etro LATER from page 21 According to exit surveys, Hillel stu- dents who left last year after fifth grade all went to public schools, Freedman said. "We learned that some never intended to stay beyond fifth grade," he said. "We need to work on teaching the commu- nity that day school education is to 12th grade." Admissions director Helene Brody is "not concerned" about the drop in enrollment. "We feel we're going in a positive direction," Brody said. "We get lots of positive feedback from the com- munity" Students are accepted on an individ- ual basis, and Hillel is not the right school for every student, she said. Gorosh said enrollment is likely to "go up one year and down the next." "I don't think we are as concerned with the numbers as we are about the quality of our children's education," she said. "It's not our goal to create a mas- sive institution." PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINAR BY -- Monte Nagle a fine arts photographer and author Learn how to really "see" through the view finder and how to get sharp, clear pictures. Thursday, October 14 14 MILE W EE 6:30 p.m. Royal Oak Art Van Furniture 32301 N. Woodward Ave. 13 MILE 248-549-2900 Hillel is one of several day schools that recently received grants from PEJE to work on issues of recruitment and retention. Freedman hopes to develop new ways to partner with bridge insti- tutions as feeders, and to encourage Hillel students to pipeline to JAMD [the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit]." Recently Freedman, Brody and leaders from JAMD, Michigan's only multi- stream Jewish day high school, held an information meeting for parents at the Ann Arbor Hebrew Day School, which covers grades K-5. And, to help spread the day school message, several synagogues whose members send children to Hillel have designated Oct. 22-23 as "Hillel Shabbat in the Synagogue." Among the participating synagogues are Temple Israel and Congregations Beth Ahm, Beth Shalom, B'nai Moshe and Shaarey Zedek. " ❑ , For more information or to make a reservation call 1-888-619-2199 893330 417 42 7 41 •12 47 j; 417 `Jews And The City' Ai 47 47 47 47 7 •17 40 7 417 •1 4 1 THE Robert Sosnick FAMILY LIFE CENTER In Conjunction with The Caring Community presents: I EMPLE ISRAEL'S SENIOR ADULT PROGRAM featuring THE "BAN JOES " OF MICHIGAN 4/ 4 THURSDAY 47 October 14, 2004 4 4 4 1:30 P.M. Temple Israel m 4 4 . 5725 Walnut Lake Rd West Bloomfield 412 a 4 44 4 gieJ 4 4 4 a; 412 Open to the public free of charge. Bring your friends for all the fun! 44 4; 04 Partially funded by the David Arthur Stulberg Memorial Fund & the Harry & Phyllis Kellman Memorial Fund ,' Co-Sponsored by The Temple Israel Treasures For further information, contact Kari K. Provizer, ACSW, I J in the Robert Sosnick Family Life Center (248) 661-5700 10/ 8 . 4 . 47 2004 .12 :17 4; sta i 17 4 4 4 48 2 .1.4 42 Egt. 1 22 441.74174441712442444424441 Colby College Professor Howard N. Lupovitch will start a 10-part adult learning series, "Jews and the City," at Congregation B'nai Moshe. At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, he will discuss "The Urban Jewish Experience — A Laboratory of Jewish Identity" There is no charge for the open- ing lecture. It will be followed by nine lectures grouped into three Lupovitch mini-series. There is a $10 charge for each lecture, or $25 for each mini-series. Students, professional Jewish educators and holders of Kolel Moshe Passports to Torah can attend at no charge. The first mini-series includes "Istanbul: The Sultan and His Jewish Courtiers" (Oct. 18), "Vienna: The Hapsburgs' Jews" (Oct. 25), and "St. Petersburg: Beyond the Pale" (Nov. 1). The second mini-series covers "Odessa: The Great Russian Exception" (Nov. 8), "Budapest: Jews and the Pearl of the Danube" (Nov. 15), and "New York City: The Ambiguities of the Melting Pot' (Nov. 22). The series will conclude in March. Dr. Lupovitch holds the Pulver Family Chair in Jewish Studies at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He is spending the current academic year in metro Detroit doing research, writing and teaching. In addition to teaching and occasionally leading services at Congregation Beth Ahm, Dr. Lupovitch is on the faculty at the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit and serves as the Detroit Conservative Community Scholar in Residence, For other Kolel Moshe classes, con- tact Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931 or kolelmoshe@comcast.net Learn Hebrew Now The Lifelong Learning program of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education is offering a new beginning conversa- tional Hebrew class for students interest- ed in studying Hebrew and who have no prior knowledge of the Hebrew lan- guage. The class will be taught by Yishai Castro, who has been teaching in the Detroit community for 30 years. The class will meet 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building in Bloomfield Township beginning Oct. 14. Students interested in other levels of conversational Hebrew can still join one of our many Hebrew classes that are in progress. The cost of all courses includes materials. RSVP, Marion Bronstein, (248) 642-4260. .