Celebrating the First 10 Years
1988 - 1998
The Cohn-
ow Center
for Judaic Studies
At Wayne State University
Fall Schedule of Programs
SEPT 14
DEREK J. PENSLAR,
Samuel J. Zacks Chair in Jewish History, University of Toronto
THE SIDMUND AND SOPHIE ROHLIK FOUNDATION
ANNUAL LECTURE
A Commemoration of the 50thAnniversary of the State of Israel
Are Israelis Zionists? Jewish Identity in the Jewish State"
7:30 p.m., Janice Charach Epstein Museum/Gallery,
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Jewish Community Center,W. Bloomfield
NOV. 1-2
ZACHARY BAKER,
Chief Librarian, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
THE HAROLD D. GALES MEMORIAL LECTURES
"How to Find Your Shtetl and What to Do When You Get There:
A Guide to the Changing Map of Eastern Europe"
Sunday, 3 p.m., Congregation B'nai David,W. Bloomfield
A Gem Of A Party
Its a new kind of fund-raiser
for the Detroit Friends of Bar Ilan University.
JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR
Special to The Jewish News
L
ast fall, in a successful escape
from the wrecking ball, the
Gem Theatre moved five
blocks and into the Guin-
ness Book of World Records as the
largest building ever moved on wheels.
But for Detroit's Jewish communi-
ty, the real story is that the Gem is
officially reopening on Thursday, Sept.
24, with a Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan
University fund-raiser hosting the
Michigan premiere of the musical
comedy I Love You, You're Perfect, Now
Change.
Tolish-Jewish Relationsftvm a Jewish Perspective"
Monday, Noon, Manoogian Hall,WSU
Co-sponsored by Hillel of Metro Detroit and the Polish
Jagiellonian Society
"The Rediscovery of the Vilna Jewish Library"
Monday, 3 p.m, Purdy/Kresge Library,WSU Graduate School of
Library and Information Science, and German and Slavic Studies
The Big
Move
NOV. 22
The Gem
relocates,
updates
during
historic
move.
ALHAMBRA
(funded through the generous support of
The DeRoy Testamentary Foundation)
A Concert of Judeo-Espa fiol Music
3 p.m.,Temple Israel,W Bloomfield
Co-sponsored byTemple Israel
JAN. 17
STEVEN WEILAND,
Michigan State University
"Writing Jewish Lives: Biography and the Dilemmas of.
Identity"
2 p.m., Borders Books & Music, Farmington Hills
AND MAKE A SPECIAL NOTE:
MARCH 7-8y 1999
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
"JEWS AND THE URBAN EXPERIENCE"
AND A CELEBRATION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE CORN-HADDOW CENTER
Keynote speaker: Nathan Glazer, Harvard University
For further information, please call (313) 577-2679
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Do we sense a trend here?
Last year, Jewish Association for
Residential Care (JARC) selected an
opening performance of Bring In 'Da
Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk at the Fisher
Theatre as its major fund-raiser, and
Congregation Shir Tikvah followed
suit with the Michigan premiere of
Rent to raise funds for its new build-
ing.
Are the days of the fund-raising
dinner coming to an end? Does the-
ater more successfully attract a
younger crowd?
Truth be told, it was just a matter
of convenience that led the fund-rais-
ing arm of Bar-Ilan
University to opt for
the musical comedy
over traditional dinner
plans, says Les Gold-
Preserving a Detroit
cultural gem.
When the vast
majority of peo-
ple move, they
pack up their
belongings,
schlep the
goods to a new
residence and
leave the old
building
behind.
Not so the
proprietors of the Gem Theatre.
They took the building with them
on what proved to be a record-
smashing five-block, five-day crawl
from 58 E. Columbia to 333 Madi-
son Ave.
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