch of the Jewish Community
Cen-
ter from April 18-25 in the main lobby. The hours will be: 10 a.m.-5
p•m. Monday
through
Sunday,
April 25
from Thursday.
10-4 p.m. Friday, April 22: 10 a.m.-noon, and
Sunday, April 10 —
Dedication of The Last Kad-
dish by Israeli sculptor Aharon
Bezalel. 3 p.m. at the Holocaust
Memorial Center. Call 626-
6003.
Tuesday, April 12 —
A memorial for soldiers who
lost their lives defending Israel.
Shlomo Avineri will address
the community. 7:30 p.m. at
the Maple/Drake Jewish Com-
munity Center.
Wednesday, April 13 —
Temple Beth El Sisterhood
fund-raiser featuring boutique
shopping and a fashion show
by the Somerset Collection of
Troy. Call 661-4465.
Wednesday, April 13
How to build a successful rela
tionship with your interfaith
grandchildren will be discussed
by Sondra Schwartz. 1 p.m. at
the Maple/Drake Jewish Com-
munity Center. Call 661-7649.
JCCouncil
Elections Set
slate of officers and
candidates to fill
board of directors
seats was announced at
the Jewish Communi-
ty Council's Delegate
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tion will be held at the
annual
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May been
18. nominated as president of the Jewish Community
Allen meeting
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Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
itial candidates are Robert I. Brown, Elaine C. Driker and Kath-
Vice presidential
den
Andrew Zack is nominated as secretary and Howard I. Wallach as
een Straus.
Bellinson,
treasurer.
Slated
to fill three-year terms on the board of directors are James
Slated
vey Brode, Ilene Chait, Barbara Cook, Michael Egren, Michael Eizelman, Gary
Faber, Robert Gordon, Arline Gould, Laurence Immerman, Austin A. Kanter,
Winkel-
Robert Liss, Norman Naimark, Ellie Slovis, Brian Tauber and Betsy Winkel-
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man.
Nominees for two-year terms are James M. Alexander, Dr. Mark Diem
and
Torgow.
Joel E. Jacob; one-year term nominees are Andrea Fischer and Gary ion s
Additional nominations for any elective office may be made by petitigned
by at least five qualified delegates. Only one nominee may be named in each pe-
tition. Petitions must be delivered to the Council office by April 29.
Thursday, April 14
Children are invited to the In-
door All-American Baseball
Clinic at the Jimmy Prentis
Morris Jewish Community
Center. 5:30-8 p.m. Call 967-
4030.
Thursday, April 14
A cantorial concert featuring
Daniel Gildar and Avshalom
Zfira. 7:30 p.m. at Congrega-
tion Shaar Hashornayim, in
Windsor. Call (519) 256-3123.
Friday, April 15 —
A conference-workshop to pro-
vide background and materi-
als for educators to teach
children about the Holocaust
and Genocide. At Wayne State
University's McGregor Memo-
rial Conference Center. Call
577-2246.