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elton educators are 
starting a new series of 
classes for parents of 
school-aged children. The Melton 
Parent Education Program begins 
Wednesday, Sept. 11, and runs for 
12 weeks. The classes, taught by 
Rebecca Starr and Rabbi Michele 
Faudem, are designed for parents 
of newborns to eighth-graders and 
prepares parents to answer chil-
dren’
s questions about Judaism and 
the opportunity to study with other 
parents while finding out the mean-
ing of Judaism. 
 The classes run Wednesdays 
from 8:30-10:45 a.m. at Hillel Day 
School in Farmington Hills. A 
second 12-week session begins in 
January. The first session is a pre-
requisite for the second. Each ses-
sion costs $195. 
They are also introducing a 
Monday class, “Not Your Parents’
 
Sunday School,” for parents of 
school-age children that will run 
from 9:30-11:45 a.m. from Sept. 
16-May 4. Taught by Faudem and 
other community educators, the 
class will help moms and dads dis-
cover new ways to bring Judaism 
into their family’
s life. 
The first hour of each class will 
focus on the “Moral of the Story.” 
How do we teach our children right 
and wrong? What morals and values 
do we want to pass on to them? Are 
there lessons to be learned from 
some of our most popular heroes 

and heroines? Using Biblical stories, 
they will explore moral issues taken 
from the Bible and see how to use 
them as lessons for families to live 
by.
The second hour, “Conversations 
to Contemplate,” will feature a dif-
ferent community educator. Cantor 
Michael Smolash, will discuss the 
intriguing world of Kabbalah and 
Mysticism; Nina Yahalomi Klevitsky, 
will delve into everyday life in Israel, 
including its culture, food and poli-
tics, along with a discussion of BDS 
on campus; Rebecca Starr and Rabbi 
Aaron Starr will discuss Judaism’
s 
traditional and contemporary take 
on matters of the heart; and Rabbi 
Brent Gutmann will talk about 
using the 2018 Census study to look 
at our Jewish future in Detroit and 
what it means to families.
Tuition for the entire year is $450 
and generous scholarships are avail-
able.
“This is learning purely for plea-
sure,” said Shelley Wish Chaness, 
director of JLearn and Melton. “No 
pressure, no grades, no homework. 
A chance to connect with other 
members of the community in a 
similar stage of life. We are non-
denominational and look forward to 
a rich balend of everyone’
s diverse 
backgrounds, regardless of Judaic 
experiences.”
To register or learn more, call 
(248) 
205-2557 or visit jccdet.org/
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