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danger and rewards.”
- The New York
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May 24 - June 17

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engagingly insightful
play to date.’’
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“Hilarious and
Heartbreaking.”
-The New York
Observer

“Plenty of
belly laughs.”
-Huffington
Post

Carley Sirlin prays at the Western Wall
during her service in the IDF Air Force.

Arie Smargon, right, with Gen. (Ret.) Yehoshua Shani,
the lead pilot of the Entebbe rescue in 1976

BY 4-TIME TONY™ WINNER

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The IDF Legacy

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who is given an opportunity to share their secret lives with the world while risking
personal ruin. Based on real events, we see what happens to “ordinary people when
they’re transformed externally into what they think they are.” -The New York Times

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NELSON LEGACY
PRESENTS

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COHN-HADDOW CENTER FOR JUDAIC STUDIES

Rabbi Elyse Goldstein

&

Baruch Sienna

Captivating scholars, authors & teachers

KEYNOTE PROGRAM

LUNCH AND LEARN

Wednesday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Shalom - Oak Park

Thursday, June 7 at 12:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Shalom - Oak Park

Women are from Genesis! Men are from Leviticus!
Does gender color the way we read the Bible?

$15 in advance, $20 at door
Dessert Reception and Book Signing

Making Letters Dance and Fly
An interactive workshop on Hebrew text and midrash
(Torah commentary)
Reservations Required
Bloom's Kosher Catering
$22 for Lunch and Program

Rabbi Elyse Goldstein is a Covenant Award winner for exceptional Jewish educators, an author of ReVisions: Seeing Torah
through a Feminist Lens and currently serves as the rabbi of the CityShul Toronto. Her husband, Baruch Sienna, is a skilled
calligrapher who created the first Macintosh Hebrew font. His interactive workshop will show how the Hebrew alphabet has
evolved, turning letters and words into pictures.

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In the May 17 JN, we published photos
of Metro Detroiters — Israelis and
Americans — who had served or are
now serving in the Israel Defense
Forces. We have a few more to share.
Arie Smargon of Huntington Woods
was part of the famous rescue of 102
mostly Israeli Jews who were hostages
when terrorists hijacked an Air France
flight from Tel Aviv to Paris on July 4,
1976. Smargon was a special forces
veteran of both the U.S. Army and the
IDF. He lost his best friend Yonatan
Netanyahu, brother of Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Entebbe
operation.

Carley Sirlin of Bloomfield Hills
served in the IDF Infantry Division
from 2008-2010, then she earned her
master’s degree in linguistics from Tel
Aviv University. From 2001-2013, she
then served in the Israeli Air Force.
She now teaches Hebrew to grades
K-5 at Lashon Academy in Van Nuys,
Calif.
On page 16 of the May 17 issue,
dates of IDF service were incorrect
for Dahlia Rosen Berkovitz of West
Bloomfield, who served from 1972-
1974, and for Merav Hazan of West
Bloomfield, who served from 1991-
1993. •

Meet Israel’s Ambassador
To The United States

The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit will welcome Israel’s
Ambassador to the United States
Ron Dermer at 7 p.m. Monday, June
4, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills.
Dermer was a columnist for the
Jerusalem Post for several years and
co-authored with Natan Sharansky
the best-selling book The Case For
Democracy: The Power of Freedom
to Overcome Tyranny and Terror.
From 2005-2008, he served as Israel’s
Minister of Economic Affairs in the

United States; and from 2009-2013,
he served as senior adviser to Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Dermer will share insights and
updates about the State of Israel at
this community-wide address fol-
lowed by a Q & A session. The cost
is $18. The event is free for those
who have already contributed to the
Annual Campaign.
Questions? Contact Marianne
Bloomberg at Bloomberg@jfmd.org or
(248) 642-4611. •

New Rabbi For Temple Emanu-El

The members of Temple
On June 10, Emanu-El will
Emanu-El in Oak Park select-
host “A Celebration in Music
ed Rabbi Matthew Zerwekh
Honoring Rabbi Arturo
as rabbi of the congregation
Kalfus,” celebrating his ten-
effective July 1. Zerwekh was
ure as the synagogue’s rabbi.
ordained at Hebrew Union
Kalfus will become interim
College-Jewish Institute
rabbi at Temple Ahavat
of Religion in 2014. He is a
Shalom in Northridge, Calif.,
Rabbi Matthew
proud product of Temple
on July 1.
Zerwekh
Emanu-El and is eager to
For details, contact
return to his home congre-
Executive Director Fred
gation. He joins the synagogue from
Frank at (248) 967-4020 or execdir@
Temple B’nai Israel in Kalamazoo.
emanuel-mich.org. •