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Ex-Skinhead Speaks May 8
On Tolerance And Diversity
The Anti-Defamation League,
Federation's NEXTGen Detroit and the
Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC)
will present inspirational speaker
Frank Meeink, a former white suprem-
acist, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the
HMC in Farmington Hills.
This presentation is open to the
community, ages 18 and above.
Following Frank's presentation, there
will be a young adult afterglow for
attendees ages 21-45 with wine, des-
serts and a meet-and-greet with the
speaker. This event is co-chaired by
Matt Bertman, Jeremy Crane and
Kevin Eaton.
Frank Meeink became a white
supremacist at age 13. By 18, he was
roaming the country as a skinhead
leader and recruiter on behalf of vio-
lent Neo-Nazi gangs. In Illinois, he
had his own cable-access TV show,
The Reich. He was finally arrested and
convicted of kidnapping and beating a
member of a rival skinhead gang.
While in prison, Meeink befriended
the very men he thought he hated
— men of different races. After his
release, he tried to rejoin his former
skinhead group but couldn't bring
himself to hate those whom he now
knew to be his friends.
Now a noted speaker, author and
founder of Harmony Through Hockey,
Yiddish Limerick
Yom HaAtzmaut
He said: "Im tirtzu, * it's nisht a
cholem **
Un Herzl,*** he wasn't a golem.****
Israel was born with libe*****
un pain
It has plenty of chutzpah, it's
tayer un shain******
Zi darf******* only mazel un
sholem.********
Frank Meeink
Frank's life stands for tolerance, diversi-
ty and mutual understanding through-
out all aspects of society.
Tickets are $10 until noon Friday,
May 2, and then the price increases
to $15: visit jewishdetroit.org/event/
nextgen-adl-frank-meeink.
For information, contact Jessica
Goodwin at goodwin@jfmd.org or
(248) 203-1470.
Meeink will also be speaking at
1 p.m. on May 8 at Waterford Mott
High School, one of ADL's peer train-
ing program schools. Students from
West Bloomfield, Berkley and Redford
Union high schools will also attend.
Cap&
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Cap & Gown Coming In M ay
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he Jewish News will honor all Jewish students who are graduating
this spring from Michigan high schools in our new Cap & Gown
Yearbook 2014. The Yearbook will be published in the May 22 JN.
For free, we will include a photo and up to 40 words listing the student's
name, school and accomplishments. We also encourage families to honor
their students or out-of-state graduates with a congratulatory ad.
It is easier than ever for students and their families to submit their
information for the Cap & Gown issue - it's all online. Log on to www.
thejewishnews.com/contact/cap-and-gown/free-listing . Follow the prompts,
upload your photo and hit "Submit." Family members can submit paid
congratulatory ads at the link as well.
All free listings must be submitted by May 9.
Any questions? Call Jackie Headapohl, (248) 351-5110 or jheadapohl@
renmedia.us .
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* Im tirtzu — If you will
** nisht a cholem — not a dream
*** Un Herzl — And (Zionist leader
Theodor) Herzl
**** golem — a man-made human;
also stupid
***** libe — love
****** tayer un shain — precious
and beautiful
******* Zi darf —She needs
******** mazel un sholem — luck
and peace.
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The Life And Times Of
Three Jewish Women
Phoebe Mainster, Congregation Beth
Ahm member and Wayne State University
professor, will speak on the lives of three
Jewish women and the writings that give
insight into their worlds and their legacies
for future generations.
Learning begins at 11 a.m. Tuesdays
at Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
Sessions are open to the community at
no charge. The schedule includes:
• May 13: A learned and religious
woman, the Dulcie of Worms (12th cen-
tury) was a synagogue leader, teacher
of women and leader in prayer. She was
martyred after witnessing the murder
of her children by Crusader soldiers.
Her bereaved husband memorialized
her life in a poem based on Eshet Hayil
(Woman of Valor).
• May 20: Emilia Lanier of London
(17th century) is considered the first
Englishwoman to declare herself a pro-
fessional poet through her volume of
poems, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum.
• May 27: Gluckel of Hameln, a
Jewish businesswoman and diarist
(18th century), wrote memoirs for her
descendants, urging them to live ethical
lives. She also describes the frightening
and precarious situation under which
the Jews of northern Germany lived.
For information or to register, contact
Elissa Berg at (248) 851-6880 or eberg@
cbahm.org.
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