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Day Of Learning
Slated In Lansing
Congregation Kehillat Israel (Lansing)
and Congregation Shaarey Zedek (East
Lansing) are joining forces to bring the
Global Day of Jewish Learning, Sunday,
Nov. 18, to the Lansing area. The
theme is "Jewish concepts of blessing
and gratitude."
At 10 a.m. on
Sunday, Nov. 18,
Rabbi Amy Bigman
will speak at
Congregation
Kehillat Israel on the
topic of "Gratitude
and Birkat HaMazon
Rabbi Amy
(Grace After Meals)."
Bigman
At the same time,
Rabbi Michael
Zimmerman will speak at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek on
"Finding God, Finding Gratitude: How
to Appreciate our Everyday Lives."
At 11 a.m. at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, education director
Aviva Panush will teach a session
titled "Raising Jewish Children in a
Non-Jewish World: The Christmas
Challenge."
At 11:30 a.m., Congregation Kehillat
Israel will host its annual Mitzvah
Mall, where presentations will be made
about various organizations.
From noon-12:20 p.m. there will
be a pizza lunch at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, (Reservations are
required) followed by Margot Valles'
session on "Blessings, Boundaries, and
Borderlands" from 12:20-1:20 p.m. at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
The day-long program will conclude
at Congregation Kehillat Israel at 6:15
p.m. with a potluck dinner followed by
Rabbi Zimmerman's presentation on
"Blessing the Bad: How Do We Relate
to Bad Things?" (For the dinner ses-
sion, bring a dairy, fish or vegan dish
to pass.)
This event is open to all members of
the Jewish community. For informa-
tion, or to make reservations for the
pizza lunch, contact Rabbi Bigman at
rabbibigman@shaareyzedek.corn.
Yad Ezra To Participate In
The 30th Turkey Trot
The Fifth Third Turkey Trot in Detroit
takes place on Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
22, and Yad Ezra is asking supporters
to participate in the Mashed Potato
Mile (1 mile) walk/run to help raise
funds for the kosher food pantry. The
event includes a parade of costumes at
7 a.m. followed by the Mashed Potato
Mile walk/run at 7:30 a.m. Register at
www.theparade.org/turkeytrot/.
To raise money for Yad Ezra,
go to www.crowdrise.com/
YadEzraTurkeyTrot/fundraiser/
theJEWISHNEWS.com
yadezra or set up a page on Crowdrise.
Participants who raise the most funds
will receive free tickets to Yad Ezra's
Spring event, Vanish Hunger, with
Shimshi, the Las Vegas Wynn Hotel's
resident magician who is bringing a
bigger and even more exciting show
to HockeyTown on April 18, 2013, at
7 p.m.
Contact ian@yadezra.org for ques-
tions, or call (248) 548-3663.
Distinguished Speakers
Series At Book Fair
At 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the
Jewish Center in West Bloomfield,
former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe
Arens will speak on Flags Over the
Warsaw Ghetto, about the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising, the largest Jewish revolt
of the Holocaust during World War II.
He will be followed at 8 p.m by
Michael Bar-Zohar, co-author with
Nissim Mishal of Mossad: The Greatest
Missions of the Israeli Secret Service.
The book tells the story of the men and
women who serve in the Mossad.
The cost is $10 for JCC members
and $13 for others for both programs.
Information: (248) 661-1900.
Jewish Agency Committee
Seeks Kotel Prayer Pact
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Jewish
Agency committee has adopted a
resolution calling for a "satisfactory
approach" to prayer at the Western
Wall.
The resolution passed Oct. 30 during
the Jewish Agency for Israel's Board of
Governors meeting in Tel Aviv, reads
in part: "Whereas Jewish women and
men, of all streams of Judaism, desire
the opportunity to pray at the Western
Wall of Har Habayit (the Temple
Mount) in a manner that fulfills their
religious expression, and in an atmo-
sphere of mutual respect and Ahavat
Yisrael."
It also calls for "the chairman of
the executive of the Jewish Agency for
Israel, consulting with the Committee
for the Unity of the Jewish People, and
working with Jewish Agency-Israel
Government Coordinating Committee
and other appropriate bodies, includ-
ing the Western Wall Heritage
Foundation, to arrive at a satisfactory
approach to the issue of prayer at the
Western Wall of Har Habayit."
The resolution comes in the wake
of the arrest and alleged roughing-up
by police earlier this month at the
Western Wall of Anat Hoffman, leader
of Women of the Wall and the Reform
movement's Israel Religious Action
Center. Hoffman was wearing a tal-
lit and leading the Shema prayer at a
Rosh Chodesh service for about 200
women.
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