Musical Directors

Local cantor' organization welcomes new o zcers.

SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN

Staff Writer

D

etroit-area cantors will install
the new board of
the Cantors -
Council of
Detroit to the sound of
music.
At 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
16, guests at the dinner event
will be entertained by a con-
cert, tided "Melodies of the
Past and Present." Cantor
Lori Corrsin from Temple
Israel will coordinate a musi-
cal program including most
area cantors and a choir con-
sisting of various synagogue and temple
choir members.
In addition to the concert and instal-
lation, a tribute will be held. "We will
remember a number of Detroit cantors

who served their congregations with dis-
tinction," says Cantor Earl Berris of
Congregation B'nai Moshe, who will
take over the Council presidency from
Cantor Howard Glantz of Adat
Shalom Synagogue. Among those
honored will be the late Cantors
Louis Klein, Max Shimansky,
Israel Fuchs and Israel Idelsohn.
Cantors installed at the B'nai
Moshe event will be Berris, presi-
dent; Stephen Dubov of Temple
Beth El, vice president; Lori
Corrsin of Temple Israel,
the Cantors Council installa-
ets
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vice president/programming;
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and Ralph Goren of
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Zedek, secretary.
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Cantor Berris describes the 50-
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year-old Cantors Council as "the
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closest, friendliest and most caring . lifil404'l'Al Peskin-Shepherd at (248)
group of chazzanim (cantors) in the
United States."

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Holiday Magic

Adat Shalom Sisterhood offers demonstrations,
inspiration to enhance family celebrations.

SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN

Staff Writer

W

hen Adat Shalom
Sisterhood members set
the tables
Wednesday,
Nov. 15, they plan not only to
entertain diners, but to teach
them how to host their own
holiday parties.
Guests of the daylong
"Hiddur Mitzvah: Celebrating
the Holidays in Style" event,
will come away with recipes,
suggestions to enhance family
celebrations and ideas to create
Jewish rituals and memories.
The synagogue's social hall will exhibit
tables decorated by members, highlight-
ing various Jewish holidays. The event
will be divided into a 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
session, which includes lunch, and a
4:30-8:30 p.m. session, including a light
supper.
Different cooking and tasting demon-

"The Cantors Council truly puts
aside denominational quarrels and inter-
congregational differences to help each of
us become the best representation of not
only our congregations but the cantorate
as well," Berris says. "We are all involved
in congregational and community educa-
tion, local and national Jewish programs,
tzedakah [charitable] projects and the
advancement of Jewish music and tradi-
tions for our synagogues and temples
and the various international organiza-
dons to which we belong."
The cantor expects the evening to be
a time when "we will remember the voic-
es of our past and hear the voices of
today and tomorrow in a beautiful pro-
gram of celebration."

event chairwoman Shula Fleischer. The
author of Jewish Holiday s ty le,
Brownstein offers suggestion for each
holiday.
Patricia Rodzik, a maven (aficionado)
of the social graces, will teach tea party
etiquette in Session I and business eti-
quette in Session II. Wives of synagogue
clergy will be the event's Honorary
Madrichot (leaders), including Dayna
Glantz, Lynn Scheele Nevins, Beth
Strear, Gita Vieder and Rachel
Yoskowitz. Nevins will speak on Jewish
ritual objects and their significance in
our homes during Session I.
"Guests will learn creative ways to
enhance home celebrations of Jewish
holidays," Fleischer says. "And, at the
same time, the event is an innovative
fund-raiser to benefit youth scholar-
ships," she says. Proceeds from the day
will go to the Jewish Theological
Seminary's Torah Fund campaign of the
Women's League for Conservative
Judaism. The fund provides scholarship
funding and housing for undergraduate
students. ❑

strations will be held during each session
for those who wish to attend both.
Detroit Weight Watchers "Chef Tim"
will offer tips on healthy lifestyle and
low-fat cooking for home entertaining.
Toronto's Norene Gilletz,
author of the kosher cookbook
MealLeaniYumm! (All That's
Missing is the Fat), says she "will
demonstrate fast, fabulous and
healthy holiday meals."
Participants will get a taste of her
glazed apricot mustard salmon or
chicken, and Greek salad
(Session I) and smoked salmon
spirals, and jumbleberry crisp"
(Session II).
Ongoing workshops will
continue throughout the day,
Registration for "Hiddur Mitzvah" is due
including a slide presentation by
by Friday, Nov. 10. The charge is $40 for
Rita Milos Brownstein. "My pre-
one session/$76 for both sessions. For
sentation shows how to transform
information, call Carol Weintraub Fogel or
the Jewish holidays into exquisite
Shula Fleischer at Adat Shalom Synagogue,
celebrations packed with inspiring
(248) 851-5100.
ideas," says Brownstein, the "Jewish
Martha Stewart," according to

Day School Forum
At Hillel Day School

The Agency for Jewish
Education/Opening the Doors
Special Education Partnership will
present its fourth annual day school
conference 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 14, at Yeshivat Akiva, 21100
W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield.
The Jay M. and Dorothy
Rosenthal Teacher Institute Fund at
Hillel Day School sponsors the con-
ference.
Speaker
Sharon K.
Weiss will pre-
sent "Daily
Survival Skills
for Parents:
Behavior
Management
on the Home
Front." Weiss
is a behavior
Sharon K Weiss
consultant in
private practice
in northern Virginia. She co-
authored and was featured in the
video "Managing Oppositional

Youth." Weiss also co-authored a
book on effective parenting, From
Chaos to Calm: Effective Parenting of
Challenging Children, to be published
in May 2001.
Weiss worked as a teacher of chil-
dren with special needs, program
coordinator and supervisor of behav-
ioral-intervention programs for chil-
dren with disorders. She speaks
nationally and internationally on
such topics as parenting and behav-
ior management in both the home
and educational settings.
A consultant to private and public
schools in the Washington area,
Weiss has been on the faculty for the
Academy of Pediatrics and taught
college-level courses on behavior
management. -
"The primary focus of my prac-
tice is not child therapy, but parent
and professional training. It's the
nuts and bolts of general behavior
management, structure and disci-
pline," said Weiss.
Participating schools include
Yeshivat Akiva, Bais Menachem
Academy, Hillel Day School, Yeshiva
Beth Yehuda and Yeshivas Darchei
Torah. For information or to attend
the conference, call AJE, (248) 645-
7860.

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