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… Ambassador, Emunah BBG Vice President, Camp Tamarack counselor, NCJW Scholarship recipient, B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region Scholarship recipient. University of Michigan eapegtatetiartWed,Otadetatedit It…
…, ATID graduate. DINA CWAGENBERG rillWalled Lake Western High School University of Michigan Summa Cum Laude, National Honor Society, AP Scholar, Marching, Jazz & Pep Bands, Tech Crew, Spanish Club…
…, BBYO, Temple Israel graduate, madrichim, Anne & Edward Feinman Scholarship recipient. University of Michigan SAMANTHA COHEN ARICA CYKIERT Walled Lake Central High School National Honor Society, Class…
… Vice President, Varsity Porn Pons & Dance Team Captain, President's Volunteer Service Award, Walled Lake Schools Teen Forum Diversity panelist. University of Michigan ...... Frankel Jewish Academy…
… School Ambassador, Freshman Varsity Basketball, Theater, selected for the Governor's Travel Art Show, School Shabbaton madricha, Friendship Circle volunteer. University of Michigan Students and parents…
… are invited to join current Michigan students, their parents, and the I-lillel staff to learn more about University of Michigan and ikkei. ust 241 7p Jewish Federation of Met Aug Bloc 6135…
… Beta Kappa, AP Scholar, Track and Field, Jolson AZA. Michigan State University Michigan State University ABIGAYLE COHEN MARA CRANIS Walled Lake Western High School Walled Lake Legacy Scholarship…
… recipient, Academic Honor Award recipient, National Honor Society, J-Serve volunteer, Religious High School graduate, madrichim with synagogue, Varsity Letter, Camp Tamarack counselor, 3.91 GPA. Michigan…
… State University Frankel Jewish Academy National Honor Society Officer, Student Director FJA Performing Arts, Excellence in Physics Award, Dean's Award for Excellence in Arts and Academics, Student…
…Memorable Music U-M's Kol HaKavod singing group wins honors at national Jewish a cappella contest. Mara Chaben R jewish@edu staff writer epresenting the University of Michigan, please welcome…
… first a cappella competition. I am part of Kol HaKavod, the premier Jewish a cappella group at the University of Michigan, which was chosen out of 50 collegiate groups to compete at Kol HaOlam (Jewish a…
… at U-M and Hillel. We truly thank Hillel for the opportunities supplied to Kol HaKavod, and we look forward to making the Hillel community proud again in years to come. @ Mara Chaben of Farmington…
… country. I am proud to say we returned to Ann Arbor with the title of the third-best Jewish a cappella group in the United States. The Big 10 swept the competition with Indiana University taking first place…
… Kol HaKavod!" I hear this as we walk in front of a crowd filled with nearly 800 people at Adas Israel Synagogue in our nation's capital. My excitement heightens as we take our spots on stage at my very…
… cappella nationals). We competed against eight other top groups, each receiving eight minutes to show off a set of two songs. We started with a riveting version of "Le'an She'lo Telchi" arranged by our…
… members Jeremy Borison, Andrew Cohen and Emily Goldstein; and we brought the house down with a mash up of "Od Ach Echad" and "Lu Yehi" arranged by Ben Greenberg. The performance was exhilarating and, as we…
… Jewish a cappella competition. "Singing is my passion and Kol HaKavod has been an amazing addition to my freshman year" I'm thankful this experience also allows me to be a part of the Jewish community…
…wmich.edu/GoWest GO WEST. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2014! Also special congratulations to the WMU Hillel members graduating this spring. Western Michigan University. It's your turn to…
… Robinson April Slabosheski Graduate Certificate Ronit Stahl Rebecca Wall LS A FRANKEL CENTER FOR JUDAIC STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN http://www.lsa.umich.edu/judaic 1917860 alM May 22 • 2014 75 …
… GRAB THE REINS. WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 1920220 MOM Class 01 Minor Aliza Altman Daniel Baum Hannah Gross Alysa Levine Andrew Lieberman Kenny Oh Laura Ratner Hayley Sakwa Joseph Shulman Adam…
… leader in Jewish studies offering an interdisciplinary curriculum. • Our faculty and visiting professors are recognized scholars from top-tier departments. • Our areas of strength include modern Jewish…
… nomination, Kulanu BBG Chapter Recruitment, Treasurer, Communications Chair, Camp Tamarack counselor. Michigan State University You light up our lives. We are so proud of you • We wish you a lifetime of…
… University of Michigan Linguistics Club Founder, America Library of Poetry Student Poetry contest, Brown's summer program, NSILY For Youth Scholarship in Russia, Joyce IVY Scholarship, National Honor Society…
… happiness and success. The world is yours Kaila. "GO STATE" All our love, Mom, Dad & Brandon Friendship Circle, Hillel Day School, J-Serve and MORC Hockey Club for Autistic children volunteer, National…
… Honor Society, Ambassador's Club, Hockey, Tennis, Award Certificate of Excellence in Honors Mathematics, All-Catholic Scholastic Award. National Merit Scholar, Cum Laude Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Managing…
…, Society of High School Scholars, Model UN, Debate Team, Roeper Theater Company Stage Manager, Ojibwe Language & Culture Conference, Charles Crupi Memorial poetry contest finalist, New England's Young…
… fill our hearts with pride and joy every day. We wish you a lifetime of happiness and success. Best of luck to you at U of M! GO BLUE!! All our love, Mom, Dad, Randee, Sam, Grandma er Papa JN May 22…
… high school musical, Club Pole Vault. University of Michigan Dean's List, AP Scholar with Honor Award, Future Doctors Club President, Cabinet Club, Varsity Tennis, Horizons Upward Bound tutor, Temple…
… College (( 13tAl9loe , Para ZOE KAUFMAN KYLA KLEIN Frankel Jewish Academy West Jeffrey Berris We're so proud of you for your acceptance to the University of Michigan. You deserve it! Can't wait to…
…, Grammy and Poppy Go Blue! WYATT KAYNE Cranbrook Kingswood Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track and Field, National Honor Society, Ecology Club, Hillel Day School tutor, TV-10 internship, participated in…
… so proud of our amazing Samantha. May you reach all of your goals and keep shining as the beautiful star that you are. We love irk Dad, REBECCA KAUFMAN West 3 Bloomfield High School - 7…
… go to school with you next year. We will make you lots of home cooked meals. Love, Carly and Ben 80 May 22 • 2014 •• , Bloomfield High School Cross Country Team Varsity Letter and Most Valuable…
… Beth El Tot Shabbat counselor, community service Florence, Italy. Emory University KEVIN KATZ ERICA KELMAN Cranbrook Kingswood VEX Robotics World Championship Tournament Qualifier (four years), VEX…
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… DVALLEY Marisa Horn n late April, the MSU Hillel com- munity was excited to learn that one of its organizations, Destination Detroit: Building Bridges, had received a Multicultural/Cross Cultural…
…@edu writer only allowed me to use the leadership skills I developed through MSU Hillel, but also allowed me to help others participate and engage with the city of Detroit. The interaction with Detroit…
… Programming Award from Michigan State University. Destination Detroit is a campus-wide initiative that works with nine diverse stu- dent organizations at MSU to help connect MSU students to people in Detroit…
… community in supporting service projects around the area provided a deeper appreciation of the need and importance of tikkun olam. My Destination Detroit internship not I STATE UNIVERSITY. jewish…
…• Rewarding Journey MSU graduate reflects on four meaningful years of Jewish leadership and learning. Opportunity knocks. Research, internships, study abroad, and service learning are built into…
… AM1 nearly all of Grand Valley's 200+ areas of study. These, along with our liberal education foundation that fosters critical thinking, creative problem solving, and cultural understanding…
…, prepare you well to answer the call of a rewarding career and life. . Aloe Marisa Horn, back row, third from left, and other MSU students engage with Detroit students through Destination Detroit. GRAN…
… and to each other. The program is a monthly full-day immer- sive experience into the city of Detroit. The visits included working with students in Detroit elementary schools, guided tours of nonprofits…
… and the city's sights as well as shared meals with local residents. The program helps in dispelling stereotypes of Detroit and allowing students to connect to the city and their fellow MSU participants…
… 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…
… Michigan. F Life Of Achievement ing of the capital campaign, named the Hillel campus the "Schostak Family In 2008, Jerry received his first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Urban Land Campus:' Institute…
… Central High School, Jerry earned a degree in business admin- istration from the University of Michigan in 1954. He remained devoted to U-M football and basketball and his Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity. Married…
…, recognizing his outstanding Steve Freedman, Hillel's head of school, leadership in the real estate business. said Jerry "had a passion for Jewish edu- cation as a means of keeping family and The Jewish…
… Federation of Metropolitan community together. He believed Hillel Detroit will acknowledge Jerry with a Lifetime Leadership delivered both an out- Award, its highest trib- standing general educa- ute, during…
… school:' For Federation, Jerry Executive Committee member Dan Mendelson, chaired the Capital Campaign at Hillel Day on behalf of Southfield- School and both the based Akiva Hebrew Day School, said, "Akiva…
…:' all:' said Bobby, also fondly recalling his In 1997, Hillel Day School in father's early sailboat named Brothers Farmington Hills, following Jerry's chair- Four. Of the Mackinac race triumph, Elyse…
…:' and Allocations Steering Committee. Additionally, the Schostak Family Jerry also served as an officer and board member of Federation, the United Jewish Foundation Endowed Fund at Oakland University in…
… Auburn Hills helped to Foundation and the Jewish Fund. Along with community leaders Mark establish a Judaic Studies minor in the Schlussel and the late Robert Sosnick, university's College of Arts and…
… name on said the foundation was among the earli- its Huron Valley-Sinai and Sinai-Grace est donors in establishing the Oakland hospitals. University William Beaumont School of Medicine. The family also…
…obituaries The Patriarch Who Led By Example Esther Allweiss Ingber Contributing Writer I amily, business and philanthropy were the three pillars of life for Jerome "Jerry" Schostak, retired…
… Patron names will appear in the event program and Jewish News ads. \ \ n the aftermath of the disruptive, but failed bid by pro-Palestinian students at the University of Michigan to per- suade the…
… officials have had "extensive and ongoing work" with Jewish students within Hillel and other Jewish stu- dents who reached out to the university. The U-M letter also said its dean of stu- dents and assistant…
… he lawsuit by Oak Park-based Chabad of Michigan against the Sara and Morris Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield continues in the Michigan Court of Appeals. Oral arguments were heard before a…
… few weeks. Chabad of Michigan, the organizational head of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the state, sued the Torah Center seeking the deed to its building to enforce a rab- binic ruling exerting its…
… Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. On Aug. 15, 2012, the Oakland County Circuit Court dismissed Chabad of Michigan's lawsuit, claiming that it was filed too late, in violation of the state's statute of …
… Central Student Government on March 25 to approve a resolution demand- ing the university divest from companies that "profit from and facilitate the Israeli occupation:' the Zionist Organization of America…
… "kike" and "dirty Jew:' The letter warned that the university would be in vio- lation of Title VI of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 if it did not remedy the situation. U-M replied on April 16 and the…
… ZOA posted its own response of April 24 on pages 10-11 of the May 8 JN. In that letter, the ZOA stated that the university "did not address any of the concerns we raised:' JN I Senior Copy Editor T…
… three-judge panel in Lansing on May 13. A counsel, dated May 14. In the letter, the university said it received 22 "concerns" from students at the time of the divestment protests, seven of them from…
…-M said the vice president for student life and dean of students met with Jewish student leaders on April 7. At that meeting, the university said the students "expressed hope for emerging opportunities for…
…. 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…
… Israel advocacy should hold in my future. @ Shugmi Shumanov of Southfield recently graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit. Dr. John J. Mames — Michigan Region Founding Members Dr. Elie D. and…
… for both ourselves and the land we hold so dear. I would like to thank Hillel of Metro Detroit, the guest lecturers and my fellow classmates for teaching me and making me realize the greater impact…
… friends. What more could I really want from life? @ Audra Gamble from Canton is a sophomore at Grand Valley State University in Allandale. Focus from page 40 Lupovitch on the rise and role of Zionism…
… on their middle fingers, so assumed that the simple ring I wore on the middle finger of my left hand was a symbol of mar- riage. I laughed and explained that it definitely wasn't a wedding ring and…
… that I had never even heard that Jewish women wear wed- ding rings on a different finger from every- one else. From there, we spoke of all manner of things, from how difficult it is to get ready in the…
… morning at the same time as your roommate to my impending trip to Israel and all the food I needed to try while there. The evening wound down and we said our goodbyes. I quickly slipped into the role of the…
… typical Jewish mother, demanding that everyone leave with plates of leftovers. We parted ways, with smiles on our faces and a renewed appreciation for our new friends. It was so wonderful to sit down with…
… the members of the MSA and talk about trivial human things. Not once did it cross my mind that I was talking to anyone other than a fellow college student. Too often, I think, particularly in the age of…
…, Saeed Khan of WSU about the roots of the Middle East conflict, Ayelet Kon of Federation about her experience growing up in Israel as an American, American Jewish Committee regional director Kari Alterman…
… on the work AJC does to show people in roles of power the amazing country that Israel is, a debate between representatives of both J Street and the ZOA, and an inspirational speech by Robert Roth about…
… member of Hillel of Metro Detroit's Taglit-Birthright Israel Community trip three summers ago and had one of the best experiences of my life. I had traveled to Israel previously, but it was different…
… what and asked how their Islamic Awareness Week was going, happened at Grand Valley State University. On March and they were happy to report that it was turning out 14, the GVSU Hillel hosted its second…
… land responsible for shaping the Jewish people. I have always been fascinated that Israel, a country that houses roughly a 10th of a percent of the world's population, gets such an incredible amount of…
… international notoriety. As a graduate of WSU, I have run into my fair share of students protesting Israel. At that time, I chose to stay silent because I was not well versed in Israel's political scene or its…
… impact on the global community. I knew I would have to educate myself to become a better advocate for the State of Israel and defend it when people attempted to tarnish its image. I applied to participate…
…- tastic job of educating my fellow peers and me about Israel's rich history, its successes and shortcomings, and the many issues the country faces. Throughout our journey, we covered many topics not often…
… covered in media outlets; such as Muslim IDF soldiers that consider themselves to be Zionists, the bevy of medical and technological innovations Israel is responsible for, and the incredible humanitarian…
… work Israel does. The guest lecturers were an absolute treat to listen to and broadened our knowledge of Israel and the role it plays at home and abroad in a manner that was easy to digest. They included…
… WSU Professor Howard Focus on page 41 Shugmi Shumanov and Lenny Radomski, president of the WSU Jewish Medical School Association 40 May 22 • 2014 edu May 22, 2014 / 22 Iyar 5774 Differences Aside…
… GVSU's Shabbat dinner brought Muslim, Jewish students together. Audra Gamble } jewish@edu staff writer M y grandmother tells this story about how a rela- tive of hers who lived in Israel asked her…
… college's Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan. @ Claire De Witt of East Lansing is a senior at Kalamazoo College. …
… want the future designers, engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs who will create the innovations of tomorrow. KCollege annual seder unites campus community. If you believe that everything is…
… possible, and that possible is everything, we want you at LTU. Check out our Students' View of LTU video at www.ltu.edu/svv. Ready to apply now? Visit itu.eauiappiyiree. LTU POSSIBLE IS EVERYTHING.C4…
… West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075-1058 800.225.5588 I admissions©ltu.edu I www.LTU.edu "The seder reminds me of the leaders in years past that I have looked up to and respected. Having the…
… writer ext year in Jerusalem!" And with that well-known phrase, Kalamazoo College's Jewish Student Organization's Passover seder had come to a conclusion. Each year, more than 50 members of the KCollege…
… community gather together to celebrate this important holiday. The crowd includes members of the JSO, friends of members, students who have never been to a seder before, as well as Jewish and non…
…-Jewish faculty and staff with their families. The on-campus seder is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to celebrate with their K family and is a much-antici- pated event. The inclusion of faculty and…
… service so that each interested JSO member had the opportu- nity to help lead. The night of the seder we worked together to hide the afikomen and greet people as they walked in the doors. For me, this seder…
… is a culmination of four years of JSO experiences. The types of events we hold each year change, except for the seder. I have attended the seder each year, and leading it this year was particularly…
… special. The seder reminds me of the leaders in years past that I have looked up to and respected. Having the opportunity to take that position this year meant carrying on a tradition I have always…
… 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…
… stages, many patients are mis- diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder," said Daniel Meknes, M.D., professor and chair of neurology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. "Depending on the…
… an accurate diagnosis of my husband's health:' said Mickey, who kept insisting her husband get an MRI to reveal the problem. The situation became aggravated when Erwin threatened to do bodily harm to…
… and medi- cated him:' Mickey said. "I knew the diagno- sis was wrong. He never showed exaggerated mood swings. I wanted him to have an MRI of his brain to find the brain tumor:' Botsford didn't keep…
… patients could sign themselves out at any time. He was given more medication, but there was still no improvement. "I ranted and raved again and this time they took an MRI of Erwin's brain. The doctor…
… reported that I was wrong — Erwin didn't have a brain tumor, but the frontal lobes of his brain looked like Swiss cheese. Erwin was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)." In FTD, portions of the…
… brain's frontal and temporal lobes atrophy. These brain locations are associated with personality, behavior and language. It is one of the few dementias that are seen in people under 65 (mostly in ages 40…
… didn't get a diagnosis for over two years:' Erwin voluntarily signed himself out of the Beaumont facility. Psychiatric Services at St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Madison Heights was willing to take…
… him into their program until the family found a more per- manent residence. "Beaumont gave us a directory of facilities that would accept Erwin, and my daugh- ters Audrey and Sara and I started making…
… calls," Mickey said. "Sara searched for help using Google and found the Alzheimer's Association Greater Michigan Chapter in Southfield. She asked for help and they sent a social worker to my home to work…
… of some- one with dementia is not so devastating on the fam- ily:' says Gayle Burstein of the Detroit chapter. "We Gayle Burstein know there are very few programs for early-onset dementia, and there is…
… 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…
… University of Michigan sophomore from Carmel, Ind., is serving as an intern from the URJ-Goldman Camp Institute. He works under Sarah Allyn, new associate director of Shoresh (Hebrew for "Roots"), Shir Shalom…
… students to Cincinnati, New York and Chicago. Securing from page 112 NFTY-Michigan Region director Barrett Harr and YFTI president Ashley Schnaar at the YFTI-JARC party Rabbi Jacobs between the ages of…
…-time regional director for NFTY-Michigan, which includes Windsor. Barrett Harr, 34, is a Dallas native and founding member and current member- ship vice president of the Reform Youth Professionals' Association…
…Shir Shalom Shifts School Day A bout a year and a half ago, Temple Shir Shalom sur- veyed families of teens in light of the student trend toward heavy weeknight commitments. The hope was to…
… our commu- nity's 2014 teen mission to Israel. "We're always looking at how to improve engagement of post-b'nai mitzvah teens," Schwartz says. "We've had better than average high school numbers, but…
…'s hoped the effort will pay off down the spiritual road with more pre-teens finding the "swagger" to embrace Sunday night high school. Says Schwartz, "We want, we need, to be at the cutting edge of high…
… school programming to help get teens ready for continuing their Jewish journey in college and he years beyond." - Robert Sklar Eliana Finkelstein, 14, of Orchard Lake, Lindsay Steinberg, 15, of Commerce…
… and Ethan Silk, 14, of Waterford pose before the Lincoln Memorial during Shir Shalom's annual Sunday night high school trip to Washington, D.C., in January. The rotating annual sojourn also takes…
… 13 and 18. URJ maintains most of these teens aren't engaged in Jewish life. In 2011, URJ was stunned to learn 80 percent of its teens are "out the door" by 12th grade, President Rick Jacobs said. So…
… process funded by the San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation. In honor of NFTY's 75th year, URJ is smart enough to tap into 75,000 alumni of its youth programs in hopes of engaging many of them as teen…
