26000 American Dr.
Southfield, MI 48034
248-357-1100

Hilton Inn

Southfield

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Looking for an inexpensive weekend
getaway? Take your pick.

We've got two great choices for a fun and affordable weekend away.

Both include a spacious, wonderfully renovated guest room and freshly baked

chocolate chip cookies in our lobby at night. Whether it's a romantic weekend or

a family outing, you'll enjOy our heated indoor pool, sauna, Jacuzzi, free HBO;

and convenient location just off MI-10 and 1-696.

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Includes complimentary Continental breakfast or coedit towards

a full breakfast. Ask for Plan Code BB.

Includes 2 tickets to the Star Theater and,Continental breakfast

for two. Ask for Plan Code P3.

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Rabbis decry the party emphasis,
and point to a few solutions.

or bat mitzvah, choosing instead to
attribute the celebratory spirit to
the pride of the parents in the
achievement of their sons and
ace painting, novelty pho-
daughters.
tos, pounding
Some, like Rabbi
music, video
Some p arties are
Herbert Yoskowitz of
bios —
elabo rate and
Adat Shalom
Welcome to another bar
e.
expensive.
Synagogue in
mitzvah.
Farmington Hills,
For many teens, the
point out that the mitzvah pro-
Jewish rite of passage into adult-
grams instituted by the United
hood is marked by parties — a low-
Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
key one for adults, a bash for
in the 1980s invest the b'nai mitz-
friends — that often cost as much
vah with more meaning. The child
or more than a wedding.
is obligated to perform public ser-
Many rabbis are reticent about
vice outside the synagogue and to
the kind of parties that often
participate in some way in the life
become the raison d'etre of the bar

DEBRA ISAACS

Special to the Jewish News

YAD EZRA

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Having a Bar/Bat Mitzvah?

Celebrate this milestone by doing Mitzvah Work for those in need!

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How?

Fulfill 6 hours of community mitzvah service at Yad Ezra
Receive a Yad Ezra Candle that YOU can light at your celebration and remember those in need
Enjoy your simcha knowing that you have made a difference in the lives of
those less fortunate

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Call Yad Ezra at C248) 548-3663
to find out how you can be a part of this special opportunity

Please consider enhancing your mitzvah by donating 3% of the cost of your simcha
to Yad Ezra to ensure that no Jewish adult or child suffers from hunger.

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