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… Ramah Fellows have been working full-time at six Conservative congregations, Hillel Day School, Frankel Jewish Academy and University of Michigan Hillel to engage Jewish kids and adults in Jewish pro…

… Director, M.I.ND. Multiple Featuring: Howard S. Rossman, Sclerosis Center, Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders Daniel S. Bandari, MD, MS, Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center of California…

… Ramah, the camping arm of the Conservative movement. More than 50 campers from Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills and other religious schools in the area in grades K-4 enjoyed a meaningful Jewish camp…

…'ll join us. • • • ••••••1•11 Slice Of Camp MS EXPERT PANEL: A neurologist, people living with MS, and others will discuss MS and a treatment option, and answer questions - so bring yours. FACN, Medical…

… & Research Group, Hoag Neurosciences Institute WORKSHOPS: Join 1 of 3 different sessions led by experts: Effectively Communicate Your MS Story Make Technology Work for You MS and Your Relationships MS HEALTH…

… FAIR: Organizations, companies, and support groups devoted to people living with MS will be on hand to talk, share, and help. Ramah Fellows organized a few days of Passover camp with lots of activities…

… Pothole Repair hile many parents were busy cooking during Passover and many stu- dents were relaxing over spring break, the Ramah Fellows — Hillel Buechler, Eli Jacober and I — were hard at work at the…

…- gramming year-round. The two-day camp organized by the fellows was held during Chol Hamoed (the intermediate days of Passover) and was specifically geared toward the holiday and to offer the flavor of Camp…

… Salama and Aryeh Gamer work on their three-tiered matzah plates. Next came creating four-tier matzah plates and Jewish identity boxes made of sand art with artist Gail Rosenbloom Kaplan, learning about…

… the importance of counting the Omer and enjoying a delicious kosher-for-Passover lunch. In the afternoons, campers partici- pated in a relay race where they con- structed a basket for baby Moses to…

…. Sidney Bolkosky, professor of history at University of Michigan-Dearborn, who died in 2013. The morning sessions con- sisted of two lectures dealing with Detroit Jewish history: "Suburban Synagogues and…

… crowd of 100 a comprehensive look at Jewish Detroit's history and future. Sponsored by the Cohn Haddow Institute and the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, the day began with a memorial tribute to Dr…

… Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue; and Gabe Leland, Detroit City Council member. Barak called long-standing Detroit Jewish organizations like JVS, the Reconstructionist Congregation of Detroit and Hillel of…

… the Architecture of Urban Ambivalence" by Temple University professor Lila Corwin Berman and "Wealth, Religion and Race in Metropolitan Detroit, 1950- 2000" by Dr. Walter Greason of the International…

… Center for Metropolitan Growth in New Jersey. The afternoon sessions included two panel discussions among Jewish Detroiters from corporate executives to community activists. "Why Now? The Revival of…

… Detroit and its Jewish Community" spoke of the Jewish community's present involvement with the city of Detroit, and included David Carroll, vice president at Quicken Loans; Leor Barak, president of the…

… we talk about it all the time. The relationships are strengthening. When businesses want to relocate, they look at the dynamics of local government, and what they see today in Detroit is positive!' But…

…, Barak cautioned, a balance must be struck between growth and longtime residents. "The growth in Midtown and Downtown is wonderful; however, we also have to balance that with the needs of the people that…

…@BroadwayInDetroit.com or 313-871-1132 ChryslerCurrentOffers.com tfl ESTSIPESTORYOAITOUR . COM Please loin us at ISUNDANCEI SHOES for a h a Apt 4 NAOT one-day symposium at Wayne State University on April 6 gave a…

… to the Jewish News W hen Avraham Loewenthal was a student at the University of Michigan, a rabbi suggested he read Jewish Meditation. It's a quiet enough title, but the book was about to fill…

…!" Loewenthal — who attended Akiva Hebrew Day School, Hillel Day School and Southfield Lathrup High School — is owner of the Gallery of Mystical Art located in Tzfat, an Israeli city renowned for its creativity…

… the University of Maryland. Initially interested in yoga and Eastern meditation, Loewenthal found Jewish Meditation to be "life-changing:' he said. "It opened me toward realizing that the spiritual…

… with a lecture by Dr. Jeffrey (Yossi) Chajes of the University of Haifa, will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, May 12, at the Janice Charach Gallery in West Bloomfield. Chajes, whose lecture is sponsored by the…

… associate professor in the department of Jewish history and director of the Center for the Study of Jewish Culture at the University of Haifa. The author of Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists and Early…

… Loewenthal's life with a kind of brightness and spirituality and adventure and faith and a world of possi- bilities he never had even imagined. Jewish Meditation, which teaches read- ers how to use meditative…

… teachings inspired me to come to Israel on a spiri- tual journey that is still continuing these 20 years later." Now Loewenthal's art is coming to Michigan in a new exhibit and sale, "Expressive Spirituality…

…," running May 15-June 26 at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Janice Charach Gallery. "As we approach the date of the open- ing of our new exhibit, I am excited and proud to present to…

… our community artworks depicting a theme that we can all relate to: spirituality," said Gallery Director Nechama Lurie. "This exhibit will physically capture the lofty ideas of Kabbalah and spirituality…

… and spiritual history. Today filled with galleries and stone houses covered with vines that weave, maze-like, along every crevice, Tzfat in Sneak Peek A sneak peek of "Expressive Spirituality," along…

… Academy • Friends of the IDF — Michigan Region Clara & Arthur Gaba • Hadassah Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit • Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit • Jewish Community Relations Council…

… • JNF — Michigan Region • Michigan Board of Rabbis • ORT America - Michigan Region • Johnny Pomodoro's • StandWithUs — Michigan 34 May 1 • 2014 JN NEW JEWISH DETROIT 9 am 4 pm. Linda Yellen of Feet on…

…@shaareyzedek.org or 248-357-5544. THURSDAY, MAY 15 VISUAL KABBALAH 7 pm. Dr. Yossi Chajes of University of Haifa will speak on "It's Good to See the King: Visual Kabbalah and the Diagramming of the Divine." Co…

…metro >> calendar Calendar from page 32 CHAMBER CONCERT 1:30 pm. Dessert reception at 1 precedes season finale of Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Program includes Haydn and Dvorak and special guests…

… Arie Lipsky and Aaron Berofsky. At Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, 935 Birch Hollow Dr. $10. Purchase at door or www. a2so.com . Information: 734-994-4801. JUDGE ROSEN SPEAKS 6 pm. Chief…

….org . Downtown Synagogue present a bus tour of what's new and Jewish in Detroit. Board bus in Farmington Hills. $69 includes lunch. Tickets: www.EnjoyTheD.com . Information: 248-353-8687 or Linda…

…@EnjoyTheD.com. ZESTY DONOR DAY 10 am. Sisterhood of Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills presents "Ooh La La! A Parisian Extravaganza," a day of food and fun with a French flair. Includes boutique shopping, kosher…

…-967-4030. SATURDAY, MAY 10 MIKVAH TOUR WALK FOR ARTHRITIS 7 pm. Eleanor Roosevelt Group of Hadassah will tour ritual bath with Rabbi Marla Hornsten. At Temple Israel, West Bloomfield. Send $10 check, payable to…

… township offices, 4550 Walnut Lake Road. Information: 248-451-4813. - JCC BOOK CLUB Noon. The JCC's Henry & Delia Meyers Library and Media Center Book Club discusses Precious Objects: A Story of Diamonds…

…, Family and a Way of Life by Alicia Oltuski, including a call-in from the author. Marilyn Schelberg facilitates. Free. RSVP: Francine Menken, 248-432-5546 or fmenken@jccdet.org . Bring a lunch; snacks…