Dress For Success

NCJW offers help to job seekers.

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n inaugural event for job seek-
ers, "Dress For Success," will
be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the National Council
of Jewish Women's Berkley Council Thrift
Shop, 3297 W. 12 Mile Road. The event is
free and open to the public.
Representatives from Jewish Vocational
Service in Southfield will provide tips
on resume writing, networking and job
search skills. JVS is a nonprofit, nonsec-
tarian organization offering career and
employment services for more than 60

years.
Walt Tarrow, JVS employment special-
ist, will discuss the value of image in a
successful job search. Tarrow will present
from 10-11 a.m. and answer questions
from 11 a.m.-noon. He will repeat his
presentation from 1-2 p.m., answering
questions until 3 p.m.
Representatives from the David B.
Hermelin ORT Resource Center in West
Bloomfield will offer information on
computer skills for job training, explor-
ing the technology skills essential in

today's workplace and other employment
services and resources. ORT partners with
JVS for counseling and job placement
services.
"It is no secret that it is challenging to
find a job right now," said Susan Gertner,
executive director of the National Council
of Jewish Women/Greater Detroit Section.
"We wanted to do our part to help Metro
Detroiters not only present themselves to
a potential employer in their best light, but
also have that little extra bit of confidence
that comes with dressing well and feeling

you possess the necessary skills to land
the new position — all while on a budget."
"Dress for Success" is designed for
anyone preparing to go on an interview,
starting a new job or who is in need of an
updated work wardrobe. At the Council
Thrift Shops, all items are marked at a dis-
count. Funds from Council Thrift Shops
support non-profit projects across Metro
Detroit and make programs like "Dress for
Success" possible.
For more information, call the Berkley
Council Thrift Shop at (248) 548-6664. E

The program kicks off Jan. 6 with a
cooking demonstration at Specialties
Showroom, 2800 W. 11 Mile, Berkley, fea-
turing local food writer Annabel Cohen.
On Jan. 20, Dr. David Kraemer, profes-
sor of Talmud and rabbinics at the Jewish
Theological Seminary in New York, will
speak on "Arguing Kashrut: Stringency
and Community Identity in the Jewish
World Today." Kraemer, whose latest
work, Jewish Eating and Identity Through
the Ages, explores Jewish eating practices

as a way of understanding contemporary
Jewish identity.
The final Academy session on Jan. 27
will feature FJA's Rabbis Grossman and
Eliezer Finkleman.
Sessions two and three will be held at
FJA, located in the Jewish Community
Center, West Bloomfield. Kosher dietary
laws will be observed. All sessions being
at 7 p.m.; there is a charge for each one.
RSVP to Kelly Underwood at (248) 592-
5263, ext. 221. E

FJA Adult Academy

Class theme is "Jews and Food."

W

hen parents and grandpar-
ents attend Frankel Jewish
Academy classes with their
child or grandchild, they invariably say, 'I
wish I could be a student here," said FP-Vs
Head of School Rabbi Eric Grossman.
"FJ/as Adult Academy is our way of grant-
ing that wish and sharing our school's
wonderful learning opportunities with
the community"
The Adult Academy has been a part
of FJA's calendar ever since the high

school's inception 10 years ago. Noted
scholars and educators from the West
Bloomfield school will teach the classes
over three evenings in January. Sessions
are designed for wide appeal and partici-
pants may attend any or all of the three
classes.
This year's Academy, focused on
"Jews and Food," is co-sponsored
by Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education, the Jewish Forum and the
Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies.

HAZEL TOy!

Sept. 27
Lindsey (Rosen) and Marty Maddin of
Huntington Woods are thrilled to announce
the birth of their son, Brody Etai (Menachem
Melech). Proud grandparents are Jo Strausz
Rosen, Howard and Iris Rosen and Michael
.fog, and Donna Maddin, all of West Bloomfield.
Also sharing in this wonderful simchah are
Maddin
great-grandparents Lloyd Strausz and Renee
Eisenberg. Brody is named in loving memory
of his great- grandparents Bertha Strausz, Esther Maddin,
Milton Maddin and William Rosen.

March 25
Dawn (Faxon) and Michael Singer of
Farmington Hills joyfully announce with much
love and gratitude the birth of their son, Asher
Lev (Reuven). Also welcoming Asher home
with big hugs and kisses are Ethan, 4, and Julia,
2. Thrilled grandparents are Beverly Fantich of
Commerce Township, Harley and Judy Faxon
Singer
of West Bloomfield and Dr. Stanford and Judy
Singer of Farmington Hills. Asher's name hon-
ors his maternal great-great-uncle Aubrey Lansky; his Hebrew
name honors his maternal great-uncle Richard Gutov.

Rachel Lindsay
Czapp, daughter
of Lisa and Tim
Czapp, led the
congregation
at Temple Shir
Shalom in West
Bloomfield
on
Czapp
Friday, Dec. 18,
as she celebrated
her bat mitzvah. She is the sister
of Andrew and Michael Czapp and
the granddaughter of Frank and
Nancy Komorowski and Al Czapp.
She is also the granddaughter of
the late Rochelle Komorowski and
the late Mary Czapp.
Rachel is a student at Norup
International School in Oak
Park. For her mitzvah project,
she assisted special needs figure
skaters through the Variety FAR
Conservatory.

Ethan
Freedman
(Eton) of Walled
Lake will become
a bar mitzvah
at Temple Kol
Ami in West
Bloomfield on
Freedman
Saturday, Jan. 2.
He is the son of
Chuck and Heidi Freedman and
the brother of Joey. Proud grand-
parents are Myrna and David
Katz.
Ethan attends Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake.
For one of his mitzvah projects,
he volunteers at Walnut Creek's
SNAPS program (during the
school year and summer camp),
where he assists autistic middle
school students with their study
and socializing skills.

iN

Amichai
Benjamin
Nadiv was called
to the Torah at
Congregation
Shaarey
Zedek West
Bloomfield,
Nadiv
B'nai Israel
Center as a bar
mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Sharing in the proud moment
were his loving parents, Shelley
and Otto Dube and Yair Nadiv and
Renee Siegel; proud grandparents,
Sandy and Denny Brenner and
Ziona and David Nadiv; siblings,
Danniell Nadiv, Yoni Nadiv, Annie
Dube and Paul Siegel.
An eighth-grade student at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills, he was an
active participant with his grand-
parents at Yad Ezra in Berkley.

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