So Your 185 lb. Baby is Leaving Home! ,-- cate with them and want to lis- ten to their views. The only prob- lem was there were no men." When Judith Martin asked the students what they thought about government support for private schools, the responses were mixed. Azriel Chelst said he felt gov- ernment funding should follow each student to the school of his choice. Some of his classmates agreed. Others said if a parent decides to send a child to private school, the parent is responsible for funding that child's education. As the discussion turned to the Holocaust, the generation that could only learn about its atroc- ities talked to the generation that saw friends and family perish during it. Everything you want to know about freshman year at college "I don't want the wonderful people I knew, who now live in my heart, to be forgotten," said Shoshana Wolok. 'There are his- tory books whose only reference to the Holocaust is a sentence that says Hitler didn't like the Jews." When the class period ended, the seniors left and the students went off to daven. Many of the al- ready prepared questions went unasked. "I often think young people don't spend much time thinking about world situations," said Ms. Martin after the symposium. "That was not the case with these kids. They seemed to be very aware of what's going on in the world." Li Journalist and teacher Linda Puner describes what happens fresh- man year at college and how parents survive it. Based on her latest book, Starting Out Suburban: Suburban Frosh Tell the Truth about Their First Year at College, which followed 50 students at 23 schools, Puner describes the parts of campus life that admissions offices and viewbooks leave out. Topics range from sex, room- mates and religion to T-shirts and phone calls from home. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 7:30-9:00 PM Jewish Parenting Center, 4200 Walnut Lake Rd., W. Bloomfield Open to the community Congregation Shaarey Zedek members: $10/family Non-members: $15/family To reserve your place Call 810/681-5353 or FAX 810/681-4251 Conference Set For Educators T he Agency for Jewish Edu- cation will hold a day of pro- fessional enrichment for early childhood educators on Thursday, March 9, from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. The event, "What's Jewish About Thursday," is designed to introduce the Jew- ish community's nursery school teachers and teaching assistants to Jewish rituals and ideas to make everyday activities Jewish activities for their classrooms. The conference will begin with a study and discussion of the Ma Tovu prayer, led by Temple Is- rael's Rabbi Joshua Bennett. Fol- lowing the morning presentation, participants will have the op- portunity to select two 11/2hour workshops, led by local and na- tional Jewish educators. Rita Abramson, director of Ed- ucation at B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield and author of Keshet Haivrit, a Hebrew songbook and tape for young children, will pre- sent "Every Day Find a Hebrew Way." Teachers will learn simple Hebrew words, stories and games to make Hebrew learning excit- ing. "Including Children with Spe- cial Needs in Your Pre-School Program" will be led by Joan Lessen Firestone and Cherrill Flynn, consultants for Oakland Schools. It will introduce partic- ipants to ways of identifying and including children with special needs in their classrooms. Aviva Panush, director of ed- ucation at Arm Arbor's Beth Is- rael Religious School, will discuss "Inviting God into Your Class- room." In this workshop, she will help teachers develop methods to promote the spiritual aware- ness. During "Jewish Books for Chil- dren - Books for Jewish Chil- dren," participants will explore methods of using secular books for Jewish subjects and review new and loved books of Jewish content. This session will be led by Lynda A. Cohen, director of early childhood services at the Jewish Community Center in Dayton. In addition, Julia Greenblatt, program coordinator of Jewish Experiences for Families, will teach simple fairy tales, story- telling techniques, costume ideas and art projects to make Jewish stories come alive in "Jewish Fairytales: A Magical Journey through Storytelling and Arts & Crafts." Helayne Shaw, pre-school ed- ucator at Shaarey Zedek Beth Hayeled Nursery School and Tamarack Camp's family camp coordinator, will offer "Making Every Day a Jewish Day-A Day at a Glance." "Menchlichkeit: Learning To Be a Caring Responsible Person in the Early Childhood Years" will be presented by Shawn Locke, director of school services at the Agency for Jewish Educa- tion in Southfield. Janet Pont, director of early childhood education at Shaarey Zedek Beth Hayeled Nursery School, will show how music can help create a Jewish atmosphere in the classroom during her workshop, "Sing Your Way through a Jewish Day." The conference will conclude with a brief closing program: "Ending the Day in a Jewish Way: Tefillat Haderich." A kosher lunch will be provid- ed between workshop sessions I and II. There is a fee for the con- ference. For information, call Shawn Locke or Ellen Krivche- ma, (810) 354-1050. ❑ EUGENE & MARCIA APPLEBAUM JEWISH PARENTING CENTER Ruth Beresh, Director, 810/681-5353 r-- 1 NAME ADDRESS CITY/ZIP HOME PHONE DAY PHONE Shaarey Zedek Member YES 0 NO D Affiliated at MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK AND MAIL WITH THIS FORM TO: JEWISH PARENTING CENTER • REGISTRATION • 4200 WALNUT LAKE ROAD • WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN 48323 COLORWORKS STUDIO OF INTERIOR DESIGN 11 You've said we're in a class by ourselves & we thank you for the compliment! 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