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Join us for lunch with
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Tuesday, May 8th
1 1 :30 am

For Tickets
call 248/357-5544

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Sponsored by Sisterhood

Boutique Shopping 9 to 4
(open to the public)
Great Gifts for Mother's Day

Akiva third-grade boys perform

at the Yom HaZikaron program in

Oak Park.

Congregation Shaarey Zedek
27375 Bell Rd. in Sfld.

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Put a little

in your family's life.

The Florence Melton Parent Education Program fFEP).offers
adults a two-year, in-depth study of Judaism to nurture their
child's growing identity. The curriculum includes courses on
Jewish holidays, life cycles, beliefs, history and ethics.

PEP

Informational Meeting and Sample Class

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Hillel Day School
32200 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills

Classes start October 10, 2007
Wednesday mornings
9:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit

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$175 per person per year includes Tanach (Bible)
and all course materials. Space is limited.

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Jewish parents of young chicken
(toddler - elementary school) are eigble.

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Melton PEP is sponsored by Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education in conjunction with Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit.
PEP is made possible by a generous gift from
The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation and Leeat and Adam Baker.

For MOM inionnoffon: Marion Bronstein
(248) 6424260, ext. 372, or bronsteln@jimd.org

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She said faith in God and commit-
ment to Israel kept them strong.
Broadcasts of Yom HaZikaron
and Yom HaAtzmaut programs
from Jerusalem also were shown.
Near the end of the memorial
program, the mood changed to one
of celebration with seventh-grade
girls from Yeshivat Akiva perform-
ing with Israeli flags. The evening
concluded with Israeli foods and
desserts, singing and dancing.
To continue the celebration, a
concert by Heedoosh and Blue
Fringe was scheduled the following
evening.
Yom HaAtzmaut celebrations
continue on Sunday, May 6, with 50
organizations and businesses join-
ing together to sponsor a daylong
series of events including a speaker,
Hadassah's Family Fun Fair, a com-
munity picnic, a 1.8-mile walk and
entertainment. The event starts
at 11 a.m. at Temple Shir Shalom,
Orchard Lake and Walnut Lake
roads, West Bloomfield. The walk
starts at 1:30 p.m. and ends with
an Israeli festival at Temple Israel
at 2:30 p.m.
In conjunction with the festivi-
ties, there will be a 7 p.m. May 8
performance by Israeli singer
Einat Saruf at the Birmingham
Community House sponsored by
the Jewish Federation. Tickets are
$20 for age 18 and older. Call (248)
642-4611 or go to
www.jewishdetroit.org/saruf.

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