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 * t 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. 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