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KO- SHER KITCHEN Nr,bbirAical svApowisioTA ifrt cooperatiov. witIA Cof,orteil Of Or-tinociox RAU .01 KLAINEr?G Di-rector of Pastorai Care (0/41 Reitgios Activities SYNAGOGUE on prevvtises NOSH NOOK & GIFT SHOP oper-ated by )ewisk Home for Aged Abtxiliag MENORAH HOUSE is proud to introduce Rabbi Hershel Klainberg as Chaplain. He will be serving as Di- rector of Pastoral Care and Religious Activities. Rabbi Klainberg will be attending to the spiri- tual and religious needs of residents and their families. Please feel free to contact Rabbi Klainberg through Menorah House for any guidance or assistance that you and your fam- ily may need. When. the tie cows alAd the Keect is there ► 2015 Greefrifield ro6c1 sobttlittielcl, MI 810-55-7-oo5o 1/1 Garden has trees representing varied tropical regions around the worked, including South Amer- ica, Africa and Australia. "Our climate is very good for tropical trees and plants," says Mr. Elias, as he pauses to pick off a fruit from one of the palm trees and pops it into his mouth. The fruit of pundi palm from South America, is quite edible he ex- plains. We're now in an area with palm trees of many varieties, all of them neatly labeled. There are Alexander palms from Australia, trees with very delicate leaves; pundi palms; date palms from the Middle East, and fish tail palms from Southeast Asia, with leaved shaped like fish tails. In a separate section are re- cently planted papaya trees from Africa. "You need a special per- mit to bring these trees," says Mr. Elias, who planted a total of 50 papaya trees. When he first started to work on the tropical garden in 1975, there were only canary palms in Hayarkon Park, which had been planted during Shavuoth 1952 by local students. Mr. Elias de- cided to build his garden where the canary palms were growing. Now there are over 2,000 dif- ferent tropical plants and trees, and Mr. Elias knows the histo- ry of all of them. As we walk, he points to a group of very tall and striking trees. These are tropical palms known as hoviah palms, and Mr. Elias' success with them is a spe- cial source of pride. "When I fist planted these, some people said, 'It's not possi- ble. They won't grow here be- cause they need special shade,' " he relates. But he was confident and attentive. He even built a special roof to protect the trees, Celebrate In Israel Children who wish to celebrate their bar or bat mitzvah in Israel with their parents or guardian are invited to attend an informal meeting at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Max M. Fisher Building's Butzel Conference Suite. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan De- troit, the bar or bat mitzvah op- portunity is part of the United Jewish Appeal Family Mission to Israel program. Boys celebrating their 13th birthday and girls celebrating ei- ther their 12th or 13th birthday within the calendar year are el- igible to take advantage of the subsidized air travel to Israel of- fered through the family mission program. Several mission dates for 1995 are available. For details, call 642-4260. but They became so tall and strong they broke right through. Over 120 of them are now thriving, tall and stately, in the Tel Aviv garden, which, like the cactus garden, is often visited by students of botany and agricul- ture from other countries. The sight of the stately palm trees is just one of the daily sat- isfactions he feels in this lush gar- den. "This is such a special place, so peaceful and beautiful," he says. "It's where I can forget everything except the trees. I don't think even the Garden of Eden could be more beautiful." LI Interfaith Program Set Temple Israel and the Detroit Unity Temple will host a joint program on Chanukah and Kwanzaa Dec. 11 from 2:30-4 p.m. at the Detroit Unity Tem- ple. The purpose of the program is to bring together people from btoh the Jewish and the African American communities in order to develop a better understand- ing of their religions, histories and traditions. The Dec. 11 program will in- clude a panel discussion with people from both congregations. Temple Israel representatives will Be Rabbi Joshua L. Bennet; Suzy Kaplan, youth group ad- viser; and Risa Heller, youth group member. In addition, there will be Israeli and African food, music and dancing. The program is free of charge and open to the community. A caravan of cars will leave Tem- ple Israel at 1:45 p.m. and arrive at Detroit Unity at 2:30 p.m. The congregation is located on Second Street, just north of McNichols at Woodward. For information and directions, call Nancy Gad-Harf, 661-5700. IRP Hears Dr. Baumgarten "Is Age Based Health Care Ra- tioning Morally Appropriate?" will be the topic of a talk given by Dr. Elias Baumgarten. The talk, sponsored by the Institute for Retired Professionals, will be given Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Maple/Drake Jeiwsh Community Center. Dr. Baumgarten is an associ- ate professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan-Dear- born. He has served as a medical ethics consultant at the Univer- sity of Michigan Medical Center. For information about the talk or about the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP), contact the IRP office, 967-4030. GJ