Open 7 Days for Lunch & Dinner Visit our 2nd Livonia location at: 37273 W. Six Mile Rd. (in Newburgh Plaza) (734) 464-5934 FEATURING AUTHENTIC CHINESE/ASIAN COOKING, SUSHI BAR & DIM SUM Rights Of Israelis Rabbi will speak about new connections between Jewish and Arab women -DINE IN OR CARRYOUT Not good with any other otter 1 coupon per table • with coupon Expires 3/31/05 Szechuan Empire Restaurant Lei Ting are Israeli citizens. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Rabbi Kirschen is a graduate of Staff Writer Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute hen Rabbi Rich Kirschen of Religion in New York City. "(He) is a arrives in Michigan next dedicated Zionist who is committed to week to speak at Temple Kol Ami, he will, in a way, be coming home. living in Israel and working to insure that the state remains true to the Jewish The rabbi is former associate director and democratic values of justice and of University of Michigan human dignity for all," said Kol Hillel, became executive direc- Ami Rabbi Norman Roman. tor of Brown University's Hillel While in Detroit, Rabbi in Providence, RI., then took Kirschen will introduce RHR's his current position as director newest program, "Sisters for of programs for Shomrey Peace," to bridge gaps between Mishpat: Rabbis for Human Jewish and Arab women and to Rights (RHR) in Jerusalem. develop leadership skills for cul- In a 7:30 p.m. Thursday, ture change among the partici- March 3, presentation at Kol Ami, Rabbi Kirschen will speak Rabbi Kirschen pants and their communities. RHR brings specific human on behalf of RHR, whose creed is to be "the rabbinic voice of conscience righ ts grievances to the attention of the Israeli public and works toward making in Israel." positive policy changes. Members are Rabbi Kirschen is one of RHR's 90 involved in ecumenical dialogue and ordained rabbis from the Reform, educational activities on behalf of Orthodox, Conservative and Ethiopian Jews, West Bank Palestinians, Reconstructionist movements. The Israeli Arabs and foreign workers. They group, which also includes rabbinical also deal with the status of women and students, is unaffiliated with any politi- the Israeli health care system. cal party or ideology and its members W Chabad Explores Odyssey Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center . and the Hyman and Sonia Blumenstein Outreach Institute invites adults and teenagers to hear Tova Mordechai speak on "You Can Come Home Again: One Woman's Remarkable Odyssey" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. Mordechai 27, at the Torah Center, 5595 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. The daughter of an evangelist Protestant minister and an Egyptian Jewish mother, Tonica Marlow was an ordained minister. Her influence as a preacher, artist and composer of Christian literature extended throughout the Christian world. But she felt a deep, unexplainable void inside. Tonica. Marlow is now Tova Mordechai. She resides in Safed, Israel, with her husband and four children, works at two local Jewish schools and lectures worldwide. She has authored the autobiography Playing with Fire. For information, call. the Torah Center at (248) 855-6170 or e-mail bctc770@aol.com . Machon Hosts Auction Machon ETorah-JAA/v1 presents its fourth annual Chinese Auction, 8:45 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 26, at Young Israel of Oak Park, 15140 W. 10 Mile. A Chinese auction is similar to a raf- fle, but guests choose which items to bid on. Prizes include trips, jewelry, Judaica, electronics, furniture and more. "ShangChai — Gateway to Jewish Continuity" is the event theme, honor- ing ways that Torah Juda ism was main- tained in Shanghai during World War II as European Jews fled the Nazis. Cost of $18 per person includes a $10 auction ticket, hot oriental buffet and dessert. Discount auction ticket packages, grand prize tickets are also available. For more information, call Oak park-based Machon ETorah at (248) 967-0888. 525 N. Main St. , Ste 150 Milford Szechuan Empire North 39450 14 Mile Rd. 29215 Five Mile Rd. (just N. of Commerce in the Valley Plaza) (248) 684-0321 Livonia (corner of Haggerty in the Newberry Square Plaza) (734) 458-7160 (248) 960-7666 Dim Sum Available Dim Sum & Sushi Bar Available All You amiI Can eat Chinese. 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