The National Council of Jewish Women, Michigan (NCJW|MI) is hosting Fall Focus – a free event at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township.

The event aims to address the incivility that has become the default for many interactions between people of differing faiths, political viewpoints and agendas, and is particularly apt at this time of turmoil both in the Middle East and closer to home.

It also will explore working solutions that attendees can implement into their personal interactions to foster connections rather than exchange inflammatory remarks. The panel discussions will be guided by the president of the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, Jeannie Weiner.

The panel will include:

• Pontus Leander, director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit
• Barbara Flayer, educator
• Josh Bennett, rabbi at Temple Israel
• Eva Murphy, student at Bloomfield Hills High School

To register for Fall Focus 2023, funded by The Sandra and Alfred Sherman Family Advocacy Fund, call 248-355-3300 ext. 0 or email mail@ncjwmi.org.