Something Extra
Commemorating 9-11
POLLARD POLL
But in my darkness
You are there
Avinu Malkeinu
Hear my prayer
That see a new light
Deep within me
0 God, be with me all my days.
— Excerpt from the prayer Or Chadash
by Cantor Lori Corrsin
w
ith
week's second remembrance of 9-
11, Cantor Lori Corrsin of Temple Israel
recalled her emotions in writing a special
prayer in commemoration of the day that four
hijacked planes killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001.
The prayer is called Or Chadash (A New Light).
She wrote the lyrics and music just after 9-11.
"I originally tried to use an existing text, but
nothing seemed right," she said.
"Then I remembered an old Yiddish piece where
a great rabbi, Levi Yitzchok Berditshever, pleaded
with God to help the Jewish people to make the
slaughter of the Jews stop."
In his conversation with
God, the rabbi came to accept
the horrors of our past and
ended by praising God's name
in words from the Kaddish,
Cantor Corrsin said.
"That feeling of standing
before God in anguish, and
having God's presence help
cure my soul's sadness, is what
Con-sin
I was trying to express," she
said.
Cantor Corrsin grew up in Detroit. She and her
husband, Dr. Stephen Corrsin, lived in New York
21 years before moving to Michigan in 2000,
when she joined the Temple Israel clergy.
In reflecting on 9-11, she said: "I was truly hor-
rified, having walked those streets myself so many
times."
— Robert A. Sklar
Earn College Credit
igh school juniors and seniors can earn col-
lege credits by completing any of three
courses offered by the Michigan Jewish
Institute.
Intermediate Hebrew Language taught by Clara
Gaba and Elementary Hebrew Language taught by
Doron Lamm will meet Wednesdays at Andover
High School in Bloomfield Township beginning
Sept. 17.
.
"Exploring the Holocaust I," taught by Meir
Lieberson and Seth Korelitz, begins Thursday,
Sept. 18, at Andover High School, and
Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Berkley High School.
Each course will meet weekly for 15 weeks.
Registration will be accepted through Sept. 24.
This is the third year MJI has offered courses for
high school students. "We've updated our
`Exploring the Holocaust' course to better align it
with the new Holocaust Memorial Center that's
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Last week's Jewish.com survey question asked: Do you think that Jonathon
Pollard has served enough time in jail? Of 68 respondents, 48 (71 percent)
said yes, and 20 (29 percent) said no
Next week's question:
With the emphasis on security in the United States, do you feel safer than
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opening in October in Farmington Hills," said
Paul Levine, director of marketing and student
development.
Students may enroll in any of the courses with or
without the dual enrollment option, Levine said.
Those who apply for dual enrollment, earning
college credit, must have achieved scores of three
or above on the Michigan Educational
Achievement Program (MEAP) tests. The dual-
enrolled students' home school districts will pay
most or all of their tuition. MJI offers scholarships
for other students.
The Michigan Jewish .Institute is a fully accredit-
ed independent college specializing in business and
computer systems. Applications and information
about the school's high school courses may be
found at www.mji.edu For more information, call
Levine at (248) 414-6900.
— Diana Lieberman
Affirming Diversity
I
Walking For Gilda
a
et out your walking shoes and hit the side-
walk for a good cause. Gilda's Club Metro
Detroit will hold its 10th Annual Walk at
10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Oakland
Community College Orchard Ridge campus,
27055 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. A
kickoff rally will be held at 10 a.m.
Proceeds benefit Gilda's Club Metro Detroit, a
nonprofit organization that offers a free non-resi-
dential, support community for men, women and
children with all types of cancer, and their fami-
lies and friends. It offers groups, workshops and
social events in a home-like setting at 3517
Rochester Road, Royal Oak. Gilda's Club is
named in honor of the late comedian, Gilda
Radner, a Detroiter.
Entry fee for the walk is $30. Late registration
will be conducted between 8:30-9:45 a.m. There
is no charge for children under 10.
The two-mile event will be held rain or shine.
For more information, call Victoria Musto at
(248) 577-0800 ext.14.
was unprepared for how emotional and joyous
the day of decision would
be," University of Michigan
President Mary Sue Coleman
said of the June 23 U.S.
Supreme Court decision on
affirmative action.
Speaking to a crowd of 250
at a Federation Forum pro-
gram in Birmingham on Sept.
3, Coleman called the decision
Coleman
"an historic day in the life of
our university and the life on
our country."
The Supreme Court decision upheld U-M's
affirmative action program at its law school, but
struck down its undergraduate admission policy, a
150-point system that gave an automatic 20 points
to underrepresented minorities.
"At virtually all colleges and universities, affir-
mative action is important in financial aid, out-
reach, mentorship and recruitment programs," she
said. "But the positive outcome of our case is only
the first step. We are renewing our commitment to
learning with and learning from diverse others
every day.
"The nation will also be looking to all of higher
education to create policies that will move us
toward a time when affirmative action as we know
it will no longer be necessary."
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
event was co-sponsored by Comerica Bank.
he popular annual Apples and Honey and
Lots, Lots More event has a new home this
year — Tamarack Camps' Camp Maas in
Ortonville. And a new mascot — D'vora the
Explorer, a cute bumble bee ready to lure you there.
Families can enjoy hands-on arts and crafts,
singing, storytelling, s'mores around a campfire,
building a camp sukkah — and lots, lots more.
The event is from 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Free bus rides
are available from the Max M. Fisher Federation
Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township,
leaving at 1 p.m. and returning at 5 p.m.
Reservations are necessary. Call Gail Greenberg at
(248) 205-2536 or e-mail her at
greenberg@jfmd.org
Driving directions: Take 1-75 North to Exit 101.
Turn right onto Grange Hall Road. The road curves
left about one mile past Dixie Highway. A mile
after that, the road curves right. After another mile,
turn left onto Barron Road; go one mile to the sec-
ond Perryville Road on the right. Turn right on
Perryville Road and look for the camp.
Apples and Honey is sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for
Jewish Education Jewish Experiences for Families
Department.
— Harry Kirsbaum
— Keri Guten Cohen
— Keri Guten Cohen
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