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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016 WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016 THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016 A fun bicycle ride through Oak Park and Huntington Woods T A K E P R I D E . T A K E P A R T . 5K Family Fun Run: 8AM (Check-in: 7AM) One Mile Walk: 1:30PM Contact: Andre Douville andre@walkforisrael.org Register for either event visit: walkforisrael.org RUN: $18/runner, under 18 FREE, registration required WALK: No charge, registration requested A free Kosher lunch will be served at 12:30PM Yom HaZikaron Community-Wide Commemoration Ceremony 6PM The Berman Center for the Performing Arts 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield Contact Lisa Stearn at 248-502-2856 or stearn@jfmd.org There is no charge for this event. Celebrate Yom HaZikaron >`Ê9Ê>½Ìâ>ÕÌÊÊUÊÈ* Event includes davening and dinner Young Israel of Oak Park 15140 West 10 Mile Road RSVP by May 4th at Bit.ly/Yom2016 Contact: Yonatan Edrei at 248-764-0681 or badetroit@gmail.com Cost: $10 for kids; $18 for 15+ YOM HA'ATZMAUT CELEBRATIONS Carnival and Ramah Rib Burn-Off 3PM Hillel Day School 32200 Middlebelt Road Contact: Ariella Shaffren at 248-539-1307 or ashaffren@hillelday.org Wristbands covering fun and games: $20/person, in advance $25/person at the door Food is available for purchase separately. Celebration 5:30PM Akiva Hebrew Day School gymnasium 21100 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield Contact: Cheryl Jerusalem 248.386.1625x224 or cheryl.jerusalem@akiva.org Cost: $15/person, $50/family È*]ÊÀ`iÊ>ÌÊÇ* Congregation Beth Shalom 14601 Lincoln St, Oak Park Contact: Andre Douville at andre@walkforisrael.org Registration: www.walkforisrael.org No charge for this event Open to riders 12+ AT TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM ÎÊ7>ÕÌÊ>iÊ,>`ÊUÊ7iÃÌÊ wi`Ê/Üë AIPAC A Special Speaker Êvv>]Ê ivÊ*ÌV>Ê ÀÀië`iÌÊEÊ>ÞÃÌ /iÊiÀÕÃ>iÊ*ÃÌ 11AM (Check-in: 10:30AM) Contact: Orly Zinkow at (312) 253-8995 or ozinkow@aipac.org Advanced registration required at www.aipac.org/TSS16 No charge for this event 2092710 Ann Arbor H e often smokes, typically wields a weapon and some- times resembles a Mafioso. He wears a baseball cap, a business suit or a suit of armor. He is usually clean- shaven, and in at least one case, he has a Mohawk. Who is he? He is the rasha — the Wicked Son who appears in the Passover Haggadah. He and his counterparts — the Wise Son, the Simple Son and the Son Who Doesn't Know How to Ask — can now be viewed in their many versions at a unique exhibit at the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. "The Many Faces and Figures of the Four Sons in the Passover Haggadah" features 29 Haggadot from the Irwin M. Alterman Haggadah Collection. The exhibit, which runs through July, includes Haggadot of various shapes and sizes, ancient and modern, and in a number of different languages. The Alterman collection was acquired by the U-M Library last year with the help of the Frankel Center and is housed in the Special Collections Library of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. It includes more than 1,800 Haggadot and is believed to be one of the largest Haggadah collections in the world. The unique compilation belonged to the late Irwin M. Alterman of West Bloomfield and was donated by his widow, Marilyn McCall Alterman. "The contrasts among the depictions of the Four Sons are amazing to see as well as how often the same basic iconic types appear," noted Elliot H. Gertel, the U-M Library's Irving M. Hermelin Curator of Judaica. "The Wise Son is a sage or scholar. The Wicked Son is a warrior, ruffian, scoffer or scoundrel. The Simple Son is a bumpkin, a rustic or unlearned peasant. And the one who doesn't know how to ask is an infant, innocent babe or other naif. It's a way of looking at the Exodus story through the eyes of different types of people and exploring a variety of interpretations." A close examination can reveal just how varied those interpretations are. In one Haggadah, for example, the Wise Son is depicted as a Zionist. In another, it's the Wicked Son who appears along- side the Israeli flag. "These Four Sons represent the diversity of learning styles," said Jeffrey Veidlinger, director of the Frankel Center. "The Passover Haggadah com- mands that different pedagogical meth- ods be used to educate each of the four children. The exhibition demonstrates how tradition has changed over time and across space and celebrates both the heritage of Jewish education and the diversity of Jewish life." * Yaffa Klugerman is a program associate at the Frankel Center in Ann Arbor. A very famous rendition of the Four Sons from the Amsterdam Haggadah published in 1695 From The Haggadah of Passover by Abraham Regelson. The artist is Siegmund Forst. 46 April 28 • 2016 Yaffa Klugerman Special to the Jewish News The Four Sons Frankel Center Haggadah exhibit explores many versions of the siblings.