Adult Jewish Learning Opportuniti s in Metro Detroit
Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington
Hills, 48334, 248-851-5100
fax: 248-851-3190
Scholar-in-Residence
Weekend
with Barbara Spectre
Lunch, dinner, & breakfast.
October 9-11, fee
Jewish Mystical Tradition
with Rabbi Daniel Nevins
Sept. 2, 10,16, &23, 8:00 p.m.
Hebrew Literacy Classes
Call for more info.
Bet Chaverim
P.O. Box 871262 , Canton,
48187-6262, 734-480-8880
Adult -Education Program
To begin in September. Call for more
info.
Birmingham Temple
28611 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington
Hills, 48334, 248-477-1410,
fax: 248-477-9014
Monday Forum
Topics range from book reviews to
historical figures.
Mondays, 8:30 p.m.
Agency for Jewish
Education - Midrasha
21550 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield,
48076, 248-354-1050
fax: 248-354-1068
Educational Exchange -
Monthly Lectures
A variety of thought - provoking and
relevant topics, presented by
community rabbis and educators.
One Monday per month, starting
Sept.14, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.,
Barnes & Noble Booksellers,
W. Bloomfield
A Tour Through the Prophets
with Rabbi Steven Well
Evening with the Rabbi
An in-depth discussion of Humanistic
philosophy.
First Wednesday of the month,
7:30 p.m.
Young Adult Humanists
with Rabbi Sherwin Wine
Jewish & Humanistic discussion and
lunch.
First Friday of the month, Noon -
1:00 p.m., fee: $5 per session
Beth Shalom
14601 W. Lincoln, Oak Park, 48237,
248-547-7970, fax: 248-547-0421
A Compassionate Look at
Jewish History
An analysis of the weekly Haftorah,
utilizing the classic Rishonim and
Talmudic sources.
Explore biblical and historical texts,
and the role of suffering in our
tradition.
Thursdays, Sept. 17- Dec. 24,
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., fee
Wednesdays, Oct. 28, Nov. 4,
11& 18, 7:30 p.m.
Who is Wise? Insights from
Pirkei Avot
with Rabbi Rod Glogower
Pirkei Avot is a compendium of
Mishnaic material attributed to sages
and teachers of the early Rabbinic
period.
Wednesdays, Sept. 16 - Jan. 13,
10:30 a.m. - Noon, fee
Inside the Rabbinic Mind
with Rabbi Rod Glogower
An exploration of Talmud,
commentaries, codes, response and
other genre of Rabbinic literature.
Hebrew reading helpful, but not
required.
Wednesdays, Sept.16 - Jan. 13,
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., fee
Hebrew and Yiddish Classes
Call for more info.
Rabbi's Lunch & Learn
with Rabbi David Nelson
Wednesdays, Sept. 16, Oct. 21,
Nov. 11, Dec. 16, fee: $10 per
session
Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies
Wayne State University,
442 Manoogian, Detroit, 48202, 313-
577-2679, fax: 313-577-3266
Are Israelis Zionists?
Jewish Identity in the Jewish
State -
with Derek Penslar,
University of Toronto.
Monday, Sept. 14. 7:30 p.m.
Janice Charach Epstein
Museum/Gallery, 6600 Maple Rd.,
W. Bloomfield
Jewish Community Center
Eilu v' Eilu
A joint adult Jewish learning project of
Adat Shalom
Shaarey Zedek
Beth Shalom
Hillel Day School
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses
B'nai Moshe Women's League for
Conservative Judaism - Michigan
Chapter
248-737-1931, fax: 248-737-1526
Rosh Hodesh Series
Topics and teachers vary.
Next session- Hannah and Sarah: God,
Fertility, and Rosh Hashanah.
with Ruth Bergman
Sunday, Aug. 23, 7:00 p.m.
One Sunday night a month,
Borders, Farmington Hills
Latte & Learning: Talking
About Teshuvah
with Rabbi Aaron Bergman
4 Mondays, starting Aug. 24,
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Borders,
Farmington Hills
Elul: A Time to Prepare
Classes and study groups on a variety
of topics relating to the Days of Awe.
New classes start in October. Call
for more info.
Huntington Woods Minyan
14130 Balfour, Oak Park,
248- 542-4809, fax: 248-542-2767
Jewish. Philosophy
with Rabbi Y. Rahon
The soul of a Jew, the soul of Torah,
the essence of God.
Every Tuesday, 8:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Bldg. 6600 W.
Maple Rd., W. Bloomfield, 48322,
248-661-7649, fax: 248-661-7711
Jewish Secrets to Self
Improvement
with Rabbi Steven Well
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m.,
fee : $5/M, $7/NM
Judaism Faces East
with Alan Lew
What I learned from Buddhism that
can help save Judaism.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.
fee: $7/M, $9/NM
Parshat Hashavuah Lunch &
Learn with Rabbi Glogower
Tuesdays, starting Sept. 8,
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.,
fee: $108/M, $132/NM
Call for more info.
Hebrew Language Classes
Call for more info.
Legend
112 Detroit Jewish News
Puppets from the Bible
with Shawn Richie
Create your own puppet from a Bible
story and present the story at the end
of the series.
Thursdays, Sept. 3, 10, 17 & 24,
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., fee: $35/M,
$40/NM
Israelle Folk Dancing
with Sonny Siegal
Learn dances of our heritage. No
partner needed.
Variety of Lunch and Learn
Programs
8/21
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.JPM Bldg., 15110 W. Ten Mile Rd.
Oak Park, 48237, 248-967-4030
fax: 248-967-0060
Starting Tuesday, Sept. 1,
7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m., fee: $2/
session.
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Kosher Cooking & Wine
Programs
Call for more info.
Machon L' Torah, The
Jewish Learning Network
15221 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park,
48237, 248-967-0888,
fax: 248-967-0412
Six Short Steps to Judaism
with
Rabbi A vraham Jacobovitz
An introductory course in Jewish
concepts designed to aquaint the
participant with the depth and breadth
of Jewish thought and conduct.
Six Wednesdays, starting
Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.,
J.C.C., W. Bloomfield.
Crash Course in Basic Hebrew
Reading
with Yosef Per/stein
Designed for the individual who has
no knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet
to be able to read basic Hebrew.
Five Wednesdays, starting
Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., J.C.C.,
W. Bloomfield
Michigan Jewish AIDS
Coalition (MJAC)
30161 Southfield Rd., #102,
Southfield, 48016, 248- 594-6522,
fax: 248- 594-1733
Choose Life So That You May
Live
with Andrea Nitzkin
A course on HIV/AIDS prevention.
Join our facilitator team, or just
enhance your personal knowledge of
the virus.
Sunday, Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m.-
Noon, and Tuesday, Sept. 15, 7:00
p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Meals included.
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EXPLORE is sponsored by the Agency for JeWish Education, a beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detra,
EXPLORE is made possible with a grant from the Max M, Fisher Jewish Community Foundation and the generosity of The Jewish News:.