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Detroit Jewish News, International Film
Circuit and Landmark Theatres
are pleased to offer you and a guest a chance to win
a free pass to see SHOLEM ALEICHEM:
LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS, Detroit
native Joseph Dorman's riveting portrait of a
rebellious genius who created an entirely new
literature and whose stories became the basis of the
Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. SHOLEM
ALEICHEM: LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS
opens Friday, October 14th at Landmark's Main Art
Theatre. To enter the contest, send an email to
detroitpromo@landmarktheatres.com with
"SHOLEM ALEICHEM" in the subject line by
Thursday, October 13th at noon. Winners will be
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Face To Faith
Interfaith program brings teens
together to learn from each other.
A
bout 60 Muslim, Christian
and Jewish high school teens
came together at the First
Presbyterian Church of Birmingham on
Sept. 22 for an evening of learning about
each other's faiths and teen-to-teen
dialogue.
They came to break down myths and
stereotypes, increase respect and pro-
mote understanding. This was the second
program in the series called "Face To
Faith." The first was held at a synagogue.
In the main sanctuary of the church,
the Rev. Amy Morgan gave a brief intro-
duction to Christianity. She explained
that the Presbyterian denomination
of Christianity is one of 38,000 differ-
ent denominations, and is one of the
"reformed" churches.
She emphasized some of the similari-
ties Christianity shares with Judaism —
the Torah and the Old Testament, the
communion meal that originated from
the Passover seder, and the importance
of the water in the baptismal font to the
importance of the Jewish mikveh.
The teens then went to the auditorium
for treats and discussions at tables set up
for interfaith interaction. They discussed
stereotypes or misconceptions they had
witnessed or encountered personally.
Josh Morof, a Bloomfield Hills Andover
High School senior and an active par-
ticipant in the Jewish community, was
the energy behind "Face to Faith." He
explained to the group that it was his idea
to bring teens of different faiths together
when he realized how much he learned
from befriending a Muslim teen he got to
know in his ceramics class.
He shared his dream to break down
the segregation of Jewish, Muslim and
Christian teens in his high school and,
after attending his school's Challenge
Day, he knew that it was up to teens to
"Be the Change!"
Three teens were then invited to the
stage to take part in an interfaith panel
discussion. Hiba Chaabi, an Andover
High School senior, spoke about being a
Muslim and how wearing the hijab was
the favorite part of her religion because
people knew from the start that Islam
was very important to her.
Rachel Berlin, a North Farmington High
School senior and president of Michigan
Region BBG, spoke about Tikkun Olarn, or
social justice, as being the most important
feature of Judaism for her.
Emily Held, a Birmingham Seaholm
High School junior, shared that the hard-
est part of her Christian faith was trying
to remember that the kids she didn't like
at school were also "God's children" and
she had to behave appropriately
The next Face to Faith event will
be held at the Muslim Unity Center in
Bloomfield Hills on Nov. 17.
For more information about local
interfaith initiatives, contact Gail Katz,
fo-founder of WISDOM at (248) 978-
6664 or gailkatz@comcast.net .
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Above: Joshua Geer, 15, of West Bloomfield,
who is Jewish; Morgan Fry, 15, of
Birmingham, who is Christian; and liana
Woronoff, 17, of West Bloomfield, who is
Jewish, talk at the church altar.
Above: Sam Corey, 17, of
Birmingham, who is Jewish, asks
a question during the event.
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Left: Hiba Chabbi, 17, of Bloomfield
Hills, who is Muslim; Josh Morof,
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Jewish; and Tahas Suharwardy, 18,
of Bloomfield Hills, who is Muslim.