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NEW COURSE OFFERS SECRETS TO SUCCESS
A
t every stage in life people are
asking the same questions.
What do I want to do for the
rest of my life? How do I get there?
Young adults in their 20s are look-
ing for fulfilling careers. Those in
their 30s-50s may be unsatisfied with
their careers or think they could
do better. Those 60 or older think
about an encore career — something
meaningful to do after they retire.
At some point, people realize there is
more to life than a good career.
Beginning Nov. 11, Rabbi Shneur
Silberberg, outreach director of the
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center
of West Bloomfield, will offer a six-
session course called “How Success
Thinks: Jewish Secrets for Leading a
Productive Life.”
The classes will be offered three
times each week. Sunday mornings
(beginning Nov. 11) 11 a.m. at Bais
Chabad, Tuesday evenings (begin-
ning Nov. 13) 7:30 p.m. at Hillel
Day School in Farmington Hills and
Thursday evenings (beginning Nov.
15) at the Jewish Federation Building
in Bloomfield Township.
This course is accredited for up to
15 continuing education credits for
medical and mental health profes-
sionals (course is suitable for every-
one, regardless of occupation, age or
Jewish affiliation).
At the core of “How Success
Thinks” are six key productivity
concepts, from motivation and goal
setting to creativity and relationship
building, which explain why some
people get so much done.
Drawing on 3,000 years of Jewish
wisdom — as well as the latest find-
ings and case studies from neurosci-
ence, psychology and behavioral
economics — the course explains
how productive people act differently
and view the world and their choices
in profoundly different ways.
“We explore ways to cultivate
people’s signature strengths, adopt
a growth mindset, access inner cre-
ativity, deal with weaknesses and
overcome obstacles that get in the
way of their success,” Silberberg said.
“I hope it will provide valuable
insights to our own pursuit of suc-
cess as well as insights as to how we
guide our children to reach those
goals.”
For information or to register, call
(248) 207-5513 or visit www.myJLI.
com.
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KOL AMI TO INSTALL
RABBI GUTMANN
Temple Kol Ami will install Rabbi
Brent Gutmann as its new senior rabbi
at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18. He will
be only the third rabbi installed to the
position.
“We are so fortunate to have Rabbi
Gutmann take the helm and steer us
into our second half-century,” said
Temple Kol Ami Co-President Paul
Gross.
Gutmann most recently served
as rabbi of Beth Shalom Progressive
Jewish Congregation in Auckland,
New Zealand. He was raised in
Dayton, Ohio. He and his wife, Jill,
have two young daughters.
Kol Ami’s Rabbi Emeritus Norman
T. Roman and Rabbi Kenneth A.
Kanter, associate dean/director of the
Rabbinical School for Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion in
Cincinnati, will preside.
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19,
32 November 10 • 2016
A RETURN TO GERMANY
76 YEARS LATER
After a 76-year absence, Kristallnacht
survivor Alfred Zydower, who will
be 87 on Nov. 15, toured Germany
for two weeks in May, accompanied
by his longtime friend, Frank Harris,
61. They found the Jewish cemetery
desecrated in Zydower’s hometown
Alfred Zydower and Frank Harris in Berlin
of Furstenwalde, 20 miles outside of
Berlin. The men are shown here out-
his parents and sister in Shanghai,
side the gates of Berlin’s former Jewish
China.
cemetery, now maintained as a park.
During the trip, they visited Berlin,
Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken
Furstenwalde, Dresden, Freiburg,
Glass,” occurred Nov. 9-10, 1938, when
Munich and finally Vienna in Austria.
the Nazis ordered violent anti-Jewish
Zydower put his German language
pogroms in Germany .
skills to good use. Touched by the kind-
Zydower of Madison Heights, a special ness and sympathy he encountered,
friend of State Rep. Robert Wittenberg
Zydower said, “People were very nice
(District 27), spent the war years with
wherever I went.”
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SEMINAR SERIES
ADDRESSES SPECIAL
NEEDS TOPICS
The Friendship Circle and Macomb-
Oakland Regional Center are partnering
to offer a series of seminars for parents,
special educators and anyone working
with or related to an individual with spe-
cial needs.
The Perspective series will provide
inspiration and guidance by addressing
a variety of special needs topics such as
bullying and how to protect your child in
school, planning for your child’s future,
life as a caregiver and life being “different.”
This series of six seminars will provide
perspectives and insights from some of
the most respected leaders in their fields.
Featured speakers are Dr. Michele Borba,
Gina Gallagher and Patricia Terrasi, Diane
Isaacs, John Elder Robinson, Rachel Simon
and Minoti Rajput.
General admission tickets are $15.
Group rates and CEU accredited tickets are
also available. Find a full list of dates and
reservation options at www.
friendshipcircle.org/perspective. The semi-
nars will be held at the Farber Center, 5586
Drake Road, West Bloomfield.
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MAJOR SUPPORT TO DIABETES FUND
Rabbi Brent
Gutmann
Rabbi Kenneth
Kanter
Kanter, a musician and published
author, will present Jews on Tin Pan
Alley, An Evening of Celebration and
Song. The social hall will be trans-
formed into a jazz club as he traces the
history of American popular music
from the 1840s to the 1940s.
Tickets are $10 per person and
include coffee, wine, beer and des-
serts. RSVP to Cheryl Spektor at
cspektor@tkolami.org or (248) 661-
0040.
Kanter will talk of parshat Vayera
at the 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19,
Chevrat Torah Study. A brief Shabbat
worship will be at 11 a.m., followed by
a joint commemoration of Veterans
Day with B’nai Israel Synagogue.
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Ronald and Eileen Weiser
Ronald Weiser, former U.S. Ambassador
to the Slovak Republic and candidate
for the University of Michigan Board
of Regents, and his wife, Eileen, who
serves on the Michigan State Board of
Education, have pledged $500,000 to
JDRF, the leading global organization
funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.
“The gift comes at an exciting time in
type 1 diabetes research,” Weiser said.
“JDRF began its support of artificial
pancreas technology more than a decade
ago, when it was still a concept com-
panies were hesitant to embrace. This
year, the first artificial pancreas system
was approved by the Food and Drug
Administration for use in the United
States.”
The Weisers have supported JDRF for
years in honor of their son-in-law and
two grandchildren, who all live with T1D
and its challenges.
The Weiser family also pledged
$250,000 over five years to the JDRF One
Walk-Ann Arbor to serve as a Corporate
Challenge. This Challenge helped raise
more than $128,000 in new corporate
support to the One Walk.
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