Kol Ami Adult Education Leave Home With JCC Trips Temple Kol Ami will offer two adult education courses taught by Rabbi Herschel Finman. The courses will meet on Thursday evenings, April 15, 22, 29 and May 6 and 13. The first course, meeting at 7 p.m., will be "Surfing the Sea of the Talmud." The course will focus on the development of the Talmud. Beginning at 8 p.m., students may study Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. They will examine the creation stories, the soul and the connection to God. There is a charge. Registration required. Call the religious school office, (248) 661-6099. The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit will sponsor the following trips: * Jewish Heritage Tour to England, Ireland and Wales, June 9- 22. The tour includes London, Windsor, Bath, Bristol, Chester, Ludlow, Dublin and Stratford-on- Avon. Informational meetings will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18 at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building of the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, and 10 a.m. Thursday, April 22, at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building in Oak Park. * Cruise Alaska June 21-28. Sail the Norwegian Wind up the inside passage to Glacier Bay, Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan and Haines. An informational meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 13 at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building. * San Francisco, Yosemite and Lake Tahoe July 14-22. The tour highlights San Francisco, Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe. Informational meetings will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 ,at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building. * Jewish Cultural Tour to Eastern Europe Oct. 4-18. The trip com- bines the culture and history of Cracow, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest and Vienna. An informational meet- ing will be held 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building. * Day trips to the'opera include Madame Butterfly 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 21; Eugene Onegin, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 16; Sampson and Delilah, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 3. * Day trips to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra include "The Music of Henry Mancini," Thursday, May 13; "A celebration of Americana," Thursday, June 10. Both are coffee concerts. * Day trips to theater happenings include Jeckyll and Hyde Dr. Paul reads to Royal Oak fourth graders. at the Fisher Theater, 2 p.m. Sunday, May 2. * Overnight getaways include New York City, May 18 22; Niagra- on-the-Lake, Aug. 18-20; and Stratford, Sept. 28-29. To make reservations for the trips, call Marilyn Wolfe, (248) 661- 7649. Wax Museum Comes Alive Teachers and students of Burton Elementary in Huntington Woods will host a Wax Museum, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. Included in the museum will be movie stars, sports figures and other important figures from yesterday and today. Shalom Campers Select Campgrounds The Shalom Campers, Michigan's first camping club for Jewish families, has established its 1999 camping sched- ule. May 14-16: Pontiac Lake Recreation Area; Memorial Day week- end, May 28-31: Camper's Cove, Wheatly, Ontario, Canada; June 11- 13: Groveland Oaks, Holly; July 9- 11: Walnut Hills, Durand; Aug. 13- 15: Groveland Oaks, Holly; Sept. 24- 26: Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park, Holly; Oct. 8-10: Pine Ridge, Birch Run. The Shalom Campers welcomes families with their own camping gear from tents to motor homes. The camping weekends include a Friday evening Oneg Shabbat, a pot-luck dinner on Saturday and a fruit or soup-pot on Sunday. This is in addi- tion to games for the children, songs, games and treats around the campfire and excursions to nearby towns. For information, call Chuck and Marlene Toby, (248) 682-5560, or Laurel and Mark Felsenfeld, (248) 855-4386. 3/26 1999 46 Detroit Jewish News - Yad Ezra Card Contest Yad Ezra, Michigan's only kosher food pantry will sponsor a city-wide greeting card contest for children ages 5-15. Entry forms with directions are available at all religious schools and at Yad Ezra, 26641 Harding, Oak Park. Entries are due April 1 and should be left at the students' religious school or Yad Ezra's office. Winner will be selected in four differ- ent age categories and their designs will be reprinted onto greeting cards that will be sold by Yad Ezra for the High Holidays. For information, call Yad Ezra, (248) 548-3663. New Director For Outreach Randie B. Levin has been named direc- tor of the Jewish Federations Community Outreach and Education Department. Mrs. Levin has served as assistant director of Federation's Planning and Agency Relations depart- ment and was senior planning associated Randie Levin and planning associ- ate. Prior to coming to Federation, Mrs. Levin was director of interdisciplinary services and program coordinator at the Children's Aid Society. Here's Tom Casey Anbender, an eighth grade student at Norup Middle School in Berkley is cur- rently appear- ing in the cho- rus of the Birmingham Village Players' production of Casey Anbender Fiddler on the Roof She also is performing as the Scarecrow in the Dearborn Youth Theater's production of the Wizard of Oz. Casey was honored in 1998 as the Best Young Actress at the City of Dearborn Page Awards. Susan Rosen of Farmington Hills has been selected to rep- resent her school, North Farmington High School, in the Anti- Susan Rosen Defamation League's National Youth Leadership Mission to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., in May. Sylvia S. Stern, who has lived in Southfield over 30 years, was appointed to the Board of Canvassers by the City Council of Southfield. She will be the Democratic canvasser represen- tative for the city in all city elections. Schaver Family Fame Star Quality Entertainer,. author and TV sitcom star Suzanne Somers, center, is greeted by Jewish Federation Women's Campaign and Education Department President Beverly Liss, left, and Women's Allied Jewish Campaign chair Paula Glazier at the women's annual CHOICES event. More than 950 women attended the luncheon held on behalf of the 1999 Women's Campaign. Rona Schaver, a graduate of Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit and Wayne State University and grand- daughter of Emma Schaver, is among the first graduates of Bar- Ilan University's International MBA program.