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… University (East Lansing) Hillel Israel Fest crowd pumped for the falafel-eating contest. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students Joey Eisman. and Daniel Chudnow, both of West Bloomfield, plan their year…

… of Student Patient Care (bikkur cholirn) through U-M Hillel. Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant) students Maxwel Lowe, West Bloomfield; Jacquelyn Keenan, Rochester; Alyssa Ozrovitz, Oak Park…

…Nor for college students by college students Hillel Happenings Scenes from Hillel activities amid fall semester at Michigan colleges. Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti) Hillel holds Monday…

… East Lansing T he Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center at Michigan State University hon- ored Stephen R. Bernstein of Keego Harbor with the Hillel Hero Award at the Homecoming Shabbat…

… Bernstein Bernstein maintains a private law practice in Farmington Hills. He has also served as an adjunct pro- fessor of law at MSU Law. As an active member of the MSU Hillel Board of Directors since 2000…

…, Bernstein has sig- nificantly contributed to Hillel's growth and success. One of his main projects continues to be Hillel's annual Homecoming/AEPi Family Shabbat Dinner. He has helped to improve event…

…. Bernstein is a retired high school and small college basketball offi- cial. MSU Hillel also has estab- lished the Stephen R. Bernstein Honorary Fund. The fund will help support a variety of Hillel initiatives…

…, including basketball and the intramural sports pro- gram. Elliot Spoon, president of MSU Hillel's board of directors, and board member Don Rudick were event chairs. ❑ …

…Opinion Community Meet Al and Evelyn Jacobs. Dancers. Performers. Really Living since 2009. No Place For Bullying from page 21 less of the source. We all have the right to live free of…

… intimidation. If we have legitimate differences of opinion with another person regarding religion, politics or other areas in which debate may be valid, that calls for thoughtful discussion and mutual respect. I…

… from being needlessly thrown away, it also will ensure a safer and healthier environment for all our children. ❑ Rabbi Steven Burg is international director of NCSY, the youth program of the Orthodox…

… Union. He lived in the Detroit area while serving as associate director of NCSY's Central East Region from 1996 to 2000. Answering Israel's Critics Apartment homes that simplify life. Neighbors who…

… Evelyn, really living means pursuing their passion for the theater, not letting financial worries steal the show. Their beautiful apartment home is completely free from maintenance. So instead of budgeting…

…Eastern Michigan University Jewish Studies Presents An Evening With Aaron Lansky Founder and President of The National Yiddish Book Center "GEVALT!: The Last Minute Rescue of Modern Jewish…

… described as "the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history." Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. Auditorium, Student Center, Eastern Michigan University FREE Lecture Sponsors • Division of…

… Academic Affairs • College of Arts and Sciences • Detroit Jewish News • Hillel at EMU This lecture is part on an ongoing Jewish lecture series along with a new Jewish. Education First History Gallery in…

…/ emich.edu EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Education First …

… Culture" In 1980, at the age of 24, Aaron Lansky began rescuing unwanted and abandoned Yiddish books. The National Yiddish Book Center has since recovered more than one million volumes, in what has been…

…'t it choose the University of Michigan or Michigan State University? If it was targeting the Detroit Jewish com- munity, shouldn't it have targeted the Jewish Community Center or Federation? Hillel of…

… State University, Lawrence Technological U., Oakland University, Oakland Community College, University of Detroit Mercy and University of Michigan-Dearborn? After all, WBC is the same group that pickets…

… (WBC) of Topeka, Kan., was planning to protest Hillel of Metro Detroit, our reac- tion was similar to that of many of you: Seriously? Hillel of Metro Detroit? The Hillel that serves students at Wayne…

… funerals of U.S. soldiers and was recently before the U.S. Supreme Court on a related case. WBC's main goal is to generate publicity by being extremely offensive. If it was targeting a Hillel, why wouldn…

… State stu- dents spontaneous- ly formed a coun- ter-protest, looking Miriam to diffuse the hate Starkman being spewed. HMD Executive When Hillel of Director Metro Detroit staff approached the counter…

…-protesters, having no idea who we were, the students told us about the Hillel on campus in the Student Center and how important it was to defend HMD against these people. At the end of 30 minutes, the WBC people put…

…:' reports the Forward.com . A 2009 European study by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence at the University of Bielefeld in Germany found that almost half of the Europeans…

… relationships with the WSU administra- tion, our students were kept safe and secure at all times. HMD worked with the dean of students, campus police and university general counsel to coordinate our efforts. And…

…Opinion A MIX OF IDEAS Dry Bones Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . 00110CROM "LIMOS ACT Editorial Europe's Hatred Of Jews T he jackhammer that is European anti-Semitism is…

… drilling deeper. Decent people everywhere must be vigilant. If European leaders, with the encouragement of the civilized world, don't intervene, small Jewish communi- ties in Europe will fall victim to the…

…; Ami Schwarcz, University Of Michigan-Dearborn; Casey Weiss, Michigan State University • Special thanks to all Hillels in Michigan for contributions. supervising staff Chief Operating Officer I F…

… that ewish and non-Jewish Eastern Michigan University students cel- ebrated the Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot together Sept. 24 at Hillel at EMU. The interaction within the sukkah went beyond…

… Jamie Gorosh of West Bloomfield is a junior at the I study public policy at the University of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Michigan with a focus in international pov- From left to right: Zachary…

… Colman, University of Illinois-Springfield; Jamie Gorosh, University of Michigan; Ethan Lube, Eastern Michigan University; Rachel Margolin, Washington University; Sam Plotkin, Michigan State University…

… DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Steinberg Elected Michigan Daily Editor Stephanie Steinberg of Commerce Township, a junior at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, was recently elected editor-in-chief of U…

…-M's Michigan Daily, where she will be the first woman leading the daily campus paper since 2000. Her one-year term begins in January. In addition to serving as editor of The Northern Star, the paper at…

…@edu section. Stephanie is a communication studies major at U-M. She is the daughter of David and Joyce Steinberg of Commerce Township. @ Sukkah Sharing EMU Hillel students make the most of Sukkot. By Ethan…

… the point of the holiday. Beyond build- ing a really cool backyard hut, the Arba Minim or Four Species offers one of the most interest- EMU students lounging in the Hillel Sukkah dur- ing traditions of…

… shared experience deeply about this and the fact that Hillel finally had to end. However, the memories at EMU represents many varying types of that evening will last well into the com- of Jews. In the…

… Jewish identities, as well as Jews Michigan University in Ypsilanti. who are very observant and knowledge- able about our religion. There was a young woman who had served in the Israeli military, another…

… Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, leav- ing the majority of my friends close to home at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor or Michigan State in East Lansing. I knew very few people at Wash…

…for college • students by college students Far Yet Familiar WashU freshman finds plenty to do Jewishly. By Rachel Margolin At the St. Louis Hillel retreat: Louisa Kornblatt of Madison, Wis…

… Chabad House of St. Louis. Rabbi Hershey Novack and his wife, Chana, welcome an average of 50 people at their home for Shabbat each week. St. Louis Hillel also hosts an even larger weekly Shabbat dinner…

… Washington University in St. Louis that realized I would no longer attend school with my clos- est friends, let alone a small close- knit group of Jews. Of course, I was nervous. I had said goodbye to the…

… couldn't be happier with my deci- sion to attend school here. @ Rachel Margolin of Orchard Lake is a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. 111E THOMAS M. cooleyedu LAW SCHOOL Start at…

…., Avital Mintz-Morgenthau of New York City, Rachel Margolin of Orchard Lake and Rachel Schindler of Mountain Lakes, N.J. St. Louis I t wasn't until the day I stepped on campus for move-in day at…

…U. Although there are not many Detroiters, I knew I would still feel comfortable outside of my usual surroundings because there are many Jewish students here. In fact, WashU is almost 30 percent Jewish. I was…

… immediately immersed in WashU's culture — secular and Jewish. Luckily for me, my transi- tion wasn't too difficult, as pieces of home were sprinkled into my many new experiences. I spent my first Shabbat at the…

…, but I must admit I am partial to Chana's apple-cinnamon challah. Over Labor Day weekend, I went on a Hillel retreat, "Into the Wild," to a camp an hour from St. Louis with about 100 other Jewish fresh…

… Israel (WSI), which is split into a political activism group and a social and cultural group. I attend WSI meetings every Tuesday night, along with a strong group of 20-30 other students looking to enhance…

… Zachary Colman of Bloomfield Hills is a graduate of Michigan State University and is now a I hope to organize a community garden and promote programs that teach students the relation- graduate student in…

…-grade Israeli students in an English-language summer camp. Sam Plotkin of Huntington Woods is a senior at Michigan State University in East Lansing. He's still majoring in social relations and policy, with a…

… that's really a bad Jew — well, then there are a lot of us out there in my generation. Unfortunately, many people from my generation will have to leave Michigan, at least for a little while. I think we…

… learned at Oz. I carry these Lansing farmers market. principles with me each day. This spring, in collabora- tion with the Jewish Student Union, Hillel and Lansing's Garden Project, several students and…

… as to sustainability and social justice in food systems. The goal is to maintain sight of human- kind's innate connection to nature and reliance on the soil-plant-animal-human food chain. As Jews, our…

… holidays are structured around the fall's harvest and the changing of the seasons, among other aspects of our dynamic environment. Too often our link to the natural world and our food is fettered with cell…

… laughable, considering the source — but he does have a point. We didn't grow up with the concept of neighborhood, where people hung out on porches and your own block was your community. The synagogue was more…

…. Brian A. Kutinsky, an attorney with the firm, was also named as Michigan Super Lawyer. Kutinsky attended Emory University School of Law and is a plaintiff personal injury litigator. Paul A. Rosen, of…

… experience for those inside. Finally, Hillel of Metro Detroit is very fortunate to have such a vast array of friends. Two weeks prior to this event, a Facebook "friend" let us know we had been targeted…

… all of the Jewish organiza- tions in Michigan, HMD was the chosen one. And for that we are most grateful. ❑ Answering Israel's Critics The Charge Speaking last month to a confer- ence in Washington, D…

… and "Michigan Super Lawyer:' As one of Brooks Kushman's founding partners, Cantor leads the firm's active liti- gation practice and is involved in much of the major litigation han- dled by the firm…

…, an attorney with Minden, Malin, Kutinsky, Stone & Blatnikoff of Southfield, has Rosen been named a Michigan Super Lawyer for the fourth consecutive year in the cat- egory of plaintiff personal injury…

… "Acupuncture and Western Medicine: Complementary Treatments," designed to build referrals between practitioners of traditional and Chinese medicine. The client, Acupuncture Healthcare Associates of Michigan, was…

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…. It was December 2008, the winter break of my sophomore year at Michigan State University. I had been grazing the alternative spring break opportunities on MSU Hillel's website, longing for warmer…

… Jewish Student Union (JSU), MSU Hillel and S now and ice caked the win- dows as I sat on my couch in Huntington Woods, captivated by the picturesque landscape of Mendocino County in northern California…

… MSU, contact Nimrod Kozo!, MSU Hillel Israel Fellow, at israelfel- low@msuhillel.org . Casey Weiss of West Bloomfield is a senior at MSU in East Lansing. Look for an Israel Fest photo on page 29…

… moved to Omaha, Neb., for an internship right after gradu- ating from Michigan State University in East Lansing, and now I'm in Springfield; I didn't know a single person in either city. But my natural…

… artin Shichtman, a professor of English language and litera- ture who has taught at Eastern Michigan University for 26 years, has been appointed director of Jewish studies. As director, Shichtman will…

…. Religious leaders across this coun- try: Please stand up and put an end to this national tragedy. ❑ Rabbi Jason Miller is a blogger, technology and social media advocate, founder of the Kosher Michigan…

… Teaching in 1996 and the EMU Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence in 1993. In 1990, he received a State of Michigan Teaching Excellence Award. ❑ …

… universities like EMU, institutions dedicated to promoting an understanding of American diversity, also need to provide their students with an aware- ness of Jewish life and culture' Shichtman earned his…

… doctorate and mas- ter's from the University of Iowa, and his bachelor's from the State University of New York, Binghamton. Shichtman has written four books. The lat- est, Cinematic Illusions: The Middle Ages…

… Museum and with Brandies University's Summer Institute for Israel Studies. In 2008, he was chosen as a Hillel International Summit Scholar. Shichtman received the EMU Distinguished Faculty Award for…

… season has The stakes are too high for us to do finally ended. Victors have anything but pool the best of what we celebrated, the defeated have have to offer. conceded and we are left to clean up Simply…

… put, the respectful exchange the detritus: direct-mail fliers, defunct of ideas is the cornerstone of a func- posters — and the scorched earth left tioning democracy. It's only by seeking by one of the…

… future. combative, yet for some time Yet the first decade now the tone of our discourse of this new century has has often been downright seen growing political nasty. Smear tactics, name and socio…

…-economic calling and distortion of facts polarization, a shrinking are the order of the day, as the sense of common ground art of listening is not so much and a corresponding lost as trampled underfoot…

… Michigan in Ann Arbor, his family — including parents Mary and Abe Gamer, now of West Bloomfield — were members at Congregation Beth Achim, now merged into Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Gamer…

… Berger, rabbi in residence at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Following graduate school, Gamer served as the international Kadima director and director of tikkun olam (repair…

… communal projects as well as programs at the more than 450 fam- ily-unit Beth Shalom as soon as he arrived. He is meeting colleagues through memberships in the Conservative move- ment's Michigan Region of…

… the Rabbinical Assembly and the multi-stream Michigan Board of Rabbis. Communally, he is involved in educational programs including leading a lunch and learn for Yad Ezra, the Berkley-based kosher food…

…, and he's here." Back Home For Gamer, heading the Oak Park syna- gogue means coming back, after 25 years, to the town where he grew up. A graduate of both Berkley High School and the University of…

… look at Congregation Beth Shalom is an unquestionable look forward. Stepping in where there had been no rabbi for two years, he plans to build on the positives of the past, while moving into the future…

…. "Beth Shalom has always been a warm, heimish community,' he said."The plan is to continue that way." Gamer began his post at the Oak Park- based synagogue in June, two years after the departure of Rabbi…

… congregation expressed that plea- sure by hosting an Oct. 22-23 weekend of events during which Gamer was installed by friend and mentor Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Diamond, the Rabbi Judah Nadich associate professor of…

… spent several years studying and working in New York. While earning a mas- Prior to Shabbat, on the eve of the installation ceremony, are Rabbi Diamond, Rabbi Gamer, Aryeh, Wendy, Oz and Maya Gamer…

…. ter's degree in Jewish education from JTS, his roommate was Steven Rubenstein, now West Bloomfield Congregation Beth Ahm's rabbi. While in rabbinical school, Gamer was a classmate of Rabbi Jonathan…

… his doc- torate at University of Toronto "because of the friends I had made at camp:' he said. Although Leuchter grew up in an observant home in Southfield and attended Hillel Day School, he says Ramah…

… affiliated with the Conservative movement, was founded by members of Toronto's Jewish com- munity in 1960. Annually, it serves approximately 450 campers from across Canada, Michigan, upstate New York, Ohio and…

… gone to Ramah has directly influenced decision making about where to live, how to live and who to marry. Mark Leuchter, director of Jewish studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, chose to pursue…

… nostalgia for the Ontario lakeside setting of their youth. "When we were all singing together at the Havdalah service marking the end of Shabbat, I could have closed my eyes and just as easily have been…

… standing outside, with the stars of Muskoka shin- ing above my head:' said Sheri Wagner Toronto D ozens of Detroit alumni of Camp Ramah in Canada gathered with more than 400 of their peers in Toronto Nov…

…. 12-13 for a 50th reunion Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit Save The Date And Nominate! Sunday, May 15, 2011 EfailT EIGHTY The Tikkun Olam Award WHAT: Eight Over Eighty — The Tikkun Olam…

… Award Eight Over Eighty is an annual event at Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit that honors eight senior adults, eighty years or older, who have dedicated their time, talents and lives to our…

… community. WHY: To recognize eight senior adults for their lifetime achievements WHEN: Sunday, May 15, 2011, BRUNCH 11:00 WHERE: Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Michigan Do you know a deserwhig…

… inspiring leader or mentor in the community? How to Nominate: Write or email JSL describing the worthiness of the nominee. Please include (as applicable): • Name and age of nominee • Duration of volunteer…

…- standing activities exemplify a commitment to the Jewish value of Tikkum Olam (Repairing The World). Nominations are due by January 24, 2011. Honorees will be inducted in the Mail or email nominations to…

… Global Day. "From my early days at Adat Shalom Nursery School to Hillel Day School, the University of Michigan, and even a summer internship with the Federation, the Detroit Jewish community has always…

…Metro Studies In The Key Of Life Jewish representatives from every movement come together in Detroit and the world for a Global Day of Jewish Learning. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish…

… News "Learning is the ideal way for people to connect." I magine a beautiful castle filled with an endless number of rooms, each of which contains an extraordinary treasure that is yours to keep. And…

… yet, just the idea of enter- ing the castle seems daunting. It appears unbelievably large and overwhelming and perhaps entire- ly unfamiliar. But you are brave and you go ahead. You approach the door…

…, where a sign reads: "Take a key." There are millions and every key is different: They are large and small, thick and thin, the weight of the ocean and lighter than a whisper, golden and green and rainbow…

… was in love with Jewish learning and Jewish life. The class was Eizelman's key of sorts to a brilliant new world. Now, he invites others to find their own key. Eizelman, of Oak Park, is co- chair of the…

… Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education, which planned and organized Detroit program- ming for the Global Day of Jewish Learning in conjunction with the Jewish Community…

… Center of Metropolitan Detroit's 59th –Mickey Eizelman, Alliance co-chair Mickey Eizelman annual Jewish Book Fair and the JCC's Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SATE). The Global Day was initiated…

… to mark the completion of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz's 45-year-long project translating the Talmud into English and will be held this Sunday, Nov. 7. More than 300 Jewish communities on six conti- nents…

…- ning with keynote speaker Dr. Erica Brown, author of When Jews Do Bad Things, with par- ticipation from Rabbis Steven Rubenstein of Congregation Beth Ahm, Rob Morais or Temple Israel, Avi Cohen, Tzvi…

… it had always seemed a far-away opportunity. During my senior year at the University of Michigan, when I needed to decide my next steps after graduation, Peace Corps suddenly became a realistic option…

…. Freshman year, I stood at the Michigan Union, where President Kennedy gave his 2 a.m. speech that would lead to the formation of the Peace Corps. Four years later, I joined Peace Corps because I wanted the…

… experience in the Michigan Jewish community helped pro- pel me to pursue this path. My involvement with U-M Hillel and BBYO in high school helped me develop an interest in social activ- ism. The Jewish…

…for college students by college students ACROSS THE WORLD / ON THE COVER Perry Teicher of West Bloomfield rides with Yan during hippotherapy, horseback riding to help dis- abled children, as part…

… of his Peace Corp work. Journey Of Discovery Detroiter's Peace Corps stint connects him to distant Jews. By Perry Teicher Kazakhstan I remember hearing about Peace Corps when I was younger, but…

… community is a model of supporting those in need. From a young age, we encourage students to take responsibility for their actions and try to instill the idea of tikkun olam (repairing the world). Through…

… community organization, 34 November 11 • 2010 After the Peace Corps, Teicher traveled Central Asia and the Caucuses. He is in a synagogue in Krasnaya Sloboda, home to the Mountain Jews of Azerbijan. the…

… community provides a structure for those who want to volunteer. As a leader in these organizations, I saw the challenges involved in building and sustaining community — and the benefits of inspiring others to…

… organization where the director already had a vision and had been working toward it for more than 10 years. I was placed at a local non-governmental organization (NGO), the "Society for the Protection of…

… Paralyzed Citizens of Aktobe." Its vision was to foster an environment where people with disabilities could lead independent and mobile lives. While this concept seems rudimentary, the idea was revolutionary…