…C om mu ni ty Avraham Jacobovitz will lead a discus- sion on "The Non-Physical God." The program will be hosted by Margery Klausner, and will include a deli lunch before the lecture. There is no charge. For information and reservations, call Machon, (248) 967 0888. Machon L'Torah will hold a deli dinner co-sponsored by the Michigan State University Hillel 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, at MSU Hillel. Rabbi Jacobovitz will lead a discussion on "...…
…emi-Annual Inventory Reduction 1RP Hosts Lunch, Learn The relationship between Jews and African-Americans will be the subject of the Institute for Retired Professionals next lunch and learn at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the my Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center. Featured speakers will be Maxine Grumet and Michele Morgan. Dr. Grumet is a psychologist who practices in Birmingham. Dr. Morgan is a psychiatrist in private practice in D...…
…Community CHaZaKaH Music Program Wedding Dress Washington Street , Michigan 48067 f3. 544. 9111 CHaZaKaH, the Adat Shalom seniors, will feature entertainer Penny Steyer at a spring luncheon and program 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the syna- gogue. Ms. Steyer is a vocalist, musician, producer and director. As a classical artist, she has toured Romania and Poland and has appeared with promi- nent orchestras. The program is open to all c...…
…Passover Treat Jacob Plotnick, 4, makes charoset at the JCC's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building as part of the Child Development Center's story time and charoset factory program. Amy Neistein lends a hand. Pho to by Krista Husa China & Gifts Take an additional 20% off our everyday low prices on select dinnerware, flatware, stemware, and giftware. "Secret Garden" by Nikko When it rains, it pours. i Sisterhood Hosts Annual Art Fair The Tem...…
…An Ongoing Conversation A U-M med student and his college sweetheart plan a life together helping the less fortunate. Melissa Moskof and Adam Dorfinan WEDDING DATE: May 3, 1998 HONEYMOON: San Francisco and the Napa Valley Adam Dorfman and Melissa Moskof Happy together. FINAL DESTINATION: (1-- Boston JULIE EDGAR News Editor I t was more obvious to other members in their student group at Yale that something was per- colating between ...…
…azel Toy --- ti Births March 20 Bruce and Karen Winkleman Furman of Palo Alto, Calif, joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Talya Eliana. Welcoming Talya home is her big brother Aryeh Lev, 3 years old. Sharing in their joy are grandparents 'Herbert and Joyce Furman of Farmington Hills. Talya is also the granddaughter of the late Harold and Lois Winkleman of Cranston, R.I. March 16 Kari (Kutinsky) and Jeffrey Provizer welcome with...…
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…Mazel Toy s About Its — ell The Jewish News wants to spotlight your SIMCHA for our new Mazel Tov section. If you're celebrating your engagement, wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, brit, baby naming, special anniversary, or 100th (or older) birthday, LET US KNOW! Send us a short description of your special event, including your name, phone number, and a photograph of the person(s). If JN chooses you, you will be contacted for more informat...…
…Do You See Israel in Your Future? We can help you get there! If you're a teen or young adult age 18-35 and are considering an Israel study program,. you may be eligible for financial assistance and/or a merit scholarship. The Michigan/Israel Connection can tell you what Israel Experience programs and subsidies are available. For informa- tion and an application, call (248) 645-7878 today. Or, e-mail miconn@jfmd.org. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AV...…
…Temple Israel's Exciting New Singles Group Synagogues JEMS Cordially Invites You to an Elegant Saturday May 2, 1998, 8 PM At Temple Israel Proper Attire Requested This is the Singles Event of the Year... Due to Limited Availability, Early Reservations are Urged RSVP, Susie Leemaster 248-661-5700 $36 In advance $50 At the door Charge it or Mail Check Payable to Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323 CONSERVA...…
…Annual ring Sale! roner, Stephen Weiss. Cantors: Chaim Najman, Sidney Rube. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:45 a.m.; Monday and Thursday 7:30 a.m.; daily and Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 a.m., 8:10 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. SHAAREY ZEDEK B'NAI ISRAEL CENTER 4200 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248) 681-8247. bbi: Leonardo A. Bitran. Services: Saturday 9 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.; Monday and Thursday 7 a.m.; Tuesday, Wednesd...…
…Synagogues Bridal Couture presents St. Pucchi Thursday, April 23rd 10am - 8pm SHAAREY SHOMAYIM 15110 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 542-4444. Rabbi: Leo Goldman. Gabbai: Michael Weiss. Services: Friday at candlelighting; Saturday 9 a.m.; weekdays 6:45 a.m.; Sunday 7:50 a.m.; daily Minchah-Ma'ariv at sunset. Friday, April 24th 10am - 6pm Saturday, April 25th 10am - 5pm SHAAREY ZEDEK 610 Giles Blvd., Windsor, Ontario, (519) 252-...…
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…HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROWTM eniTHE APPLE TREE Mrs. Applebaum: Everybody Prays ., Or Nobody Plans . My Michael: In One World, Mikey Is Perfect Profile: The Singing Rebbe Oh, You Beautiful Baby: A Great Time At The Fair On our cover: Photo by Krtsto Huso. Congratulations to our coloring-contest winner Meagan Bebchuk of West Bloomfield. We also received terrific art from: /—' Here's the winner! Bryan Skulsky, West Bloomfield Je...…
…ProFiLe The Music Man .7 eiitiiiing Rebbe Alter wants to por- tray Judaism "in the best possible sense, the way it is." the Afikimloir Swig Rebbe Alter finds music is the perfect way to teach Judaism. Diane Schaeffer AppleTree Staff Writer I is Friday morning in Jerusalem. The children at a neighborhood Bais Yaakov day-care center enjoy their final minutes of play before donning their coats and backpacks and going home. In the backgrou...…
…ELITE tray Judaism in the best possible sense, the way it is."' He tried to draw his young students out, "to depict to them exactly the situ- ation that I'm singing and speaking about." He encouraged them to inter- act, to sing and dance together and —make up their own skits. • His students would return home and sing what they learned from Rebbe Alter for their parents. But they might forget part of a song, or it might be a song the parents w...…
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…My MicHAeL C o S ' NNIECT N FOR THE SUMMER OF A LIFETIME "A■ Quiet Place my friend left, he immediately hat's that?" asked stopped his repetitive behavior. Mikey, pointing to the "Mikey, why do you do that?" I outside of the potato- asked as he looked at the ceiling. /—' chip bag he had been struggling "Why you do that?" he repeat- to open. My husband and I ed. Echoing what has just been looked at each other. Mikey was said is common i...…
…BooKs See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me In her new book, Detroit native Joyce Golden Seyburn offers a "mind-body approach" to parenting. Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor oyce Golden Seyburn is a graduate of Wayne State Uni- versity and a former teacher and journalist. In Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child (The Berkeley Publishing Group), she encourages parents to apply Ayurve- da, an ancient approach using medi- tatio...…
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…OH YoU BeAltriFuL BaBY Baby, Baby I t was just what the doctor (the obstetrician, that is) ordered. "Bringing Up Baby: A Jewish Early Childhood Expo," held recently at the FPM Jewish Community Center, featured cooking and baby-massage demonstrations, booths with everything from vitamins to picture frames, and fun for the older siblings, too. The program was hosted by the Neighborhood Project and the JCC, with co-sponsors the Jewish Federatio...…
…=Reviews Would you like to be a book reviewer for The AppleTree? We accept "resumes" from both adults and children. Please send your name, photo, address and phone number and a brief description of why you would like to review books. When we con use your services, we'll get in contact with you `Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor Purim Play (Little, Brown and Co.) by Roni Schotter Reviewed by Molly Roth Every year in the month of Adar, F...…
…Celeb, ate With Us! J oin us as we recognize eight special senior adults for their years of community volunteerism and dedication. oceeds from this event support JFA's mission of providing a community of caring people and inventive programs to promote active, independent lives for JFA residents. The Fifth Annual Installation into the OVER Senior Adult Jewish Hall Of Fame Tickets are $50 per person and includes brunch. To purchase tick...…
…EdItoR's NoTe For An Affair To Remember Everyone Plays I recently had an unfortunate experience with the telephone. My daughter, Adina, 6, called to invite a friend over. This friend I'll call her Sarah — promptly informed Adina, "But I'm already playing with Julie," then hung up. Adina quietly put her head on her hands and began to cry. No, she was sobbing. I tried everything: all those magic tricks parents hope : will offer a cure whenev...…
…SUNDAY Peter, Paul & Mary For tickets: Ticketmaster (248) 645-6666 or Detroit Opera House (313) 961-3500 Israel rest v 98 I Chava Alberste n I " $1.50 Detroit Opera House restoration charge will be added to ticket price Detroit Zoo JUNE 14 6 PM Join the walk for Israel (leaving 4:30pm from JPM Center), enjoy Israeli art, exhibitions, music, dancing and more! IS RAE L W } In tribute to Israel's fallen soldiers Yom Hazikaron Ap...…
…To lisrael. ith Love Throughout decades of struggle and achievement, the Jewish community of Detroit has stood at Israel's side. Together we have mourned the losses of her young men and women in war. To ether we have rejoiced in her g victories -- the rescue and homecoming from lands of dispersion, the advances in science and technology, the slow, often painful moves toward peace. We have shared our pride in the emergence of a strong...…
…A 4 V; NA ..4tAt. Trading Paychecks For Book Bags Young adults go back to school full-time, part-time, anytime just to get a career leg up. 4/17 1998 78 MATT MOSSMAN Special to The Jewish News a) Pull a postal worker stunt and kill your boss. o you're pluggin' along in your starter job, doing the dirty work — making coffee, faxing and faithfully waiting for the boss to notice. Then some cretin named Goober who's been with the compan...…
…▪ world a few years, you're at an advantage. Having a job should give you a reference point: You know what the working world is all about, so you know what you need to thrive there. "You need to analyze what's work- ing for you, and what's not," advises Sharon Vaughters, coordinator of career counseling and advising at the University of Michigan. "I used that time to get out, put on a suit and pretend I was a grown- up," Lowell Friedman, 26, ...…
…Rabbi Levi Shemtov exceeds his goals and sets new ones for the Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News S ophisticated, knowing, aware. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, those words make up the definition of the slang version of the word "hip." They are also words that easily could describe Levi Shemtov, a 27- year-old Lubavitch rabbi. Bui: hip? That might be a stretch. The man can't tell you...…
…When Your Friends Show Up In Pairs SUSAN SHAPIRO Special to The Jewish News T he heroine of Was It Some- thing I Said? is Justine Schiff, a very funny 31- year-old dark-haired Jewish single woman living alone on Manhat- /- tan's Upper East Side. The book's author, Valerie Block, is a very funny 34-year-old dark-haired Jewish single woman living alone on the Upper West Side. "But Justine isn't me," Valerie says of her kooky character. "She's...…
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…Photo cour tesy o f The Jewish Museum o f Maryland Rabbinate of Their Own For female Conservative rabbis, acceptance is an ongoing struggle. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News III L here are times when Rabbi Greta Bernard Brown tires of the names she is called and bristles at the looks she is given. As one of 87 female Conservative rabbis in North America, she is fre- quently referred to as the rebbetzin, a reference to the...…
…Different Goals; A JTS Study a y finds disparities in thejobs male and female rabbis • g o for and win upon ordination. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News hile no comprehensive study has been done on the placement and career advancement of 4/17 1998 84 female ordination and make a recom- mendation for the 1979 Rabbinical Assembly Convention. To the administrators of the JTS and to those deciding the question of ordination ...…
…for females such as rape, incest and ordeals of adulteresses. "He had been unaware that there was such a theme until I pointed it out," said Orenstein, who is the editor of the Lifecycles Book Series on Women in Jewish Life. Others found more disturbing the existence of a non-egalitarian minyan \_, offered at the same time as an egalitar- ian option. "As a student, you were aware of which fellow students and which fac- ulty members worshipped ...…
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…Lookin' For Love Filmmaker Julie Davis brings her own experience to a romantic comedy about relationships in the '90s. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staj7Writer new movie about a 25-year- old neurotic Jewish virgin has everything to do with the woman who wrote it. Julie Davis, 29, penned the script for I Love You, Don't Touch Me! at a time when she was trying to come to terms with being an adult, sexually inexperienced woman. She laughs when asked if...…
…Tenth Annual Samuel M. Levin Economics Award Lecture Davis was raised Reform but rebelled against her heritage. It was not until she spent time in France and Germany during college that she "completely became" one with my culture. "It's such a huge part of who I am. Even in my film — you know that the characters are Jewish, which you usu- ally don't [see] in most movies." Her next film also features strongly Jewish characters. Like the hit Fo...…
…Brickman performs at the Gilmore Festival, a nine-day celebration of keyboard music. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to The Jewish News C omposer-musician Jim Brickman thinks of the piano as his personal voice. When he records or appears in concerts, Brickman performs only pieces he has written, choosing to connect with audiences through a style that combines pop, lyrical and New Age sounds. Brickman's music, doing well in record stores, comes to M...…
…When he can take time out from his international touring, the single Brickman likes to swim, bike and work toward getting his pilot's license. "It's exciting to know that this music has become so popular and that people are finding a way to use this music to their benefit, whether it's to play in the background of a dinner parry or to play while doing yoga, taking a bath or mak- ing out," he said. El Jim Brickman's Gilmore Festival performan...…
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…Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Join us for a Great Personality MITCH ALBOM all of the flowers and all of the years she has longed for the comfort of a piece of earth that holds her past." their extraordinary humanitarian deeds. With the advent of democracy in 1991, almost all of Albania's Jews emi- — Linda Bachrack grated to Israel, and it was there that Sarner learned of their heroic rescue. Suzanne Stern's jewelry is exh...…
…In honor of our 40th Anniversary iTNEntertainment The City of Southfield proudly presents a special Celebration Concert Featuring the legendary Lou Rawls Friday, May 8, 1998 at 8:00 pm Southfield Centre for the Arts 24350 Southfield Road Tickets: $30 and $35 Tickets available at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers including Hudson's and Harmony House Stores. To charge tickets by phone, call 248/645-6666. Tickets also available at Southfie...…
…tittiterg Tht got to talk to celebrities both in and out of music." Those included the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa and 'All In The Family" star Carroll O'Connor. "In 1991 I gave up on music alto- gether and concentrated on talk," he adds. 'A talk format is something that no programming director would even look at on an FM station. I gear myself to a younger audience and ask the tough questions." Like talk radio icons Howard Stern and Don Imu...…
