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… lecture at the University of Michigan Hillel. aintaining a Jewish identity on campus can be tough, especially at some of the state's smaller schools. Students attending Mich- igan's six biggest univer…

… 1993 edition of The Hillel Guide to Jewish Life on Campus published by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foun- dations. This insider's guide is not the final word on Jewish life on Michigan's campuses but…

…School Insiders' Guide To Jewish Life On Campus A thumbnail sketch of Jewish life on six Michigan university campuses. JENNIFER FINER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Students fill the room for a…

… hopefully a helpful start to find a university. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Contact: (313) 769-0500 General population: 35,000 Jewish population: 6,000 Student perspective: Darcy Lockman, senior…

… commuter stu- dents, Hillel is most active on weekdays. Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Mich. Contact: (313) 487-1855 General population: 25,900 Jewish population: 900 Student perspective: Barry…

… organization recently reopened its doors. Eastern Michigan is very close to University of Michigan, which has an active Jewish student population. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Mich. Contact: (616) 387…

… kosher food may be able to board with local fam- ilies. Hillel sponsors occa- sional programs and meals each month. Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Mich. General population: 16,000 Jewish…

… different events but I decided I was not interested. I had lunch with Larry Smith, the vice president of Eastern, who is concerned with the Jewish community on campus. Campus highlights: The Hillel…

… fraternity and I'm not sure it's entirely Jewish. I think it would be harder for girls to find Jewish friends because as far as I know, there are no Jewish sororities. When I attended Michigan State University…

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… or sorority. Basic- ally, the only Jewish kids I met were from West Bloom- field. As for Hillel, they closed a few years ago but this past year they started up again. They sent out fly- ers announcing…

…-3501 General population: 20,000 Jewish Population: 350 Student Perspective: Keith Jacobson, 1993 grarl'- ate, West Bloornf' -_:,1 Colliments: There is a very small Jewish popula- tion at Western. Hillel is…

… constantly in touch with the students. I've never been to Hillel, but they have tried to keep me informed by send- ing me information. As far as I know the only other Jewish organization is Sigma Alpha Mu…

… knows how this will fall out," said Michael Brooks, executive director of the University of Michigan Hillel — one of the most successful pro- grams in the country. "The mood is very different. Part of it…

… Hillel trenches. "There has been a change," said Evan Mendelson, executive direc- tor of the Northern California Hillel Council. "I must admit, I've gotten totally taken in by the possi- bilities and the…

… quickly increase its budget from a precariously thin $18 million annually to somewhere in the neighbor- hood of $35 million, Mr. Joel sa;d. To reach- that goal, Mr. Joel and his cadre of Hillel…

… country are aware of the enormous gamble that will shape the future of their organization. But there is also a widespread belief that if anybody can turn Hillel around, Richard Joel is the man. "None of us…

… is Richard himself, and part of it is timing." Still, he said, "it is a high- stakes gamble. If Hillel is going to go out of business, it ought to go out in style. I don't think there's any real danger…

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…-6060 HILLEL page 33 and continuing professional education so our people can stay on the cutting edge," he said. Those were wrenching changes in an organization that had been just getting by for years. "It was…

… too important to have anybody who is tired in it. So people who were tired knew they had to find a different rest- ing place." All of this sounds good on paper, and it has clearly raised morale in the…

… remembers his trip to Israel. MICHAEL HARPAZ, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 1 n 1986, I graduated from Hillel Day School "I think there are some with plans to enter things Jews shouldn't for- the public education…

… on to the University of Michigan. In October of 1992, I departed for Tel Aviv University to spend my junior year abroad. When I got there, I found that three former classmates, all Jews from Berkley…

… activities. But for 19 boys from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, obtaining their brit milah became top pri- ority last spring. The young people — most members of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY…

… the kids involved, it is a tremendous act of bravery." Rabbi Bezalel Freedman Michael Harpaz felt like part of the majority. Uncommon Reunion A graduate of Hillel Day School and Berkley High…

…- tionships with classmates and teachers at Hillel. I depended on their cama- raderie for 10 years. Fearful of moving on to Berkley High, I spoke to my cousin, Beverly Kent, the director of social work at…

… didn't break ents wouldn't let him. I seen something so dirty his will. He never denied CIRCUMCISION page 78 and vile as this. This seemed to be a rude awakening to the "real" world outside of Hillel: a…

… were nephews, James Campbell and Jesse Bain. The bride's major is biology, and she will be attending the University of Wisconsin. The groom is a graduate of Michigan State University and Wayne State…

… Fligiel-Lessing Farmington Hills • 553-4867 of California-San Diego prior to graduate training at the University of Denver. She is employed as an organiza- tional development consul- tant at Michigan Con…

…. Lauderdale was matron of honor. Adam Mandell of Los Angeles was Exclusive Agent for Universal Geneve & Christian Bernard the best man. Flower girls were nieces, Lee Campbell and Alexa Shencopp. Ring bearers…

… University Medical School. His five-year surgical residency was just completed at University of Texas in Galveston. He is now completing his fellowship in plastic reconstructive surgery at the Milwaukee…

…- solidated Gas Company. Dr. Fligiel, whose parents are deceased, practices der- matology in Trenton, Mich. He attended medical school at the State University of New York and completed his residency at Wayne…

… State University. Z ORIENTAL RUGS < • The Origi na l S in Louise Lessing and Alan Fligiel were married recently at Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor by Rabbi Robert Dobrusin. Jane Wright of…

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…-Bramley Dr. Steven Scott Carp and Barbara Bramley were recently married at Con- gregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses. Rabbi Irving Schnipper officiated along with Cantor Ben-Zion Lanx- ner. A dinner reception…

… followed at Mario's. The bride is the daughter of Bill and Joanna Bramley of Dallas, Texas. The groom is the son of Shirley and Jack Carp of Farmington Hills. Barbara's sister, Marva Campbell of Ft…

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… has been very active in the Jewish Federa- tion of Metropolitan Detroit, The Shiffmans Hillel Day School, and the Jewish Home for Aged. Lois Shiffman is a longtime board member of the Jewish Fami- ly…

…-Ilan University. The evening also will mark the inauguration of the Shiff- man Program for Clinical and Basic Research Collaboration between the university and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. The…

… modes of treatment. The Shiffmans serve on both the university's local board and on its international board of overseers. Communi- ty wide, Dr. Shiffman is a past president of Adat Shalom Synagogue and…

… Fraternity of Wayne State University will hold a series of luncheon meetings each Thursday at 12:30 p.m. during August at Sila's Restaurant, 4033 W. 12 Mile Road, Berkley. For information, call Phil Rothschild…

…-EL! 14450 West Ten Mile Road, Oak Park, Michigan 48237 Rabbi Lane B. Steinger, Rabbi Amy B. Bigman, Rabbi Emeritus Milton Rosenbaum, Cantor Emeritus Norman Rose, Temple Educator Ira J. Wise, Temple…

…, Southfield, Michigan 48076 11111111111112111 Joel Jacob and his daughter Merrick test the new swimming pool at the newly renovated Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center. The formal dedication is set…

… Congregation Shaarey Zedek. This award will be conferred upon the Shiffmans not only in recognition of their decades of communal support and leadership but also for their long-term friendship with Bar…

… Shiffman Collaboration Program will allow an ongo- ing exchange of scientists bet- ween the institutions in- cluding post doctorate fellows and sabbatical faculty, the recruitment of outstanding scientists…

… from other institu- tions, the purchase of state of the art equipment, the hosting of national and inter- national scientific and clinical conferences, and the joint clinical testing of pro- mising new…

… Service and is one of the Holocaust Memorial Center's chief docents. For information concerning the dinner, call the Bar-Ilan office, 423-4550. ❑ Fraternity Sets Luncheon Series The Gamma Kappa Chi Alumni…

…, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Cf) LU Cf) THE D ETRO LU 74 he Project Flame office at the University of Michigan is three flights below the Hebrew depart- ment, down the hall from the Yiddish classroom and…

… on multimedia pro- career as a teacher of jects for students and teach- Hebrew language and litera- ers in junior high through ture at the University of college. Michigan in 1970. She was appalled by…

… • Tubular Steel Construction • Comes in 18 Designer Colors • Trundle Extra Rabbi Rod Glogower, Midra- sha scholar-in-residence and rabbi of the Orthodox Hillel Minyan at the University of Michigan at Ann…

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… Arbor, will teach three courses this fall under the auspices of Midrasha and co-sponsoring area synagogues. Rabbi Glogower will teach a 12-week seminar at the Midrasha on Tuesday morn- ings from 10:30 a…

….m.-noon ti- tled, "Inside the Rabbinic Mind." This course, which begins Sept. 21, will explore various genres of rabbinic literature. On three Tuesday nights in October, Rabbi Glogower will lead a mini…

…-course at Temple Kol Ami titled, "Confronting the Challenging Text: The World of Medieval Torah Commentary." This series will examine the different ap- proaches taken to "problems" WAS: $299.99 $239 99…

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… Glogower will lead a text-based study series titled, "Kedushat Eretz Yisrael: The Holiness of the Land of Isael" at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Study sessions will meet 7:30-9 p.m. Nov. 2, 9 and 16. Rabbi…

… Glogower teaches from the original text, translating all materials in- to English for the benefit of students who do not have reading knowledge of Hebrew. There are no prerequisites for his classes. There is…

… rabbis of metropolitan Detroit with the Support of the Max Fisher Foundation of the Jewish Federation. It is open to children bet- ween the ages of 5 and 16 'whose parents desire to give them an…

….m.; kiddush following services. BAIS CHABAD OF FARM- INGTON HILLS PREVIEW EVENING Sponsored by . . . GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY NATIONAL WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Proceeds benefit .. . BRANDEIS…

…BRANDEIS Opening Nite Michigan's Largest Used Book Sale! AUG. 11 TEL-12 MALL Telegraph at 12 Mile Rd., Southfield ORTHODOX: SALE 10 am. - 9 p.m. Daily Sundcy — Mall Hours AUG. 12 thru AUG…

…. 18 BAIS CHABAD OF BIRMING- HAM/BLOOMFIELD HILLS 357 N. Woodward, the Masonic Temple, Bloomfield Hills. Rabbi: Dovid Polter, 646-3010, 544-8639. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. Study group 9:30 a…

… • 354-4650 32000 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills, 855-2910. Rabbi: Chaim Bergstein. Services: Friday sun- down, Saturday 9:30 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Weekdays 6:50 a.m. BAIS CHABAD OF NORTH OAK PARK…

….m. 9:30 Shachrit with Kiddush following. Shachrit Mon- day-Friday 7 a.m. BAIS CHABAD OF WEST BLOOMFIELD 5595 W. Maple Rd., West Bloom- field, 855-6170. Rabbi: Elimelech Silberberg. Services: Friday, 15…

… Levin. B'NAI RASHBA-CHABAD OF LONG LAKE 4230 Middlebelt, West Bloomfield. 932-8589, 542-5087. Rabbis: Chaim Bergstein, Herschel Finman. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. Kiddush follows services. B'NAI ISRAEL…

….m., 10 minutes before sunset. SHOMREY EMUNAH – OHEL MOED 6191 Farmington Rd., West Bloom- field, 737-2756, 557-2580. Rabbi: Eli Jundef. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m.; Study of Mishnah 8:30 a.m., Saturday 9…

…:15 a.m., Minchah 8:15 p.m., Women's class 6:30 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday minyan will be followed by breakfast. YOUNG ISRAEL OF GREENFIELD 15140 W. Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park, 967-3655. Rabbi: Reuven…

… Drucker. Larry Schon, president; Laurence Singal, gabbai. Services: Friday 7:05 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., Week- days 7 a.m., 7 p.m. Daily daf Yomi 7 p.m. 50 minutes before Minchah. YOUNG ISRAEL OF OAK…

…-WOODS 24061 Coolidge, Oak Park, 398- 1177. Rabbi: Eliezer Cohen. Ser- vices: Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., Weekdays 7 a.m., 7 p.m. YOUNG ISRAEL OF SOUTHFIELD 27705 Lahser, Southfield, 358- 0154. Rabbi…