National Council
of Jewish Women

National Council of
Jewish Women
Greater Detroit Section

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and other events here in Michigan.
"In making the gift," Michael
Serling said, "we hope to deepen acad-
emic and public understanding of
Israeli history, society and culture,
including Israel's place in the lives of
Americans."
A Birmingham attorney, Serling is
chair of the Jewish Studies Advisory
Board, which is made up of a dozen
MSU alumni and friends. The board's
primary task is fund-raising. MSU is
seeking $8 million in endowment
funds for the Jewish Studies Program,
with more than $500,000 raised in the
two years since the campaign began.
"This year, our donor base has
probably tripled, to 110-120," Serling
said. "The donors are pretty evenly
divided between East Lansing and the
Detroit area; in dollar amounts, the
largest donations have come from
southeast Michigan."
So far, the group has been able to
help fund the hiring of one of the four
new faculty members needed for the
Jewish Studies Program. Each will have
a joint appointment with one of the
university's academic departments.
The first new hire is Eric Goldstein,
whose appointment as assistant profes-
sor is split between history and Jewish
Studies. Goldstein, who studied at
Emory University and the University
of Michigan, has researched topics of
race and ethnicity in American history.
This fall, his course in American
Jewish Culture filled to its capacity of
50 students.
"Next year, we're doubling the
enrollment to 100," he said. "We'll get
a student to help grade the papers."
The course, which helps fulfill the
university's integrative studies require-
ment, is a broad-based approach
designed to expand students' knowl-
edge about Jews. For second semester,
Goldstein will teach a more specialized
course in American Jewish history.
Among the other courses in Jewish
Studies are Hebrew Language, France
and the Holocaust, and several offer-
ings through James Madison College,
the university's specialized residential
college for public affairs.
Whatever is offered, the courses fill
immediately said Steve Weiland,
MSU's Jewish Studies director.
"We are constrained not by lack of
interest but by not enough people
[who can] teach," Weiland said. "No
matter how high we set the enroll-
ment, it fills."

NCJ W

Greater Detroit Section

Needs VOLUNTEERS to
Deliver Kosher Meals On Wheels °

• a 5-day a week service program through which two nutritious Kosher
meals are prepared and delivered to those unable to provide for
themselves, or who have no one to assist them with meal preparation.

Meals
on
Wheels

is • •

• Persons temporarily unable to prepare food following hospital stay.

• Handicapped persons who are unable to provide meals for themselves.

• Homebound persons without someone in the home to help with meals.

• Elderly persons needing aid in maintaining independence in their
own home.

• Meals are planned under the guidance of the Nutrition Department of
Sinai Hospital and approved by the Council of Orthodox Rabbi's.

Meals are packaged and delivered in the kitchens of the
Jewish Federation Apartments by VOLUNTEERS of the
National Council of Jewish Women,
Greater Detroit Section.

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National Council of Jewish Women's the oldest Jewish women's VOLUNTEER
organization with over 100,000 members nationwide.

Locally NCJW members serve the community by investigating and implementing
new projects that meet human needs and improve the quality of life for people
of all ages, races and religious backgrounds.

Men and women who wish to VOLUNTEER,
please call National Council of Jewish Women,

355-3300 • Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

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Diana Lieberman can be reached at

(248) 354-6060, ext. 247, or by e-mail
at dlieberm@thejewishnews.com

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