iw War Fami lies... •k, NATIVE TRADITION 5 I be chanted in Hebrew, along with a detailed explanation in English. Even people who have observed the High Holy Days for years but want a better understanding are wel- come — no more wimpy services," Tolwin says. The Aish program will discuss the meaning, themes and liturgy of Rosh Hashanah as well as the issues of mechitzah (separate seat- ing), prayer, teshuvah (repentance) and God as King. Last year 200 people attended the Aish services, including many who had previously attended Reform or Conservative shuls, says Tolwin, who ,, r*.rle* • a . ZNt g , iltirtk. ‘, helping ami ies. ■ Yad Ezra provides kosher food packages to 1,000 families every month. The families helped by Yad Ezra include: the elderly working poor disabled single parents new Americans those in emergency situations. With your help, all families in our community can enjoy a nutritious and satisfying meal. ■ ■ ■ ■ from page 18 ■ expected scores more unaffiliated Jews. Services will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a kiddush to follow. Aish is looking for sponsors who can 06.4 support the effort. Aish can find home hospitality for interested per- sons. "Like Emma Lazarus said, 'Give me your disenchanted, huddled mass- es,"' Tolwin says. The Heat Is On ti A weekday meal for 3 small families $ 18.00 A Holiday meal for 4 small families $ 36.00 A Shabbat meal for 5 small families $ 50.00 A Holiday meal for 4 large families $ 72.00 A year of Holiday meals for 1 family $ 100.00 A year of Holiday meals for 2 families $ 200.00 A year of Shabbat meals for 1 small family $ 500.00 Enclosed is my check in the amount of as a tax deductible contribution to Yad Ezra to help feed the Jewish hungry. Your contribution is eligible for a 50% Michigan Tax Credit (subject to certain limitations). Name Address City State Zip Phone Make checks payable to Yad Ezra or charge your contribution to your VISA/Mastercard or Discover. (Minimum sug- gested donation - $18.00) Card No. Exp.Date Signature Name Mail to: 26641 Harding ■ Oak Park, MI 48237 Tributes and Memorials available. Every week, two Bais Chabad congregants mix a little of this and a lot of that for tasty, vegetarian cholent. YAD EZRA feedv the Jewish iviingry For more information call 810-548-3663 Kitchen duo: Mike Jaron and Sidney Stutz. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer ANNETTE'S Uniq ue CZ>1-I C:f YOUR FITTING SOLUTION if Wishing ALL my lovely ladies HAPPY, HEALTHY New Year with warm respect and fondness Annette Newman and STAFF 9/26 1997 20 248 680-1600 3646 Rochester Rd. • Troy • Century Plaza I is like a Jewish Julia Child cooking hour. At 7 a.m. every Friday morn- ing, Michael Jaron and Sidney Stutz enter the small, square kitchen at Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills, toting bags of beans, spices and veg- etables. They quickly get to work, cooking the thick, meatless stew known as cholent for the next day's Shabbat kiddush. Only twice in the year and a half since they began cooking cholent have the two men been unable to produce food for Shabbat. Both times, they were out of town on the same week- I end, and they certainly heard grum- bling about their absence (and that of their stew). Every Shabbat, worshippers at Bais Chabad nosh on two kinds of meatless . cholent — both concocted by Jaron and Stutz. One of the stews is decid- edly spicier. "It's a trick to develop something with flavor and not have any meat in it," says Jaron, 57, an environmental attorney from Brooklyn. "You have to do it with enthusiasm