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Sunday, November 6
10:30 a.m.
DAY UNDERWRITTEN BY ANDI & LARRY WOLFE
Jonathan E. Levin presents
Triumphant Life: The Miles Levin Story
by Miles Alpern Levin (z"1)
FAMTLY DAY Er GAK PAU
Cancer sometimes kills, but it always frightens.
It did both to Miles Levin. During two challenging
years filled with cancer and its treatment, a
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Keep Fighting, Stop Struggling:
previously unknown teenager from suburban
The Miles Levin Story
Detroit tranformed himself into an inspirational
figure. He did so by converting a confrontation
with death into an opportunity for personal growth. Join us for an
inspirational journey
with his family.
SPONSORED BY FEDERATION'S SHALOM FAMILY,
FEDERATION'S JEWISH EXPERIENCES FOR FAMILIES,
PT LIBRARY
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10:30 a.m.
Bubbies, Bagels & Books for Bedtime
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Co-sponsored by the Annual Jewish Book Fair Steering
Committee and past chairs
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Books for bedtime! Come listen to
Robin Schwartz, anchor of Fox 2 News, as she
reads some of our favorite bedtime stories
and enjoy bagels and snacks. Following story-
time, children will make a Sh'ma Toolbox to fill
with their favorite bedtime books, blankies,
stuffed buddies, etc. Free, no reservations necessary.
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12:45 p.m.
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Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Hillel If Not Now, When?
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Rabbi for the Los Angeles-based
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Synagogue for the Performing Arts,
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin is a speaker and the
author of numerous books including Jewish Literacy: The Most
Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its
History A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall be Holy, A Code of Jewish
Ethics: Love Your Neighbor and the new Hillel: If Not Now, When?
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Co-sponsored by the Charles & Frances Driker Library
1 p.m.
Kids Can Be Authors, Too!
(Michigan's Got Talent)
Guest appearance by WDIV local 4
weathercaster and author, Paul Gross. This
program showcases the writing talents of area
students, grades 3-8, who have published their
own books. Participants include students from
Akiva Hebrew Day School, Hillel Day School and area public
schools.
Join Rabbi Telushkin as he shows how Jewish texts provide guidance
for daily behavior and for a discussion about how to be a good
person in a morally complicated world.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, SAJE (Seminars for Adult
Jewish Enrichment, SH'MA! Detroit.Learning.Together.
2 p.m.
Dr. Barry Franklin
Prevent, Halt & Reverse Heart Disease:
109 Things You Can Do
2:30 — 4 p.m.
Mini Maccabi & Race With the Books
oin us for jumping and playing sports with the 4 Js: Judy,
Jake, Jaymie and Jeanie. Also, kids can sign the wall and tell
us how they will commit to stay fit.
Do a mitzvah. Bring a book to the Annual Jewish Book Fair in
Oak Park for a child in need! The Detroit Jewish Coalition is
collecting gently used, non-religious books for children in grades
K-6 at the Detroit Pasteur Elementary School.
Cardiovascular disease affects half the U.S.
population. Is this inevitable, or can we really do
something about it? Beaumont Hospital's
Dr. Barry Franklin provides fascinating,
surprising, practical and, most important, easy
ideas for fighting this killer. Finally - a truly
comprehensive book on preventing our nation's
biggest health issue.
109 Things You Can Do
Prevent,
Halt &
Reverse
Heart Aip,
Disease
BY JOSEPH C. PISCATE.1.1.A
& BARRY A. F
RANKLIN,
Co-sponsored by Beaumont Health System, JCC Membership Department
8 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Rabbi Berel Wein
Patterns in Jewish History: Insights
into the Past, Present & Future of
the Eternal People
RABBI
11EREL WEIN
Great nations have come and gone. Yet the
Jew, Mark Twain wrote, "is now what he
always was...All things are mortal but the
Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains.
What is the secret of his immortality?"
Rachel DeWoskin
Big Girl Small: A Novel
Judy Lohden is 16, sarcastic, and
vulnerable with a heart full of dreams. She's also
an incredible singer. So why is this all-American
girl hiding out in a cheap motel room?
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In Patterns in Jewish History, Rabbi Berel
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Wein considers that very question as he
discusses Jewish education, assimilation, the
role of teachers and rabbis, Israel, values and much more.
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A former attorney and popular lecturer, Rabbi Berel Wein is
an expert on Jewish history and is founder and director of the
Destiny Foundation, an educational forum for bringing Jewish
history to life.
Co-sponsored by SH'MA! Detroit.Learning.Together.
www.jccdet.org/bookfair
Well, it could have something to do with the
fact that the national media is following Judy's
every step, which has something to do with the
incredible scandal at her high school, which has something to do
with the fact that Judy is, after all, less than four feet tall.
A native of Ann Arbor, Rachel DeWoskin is an author and former
soap opera star in China. Her memoir of her experiences in China,
Foreign Babes in Beijing, is being developed as a series for HBO.
Co-sponsored by Southfield Public Library
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free
—Frederick Douglass
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