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One Woman's Torah:
The Journey of a Female Torah Scribe

Presentation by jen Taylor Friedman
Introduction by Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg-

Sunday December 9, 2007 • 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Open to the community at no charge

Jen Taylor Friedm1n. the first woman

known to have written a complete
Torah scroll. will recount her journey to

become a sofird :Torah scribe) and discuss
some of the laws and customs surround-
ing the writing of a ,stjer Lrah Torah scroll).
Recently named by 7 he jafish Daily Forward
as one of the 50 most influential Jews in
America. this pioneering xvoman is currently
writing a Torah scroll for Congregation Shir
Tikvah. Come hear her fascinating story.

Congregation Shir Tikvah
3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy

mile north of Somerset, south of Wattles between Coolidge and Crook s
Rabbi Aaron Starr 248.649.4418, x3 or rahbiaaronrdshirtikvah.oru

Training Jewish Leaders

The Professional Leaders Project
sponsors up to 10 graduate fellow-
ships per year for people interested in
a career in Jewish Professional leader-
ship. PLP is a three-year-old entre-
preneurial, nonprofit organization
whose mission is to prepare Jews who
are 20- or 30-somethings to become
future professional and volunteer
leaders.
The fellowships can be used to pur-
sue study at any of the top 30 MBA
or MPA programs, particularly those
with a nonprofit concentration.
PLP is made possible by the vision
and support of its co-founders: phi-
lanthropists Bill Davidson and Marcia
and Eugene Applebaum of Bloomfield
Hills, Michael Steinhardt-Jewish Life
Network-Steinhardt Foundation
of New York, Charles and Lynn
Schusterman Family Foundation of
Tulsa and Robert Aronson, CEO of
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit. The executive director is
Rhoda Uziel, a former Detroiter.
Fellowship applications may be
downloaded online, www.jewishlead-
ers.net/web/guest/initiativestaca-
demic-fellowships.
For information, contact Arianna
Jeret, (310) 544-4120, or at
Arianna@jewishleaders.net.

Answering
Israel's Critics

The Charge

Last week, a senior member of
Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas' delegation harshly criti-
cized Israeli Defense Minister
Ehud Barak, saying he is an
obstacle to negotiations.

The Answer

Ehud Barak is a former Israeli
prime minister and the most
decorated soldier in Israel's
history. For seven years, the
Palestinians have blamed him
for the breakdown of the Camp
David negotiations in 2000,
which led to the second intifada.
His commitment to Israel's
security, to defending Israel's
historic and religious claims to
Jerusalem and to parts of the
West Bank remains unshakable.

- Allan Gale, Jewish Community

Relations Council of

Metropolitan Detroit.

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Co-spow.ored by the CST Sisterhood and the CST Liiliong Learning Committee. :: ,..nerously underwritten by the CST lineth Ape.' donors.

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