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Temple Beth El is conducting a series of three classes called

"The Taste of Judaism"

The classes will take place on Tuesdays Oct. 14, 21,& 28 beginning at 7pm. 

Please call (968-9606) to register as seating is limited if you are able to attend.

 DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR JEWISH LITERATURE AND DISCUSSION SERIES

Battle Creek, Mich., Jul 28 – The deadline to register for Kellogg Community College’s Emory W. Morris Learning Resource Center’s reading and discussion series called “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature – Identity and Imagination” is Friday, August 8th. After the deadline, openings for the series will be on a first come, first serve basis. The first twenty participants to pre-register will receive a free tote bag and the books for the series.

The series explores Jewish literature and culture through scholar-led discussions of contemporary and classic books on a common theme. The library’s series will explore the theme of “Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming.” The library is one of over 330 libraries nationwide receiving grants to host the series developed by Nextbook and the American Library Association (ALA) with support from the Michigan Humanities Council. Local partners for the series are Lakeview High School, Miller College, and Temple Beth El.

The facilitator for the series is Barry Gross, Professor Emeritus of English, Michigan State University. Gross received his B.A. from city College of New York, his M.A. from Cornell University, and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He started teaching at Michigan State in 1966 and retired in 2001. He was associate chair of the English Department 1982-1989. In 1990 he founded the  Jewish Studies Program at Michigan State and was director of Jewish studies until 1995.

In addition to teaching at Michigan State he taught MSU programs in Dublin (Ireland) and London (U.K.), was Fulbright professor of American literature at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel), and Catholic University of Santiago (Chile), was visiting professor of English at the University of Lancaster (U.K.), Ege University (Turkey), Roehampton University (U.K.), and Tel Aviv University (Israel). He has also lectured under United States Information Agency auspices at libraries, colleges, and universities in Germany, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Romania, and Israel, and he is the author of forty articles and has delivered papers at fifty conferences. He was also the scholar/facilitator for “Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature” at the Farmington Hills Public Library and the Flint Public Library.

The first program will be held on August 27, 2008. All programs will be held at Kellogg Community College Morris Learning Resource Center, located at 450 North Avenue in Battle Creek. For details or to pre-register, please contact Martha Stilwell, (269) 965-4122, extension 2380.

Kellogg Community College was founded in 1956 by the Battle Creek Board of Education, which operated it until 1970 when voters created an area wide college district. The college, situated on sites in Battle Creek, Albion (Eastern Academic Center), Coldwater (Grahl Center), Hastings (Fehsenfeld Center), and Fort Custer Industrial Park (Regional Manufacturing Technology Center), offers nearly 100 pre-professional college/university transfer curricula, approximately 40 occupational associate degree programs aimed toward job preparation, and related training for apprenticeships.

Kellogg Community College provides customized training services designed and delivered to area businesses and institutions and a wide range of lifelong learning programs or personal enrichment. Over the past several years, hundreds of small businesses have received specialized training for thousands of employees and dozens of small businesses and individuals through the College’s customized training programs.

The college was fully reaccredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools during the spring semester of 2002.

Nicole Finkbeiner

(269) 966-4088 phone

(269) 209-4705 cell

finkbeinern@kellogg.edu