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Friday, April 5, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
Israeli Retarded Benefit
From Detroit Film Showing
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Actor Michael York, right, portrays Martin Gray in the film, "For Those
I Loved," making its Detroit debut at a benefit for AKIM.
AKIM, the Israel Association
for the Rehabilitation of the
Handicapped, will benefit from
the showing of the film, For Those
I Loved, when it makes its Detroit
debut at 8 p.m. April 15 at the
Maple 3 Theaters.
The film will be presented here
by the Detroit chapter of the
Friends of AKIM USA, Inc.
Detroiter Paul Zuckerman, who
is the chairman of the board of
Friends of AKIM USA, said the
goal of the benefit is to raise
$50,000 for the association. Ad-
vance tickets are being sold, and
no solicitations will be made at
Fiam's
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the event. Ivan Bloch is the De-
Horn
Apts.
12 Mee Rd
troit chapter president.
A variety of projects have com-
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menced under the AKIM auspices
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and are being maintained with
Southfield
the help of funds raised by its U.S.
and European affiliates. Among
the projects are day nurseries and
kindergartens, sheltered work-
shops, hostels for working adults,
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The hostels provide a group-
living residence for mentally re-
tarded who are capable of work-
ing. Workshops offer training
and/or employment facilities for
retarded adults. Socializing is
g encouraged at the many commu-
nity centers funded by AKIM. A
sports day is held for more than
1,800 youngsters from AKIM
sheltered workshops. For young
children, age 2-5, the association
offers speech therapy, coordina-
tion and movement. AKIM has
also embarked on a pilot project to
aid slow development infants.
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The film details the life of Mar-
tin Gray, a survivor of the
Holocaust who lost 117 members
of his family in the Treblinka
death camp. He served briefly
with the Soviet Army in Berlin
and by the end of World War II he
fled to New York. He became a
respected businessman, specializ-
ing in antiques, and had occasion
to meet Zuckerman while the De-
troiter was on a visit L, New York.
For a while the two lost contact,
and in the interim, Gray married
and had four children. However,
his happiness was not to last,
when for the second time in his
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life he faced tragedy as he lost his
family in a fire.
He contemplated suicide, but
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and set down his experiences in
what became his autobiography.
Twenty years after their first
meeting, Gray and Zuckerman
renewed their friendship. By this
time, Gray's book had been made
into a film, and Zuckerman ap-
proached him to show the film for
a benefit for the Israeli retarded.
A friend of charities specifically
aiding children, Gray readily
agreed.
Gray will be on hand at the
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been extended to Israel Ambas-
sador to the United States Meir
Rosenne.
Zuckerman said he hopes the
470-seat theater will be sold out
for the evening.
Patron and sponsor tickets are
available. For ticket information,
call Linda Bjerke, 645-9220.
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