28 | NOVEMBER 28 • 2019 

Jews in the D

Join the Cohn-Haddow 
Center for a special lecture 
with local attorney and Wayne 
State University Law School 
alumnus Jonathan Schwartz 
entitled, “The Israeli Judicial 
System.”
In his lecture, Schwartz 
will give an introduction 
tothe Israeli court system, its 
use of historic Jewish law in 
modern Israeli court cases 
(Mishpat Ivri) and compare 
and contrast both the Israeli 
and U.S. judiciaries.
Schwartz is a partner and 

member of Jaffe Raitt Heuer 
& Weiss’
s Litigation Practice 
group where he specializes in 
representing entrepreneurs, 
businesses, municipalities and 
charitable organizations.
The event will take place 
on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 1 
p.m. in room 3339 Faculty/
Administration Building, 656 
W. Kirby on Wayne State’
s 
campus. The event is free and 
open to the public, but an 
RSVP is required to andrea.
ritter@wayne.edu. 

Israeli Judicial System Lecture Dec. 3

It’
s time again for the JN’
s 
annual Chanukah Art Contest, 
sponsored by Hillel Day School 
of Metropolitan Detroit. Kids up 
to age 12 are invited to submit 
their handmade art (8½ x 11 
vertical format) for the chance 
to have their artwork featured 
on the cover of the Dec. 19 issue 
of the Jewish News.
Artwork should be bold and 
bright (no pencils, light blue 
crayons or glitter, please! and 
no computer-generated art-
work). Prizes will be awarded 
in three age categories: up to 
age 6, ages 7-9 and ages 10-12. 
The grand prize winner will 
receive $100, and first, second 
and third-place finishers will 

receive $18 each. Winners from 
each category in online voting 
(Dec. 16-20 at thejewishnews.
com) will also receive $18. All 
of the artwork will be on display 
at Bais Chabad’
s Chanukah 
Wonderland from Dec. 22-24. 
A fully completed entry form 
as well as a color photo of the 
artist should be taped to the 
back of the original artwork and 
sent to the Jewish News, 29200 
Northwestern Highway, Suite 
110, Southfield, MI 48034 by 
Dec. 10. Entries can also be col-
or-scanned and sent via email to 
jheadapohl@renmedia.us. Find 
the form on page 11 and online 
at thejewishnews.com. 

Calling All Student Artists for Chanukah Art Contest!

Learn About Jews of Arab Lands

JLearn, the Adult Jewish 
Learning Department of the 
JCC, is offering a new class with 
Professor Howard Lupovitch of 
the Cohn-Haddow Center for 
Judaic Studies at Wayne State. 
The course, “The Forgotten Jews 
Of Arab Lands,
” will be held 
from 7-8:30 p.m. at The Max M. 
Fisher Federation Building on 
Tuesdays, Jan. 14, 21 and 28. 
The story of the Jews in Arab 
lands still forms a major gap in 
most of the world’
s knowledge 
of the history of the Middle East. 
The Jewish presence in what are 
now Arab lands extends back 
to Biblical times. In many Arab 

states, Jewish communities that 
thrived for more than a millen-
nium have all but disappeared. 
 As late as 1945, there were 
approximately 866,000 Jews liv-
ing in communities throughout 
the Arab world. Today, there are 
fewer than 7,000. Learn about 
the history and culture of this 
important segment of world 
Jewry.
Tuition is $55. Call 
(248) 
205-2557 or visit JLearn.online 
to register. It is co-sponsored 
by Cohn-Haddow Center for 
Judaic Studies and JCC’
s SAJE 
(Seminars for Adult Jewish 
Enrichment). 

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