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Temple Emanu-El Scholar
Is Israeli Rights Activist
The executive director of the Israel
Religious Action Center in Jerusalem
will be Temple Emanu-El's scholar-
in-residence April 1-3.
Anat Hoffman
served as a
Jerusalem city
councilwoman for
14 years, where she
worked for the right
of women to pray
at the Western Wall
Anat Hoffman
and for adequate
municipal ser-
vices for the more
than 200,000 Palestinian citizens of
Jerusalem.
She has also fought against
Orthodox control of the city council,
which she says would dictate lifestyle
choices for the secular population of
Jerusalem, and she has fought tire-
lessly for religious pluralism.
Hoffman says, "Progressive Jews
are the biggest donors [taxpayers] to
the State of Israel. Israelis pay some
48 percent in income taxes, yet do
not have equal allocation or repre-
sentation.
"Ultra Orthodox rabbis get paid
by the government. IRAC works
against the encroachment of the
ultra Orthodox influence, the most
extreme, in public life for marriage
rights, divorce rights, and religious
rights."
The weekend events with Hoffman
are co-sponsored by the Metropolitan
Federation of Reform Synagogues,
Congregation Shir Tikvah, Emanu-
El's Community of Learners and the
Emanu-El Sisterhood.
Friday, April 1: 6 p.m. wine and
cheese pre-oneg, free; 6:30 p.m.
Shabbat services; 7:30 p.m. Shabbat
dinner and presentation "Call Us
When You're Right: Working for
Social Change in Israel." Dinner is
$36 patron, $25 sponsor, reservations
only.
Saturday, April 2: 12:30 p.m. Lunch
and Learn Shabbaton, "The Search
for Cracks in the City of Stone:
An Anatomy of the Struggles for
Pluralism in Modern Jerusalem."
Lunch is $12, reservations only.
Sunday, April 3: 9:30 a.m. "Between
the Stones and a Hard Place — The
Struggle of Women of the Wall," free.
For reservations, contact the
temple, (248) 967-4020 or www.
emanuel-mich.org .
B'nai Moshe
Men's Shabbat
On Friday, April 8,
the Congregation
B'nai Moshe Men's
Club will hold its
annual Man of
the
Year dinner
Sidney
honoring
Sidney
Kraizman
Kraizman. Dinner
will be served at 7
p.m. following evening services at 6
p.m. Dinner reservations are manda-
tory; contact (248) 788-0600 or web-
moshe@cavtel.net.
On Shabbat morning, April 9, the
Men's Club annual Shabbat weekend
will continue as members of the Men's
Club lead services.
Project Paperwork
Holds Volunteer Training
The Jewish Community Relations
Council's Project Paperwork is seek-
ing volunteers to assist low-income
clients fill out the online applications
required to obtain state benefits.
A special training workshop will be
held 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, April 4, at
the Max M. Fisher Federation Building
in Bloomfield Township.
Conducted by the Food Bank Council
of Michigan, the workshop will instruct
volunteers how to assist clients with
the online application for the Food
Assistance Program or the Bridge
Card program (previously called food
stamps), which provide supplementary
funds for low-income individuals and
families to purchase food. A compli-
mentary dinner will be provided for
workshop participants. Space is lim-
ited and reservations are required.
For reservations or information,
contact JCRC Community Relations
Associate Sarah Crane, (248) 642-2649
or scrane@jfmd.org.
Tzedakah Event
On target to raise over $3,000 for char-
ity in Tapper's watch battery replace-
ment program's first quarter, the
family-owned jewelry store's program
will now benefit the John D. Dingell VA
Medical Center in Detroit with money
raised April 1 to June 30.
"Making Time for a Good Cause,"
which launched in January, is Tapper's
newest charitable program, which
provides complimentary simple watch
battery changes in exchange for a sug-
gested minimum donation ($10) to
charity. The program will benefit a dif-
ferent charity every quarter.
For information, contact www.tap-
pers.com or (248) 932-7700.