metro » 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. * 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.” * 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. * 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. * 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. *