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AJE Forum's Focus
Is On Children

Sibling baby sitting and Daniel Sobel
Friendship Circle Respite Care for chil-
dren with special needs are available at
the JCC's Kahn Building on March 14.
Pre-registration is mandatory (call Bassie
Shemtov at 248-855-1212).
Jewish educators enrolled in AJE's
NIRIM Professional Enrichment
Program will receive two units for the
session on March 14.
There is a fee of $5 per session for
Family Circle. To pre-register or for
more information, call Haviva Jacobs at
AJE, (248) 354-1050.

Improving communication between par-
ents of children with special needs and
the professionals who work with them
will be the focus of
the Family Circle
Program hosted by
the Agency for
Jewish Education
of Metropolitan
Detroit.
This year's pro-
gram, "Let's Talk:
Parent-Professional
Communication,"
will be 1-3 p.m.
Nina Butler
Sunday, March 14,
Machon L'Torah, in conjunction with
and 11 1:30 p.m.
Ohr Somayach Detroit and Partners in
Monday,
Torah of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, will
March15, at the D. Dan & Betty Kahn
hold a weekend retreat on "Connecting
Building of the Jewish Community
with our Inner Majesty."
Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West
"These three educational organiza-
Bloomfield.
tions have joined together to provide the
Keynote presenter Nina- S. Butler will
Jewish community of metro Detroit
discuss "The Four Parents, the Four
with an exceptional opportunity to
Educators: Successful Parent/School
rediscover and
Communication Models," on March 14
extend our under-
and The Ten Commandments:
standing and
Learning to Dialogue as a Community"
appreciation of our
on March 15.
precious legacy and
Butler, a consultant on autism, cystic
majestic heritage,"
fibrosis and special education issues,
said Rabbi
holds master's degrees in the art of
Avraham
teaching and special education. She is a
Jacobovitz, director
Wexner fellow and completing a doctor-
of Machon
ate in educational administration and
L'Torah, the Oak
Rabbi Lawrence
policy studies. Butler formulated a corn-
Park-based Jewish
Kelemen
prehensive program for gifted high
Learning Network
school students at the Yeshiva of Greater
of Michigan.
Washington and is involved with the
Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen, an inter-
StarBright Foundation, a joint national
nationally known lecturer, will be corn-
project of Stephen Spielberg and
ing from Israel to be the scholar in resi-
Norman Schwartzkopf, which connects
dence for the weekend retreat, March
chronically ill children through video
19-21 at the Westin Hotel in Southfield.
and computers.
He is the author of Permission to Believe
The Detroit native and her husband
and Permission to Receive. Other presen-
live in Pittsburgh with their five chil-
ters will be Rabbi Avi Cohen, Rabbi
dren. Three of them have special needs.
Jacobovitz, Bayla Jacobovitz and Rabbi
The Family Circle is sponsored by
David Shapero.
AJE's Opening the Doors Special
For information, call Rabbi
Education Partnership Program, Eugene
Jacobovitz at Machon L'Torah, (248)
and Marcia Applebaum Jewish
967-0888; Rabbi Shapero at Ohr
Parenting Center of Congregation
Somayach, (248) 352-4870, or Rabbi
Shaarey Zedek, JARC, Jewish
Cohen at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, (248)
Community Center, Jewish Family
557-9380.
Service, Jewish Vocational Service,
The charge for the weekend is $195
Michigan Board of Rabbis, Daniel Sobel
per person, which includes the lectures,
Friendship Circle and The Jewish News.
catered meals and accommodations.
The program is made possible by contri-
There is limited space available. For
butions from AJE's United Hebrew
reservations, call the Machon office at
Schools Woman's Auxiliary and the
(248) 967-0888, fax at (248) 967-0412,
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
or e-mail to machon@speedlink.net
Detroit's Louis Meyers Fund for Special
Needs.

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