MARCH 17, 1995
Holocaust
Survivors
Host Author
Epstein
Calendar
Sunday, March 19
A blood drive will be held at
Temple Israel. Call (810) 661-
5700 to schedule a time.
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n Saturday March 25, at 7:30
p.m. at the Maple-Drake Jew-
ish Community Center,
CHAIM-Children of Holocaust-Sur-
vivors Association In Michigan, will
host Helen Epstein, author of Children of the Holocaust. She will speak the 15th an-
niversary program and celebration. Following Ms. Epstein's talk, refreshments will be
provided as well as music and Jewish dancing.
CHAIM is an all volunteer organization which has provided numerous Holocaust edu-
cational programs and lectures to the Detroit Jewish community for the past 15 years.
There is a charge. Call Eva Kraus, (810) 661-0838; or Charles Slow, (810) 356-6668.
Tickets will be available at the door.
Tuesday, March 21
Organ Transplants
Subject Of Lecture
Names Project
Plans Quilt Display
he Names Project Detroit Metro Chapter, in co-
sponsorship with the Detroit Health Depart-
ment, will present a 5,000 panel display of the
Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt at Cobo Cen-
ter in detroit on April 5-9. The display is free to the
public.
Each panel represents at least one person who
had died with AIDS, many of whom were from
the Detroit area.The display of the Quilt is being
held to increase public awareness. Volunteers will-
be needed; teens are particularly invited to help.
Clergy and trained counselors are needed for on-site emotional support for
the
visitors.
he Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition (MJAC), in cooperation with .m.,
Names Project, will conduct a volunteer training on Sunday, March 19, 3 p
at the JPM JCC. No pre-registration is required.
e Names Project, Detroit Metro
For information or to volunteer, contact th
Chapter, P.O. Box 1953, Royal Oak, MI 48068; (313) 371-9599.
T
he American Artists Series will continue its 25th
anniversary season with the world premiere of
Telaio: Desdeinona by Susan Botti and Trio for
Violin, Cello and Piano by Franz Schubert at 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, at Kingswood/Cranbrook Auditori-
um, 1221 N. Woodward, Bloomfield Hills.
A preview lecture by Susan Botti will be at 2 p.m.
For ticket information and reservations, call the box
office, (810) 851-5044.
New York City soprano/composer Susan Botti
made her first appearance with the American Artists
Series in the 1993 world premiere concert perfor- Susan Botti
mance of her opera Wonderglass.
Performing with Ms. Botti will be the AAS Chamber Players: pianist Joann
Freeman and members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The season will close with the 25th anniversary Finale Concert at 7 p.m. Sun-
day, May 7, at Kingswood/Cranbrook Auditorium.
Saturday, March 25
Children of Holocaust-Sur.
vivors Association in Michigan
will celebrate its 15th anniver-
sary. Author Helen Epstein will
be the featured speaker. 7:30
p.m. at the Maple-Drake Jew-
ish Community Center. Call
(810) 661-0838 or (810) 356-
6668.
Tuesday, March 28
Jewish Family Service will
sponsor "Defining the Limits,"
a one-session workshop ad-
dressing child-discipline issues.
9:30-11 a.m. at the Max M.
Fisher Bading. Call (810) 559-
1500.
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Concert Offers
World Premiere
MaChon L' Torah will host Rab-
bi Mordechai Becher of Toron-
to. The rabbi will discuss "Newt
and Bill vs. Abraham and
Moses ---- Judaism's View of the
Politicized Moral Issues of Our
Time." 7:30 p.m. at Machon
L'Torah, Call (810) 967-0888.,
Tuesday, April 4
Emanuel Reinitz
oung Israel of Oak-Woods will
hold its Rabbi James I. Gordon
Lecture on Monday, March 20, at
Young Israel of Oak-Woods at 7:30
p.m.
This series was established to hon-
or Rabbi Gordon upon his retirement
in 1985 for his 23 years of service to
the synagogue and the community.
The speaker this year will be Dr.
Emanuel R. Reinitz, a transplant
surgeon and member of Young Is-
rael of Oak-Woods. His topic will be
"Halachic Considerations in Organ
Transplant Surgery." Dr. Reinitz, a
graduate of Yale University Medical
School, is director of surgery at De-
troit Medical Center, an associate
professor of surgery at Wayne State
University, a surgeon at Children's,
Harper and Receiving hospitals. He
has served as director of the organ
transplant services of the State Uni-
versity of New York Health Sciences
Center, Syracuse, N.Y., and assis-
tant professor of general and trans-
plant surgery at the same institution.
The lecture is free and open to the
community.
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Jewish Family Service will host
a Housing Option for Older
Adults workshop at the
agency's building in Southfield.
Call (810) 559-1500.
Wednesday, April 5
University , on Wheels, an all-
day cultural event sponsored
by Brandeis University Na-
tional Women's Committee,
Greater Detroit Chapter, will
feature movie moguls Thomas
Doherty and Renaissance Man
screenwriter Jim Burnstein.
9:45 a.m. at the Bloomfield
Township Library. Call (810)
626-8985.
Wednesday, April 5
FIumorist T ,ila Green will pre-
sent "What's So Funny About
Being Jewish?" 7:30 p.m. at the
Maple-Drake Jewish Commu-
nity Center. Call (810) 661-
7648.
Monday, Apri110
Higher education in the era of
multiculturalism will be ex-
amined by the presidents of
Michigan State University,
Wayne State University and
the University of Michigandur-
ing a Jewish Federation Forum
luncheon at the Radisson Plaza
in Southfield. Call (810) 642-
4260.
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