For Openers Something Extra Just A Little Waterlogged The Power Of Questions party" She gave special credit to Scott Prentis Jewish Apartments in Oak Young of Morrison Senior Dining Park recovered quickly March 16 after food service. He remained at the facili- a resident fell asleep while cooking ty after his shift and served coffee and dinner. cake to staff and residents at 11 p.m. The stovetop fire in the 13th-floor Kamin also praised Oak apartment set off the Park Public Safety offi- 18-month-old sprinkler cers for their quick system, immediately response to the inci- dousing the fire but dent. causing a 13-floor flood. With the conversion Water seeping of Prentis' second and through the walls third floors to Coville soaked the floors of the assisted living apart- apartments immediately Goldsmith-Kamin ments, JAS has received below but, miraculously, additional federal grants most water damage was to make upgrades to Prentis, which confined to the end of the drip — the opened in 1971. One of the grants first-floor office of Jewish Apartment paid for the fire sprinkler system. & Services Executive Director Marsha Kamin is busy seeking additional Goldsmith Kamin. funding to convert the fourth floor of Prentis staff helped 22 residents move to other rooms or stay with rela- Prentis, but she may have to use tives for the night. Emergency workers another phone. Last week, when she tried to call her executive assistant, used giant fans and water vacuums Aurelia Young, to tell her about the throughout the night. Every apart- fire, water came pouring out of the ment was ready for occupancy by handset. morning. Alan Hitsky, associate editoi "Our staff was amazing," Kamin said. "They turned this into a giant Make the Pesach seder speak to children and secular participants in simple terms that they can understand and appreciate. Don't try to impress them with how much you know. Make the story of the Exodus echo in 2004 terms that are interesting and meanin "If Judaism doesn't have meaning, people aren't going to incorporate it," said Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky at an Ohr Somayach Detroit lunch-and-learn pro- gram on March 15 in Southfield. About 120 people attended. Apathy can be over- come, the rabbi said. "You have to awaken something within apa- thetic people that says, `This is compelling. This is important to me. This is something that chal- lenges me.'" Otherwise, he said, these seder participants will sit there with their arms folded and a bored look. Typically, they Rabbi Orlofksy know so little that they won't even ask a question. Only The Best Music Of Shabbat Zingerman's Delicatessen in Ann Arbor has again proven it's a destina- tion worthy of the most-discriminat- ing foodie. Zingerman's was named to Food & Wine magazine's list of the 25 best food markets in the world. Its only other competition in this country was San Francisco's Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. — Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor Adding a new level to their Shabbat candlelighting program, the Lubavitch Women's Organization is offering a CD of calming, inspirational songs. The group, which provides the Jewish News weekly Shabbat candlelighting message, also distributes free candle sticks, candles and resource materials. "The CD of four songs about Shabbos candles was taken from popu- lar Jewish music," said Miriam Amzalak of Oak Park, president of the Oak Park- based group. "We would like to give PLEFREI 'cha Don't Know© 2004 The Ashkenazic term yahrtzeit is known in Jewish communities the world over as the one-day obser- vance of the anniversary of a loved one's date of death. It is a term widely used in Israel, even among the Sephardic community; yet, that community has its own word for the annual observance. Can you identify it? — Goldfein 47N 3/26 2004 12 IFIELIDEN :13MSTIV zi k'pmt Candle Softtp t 463,13hteit tke midi with psur °Milk 6ivkiz i 3 'oh:mew s .t. cr, w41, 1. .`>4.4g t..s. 4s:wax Om A. eft'? ' "."- • They won't care. And that's the ultimate risk. "We have to inspire people to care," the rabbi said. He said we must challenge the apa- thetic with questions that inspire them to come around and say, "Yeah, that's interesting. How come we do that?" We challenge them by showing we enjoy learning about the heritage and the rituals of Judaism, he said. "They don't know what to do and can't figure out what being Jewish means. They - know you should be miserable but don't know why you're not. That will inspire people to say, 'Hey, What's going on here?'" As we prepare for the first seder the night of April 5, Rabbi Orlofsky said, devise how you'll help participants leave the table saying, "This touched my life. I've walked away a better person.'' — Robert A. Sklar, editor them out to people who are not yet lighting Shabbos candles to inspire them about this age-old Jewish cus- tom." The CD was created by an anony- mous student at the Lubavitch Girls High School in Oak Park. To receive a CD, free of charge, or other Shabbat candlelighting items or materials, call Amzalak at (248) 548- 6771 or e-mail at: mamzalak@juno.com — Shelli Liebman Dorfman, staff writer Quotables Do You Remember "I just hope we win some games. I know there are some teams we have no reason to lose against, and if we can beat teams that are better' than us, then why not? The more the merrier. I feel blessed to have this opportunity to bring pride to my coun- try during its bad times." March 1974 — Shana Sprung, 17-year-old quarterback of an Israeli women's flag football team owned by Robert Kraft, whose New England Patriots won the 2004 Super Bowl, on playing for the world flag football title in the Dominican Republic, quoted by JTA. It's not easy being green. As a result of objections by devout Orthodox Jews, the plan of a restaurant in New York City, Bernstein-on-Essex, to have the staff wear green yarmulkes on St. Patrick's Day was abandoned. The restaurant, specializing in kosher Chinese food, did, however, serve its annual specialty for the holiday, Kosher Chow Mein a la Erin. — Sy Manello, editorial assistant