Weekly Highlights
November 9-13, 2025
EVERYONE WELCOME
Interest Groups are FREE!!!
Please note the following ZOOM information for ALL Meetings (unless otherwise indicated)
Meeting ID: 446 314 8235
Dial in: 312.626.6799
Zoom Passcode is IRP
the numeric passcode (776024) is for phone access
To maintain security for our meetings, ALL Zoom meetings will require being admitted from a Zoom waiting room.
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Music @ Main featuring Mustard's Retreat
2 pm - Free
West Bloomfield Library
4600 Walnut Lake Road, WB
IRP Detroit Host: Gersh Blumstein
Monday, November 10, 2025
Biography
"Kissinger"
by Walter Isaacson
3 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4463148235?omn=83009046727
Passcode: IRP
Dial in: 312.626.6799
Passcode: 776024
Hosted by: Michela Colosimo & Lou Colosimo
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
What is the Supreme Court Doing Now?
Discussions about current cases being heard
by the Supreme Court
led by
Howard Friedman, JD
Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Toledo College of Law
1 PM
Pleasant Ridge Recreation Center
4 Ridge Road, Pleasant Ridge
(248.541.2902)
Hosted by: Howard Friedman
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
World Wide Wednesdays
"Ready Now:
Cheap, Clean, Hydrogen/Ammonia Fuels
For 15% of the World's Energy"
(a fascinating interview)
presented by
Mike Walker, PhD
2:30 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85694411493
Meeting ID: 856 9441 1493
Passcode: IRP
Dial in: 312.626.6799
Passcode: 971717
Hosted by: Aaron Lupovitch, Mike Walker, Tev Estrin & Mal Hillman
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Current Events
Bring your articles to discuss
1 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88282622436
Meeting ID: 882 8262 2436
Passcode: IRP
Dial in: 312.626.6799
Passcode: 627029
Hosted by: Michela Colosimo & Paul Goodman
NEW IN-PERSON INTEREST GROUP
Howard Friedman is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Toledo College of Law. He taught courses in Constitutional Law, Corporate Law and Securities Regulation. He has also taught at the University of North Dakota, and as a visiting professor as several other law schools. He received his BA degree from Ohio State University, his law degree from Harvard Law School, and an LL.M. degree from Georgetown University. He has written 4 books and over two dozen articles and book chapters. Prof. Friedman has lectured widely to both professional and general audiences
He lived in Toledo, Ohio for over 30 years where he was active in the Ohio State Bar Association and numerous local, state and national Jewish community organizations. Howard now lives in the Detroit area. He is editor of Religion Clause blog—an award-winning resource on current developments in church-state and religious liberty issues. He is a past president of IRP Detroit and serves on the Community Relations Committee of the Detroit Jewish Federation.
Everyone is WELCOME ~ FREE!
For help in joining a Zoom session or for more information,
contact Paul Levine, President at 248.522.2440 or learning@irpdetroit.org.
Detroit History Bus Tour
PROHIBITION DETROIT
(Kosher snacks will be provided on the bus; limited on/off, so a good event for everyone)
Sunday December 7, 2025 at 2 PM
Bus pick-up/drop-off at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek (27375 Bell Rd, Southfield)
(park in the south-east corner of their parking lot)
Bring Friends ~ Everyone is WELCOME!
Limited space (first come, first served) - if this fills up, we will create a waiting list
Cost: 2026 membership dues at any of the listed levels in the link below
Paid reservations are due by Sunday, November 30, by going to the following link:
(If you prefer sending a check for your reservation/dues,
please make it out & mail to - include your phone no & email address:
IRP Detroit; 10775 W. 11 Mile Road; Huntington Woods, MI 48070)
This very special event is also a 2026 IRP Detroit Membership drive.
We encourage you to check out the dues options and consider supporting
IRP Detroit with an enhanced level of support.
(2025 members received $110 worth of discounts with more to come in 2026; so please consider increased dues amounts this year.)
100% of the dues go directly into programming & are tax-deductible.
For more information: learning@IRPDetroit.org or 248.522.2440
