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SPOTLIGHT
vative new solutions the
Society for Advancement
of Education is develop-
ing to meet the academ-
ic and social needs of
teenagers from all seg-
ments of Israeli society.
Internationally renowned
Israeli singer-songwriter
Noa (Achinoam Nini) and
Gil Dor will be performing.
All registrants will receive a
special access link. Ticket
prices start at $18 and all
participants at the Friends
($36) level or above will
receive a special Gala Party
Pack in the mail before the
event.
PEOPLE VS
TECHNOLOGY
4 – 5 pm, April 14
The American Friends of
Rabin Medical Center will
present on Zoom Robert
Siegel (former senior
host of NPR’s All Things
Considered for 31 years) as
he interviews Prof. Sherry
Turkle (MIT’s Social Studies
of Science & Technology),
Nicholas Carr (former
executive editor, Harvard
Review), Dr. Virginia
Heffernan (Columnist, LA
Times, The Economist &
Wired), Register at global-
connections.splashthat.
com. For information, email
afrmc@afrmc.org or call
212-279-2522.
FINDING BALANCE
7 pm, April 14
This Adat Shalom
Synagogue spring three-
part series will help you
find balance during the
Omer through meditation
and gentle movement.
Free. To register and
receive a Zoom link, con-
tact Jodi Gross, jgross@
adatshlaom.org.
CANTORIAL INNOVATION
7:30 pm, April 15
The Jewish Theological
Seminary will host this
online event. 500 years
ago, rabbis, cantors and
Jewish musicians began to
explore the spiritual pos-
sibilities of music. Cantor
Matthew Austerklein will
examine this era of can-
torial innovation. He will
examine the fiery critics of
cantorial practice, emerg-
ing music theologians and
experimental cantors alike.
Register at jtsa.edu/
cantors-controversy-
compassion-austerklein.
Compiled by Sy Manello/Editorial
Assistant. Send items to calendar@
thejewishnews.com.
Noa
Cantor Matthew Austerklein
B’nai B’rith Donated
COVID-19 Relief Kits
Of
cially
Moved In
Leading up to Passover,
B’nai B’rith community
coordinators provided
JVS Human Services and
Yad Ezra Food Bank with
COVID-19 relief kits
containing a cloth face
mask and travel-sized hand
sanitizer, both imprinted
with the B’nai B’rith logo
as part of B’nai B’rith’s
Project H.O.P.E., which
aids vulnerable Jewish
communities ahead of
Passover each year.
“Our goal is to help
those in our community
who struggle with even the
basic needs of life,” said Lila
Zorn, president of B’nai
B’rith Great Lakes Region.
“To be able to play a part
in keeping them safe and
healthy with the COVID
kits is an added goal for the
Great Lakes Region.”
Zorn and Sid Roth,
chairman of B’nai B’rith
Great Lakes Region Project
H.O.P.E., presented a check
and the COVID-19 relief
kits to Lea Luger, director of
Yad Ezra.
Jeffrey Tackel, vice
president of B’nai B’rith
Great Lakes Region,
presented kits to Melanie
Gorman of JVS Human
Services to be distributed to
its clients.
These donations are
some of many made as part
of B’nai B’rith’s project to
provide 3,000 COVID-19
relief kits to communities
around the United States.
Sy Manello, who’s been
with the Jewish News for
33 years, had the honor
of hanging the mezuzah
on the doorpost at
the JN’s new offices in
Farmington Hills while
reciting a traditional
blessing in Hebrew.
Detroit Jewish News
Foundation Chairman
Gary Torgow and Special
Advisor to the Board
Mark Davidoff were on
hand for the ceremony.