Learn from the expert about
breast cancer prevention
plus have fun while
choosing the right bra

Looking good and feeling
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good often go hand in hand.
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From 8 to 9:30 a.m. on Tues-
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day, April 7, join women's
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tal breakfast.
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our regular mammograms and
tion every woman should know. learn more about breast cancer
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March 26 • 2009

Drachler Leadership Event
The University of Michigan School of
Social Work will inaugurate the Sol
Drachler Chair in Jewish Communal
Service, with Karla Goldman
being installed as the first chair on
Wednesday, April 1, at the Educational
Conference Center, Room 1840, U-M
School of Social Work Building, 1080
S. University, Ann Arbor. A dinner
reception will follow.
On April 2, there will be a sympo-
sium,"If Not Now: Challenge, Choice,
and Change in 21st-Century Jewish
Community" The event will discuss
critical issues in American Jewish
public life and help set an educational
agenda for the U-M Jewish Communal
Leadership Program. National and
local participants include Ruth
Messinger, Shifra Bronznick, Harlene
Appelman, Michael Brooks and
Deborah Dash Moore.
The symposium will include:
• 9-10:30 a.m. Panel discussion:
"Seekers of Justice: Jewish Voices and
Activism within a Pluralistic Society"
• 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Panel dis-
cussion: "Attachment and Alienation:
American Jews and Israel in Complex
Times"
• 12:15-1 p.m. Lunch
• 1-2:30 p.m. Panel discussion: "A
Community in Crisis? Reflections on
Gender, Generations, Diversity, and the
Jewish Future!'
The sponsors are the Frankel Center
for Judaic Studies, Jewish Federation
of Greater Ann Arbor and Honest Tea.
For information and reservations,
call (734) 763-6886 or contact ssw.
alumnioffice@umich.edu.

B'nai B'rith Family Mission
B'nai B'rith's Family Mission to Israel
(Aug. 19-31) will be a deluxe, fully
escorted 13-day experience in the
Jewish state.
The itinerary includes child-orient-
ed activities and special programming
for adults.
Included are Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
Masada,Safed, a jeep ride in the Golan.
The trip includes round-trip trans-
portation from Detroit, all tours and
fees, all breakfasts and most lunches
and dinners, and four- and five-star
hotels. The tour is open to the com-
munity.
For information, contact Barbara
and Jon Haber of Huntington Woods
at BarbHaber@aol.com; Nina Kaplan
at B'nai B'rith International Missions
and Travel Office at (877) 222-9590
or nkaplan@bnaibrith.org ; or www.
bnaibrith.org .

BBYO Teen Talent
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
(BBYO) will hold an "open mic" fund-
raiser 3-5 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at
the Jewish Community Center's Teen
Center in West Bloomfield. BBYO
members will sing, perform skits and
comedy routines and recite poetry at
this event, which is open to all Jewish
teens from eighth-12th grades.
The cost is $8 per person by reg-
istering in advance online at www.
blinked.org (click on Michigan Region
BBYO) or $10 at the door. Funds will
be used for Michigan Region BBYO
activities.
To register an act or for information,
contact Eric Adelman, (248) 432-5689
or eadelman@bbyo.org.

Beth Ahm's JTS Shabbat
Congregation Beth Ahm will showcase
the Conservative movement's Jewish
Theological Seminary on March 27-
28, as the focus of Shabbat Limud, a
learning Shabbat.
The evening will include a Friday
night Family Kabbalat Shabbat service
at 6 p.m., followed by a congregational
Shabbat dinner and program as well
as a talk during services on Shabbat
morning.
Representing JTS at Beth Ahm as
guest speaker for Seminary Shabbat
will be JTS rabbinical student Ari
Isenberg. On Friday
night, he will dis-
cuss "The Hidden
Meaning of the
Torah Service!'
The Friday night
activities will
include a brief Tot
Ari Isenberg
Shabbat service
for ages 2 through
7, and child care will be available
throughout the evening so parents
can enjoy the post-dinner program
while the young children engage in
supervised Shabbat play activities in
another room.
Anyone who did not make a res-
ervation is welcome to contact Tessa
Goldberg, (248) 851-6880, or e-mail
director@cbahm.org to inquire whether
space may have opened up due to last-
minute cancellations. Cost for dinner is
$20 for adults and $12 for children ages
4 through 10. There is no charge for
children age 3 and under.
Everyone is invited to come hear
the talk on Friday night, March 27,
starting at about 8 pm. Walk-ins are
welcome, and there is no charge.
Beth Ahm is at 5075 W. Maple, West
Bloomfield.