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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.