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serving docent at the Holocaust
Memorial Center and volunteers
for Meals on Wheels, Yad Ezra and
Darchei Torah.
Robert Lask, 80, a secular and
religious school educator for 55
years, a Holocaust Memorial Center
docent for 20 years, chairs the
Jewish Education Council and has
been a b’nai mitzvah tutor to more
than 1,000 students.
Alvin Saperstein, Ph.D., 87, who
with his wife, Harriet, has been
at the center of the re-emergence
of synagogues in central Detroit.
A social activist, he’s received the
Lifetime Achievement Award for
Peace and Justice Activism from
Peace Action of Michigan. He’s a pro-
fessor of physics and astronomy at
Wayne State University, involved in
WSU’s Center for Peace and Conflict

*No workout clothes required.

Put Your Best Brain Forward

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

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Reaction time
Visual/spatial relations
Attention and concentration
Memory
Language
Problem solving

The next 12-week session begins in early May.

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

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New Course Offers Jewish
Secrets For Deeper Thinking

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE

Just as we notice changes to our vision and
hearing as we age, we might also notice that
our brains are changing too! Mind Aerobics, an
innovative, evidence-based program of Mind
University, helps adults maintain or strengthen
their brain function, giving us a way to fight back!

Studies, a docent at the Michigan
Science Center and a volunteer with
many organizations.
Dr. Manuel Sklar, 92, enjoyed a
70- year career as a physician who
helped whom needed it, regardless
of ability to pay. A WWII veteran, he
was a co-founder of the Crohn’s &
Colitis Foundation, which is now a
national organization. He lectures
on end-of-life care and is a supporter
and volunteer with many organiza-
tions.
George Stern, 80, is one of only 10
Columbia alumni to be awarded the
Alumni Medal. He enjoyed a career
in the train industry and is now
retired and chair of the JVS Board of
Directors, where he’s spent 15 years.
Volunteering is now his vocation, he
says. •

Last year’s
course

Rabbi Levi Dubov of the Chabad
Jewish Center of Bloomfield Hills
will offer a new course, “What Is?
Rethinking Everything We Know
about Our Universe” — a new six-
session course from the Rohr Jewish
Learning Institute (JLI).
Drawing on the wisdom of Jewish
mysticism and Chasidic teaching,
the most basic building blocks of
existence are re-examined from
the bottom up, revolutionizing our
understanding of life, reality and our
place in the world.
“I find that many people I interact
with locally are looking to deepen
their experience of life,” Dubov says.
“This JLI course invites participants
to live more deeply by deepening
their thinking, insight and aware-
ness of the fundamentals of life and
of our universe.”
“What Is?” explores six of the
most intriguing questions that have
ever challenged mankind: Is the
world real? Is time travel possible?
Why does evil exist? Who is God?
What is consciousness? Are we
bound by fate?
The six-week course will be

offered on Monday evenings, begin-
ning April 23, at Bloomfield Hills
High School, and on Wednesday
mornings, beginning April 25,
at Jewish Family Service in West
Bloomfield.
The course is designed to appeal
to people at all levels of knowledge,
including those without any prior
experience in Jewish learning.
Interested students may call (248)
949-6210, email info@bloomfield-
hillschabad.org or visit
bloomfieldhillschabad.org for regis-
tration and for other course-related
information.
The course is also being taught by
Rabbi Shneur Silberberg and will be
offered twice weekly, for six Sundays,
beginning April 22, 11 a.m. at Bais
Chabad of West Bloomfield and six
Thursdays, beginning April 26 at the
Jewish Federtion of Metro Detroit.
Cost for the course is $80
(includes textbook). Scholarships
are available. For more information
contact Rabbi Shneur Silberberg at
rabbishneur@baischabad.com or
visit BaisChabad.com/JLI•