Senior political anal
or Michigan Public Radio
and Wayne State University journalism professor
Speaking on:
Family Enrichment
Fleischman hosts exchange.
"What Is Michigan's Real State-of-the-State in 2008?"
Monday, April 14
Opening reception: 7 p.m.
Lecture: 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
For information about the IRP or this program,
please call the IRP office at 248.967.4030, ext. 2018
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building
Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
6600 W. Maple Road • West Bloomfield
Generously sponsored by a gift from Shirley Harris
Top row, from left, are Laura and David Gorosh of Birmingham, with Betty
Ellias of Novi. Bottom row: Hannah Gorosh, 9, Andrew 6, Fay Rotberg of
Southfield, and Isabella Gorosh, 6.
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n March 13, the first
Mishpoch-Chai Purim
Program was held at
the Fleischman Residence in West
Bloomfield. Mishpoch-Chai was
conceived by Molly Chernow and
Nikki Raimi, two friends who recently
traveled to Poland and Israel on a
Federation Mission.
While in Jerusalem, they befriended
a Holocaust survivor who inspired
them to enhance the lives of
Holocaust survivors back home in
Michigan. Through Wendy Pittman
of the Humanitarian Aid Foundation,
Chernow and Raimi were intro-
duced to the Program for Holocaust
Survivors and Families, a service
of Jewish Home & Aging Services.
Together with friend Ellen Cogan
Lipton, they joined with Dr. Charles
Silow, director of the Program for
Holocaust Survivors and Families, and
developed Mishpoch-Chai.
Mishpoch-Chai is an enrichment
program in which young American
Jewish families are matched with
Holocaust survivors to enjoy cultural
activities and programs together.
At the first Mishpoch-Chai program
March 13, 18 Holocaust survivors
and 18 young American Jewish fami-
lies celebrated Purim. The children,
dressed in Purim costumes, and the
survivors played games, shared a
meal and danced to music by Rennie
Kaufmann.
The children were able to meet and
get to know these very special people,
the young adults learned more about
the Holocaust and about these indi-
vidual survivors and the survivors
took great pleasure in meeting new
friends.
A summer picnic, a Chanukah
program and Shabbat visits are being
planned. ❑
Dealing With Grief
Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills will hold a healing service
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8.
Led by Rabbi Herbert A. Yoskowitz and Cantor Frank Lanzkron-
Tamarazo, the synagogue's healing services are designed for those who
long for a greater sense of spirituality or have concerns related to grief,
physical or emotional illness, or change. The service will take place in
the main sanctuary.
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THE CENTER
' INSTITUTE FOR RETIRED
PROFESSIONALS
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Do you and your family
need help embracing
intermarriage?
Join us for a a day of intermarriage workshops
at The Birmingham Temple on Saturday,
April 12, 2008, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
You will learn how to:
• Promote family unity before
and after the wedding
• Successfully celebrate
religious holidays
• Respect multiple beliefs and
identities within a single family
Led by Jewish and Christian interfaith marriage
experts, the workshops will help you learn
how to embrace intermarriage.
For information, visit www.birminghamtemple.org
or call (248) 477-1410.
The Birmingham Temple
A congregation for bumanistiqudaism
April 3 • 2008
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