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Yiddish Limerick
Federation Lauded
For Focus On Youth
I was so proud to read of the articles by
Keri Guten Cohen with assistance from Ted
Cohen on Miryam Rosenzweig and the dra-
matic and extensive efforts to attract and
retain young people to Detroit as well as the
goal of engaging a large number of them
with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
I have encouraged all of this for some
time with Federation leadership. Of course,
it takes experts like Miryam to implement
them.
As a resident of Detroit area for 70 years, I
have never been so excited about our future.
Purim
Mir hern* di gantze** megillah
tzuzamen mit undzer*** kehillah.""
Of Esther di queen
and Haman so mean,
And shiker***** we are from
Tequila.
* Mir hern, we hear
** di gantze, the whole
*** tzuzamen mit undzer, together with our
**** kehillah, congregation
***** shiker, drunk.
Harvey S. Bronstein
Southfield
Passover Learning
Experience Offered
The Jewish Theological Seminary and
the Michigan Rabbinical Assembly
will sponsor an evening of study
and experiencing Passover at 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 22, at Hillel Day
School in Farmington Hills. There is
no charge, but participants are encour-
aged to bring a box of matzah or
make a donation to Yad Ezra as part
of the Conservative movement's Maot
Chittim food drive.
Beginning at 6:15 p.m., and
throughout the evening, there will
be a special Passover Fair. Local ven-
dors will display Passover products
and resources to enhance the holiday
experience — including kosher wines,
catering choices and kosher desserts,
new Haggadahs, children's books and
toys, and table decorations.
Chairpeople for the event are Norma
Dorman and Jodi Goodman.
The keynote pre-
sentation, "Can You
Answer the Four
Questions?" will be
given at 7 p.m. by
Dr. Robert Harris,
associate professor
of Bible at JTS, who
will explore how the
Robert Harris
Haggadah continues
to develop and reso-
nate with each generation.
Following Harris' presentation,
attendees will be able to select a
workshop from a wide range of ses-
sions offered by local JTS alumni
including Rabbis Jonathan Berger,
Aaron Bergman, Robert Gamer, Joseph
Krakoff, Jason Miller, Elliot Pachter
and Steven Rubenstein and Cantors
Sam Greenbaum and Daniel Gross.
RSVP at www.jtsa.edu/
DetroitPassover or (248) 258-0055.
Film Looks At U.S.
During The Holocaust
Against the Tide, a movie detailing
American response to the Holocaust,
will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
March 20, at the Holocaust Memorial
Center in Farmington Hills. The Zionist
Organization of America-Michigan is the
co-sponsor. The cost is $6, at the door.
The film documents how a young
activist, Peter Bergson, challenged
Washington and the establishment
Jewish organizations to demand that the
rescue of Europe's Jews become a top
priority for American Jews. The more
successful he became in attracting sup-
port from important non-Jewish mem-
bers of Congress and Jewish Hollywood
personalities such as Ben Hecht, Edward
G. Robinson and Paul Muni, the more
threatened and resentful Jewish estab-
lishment leaders became. Only the ultra-
Orthodox Vaad Hatzala, led by Rabbis
Aaron Kotler and Eliezer Silver, worked
with him.
Against the Tide also addresses the
attitudes of President Roosevelt and his
senior advisers, who used the pretext
of winning the war against the Nazis to
block any Jewish immigration to the U.S.,
and juxtaposes the events in America
with heart-wrenching heroic stories of
the doomed Jews of Europe and the lead-
ers of Polish Jewry who had faith that
their powerful brothers and sisters in
America would somehow be able to save
.them.
Other sponsors include StandWithUs-
Michigan, B'nai B'rith International Great
Lakes Region. Supporters include Adat
Shalom Israel Advocacy Committee;
Congregation Beth Shalom, Akiva PTO;
Aish HaTorah, Sara Tugman Bias Chabad
Torah Center, Temple Beth El Israel Chai
Committee, Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah, Walk For Israel, Temple Israel
and Temple Shir Shalom.
Carrie GM, JARC's roving
photographer, works hard to
capture the perfect shot.
— Rachel Kapen
'Women of Ravensbruck'
Opens At Holocaust Center
A new exhibit will be on display at the
Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman
Family Campus in Farmington Hills,
beginning on Sunday, March 11.
"Women of Ravensbruck: Portraits
of Courage" details the lives of those at
the Nazi's major concentration camp
for women, with a special focus on the
few survivors with ties to southeast
Michigan. It will be on display through
June 24.
The exhibit will feature the stories
of these local women, other survi-
vors researched by the late artist Julia
Terwilliger and those who did not
survive Ravensbruck. Terwillger's art-
work has immortalized the faces of
the women of Ravensbruck in one of
the newest exhibits of Holocaust art to
emerge.
The exhibit will center around
seven large wooden panels with mixed
media and photo transfer images of
Ravensbruck women, young and old.
The collection also will contain original
artifacts from the camp, including a
handmade recipe book and gifts secret-
ly exchanged by the women.
"This is a long overdue testament to
these women who survived deplorable
conditions and inhumane treatment:'
said HMC Executive Director Stephen
M. Goldman. "We wanted to honor the
local survivors of Ravensbruck and pay
homage to all those who were impris-
oned against their will — many of
whom did not survive to see the camp
liberated."
In addition to Terwilliger's artwork,
the exhibit will include historical photo-
graphs, documents and other informa-
tional materials plus rare artifacts. The
exhibit is supported by Lauren and Sam
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and children
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