Dallas

After two years of studying together, the 39 members of the 12th class of Dallas’ Florence Melton Adult Mini-School at the Aaron Family JCC gathered together on May 16 with their families to celebrate their learning accomplishments.

The evening’s keynote speaker was Rabbi Irving Greenberg, who gave a profound and moving lecture on “The Triumph of Life.” The lecture and graduation was open to the entire community and was made possible by the generosity of The Morton H. Meyerson Family Tzedakah Fund and The Howard and Leslie Schultz Family Foundation.

Graduates are: Susan Ableman, Fonda Arbetter, Elaine Auerbach, Ginger Bear, Hannah Beren, Roberta Brooks, Jackie Danilewitz, Leslie Dworkin, Dana Feldman, Helen Feldman, Richard Frankel, Eileen Franklin, Sally Genecov, Laurie Ginsberg, La Rue Glazer, Lee Gleiser, Nancy Glick, Ronda Grimsley, Jacob Korman, Sarah Korman, Jane Lachman, Marsha Lev, Marla Lewins, Ellen Markus, Julie Miller, Esther Navias, Michelle Rickoff, Nancy Roffman, Arlene Sandgarten, Belindy Sarembock, Eileen Scheib, May Sebel, Helen Sutker, Susan Sutker, Shari Tobin, Diana Trillo, Stacie Turtledove, Ethel Zale and Lizzy Zinn.

For further information on how to sign up for Dallas classes, please contact Annie Glickman, Melton director, at 214-239-7140.

Fort Worth

The Fort Worth branch congratulates Richard Abrams, Arnold Barkman, Cathy Freid, Julienne Martinez, Joan Rosen, Sam Rosen, Barry Schneider, Dolores Schneider, Sara Wolin and Dianne Young, who graduated May 9.

The group is inviting one and all to join the coming academic year. All you need is two hours a week for 30 weeks,and $425. Partial scholarships are available in case of financial need. Everyone is invited to study, learn and enjoy. For further information, contact either David Saul at 817-332-5494 or david@saul.net, or Mona Karten at the Federation office at 817-569- 0892 or m.karten@tarrantfedertion.org

The new graduates are part of 3000 Mini-School students in 60 sites around the world who have completed the two-year course of study. The Florence Melton Adult Mini School, a project of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the largest pluralistic adult Jewish education network in the world, and the students and faculty in the Metroplex are proud to be part of this adult education network.