24 | OCTOBER 24 • 2019 

Jews in the D

The JCRC/AJC will be host-
ing an event from 7-8:30 
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 
30, with the Archdiocese 
of Detroit. “The Jewish-
Catholic Relationship: Past, 
Present and Future” will 
take place at Prince of Peace 
Catholic Church in West 
Bloomfield. There, the fol-
lowing people will discuss 
the Catholic Church’
s histor-
ic journey from anti-Semi-
tism to friendship and how 
the two communities can 
work together:
• Dr. Howard Lupovitch, 
professor, Wayne State 
University
• Dr. Robert Fastiggi, pro-
fessor, Sacred Heart Major 
Seminary
• Alicia Chandler, pres-
ident, Jewish Community 
Relations Council/AJC (She 
is Jewish, her husband is 
Catholic, and they are rais-
ing their children in both 
faiths.)
Dessert will be served 
after the event. RSVP to 
conrad.david@aod.org. 

Learn About the 
Jewish-Catholic 
Relationship

Trees for America
The Trees for America program 
is based upon the Arbor Day 
Foundation’
s belief that each of 
us has a responsibility for wise 
environmental stewardship. 
Each year the Foundation dis-
tributes millions of trees, fosters 
tree-care education and works 
to help reforest thousands of 
fire-ravaged acres in National 
Forests.
 The Arbor Day Foundation 
will brighten up your fall by 
offering 10 colorful trees and 
bushes when you join the orga-
nization in October.
The free trees are part of 
the nonprofit Arbor Day 
Foundation’
s Trees for America 
campaign.
The trees will be shipped 
postpaid at the right time for 
planting, between Nov. 1 and 
Dec. 10. The 6- to 12-inch trees 
are guaranteed to grow or they 
will be replaced free. Planting 
instructions will be enclosed 
with each shipment of trees.
To receive your free trees, 
visit arborday.org/october or 
send a $10 membership contri-
bution by Oct. 31 to Arbor Day 
Foundation, 10 Colorful Trees 
and Bushes, 100 Arbor Ave. 
Nebraska City, NE 68410. 

Medication Take-Back Oct. 25

Every day, more people die 
from opioid-related overdoses 
than from car accidents or 
gun violence. According to the 
Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 72,000 Ameri-
cans died from drug overdoses 
in 2017 with opioids account-
ing for nearly 68 percent of 
these deaths. To turn the tide 
on the nation’
s opioid epidem-
ic, community members need 
a safe and convenient way to 
dispose of unused medications.
Beaumont Health and local 
law enforcement agencies are 
encouraging people to drop 
off unused or expired pre-
scribed medications at one of 

six hospital locations Friday, 
Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. until 2 
p.m. This also includes over-
the-counter medications and 
other drugs. No questions 
asked. Organizers prefer pills 
be in a plastic baggie. Most 
locations will only accept pills. 
Two locations — Beaumont 
Hospital, Royal Oak and 
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton 
— will also accept medical 
sharps. Other participating 
sites include, Beaumont 
Hospital, Dearborn, Beaumont 
Hospital, Farmington Hills, 
Beaumont Hospital, Taylor 
and Beaumont Hospital, 
Wayne. 

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