metro » Stacy Gittleman Franklin Cider Mill “A FAMILY TRADITION” 248-626-8261 14 Mile Rd. and Franklin Rd. HOURS: Open Daily 7am-6:30pm Weekends 8am-6:30pm Thanksgiving Day 8am-4pm Last Day of Season, Sunday, November 27th Hebrew instructor Batia Kritzer hands a pink marker, or toosh varod, to Lilly Resnick at a Hebrew immersion class at the JCC. Learning Fun JCC Hebrew immersion class gives youngsters a head start. Stacy Gittleman | Contributing Writer O Please stop in for a full assortment of Dakota Breads and our Franklin Homemade Apple Pies. 2121880 GET READY FOR FALL For The Best Service Go To… MUFFLERS and MORE is now Kenny’s Lakes Area Auto Experts! We’ve evolved: more training, more services, everything you need! We’re changing our name to refl ect the direction we’ve been moving in for years. The name is changing, but our hearts and commitment are the same. Kenny “the Car Guy” Walters, owns the award-winning auto shop and is a member of Temple Israel Lakes Area Auto Experts at 490 N. Pontiac Trail in Walled Lake 248.668.1200 SEEN MONTHLY ON FOX 2 NEWS DETROIT For years, Lakes Area Auto Experts has provided neighbors with HONEST, DEPENDABLE, QUALITY information, repair and service! They live here and it shows! 20 November 10 • 2016 Email Kenny the Car Guy at kenny@lakesareaauto.com SERVICE DISCOUNT (labor only) $10 OFF $50 $20 OFF $100 $30 OFF $250 or more 2082730 www.lakesareaauto.com n the last Sunday afternoon in October, 16 elementary school-age children gath- ered in the Teen Center of the Jewish Community Center to learn Hebrew words all about stav, or autumn. Through crafts involving pumpkin and fall leaf stickers, a snack and some group movement games, veteran Hebrew school teacher and native Israeli Batia Kritzer fluttered about the group, speak- ing to them mostly in English, but sprin- kling in some Hebrew, too. When a child needed a marker to color, they asked for a toosh. They learned that what they were drawing was a t’moonah, or a picture. During class, Kritzer also infused vocabulary such as counting, colors, words associated with foods and simple commands. At the end of class, Kritzer read the children a simple Hebrew picture book, Eliezer v’HaGezer or Eliezer and the Carrot (Gefen Publishing, Jerusalem). Through her teaching, Kritzer is offer- ing a tam, or taste, of what children can experience at the JCC’s summer day camp program when, for six weeks, participating children are only spoken to in Hebrew by a staff of young Israeli counselors who recently finished serving in the Israeli army. The free, monthly Hebrew immer- sion classes take place on Sundays from 4-5:30 p.m. This month’s class is about feelings and is scheduled for Nov. 20. The classes are made possible through a generous contribution from the Davidson Foundation and are affili- ated with the Areivim Hebrew at Camp program, a project of the Areivim Philanthropic Group, operated by the details Foundation for Jewish Camp. JCC Camp Director Howard Gutman said the classes are designed to allow children who participated in the camp a chance to reunite and socialize over the school year. Gutman also hopes to attract other children to enroll in the summer program. “The classes and the camp are a great way for local Jewish kids to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the Hebrew language while they learn all about Israel,” he said. “Plus, learning to speak some Hebrew can also help kids who are learning Hebrew for religious reasons, too.” Parents sticking around to watch their children having fun during the work- shop said they enrolled their children for several reasons. “My children are not currently enrolled in Hebrew school, but they did have some years at Hillel, so we want them to maintain their Hebrew and this program seems like a great fit,” said Randi Resnick of Farmington Hills, whose twin 8-year-old daughters, Molly and Lilly, attended the workshop. Ady Peleg of West Bloomfield observed his two older children in the class. Peleg, a native Israeli who has lived in the United States most of his life, goes to Israel once a year to see family and converses in Hebrew with his children daily. “My children enjoy this class because they are making new friends while they are doing creative things as they learn Hebrew,” he said. “I try to speak Hebrew with my children at home as much as I can.” * The monthly Hebrew immersion classes are free and held from 4-5:30 p.m. on Sundays. A Chanukah class will be on Dec. 18; other classes are Jan. 29, Feb. 26, March 26, April 30 and May 21. Space is limited; contact Kritzer at batiakritzer@gmail.com or (248) 320-5196.