The Ethnic
Connection
Calendar
Cabaret Evening
Features
Klezmers
Sunday, October 16
The Jewish Community Cen-
ter's Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building is celebrating the first
anniversary of the newly ren-
ovated building. 1-3:30 p.m.
The Adult Study Commission of Adat
Shalom Synagogue will present a Klezmer
Cabaret Evening featuring "The Ethnic
Connection" Oct. 23.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the evening will offer Klezmer, Eastern European,
and Israeli folk and dance music. Cold drinks, coffee and a dessert buffet
will be available.
The Ethnic Connection, vocalists and instrumentalists play the accor-
dion, piano, mandolin, guitar, bass, clarinet and violin.
There is a charge. For information, call the synagogue office, 851-5100.
Sunday, October 16
Congregation Beth Achim
Men's Club will host a historic
tour of Jewish Detroit begin-
ning at 1 p.m.
Monday, October 17
An open discussion featuring
candidates Gov. John Engler
and Howard Wolpe, sponsored
by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit. 11:30
a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Call 642-4260.
Jewish Law Seminar
Planned At Midrasha
The Midrasha Center for Adult Jewish Learning and the Cohn Haddow Center
for Judaic Studies of Wayne State University will co-sponsor a 10-week semi-
nar for adult learners titled "Challenge and Response: An Introduction to Jew-
ish Law," taught by Midrasha Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Rod Glowgower.
The series will begin Oct. 18 at Midrasha, at two times each week: Tuesday
afternoons from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and Tuesday evenings from 8 to 9:30 p.m. There
is a tuition fee. All study materials are in English, and no knowledge of He-
brew is required.
Rabbi Glowgower is rabbi of the Orthodox Hillel Minyan at the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor and adjunct lecturer at the U-M Law School. His
other fall courses at Midrasha are "Inside the Rabbinic Mind" (Tuesday, 10:30
a.m. to noon) and "Who Is Wise? Insights from Pirkei Avot" (Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. to noon).
For information, call Nancy Kaplan, (810) 354-1050.
Susannah
Heschel
Tuesday, October 18
The sisterhood of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel
Center will hold a general
meeting followed by a presen-
tation about Safe Place, the
shelter for abused Jewish
women and their families Call
932-0245.
Wednesday, October 19
Rod Glogower
Professor Explores
Support Of Hitler
Attempts by some Christian theologians in the 1930s to deny Jesus' Jewish
identity will be among the issues explored by professor and author Susannah
Heschel in an 11:15 a.m. lecture at Wayne State University's McGregor Memo-
rial Conference Oct. 17. Her presentation is titled "Christian Theologians in
support of Hitler: A Moral Evaluation."
Ms. Herschel, Abba Hillel Silver associate professor of Judaic studies at Case
Western Reserve University, has done extensive research on the relationship
between Jewish and Christian scholars in Germany during the 19th and early
20th centuries. In her discussion, she will evaluate the anti-Semitism of some the-
ologians and explore the attitudes of Christian theologians during the Third
Reich.
Ms. Heschel holds a doctorate in Judaic Studies from the University of Penn-
sylvania, a master's degree in theology from Harvard Divinity School and a
bachelor's degree from Trinity College. During 1992-93, she was a visiting pro-
fessor in the faculty of theology at the University of Frankfort.
Joining the discussion following Ms. Heschel's speech will be William Rior-
dan, assistant professor of systematic theology at Sacred Heart Major Semi-
nary, and Guy Stern, distinguished professor of German and Slavic studies at
WSU.
The public is invited and admission is free. A 1:30 p.m. reception will follow
the program, which is sponsored by WSU's Grosberg Religious Center and the
Center for ,.A.:mclemic Ethics. For information, call Dr. A. Brown, 577-8290.
Sinai Heritage Ball V honoring
founding board members Louis
Berry, Max Fisher and
Leonard Simons. 6 p.m. at the
Burton Manor.
Friday, October 21
B'nai B'rith Women's Council
Special Luncheon honoring
Howard and Steven Tapper.
Noon at Congregation B'nai
Moshe. 855-5255.
Sunday, October 23
The Adult Study Commission
ofAdat Shalom Synagogue will
present a Klezmer Cabaret
Evening featuring 'The Ethnic
Connection." 7:30 p.m. at the
synagogue. Call 851-5100.
Monday, November 3
Psychologist Sonya Friedman
will address the annual Insti-
tute of the Jewish Federation
Women's Division. She will
speak on "Things My Mother
Never Told Me...I'm Going to
Tell You: A Woman's Struggle
to Separate While Staying Con-
nected to Those They Love."
Call 642-4260.
Sunday, November 6
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah's 80th
annual dinner, honoring Ann
Newman. 6 p.m. at the Westin
Hotel. Call 557-6750.