If you can't stand the heat, New Format For Learning come inside. Special 3 month memberships! While we all enjoy the warmer months, there are times when exercising outdoors just isn't good for you. Excessive heat and humidity can make even relaxed exercise a chore or a strain on you. It's great to have the option of an indoor workout, and then relax by our fantastic outdoor pool. JOIN THE JCC SUMMER HEALTH CLUB AT LAST YEAR'S PRICES! Memorial Day thru Labor Day (May 29—September 4) $250 for ages 30 and over $150 for ages 18-29 • Exclusive Fitness Center with state-of-the-art exercise equipment • Steam, Sauna & Whirlpools • Indoor and Outdoor Pools, and Tracks • Aerobics and Personal Trainers • Racquetball, Squash, Volleyball, Tennis, Softball, Walleyball, Basketball • Hair Salon, Manicurist, Massage, Laundry service & Private Solariums C—X—N • • West Bloomfield (810) 661-7622 Oak Park (810) 967-4030 . ..... • • • • • • ** • • • some restrictions apply equipment & facilities may vary between locations Maple-Drake Hosts Programs *** • • • ■■;6 •1)/ Call Now For Your Spring Start Up RICK WALD Call For Details . 489-5862 (licensed and insured) Cr) LU BORENSTEIN'S 25242 Greenfield Rd., Oak Park North of Ten Mile - in the Royal Plaza at 1-696 LU (810) 967-3920 YOUR JUDAICA HEADQUARTERS LU • Books D • Tapes • Havdalah Sets • Jewelry LU • Gifts • Candlesticks • Seder Plates • Kiddush Cups • Videos • Challah Covers 44 • Mezuzahs • Greeting Cards • Challah Boards • Matzo Plates • Matzo Covers • Games • Talesim • Tzedakah Boxes • Wall Plaques • Spice Boxes YARMULKE PAINTING • WINE • GRAPE JUICE AIMMIIIMI111111•••• The Midrasha Center for Adult Jewish Learning will provide a new adult Hebrew learning for- mat that will offer individualized instruction in a small group set- ting, especially designed for those who know some conversational Hebrew but find themselves "in between" levels of existing Midrasha classes. The course, called "Midrasha Hebrew Tutorial," will be offered in a mini-series of four Monday nights beginning May 1. Each week's session will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The teacher will be Ronit Goutkovitch, who has had experience teaching Hebrew in this small-group tutorial format at Akiva Hebrew Day School. All sessions will be held at the Midrasha, 21550 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield. There is a tuition charge for the Midrasha Hebrew Tutorial; pre-registration is required, and the series is contingent on min- imum enrollment. Depending on student interest, a summer ses- sion may be added. Midrasha is also accepting reg- istration from new students for its three Continuing Beginner He- brew classes which began in Feb- ruary: Monday nights (every other week) with Tziona Ragowsky; Tuesday mornings with Ahuva Newman; and Wednesdays lunchtime with Tziona. To regis- ter or for information, call Sandy Loeffler, (810) 354-1050. Because Of Your United Way Contribution., Home Is Still Sweet Home For More Elderly. "Who's in Charge: You or Your Child?" will be discussed by Mar- lon Levin, director of the Work/Family Center of the Mer- rill Palmer Institute, at the Maple- Drake Jewish Community Center on Monday, May 8, at 10 a.m. This is the first of a planned series for providing information to young families. JCC members: $1.50; non-members: $2.50; Health Club members: free. For information and to pre-register, call Lorraine Morris, 661-7649. Maple-Drake will present "The Origins of Impressionism," a lecture by Nancy Locke. Assis- tant professor art history at WSU, on Wednesday, May 3, at 1 p.m. Dr. Locke will discuss the history of the early innovations and controversies of impres- sionist painting. Registration deadline is May 1. Call Lorraine Morris for costs and to register. The Jewish Film Series will present "Image Before Mine Eyes," an award winning docu- mentary, on Monday, May 1, at 1 p.m. Through home movies, photographs, memorabilia, mu- sic and interviews with sur- vivors, this film resurrects the life of Jewish Poland before World War II. Members: free; non-members: $1.50. On May 3 from 9:20 a.m. to 4:40 p.m., by appointment only, screening mammograms will be done at Maple-Drake by the Mo- bile Detection Center of the Michigan Cancer Foundation. On Thursday, May 4 and 18, at 7:30 p.m. the Stepparent Con- nection will meet to discuss com- mon problems and occurrences within the blended family. Free. Great Decisions 1995 will con- tinues on Tuesdays at a 7:30 p.m. Call for topic. Drop-In charge $8; book not included. Creative Writing with Ken Lawrence takes place on Mon- days starting May 1 from 10:30 to noon for six weeks. Members: $20; non-members: $28. Russell Levine's Writer's Workshop is held the second Monday of each month at 7:30 - 9 p.m. This is a drop-in workshop emphasizing short stories, essays and poetry. Members: free; non- members: $1. Yom Hazikaron Celebration Over 40 organizations and con- gregations will participate in the Yom Hazikaron, Israel Memorial Day, ceremonies and observance at 7 p.m., May 2, at the Maple- Drake Jewish Community Center The observance will honor the 17,000 men and women who give their lives to safeguard Israel's freedom and independence since it became a state 47 years ago. Participants in the program will be Adat Shalom Synagogue, Con- gregation B'nai David Congrega- tion B'nai Moshe, Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, Congregation Beth Achim, Congregation Beth Shalom, Birmingham Temple, Downtown Synagogue, Congrega- tion Shaarey Zedek, Congregation Shir Shalom, Congregation Shir Tikvah, Temple Kol Ami, Temple Beth El and Temple Israel. Also, Agency for Jewish Educa- tion, AIPAC, Akiva Hebrew Day School, American Zionist Move- ment, B'nai B'rith Men & Women, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, Bar-Illan University, Habonim, Hadassah, Hillel Day School, Jew- ish Experiences For Families, Jew- ish Parenting Institute, JARC, Jewish Federation Apartments, Labor Zionist Alliance, Na'amat, National Council of Jewish Women, ORT, Technion, Jewish Community Center of Windsor, Jewish War Veterans of Windsor, Yad Ezra, the Jewish Federation's Young Adult Division, Young Is- rael's of Greenfield and Southfield, Young Judea and members of the Ann Arbor community. There is no charge to attend. For details, call the Michigan/Is- rael Connection, (810) 645-7878. LZ\