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A new JFS program

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Staff Writer

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"The more issues they can resolve
now, the better."
At one point in this or the next
program, all nine Conservative pulpit
rabbis in the area will lead a session. A
second program hasn't been scheduled
yet, but Bergman hopes that it can be 1.1
a twice-yearly event.
"We want people to get to know
the rabbis in the community,"
Bergman said. "Having new families
join is important for the life of the
congregation."
Flyers were sent out to the mailing
list of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit Young Adult
Division. The information also was
so

arriage is a big step for
anyone, even if all is
peachy in the relation-
ship.
Thanks to the Jewish Family
Service, engaged couples and those
thinking about marriage will have an
opportunity to learn more about what
they are getting into. The workshop,
"Happily Ever After: Building a Jewish
Marriage," will kick off on Monday at
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses.
"This isn't a therapy group, but a
chance for a group to educate each
other about marriage," said JFS
social worker Lorraine Lerner, who
will co-lead the five sessions. "The
participants will hopefully gain an
understanding of their partners,
themselves and their families —
everything that makes an impact
when entering a marriage."
The sessions, from 7-9 p.m.
•
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Mondays, will cover Jewish per-
spectives on communication, cop-
ing with each other's families, sexu-
ality, creating a Jewish home, the
strains that can arise in a marriage
and where to go for help.
The program is sponsored by
the Conservative Rabbis of
Metropolitan Detroit (CRMD) and
is open to the entire community.
Lerner credits Rabbi Aaron
Bergman of Beth Abraham Hillel
Moses for getting the program
Lorraine Lerner: Helping partners gain a
started. Bergman is the head of the better understanding of themselves.
CRMD.
"We thought that we had things
given by rabbis to engaged couples in
to say about the issue," said Bergman.
their congregations, sent to couples
"We'll keep doing [the workshops]
whose
pictures appeared in The Jewish
because we know it's an important
News and left on the counters of pho-
topic. We are hoping that Jewish cou-
tographers and invitation shops. ❑
ples set up Jewish households."
The program is not meant to sub-
The cost of the series is $50 per
stitute a couple's meeting with their
couple. For more information,
rabbi, but as a complement to it, he
contact Lorraine Lerner at
added.
(248) 737-5055.
"The couples will see others in the
same position as them, and will reduce
their anxiety level," Bergman said.

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