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Learning to care
for an elderly loved one
just got easier.

You are invited to attend FREE
community education classes for persons caring for
older adults in their homes. The classes are taught by Detroit Medical
Center health and rehabilitation professionals through the use of innovative
technology. Topics include: daily health care, how to handle difficult
behaviors of persons with dementia, safety, nutrition, resources for the family,
caregiver stress, medication, communication and equipment for the home.

The FREE 8-week course is offered 6:30-8:OOpm
on Mondays beginning September 27.
The public is welcome at these locations:

Rehabilitation Institute
of Michigan, Room 825
261 Mack Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48201

Jewish Community Center
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Bldg.
6600 W. Maple
W. Bloomfield, MI 48322

Jewish Community Center
Jimmy Prentis Morris Bldg.
15110 W. Ten Mile Rd.
Oak Park, MI 48237

DMC Rehab-Novi
42005 12 Mile Rd.
Novi, MI 48337

Second Ebenezer Baptist Church
2760 East Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48211

Call (313) 745-1068 for more information and to register.

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But does that mean I have to be in
charge of everything? I'd still like to be
the kid from time to time. And High
Holiday services seem like the perfect
occasion to just show up when my
mom tells me to and sit next to my
dad so I can play with his tzitzit (tal-
lit fringes).
I think a lot of synagogues
believe people my age don't join
because we don't care. And perhaps
that's true for some. But what syna-
gogues don't take into account
when they criticize twentysome-
things for not affiliating is the trau-
ma of becoming head of a house-
hold. As if I have a house.
City North Kehilla in Chicago
tries to ease the transition with a deal
designed especially for
people ages 20 to
30.
Translation:
its tempo-
rary; you
can only
belong for two
years. A $180 fee — up
from $150 last year — buys a one-
year membership at a JCC, access to
five area synagogues (Reform,
Conservative and Orthodox) and a
coveted High Holiday ticket at one of
the participating temples.
Kehilla tries to downplay the
included High Holiday ticket.
Director Julie Fuhrer emphasizes the
continuing education programs, the
cultural and social activities, the
member newsletter. Nonetheless, she
admits, this is the busiest time of year
for sign-ups — about 80 new mem-
bers in the last few weeks.
Even $180, a price Fuhrer said is
carefully considered, seems like a
good chunk of change to me. At least
I'm not alone.
"When you're 25, out of school
and working, but not making a
huge salary, you feel like you should
just be able to walk into any syna-
gogue," says Karen Beth Farkas-
Cohen, director of Hillel's Graduate
and Professional Division in
Chicago. "You're not in the mindset
of, 'ehat does a synagogue provide
me?* You're most at risk of getting
turned off."
To their credit, many synagogues
seem to be aware of this separation-
from-childhood anxiety many of us
experience. For example, Temple
Sholom in Chicago tries to cater to
the youna crowd with a $220 mem-
bership fee
b for those 30 and under.
Interestingly, a non-member ticket