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Hands-On

Shaarey Zedek's cooking classes
will give you food for thought.

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uring the fall, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
presented a series of hands-on cooking
classes at Sur La Table at the Somerset
Collection. The classes featured kosher-style, vegetar-
ian dishes as well as handmade pasta. Participants had
a chance to learn new cooking techniques, prepare and
taste their delicious creations, and make connections
with one another.
Shaarey Zedek will continue this program with
classes in January and February. The winter series
will be held at the Southfield synagogue and is pre-
sented by Quality Kosher Catering. The Jan. 30 ses-
sion will focus on butchering and marinating. QKC
chefs will give tips regarding beef, poultry and fish,
including the best method to marinate and cook each
cut to achieve the best flavor and quality preparation.
On Feb. 20, the class will focus on cooking stocks
and serving. Each class will include a tasting of the
finished dish.
Classes are $36 for CSZ members; $45 for non-
members per session. For more information, contact
Martha Goldberg at (248) 357-5544 or email
mgoldberg@shaareyzedek.org. ❑

In Harmony

Three generations — Harriet Sklar, Myrna Edgar and Julie Edgar — get ready to cook with Eileen Glogower and
Sandy Matz.

Cookie Lachover, Rhonda Dean, Suzanne Gildenberg,
Mimi Prussack, Paula Birnholtz and Debbie Rosen

Cookie Lachover, Mandy Fisher and Audrey Siefman

Chai Center puts together a Jewish drum circle to reinforce togetherness.

ewish Circle Drumming was hosted by the
Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai Center at the
Birmingham Community House in December.
The drumming was led by Lori Fithian of
Drummunity in Ann Arbor, a student of various drum-

ming traditions. Fifty-five people attended the event.
"In a circle, everyone is equidistant from the center,
a perfect symbol of harmony and equality," said Rabbi
Boruch Cohen of the Chai Center. "Drumming with
Lori reinforces that togetherness. Everyone contributes

their own beat, and together the group creates an overall
shared rhythm. It shows that with a little soul, human-
ity can indeed create beautiful music together. This
brotherhood and sisterhood is the true aim of authentic
spirituality. And besides, it's really fun." ❑

Lupita Maryanovsky, Dr. Freda Arlow, Chana Cohen,

George Victor of Bloomfield Hills, Avi and Shua

Rabbi Boruch Cohen, all of Birmingham; Eliran Mazuz
of Troy, and Elianna Fridman of Birmingham (in front)

Cohen of Birmingham, Alan Thomson of Bloomfield
Hills, Annie Thomis of Birmingham and Zelda
Getcher of West Bloomfield

Linda Wayne of West Bloomfield, Lynn Rosen of
Bloomfield Hills, Freda Gill and Lupita Maryanovsky,

both of Birmingham, and drumming facilitator Lori
Fithian of Drummunity in Ann Arbor

Christmas Bingo

For 66 years, JWV members have held
a party at the Battle Creek VA Hospital.

T

he Michigan Jewish War Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
sponsored a Bingo party for more than 200 veteran
patients at the Battle Creek VA Hospital on Christmas
Day. It was the 66th consecutive year for the event.
Prizes included more than $5,000 worth of donated clothing
and lap robes.
Included in the JWV members was Dr. Sydney Harris of West
Bloomfield, who had been a patient in the Battle Creek hospital
from May 1945 to March 1946 as the result of a bomb blast
injury he suffered in France during the European campaign.
Chairman of the event was Stan Eisenberg of Holly. ❑

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January 12 • 2012

A few of the JWV members with the Bingo prizes

Dr. Sydney Harris had been a patient at
the Battle Creek hospital after World
War II.