The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
and Temple Israel present
JONATHAN KATZ
Aka Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist on Comedy Central
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2001* 7 P.M.
MARION AND DAVID HANDLEMAN HALL
AND AUDITORIUM
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus---
6600 W. Maple Rd. • West Bloomfield, MI
Comedian Jonathan Katz is an accomplished standup
comic, musician, actor and writer. Katz co-created, wrote
and starred in the hit pop culture animated series Dr.
Katz: Professional Therapist, a show for which he has
received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime
Voiceover Performance.
TICKETS GO ON SALE APRIL 2.
accompany the live video on viewers'
computer screens. This will include a
listing of Palestinian violations of the
Oslo accords, biblical and talmudic
quotes regarding the importance of
Jerusalem, and maps of Israel.
Nearly 500 partiCipants have already
registered for the free, online portion.
They are in North America, Mexico,
Australia, Italy, Sweden, Indonesia,
Ethiopia, Israel, England, Hong Kong,
the Bahamas, Turkey, Poland and
Zambia.
Rabbi Krohner expects more than
1,000 people to join the program via the
Internet, with an equal number of audi-
ence participants in the various loca-
tions.
Event sponsors include Yahoo!, AOL,
HorizonLive.com , the Jerusalem Post, the
Jerusalem Report, the Jewish Press, the
Detroit Jewish. News, the Jewish Exponent
of Philadelphia, the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, the Simon
Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles,
KosherFinder.com and corporate and
private sponsors.
On a test run last week, Rabbi
Krohner booted up his laptop and
arrived at the Web site
www.insiders.ohnedu
"Look at this!" he says, at a live video
test done from multiple cities simultane-
ously.
A couple of people sitting in chairs
appear in the upper left corner of his
computer screen. "They're in
Philadelphia," he says.
The scene changes: "And they're in
Washington, D.C. Look at how clear it
is!"
The technology is revolutionary,
Rabbi Krohner says. "This is the first
fully interactive global Jewish program
ever. The power of this technology and
the impact it can make on education is
extraordinary."
Members: $12 • Non-members: $15 • At the door: $18
For tickets, please call the
Jewish Life and Learning Department, (248) 661-7649.
ENCORE/CHA1ES SERIES SPONSORS
Manny and Natalie Charach Endowment Fund; Irwin and Sadie
Cohn Fund for the Arts; DeRoy Testamentary Foundation; Benard L.
Maas Foundation, Hiram Dorfman and David Engelbert, trustees;
Ray and Atara Zimmerman, Boaz Siegel Culture Fund, Milton and
Jeanette Miller, Mel Farr Lincoln Mercury, Samuel and Jean Frankel,
Larry and Andi Wolfe, Mrs. Lawrence M. Weiner, Minkin Family
Foundation, Claire L. Grosberg, Beryl Z. Winkelman and Esther and
Peter Shifrin Philanthropic Fund
CC
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DON'T FORGET TO COME TO THE •
ISRAELFESTACULTURE SHUK 12:30-6:30 P.M.
`Jerusalem: The Insiders Speak
Out" runs from noon to 1:30
p.m. Thursday, May 17, at the
Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, 6735
Telegraph, Bloomfield
Township. There is a charge for
lunch and the program. For
reservations, call Ohr Somayach,
(248) 352-4870.
To participate online, register
at www.insiders.ohr.edu This
site includes a test for your com-
puter's ability to carry the pro-
gram, such as "Real Player"
capability.
Raines Directs
Jewish Fund
Jodee Fishman Raines of Huntington
Woods has been appointed director
of the Jewish Fund.
Raines, formerly a program officer
for the Skillman Foundation in
Detroit, spent
four years as an
attorney at the
law firm of
Bodman, Longlev
and Dahling LLP,
where she special-
ized in tax-
exempt organiza-
tions and private
foundations.
Jodee Raines
The Jewish
Fund was established in 1997 from
the proceeds of the sale of Sinai
Hospital to the Detroit Medical
Center. It makes grants that meet the
health care needs of vulnerable popu-
lations within the Jewish and general
communities and the social welfare
needs of the Jewish community.
Consul General
Talks On Israel
Tzipora Rimon, consul general of
Israel to the Midwest, will present
the annual Lucas Lecture 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16, at the Oak Park
Jewish Community Center. Her
topic will be "The State of Israel in
the Year 2001: Challenges and
Prospects."
The late Hilda and Dr. Leon Lucas,
both of whom were instrumental in
founding the Institute
of Retired
Professionals, estab-
lished an endowment
for the annual lecture
on Israel at the Oak
Park site five years
ago. The event is co-
sponsored by IRP and
Tzipo ra
the JCC. A reception
Rimon
will follow the lecture.
Rimon was born, raised and edu-
cated in Israel. She is a graduate of
the department of economic at
Hebrew University in Jerusalem and
has a broad range of expertise in
Israel's economic relations with the
United States, Europe and within the
Middle East.
While serving in the Israel
Defense Forces she reached the rank
of captain and specialized in instruc-
tional work with the Women's Corps.