of the
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WSTITUTE
invite you to join them at their
SECULAR HIGH HOLIDAY ASSEMBLIES
to be held at
ORCHARD LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
6000 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield
ROSH HASHANA:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,2009 (10 AM-12 NOON)
KOL NIDRE:
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 5 2009 (8 PM-9:30 PM)
Featuring an Assembly of Readings plus music by:
Bloch, Bruch, Chayes and others with Edward Benyas (oboe)
Marcy Chantreau (cello) and Kara Benyas (piano)
YOM KIPPUR:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,2009 (10 AM-12 NOON)
As Always No Ticket Required
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Hillel-Metro Detroit Board
Hillel of Metro Detroit's Board of
Governors is pleased to announce
its officers for the 2009-2011 term.
Linda Zlotoff is president succeeding
Gary Snyder.
Other officers are Vice Presidents
Stephanie Adas, Elaine C. Driker, and
Jeffrey Shanbom, Treasurer Al Sasson
and Secretary Gail Langer.
Joining them on the board are
Karen Alpiner, Steve Bernstein,
Arline Bittker, Jonathan Block, Gerald
Corlin, Carol W. Fogel, Ethan Gilan,
Lavie Golenberg, Arthur Horwitz,
Ruth Hurvitz, Faye U. Kanter, Sidney
Katz, Joshua A. Lerner, Danniell
Nadiv, Paul Rochlen, Harry Shafer,
Gary R. Snyder, Brad Wasserman, and
Jeannie Weiner.
Cancer: Survive, Thrive!
Attend two free lectures in Farmington
Hills on issues important to those liv-
ing with cancer. The lectures are spon-
sored by Survivorship University, a
community education program of the
Detroit-based Barbara Ann Karmanos
Cancer Institute.
•"Healing Touch"
techniques are
aimed at reducing
pain and promot-
ing relaxation.
Nurse Janet Tait
will present a live
demonstration 6-8
p.m. Monday, Sept.
Pat Sachs
14, at Karmanos'
Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center,
31995 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington
Hills.
•"Become Long-Term Care Aware"
with Jim Runestad, a long-term
care planning specialist, 6-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, also at the Weisberg
Center. He will present tips on how
to plan for long-term care and arm
oneself with the tools needed to plan
ahead.
Call 1-800-KARMANOS or register
online at www.karmanos.org/survi-
vorshipu/registration.aspx.
Karmanos community educator
Patricia Milner Sachs of Southfield
was founding dean of Survivorship
University. Sachs died of melanoma in
2006. She established the program in
2005 because "no one is born knowing
how to be a cancer survivor."
Selichot: 'Open The Gates'
"Open the Gates" is the theme of
Congregation Beth Ahm's Selichot pro-
gram, 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
A frequent prayer metaphor is that
Jews ask God to open the gates of for-
giveness and mercy to inscribe them in
the Book of Life for the upcoming year.
Featured at the program will be
songs, readings and meditations led by
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein and Jewish
community educator-songleader Beth
Greenapple.
Following at 10:30 p.m. will be a
traditional Selichot service led by Ronn
Nadis and Professor Howard Lupovitch.
For information, call (248) 851-6880.
Beth Ahm is located at 5075 W. Maple
Road, West Bloomfield.
'Guided Meditation' Selichot
Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills will hold a Selichot program and
service 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
At 9:30, Rabbis Aaron Bergman and
Rachel Shere will conduct a "Guided
Meditation on the Sour.'
The presentation will be followed by
Selichot Services with Chazzan Daniel
Gross and piano accompaniment by
Marty Liebman.
Selichot sets the mood for Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur, with peni-
tential prayers and highlights of the
High Holiday liturgy
The community is welcome. For
information, call (248) 851-5100.
Correction:
• In "A Tasty Bite Of Culture" (page 40,
Sept. 3), photographs of Alan Zweibel
and Danny Gurwin were incorrectly
identified.
Gurwin will
appear in "Miracle of
Miracles: A Concert
in Celebration of
Jewish Musical
Theatre" at 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 at the Jewish
Community Center
Danny Gurwin
in West Bloomfield
as part of the JCC's
new Stephen Gottlieb Festival of the
Arts. He is a Southfield native. Tickets
are $20-$40. For information on
tickets and the festival, which runs
through Sept. 12, call (248) 432-5692
or go to www.jccdet.org.
Zweibel, an
original writer for
Saturday Night
Live, will speak at
the Henry & Delia
Meyers Library 50th
anniversary celebra-
tion at 7:30 p.m.
Alan Zweibel
Sunday, Sept. 13 at
the library in the
West Bloomfield JCC. No charge.