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SCHOLAR TO DISCUSS AT PURIM AND ISRAEL

Dr. Lawrence A. Schiffman will serve as scholar in residence
at Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center in West Bloomfield on
Saturday-Sunday, March 19-20.
He will speak on Shabbat following a luncheon in shul on
“Purim, a Historical Perspective” and on Sunday morning at 10
a.m. on “Israel’s Fault Line: A Historical View of Israel’s Future in
the Shifting Middle East” following a continental breakfast at 9:30.
There is no charge for the lecture on Shabbat; admission to the
Lawrence A.
Sunday program is $15.
Schiffman
Schiffman is a professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New
York University and director of the Global Institute for Advanced
Research in Jewish Studies. He is a specialist in Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism in late
antiquity, the history of Jewish law and Talmudic literature. For information or res-
ervations and accommodations, contact Rabbi Shneur Silberberg at Rabbishneur@
baischabad.com.

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EXTREMISM AND GLOBAL
RELIGIOUS CONFLICT

Rabbi Mark Robbins of B’nai Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield
will speak on “Jewish Responses to Extremism and Global
Religious Conflict in a four-part weekly series beginning Monday,
March 7, at Congregation Beth Ahm in West Bloomfield.
The series is part of the Thumin Bet Midrash and costs $25. Call
Beth Ahm to register and pay at (248) 851-6880

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QUEEN ESTHER: HER
PATH TO GREATNESS

On Sunday, March 20, from 10:30
a.m.-noon, Temple Kol Ami in West
Bloomfield will
host the next
installment in
its Bagels and
Basics series.
It will be
“The Making
of a Heroine:
Esther’s Path
Rabbi Tzvi Muller
to Greatness,”
taught by Rabbi Tzvi Muller, director
of the Jewish Values Institute.
Esther, at risk of her life, saved the
entire Jewish people from annihila-
tion. Muller will tell how to bring
Esther’s legacy of courage, wisdom
and kindness into our daily lives —
to help make the world a better place.
The event is free and open to the
community. RSVP by March 14 to
igilbert@tkolami.org or (248) 661-
0040.

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Rabbi Mark
Robbins

TEENS CAN APPLY
FOR JEWISH BOOKS
PROGRAM

High school students can spend
a week exploring the richness
and diversity of modern Jewish
literature at the 2016 Great
Jewish Books Summer Program
at the Yiddish Book Center in
Amherst, Mass.
The competitive program,
which is open to rising juniors
and seniors, will offer two ses-
sions in 2016: July 24-29 and
July 31-Aug. 7. The deadline to
apply is April 1.
All students accepted will
receive full scholarships cover-
ing the cost of tuition, room and
board, books and special events.
For information, visit the web-
site yiddishbookcenter.org/
educational-programs/great-
jewish-books-summer-
program.

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24 March 3 • 2016