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The Michigan Chapter
American Friends of The Hebrew University
Is honored to participate in the 47th Annual Jewish
Book Fair and to sponsor a discussion with
Jeffrey Weiss
co-author with his brother Craig of
I AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
The story of the Jewish and non-Jewish volunteers who fought in
Israel's War for Independence
Sunday, November 8, 1998
6:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building, West Bloomfield
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Jeffrey Weiss has a masters degree in International and Compara-
tive Law from the Georgetown University Law Center. His brother,
Craig, who has a degree in Philosophy form the University of
Pennsylvania, attended Hebrew University's Junior Year Abroad
Program. He later returned to Israel to conduct interviews and to do
research for this book. Jeffrey's inspiration to write the book began
while reading a Hebrew-language biography of a famous Israeli
fighter pilot. It made him aware of the little-known story of the
large-scale North American participation in Israel's War of Indepen-
dence.
Teachi
Teachers
I Am My Brother's Keeper is a compelling anecdotal history that
records the heroism and courage of more than 1,000 Americans
and Canadians, Jews and non-Jews, who volunteered to fight for
the independence of the Jewish state.
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Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there.
Day-long session
at Temple Israel
gives Jewish educators
new tools for
the classroom.
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he 300-plus teachers arriv-
ing early Sunday morning
at Temple Israel might not
have been expecting a jug-
gling performance.
Certainly not a keynote speaker
who juggled eggs, sickles and minia-
ture plungers all while discussing how
"Laughter is the Best Stress Medicine."
Karen Kolberg, a lively corporate
consultant, author and fire-eater from
Wisconsin, revved up participants for
the Agency for Jewish Education of
Metropolitan Detroit's sixth annual
NIRIM conference for Jewish educa-
tors. The six-hour day, entitled
"Creating Makom Kadosh [Holy
Top: Beth Dzodin, a theater
specialist and educational con-
sultant, leads a workshop on
"Teaching Creativity and
Creating Makom Kadosh."
Above: Keynote speaker Karen
Kolberg holds up a "smile on a
stick," as she talks about using
"laughter as the best stress
medicine."
Space]: Elevating The Learning
Environment," featured a choice of
28 professional development sessions,
most of them led by local educators
and rabbis, a resource fair and lunch.
Among the best-attended sessions:
Kolberg's "The Laughing Classroom,"
Bloomfield Hills Superintendent Gary
Doyle's seminar on "Brain Research
and Learning Theory," Temple Israel
Education Director Fran Pearlman's
"Classroom Management Through
Effective Planning" and a panel dis-
cussion by four rabbis from the
Conservative, Humanist, Orthodox
and Reform movements.
In addition to the usual nuts and
bolts topics on both general and
Jewish educational issues, the confer-
ence offered more Judaic text study