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Jeff Rosenberg of Farmington Hills Kosher Catering at Adat Shalom Synagogue

Fran Newman and Jodie Krasnick, both of Huntington Woods

New Exodus

Federation sponsors "Torah study with a twist."

A

new women's Passover
program, complete with
creative table settings,
unique recipes and intriguing
conversation, was truly different
from all other nights. More than
175 women attended "Exodus
from the Ordinary" March 7
at Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills.
The event, sponsored by the
women's department of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, took the place of the
annual Women's Seder. Organizers said they wanted to try
something different.

Rivy Poupko Kletenick, speaker

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"The Women's Seder has been done for many years; I
think they just needed a change," said co-chair Norma
Dorman of West Bloomfield. "We wanted to do some-
thing that would catch the attention of multi-generations
but still leave people inspired."
The program touched on several aspects of the
Passover holiday: Area synagogue sisterhoods put
together creative seder tables displays, including one with
oragami frogs. Local kosher caterers provided samples
of Passover treats from charoset to desserts. And guest
speaker Rivy Poupko Kletenick, head of the Seattle
Hebrew Academy, gave a Torah study with a twist.
"She talked about sex and birth related to different
parts of the Passover story; she really got everyone's
attention;' said Dorman.
Participants got a cookbook full of Passover recipes to

take home. Co-chair Hadas Bernard of Birmingham
said she's looking forward to trying some new dishes.
"There was a wonderful apple, pistachio and ginger
charoset that I'm planning to make in addition to tradi-
tional charoset," Bernard said. "We all have our own ways
of making the Passover seder special."
Spotted in the crowd were: Karen Alpiner of
Franklin; Laurie Blinder, Shannon Dickstein and
Karee Strome, all of West Bloomfield; Susan Wolpe
of Huntington Woods; Rosa Chessler and Pamela
Lippitt, both of Southfield; Marilyn Goldberg,
Roberta Madorsky and women's department president
Susie Pappas, all of Bloomfield Hills; Judy Karp of
Birmingham; and Cynthia Nagel and Trudy Weiss,
both of Farmington Hills. I

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Jane Anchill of West Bloomfield, Shelly Perlman of Farmington Hills and Lillian
Schostak of Beverly Hills

Jennifer Greenhill of Berkley