Community IT S MORE THAN JUST SERVICE... Services for Seniors performed by mature compassionate people at affordable rates. ■ P Live In Companion go Companion Drivers 4► Handy People w Home Cleaners SANDY LINDEN, DIRECTOR Machon Hosts Ethics Conference !After careful evaluation, we match the right senior h4er r each specific client. We provide hip as well as services." seniors with For more information call (248) 865-8000 SENIORS Bonded & Insured Providing Seniors Independence Jr N. Result 248-354-6060 ext. 209 • • •41,, na, ON 6ENERRL NICOLE MEADOWS DOS Complimentary Tblishing for all brides to be 30335 W.13 Mile Road, Suite 101 • Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 248-855-3655 • Fax: 248-855-8579 C,all jgbout Our iPleaching Special only $200 until March 31 ($125 savings) 21027 Mack Avenue • Grosse Pointe Woods • 48236 cf~ f , 44/t at it s fi _nest. Consignment shoppingi your top designer clothes and top money. 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This year's conference also will fea-, ture the following scholars in resi- dence: Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz, associate professor of law at the Uni- versity of Maryland and the rabbi of the Woodside Synagogue, who will speak on "Pain Management: An alter- native to Kevorkian?" at 10 a.m. and on "Human Cloning: A Jewish Per- spective" at 7:30 p.m.; Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz, founder and director of Machon L'Torah, will speak on "Corn- fort for the Mind: Why Bad Things Happen to Good People" at 1:30 p.m.; Dr. Steve Levine, division head for stroke of the Department of Neu- rology, Center for Stroke Research, Henry Ford Hospital; Dr. T Barry Levine, medical director of the Insti- tute for Cardiovascular Health and director of the Michigan Institute for Heart Failure and Transplant Care at Bostford General Hospital, who will speak on "Organ Transplants-Facts and Ethical Challenges" at 2:30 p.m., along with Rabbi Dr. Yizchak Bre- itowitz; Dr. David S. Weingarden, medical director of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and the medical director of the Neuropathy Institute, who will speak on "Pain Management: Ethical Challenges" at 9 a.m.; Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, spiri- tual leader of Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Baltimore, Md., will speak on "Alzheimer's and Ethics, Myths and Realities" at 11:15 a.m. and on "The Physician - As Confidant and Coun- selor" at 4:45 p.m. The program will consist of lectures and meals. The conference will present a pragmatic approach to medical and professional issues from ethical and legal Jewish perspectives. This confer- ence is CME accredited by Henry Ford Hospital and meets the criteria for nine credit hours in Category I of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. For information and reservations, call the Machon office, (248) 967- 0888. Talmud Series Welcomes Students "RSVP: Rabbinic Sources, Visionary Perspectives," a weekly text seminar for adult learners taught by Rabbi Rod Glogower, is an open-enrollment class and new students are welcome to join the group, which meets on Tuesday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Janice Charach Epstein Museum Gallery at the D. Dan & Betty Kahn Jewish Community Center. The series is co-sponsored by the Judaic Enrich- ment Department of the JCC and Congregation B'nai Moshe. The topic for March 3 is age dis- crimination in hiring and firing as seen from the perspective of the Tal- mud and later commentaries. The cur- rent 12-part series also will feature special holiday study sessions in honor of Purim (on March 10) and Passover (on March 31), details of which will be announced; an examination of Havdalah in the Talmud (following Passover break) and other topics. Tuition is $10 per session for mem- bers of B'nai Moshe and the JCC, $12 per session for others. The minimum registration is for four classes, except in the case of the special, pre-holiday study sessions, for which students may register on a one-time basis. To register or for information, call Beth Greenapple at the JCC, (248) 661-7649. HMD Plans For Students Hillel of Metro Detroit will co-spon- sor "Tri-Trippin" in Israel for Michi- gan college students and young adults ages 18-30, May 10-22, 1998. The program includes trips to Northern Israel, attractions in Jerusalem, Massa- da, Rishon Utzion winery, and more. Trip extensions and stop-overs in Europe can be arranged. Applications are due March 2. For information or an application, call Miriam Starkman, (313) 577-3459. The JSO/Hillel will sponsor a Torah study session at Oakland Uni-