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Eilu v' Eilu is a cooperative adult Jewish learning project of

our local Conservative movement and a year-round resource

for adults seeking to connect with Jewish history, holidays,

culture, and Torah. We are sponsored by Adat Shalom,

Beth Shalom, Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, B'nai Moshe,

Hillel Day School, Shaarey Zedek, and Women's League

for Conservative Judaism-Michigan Branch.

Eilu v' Eilu serves the entire Jewish community and

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affiliation, background, or previous Jewish study experience.

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Eilu v' Eilu is a recipient of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's Max M. Fisher Jewish Community Foundation

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http://www.cbahm.org/eilu.htm

For more information,
call Nancy Kaplan
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The Latte & Learning series is
remarkable not only for the variety of
its courses, but for its venue as well
Border's Bookstore in Farmington Hills.
This was another of Nancy's
Innovations.
"My philosophy is to bring learning
to the learner. The dedicated learner
will go anywhere. There are a whole lot
of Jews who are not in the system shul-
wise. If you have a class in a neutral
place they will come.
Rabbi Bergman, who teaches the
Latte & Learning series, says "every
shul ought to have a Nancy. She was
the pioneer for thinking of
bookstores as places for Jews to come
and study. Basic Judaism is
important, but Nancy wanted to
push beyond that. It is unbelievable
to think what she has done. I'm not
aware of anything like (Eilu v'Eilu)
anywhere else in the U.S."
As the program has grown, so, too,
have the responsibilities of keeping it
running smoothly. Nancy recently
received a grant from the Max J. Fisher
Jewish community education
foundation to support a part-time
program coordinator and to underwrite
publicity and administration.
It's been over a decade since Nancy
and her husband, Mike, left Boston
with their two young children, Dan,
now 22, and Amy, now 18. The move
opened new vistas of Jewish educational
exploration that began when Nancy
was a new mother.
"I am on a mission," she reflects. "I
can identify with people who have an
inner search going and don't know
where to turn. To be able to help people
connect intellectually and expose them
to all the beautiful things about being
Jewish...I am lucky that I can do this
pro bono and do not have to work for
a salary. I feel like that is the highest
calling of all."

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