News in Brief

Rabbi to talk on Jewish values

"Jewish Values: Their Application and Adaptation" will be the theme of a series of Wednesday workshops by Rabbi Barry Silberg at Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.

Printed materials and light refreshments will be provided at the workshops, which will be held from noon to 1:15 p.m. April 12 and 26, May 10 and 24, and June 7.

Silberg suggests that the conversations will be of special interest to the parents and grandparents of young children. Each session will include practical advice on how to teach and encourage such values as civility, respect for parents and teachers, trustworthiness, self-control, humility, modesty and chastity, courtesy, learning and discipline.

To register, call 964-4100.

Service set at hotel for Good Friday noon

Good Friday services designed to fit into a busy lunch hour will be held in the Lakeshore Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 333 W. Kilbourn Ave. The Rev. Dale L. Radke, of Servant of the Savior Free Lutheran Church, will deliver the message "Under the Shadow of the Cross" during a worship service that will last from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Special music will precede the service.

Exhibit to commemorate end of Nazi death camps

An exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps will open at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Rubenstein Center for 20th Century Jewry at Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.

The exhibit, which contains items chosen from the Wisconsin Jewish Archives of the Golda Meier Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will continue there through May 7.

Saul Sorrin, director of Area Team 6 of the International Refugee Organization during the years after World War II, will speak on the will to live that motivated Holocaust survivors. Sandy Hoffman, president of the Generation After, will talk about that organization's project to videotape the recollections of survivors of the Holocaust.

Video, `rock drama' on Jesus planned

Members and visitors at Parkview Community Church in Franklin will get a head start on Easter at 10 a.m. Sunday when they celebrate the life and death of Jesus with a "rock drama."

The small mission congregation of the Evangelical Free Church meets in the gymnasium of Southwood Glen Elementary School, 9090 S. 35th St.

"Why Is Easter So Important?" will be the subject not only for Pastor Tom Murel's brief message, but also for two short dramas, a rock musical with full band, and a specially prepared video.

Service for disabled on Holy Saturday

Easter will be celebrated in advance at First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa, 1511 Church St., where a service for physically handicapped people will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Holy Saturday, April 15.

At the church, volunteers will offer help to those wanting assistance to and from their own cars. Interim Senior Minister Bob Wilch will conduct the service, which will include communion.

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