You are invited to join us at a reception in honor of Agency for Jewish Education's graduates of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School. Conversion 1 Is Discussed Rabbi Chaim Moshe Bergstein will be the guest of the Jewish Hour, WPON 1460 a.m., on Sun- day, May 5, at noon. The host, Rabbi Herschel Finman, will dis- cuss "Conversion in Jewish Law, its ramifications for the 21st Cen- tury." Call-ins to the show will be accepted, (810) 332-1460. Rabbi Finman will continue his Torah class in his home on Sunday May 5, 6:30-7:30 p.m. wi a class titled "On the Moun- with tain — Getting ready for the Hol- iday of Shavuot. Following the Torah class from 7:30-8:30 p.m. will be a class in Shaar Yichud V'haemuna, a treatise of Jewish mysticism. For information, contact Rab- bi Finman 810-542-5087. Zedek Men's Club on Sunday, May 12, at 10 a.m. at the syna- gogue. His topic will be `The New Structure of the Jewish Com- munity." Joe D. Tauber is president of the United Jewish Appeal. He is on the executive committee of the Council of Jewish Federations and a board member of United Israel Appeal and the Joint Dis- tribution Committee. Mr. Tauber has been campaign chairman and president of the Jewish Fed- eration and of the Jewish Com- munity Center. He also is formerly a vice chairman of the UJA Youn.g Leadership Cabinet. The community is invited to have breakfast, at no charge, at 9:30 a.m. before Mr. Tauber speaks. Reservations would be appreciated. Call Congregation Shaarey Zedek, (810) 357-5544 /—) Men's Club Hears Tauber \_, /—) Joel D. Tauber, communal and international leader, will speak at the closing Breakfast Seminar of the Congregation Shaarey One of our ME faculty, Rabbi Yoskowitz has also been a visiting Fellow at the University of Minnesota Bio-Ethics Center and adjunct faculty instructor of the Department of Religion at Hamlin University. He is a graduate of Jewish Theological Seminary, Brooklyn College and the University of Florida. Sunday, May 5, 1996 • 6 p.m. Agency for Jewish Education 21550 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield NO CHARGE Congratulations to the following graduates who will each receive a signed certificate from the JFA Plans Annual Meeting The Jewish Federation Apart- ments, Inc., Jewish Federation Apartments Phase IV Inc., and Jewish Federation apartments Non-Profit Housing Corporation will hold annual meetings of the memberships on Wednesday, June 21, at 6 p.m. at the Anna and Meyer Prentis Federation Apartments, 15100 W. Ten Mile road, Oak Park, Michigan for the purpose of electing members of the board of directors and for the transaction of such other busi- ness as may properly come be- fore the meeting. Nominations for the directors are as follows: For a second three-year term: Carol Sue Co- den, Robert Schechter, Neil Gorosh, Arnold Cohen, Sheri Schiff, Harvey Wolf; for an ini- tial three-year term: Doris Au- gust, Harold Etkin, Jack Friedman, Dr. Amy Goldfaddin, Nathan Upfal; for the Advisory Committee: Edythe Jackier- Mulivor. In accordance with the By- laws other qualified persons may be nominated for election by a petition signed by not less than 50 members of the corpo- rations and filed with Marsha Goldsmith, executive director, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the Annual Meet- ings. Only one person may be nominated by such petition and no nomination shall be valid un- less the nominee shall have con- sented to such nomination. Our special lecturer will be Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz of Congregation Beth Achim. His topic will be "Judaism and Lifelong Learning."* Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora of Hebrew University's Department of Education. Louise Applebaum, Barbara Aronow, Judy Bobrow, Gloria Bookstein, Peggy Bookstein, Sandy Brenner, David Broner, Elissa Brown, Karen Brown, Marty Cerier, Stewart Cerier, Jamie Cohen, Marcia Davis, Mira Eiges, Phyllis Falbaum, Nancy Finkel, Elnora Finkelstein, Tobi Fox, Vivian Friedman, Mary Gamer, Robert Glass, Joan Golden, Barbara Goldman, Howard Hirsch, Jane Kamm, Lisa Kaplan, Anne Katz, Rayna Kogan, Carrie Kushner, Judy Leder, Gerry Levy, Sonny Lipenholtz, Linda Lublin, Sandra Nessel, Suzi Noveck, Judy Poger, Leonard Poger, Mivi Rachmiel, Martin Reisig, Joan Rose, Cindy Schwartz, Donna Sklar, Jeff Snow, Didi Wainess, Jodi Weinfeld and Stacy Ziegenfelder. AJE Melton Instructors: Ruth Bergman, Aviva Silverman and Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz. For more information, contact the Agency for Jewish Education, (810) 354-1050. Ellen Gould Tradition In A Musical Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories, a musical that celebrates family and tradition, will be presented on Thursday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. Written and performed by Ellen Gould, this one-woman musical play is a tribute to her immigrant grandmothers. Ms. Gould plays all the characters and has a graceful and disarm- ing presence both as an actress and singer. This program is co-sponsored by Temple Israel's Adult Educa- tion Committee and sisterhood. The community is invited, tick- ets are $10. To order tickets for further information, call the Temple (81) 661-5700. Publicity Deadlines The normal deadline for local news and publicity items is noon Thursday, eight days prior to is- sue date. 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