A Night At SAJE

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Hundreds participate in classes
focusing on Jewish learning.

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SHELLI DORFMAN

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As for the wonderful food aromas?
In the David and Marion Handleman
Hall and Auditorium, a class originally
limited to 40 had 110 students regis-
tered for "So You Don't Like Fish:
Dishes That Will Change Your
Mind." The instructor is Matt
Prentice, president of Bingham Farms-
based Unique Restaurant Corp. and
owner of the JCC's soon-to-be-opened
Milk and Honey Restaurant.
Lorry Cooper of Southfield, attend-
ing with her husband, Jerry, says that
after the first week's theme of

hose passing through the
lobby of the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield on Tuesday"
afternoon couldn't help but smell the
gourmet food being prepared for a
cooking lesson that evening.
, As the first term of this year's
Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment
(SAJE) hits its midpoint, hundreds of
students have attended classes held
Tuesdays and
Thursdays in West
Bloomfield and
Wednesdays at the
Oak Park JCC.
Among the eight
courses offered this past
Tuesday was Reuven
Regev's hands-on intro-
duction to the Judaic
Internet and the use of
Hebrew on the com-
puter, delivered with
help from a six-foot-
square monitor-screen.
Those who could
Clockwise from top left:
understand such topics
Barry Rubin o Wst
as the "Israeli economy
Bloomfield takes notes during Rabbi Paul Yedwab's
in the last two decades
"Mind, Body and Soul" class.
and how it survived
hyperinflation and
Nira Lev of Southfield listens attentively to the words
became part of the
of instructor Oded Izraeli.
global economy" were
Rabbi Paul Yedwab makes a point to the class
caught up in Oakland
during a workshop on meditation and Kabbala.
University Professor
Oded Izraeli's
"Magnificent Mushrooms," she knew
"Contemporary Israeli Issues" class.
better than to eat dinner before
He teaches it entirely in Hebrew.
tonight's class, in anticipation of the
In a large, mirrored exercise room,
"tasting time." This evening's demon-
Rabbi Paul Yedwab of Temple Israel
stration was led by Prentice, with ban-
had standing-room only as he asked
quet chef Craig Stabler doing the
students, "Must a Jew take yoga and
cooking on a portable, propane stove.
meditation classes in order to feel spir-
After he prepared a salmon entree and
itual in the 21st century?" Barry
pickerel Wellington, three servers,
Rubin of West Bloomfield registered
dressed for a banquet, carried trays of
for the interactive class, "Mind, Body
samples" to the group. Cooper says
and Soul," having enjoyed attending
she
hopes the class will inspire Jerry to
"Two Rabbis, Three Opinions" with
cook
a sumptuous meal for her.
Rabbi Yedwab (and also Rabbi Daniel
Nevins from Adat Shalom Synagogue)
at last year's SAJE.
To register for Term II of SAJE, run-

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