Life on TEACHING TRADITION from page 71 Birmingham • 555 S. Old Woodward A OW* Sign up for our - One Day Sunday Did you miss out on a complete Jewish educat because you were shooting spit balls? Join former Sunday School drop out Rabbi T and revisit the meaning of Judaism. You will get • An Overview Of The Five Books, its structure and them • A Crash Course In Jewish History from Avraham to Zionism • The Meaning and Mystical Insights Into Our Holidays and Tradition and for a much cheaper tuition. Upon completion you will Receive Aish Hatorah international's Certificate of Jewish August 29th or October 10th 10am-5pm. Pre Paid $35. $50 at the door. Includes L Enter the world of Mysticism Make Every Wedgies Wisdom Ni by starting with the Basics Crash Course in Hebrew Reading Tuesday Nights from 7:30-9:00 for 5 Weeks Starting August 10th Register Now and be reading Hebrew for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur Back to Back Wisdom an 7:30 to 8:30 hear 'Wisdom for reading of the 'Best-Seller 8:40-9:40 A Gui Classic An ongoing classy welcome. This fall `" revelation and how Jewish prae Soulful Services Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur Friday Night Flame (held at a location in Southfield to be an September 17th for Shabbat Ev September 10th-12th for Rosh Hashana September 19th-20th for Yom Kippur An educational experience where meaning, wisdom and soul are the essential ingredie Enjoy Jewish Meditation, Question and Answer Sessions and alternative classes throughout • For the High Holidays you must be pre-registered by September ath. The cost will be $50 per person f or alt three days which includes itiddush Lunch and Break Fast • The Friday Night Flame is free and includes home hospitality for dinner and a joint dessert for participants. •The Location will be in Southfield Near Lahser and 11 Mile N Think YOU'RE busy? Moses had to free the slaves, part the - Red Sea AND climb Mt. Sinai, and yet HE still found time to learn! The Agency for Jewish Education offers a variety of learning opportunities for today's busy adults: • HEBREW LANGUAGE •YIDDISH LANGUAGE • JUDAIC STUDIES Call AJE for a brochure of Fall/Winter 1999/2000 courses and FIND TIME TO LEARN! (248) 354-1050, e-mail: midrasha@ajedetroit.org 8/6 1999 72 Detroit Jewish News holidays or partake in the rituals. A strong religious school prepares our youth to participate in their Jewish community. To facilitate this, we need to teach daily prayer rituals and the components of a Shabbat service. Students must be familiar (and comfortable) with prayers, both in Hebrew and in English. Students also should be able to explain why some Jews stand, while others remain seated during particular prayers. The familiar question, "at what point in the service should we bow our heads and why?" should be addressed in religious school. The students of today will be those leading the Jewish community tomor- row. For the Jewish community to have a strong future, we need to instill strong religious beliefs, teachings and morals in today's children through our religious schools. I I c\ FAIR WAGE from page 71 day care will soon be the norm for most preschoolers, at least two or three days a week. Ironically, what most parents do not know is that the future of quality care is in real jeopardy just when its value has been reaffirmed. Did you know that 75 percent of teachers in Jewish nursery schools are currently between 35 and 65 years of < age and only 13 percent of our teach-• ers are between 18 and 34 years old? If this trend continues, in five years who will provide quality nursery school and infant care to our children? In the Jewish community we are committed to high-quality care, and this means quality staff. It is impera- tive that we attract talented young people to this field. Unfortunately, this will not happen unless nursery school teachers and assistants, who often make less than entry-level laborers, are given a respectable wage. The tug between raisingfees, mak- ing top-notch preschool care available to anyone who wants a Jewish nursery experience, and synagogues' inability- to budget more for nursery and infant care operations are the key challenges Facing our field. I believe our community's determina- tion to resolve these issues successfully will be extremely important to ensuring Jewish continuity among young families as we Tice the next century. L.