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Complaints about graduations on
Shabbat have not been frequent at either
U-M or Michigan State, said officials for
bout 6,000 students on the
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish
University of Michigan's Ann
Campus Life at both U-M and MSU.
Arbor campus will receive
Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz
degrees this spring.
of the Oak Park-based
More than 7,000 plan to gradu-
Machon L'Torah/Jewish
ate from Michigan State
Learning Network of
University.
Michigan, said the issue of
At U-M, the largest gradua-
Shabbat graduations is more
tion event for undergraduates
than halachic (Jewish law).
will take place on Saturday, April
"In this country, in this day
28. At MSU, it's Friday, May 4,
and
age, where we are sup-
at 1 p.m.
posed to be sensitive to
At both schools, individual
Rabbi
minorities, this is something
college ceremonies take place
Bergma n
that shouldn't be,"said the
throughout the weekend, with
rabbi, whose network also
many on Shabbat.
runs the Jewish Resource
This presents a problem for
Center
in Ann Arbor.
Jews who are shomrei Shabbat,
Halachically,
it's a sensitive
who observe the Sabbath in a
area,
Rabbi
Jacobovitz
said. He
traditional fashion. U-M has
used the Hebrew term ziluta
about 5,000 Jewish students and
d'Shabbat — lack of respect for
MSU's Jewish population is
Shabbat. "Even if something is
about 2,000, campus officials
literally allowed, its not in the
Rabbi
said.
spirit
of Shabbat," he explained.
"There's no question when you Jacobov itz
He
concluded: "It is a very
keep. Shabbat, it's a compro-
special
event
in
the children's lives and
mise," said Janice Starkman Goldfein of
they
have
to
compromise.
Students are
Southfield. The Goldfeins' daughter
not happy about it."
Sarah graduates from U-M April 28.
The Goldfeins will drive to Ann
Arbor Friday afternoon, then spend the
night in a hotel within walking distance
of both U-M Hillel and Michigan
• The spelling of the name of Bette
Stadium. On Friday night, they will
Friedan, a founder and the first
daven and attend Shabbat dinner at
president of the National
Hillel. Saturday, after davening once
Organization of Women, was
more, they will walk to the stadium,
incorrect in AppleTree ("A Woman's
where their graduation tickets will be
Way," April 13, page 96).
waiting for them at the will-call box.
• Incorrect identifications ran
Only a handful request the service,
with
a photograph about
said Jacque Dunham, U-M director of
Hollywood
screenwriter Danny
university and development events.
Baron
("Cinema
Baron," April 6,
Graduation at the stadium will be fol-
page
88).
Baron
is on the left,
lowed by a luncheon at Hillel. Goldfein
with
David
Arquette
in the center
and other parents will supply a light din-
and
Chris
Faber,
Baron's
partner,
ner. "I would prefer it were on a
on
the
right.
Sunday," she said, "but this is the way it
is.
Rabbi Aaron Bergman, director of
Jewish studies at the Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit, graduated from
U-M in 1985. "Basically, I wore my cap
and gown to the stadium and walked
there and back," he said. "They don't
give you a diploma there anyway. It
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DIANA LIEBERMAN
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