• Metro-Detroit's Largest Ever
Jewish Educational Program
• Over 50 Course Offerings in 2 terms
• Courses are 3 weeks long
• Instructors from Conservative, Humanistic,
Orthodox, Reform & Secular Affiliations
Seminars for
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ewish
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Term I - January 25 through February 10
TUESDAYS
WEDNESDAYS
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Join Us for Our Kick-Off Event
Jimmy Prentis Morris Building
7:30 P.M.
Tuesday, January 18, 2000 • 7:30 p.m. • Free Admission
Pick up tickets in advance at either JCC location. *
JCC's D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Israel and Jewish Youth
Bat-Ami Abas, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
Michigan/Israel Connection
Rabbi Joseph Teluskin
7:30 P.M.
Family Fun - Ways to Explore Torah Together
Elizabeth Bloch, Temple Beth El
The Organized Jewish Community: Past, Present and Future
Week 1 - Judge Avern Cohn, Past President, Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit - Week 2 - Dr. Conrad Giles, Past President,
Council of Jewish Federations, Past President, Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit - Week 3 - Robert Aronson, Chief Executive Officer,
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Interfaith: Jumping Fences - A Guide to Interfaith
Relationships for All Life Stages
Marilyn Hertzberg will teach each week with the following instructors:
Week 1 - Rabbi Dannel Schwartz, Temple Shir Shalom - Week 2 - Amy
Rosenblum, Jewish Family Service - Week 3 - Erella Reich/min, Jewish
Family Service
Contemporary Israeli Issues
(This class will be taught only in Hebrew)
Week 1 - The Development of High-Tech in Israel, Doron Laks, Retired
CEO and President, Robomatix, Inc. - Week 2 - The Israeli Economy in
the Last Two Decades and How It Survived Hyperinflation and Became
Part of the Global Economy, Professor Oded lzraeli, Oakland University
Week 3 - Political Satire in Children's Literature, Dr. Yaakova Sacerdoti,
University of Michigan
The New Jewish Frontier:
Judaic Studies and the Internet in the Year 2000
Reuven Regev, ORT Operations USA
Myths and Facts About Jewish Spirituality in Illness and Death
Rabbi E.B. (Bunny) Freedman, Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network
Hasidism and Its Place in Jewish History (Part 1)
(This class will be taught only in Russian.)
Moishe Khusid, Chief Editor, F.R.E.E. Newspaper in Russian,
"Tshuva" - "Return"
The Challenge of Modernity
Rabbi David Nelson, Congregation Beth Shalom
8:35 P.M.
The Reason for and Nature of Rabbinic Dispute
Rabbi Eliezer Cohen, Akiva Hebrew Day School and Congregation Or
Chada ch
What a Jew Should Know About the New Testament
Rabbi Emeritus Ernst J. Conrad, Temple Kol Ami
To Leap or Not to Leap, That Is the Question - A Question of Faith
Rabbi Karmi Gross, Akiva Day School
THURSDAYS
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Mind, Body and Soul - Must a Jew Take Yoga and Meditation
Classes in Order to Feel Spiritual in the 21st Century?
Rabbi Paul Yedwab, Temple Israel
Guest Speaker
and Best-Selling Author
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin was named
by Talk Magazine (September 1999)
as one of the 50 best speakers in the
United States. He is the author of the
most widely selling book on Judaism
of the past two decades, Jewish
Literacy: The Most Important Things
to Know About the Jewish Religion,
Its People and Its History. In 1997,
his novel, An Eye for an Eye, became
the basis for four episodes of David
Kelley's Emmy Award-winning
ABC-TV series, The Practice, and he
has co-written three additional
episodes. He lectures throughout the
United States, and serves as an
Associate of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and
Leadership, and as the spiritual leader of the Synagogue of the
Performing Arts in Los Angeles.
This program is co-sponsored by the CORE Department of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the Jewish Family Service.
(*Ticket holders' seats will be held until 7:10 p.m.)
PROGRAMS NEW TO SAJE THIS YEAR!
See Tuesday for course taught in Hebrew
See Wednesday for course taught in Russian
7:30 P.M.
Reincarnation and the Soul
Rabbi Chaim Bergstein, Bais Chabad Farmington Hills
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8:35 P.M.
Two Lunch & Learn Series
Aleph, Bet, Gimmel Hebrew Made Simple
Nira Lev, Agency for Jewish Education
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Extremism and Anti-Semitism at the Millennium
Don Cohen, Anti Defamation League
Term 1, Thursdays, 12 Noon - 1 p.m.
JCC's D..Dan and Betty Kahn Building
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Jewish Thought 101 Six Short Steps to Basic Judaism (Part 1)
(Course continues Term 2, Tuesdays at 8:35 p.m.)
Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz, Machon L'Torah
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Torah, Haftorah and Megillot: Cantillations
Cantor Ben Zion Lanxner, Congregation B'nai David
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Made in Heaven: Understanding the Jewish Wedding
Rabbi Dov Loketch, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
Talmudic Justice:
Case Studies in 'But Law from Tractate Bava Metzia
(Bring your own dairy lunch)
Rabbi Daniel Nevins, Adat Shalom Synagogue
Reading Thrall from a Woman's Perspective
Fran Pearlman, Temple Israel
Term 2, Thursdays, 12 Noon - 1 p.m.
JCC's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building
8:35 P.M.
My Israel: From an Outsider Looking In, To an Insider Looking Out
(Also offered Term 2, Wednesdays at 8:35 p.m.)
Mark Myers, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
Michiganllsrael Connection
A Thste of Milk and Honey (Class registration will be limited.)
Matt Prentice, Unique Restaurant Corporation
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Three Events That Changed Jewish History
Rabbi Lee Buckman, The Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
The 2000 Elections: What's at Stake?
David Gad-Hart, Jewish Community Council
The Jewish Moshiach: From David to the Millennial Messiah
(Bring your own dairy lunch)
Rabbi Joseph Klein, Temple Emanu-El
A Special Course for Young Adults
A Jewish Approach to Making Medical Decisions
Rabbi Elliot Pachter, Congregation B'nai Moshe
Term 2, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.
JCC's D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Crash Course in Jewish Mysticism
Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, Bais Chabad - West Bloomfield
Building a Jewish Home: From Text to Thchlis
This course is designed for YUJJIES (Young Urban Jews) singles and
young couples only. Social hour to follow. Harlene Appelman, Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, and Judah Isaacs, Agency for Jewish
Education
SAJE is endowed by Cis Maisel Kellman.
SAJE General Information & Registration Form
REGISTER: IN PERSON: at the JCC • CHARGE BY PHONE: (248) 661-7649 • BY MAIL: D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building, Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus, 6600 West
Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 /OR/ Jimmy Prentis Morris Building, 15110 West Ten Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48327 • BY FAX: (248) 661-7711 • FEES: Course fees are $15 per course and
$36 for unlimited courses. Full tuition must accompany all registrations. Jewish educators and professional staff of Jewish agencies and congregations may register free of charge. •
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