THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jane Sherman to Co-Chair
Project Renewal Committee
The appointment of De-
troiter Jane Sherman as
co-chairman of the National
Project Renewal Committee
has been announced jointly
by Jerold C. Hoffberger,
chairman of the United Is-
rael Appeal, and Herschel
W. Blumberg, chairman of
the United Jewish Appeal.
Mrs. Sherman, who also
was named a member of the
UJA board of trustees, has
played an active role in
Project Renewal since the
reation three years ago of
the plan to better the lives of
Israel's disadvantaged.
Campaign chairman this
year of the Detroit Jewish
Welfare Federation
Women's Division, Mrs.
Sherman served as chair-
man of the United Israel
Appeal Project Renewal
Committee until its merger
with the UJA committee.
The combined groups will
- set policy and assist in Proj-
ect Renewal campaigns
throughout the country.
Mrs. Sherman has
encouraged the "twin-
ning" of the Detroit
Jewish community with a
neighborhood in Ramla,
and Detroit holds the
leading position in Proj-
ect Renewal fund raising:
a total of $5.5 million
since 1979.
In a report presented at
the UIA board of directors
meeting in April, Mrs.
Sherman noted that more
than $44.7 million had been
approved and 1,000 sepa-
rate projects in 68
neighborhoods were al-
ready in operation.
This spring has been
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JANE SHERMAN
designated a "Season of Re-
newal" by the UJA in a
major effort to increase
American Jewry's involve-
ment in Project Renewal.
Blumberg named Robert
Russell of Miami as chair-
man of the national com-
mittee. Co-chairmen with
Mrs. Sherman are Joel
Breslau of Washington,
D.C., and Marilyn Brown of
South Bend, Ind.
Project Renewal is the
program of partnership be-
tween world Jewry and the
people of Israel for the com-
prehensive rehabilitation of
Israel's distressed
neighborhocds. Some $90
million has been pledged
nationally.
This year, Detroit will
take a more direct and
active role in planning and
implementing social and
capital projects in Ramla.
Of special importance is the
inclusion of visits to that
community in locally plan-
ning missions to Israel, Mrs.
Sherman said.
50,000 Trees Are Planned
for JNF Handleman Forest
A forest of 50,000 trees to
be planted in the American
Independence Park in Israel
will honor businessman-
philanthropist David Hand-
leman and his wife, Marion,
the 1981 honorees for
Jewish National Fund's
80th anniversary tribute
dinner scheduled for June
24 at Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
The forest will be named
the "David and Marion
Handleman Family For-
est," according to Alan E.
Schwartz, dinner chairman,
and Leonard N. Simons, co-
chairman. Ruben H. Isaacs
is president of Jewish Na-
tional Fund of Metropolitan
etroit. David B. Holtzman
s chairman of the special
projects committee.
Paul Zuckerman will de-
liver the keynote address at
the Handleman-JNF
dinner. Among th6 national
campaigns headed by Zuc-
kerman was the drivefor
funds to construct the
Hubert H. Humphrey
Parkway which is the major
road running through the
American Independence
Park.
Honorary chairmen for
the Handleman dinner,
all former recipients in
whose names forests
are planted in Israel,
include: Mrs. Morris
Adler, Messrs. and
Medames Louis Berry,
Morris J. Brandwine,
Irwin I. Cohn, I. Jerome
Hauser, Joseph H. tac-
kier, Charles Milan,
Harold T. Shapiro, Max
M.' Shaye, Philip
Slomovitz, Max Stollman,
David P. Zack, Paul Zuc-
kerman and Philip
Stollman.
Similarily honored were
the late Abe Kasle and the
late Bernard Isaacs.
For dinner information,
call the JNF office, 557-
6644.
Leukemia Fund
Blood Drive Set
In an effort to reduce
summer blood shortages,
the Children's Leukemia
Foundation will sponsor its
ninth annual blood drive
June 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the foundation's main
office, 19022 W. 10 Mile,
Southfield.
Donors must be between
the ages of 17 (with parental
consent) and 65 and in good
health. They will be
screened during registra-
tion. All donations are on a
volunteer basis and ad-
vance appointments are
encouraged, though walk-
ins- also will be accommo-
dated.
For information or to reg-
ister to donate, call the CLF,
353-8222.
Friday, May 29, 1981 41
Entertainment
Bendix Shows Kushner Models
Replicas of synagogues in
this area and throughout
the world, the art works of
Aid Kushner, resident ar-
tist at Temple Beth El, were
on exhibition in the atrium
of the Bendix Corp. head-
quarters in Southfield, May
18-22.
The exhibition, which
also included historic Tem-
ple Beth El photographs re-
presenting several decades
of Detroit-Jewish history,
were • part of the ethnic
recognition program series
of the Equal Opportunity
Advisory Council of the
Civic Affairs Office of Be-
ndix.
A reception hosting prom-
inent personalities was held
May 21, as part of the ex-
hibition, and the program
featured Bikurim, the
prize-winning Israeli folk
dance troupe and its voc-
alists.
The exhibited reprod-
uctions of the
synagogues traced
Jewish historic involve-
ments in this country and
in many overseas areas.
Minute, one-eighth inch
equalling 12-inch scale
models featured designs
from the artist's photo-
graphs, designs and
sketches, emphasizing the
unique items on exhibit.
The following synagogue
models with the locations of
the original buildings, were
in the exhibit:
Lutomiersk ; Poland;
Shearith Israel, New York
City; Mound Street Temple,
Cincinnati; Fassan-
nenstrasse, Berlin; Touro,
Newport, R.I.; Choral
Synagogue, Dvinsk, Latvia;
Altnieschul, Prague; Great
Synagogue, Stockholm;
Gates of Heaven, Madison,
Wis.; Shearith, Israel,
Montreal; Hebrew Union
College, Cincinnati; Wurms
Synagogue, Germany; Bal-
timore Hebrew, Baltimore;
Mill Street Synagogue, New
York City; Temple Beth El,
Traverse City, Mich.; Mik-
veh Israel, Philadelphia;
Bnai Israel, Cincinnati;
Temple Mikveh-Israel-
Emanuel, Curacao; Holy
Blossom, Toronto.
Kushner, a former De-
troit Lions trainer and
appliance salesman,
started his unusual re-
tirement art work while
recovering from an ill-
ness. His replicas have
traveled across the U.S.,
visiting some 30 cities.
Kushner has also created
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