We have d Class Just for You! I p We Deliver Adult Jewish Education Tamarack Camps Notes Successes Of Past Year A Sampling of FedEd Fall Clas SUNDAY Dilemmas of Faith — A Shalom Hartman Institute Lecture Series Instructor: Rabbi Aaron Starr 0 n Aug. 10, more than 150 incoming and outgoing board members, staff, past presidents, community members, donors, families and friends of Tamarack Camps gathered at the new Rosalie and Sol Kaufman Specialty Village at Camp Maas in Ortonville. Darren Findling, board president, gave a recap of the progress achieved this past year: • The enhancements to the dining experience have resulted in healthier food being served with a wider selec- tion of options. • Tamarack's new sustainability practices, such as the switch to a zero- landfill waste management company and introduction of single-stream recycling, allowed camp to reduce waste by more than 20,000 trash bags this summer. • Camp recently acquired a 24-acre farm that will be incorporated into future programming. • The new Audrey and William Farber Family Housing Village enabled MONDAY Anti-Semitism from the Renaissance to Today Instructor: Jewish Artists and the Avant Garde Instructor: ?abbi Aaron Bergman - Abracadabra Judaism and Magic Instructor: Or. Justin Sledge — Learn to Read Hebrew in Ten Weeks Instructor: Nira Lev or Aron Kaufman TUESDAY Contemporary Halachic Debates Instructor: How Did Joseph Become Jesus? How Medieval Christians Reinterpreted Jewish Texts Instructor: Or. Melissa Ser The Star and the Crescent: The Long Relationship of Judaism and Islam Instructor: Professor Howard Lupovitch WEDNESDAY God Talk: An Exploration of Modern Jewish Theologies Instructor: 'abbi 1. The Teachings of the Talmud Instructor: 'er Concepts in Judaism Festivals, Life Cycle, Rites, Rituals and Daily Life Instructor: Rabbi Joseph Klein — mge Honoree Dr. Stephanie Aronow with Darren Findling, Tamarack Camps president - visiting Artists in Residence and rab- bis to have their families stay at camp with them. Dr. Stefanie Aronow, former camper, staff, longtime board member, peren- nial camp doctor and devoted lay leader, was honored with the 2015 President's Award. Aronow was instru- mental in developing many of the medical procedures used today as well as working passionately as a champion of Tamarack. Board member Tracy Aronoff thanked outgoing board mem- bers: Aronow, Andrew Landau, Joe Lash, Marc Nakisher, Abbe Sherbin, Elizabeth Sollish, Nancy Komer Stone, Rabbi Simcha Tolwin, Pam Turkin and Brad Wasserman. Tamarack's officers are Darren Findling, president; Stacy Brodsky, first vice president; Dr. Daniel Klein, vice president; Geoff Kretchmer, vice president development; Robert Schwartz, treasurer; and Michelle Bass, secretary. ❑ THURSDAY A Psychologist's Look at the Bible: Kings, Queens and Power Politics Instructor: Dr. Mitch Parker Culture Clashes from page 28 The Early Prophets Instructor: Rabbi Michael Cohen Palestine Solidarity. His supporters have attacked fellow Labor leader, John Mann, who also is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Anti-Semitism that identified ways to crack down on anti-Jewish activity on campuses, promote international cooperation to prevent spread of racist material online, and to improve the reporting and recording of anti-Semitic attacks. • France's far right party, the National Front, known for its racist views, recently received 25 percent of FRIDAY Parsha Plus (Weekly Torah Portion Plus Haftorah) Instructor: Ripped from the Headlines: What Would Hillel Do? Instructor: 'abbi Eliezer Finkelman For a brochure or complete listing of all the classes: 248-205-2557 jewishdetroit.org/feded Here For Good ewish Federation OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT 2035390 30 September 24 • 2015 its country's votes. Their leader, Marine Le Pen, is poised to become one of two candidates for the French presidency. • Students representing the group Justice for Palestine have resurrected an anti-American and anti-Semitic poster from Nazi-occupied Holland. The artwork features a composite figure that integrates American racial characteristics, a Ku Klux Klan hood, a Star of David loincloth and other ste- reotypes. ❑ Pamela Young is director of media rela- tions at Eastern Michigan University.