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…MSU Hillel Appoints Director East Lansing — Michigan State University Hillel appointed Cindy Hughey as its new executive director. Hughey, a graduate of MSU, served as direc- tor of the Michigan Jewish Conference since 1992. In that capacity, she served as the lobbyist for the Cindy Hughey statewide Jewish corn- munity in Lansing. A decision that will last a lifetime As a parent of a school-age child, choosing the right school is one of the...…

…Voices in Jewish Education Don't Forget Adults Quality adult education has an impact on the Jewish life of our community. Q: What will it take to make Jewish learning exciting, meaningful and ongoing for all ages? SHARON HART Special to the Jewish News 0 ne of the most innovative adult education programs in our community has proved to be SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment). Initiated in January 1999, this series of courses immedi...…

…AtIclei2ol otqd uetuzi oH znq Meet Our Clergy- A dynamic team committed to enriching the lives ofour congregation Rabbi Daniel Nevins Rabbi Jay Streat- ■ is leading a Family Nature Walk on September 24 at Heritage Park. ■ will explore the The Dead Sea ScrolLs Controversy on November 14, 21 & 28. . will participate in a Selichot discussion with Detroit-area rabbinic graduates from the University ofJudaism on September 23. ■ will look at D...…

…Voices in Jewish Education // kA Y \1\1- Lighting The Fire Jewish camps ignite a love of Judaism that can last a lifetime. LESLIE ZACK Editorial Intern experience is a powerful force for building Jewish community involve- ment. B onfires generate only some • Experience in a Jewish camp as a of the sparks at Tamarack child is often associated with many Camps in Ortonville. Matt measures of Jewish identity and com- and Sarah Roth began a...…

…Rick Goren, Fresh Air Society/Tamarack Camps director of development. "Because one-third of our kids are not affiliated with any synagogue or temple, we are the only thing they have. They don't go to temple, they don't get their bar or bat mitzvah, so we are their Jewish touch," Goren said. Tamarack song leader Eric Roberts' only Jewish friends were those from camp. He had never observed Shabbat in his Grand Blanc home. "The weekend after I go...…

…EARLY FALL SALE at I THE STUDIO ALL DANCE WEAR SHOES LEOTARDS TIGHTS UNITARDS 10%0FF1 WITH THIS AD L Through October 2nd 855-0650 In Orchard Mall • Orchard Lake Rd. at Maple Imagine... a Sunday School your kids will really like! Jewish Parents Institute Providing an affordable Sunday School experience for the past 50 years. • Hands-on classes for nursery to grade 8 i)11 • Family holiday services and celebrations • Bar and Bat Mi...…

…I Voices in Jewish Education Making Study Relevant Today's education must deal with today's issues. Q: What will it take to make Jewish learning exciting, meaningful and ongoing for all ages? RABBI TZVI HOCHSTADT Special to the Jewish News 18 verybody loves somebody. Everybody is looking for that one incredible love that will last forever. But then ask people if they have a definition for love. Some will say its "a good feeling that ano...…

…voices in Jewish Education Learning Jewishly Adults share many of the fears of children regarding education. Once you are in the classroom, how do I keep you there? First and foremost, by recognizing that a lack of knowledge in a specific subject area does not equal igno- rance. Teaching adults requires that I remember my students are highly educated grown-ups with lots of world experience. My job is to build upon your already broad knowled...…

…in Jewish Education Exploring Our Pathways Higher education tackles the challenge of Jewish studies. Q: What will it take to make Jewish learning exciting, meaningful and ongoing for all ages? more and more students, ways to explore new subjects and the com- plexity of Israeli life. DR. STEVEN WEILAND Special to the Jewish News Far-Reaching Goals ewish studies as an academic field in American higher edu- cation has grown substantially i...…

…Voices in Jewish Education Individual Approach Our tradition offers strategies to bring excitement and meaning into Jewish education. Q: What will it take to make Jewish learning exciting, meaningful and ongoing for all ages? RABBI DAVID SHAPERO Special to the Jewish News 7 he famous advice of King Solomon presents a time- less formula for success in Jewish learning: "By edu- cating the youth according to his way, even when he ages he w...…

…4 4' Practical Application Learning is usually most meaningful when focused on relevant practical matters or personal character and spiritual development. There is a beautiful equilibrium that can be reached as one learns in order to act in a more refined manner, and acts in a more refined manner in order to facilitate deeper learning experi- ences. The practical dimension is highlighted by the organization of the mitzvot into three distinc...…

…Voices in Jewish Education • • S Z- <</ <<.\ I PAY Retaining Identity Day school learning is a major force in living as a Jew and an American. Q: What will it take to make jewish learning exciting, meaningful and ongoing for all ages? ROBERT P. ROTH Special to the Jewish News I t was the Fourth of July and it happened to be Rosh Chodesh Tammuz as well. I was dav- ening [praying] in the corner of my living room, which faces the fron...…

…To Flower And Grow If you could d the perfect high school JEWISH t: ACADEMY .7= of Metropolitan Detroit Q: What will it take to make Jewish learning exciting, meaningful and ongoing for all ages? ELISSA D. BERG Special to the Jewish News 0 n a recent Wednesday after- noon, both driveways to Adat Shalom Synagogue were being repaved. It was almost impossible to enter the proper- ty. Someone had apparently forgotten that at 7 p.m. we wer...…

…Voices YOUR CHILD'S Wirs-t • 56 ts To FLOWER FROM PAGE 55 TO THE STARS What children dream, we help them achieve. 100% of graduates accepted to four-year colleges and universities 27 National Merit Semifinalists, highest percentage of any school in Michigan Average SAT score of Class of 2000: 1275 (640 Math, 635 Verbal) National Science Olympiad 7th in nation in chemistry, 13th in nation in physics Test of Engineering Aptitude, Ma...…

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…Congregation Beth Ahm Voices in Je Education TRUE TO TRADITION IN A NEW ERA One Step At A Time Bet ni NEW MEMBERSHIP ONLY $360 * Involvement of parents can help to further Jewish education. Includes High Holiday Tickets for 2000 and 2001 Come to our Membership Mingle (open house) on September 10, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. Meet our clergy, Rabbi Charles S. Popky and Cantor David Montifiore. Please be our guest as we remember our past an...…

…If you often fed tired, Jewish "family" education without the parents! When parents bring excitement to their children, it is contagious. When families are involved and "buy into" the concept of JFE, then the entire family is enriched. To succeed, Jewish education cannot only exist in the congregation; rather, it must be a shidduch (match) between the congre- Gaucher (pronounced "Go-Shay") Disease is the most common genetic disease affecting...…

…The Jewish Federation is putting Jewish education in a whole new light. I Federation and its Alliance for Jewish Education are charting a whole new direction in our approach to Jewish education. Over the past year, hundreds of volunteers, educators and parents have come up with lots of exciting ideas, from creative pre-school programs to formal and informal education opportunities for adults and families. Some of these ideas are already in...…

…Voices in Jewish Education \;,( WE 4</ • ROTH from page 54 lem, primarily for the middle class (even though the Jewish world seems to define that range as $60,000-$125,000). Education is expensive and Jewish edu- cation with a dual curriculum is even more so. Yet, the federation world has become sensitive to this issue. This has been particularly true in Detroit, whose Federation is gaining national attention for its commitment to Jewish ...…

…:wa I VARA%:, Each of us should be able to celebrate and enjoy all Jewish Holidays to the Auxiliary for Jewish Home and Aging Services in Partnership with Benefactors of The Jewish Home and Aging Services Cordially invite you to the Gus D. Newman 1954-1959 * Edward I. Fleischman 1960-1965 ere t 'c O. Lefton 1966.1970 wm honoring JHAS Past - Milton K. Mahler 1971-1973 -4 David J. Miro 1974-1976 Presidents is being ffitieffl/ est...…

…itorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com The Joy Of. Learning I f students are a school's lifeblood, teachers provide the heartbeat. It is because of teachers that our congregational schools either resonate with the joy of Jewish learning or become jarring turnoffs to Judaism. So it's no exaggeration to say that We good teachers in these schools help affirm Jewish identit...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Personal Note From A Grieving Parent reached out to us with personal notes t has taken me a long time to and contributions. We were extremely put words to paper, but I felt impressed and touched by these ges- compelled to write a follow-up tures. On the other hand, there were to my Canavan Disease article people who crawled into the wood- of Feb. 25 ("A Simple Test For Ashke- work to hide. We do under- nazim"). stand that d...…

…SPECIAL COMMENTARY What This Historic Moment Means For Us New York community is much better equipped to mobilize in the face of antisemitism he historic selection of Sen. — fighting Holocaust deniers, sup- Joseph Lieberman to run porting Israel, combating the show on the Democratic ticket trial in Iran — than to reorient its has been justly hailed as a communal structures to meet the turning point in American politics. In the Jewish communi...…

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…Your Support of Zionist Organization of America's Balfour Concerts makes this program possible For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest... Verse 1 LX11 - Isaiah ENTS: BALFOUR CONCERT oberg RS Batsheva R 2000 ZO A SCIIOLAIIIP RECIPI Chana Gittel Rothstein Josef Hochheiser Elisheva Blitz Adelle Jun def Jeffrey Singal Bloom Jennifer Chudnow Marissa Shuback Amanda Kirsch Cheryl Erica Silverstein David...…

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…e n e w Congregation Shaarey Zedek invites you to celebrate the New Year Saturday evening, September 23, 2000 F E A T P /Viva I , U v ( I R I i n rpm r re! A powerful film about friendship and reconciliation. Shown at 8:30 PM. Refreshments will be served. SELICHOT SERVICE WILL FOLLOW AT 1 1 :00 PM CONDUCTED BY RABBIS GRONER, WEISS, BITRAN AND KRAKOFF WITH INSPIRING LITURGY CHANTED BY CANTOR CHAIM NAJMAN AND THE SHAAREY ZEDEK ...…

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…• wrANganN.,' PY -At4 NI "A WA ft• ."0 q6, a a k wean, FREE-sponsored program caters to Detroit Russian Jews I sAs: .X.k:•ak,k, mmigrants from the former USSR have come a long way to have religious freedom," Rochel Kagan says of the clients she serves. But thanks to three young rabbis they don't have to go far to learn about their Jewish her- itage. As the program director of the Bais Chabad of North Oak Park/Friends of Refugees of...…

…• - • — c;N ,2 *". Community CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM Proudly Presents REBBETZIN ESTHER JUNGREIS World Renown Speaker & Author At the First Zalman & Dina Kamen Memorial Lecture Wednesday, September 20, 2000 at 8:00 pm Congregation Shaar Hashomayim 115 Giles E., Windsor, Ontario Admission: $10.00 Canadian or $7.00 US For more information please call: (519) 256-3123 Bargain Books 2507crovveooks 1000's of Jewish Publications S...…

…WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING Historic Jewish Cemetery Jewish Genealogical Society is hosting memorial service at Beth Olem. he Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan will host a community memorial service at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at Beth Olem Cemetery; formerly known as the Smith Street Cemetery, on the grounds of the General Motors Hamtramck Assembly Plant. There are 1,400 gravesites at the historic cemetery, though some are unidentified due t...…

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…Tay-Sachs Alert Temple Beth El Hosts Dr. Gordon Dr. Sol Gordon, psychologist, author, lecturer will be Temple Beth El's 2000 Bargman Scholar over the weekend of Sept. 22-23. Formerly chief psychologist at the Philadelphia Child Guidance and the Middlesex County Mental Health Clinics, Gordon has taught at Dr. Sol Gordon Yeshiva University and at Syracuse University, where he was professor of child and fam- ily studies and founding director of...…

…Community JOIN Students Complete Internships Thirteen college students recently completed internships sponsored by the Jeanette and Oscar Cook Jewish Occupational Intern (JOIN) program. For eight weeks during the summer, full-time college students work closely with professionals in areas of business administration, marketing and com- munications, research program plan- ning, human services and community relations. Through the paid intern- s...…

…AY WE SERVE YOU? Now only X49.95 Here's To... Sadye Bosin of Southfield, a 50-year member of Roy Green Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, was honored for bringing in the greatest amount of money for the recent poppy sale. Michael Howard Berkowitz, 11, a sixth-grader from Walled Lake, received four awards at his mid- dle school for acad- emics, athletics, achievement and performance in the honors choir. At...…

…Please attend our Health and Fitness Fair Friday, September 22 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Them1 4 46v utue4 elog at Tk Fotattakid THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN BBYOs Weiner Leads International Choose from spacious one- and two-bedroom apartments with a wealth of amenities. Enjoy the peace of mind of assisted living and Alzheimer's care on-site. Call or stop by to find out more about the continuum of care at THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN. Arnie Weine...…

…The turbocharged 2000 Saab 9-5. Hurry in for model year-end savings. Cohn-Haddow Holds Lectures Marriage strategies in North African Jewish families and the romanticiz- ing of the old Jewish quarters of Paris and Rome will be the focus of two free lectures. Both are presented under the auspices of the Cohn- Haddow Center of Judaic Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at Temple Emanu-El, scholar Joelle ...…

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…Synagogue Names Youth Director Susan Sinai has joined the staff of Congregation B'nai Moshe as Jewish family educator and youth director. The Jewish family education position is part of the Jewish Family Education Project of Metropolitan Detroit and is one of the Alliance for Jewish Education Initiatives in Jewish Education. Sinai holds an undergraduate degree in education from Wayne State Susan Sinai University, where she served on the board...…

…and is intereste n participatinsk SM EVIS for you: S (INGLES S M, SS TEEN MI II SS 1i ONiS lixacooit t 10" K fiat:to:17z STUDY TR II PS EXPER ENCE S'?%kG OG,‘JE To be eligible for a financial need scholarship, candidates must demonstrate need; for a merit scholar- ship, he/she must demonstrate leadership ability in the Jewish community. Candidates must donate to Federation's Annual Campaign, be between 13-28,` reside in Oakland, W...…

…JHAS Auxiliary Hears Evelyn Orbach The auxiliary for Jewish Home and ing Services will hold its fall open- ing meeting 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at Fleischman Residence/Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. The meeting will be fol- lowed by luncheon at noon. The program for the afternoon will be the single vignette "Tough As Nails," taken from the play The Day We Met by Kitty Evelyn Orbach Dubin. The speak- er, Evelyn Orba...…

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…Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m. Adat Shalom's Men's Club hosts rabbi who discusses P'tyl Tchailet, the quest for the lost color of tchailet, venturing into areas of arche- ology, chemistry and Torah. Dinner. $10 members, $15 others. (248) 851-5100. Glassman Party — Monday, Sept. 25, at 1 p.m. Parry with the Sam Barnett Orchestra, refreshments and presents, at the JCC, West Bloomfield. Free. Must RSVP: Randee Loberman (248) 661- 7649. ON CAMPUS Easter...…

…Visit us at our Web site: www.heslops.com • 'Ai/m-164 Deborah Hertz, professor of history, Sarah Lawrence College, speaks on "Two Paths for Jewish Women in Nineteenth-Century Germany: High Culture Mothers and Business Wives," at the Salinger Resource Center, Ann Arbor. (734) 763-9047. Professor Joelle Bahloul — Monday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies and the Dept. of Anthropology at Wayne State present Professo...…

…Mazel Toy! Shanah Tovah! Births Enjoy a sweet year when you join the Jewish Community Center during our Aug. 27 Apples & Honey Membership Special Join now and get greatly reduced rates on a year's membership.* TWO WEEKS ONLY! September 24 through October 8, 2000 For membership information, call the Kahn Building, (248) 661-7621 or the JPM Building, (248) 967-4030. Aug. 19 It's a Honey of a Deal! l a, It) ' TM _ *Application fee wa...…

…II! e Heritage Promised and They Delivered " I am free to spend my time as I wish, but there's always something to do. It keeps me out of trouble." the granddaughter of the late Esther Bolton. Alexi's most meaningful mitzvah project involved raising money to donate gifts for an orphanage. Attending Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham, Alexi is interested in acting, dance and singing. " Dinner is fun, the high point of the day. There's al...…

…Mazel Toy! Bar/Bat Blitzvill Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham. She is an accom- plished equestrian and is in the junior young rider division in com- petitive dressage. She also holds a black belt in karate. For her mitzvah project, Randi helped out weekly at Critter Connection, an adoption agency for abused and unwanted dogs. Someone is hcivin their 1st birthday.. or getting married, building a new home, taking that trip they've put o...…

…Detroit's Original Discounter STUDIOS restive Portraiture LEVIN'S BEAUTY SUPPLY granddaughter of the late Hannah Fishman and the late Bernice Neuman. Ruth is an honor student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. She enjoys play- ing the clarinet and the piano. She had a wonderful bat mitzvah trip to Israel over the summer that includ- ed a special ceremony at Masada. As part of her mitzvah projects, Ruth volunteered at Yad Ezra...…

…Financing As Low As Mazel Toy! 1. • 9APR % SATIRN® Bar/Bat Mitzvah Michael Aaron Rubyan will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 16, at Congregation Beth Ahm. Michael is the son of Deborah and Ara Rubyan and the brother of Esther. He is the grandson of Sara and Maxwell Nadis, Arsha Rubyan and the late R.P. Rubyan. He is also the great-grandson of Belle Nadis. Michael is an eighth-grade honor student at Hillel Day Sc...…