A CHILDREN'S DANCE WORKSHOP
Kindergarten - Grade 8
Co-sponsored by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies and Congregation Beth Ahm
Sunday, April 9 • 9:30 - 11 a.m.
CONGREGATION BETH AHM
5075 West Maple Rd. • West Bloomfield
such power over us is found in
Shemini. In this parsha (Torah por-
tion) and others, the biblical text
associates the dietary laws with holi-
ness: "For I the Lord am your God;
you shall sanctify yourselves and be
holy, for I am holy. You shall not
Controlling
our appetites
and keeping
the faith.
make yourselves unclean through
any swarmina thing that moves
upon the earth.
b For I the Lord
brought you up from the land of
Egypt to be your God; you shall be
holy, for I am holy." (Leviticus
11:44-45).
Writer and scholar Rabbi Sidney
Greenberg puts it this way: "The
truth is that in urging upon us the
observance of kashrut, the Torah
links it not to healthiness but to
holiness." Without an underlying
rationale, those who keep kosher
must do so not because it is logical,
but because it is commanded.
Whether or not we understand it,
our tradition teaches that to be holy,
to be in the Divine image, we must
not eat certain things. This belief,
this faith, has defined our communi-
ty throughout our history."
There are some who would go
even further than the biblical tradi-
tion and declare all meat unholy and
thus, not kosher. Rav Kook, the first
chief rabbi of Jerusalem, held this
belief and encouraged vegetarianism
as an expression of a messianic desire
to return to the state of Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden. A new
movement referred to as "Eco-
Kosher" has begun recently, which
holds that foods that are grown in a
way that damages the environment
or undermines communal health are
unholy and should be declared a vio-
lation of our dietary laws.
If the food we put into our
mouths can make us holy and bring
us closer to the Divine, then all Jews
— secular and traditional — should
consider (or reconsider) what we eat,
even beyond that which is com-
manded. After all, "we are what we
eat!"
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DANCE RECITAL: REVISITING JUDAISM THROUGH THE ART OF DANCE
A dance performance inspired by feminism and Jewish liturgy, history and ritual
Sunday, April 9 • 2:30 - 4 p.m.
CONGREGATION BETH AHM
5075 West Maple Rd. • West Bloomfield
Co-sponsored by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies and Congregation Beth Ahm
Both events are free and open to the public. For further information and reservations,
please call, (313) 577-2679 or (248) 851-6880
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A DANCE WORKSHOP FEATURING JOANNE TUCKER
Co-sponsored by the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies and the Dance Department
at Wayne State University
Monday, April 10 • 2 p.m.
MAGGIE ALLESEE DANCE STUDIO
3317 Old Main/4842 Cass Ave., Wayne State University
This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited, and reservations are
required in advance. For further information and to make a reservation, please call
(313) 577-2679 or (313) 577-4273
Funded by the DeRoy Testamentary Foundation and the
Menasche and Sara Haar Charitable Trust
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