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… Alexander Muss High School in Israel. Day School Alumni Plan To Meet Friedman University Women's Care is also a part of Advanced Reproductive Care, a Cindy Friedman (Hillel Day School class of 1984) and…

… Passover," says Nancy Kaplan, executive director of the Bloomfield Hills-based Eilu v' Eilu, the adult Jewish learning project of the Michigan Conservative movement. Community educator Nehama Stampfer…

… Glogower is a teacher at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit and has led Eilu v' Eilu study sessions. The guide is subtitled "How to Prepare for the Holiday Without Totally Going Nuts." The short…

… Jason Miller (class of 1990) are seeking alumni of Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills liv- ing in.the vicinity of New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and…

… Washington, D.C., for a special event on Sunday, April 1, at the home of Lois and Dr. Leonard Sharzer in Manhattan. The event is geared for all former students of Hillel Day School living on the East Coast…

…; they need not be graduates. Parents, friends and former students should contact Marianne Bloomberg at Hillel, (248) 851-6950, or e-mail hillelalurruii@yahoo.com with names and addresses of alumni. r…

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… Alzheimer's Associa- tion — Greater Michigan Chapter Eastern Michigan University Hillel Fresh Air Society and Tamarack Camps ARMDI — American Red Magen David for Israel Greater Detroit Chap of Hadassah…

… Jewish Home & Aging Services Temple Shir Shalom Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network Women's American ORT Michigan Region JNF Trees for Israel University of Michigan Hillel Michigan State University…

… Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Hillel Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit B'nai B'rith : Great Lakes Region B'nai B'rith Youth Organization - Michigan Chapter Congregation B'nai Moshe Detroit…

… for life MSU HILLEL, E. Lansing March 19 Sunday, 8 p.m. "One Arab. One Jew. One Stage." An Evening of non-political laughs at the International Center. Free tickets for students, $5 for others. RSVP…

… . Concierge Valet Parking Dry Cleaning Service Free Covered Guest Parking CMU Speaker Holocaust survivor David Kahan will speak at Central Michigan University 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Plachta…

…Location. Luxury. Lifestyle. Ruach Casino Night The Ruach Group of the Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah will hold its fifth annual Casino Night and Silent Auction at 8-10:30 p.m. Saturday, April…

… Schoenbaum said prizes will be awarded to the top three chip holders at the end of the evening. Guests can also buy bingo cards to play for prizes. Attendees can bid on luxury items in the silent auction…

…, including fine jewel- ry, photography sittings from local stu- dios, a private tour of WDIV-TV with the opportunity to watch a live news broadcast, Detroit Symphony Orchestra tickets, and a package for a…

… party at Happenings For college age through 30-some- thing. Send information to ahitsky@thejewishnews.com. HILLEL METRO DETROIT March 16 Thursday, 5-7p.m. HMD happy hour at Lily's Seafood, 410 S…

…. Washington, Royal Oak. RSVP to Karen: hilleled@wayne.edu or (313) 577-3459. March 24 Friday, 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Dinner for the Mind, Body & Soul at Oak Park JCC. Cost: $10. Relaxed dinner in comfortable…

… clothes, even sweats or PJs. De-stress activities, including massage. RSVP by Tuesday, March 21, to Dina: hillelpd@wayne. edu or (313) 577-3459. EMU Hillel, Ypsilanti March 19 Sunday, 1-3 p.m. First- year…

… Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Hillel- Jewish Student Organization. For information, go to cmuhillel@yahoo. com . 20 Unique floorplans to choose from. 3rd Floor Garden Terrace 24-hour Electronic…

…. RSVP by March 20 to Becky: operations@ msuhillel.org . 319 per month U M HILLEL, Ann Arbor - March 16 Thursday, 8-10 p.m. Graduate and Professional bar night at Rush Street, 314 S. Main. March 20 8…

… members of the legal profession. Max M. Fisher Federation Bldg., Bloomfield Twp. RSVP by March 30: Kara Weiner (248) 203-1499. HILT .FL ON CAMPUS University of Michigan 22nd Annual Hillel Conference on…

…. Hillel • • 'America Discovers the Holocaust, 1945- 2000" — Monday, March 19, noon. Professor Todd Endelman will speak. Michigan Union. • The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust— Tuesday…

…, artistic director, University of Detroit Mercy's Theater Company. CLUBS/AFFILIATES Southeast Michigan Coalition on the Environment (SEMCOEJL) and Jewish Vegetarians of Nord' America (JVNA) — Sunday, March…

… would be a stronger person for it:' In addition to the cash win- He and Cher have remained nings, Josh — a University of friends. "She and (show contestant) Michigan graduate who now lives Wes Wilson just…

… at the University of Michigan – where they were also roommates for three years – they began to talk about a professional future together. "We were both interested in the same things," said Adam, the…

…-Foot Kirschner, starring Hillel classmate Andy Kirschner, now of Chicago. It could have become a sought-after eBay item some day, but, Schwartz said, "Unfortunately, someone taped over it." I' — Shelli…

…-anxiety medica- great insight when he said, tion. "I knew I could out-geek, "So many things that were part out-dweeb and out-nerd anyone." of the show made me anxious," As the male winner of this season's he said…

… months with beautiful champ. women, sing karaoke to a crowd One of eight "geeky" men paired and travel, by car, to Las Vegas as and housed for eight weeks with part of the show's challenges. eight…

… beautiful women, Josh, the "I was very apprehensive about son of Sam and Mindy Herman of it all," he said. So before I signed Farmington Hills, participated in on, I talked with my therapist, who competitive…

…. "But I was getting free intensive therapy told no one. I signed a contract big- out of the deal. I knew if I could ger than a phone book promising make it out of the experience alive, that I wouldn't." I…

… conversation with — reaped a life-changing reward. Cher, in the show's finale, Josh said, Diagnosed with generalized "I came out in my Jewishness. anxiety disorder with situationally There were a lot of…

… took out our video cameras in middle school at Hillel," said Adam, whose mom, Sharon, was Josh's English teacher C there, "Back then we just did it for fun." But after they shared film school classes…

… son of Dr. Lawrence and Sharon Schwartz of Bloomfield Hills. The two worked together writing comedy sketches in L.A., where they both now live. "But this is our first screen- play," said Adam, whose…

… the University of Michigan and a law tor), Daniela Carnevale (Tica), Kesta student at Wayne State University. Graham (Mother Earth), Dave as a camp project "We did Starshine Doucette (Giovani), Sarah…

… ladybugs live only one day." the Detroit end and got two grants — Uncle Jeb's Farm is part of a musical one from New Detroit and the other trilogy being produced by Starshine. from Hillel's Jacob Burns…

…- in Ontario. Now, their company, ate of the Ryerson University School Starshine Productions, will bring Uncle of Theatre in Toronto, is director-pro- Jebs Farm to the Furniture Factory ducer and works…

…'s Furniture Factory. (248) 855-9463 32418 NORTHWESTERN HWY. Between Middlebelt & 14 Mile Rd. Fax: (248) 626-8468 www.JewishCaterin • .com I01 * mu I it I -11 Flight Of The Ladybug board, but she took it…

… to a professional level and rented a theater in downtown Special to the Jewish News Toronto. By the end of the one-week run, we played to about 2,000 folks hat began as a little and completely sold out…

… out of Canada. Theatre in Detroit March 29-April 1. Composer Kates, who plays piano, "We're trying to produce children's guitar and trumpet, also performs with plays with a strong social conscience…

… cycle of a ladybug and is released March 10, along with a gala about what can be accomplished in a opening of the show in Toronto. short lifetime. In my fantasy world, "I've really been working hard on…

… Endowment The first play, which has the same in Ethics," Adiv says. "I was given the name as the company, is about racism. Hillel grant for being a Jewish student will deal Brothers and Sisters, The next…

…, trying to do social conscience work, an with the importance of family. ethical project, in the city. I'm using "This whole [initiative] is so reflective adult actors, but one of my goals is to of summer…

… camp — the experiences and the friends I've taken away from it," use children as actors." Appearing in the show are Joshua explains Adiv, a Judaic studies graduate Engel (Uncle Jeb and musical direc- of…

… to draw our best young I have just returned from the University on local agency boards, be featured (and paid) people into teaching careers. The percentage of of Michigan Hillel's Birthright Israel mis…

…- members, we really do respect the people to whom Stacy Harold, 21, a University of Michigan senior, is we entrust our most precious resource — our chil- the daughter of Susie and David Harold of Bloomfield…

… Funders Network, meeting next W6 (1/6 Gar importance of education for all of its week in Atlanta, should adopt this as a sig- children. In a new century in which han- IN6 stG6esi. nature issue for the group…

… as it tries to bring dling information promises to be more GOVERNMENT' some cohesion and order out of important than handling physical weiV6 6veR the priorities of the individual resources, effective…

… education for a lifetime foundations and the overarching of learning is going to be the bedrock for EDITORIAL national needs. success. Jews have long understood the importance of Community Organizations study…

… it is to give their children a risen to the challenge of improving both day solid Jewish education so that they can choose the and congregational schools, investing both part they will play in the…

… future of our people. energy and money in the task. These local The problem is that our educational systems are initiatives have produced some notable suc- having a hard time keeping up, basically because…

… we cesses that could be more widely emulated, don't have enough good teachers for our day schools or particularly as the systems wrestle with the for our congregational schools, where the majority of…

… challenge of standards and accountability our children are formally trained in our heritage. that parents and fenders will increasingly The problem is hardly new. Jewish schools can't demand. count on…

… ethnicity to attract the best teachers, At the end of the day, however, successful because Jews have long been able to find jobs in Jewish education will depend on keeping public schools or, in the case of…

… Kavafian on viola, accompanied by Anton the bimah with Cantor Stephen Dubov, the Kidz Klez Nel on piano, 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in the Sanctuary Band of Michigan and the TBE Adult Choir. A musi- of Christ…

… Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Thursdays and Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and Holocaust, at U-M Hillel, 1429 Hill Street. Free 6 p.m. Sundays through April 8 at Henry Ford and open to the public. (734…

… performance of music from the Foundation, features singer and civil rights activist Baroque period 8 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in a Harry Belafonte performing at the Detroit Opera University Musical Society…

…. $10-$25. (724) 769-2999. Auditorium on the Outer Drive campus of the University Detroit Mercy. The dramatic comedy was Folksinger, musicologist, author and teacher Jerry written by Matt Williams…

… Penelope and stories of life in Alaska to Southfield Crawford and cellist Enid Sutherland of the Centre for the Arts 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Atlantis Trio perform on historically cor- March 22. $8-$10. (248) 424…

…- Cranbrook Music Guild hosts Detroit Arts & Entertainment tinctive blend of jazz, klezmer, rock, blues Editor natives and sisters Ani Kavafian on violin and and traditional liturgical melodies, sharing Ida…

… Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills. cal Oneg Shabbat follows. No charge. (248) 851-1100. Tickets, including afterglow, are $25/$15 students and The second annual "Celebration of Diversity" are available…

… program at Ann Arbor's St. House 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24. $20-$200. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. $40. (734) 764-2538. a former (248) 645-6666. Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, winner of the…

… the Michael Frayn comedy Saturday, March 23-24, at Orchestra Hall. The Noises Off, which follows a ragtag group of third- DSO also will perform the world premiere of the rate actors on tour doing a bad…

…'s Performance Network stages Peter Mellencamp's Struggling Truths, about the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the family it tears apart, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Vocalist Sarah Brightman and…