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Developing Character
The Hyman and Sonia Blumenstein
Outreach Institute of Sara and Morris
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center
and Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education will present "Kabbalah of
Character," an eight-week course on
character development.
Written by Kabbalah authority
Rabbi Moshe Miller, the series draws
on the organizational structure of the
Kabbalah to examine the nature of
the human soul and to empower us to
apply the concepts of Kabbalah to our
own lives in a very practical way.
Classes will be given by Rabbi
Elimelech Silberberg 10:30 a.m.-
noon Sundays, starting Jan. 21 at Bais
Chabad Torah Center, 5595 Maple,
West Bloomfield; and 7:30-9 p.m.
Tuesdays, starting Jan. 23 at the Max
M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
For information or to register,
visit www.myJacom or call the
Torah Center, (248) 855-6170.There
is a charge for the course, which is a
project of the Rohr Jewish Learning
Institute.
Akiva Open House
Yeshivat Akiva will host an early child-
hood open house 9-11 a.m. Monday,
Jan. 15. The program will include pre-
sentations by early childhood teach-
ers and students highlighting Akiva's
Judaic, secular, Hebrew immersion and
enrichment curriculum.
Akiva is a modern Orthodox, Zionist
day school at 21100 W. 12 Mile in
Southfield. For information, contact
Beth Raz, (248) 386-1625, or
gan@raz.net.
Jews And Trees
The Temple Beth El monthly lunch
and learn series presented by Keren
Alpert, director of education, will
begin its winter-spring sessions at
noon Thursday, Jan. 18, with "Jews and
Trees: A Love Story".
In preparation for Tit b'Shevat, the
class will focus on various texts and
traditions showing the esteem Jews
have for trees and their commitment
to environmentalism.
Future sessions include "The Life of
Miriam," Feb. 15; "Psalms of Comfort:'
March 15; "Religion and Secularism
in Israel," April 19; and "Jerusalem of
Gold," May 17.
There is no charge for these classes.
Participants are asked to bring lunch;
Beth El will provide the beverage. For
information, call the religious school,
(248) 865-0612.
Book Club Discussions
The Henry & Delia Library Book
Club at the West Bloomfield Jewish
Community Center will begin the new
year with a discussion of Garlic and
Sapphires by Ruth Reichl. Elisabeth
Shubow, adult librarian at the West
Bloomfield Public Library, will serve
as facilitator. Discussions will be 1:30
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, and 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 1.
The following are Book Club selec-
tions through May. All discussions will
be held 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 7
p.rn. Thursdays.
• March 14 and March 15: Golden
Country by Jennifer Gilmore traces
the lives of three Jewish-American
families through four decades in the
20th century, told through the experi-
ences of gangster-turned-Broadway-
producer Seymour, salesman and
innovator Joseph, and actor Frances.
Facilitated by Elisabeth Shubow.
•April 25 and April 26: Book Thief
by Markus Zusak is the story of Liesel,
a young German girl whose thievery
and storytelling skills help sustain her
family and the Jewish man they are
hiding during World War II. Facilitated
by Sharon Schwartz, Hillel Day School
teacher.
• May 30 and 31: A Woman in
Jerusalem by Abraham Yehoshua.
Assigned the task of identifying the
victim of a suicide bombing, a man
pieces together a woman's past as
a former Soviet engineer on a reli-
gious pilgrimage. Facilitated by Dalia
Shaham, teacher at Temple Israel.
For information or to sign up, call
Francine Menken, (248) 432-5546.
Mideast Perspective
Wayne State University professor of
constitutional law Robert A. Sedler
will discuss "Liberal Jewish View of
the Arab-Israeli Conflict" at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 21, at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township.
Professor Sedler, who has published
five books and more than 75 law review
articles, is a member of the Social
Action Commission of the Union for
Reform Judaism and its Amicus Brief
Committee.
The program, sponsored by the
Temple Brotherhood, is free and open
to the community. It will be preceded by
breakfast at 8:45. Cost of the breakfast is
$2; reservations are not necessary.
For information, call Barbara Grant,
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.