Com m un ity Weiss Directs Nursery School Jordana Weiss, social worker, Jewish educator, Federation professional and mother of two pre-schoolers, will become director of Adat Shalom nurs- ery school and kindergarten in July. She will succeed Dottie Levitsky, who retired after launching the school and directing it for most of its 31 years. Weiss earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Jordana Weiss Maryland and a second master's degree in Jewish studies from Baltimore Hebrew University. She has taught at Conservative congregations and is a former staff member of the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Family Service of Baltimore. She enriched her back- ground with Hebrew courses here and in Israel and through a program in early childhood development. Weiss spent five years as assistant director of the Planning and Agency Relations Department for the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Her work has included programs for children with special needs and allo- cation of funds to local day schools and educational agencies. She has served the Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education in forming its vision for the community and is now staff person to the Max M. Fisher Jewish Community Foundation, where she helps develop new and innovative community pro- grams. Temple Israel Hosts Carnival The Youth Federation of Temple Israel will present its annual Purim carnival noon-3 p.m. Sunday, March 4. There will be food, contests, prizes, raffles, and games for the entire fami- ly. There will also be a blood drive and a bone marrow screening spon- sored by the Temple Israel Brotherhood from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are available at the Temple Israel religious school. In advance, tickets are $4; at the door, $5. 3/2 2001 34 Purim Fun At Adat Shalom Adat Shalom Synagogue will mark Purim starting Sunday, March 4. The synagogue's Education and Youth department will sponsor two Purim carnivals. "Haman's Hideaway," for children 2-5 years old, will include moon walks, a magic show and all the games a youngster can play for $5. Elementary school children will have games and prizes at "Mordechai's Marvelous Magical Museum." Tickets can be purchased in $6 packets. The carnivals run from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch and snacks will be available to purchase. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, Adat Shalom will hold a mega- megillah evening beginning with a break the Fast of Esther buffet supper. There is a $4 per person charge; reser- vations are required. Dinner will be followed by a traditional reading by Adat Shalom teen megillah readers as well as two Purim performances by Adat Shalom's Popcorn Players, Alice from Wonderland and Dorothy from Oz, at 7:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Both • events will be followed by a haman- tashen nosh. A teen masquerade bash also will take place that evening for participants in the synagogue's eighth-12th-grade Gesher and Nosh cri Drash programs. Synagogue teens will read the megillah once again on Purim morn- ing, Friday, March 9, beginning at 7 a.m. Adat Shalom will conclude Purim festivities with its annual Purim party plus event on Saturday, March 10. The evening will honor the congrega- tion's executive director, Alan Yost, for 20 years of commitment and service to the synagogue. The evening will begin with hors d'oeuvres and cock- tails at 7:30 p.m. A sit-down dinner with music and dancing will follow. Winners of the congregation's annual Purim fund-raiser will be drawn that evening. A $25 ticket admits two to the party and provides one ticket in the Purim drawing. Chairing the parry event are Jams and Sam Holcman, Shelley and Ed Kohl, Lori and Steven Roth. Throughout the week, Adat Shalom nursery, kindergarten and reli- gious school students will participate in a variety of classroom experiences related to Purim. For information about any of the events, call the synagogue office, (248) 851-5100. Purim Parcels To Be Packed Community members are invited to the Max M. Fisher Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 4, to assemble shalach manot (Purim parcels) food packages as part of the annual Purim Parcel Project. Participants will decorate plates and assemble parcels with at least two kinds of treats, The parcels will then be deliv- ered by volunteers to recipients from many Detroit area agencies, including the Jewish Home for Aged, Jewish Vocational Service, Kosher Meals on Wheels, Yad Ezra, Kadima and Shalom Detroit. The project is sponsored by Jewish Experiences for Families, a division of the Agency for Jewish Education, and the Jewish News. For information on volunteering, call Gail Greenberg, (248) 645-7860. Purim Torah Is On Tape Purim begins Thursday night, March 8. Eilu v' Eilu, the adult Jewish learn- ing project of the regional Conservative movement, offers a dri- vetime Torah tape library with audio- tapes on Purim themes and topics pro- duced by adult learning providers from around the country. There are also classes on Purim top- ics taught by Rabbi Aaron Bergman, Ruth Bergman and other local instruc- tors. Tapes may be borrowed at no charge. For information, call Lisa Parshan, (248) 593-3490. Beth Shalom Sets Family Shabbat Family Shabbat will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 10, at Congregation Beth Shalom. The event is an abbreviated traditional Conservative Shabbat service led by congregants. There will be opportunities for Torah honors. Children will be encouraged to participate through songs and creative activities. A Kiddush will follow the service. Talk Planned On Rabbis' Role Steven Bayme, director of the American Jewish Committee's Department of Contemporary Jewish Life, will be keynote speaker at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at a Metro Detroit Chapter program on "The Ever- Changing Role of Rabbis in America." The program will take place at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph, in Bloomfield Steven Bayme Township. He holds the rank of adjunct professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University. He has published articles on family policy, intermarriage, liberal Judaism, Jewish parenting, Jewish responses to modernity and modern Orthodoxy. New rabbis to the community will participate in the evening's pro- gram and the audience will have the opportunity to meet them at a post- talk reception. There is no charge. Kadima Hosts Learning Forum Southfield-based Kadima's first in a series of educational forums, "Dual Diagnosis: Eating Disorders/Mental Illness," featur- ing Ann Weeks Moye and Dr. Paul Gutterman, will be 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at Congregation Beth Shalom. Moye is a psychologist ire practice at Dennis & Moye & Associates in Bloomfield Hills. Her experience includes positions as a psychological con- sultant at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Middle School, affiliation with Children's Hospital of Michigan Research Grant, Eating Order Project; clinical director, Midwestern Educational Resources Center. Gutterman is a practicing psychiatrist in Farmington Hills, as well as medical director of psychotherapy and counseling services in Northville; consulting psychi- atrist, Department of Physical Medicine Pain Clinic, William Beaumont Hospital,_ Royal Oak. There is a $10 fee. Call Kadima, (248) 559-8325, to attend or for information.