Spirituality

Making
Good
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'Pumice. Sobering. invaluable! —Senator Joseph Lieberman

TO KIND/Le A SOUL

Ancient Wi-dom fort,A\NI Parents and Teachers

Rabbi Kelemen's research shows
ancient child-rearing techniques
are relevant today.

SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN
Staff Writer

I

nspired by Rabbi Lawrence
Kelemen's book, Permission to
Believe: Four Rational
Approaches to God's Existence,
Gary Torgow of Oak Park decided
he needed to speak with the author
at his home — in Jerusalem.
"I picked his book up off the shelf
in a book store a few years ago,"
Torgow says. "I wanted to meet him
in person, so when I went to Israel,
I looked him up."
Rabbi Kelemen recalls: "He just

knocked on my door and said, You
don't know me, but can we talk?'"
The rabbi will be in metro
Detroit Monday, Oct. 29, and
Tuesday, Oct. 30, for a series of lec-
tures discussing his newest book, To
Kindle a Soul: Ancient Wisdom for
Modern Parents and Teachers, and to
talk about the current situation of
terror in the United States. He will
also serve as scholar-in-residence at
Young Israel of Southfield, Friday-
Saturday, Oct. 26-27.
This will be the second time
Rabbi Kelemen has addressed
Detroit-area audiences. During his

The Rabbi's Talks

Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen will serve as scholar-in-residence at Young Israel of
Southfield, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 26-27.
Rabbi Kelemen will give four talks while in the Detroit area
• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the Max M. Fisher Federation
Building in Bloomfield Township. Topic: "Falling in Awe: A Conversation
About Women and Relationships." Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education and its Community
Outreach and Education Department. For women only. Bring a dairy lunch.
For information or to make a reservation, contact Kara Weiner, (248) 203-
1499.

Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen

first visit here, in 1999, the rabbi
met a stranger who would signifi-
cantly affect his life.
"There was this guy in the audi-
ence at my talk who was fascinated
by my lecture on relationships,"
Rabbi Kelemen says of Dr. Larry
Kurz of Oak Park.
Unfamiliar with the rabbi before

the lecture, Dr. Kurz attended his
weekend long Shabbaton at the urg-
ing of his wife Dora and friend,
Torgow. "I was absolutely blown
away. This was life-changing
stuff,"he says.
Dr. Kurz says the rabbi's research
compares the 3,300-year-old child-
rearing techniques of specific sects

'6-7:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw
County, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor. Topic To Kindle a Soul: Ancient
Wisdom for Modern Parents and Teachers." Sponsored by the Jewish Federation
of Washtenaw County For information, call Anya Abrarnzon at (734) 769-0209.
• 8-9:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the Jewish Resource Center, 1335 Hill St., Ann
Arbor. Topic "The Hijacking of Religion: The Jewish Response to Evil."
Sponsored by Machon liforah/The Jewish Learning Network of Michigan. For
information, call (734) 945-8777.
• 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the West Bloomfield Jewish Community
Center. Topic: "Confronting Real Evil: A Jewish Response." Sponsored by
Federation's Alliance and its Community Outreach and Education
Department. Dessert reception. For information or to make a reservation,
contact Kara Weiner, (248) 203-1499. ❑