Lawrence A. Tower, treasurer; Gary Ran, secretary. Board of directors for 1996-1999: Jerrold Bigelman, Bruce Gale, Howard Kowalsky, Barry Lefkowitz, Jeffrey Levine, Michael Nedelman, Gregg Orley, Dan Redstone, Mark Rubenfire, Ron Spalter, Jon Steinberg. Board of directors for 1997-2000: Stuart Epstein, Dav- id Gans, George Glassman, Frederic Gold, Alan Greene, Joe Imberman, Barry Kallen, Kevin Lewis, Robert Rotenberg, Michael Solarz. Board of directors for 1998-2000; re-appointed: Wally Goodman, Alan Schram. Board of directors; newly appointed: Mark Borovoy, Elliott Parr, Jerry Weisman, Gene Zamler. For information, phone Carol Rosenberg, (248) 661-2999. . Open House For Students The Agency for Jewish Education- Midrasha will hold a open house for students who wish to enroll in Hebrew classes in the fall. To enroll there will be open house 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. For information, call Nira Lev, (248) 354-1050. Metro Hillel Welcomes Students Hillel of Metro Detroit is active on sev- eral campuses throughout the Metro Detroit area. At Wayne State University, open houses will be Tuesday, Sept. 8; Wednesday, Sept. 9; and Thursday, Sept. 10, in the HMD lounge, 667 Student Center Building. At Oakland University, welcome table will be up Tuesday, Sept. 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Oakland Center. At Oakland Community College, welcome tables will be Wednesdays, Sept. 9 and 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in J- Building, across from the bookstore. 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 food samples from different countries. 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 hospi- tality of the High Holidays. To request tickets, please contact HMD (313) 577-3459, or e-mail ae4930@wayne.edu . Anyone who would like to host students for any of the holiday meals, should also call HMD. Alumni Plan For September The business meetings of the Gamma Kappa Chi Fraternity Alumni will be held in September at Hoa Kow Inn on Orchard Lake Road on Thursdays - beginning at 12:30 p.m. For details, call Iry Bernstein, (248) 557-0956, or Art Maniker, (248) 557- 7105 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 spiritu- ality. 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. c7Vorthw3®d geul'ilerc5 Tlic Bridal Store Silverware, China and Crystal SALE SAVE 25 % to 60 % EVERYDAY Bridal Registry • STERLING SILVER • SILVER PLATE • STAINLESS STEEL • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Towle Retroneau • Lunt Fraser • Gorham Waterford • Wallace Lenox Royal Doulton • International • Oneida Noritake • Dansk Mikasa Hutshenreuter • Jean Couzon Wedgewood • Yamasaki • Sasaki Rosenthal • Kirk Steiff Block • Miller Rogaska Spode Reed & Barton • and Others NGAGEMENT RINGS & WEDDING BANDS 18K Gold Our Specialty Save 40-60% LENOX CHINA We Will Not Be Undersold Tell Us If We're Wrong' eVOrtha(dOd gasiekr8 • Certain restrictions apply EST. 1947 /NW . 301uu vvoodward (at 12 1 /2 Mile) • Royal Oak, MI 248-549-1885 Hours: Tue, Thur, Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5 • Closed Monday Your Hosts: Al & Ruth Beigler Publicity Deadlines The normal deadline for local news and publicity items is noon Thursday, eight days prior to issue date. The deadline for out-of- town obituaries is 10 a.m. Tuesday, three days prior to issue date. eorz-k). - t. ENTERTAINMENT _ Detroit Jewish News 9/4 1998 51