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VIRTUAL TOWN HALL 
7 PM, MARCH 21
Congregation B’nai 
Moshe of West Bloomfield 
will welcome Tanya Gersh 
to discuss how she and 
her family dealt with 
months of abusive antise-
mitic messages from the 
publisher of a neo-Nazi 
website. A U.S. judge 
ruled that the publisher of 
a neo-Nazi website, who 
organized a “troll storm” 
to target Tanya Gersh and 
her family, should have to 
pay more than $14 million 
in damages and remove 
all posts that encouraged 
his readers to contact her. 
Registration is free but 
required: bnaimoshe.org. 

WOMEN THEN & NOW
NOON, MARCH 22
Federation’s Women’s 
Philanthropy and the 
Leonard N. Simons 
Jewish Community 
Archives will present this 
virtual event, “Women 
Making A Difference Then 
& Now.” This program will 
help you draw on your 
experiences to create a 
personal bio that is far 
beyond the ordinary. Info: 
Amy Wayne, (248) 203-
1483, awayne@jfmd.org.

MUSSAR MONDAY
7 PM, MARCH 22 
Adat Shalom Synagogue 
invites adults of all ages to 
join Rabbi Aaron Bergman 
for Mussar Monday: a 
unique approach to living 
a good and meaningful 
life. Free. To receive the 
Zoom link, contact jgross@
adatshalom.org or visit 
adatshalom.org/calendar.

LECTURE ON RAPID
COVID-19 TESTING
7-8 PM, MARCH 22
American Technion Society 
will present “An Inside 
Look at Revolutionizing 
Rapid COVID-19 Testing,” 
featuring Adam de la 
Zerda ’05, Founder & 
CEO of Visby Medical, 
and Assistant Professor, 
Stanford University 
Departments of Structural 
Biology and Electrical 
Engineering. Register at 
info@ats.org.

ADDICTION: A 
PROBLEM?
7-8:30 PM, MARCH 22
Jewish Family Service and 
Jewish Addiction Resource 
Alliance host this webinar/
panel, which will explore 
addiction, recovery and 
resources through a 
Jewish lens. Info: jfsdetroit.
org.

HOLOCAUST IN GREECE
2:30-2:30 PM, MARCH 23
The Sterling Institute 
for Jewish Studies and 
Modern Israel will pres-
ent this panel discus-
sion. Topic: “Focus on 
Thessalinik City Authorities 
as the Holocaust Unfolds.” 
See jewishstudies@link.
msu.edu.

THRIVERS EVENT
3:30-5 PM, MARCH 23
Cancer Thrivers Network 
for Jewish Women pres-
ents “Thriving: Physically 
• Emotionally • Spiritually.” 
Register for this free Zoom 
community event at 

jfsdetroit.org/CTN, or con-
tact Sarah Strasberger at 
248-592-2267 or 
sstrasberger@jfsdetroit.org.

BUILDING BUSINESS
7 PM, MARCH 23
NEXTGen Detroit presents: 
“Business Unusual: Building 
and Pivoting Businesses 
During COVID-19.” This 
online event is intended for 
young adults ages 21 to 45. 
Info: Hannah at 
jvshumanservices.org.

END OF LIFE CARE
7 PM, MARCH 23
The Jewish Historical 
Society of Michigan will 
host a free Zoom presen-
tation of “Pivoting End of 
Life Care in the Time of 
COVID” with Rabbi Joseph 
Krakoff, senior director of 
the Jewish Hospice and 
Chaplaincy Network. He 
will discuss how taking 
care of hospice patients 
has changed with COVID, 
specifically patient care, 
new state regulations, 
modifications to funerals 
and shivah, and the pro-
cess of bereavement in 
our new normal. Register 
by 9 pm March 22: info@
michjewishhistory.org.

CONGREGATIONAL 
SEDER
6 PM, MARCH 28 
Temple Shir Shalom’s 
seder is for all ages. When 
you register, your house-
hold will receive a seder 
bag with one Haggadah/
adult and one children’s 
Haggadah/child under 10, 
plus some other surprises 
to make your seder com-
plete. $10/screen. Please 
register by Friday, March 
19, to guarantee your 
seder bag: shirshalom.org/
passover or call 248-737-
8700.

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VIRTUAL 
TOWN 
HALL 
7 PM, 
MARCH 21

Ferris State U. Fires 
Professor for
Antisemitic, Racist 
Social Media Posts

(JTA) — Ferris State University 
in Big Rapids, Mich., fired a pro-
fessor earlier this month for using 
antisemitic, racist, homophobic 
and other inflammatory language 
on social media.
Thomas Brennan, a physical 
sciences professor, had tweeted 
about a “Jewish mafia” and called 
the COVID-19 pandemic a 
“Jewish revolution,
” according to 
an article last fall in the universi-
ty’s newspaper, further reported 
on by USA Today, the Detroit Free 
Press and other outlets.
Brennan also used the n-word 
in talking about the prominent 
Black physicist Neil deGrasse 
Tyson.
“My defense is that I was acting 
out and speaking out of despair 
caused by a personal crisis involv-
ing extremely painful migraines, 
EMF sensitivity and a series of 
repeated break-ins into my home,
” 
Brennan tweeted in response to 
his firing. EMF refers to electro-
magnetic field. 

AJC Updates 
Hate Glossary

According to the AJC, to stop 
antisemitism, you first have to 
understand it. 
 The AJC says, “By calling it out 
online and in the real world, we can 
recognize antisemitic words, phras-
es, ideas, and caricatures for what 
they really are — hatred, bigotry, 
discrimination. Together, we can 
identify and expose the hate that’s 
hiding between the lines and trans-
late it into something positive.
” 
 The AJC defined some frequent-
ly-used antisemitic words and 
symbols often find hiding in plain 
sight — from the internet to pop 
culture. Download the updated 
Translate Hate glossary at www.ajc.
org/sites/default/files/pdf/2021-02/
AJC_Translate-Hate-Glossary-2021.
pdf. 

