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Buddhism
And Judaism
"What I Learned From Buddism That
Can Help Save Judaism" will be the
first of a three-part series, "Judaism
Faces East." The lecture will take place
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the
Kahn Jewish Community Center.
Guest speaker Rabbi Alan Lew is the
spiritual leader of Congregation Beth
Sholom in San Francisco. Before enter-
ing rabbinical school in 1982, he was a
serious student of Zen Buddhism,
served as director of the Berkeley Zen
Center, and resided at a Zen monastery.
Currently, he has a strong interest in
exploring the use of Zen meditation in
enhancing Jewish spirituality.
The series is sponsored by the
Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit, The Detroit
Jewish News and Temple Israel.
Admission for this event will be $5 for
JCC and Temple Israel members; $8
for non-members.
For information or tickets, call the
JCC, (248) 661-1011, or Temple
Israel, (248) 661-5700.
from different countries around the
world. Representatives from HMD's
committees as well as from other orga-
nizations in the community will pre-
sent ways in which people can get
more involved. For information or to
reserve, call HMD, (313) 577-3459.
Hillel of Metro Detroit is available
to help any college students or young
adults who need tickets or home hos-
pitality for the High Holidays. To
request tickets, please contact HMD,
(313) 577-3459. Anyone who would
like to host students for any of the
holiday meals, should also call HMD.
Bar-Ilan
Opens Gem
The Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan
University will help the Gem Theatre
celebrate its grand re-opening by
sponsoring the Detroit premier of I
Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at
what will be the Gem's first full per-
formance evening at its new location
downtown Thursday, Sept. 24.
For tickets and information, call
Bar-Ilan, (248) 540-8900.
Rosh Hashanah Greeting Cards designed by four winning stu-
dent entries are available for purchase. The cards were designed
by Meagan Bebchuk, Chasida Gross, Matt Saretsky
and Abbie Schreier, and are available in assorted
packages of 8 for $25.00.
Call Yad Ezra (248) 548-3663
for ordering information.
Orders must be received by September 8 9'
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MSU Hillel
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Well Being
Theme OfDay
Michigan State University Hillel will
have a free barbecue for incoming
freshman at noon Sunday, Aug. 30, at
Hillel. Call (517) 332-1916 for more
information.
Hillel will sponsor the Saucy
Vibrations concert from 1-9 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 30, at the Albert Street
parking lot (behind Tower Records) in
East Lansing.
New JCSC Fellow Mandy Oskin
will serve ice cream at 8 p.m. Monday,
Aug. 31, in Case Hall. Mandy Oskin
will be serving ice cream at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Rather Hall in the
Brody Complex.
There will be a barbecue for fresh-
man at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2,
at Rabbi Phil Cohen's house. Call
Hillel, (517) 332-1916 for information.
Winners of the COJES and Detroit
Jewish News sponsored creative writing
contest, "My Keys to Well Being," will
be announced at the Commission on
Jewish Eldercare Services (COJES)
community education day 1-4 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Kahn Jewish
Community Center.
Dr. Kenneth Minaker of Harvard
Medical School, a specialist in geron-
tology with a special interest in well-
ness in older adults, will be the guest
speaker. Dr. Minaker is associate pro-
fessor of medicine at Harvard Medical
School and chief of the Geriatric
Medicine Unit at Massachusetts
General Hospital.
The day will feature exhibits of
interest to older adults and their care-
givers and entertainment by the Sam
Barnett Orchestra. Filmmaker Sue
Marx will introduce her Academy
Award-winning film Young At Heart.
Refreshments will be served, and
there will be door prizes. A sign lan-
guage interpreter will be available.
For bus reservations to the event,
call Pat Mayer at Federation, (248)
642-4260. For information about the
community education day, call Linda
Blumberg, (248) 203-1468.
Metro Hillel
Food Sampling
Hillel of Metro Detroit will host
"Around the World — A Taste of
HMD" 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17,
at the Allen House, 556 West Maple
Road in Birmingham. The program
will feature authentic food samples
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