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or Sue Birnholtz, Limmud 
Michigan is the biggest bargain 
in the metro area.
“Once a year, we have the oppor-
tunity to listen, learn, discuss, sing 
and socialize with our fellow Jews 
of all stripes from all over Southeast 
Michigan, from Torah scholars to 
atheists, from surburban retirees to 
young Detroit activists, from right-
brain thinkers to left-brain artists, 
from dabblers to experts,” said 
Birnholtz of Sylvan Lake, a Limmud 
steering committee member.
“Where else can you spend such 
an enriching and worthwhile day for 
only $25, including a kosher lunch?”
This year’
s Limmud takes place 
on Sunday, March 31, at the Jewish 
Community Center and Frankel 
Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield. 
Registration starts at 9 a.m.; the pro-
gram runs from 10 a.m.-5:15 p.m. 
with six sessions.
Participants can choose from 13 
presentations in each time slot. To 
help with choices, organizers created 
10 tracks — Arts and Culture, Body 
and Soul, Current Events, History, 
Identity, Israel, Jewish Life and 
Practice, Our Community, Social 
Justice, and Text and Thought. 
Most presenters, all volunteers, are 
from the Southeast Michigan Jewish 
community, and many have spoken at 
previous Limmud Michigan events, 
including Rabbis Alana Alpert, 
Robert Dobrusin, Aaron Bergman, 
Mitch Parker, Louis Finkelman, 
Shneur Silberberg and Alana Alpert, 

Nira Lev, Ruth Bergman, Howard 
Lupovitch and Zeesy Silberberg.
First-time Limmud Michigan 
speakers include Sky Brown, 
Catherine Canady, Jeffrey DeVries, 
Jake Ehrlich, Susan Knoppow, 
Leahaliza Lee, Rabbis Asher Lopatin 
and Paul Yedwab.
Out-of-town speakers include 
Daniel Henkin, sponsored by the 
Covenant Foundation, speaking 
on Jewish a cappella music; Joel 
Goldstein of Boston; David Krishef 
of Grand Rapids; Bill Robinson, dean 
of the Davidson School of Jewish 
Education at the Jewish Theological 
Seminary in New York; Dena Weiss 
of Machon Hadar in New York; and 
Leonore Wineberg of Chicago.
Session topics include intermar-
riage, grandparenting, Jewish con-
spiracy myths, Jewish sexual practic-
es, organ transplants, immigration, 
intersectionality and much, much 
more. For the full schedule, go to 
limmudmichigan.org. 
Major donors include Barbara and 
Dr. Edward Klarman, and Sue and 
Sandy Birnholtz.
The registration fee includes snacks 
and a kosher box lunch from Dish 
Kosher Catering. Parents can register 
their children ages 2-12 for Camp 
Limmud for $10 each, which includes 
age-appropriate activities, lunch and 
snacks. 
Registration is now open at 
limmudmichigan.org. After 
March 19, the fee will increase 
from $25 to $36. ■ 

BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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