'I On Board Reform delegate eyeing change. IT'S AN ADAT SHALOM HAPPENING! MARCH 17 & 18 FEATURING GALEET DARDASHTI & 4 01Veihn 91 11BAY EVEN% SHABBAT EXPERIENCE * * * * * * 6:00 p.m. Sephardic Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:00 p.m. - Shabbat Shaboom; dinner to follow 7:15 p.m. - Casual Shabbat Buffet - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED 7:15-8:30 p.m. - Children's Magic Program 8:00 p.m. - Galeet Dardashti: "Mizrahi Piyutim, the Musical Poetry of Sephardic Worship" 8:00 p.m. - Adat Shalom Teen Shmooze SHABBAT MORNING * * * * * * * * * * * 9:00 a.m. - Traditional Service; SISTERHOOD SHABBAT 9:30 a.m. - Shtiebl Minyan 9:30 a.m. - Neshama Torah Study with Rabbi Rachel Shere 10:00 a.m. - My Baby & Me! "How To Build a Stronger Marriage While the Baby's Crying" 10:00 a.m. - USY Teen Shabbat Service 10:15 a.m. - Children's Services 10:30 a.m. - Yoga & Yiddishkeit 10:30 a.m. - Limud Shabbat: "Shabbat Customs Around the World" 10:30 a.m. - Rabbi Jason Miller: "Purim Perspective: Jewish Views on Alcohol - Binge Drinking on College Campuses" 11:00 a.m. - 2nd-3rd Grade Family Book Club 11:10 a.m. - 3rd-6th Grade Family Shabbat Service Enhanced Kiddush following Services CO-SPONSORED BY THE Dwriorr JEWIEll NEWS JN 30 March 16 2006 FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, GO TO: WWW.ADATSHALOM.ORG OR CALL 248-851-5100 Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor A llan Tushman of West Bloomfield has won a spot on the 55-member ARZA delega- tion to the World Zionist Congress in Israel in mid-June. He is the only local candidate on any slate to win a seat. The first-time delegate is the national secretary of ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America, the Zionist arm of the North American Reform movement. He was No. 30 on the slate and learned of his victory when it was announced at the American Zionist Movement's New York office. "I was very excited when I found out',' Tushman said from Israel, where he was among 100 leaders attending a Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) conference."I was in the conference room there, along with a couple of members representing each of the 12 slates." Tushman, who belongs to Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, is president of Northeast Lakes Council of the URJ. With 55 delegates, ARZA won the most delegates, slightly more than 38 percent of the seats. In the last WZC election held four years ago, ARZA won 61 seats, but some of those delegates belonged to the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, which shared its slate. This New Zimriyah! 2006 On Sunday, March 19, more than 200 children will come together in concert when Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education hosts the New Zimriyah! 2006 — a community-wide musical program featuring Jewish youth choirs from Metro Detroit congregations. The Kidz Klez Band of Michigan, under the direction of Cantor Stephen Dubov, will perform. With the theme,"Je\vs Around the World.," the New Zimriyah! 2006 will be held at 2 p.m. at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served (dietary laws observed). • Congregations participating in the program include Adat Shalom Synagogue, Congregations Beth Shalom, B'nai Moshe, Chaye Olam, Shaarey Zedek, Shir Tikvah and Temples Beth El, Emanu-El, Israel, Kol Ami and Shir Shalom. year, the Reconstructionists had their own slate. In this election, the Religious Zionists took second place with 35 delegates or 24 percent. Dropping to third place was Mercaz USA, representing the Conservative movement, which took 32 seats or 22 percent. The 145 delegates to the WZC, who represent diaspora Jewry, vote on issues that have an impact on Israel. "My feeling is that ARZNs major victory, with 20 more seats than the second place party, clearly shows that the values of Reform Judaism are important to a large plural- ity of Jews in the United States who are engaged with Tushman Israel;' Tushman said. "The Reform victory is for those of us who want to help shape Israel's agenda and see an Israel where such things as non-Orthodox marriages are recognized, non-Orthodox conversions are legitimate and that non-Orthodox rabbis can perform these ceremonies. These are things we will be fighting for in June." Sponsored by Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education and the Michigan Board of Cantors, this event is made possible through the generosity of Elaine and Michael Serling and the late Muriel Jacknow. Call Judy Lewis, (248) 642- 4260, ext. 374, or e-mail: lewis@jfmd.org. B'nai Moshe Raffle West Bloomfield-based Congregation B'nai Moshe is having a 613 N•litzvah raffle: first prize, $10,000; second prize, $2,500; third prize, $1,000; fourth, fifth and sixth prizes, $500. The donation to enter is $100. A maximum of 613 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be on March 18. Contact the office at (248) 788-0600 for more information. If 300 tickets are not sold, it will revert to a 50/50 raffle with a maximum of $5,000 total prizes awarded. The winner need not be pres- ent.