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"Every day I think about last summer. I think about the
places I saw and the Israelis met and how inspiring
they were. And most of all I think about the feelings
I had... when I realized I was in the most beautiful
place on earth. My experience has given me the
drive to make a difference in the world."
— Dori Goldman

Young Judaea leads summer
programs for high school students
with optional European components
as well as Year Course, a nine-month
volunteer and study program for recent
high school graduates. Scholarships
are available.

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Scholar-in-Residence: Brigitte Gabriel

Join us for a special Kabbalat Shabbat Service
and dynamic guest speaker, Brigitte Gabriel.

Ms. Gabriel is one of the Middle East experts featured in the
documentary "Obsession" and in Glenn Beck's CNN special:
"Radical Islam Exposed." She lectures nationally
and internationally on terrorism and world affairs.

Her just-released book, Because They Hate: A Survivor of
Islamic Terror Warns America, is a compelling memoir of her
family's harrowing experiences as Christians during the
Lebanese Civil War. She credits Israeli doctors with saving her
mother during the war, a turning point in her life that left her
with a profound admiration for the State of Israel.

Ms. Gabriel is the founder of American Congress for Truth,
an organization dedicated to educating Americans about
the threat of radical Islam.

Dessert reception to follow. Please register at 248/357-5544.
To pre-order signed copies of Ms. Gabriel's book,
please call the synagogue office.

Brigitte Gabriel's appearance is generously sponsored by

Photo Art Israel - Spencer Partrich

7:30 PM • Friday, January 5, 2007

Shaarey Zedek Southfield - Free of Charge

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Super Parent Series
Temple Israel's Robert Sosnick
Family Life Center will present a
three-week series of parenting tips
titled "Be a Super Parent."
The classes, taught by Nancy
Serlin and Jerry Kaplan, will take
place 7:30-9 p.m. Thursdays, Jan.
18, 25, and Feb.1, at the temple.
Cost is $10 per person or $18 per
couple. RSVP: (248) 661-5700.

Synagogues Host Author
Sarah Darer Littman, author of the
Association of Jewish Libraries'
Sydney Taylor Award-winning book
Confessions of a Closet Catholic, will
speak at Temple Beth El 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 9.
She will appear as part of a grant
awarded Prentis Memorial Library
of Temple Beth El by the Jewish
Women's Foundation of Metropolitan
Detroit to create "Am Echad-Sefer
Echad: A Community Book Club
for Girls, ages 11-13, and Their
Female Valuable Persons."
Participating are Beth Shalom,
Adat Shalom, B'nai Moshe
and Shaarey Zedek; the Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit; the Jewish Parent's
Institute; and Temples Beth El,
Emanu-El and Israel.
For the first talk, everyone will
read Littman's book. Subsequent
books will be chosen by and dis-
cussed at the individual venues.
Littman will meet with the par-
ticipants at dinner before her talk.
There is no charge for the pro-
gram. For information, call Eileen
Polk, (248) 851-1100, ext. 3138.

New Shabbat Tradition
Congregation Beth Shalom begins
a new tradition as the Oak Park
Conservative synagogue introduces
new ways of welcoming Shabbat.
Themed Kabbalat Shabbat services
will be held every
Friday evening,
according to Rabbi
Daniel Wolpe.
The schedule
includes: Jan. 5
— Shirei Shabbat
will mix prayer
with Israeli danc-
ing; Jan. 12 —
Family Friday, an Israeli night and
welcome to new members; Jan. 19
— Beth Shalom Sisterhood leads
the service; Jan. 26 — BYOT (Bring
Your Own Tefila) service.
Call (248) 547-7970.