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Temple actors perform the Homeless Monologues: Sandy Altman of West

Put Your Best Brain Forward

Bloomfield, John Zimmer of Huntington Woods, Leslie Gladstone of Oak Park,

Jerrie Sasson of West Bloomfield and Barbara Halpern of Walled Lake.

Mind University is a new cognitive wellness
initiative offering health and wellness workshops,
family support, and Mind Aerobics, an innovative,
evidence-based program to help adults maintain
or strengthen their brain function.

Audrey Pleasant I Special to the Jewish News

he Birmingham Temple was
filled with aromas of home-
made soups, and homemade
and bakery breads, along with the
sounds of temple members and their
guests eating, chatting and enjoying.
The event was the Taste of the
Temple, Souper Supper for Charity,
organized by the Temple's Community
Impact/Tikkun Olam Committee for
Friday evening, Dec. 4. Temple mem-
bers made their favorite soups at home
and brought them to the temple.
Eighteen crock pots were plugged
into electrical strips in stations around
the room. There were many varieties
including chicken noodle, Russian
cabbage borscht, minestrone and
stone soup made from Thanksgiving
leftovers. There were choices for those
wanting to keep to a vegetarian or
vegan diet, as well as for those prefer-

Mind Aerobics, developed by the
New England Cognitive Center, stimulates
six major functions of the brain:

Reaction time

Visual/spatial relations

Attention and concentration

Memory

Language

Problem solving

Classes are organized by cognitive level;
each level has 24 sessions held over 12 weeks.

For more information,
please contact the Jewish Family Service
Resource Center at 248 592 2313.

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ring meat.
People could stick with one kind or
sample many; refills definitely allowed!
Along with soup, there were a wide
variety of breads, including several
homemade challahs. There were even
homemade gluten-free loaves.
This was an all-generation event.
Sunday school students made place-
mats. Teens were the on-duty staff,
and there was a hardworking junior
photographer. Children created soup
can sculptures. There was no set ticket
price, but a suggested donation along
with a request for cans of soup. All
money received was donated to the
N.O.A.H. Soup Kitchen, located in
Downtown Detroit. The canned soup
was donated to Yad Ezra and Gleaners.
As part of the service, which fol-
lowed dinner, temple members took
on the role of homeless people and
read monologues of their actual
words. The edited interviews were
provided by Lonnie Fleischer of West
Bloomfield. They were part of a pro-
gram previously done with her college
students.
Community service is a major way
those at the Birmingham Temple live
their values. They do projects through-
out the year, including their Winter
Mitzvah, when they provide bag
lunches for N.O.A.H. patrons. *

Audrey Pleasant is on the Birmingham Temple

Community lmpact/Tikkun Olam Committee.