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Jews & Judaism in the 21st Century
The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit and the
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University,
invite you to an exciting lecture series which looks at the future of
Judaism from four different perspectives.
Jewish Community Center • Jimmy Prentis Morris Building
Free of Charge • Dessert Reception Following Each Lecture
Friends Of
Israel
MARCH 23 • Charles Liebman, Ph.D.
First-ever JNF Purim ball to honor local couple.
THURSDAYS • 7:30 P.M
.
Is There Hope for Jewish Renewal?:
The American Jewish Community in the 21st Century
Co-sponsored by Jewish Theological Seminary & Bar-Ilan University
APRIL 13 • Derek Penslar, Ph.D.
Victims of Memory:
The Jewish Past and Israeli Future Israel in the 21st Century
Sponsored by the Dr. Leon and Hilda Lucas Israel Lecture Fund
Institute for Retired Professionals
MAY 11 • David Weinberg, Ph.D.
From Suspicion to Tolerance: Christian-Jewish Relations in the 21st Century
JUNE 1 • Rabbi Philip Cohen
and Richard Thomas, Ph.D.
Singing the Same Song in a Different Language
Black-Jewish Relations in the 2 I st Century
For more information call Andy Roisman at (248) 967-4030.
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
Jimmy Prentis Morris Building • A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus
15110 West Ten Mile Road • Oak Park, MI 48237
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • Marcia and Eugene Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
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Florine Mark and her husband, Dr.
campaign for JNF's Greater
William Ross, will be honored at a
Michigan Region. Plans for the ball
Purim masquerade ball to kick off a
include dinner, dancing, an auction,
major, regional fund-raising cam-
a commemorative journal and masks
paign for the Jewish
National Fund.
The first-time ball,
"Israel Belongs to
Me!", starts at 6 p.m.
Sunday, March, 26, in
Handleman Hall and
Auditorium at the
Jewish Community
Center in West
Bloomfield.
Mark, who holds
the largest franchise of
Weight Watchers
International, and Dr.
Ross will receive the
Guardian of Israel
Award, a first-time
Florine Mark and Dr. William Ross
presentation in
Detroit. It's being
given for the Farmington Hills cou-
for everyone — or guests can bring_
ple's commitment to Israel and the
their own mask creation with a spe-
JNF, and their leadership in the
cial prize for the most creative. There
Jewish community.
will be jesters, a magician, for-
Ball chairs are Neal F. Zalenko of
tunetellers, tarot cards and runes,
Zalenko & Associates in Southfield
and dice games played for beads.
and Hannan and Lisa Lis of the
Purim attire is optional.
Farmington Hills-based WW Group
Twelve artists made and donated
Inc.
the masks, which not only will be
Proceeds from the ball will benefit
exhibited but also auctioned at the
JNF's expanded reservoir-building
ball; proceeds will help support water
program to confront the challenge of
projects in Israel. The artists are
water resources in Israel. Recently,
Prudence Bernstein, Iris Czajkowski,
Hadassah contributed $3 million to
Joyce Gottlieb and Richard Hallagan,
launch this $150 million endeavor.
all of West Bloomfield; Bertha
Mark and Dr. Ross were in Israel
Cohen, Barbara Nigro, Dale Sparage
recently to celebrate the bat mitzvah
and Lola Sonnenschein, all of
of their granddaughter, Ariella Sara
Bloomfield Hills; Gail Eisner of
Lis, with Israeli relatives. While
Farmington Hills; Richard Kozlow of
there, they .visited several JNF pro-
Royal Oak; David Mandiberg of
jects and decided to enlist as volun-
Auburn Hills and Deanna Sperka of
teer leaders for the fund-raising cam-
Oak Park.
paign. "I have been a JNF supporter
Master of ceremonies Uri Segal
from the time I was a child and we
specializes in Israeli folk dancing.
had the blue-and-white boxes in our
Nouveaute will provide the music.
home," says Mark. "But once I was
Matt Prentice will serve the strolling
made aware of how much more JNF
dinner. BBYO youth will take snap-
does and how critical is the water
shots of everyone to take home.
situation in Israel, I felt I had to do
Minimum donation to attend the
more."
ball is $200. For ticket information,
The Purim ball opens the annual
call Priscilla Smith, (248) 557-6645.