Scholar In
Residence At Midrahsa Is Offering
Temple Beth El New Hebrew Classes
Rabbi Gillman
abbi Neil Gillman, associate pro-
fessor and chair of the Department
of Jewish philosophy at the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary of America,
will be the scholar in residence for the
53rd annual Rabbi B. Benedict Glazer
Institute on Judaism at Temple Beth
El for the Christian, Eastern Orthodox,
Muslim and Protestant Clergy.
Rabbi Gillman will speak Feb. 10 at
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on "God's Tri-
umph Over Death: Jewish Reflections
on Resurrection" and "A Liberal The-
ologian's Response to Fundamentalism."
On Friday evening Feb. 10 at 8 p.m.,
he will address the congregation on
"Dilemmas of Liberal Judaism." At 11
a.m. Feb. 11 Shabbat services, his top-
ic will be "The New Prayer Book: chal-
lenging the Modern Worshipper with
Changes in Modern Prayers."
All lectures are open to the commu-
nity without charge.
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inter-spring semester
adult Hebrew classes
begin next week at
the Midrasha Center for
Adult Jewish Learning.
Three class times and for-
mats are being offered for
beginner conversational
Hebrew. All classes are
contingent on minimum
enrollment. There is a
charge for tuition, books
and materials.
One beginner conver-
sation Hebrew class,
taught by Tziona
Ragowsky, will meet
every other Monday
night from 7:30 to 9:30
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sational Hebrew, taught
by Ahuva Newman, which will
meet two mornings a week, Tuesday and Wednesday,
from a beginner con-
will teach
10 a.m. to noon, starting Feb. 7. Tziona Ragowsky
starting Feb.
versational Hebrew class on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
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8• Midrasha is also offering an advanced Hebrew reading course taught by
Ronit Goutkovitch, which will meet on Wednesday
from 7:30
to read-
9:30
text from nights
the weekly
Torah
p.m. starting Feb. 8. This class will analyze skills.
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ing. It is designed for students with good Hebrew reading
beginner e,
New students are also welcome in one of Midrasha's post- in
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brew conversation classes. A free one-time audit, arranged advancs
prospective new students who wish to sit in on a class to decide
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if it is appropriate for their current Hebrew language
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cation, 21550 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield.
e ayment plans are available. Jewish educators receive a special tuition
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discount.
For information, call Sandy Loeffler at (810) 354-1050 or fax your info re-
quest to Midrasha at (810) 354-1068.
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Forgotten Harvest
Receives Grant
orgotten Harvest, a non-profit hunger relief organization,
received a $31,000 grant from the John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase
a refrigerated van for their surplus, perishable food program.
Currently, over 50,000 pounds of food per month, food that
would otherwise go to waste, is transported by the organiza-
tion to soup kitchens and shelters which serve more than
30,000 meals a week. The donated, surplus food is collected
from food wholesalers, bakeries, grocers vending companies,
airlines and other health department-approved facilities.
For information about Forgotten Harvest, call (810) 577-GIVE.
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