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An estimated 16 million adults in the
United States, nearly 7 percent, expe-
rienced a major depressive episode in
the past year. Despite the prevalence
of depression, this chronic condition
continues to be underdiagnosed and
undertreated.
Kadima — a comprehensive resi-
dential, therapeutic and social services
for mental health agency — and the
University of Michigan Depression
Center (UMDC) will co-host
Bright Nights Community Forum:
Understanding Depression at the
Berman Center for Performing Arts in
West Bloomfield, Monday, March 18.
The event will begin a presentation
outlining the biology of depression,
current treatments and social issues
impacting mental health presented
by Harry Rai, M.D., House Officer,
UMDC, Dept. of Psychiatry and Kevin
Sethi, M.D., House Officer, UMDC,
Dept. of Psychiatry.
Following the presentation, rep-
resentatives from the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention
(AFSP), Kadima and National Alliance
on Mental Illness (NAMI) will host a
“talk back” panel addressing audience
questions and offering personal nar-
ratives of successful approaches for
depression management.
A resource area will be available
prior to the program, beginning at
6:30 p.m., with the program com-
mencing at 7 p.m. Though the event
is free and open to the public, attend-
ees should register at http://bit.ly/
BrightNights2019. ■
Bright Nights Community Forum:
Understanding Depression
Many religious leaders, regardless of
their particular faith, are being chal-
lenged to find ways to attract young
people. Recent surveys by the Pew
Research Center, a nonpartisan “fact
tank,” indicate that younger adults
are less likely than older generations
to identify with a religion, believe in
God or engage in religious practices,
including attendance at services.
This disaffection presents a chal-
lenge for the future of many reli-
gions. Four local religious leaders
representing Christianity, Judaism
and Islam will discuss their strate-
gies for appealing to young people
from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 14,
at Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake
Road in West Bloomfield.
Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple
Israel will moderate a panel includ-
ing Rev. Danny Cox, lead pastor of
Kensington Church, Troy Campus;
Rabbi Dan Horwitz, founding direc-
tor of The Well; Dan Patrick, youth
director of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints; and Muhammed
Suliman, youth director of the
Muslim Unity Center.
This free, community event is pre-
sented by the InterFaith Leadership
Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
Registration is available by contact-
ing jjenkins.iflc@gmail.com. ■
Religious Leaders to Discuss Engaging Young Adults
Etgar Keret, Israeli author and lec-
turer in the Department of Hebrew
Literature at Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev (BGU), received Israel’
s
prestigious literary award, the Sapir
Prize, for his collection of short stories,
A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy.
“I’
m surprised … it’
s the happiest
thing in the world. But like love or
gifts, it’
s not something you can strive
for. It just happens,
” Keret said. “Israeli
book prizes are much more important
to me than literature prizes awarded
overseas. This is the language I write
in; this is where I live and that’
s the
most important thing.
”
The Sapir Prize carries a $47,000
cash award and support for the book’
s
translation into two languages: Arabic
and a language of the author’
s choos-
ing.
A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy,
published in Hebrew by Kinneretz
Zmora-Bitan Dvir, features 24 short
stories of varying lengths. The stories,
written in clear, everyday Hebrew,
touch on a range of emotional issues
in Israeli society: Holocaust remem-
brance, euthanasia, loneliness and
intellectual disability. Other selections
tackle lighter subjects.
Keret’
s work has also been translated
into French, Spanish, Italian, German,
Russian, Norwegian and Swedish. He
is married to artist Shira Geffen. ■
Ben-Gurion University Lecturer Wins
Israel’
s Top Literature Prize
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