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New Year Cheer

In the Aug. 12 issue of USA Today, a
full-page ad for the movie Shark Tale
announced a contest that included a trip
to New York City for the premiere. But
you had to be able to travel on Sept. 25-
28. The 25th is Yom Kippur.
"What makes this truly horrible is that
Shark Tale is produced by DreamWorks,
the company owned by Steven
Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David
Geffen!" said Joe Zaffern of Southfield
in a letter to the Jewish News. "If Jews do
this, what can we expect of anyone else?"
Betsy Kellman, executive director of
the Anti-Defamation League Michigan

Joga Retreat Set

Just when you
thought it was
safe to study
Kabbalah,
Jewish mysti-
cism, someone
like Madonna
goes and ruins
it with a trip to
the Western
Wall with
paparazzi in
pursuit.
But, take
heart. Temple
Israel and
Center for
Jonny Kest
Yoga are offer-
ing another option — a Joga retreat that
combines the best of yoga and
Kabbalah.
Under the direction of Rabbi Paul
Yedwab and yoga master Jonny Kest,
"Ignite Your Spirit" features music, yoga,
Kabbalah and story-telling, all at
Oakwood Inn Resort on the shores of
Lake Huron in Grand Bend, Ontario.
The Shabbat retreat runs from Oct. 8-
10. Cost is $449. Space is limited.

Region called the choice of the prize
date insensitive to Jewish contest
entrants, but said she didn't think it was
anti-Semitic.
Los Angeles-based DreamWorks SKG,
a film and music entertainment busi-
ness, was founded by the trio in 1994. It
produces live-action motion pictures,
animated feature films, network and
cable TV programming, home video
and DVD entertainment and consumer
products. A Jewish News call placed to
the DreamWorks home offices wasn't
returned.
— Robert A. Sklar, editor

The retreat follows two popular Joga
class series that each attracted more than
300 people.
Special guests include Cantor Michael
Smolash, who will add his voice and
guitar and teach spiritual music sessions,
and his wife, Jen Green, a doctor of
naturopathic medicine, who will give
information on diet and natural ways to
keep our bodies healthy.
"We will be celebrating Shabbat, prac-
ticing yoga, studying Kabbalah, singing,
relaxing, dancing and learning about the
health of our bodies in a beautiful natu-
ral setting," Rabbi Yedwab said.
"What I like is that we are not making
believe that yoga and Kabbalah are one
and the same. Jonny teaches his disci-
pline with integrity, and I, mine. We are
honest about differences, but also
explore where the two traditions might
`touch.'
"I also like that his approach to yoga is
not religious; there is nothing that he
teaches that would be in conflict with
Judaism; in fact, the opposite is true,"
Rabbi Yedwab said.
For more information or to make a
reservation, call (248) 646-7054.
— Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor

1 11 PLEFBET'cha

Don't Know©2004

Which common Jewish surname also means a
Christmas tree?

— Goldfein

tunequautrej Liamstry

9/24
2004

12

Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital
had its own Rosh Hashanah
service this year for Jewish
employees and patients, courtesy
of some folks at Temple Kol
Ami.
Turns out that hospital chap-
lain William Hale asked nurse
practitioner Wendy Goldberg if
she could conduct a service at
the hospital. A member of Kol
Ami, Wendy contacted the tem-
ple's Rabbi Norman Roman,
who offered his support and
enlisted a few congregants,
including Paul and Nancy Gross
and their family.
Only a few people were able to
attend the Thursday afternoon
service, but it was videotaped
and played later on the hospital's
in-house TV channel.
Adam Gross, 9, of Farmington Hills blew
Fourth-grader Adam Gross, 9,
the shofar during a service at Henry Ford
had the honor of blowing the
Hospital.
shofar, completing the important
Photo by Paul Gross
mitzvah of enabling people to
hear the sound of the shofar on
Rosh Hashanah when they
service for him to see later on the
wouldn't be able to otherwise
TV," said Paul Gross, who hopes
"After the service, the wife of a
their service will inspire other
patient in intensive care came up to
employers to consider their Jewish
me in tears and told me that this was
employees' needs during the holi-
the first High Holiday service that
days.
her husband had not attended with
— Keri Guten Cohen,
her, and that words couldn't describe
story development editor
how important it was to have this

Corrections

• "Ring Leader" (Sept. 17, page 68)
was written by special writer Curt
Schleier.

• In the photograph accompanying
"Learning Together" (Sept. 10, page

41), the teachers pictured should
have been identified as Amalia Poris,
left, of Hebrew Day School of Ann
Arbor and Ayala Perlstein of Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit.

Quotables

Do You Remember?

"One thing is certain, however: the Jews, particu-
larly the Sanhedrin, the legally constituted high
court as described in the Mishnah, could not have
been responsible for the trial and execution of
Jesus.
— Lawrence H. Schiffman, chair of the Skirball
Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies; New
York University; quoted in "Double Injustice" in the
fall issue of Reform Judaism magazine.

September 1964

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Here, at last, is news worthy of Rosh Hashanah.
Gefilte fish fans can now enjoy their favorite
delicacy in cans thanks to Mother's Food
Products. Each can of Mother's gefilte fish con-
tains "five generous portions." This product will
join the three other popular Mother's varieties
now available in jars.

— Sy Manello, editorial assistant