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Emanu-El’s Spring Festival
Brings Five Events in March

Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park will 
host its Spring Festival “Looking to the 
Future” March 14-24 with five events. 
Popular speaker and former Detroit 
Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley 
will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 
14, about her new book The Burden: 
African Americans and the Enduring 
Impact of Slavery. An afterglow and 
book signing follows. 
The signature event for festival 
sponsors and patrons is an evening 
with Elliot Wilhelm, Detroit Institute 
of Arts film curator, at 7 p.m. Saturday, 
March 16. His topic is “When the 
Future Meant Fear: Sci-fi Movies of 
the 1950s and the Cold War.
” Movie 
snacks available. Those who are not 
sponsors and patrons can attend for 
$25. 
 On Thursday, March 21, at 7 
p.m., Saeed Khan, senior lecturer in 
Near East & Asian Studies at Wayne 
State University, will speak on “The 
Future of U.S. Foreign Policy and the 
Era of Trump: Internationalism and 

Isolationism.
” An afterglow follows. 
On Saturday, March 23, Emanu-El’
s 
current and former rabbis, Matthew 
Zerwekh and Joe Klein, will speak on 
the future of Reform Judaism. A lun-
cheon begins at 12:30 p.m. 
On Sunday, March 24, the festival’
s 
finale brings the sounds of the Dave 
Bennett Quartet. That program begins 
with a brunch at 11 a.m. 
Except for the March 16 event, tick-
ets are $15 for each event and include 
food and program. Students (under 
age 26) can attend for $10.
RSVP for all events by calling 
(248) 967-4020. Become a sponsor 
for $100 or a patron for $250, which 
includes admission to all events. 
The Spring Festival is co-sponsored 
by the Emanu-El Sisterhood and 
Brotherhood and the Social Action, 
Religious and Music committees. 
Temple’
s Adult Education Committee, 
co-chaired by Doug Kellerman and 
Elizabeth Zerwekh, coordinates the 
festival. ■

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The Jewish Community 
Relations Council/AJC is 
pleased to announce that reg-
istration for the 4th Annual 
“
A Shared Future” Lecture 
Series, featuring Wayne State 
University Professors Howard 
Lupovitch and Saeed Khan, 
is now open. The topic of this 
year’
s dialogue is “Destination 
America: Jewish and Muslim 
Migration — Histories and 
Trajectories.” Here are the 
dates, times, and locations:
• Wednesday, March 6, at 
The Muslim Unity Center 

(Bloomfield Hills)
• 
 Tuesday, March 19, at 
Congregation Beth Ahm (West 
Bloomfield)
• 
 Tuesday, March 26, 
at Wayne State University 
(Detroit)
All programs begin at 7 p.m. 
They are free to attend and 
each will be followed by a des-
sert reception.
Registration is required for 
any or all of the lecture dates at 
eventbrite.com/o/jcrcajc-and-
mmcc-11853503742. ■
 Khan

Register for ‘
A Shared Future’

The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic 
Studies at Wayne State University 
announces the fourth annual writing 
competition for all high school 
students in the Metro Detroit area. 
Students grades 9-12 are invited to 
submit an original work that deals with 
an aspect of Jewish culture and Jewish 
life, past and present, in the categories 
of poetry, prose and nonfiction. 
The best two submissions in each 
category will be awarded a $500 

cash prize, with awards of $100 for 
honorable mentions in each category.
In addition, award-wining entries 
will be published online and in print in 
a literary magazine that the center will 
produce.
Deadline for submissions is March 
1. To see past competition winners, 
guidelines, rules and suggested 
themes, and for where to submit 
entries, visit Judaicstudies.wayne.edu/
writingcompetition.php. ■

Teen Writing Competition

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Associated Endocrinologists is honored 
to introduce our new Physicians…

PHOTO BY RAWPIXEL ON UNSPLASH

Karen K. Berris, M.D.
Howard S. Blank, M.D.
Gary W. Edelson, M.D.
Jacob Moe, D.O.
Lowell R. Schmeltz, M.D.
Samina Syed, M.D.
Charles I. Taylor, M.D.
Michael A. Wood, M.D.
Carla Ferrise, MSN, FNP-BC
Erica Forbes, N.P.

Dr. Wood received his medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed his 

pediatric residency and endocrinology fellowship training at Harvard’s Boston Children’s 

Hospital. Dr. Wood is dual board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology. Prior to 

joining AE, he spent the last six years as the Clinical Director of the Diabetes program at the 

University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital. Before that he served as Chief of Pediatric 

Endocrinology at DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan for nearly 20 years. 

Dr. Wood specializes in the management of many diseases and disorders including Type 1 

and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypo- and hyper-thyroidism, short stature and other growth 

concerns, disorders of puberty (including precocious puberty and delayed puberty) and other 

related concerns. He has special interests in the treatment and management of Type 1 diabetes.

Dr. Wood is currently accepting new patients and welcomes his established patients

to schedule appointments in our Farmington office on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Dr. Moe received his medical degree from A.T. Still University in Kirksville, MO. Dr. Moe 

completed his residency at the Detroit Medical Center and his fellowship in Endocrinology 

and Metabolism at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Moe is dual board 

certificated in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Dr. Moe specializes in the management of disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, 

and adrenal glands, and diabetes mellitus. He has special interests in thyroid disorders 

including thyroid cancer and intensive diabetes management. He completed training in thyroid 

ultrasonography and ultrasound-guided thyroid biopsy.

Dr. Syed received her medical degree from Michigan State University, College of Human 

Medicine and received a Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Dr. Syed completed her internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship at the 

University of Illinois, Chicago, and is dual certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, 

Diabetes and Metabolism. Prior to joining AE, Dr. Syed spent the last 4 years in practice in 

Madison, Wisconsin.

Dr. Syed specializes in the management of disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, 

adrenal glands, bone and diabetes mellitus.

MICHAEL A. WOOD, M.D.
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

JACOB MOE, D.O.
ADULT ENDOCRINOLOGY

SAMINA SYED, MD, MPH
ADULT ENDOCRINOLOGY

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a division of Michigan Healthcare Professionals

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