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Bienenstock in honor of their family
members imprisoned at Ravensbruck,
who will be featured in the exhibit.
Florine Mark, president and CEO
of Weight Watchers Group, will be the
keynote speaker at the opening cer-
emony 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11.
Her speech, "The Courageous Woman
Inside Each of Us," will honor the
women of Ravensbruck and acknowl-
edge all women as part of National
Women's History Month.
The Holocaust Memorial Center is
located at 28123 Orchard Lake Road. It
is closed on Saturday and public holi-
days. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for
seniors and college students, and $5
for children.
For information, call (248) 553-2400,
or visit www.holocaustcenter.org .
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March 8 • 2012
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MSU Film Series
Spotlights Israel
Michigan State University Jewish
Studies Program's Seventh Annual
Israeli Film Festival is an educational,
social and cultural event, and one of
Jewish Studies' largest outreach events.
The festival will be held from
Sunday, March 25, to Monday, March
26. Four films will be screened, all with
English subtitles. A Middle Eastern
dinner for purchase will be available
on March 25.
The opening film, Precious Life, is a
documentary about a Palestinian baby
born without an immune system. He
will die without a bone marrow trans-
plant in an Israeli hospital. Although
only about 1.2 million of the world's
400 million ethnic Arabs live in Israel,
the sole registry for Arab bone marrow
donors is in Jerusalem at Hadassah-
Hebrew University Medical Center. The
type of goodwill and bridge-building
portrayed in this film are important
building blocks toward peace.
On March 26, acclaimed Israeli
director-producer Prof. Yael Katzir
will present her new film, Violins in
Wartime, about music, classical art and
perseverance. Katzir will teach a short
course about Israeli documentary film-
making at MSU in March.
Screenings are free and open to the
public. For more information and a
complete listing of the films, go to
www.bitly/wIPXtF.
Piano Trio Performs
For Concert Series
Music lovers are invited to Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield on Sunday, March
18, at 7:30 p.m. to enjoy the Fusion
Piano Trio, part of Temple Israel's
Schmier Chapel Chamber Series.
The trio comprises pianist Pauline
Martin from Canada, who has per-
formed with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra and is artistic director of the
Pro Mozart Society of Greater Detroit;
DSO violinist Marian Tanau; and cellist
prodigy Erik Asgeirsson.
There is no charge. RSVP: Stephanie
Brovenick at Stephanie@temple-israel.
org or (248) 661-5700.
Jews, Comics
Focus Of Series
Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills will continue lunchtime learn-
ing programs with a three-part series,
"Jews & the Comics Since 1980."
Rabbi Aaron
Bergman will facili-
tate the free series
on Thursdays, March
15, 22 and 29, from
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
The group will
look at the works
of writers and art-
Rabbi Aaron
ists ranging from
Bergman
Will Eisner and his
series on the Lower
Eastside Jews and their struggles, to
Art Spiegelman and Maus and his
groundbreaking work on the Holocaust
and memory, to Neil Gaiman, the cre-
ator of Sandman.
Participants may bring a dairy
lunch. Drinks and dessert will be pro-
vided.
Respond by the preceding Mondays
to Sheila Lederman, (248) 851-5100,
ext. 246 or slederman@adatshalom.
org.
IRP Hosts
Speakers Series
The Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit's Institute for
Retired Professionals (IRP) will host
Dennis Schornack, senior adviser
for strategy for Gov. Rick Snyder, on
Friday, March 9, at the JCC in West
Bloomfield. Schornack will speak on
"Regional Transit" as part of the IRP's
Spring Mini-Series.
Automotive expert and WDW-TV
anchor Guy Gordon will speak March
16 on "Turnaround in the Fast Lane:
The Rebirth of the Auto Industry"
Robin Boyle, professor and chair of
the Department of Urban Studies and
Planning at Wayne State University,
will speak March 23 on "Detroit
Tomorrow? A Framework for the
Future of Detroit."
Author and Detroit Free Press busi-
ness reporter John Gallagher will speak
March 30 on "Reimagining Detroit:
Opportunities for Redefining an
American City."
For all parts of the series, refresh-
ments will be at 10:45 a.m., and the
speaker presentation will be from 11
a.m.-12:30 p.m.
IRP members attend free; non-
members pay $3. Free valet parking
will be provided. For information, con-
tact Sharon Levine, (248) 967-4030.
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