SMUT SERVICES FOR SINGLES DISCUSSION: "My Life, My Values, My Judaism" ADAM CHALOM /— with a full program of daily services at the Beit Midrash adjoining the Choral Synagogue, a day school of 160 pupils, a kindergarten of 50 children and study groups for both young men and young women. There is also Eishel Menachem, the cultural center and kosher dining room attended daily by about 200 elderly. In conjunction with Hesed Avraham, Eishel Menachem operates a meals-on-wheels service for 75 home- bound individuals. Moscow, with more than 200,000 Jews, offers an equally large range of institutions and activities. Two new kosher restaurants have opened in Moscow, both of excellent quality. One is Carmel on Tvershaya, one of Moscow's downtown thorough- fares. The other is the David HaMelech Club, in a private apart- ment — open to the public — next to the Central Synagogue. The latter din- ing room is glatt kosher, under the supervision of Pinchas Goldschmidt, the chief rabbi of Moscow. Like St. Petersburg and Moscow, Kiev, the Ukrainian capital with an estimated Jewish population between 100,000 and 150,000, now has a kosher restaurant as well as syna- gogues, day schools, a community center and other institutions — including the only Reform congrega- tion in any other country of the for- mer Soviet bloc. Its rabbi, U.S.-born David Hillel Wilford, arrived only recently to assume the pulpit. The high point of a visit to Kiev can be the new menorah at Babi Yar. That the victims of the massacre were Jewish is not yet spelled out in so many words, but the 10-foot-high menorah at the site of the killing field is a definitive statement. In general, getting about poses no problems. Finnair service is offered from New York to St. Petersburg by way of Helsinki; domestic air travel is provided by Trans-Aero. The subways, particularly in Moscow, are cheap, safe and some even beautiful. Hotels like the Radisson in Moscow meet interna- tional five-star standards. The vigilant watchwomen" who monitored every floor of every hotel are gone. Separate visas are needed for Russia and the Ukraine; the convenience of group travel is recommended. Also rec- ommended are two English-speaking guides who escorted Frank; Alla Markova and Galena Ryltsova. Markova, a member of the Jewish com- munity, is especially knowledgeable on Russian Jewish history and culture. [I " Rabbinic Intern JUDY GREEN Teacher and Social Worker Friday, January 16, 8 p.m. BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE 28611 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills Services will be followed by an Oneg Shabbat. Mr. Chalom is a rabbinic intern at the Birmingham Temple. A recent Yale Univer- sity graduate, he is in the graduate Near Eastern studies program at the University of Michigan. Ms. Green is a teacher and social worker, specializing in special and early childhood education. She has served as an assistant instructor for the Dale Carnegie Institute of the Ralph Nichols Corp. and has conducted women's support and parenting groups. The Shabbat Services program is sponsored by the Michigan Board of Rabbis in cooper- ation with The Jewish News and the Commu- nity Outreach and Education Department of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. For information, call Kari Grosinger at Federation, (248) 642-4260, ext. 241. PARTICIPATING CONGREGATIONS REFORM Congregation Shir Tikvah Temple Beth El Temple Emanu-El Temple Israel Temple Kol Ami Temple Shir Shalom 271 West Maple Downtown Birmingham 248.258.0212 HUMANIST Monday—Saturday 10-6 • Thursday 10-9 ✓A'e Xo,s.Aer S AFAIRI 3x r:i e_rience ginfoucAed - rica as 9-o f creakof Accommodations in up-market game lodges with first class, Glatt Kosher meals, under strict Birmingham Temple CONSERVATIVE Adat Shalom Synagogue Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses Congregation Beth Achim Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation B'nai David Congregation B'nai Moshe Congregation Shaarey Zedek Leather Sales New 1998 Arrivals Fur Trimmed Leather Coats and Jackets New York Salon styles at affordable prices HONG KONG rAlLan 10% OFF ALL ALTERATIONS WITH THIS AD CUSTOM LEATHER, FUR AND FABRIC ALTERATIONS 29555 Northwestern Highway (Next to Guitar Center) • 248-352-5944 as Rabbinical supervision. A E _ XPLORERS 248.851-CARS ..W idor ic czi&p e chlions Tel 800-925-26+5 rax 70-1-1-1-1226 E-Mail globalx@mindspring.com A Subsidiary of North American Tr.avel, Inc. 1/9 1998 99