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Mental Health From
A Jewish Perspective
The Cohn-Haddow
Center for Judaic
Studies at Wayne
State University
announces an
upcoming lecture by
Rabbi Mark
Washofsky. The Sept.
Rabbi Mark
21 talk, "The
Washovsky
Invention of Mental
Health in Jewish Law" is co-sponsored
by Kadima and Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, both in Southfield.
Washofsky, the Solomon B. Freehof
Professor of Jewish Law at Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, specializes in the literature
of Jewish law and the application of
legal theory to the understanding of
the Jewish legal process. He serves as
the chair of the Responsa Committee
of the Central Conference of American
Rabbis, which issues advisory opinions
on questions of Jewish practice.
Though illness has been much dis-
cussed in the Jewish liturgy, the subset
of mental illness is not given nearly as
much space in the canon. "Although
the tradition knows of 'insanity' as a
legal concept" Washofsky explains, "it
has only recently come to conceive of
it as a medical phenomenon and to
speak of it in the language of therapy
and treatment"
He will delve into this "invention"
within Halachah and discuss some
possible answers as to why it was cre-
ated when it was.
Washofsky's lecture will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 21, at Shaarey Zedek.
The talk is free and open to the public.
For information, call (313) 577-2679,
email cohnhaddowcenter@wayne.edu
or visit judaicstudies.wayne.edu .

Paul Reiser To Perform
At Kadima Benefit Oct. 1
Kadima, a Southfield-based social ser-
vice organization serving individuals
with severe mental illness, is planning
its 30th annual benefit, "An Evening of
Laughter with Paul Reiser" at the Max
M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit on
Wednesday, Oct. 1.
Reiser is best known for co-creating
and starring in the NBC TV series
Mad About You with Helen Hunt.
The cost for the evening is $100 and
$50 for young adults ages 18-40. The
event includes a pre-glow reception
with light hors d'ouevres and cocktails
at 6:30 p.m. with the show beginning
at 7:30 p.m. Sponsorship opportunities
are available. For information or to
register, go to www.kadimacenter.org
or call Paula Schonberg at (248) 559-
8235, ext. 118.

Beth Shalom Event
Honors Couple
Congregation
Beth Shalom's
annual Chai Life
Celebration Oct.
26 will honor two
of its members,
Susan and Ted
Friedman of
Southfield.
The celebration
Ted and Susan
will start with
Friedman
a reception and
silent auction at 5 p.m. at the synagogue
in Oak Park, followed by dinner at 6
p.m. and the award presentation.
Susan and Ted Friedman have been
active members of Beth Shalom since
1998. Susan, a retired physician assis-
tant, is corresponding secretary for the
sisterhood and a longtime member
of the Sisterhood Evening Book Club.
She often bakes for Shabbat Kiddush
and helps prepare meals and clean up
from events. She also volunteers as a
reading tutor at Norup International
School in Oak Park. Susan has chanted
Torah and haftarah and serves as a
gabbai rishon.
Ted, an attorney, is a mainstay of
the men's club, which he served as
president for two years. He coordi-
nates the "traveling minyan" that visits
the Coville Apartments in Oak Park
once a month. He chairs the monthly
Minchah, Maariv and a movie pro-
gram and initiated the Men's Club
Media Potpourri program.
Dinner tickets are $150. For reserva-
tions, contact the synagogue office at
(248) 547-7970 or email cbs@
congbethshalom.org .

Inclusion Is Theme
Of Camp Video Contest
The Ramah Camping Movement and
the Ruderman Family Foundation
announce "TIPTOE (The Inclusion
Project: Through Our Eyes); an inclu-
sion-themed video contest for partici-
pants from all Jewish camps.
The goal of TIPTOE is to increase
awareness of the inclusion work hap-
pening at Jewish camps across North
America.
Campers and college-aged staff
members who participated in a North
American Jewish summer camp pro-
gram in 2014 are eligible to submit
30- to 90-second videos that show
their view of inclusion of children with
disabilities in their Jewish camp. The
first place prize includes $1,000 to the
participant and a $1,750 donation to
the winner's camp's inclusion program.
Contest submissions are due by Nov.
14. Details about the contest are avail-
able on the website, www.tiptoe2014.
org and at #TIPTOE2014.