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YOU ARE A
HERO OF HOPE!

for college students by college students

A Cancer survivor's recovery involves
much more than medical treatments.
It takes hope to heal. We hope you will
join the American Cancer Society Relay
For Life of West Bloomfield to experience
inspiration and empowerment to fight
back against this disease.

Women Only

Hillel of Metro Detroit offers monthly study sessions
for women to learn together and bond.

By Danniell Nadiv } jewish@edu writer

Join us as we recognize our Heroes of Hope

Relay For Life of West Bloomfield
Survivor and Caregiver Celebration

Saturday, June 8-9, 2013

West Bloomfield High School Track and Field

9:15 a.m. Survivor Registration Begins

10 a.m. Survivor - Caregiver Victory Lap

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11:30 a.m. Complimentary Survivor
Luncheon Followed by Look
Good Feel Good Activities

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RELAY
FOR LIFE

1 p.m. Relay Bingo

Sign up at RelayForLife.org/WestBloomfieldMI

For more information contact, Sarah Yerke at
248-663-3510 or sarah.yerke@cancer.org .

Danniell Nadiv, event co-chair, and Rabbi Michele Faudem

RelayForLife.org I 1.800.227.2345

©2013 American Cancer Society, Inc., Lakeshore Division

4th Annual Rabbi David & Alicia Nelson Legacy Lund

Professor Jonathan Sarna, PH.D

Professor of American History at Brandeis University

Wednesday
June 5th
7:30 p.m.

LEGACY
6

FUND

at
Congregation
Beth Shalom

The Story of American Judaism -Stripped Bare

Tickets: $ 12/advance $ 15/door / Dessert Reception

Continuing Events Thursday, June 6th

rofessional Workshop
8:50 a.m.

Lur & Learn
12:50 p.m.

Looking Ahead:

Should the Jews Forgive

American Judaism in the

General Grant?

12st Century

Congregation Beth Shalom

Max M. Fisher regeration Building

Reservations required

Butzel Conference Center

Lunch $20

Public welcome, no charge

Special package price

DETROIT
JEWISH NEWS

Jewish

JJ of Federation
Metropolitan Detib

$30 /Keynote Address +

Lunch & Learn

Tickets & info call 248-547-7970

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May 23 • 2013

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umorously named "It's That Time
of the Month," a series sponsored
by Hillel of Metro Detroit provided
an open and secure environment for young
women, ages 18-29, to study Jewish texts
and discuss their relationships with God,
Judaism, family and the community.
The six-session program was generously
funded through a grant from the Jewish
Women's Foundation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
Rabbi Michele Faudem facilitated these
inspiring discussions with topics that
included Jewish identity, the role of the
Jewish community and the afterlife. Rabbi
Faudem's goal for the program was to help
young women understand what it is to be a
Jewish woman; how being Jewish is part of
everything one does and how one represents
herself.
Once a month through April, about a
dozen young women from several of the
campuses served by HMD met for dinner
and lively conversation. The participants,
comprised of undergraduate and graduate
students, represented nearly every denomi-
nation of Judaism. The first of its kind for
HMD, this women-only program provided a
safe space for young Jewish women to talk,
learn and discover together within a Jewish
context.

"I went because it helped me connect
with young Jewish women who I am not
normally connected with in the community,"
said one participant. "I never would have
met some of these women because they
attend other schools and don't live in my
area." Another participant said the program
"made me feel like a proud Jewish young
woman."
After each session, the participants often
commented on how quickly the two hours
had passed and expressed their desire to
continue these conversations with friends
and family members.
Co-chair Alyssa McMillan considers the
program a great success, especially because
many participants returned and inspired
friends to join them at subsequent sessions.
One participant said, "I continued to come
back to each session because the topics
were relevant to my life and helped me think
about the decisions I make."
HMD hopes to continue It's That Time of
the Month in the fall of 2013, with new top-
ics including humility, developing goodness
within ourselves and judging in justice. @

Danniell Nadiv of Ferndale is a recent grad-

uate of Wayne State University. She was a

co-chair of the event.

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