Sunday, November 11, 2012 • 26 Cheshvan 5773
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Detroit. Learning. Together.
The theme for this year's community day of learning is "Count Your Blessings." Through speakers,
workshops and activities, we will explore the concept of blessings and what that means in our daily lives.
Jewish Community Center of West Bloomfield
11 a.m. NEW: Scholar's Brunch and Learn
One Hundred Blessings a Day - Why Jewish Spirituality
Begins with Gratitude
Dr. Andrea Lieber, Associate Professor of Religion, Dickinson
College, Carlisle, PA
Reservations required by November 5 for the brunch.
12:45 p.m. Keynote Address
Count Your Blessings: What the Garden of Eden Teaches Us
About the Pursuit of Happiness
Sh'ma! Scholar-in-Residence - Rabbi David Fohrman,
Founder, Aleph Beta Academy
2:15-3:15 p.m. Workshop 1 (Choose one)
The Wonders of Everyday Life
Rabbi Aaron Bergman, Adat Shalom Synagogue
The Billion Dollar Happiness Guarantee
Rabbi Leiby Burnham, Partners in Torah
Being Blessed by the Earth...Being Shomrei Adamah
(Guardians of the Earth)
Rabbi Robert Morals, Director, Shalom Street
Six Words that Open the Gates of Heaven
Dr. Mitch Parker, Florence Melton and FedEd Instructor
Counting Our Blessings Even in the Darkest of Times
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg, Congregation Shir Tikvah
Virtual Blessings: Do On-Line Prayers Count?
Rabbi Aaron Starr, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
What Are Your Most Important Blessings?
Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz, Adat Shalom Synagogue
3:30-4:30 p.m. Workshop 2 (Choose one)
The Wild and the Weird in the World of Jewish Blessings
Rabbi Keren Alpert, Temple Beth El
Barukh Dayan Ha-Emet (The Blessing on Death)
Rabbi Jonathan Berger, Hillel Day School
Blessings for Body and Soul: Expressing Gratitude
for Healthy Bodies, Healthy Spirits
Ruth Bergman, Florence Melton and FedEd Instructor
Count Your Blessings: Make Your Blessings Count
Rabbi Tzvi Muller, Partners in Torah
Jewish Community Center of Oak Park
10 a.m. Family Program - Bubbles, Bagels & Books
Count Your Blessings and Help Animals!
Featuring Mark Rosenthal's Animal Magic
6:45-7:45 p.m. (Choose one)
The Billion Dollar Happiness Guarantee
Rabbi Leiby Burnham, Partners in Torah
Count Your Blessings at Thanksgiving
Wendy Gamer, Community Educator
The Menorah, the Arch of Titus, and the Emblem of the State
of Israel
Rabbi Yechiel Morris, Young Israel of Southfield
8 p.m. Endnote Address
Bittersweet Blessings: A Foray into the Secret Depths of Halle!
Sh'ma! Scholar in Residence - Rabbi David Fohrman, Founder,
Aleph Beta Academy
$10 Registration fee (Includes Keynote, Endnote and All Workshops)
$18 Brunch and Learn only
$25 For the entire day
$5 Oak Park only (Workshop and Endnote)
Free for students with current I.D.
For more information or to register, contact the
Sh'ma Hotline: 248.502.2850, shwa; jfmd.org
or www.jewishdetroit.org/shma . Register by
November 6 and receive a $5 coupon toward any
one item at Book Fair.
One coupon per person. Pick up coupon at registration table. (Excludes
$18 brunch only). Workshops are "first come, first seated."
Sponsored by Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education and the Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, in cooperation with area
Jewish institutions and congregations. Sh'ma! Detroit. Learning. Together
is a member of the international program, Global Day of Jewish Learning.
The views represented at Sh'ma! Detroit. Learning. Together do not
necessarily reflect the views of the participants, congregations, or
organizations listed.
TV:
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When Not To Say a Brakha (Blessing)
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein, Congregation Beth Ahm
The Seven Blessings of Highly Effective People
Rabbi Shneur Silberberg, Bais Chabad
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