Anita Naftaly Family Circle Conference JOIN OUR DIAMOND, PEARL, SILVER & BRONZE PARTNERS Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s In memory of Opening the Doors Program Madelon Seligman z”l long time Opening the Doors supporter DIAMOND PARTNERS Mary Must Madelon Seligman z”l & Lou Seligman in Collaboration with the Annual Jewish Book Fair Social Thinking, Social Learning Becoming a Social Detective F E AT U R I N G MICHELLE GARCIA WINNER Founder & CEO Social Thinking, M.A., CCC-SLP PLATINUM PARTNER Sunday, October 28, 2018 Anita Naftaly Family Circle Fund Berman Center for the Performing Arts 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield 12:00 p.m. Registration and Resource Fair 1:00 p.m. Speaker Presentation 2:45 p.m. Informal Questions and Answer and Book Signing Dessert Reception $20 pre-registration; $25 at door PEARL PARTNERS The Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Henry Ford Department of Pediatrics NIRIM participants may earn 1.5 “in-network” credits. NIRIM teachers must register online at www.jccdet.org/nirim to receive credit. Social Worker CE clock hours to be determined. GOLD PARTNERS Ina Kirstein Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes SILVER PARTNERS Autism Alliance of Michigan JARC JVS Kadima BRONZE PARTNERS Isabelle Beaulieu, Ph.D. Jeffrey Betman, Ph.D. Barbara & Douglas Bloom Child & Family Solutions Center Dennis & Peggy Frank Karen & Ken Goss Jewish Family Service Learning Disabilities Clinic Debbie Levin and Larry Snider Elise & Dr. Marty Levinson Dottie Levitsky Jason & Julie Levy Steven Spector, Ph.D. Walnut Lake Preschool 28 August 30 • 2018 For more information, contact Ellen Maiseloff - 248-432-5530 or emaiseloff@jccdet.org or Shoshana Baruch - 248-432-5543 or sbaruch@jccdet.org jn jews d in the B’nai Moshe Offers New Free School Model Congregation B’nai Moshe is embarking on a new model for Jewish learning and engagement with a program designed to meet the needs of the 21st-century fam- ily while remaining true to the val- ues of Conservative Judaism. Students will now be meeting at the West Bloomfield syna- gogue from 4-6 p.m. Sundays for all learners in grades 4-12. At the synagogue, the school can better incorporate large group activities, cooking, art and technology into what they are doing with students. Hebrew reading will not be taught in school, and students will no longer have Hebrew school on weekday afternoons that conflict with extra-curricular activities. Learners in grades 4-7 who do not attend day school will be taking Hebrew online. They can choose the day and time. The Hebrew instruction will be one-on-one and tailored to each child’s level. Modern learners are interested in being actively engaged in explor- ing, wrestling with and under- standing the topics they are learn- ing about. They are also driven to search for the modern relevance of the subjects they are studying. Therefore, instead of starting from the ancient and moving to the modern, B’nai Moshe students will now be looking at challenges in our modern lives and exploring how Jews have navigated these challenges throughout history. This will allow them to connect to generations before, learn our his- tory and see, in action, how Jewish life and values help us to lead a life well lived. This year, B’nai Moshe will be introducing a monthly Blue Jean Shabbat service open to all that will be engaging, participatory and camp style so that families can come, daven, socialize and celebrate Shabbat together. It will also offer informal learning and tzedakah opportunities through- out the year. Due to the generosity of some congregants and grants, B’Nai Moshe’s Sunday education pro- gram is tuition-free with a paid synagogue membership. This includes the online Hebrew instruction. To enroll or for details (includ- ing non-member rates), contact Barrett Harr, youth education and family engagement director, at (248) 788-3600 or email BHarr@ bnaimoshe.org. •