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SEEDS OF PEACE

Michigan Chapter

WAYNE STATE
UNIVERSITY

Dept. of Near Eastern and Asian Studies
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies

are pleased to present this unique event

Monday, April 8, 2002
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

General. Lecture Building

Edward S. Walker

President, the Middle East Institute
Former Assistant Saretaky of State
and farmer Ambassador to Israel and
the Arab Republk of Egypt

NW corner of Anthony 'Wayne Dr, and Warren Ave.
(Exit Warren Avenue, go Eastfrom Lodge Freeway or west from I-75)

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Monday, April 8, 2002
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Weight Watchers Bldg.

Yossi Beilin
Former Minister of Justice
Government of Israel

3/22 •
2002

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2855 Orchard Lake Rd.
between 12 & 13 Mile Rd. (1/2 mile north 41-696)

$100 minimum donation to RSVP by March 31, 2002

support Seeds of Peace

Space is limited

For further information, call 248-324-1567

Hors d' oeuvres
Valet Park

Rena Spolter loves to read. With
that in mind, one of the goals
she had when her husband,
Reuven, accepted the job as spir-
itual leader of Young Israel of
Oak Park was gathering together
Jewish women to talk about
quality books with thought pro-
voking ideas about Judaism.
She got her wish in the form
of the YIOP Sisterhood-spon-
sored book club, which meets
the second Sunday of every _
month at the synagogue.
Thus far, book club members
have read My Name Is Asher Lev
by Chaim Potok, Chosen By God
by Joshua Hammer, A Return to
Modesty by Wendy Shalit and
Words on Fire: One Woman's
Journey into the Sacred by
Vanessa Ochs. In April, mem-
bers are set to read Lillian
Nattel's novel The River
Midnight; in May, they will dis-
cuss Postville: A Clash of Cultures
in Heartland America by. Stephen
G. Bloom. The club will contin-
ue through the summer.
YIOP member and social
worker Amy Schochet likes the
camaraderie among Jewish
women that the club offers.
"I like the idea of focusing it
from a woman's perspective, get-
ting together with other Jewish
women," says Schochet. "People
from the same community have
different beliefs on the same
issues. I like that. But we all
• share a belief in the centrality of
Judaism to our lives. Coming
together to talk about literature
is an interesting way to bring
people together."
Book club members range in
age and educational experience,
with literary opinions abounding
at each session. The book club
provides snacks in a congenial
atmosphere; all women are wel-
come free of charge and regard-
less of synagogue affiliation.
"I love the fact that the book
club is multi-generational," says
longtime. YIOP member and
writer Dr. Mintzi Schramm.
"The language of book Myers is
the same no matter what age."
For information, call Khaya
Eisenberg, (248) 967-2355.