MARCH 31, 1995

Women To Have
Retreat On Sanctity

Calendar

Aish Ha Torah
Haggadah Class

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n Monday, April 10, Rabbi
Alon Tolwin will conduct a
workshop that will provide par-
ticipants with the tools and insights
needed to conduct a relevant seder.
The evening will have four areas
of focus: acquiring the skills need-
ed to motivate guests and family
members to participate in the seder; de-
veloping the ability to relate the ancient
text to contemporary issues; under-
standing the meanings of the tradition-
al symbols of the seder; and
understanding freedom and its relevancy
in a free society.
The workshop will be help at the Hadassah house, 5030 Orchard
Lake Road. The program begins at 8 p.m. and will end at 9:30 p.m. The
cost is $5. Call the Aish HaTorah office, 737-0400, to register.

Rabbi Addresses

Jewish Spirituality

Devora Steinmetz

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he midrasha Center for Adult Jewish Learn-
ing in partnership with an array of women's
organizations throughout metro Detroit, will
sponsor a community study retreat for women on
Sunday, April 30, on the theme of "Exploring Ke-
dusha (Sanctity)."
The retreat, which will run from 12:30 to 8:30
p.m. will be hosted by the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Community Center. There is a charge, and
advance registration is required. Scholarships and
flexible payment plans are available. Child care
will not be provided.
Keynote speaker at the retreat will be Dr. De-
vora Steinmetz, author of From Father to Son:
Kinship, Conflict, and Continuity in Genesis. Dr.
Steinmetz is the founder and director of the Beit
Rabban day school in New York City. She has
taught biblical and rabbinic literature at Drisha
Institute and the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Dr. Steinmetz's topic will be "Mitzvah: The Search
for Meaning and Purpose."
The retreat also will feature break-out study
sessions with six local teachers: Ruth Bergman,
executive director of the Michigan Region of the
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism; Rab-
bi Amy B. Brodsky of Temple Emanu-El; Susann
Codish, community adult educator and an in-
structor at Akiva Hebrew Day School; Nechama
Glogower, free-lance writer, adult educator, and
instructor at Ann Arbor Community Day School;
Frances B. Pearlman, director of education for
Temple Israel; and Aviva Silverman, curriculum
specialist for Hillel Day School and an instructor
in the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School. All of
the sessions will explore themes found in the Torah
portion of Kedoshim (Leviticus, chapters 19 and
20). Familiarity with Hebrew will be helpful, but
is not required. The retreat will include dinner.
All food will be under rabbinic supervision.
For information, call Nancy Kaplan or Sandy
Loeffler, (810) 354-1050.

Rabbi David Wolpe, an instructor in
modern Jewish though at the Universi-
ty of Judaism in Los Angeles, will ex-
plain how ancient mysticism can teach
us about contemporary Jewish spiritu-
ality. The program is set for 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, April 5, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue.
Rabbi Wolpe, who is an author, also
lectures widely throughout the country,
contributes frequently to magazines and David Wolpe
newspapers on subjects of Jewish and
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general interest, and appears often on national television.
The event is sponsored by Adat Shalom's Adult Study Commis
in, Annette Greenstein
sion.The evening will be chaired by Judy Rubin,
and Stuart Sinai. Refreshments will be served following the lecture.
The community is welcome.There is no charge.

Retired Professionals
Hear Ms. Weiner

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Jeannie Weiner

he Relationship Between American
Jews and Israel" will be the topic of
a talk given by Jeannie Weiner 1
p.m. Thursday, April 6, at Maple-Drake.
The talk is sponsored by the Institute for
Retired Professionals.
Ms. Weiner is the immediate past
president of the Jewish Community
Council and is on the executive commit-
tee of the Jewish Federation of Detroit.
She is past president of the League of
Jewish Women's Organizations and is a
member of the National Jewish Com-
munity Relations Advisory Council.
The event is open to the public at no
charge. For information about the talk
or about the Institute for Retired Pro-
fessionals, contact the IRP office, 967-
4030.

Sunday, April 2

Passover Pop-In, a program for
families, will take place at the
Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish
Community Center. 2-4 p.m.
l3ring Passover foods for Yad
Ezza as admission. Call (810)
661-7646 or (81.0) 967-4030.

Tuesday, April 4

Jewis.h Family Service will host
a Housing Options 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 .&rtrzissance Man
screen-writer Jim Burnstein.
9:45 a.m. at the Bloomfield
Township Library. Call (810)
626-8985.

Wednesday, April 5

Humorist Lila 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.

Thursday, April 6

"Dimensions of Denial and Dis-
covery," a seminar on teaching
the Holocaust and Armenian
Genocide, will be held from 8:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wayne State
University. Call (313) 577-
2246.

Thursday, April 6

Temple Israel will host an in-
terfaith seder. Organized un-
der the auspices of the
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai. B'rith and the NAACP,
members of Faraily Victory Fel
lowship Church will join Tem-
ple Israel congregants for the
seder. Call (810) 661-5700.

Sunday, April 9

Temple Beth El is hosting a
blood drive from 8 a.m. until 2
p.m. at the temple. Walk-ins
welcome or, to schedule an ap-
pointment, call (810) 354-2500.
Women's American ORT, Oak-
field Chapter, will sponsor a
bus tour of old Jewish Detroit.
1-5 p.m. Call (810) 638-5888 or
(810) 478-3323,

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