78 Friday, February 28, 1986

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Where Do I Go To Meet
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"I'm tired of the bars. You can't be sure the people you
meet are Jewish and you can't even be sure they're
single. At work everyone is married. Besides, I don't like
to date people from the office — it leads to complica-
tions. I've already met all the available singles in my so-
cial circle. What now?"

This is the refrain heard
over and over by Millie
and Claire — founders of
LO-LA, the dating pro-
gram for Jewish singles. It
is heard all over the coun-
try where similar programs
are mushrooming in the
Jewish community. Ironi-
cally, as the number of
Jewish singles grows to
unbelievable proportions,
the difficulty in making
connections seems to get
greater.

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Singles used to meet
their partners in high
school or college, in the
synagogue or other Jewish
institutions in a Jewish
community which was
tight-knit and close. Now
our horizons have
expnded, our diverse pro-
fessions have mode us
mobile, our community is
dispersed and
heterogeneous. We need
new solutions for new
problems. And the Jewish
dating service has come
into its own. A growing
number of singles find it
expedient and useful to
turn to specialists to help
them meet others, to give
fate a nudge as it were,
instead of sitting back and
waiting.

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These programs take all
sorts of formats and pro-
cedures. Some are purely
mechanical, relying on
new technology, the
computer to accept input
and spew forth output in
the form of acceptable
names. But the most suc-
cessful are those in which
personal attention, caring
sympathetic listeners, dig-
nity and confldentiallity
are the bywords. Many of
the people attracted to
these services are the
YUPPIES, successful, attrac-
tive, educated people
who hove limited time for
social life and would like
to use the service as a
screening procedure.
There is every desire,
however, to cater to
people of all backgrounds
and all ages.

In our own community
two women have under-
taken to start a dating
program some two years
ago. They called it LO-LA,
in Hebrew, for him - for
her. Millie Rosenbaum
and Claire Arm were de-
eply concerned about the
rate of intermarriage, and
attributed it to some ex-
tent to the fact that eligi-
ble Jewish singles just did
not. meet other congenial
singles during the course
of their normal social con-
tacts. And so LO-LA was
born. For a very modest
fee, one of the lowest of
any such service in the
country, a single can be-
come a member for a
year. This membership is
preceded by a no obliga-
tion interview, at which
time there takes place a
discussion' about the
background, interests,
preferences of the candi-
date.

During the course of the
one year membership,
names are submitted to
the members by mail.
These names are selected
on the basis of the inter-
view, and the memory,
impressions and intuition
of Millie and Claire.

In two years time, close
to one thousand people
have' been interviewed:
Hundreds have joined.
LO-LA is very proud of
nine marriages resulting
from their introductions, al-
though it considers itself
not a matrimonial service
but a doting program.
LO-LA is proud of com-
ments it receives — "I did
not fall In love but I met
lots of lovely people" — "I
made some good friends
" — "Your service is so
badly needed" — "You
are doing God's work."

LO-LA invites all eligible
people who are in-
terested In joining us to
coil or write.

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FEB. 23 — Dr. and Mrs. Steven
B. Berlin (Jill Krauser) of Far-
mington Hills joyfully announce
the birth of their daughter,
Arielle Galit. Proud grand-
parents are Al and Sheila
Krauser of Delray Beach, Fla.,
and Louis and Evelyn Berlin of
Southfield. Proud great-grand-
mothers are Esther Schnee of
West Palm Beach, Fla., and Fan-
nie Whiteman of West Bloom-
field.
FEB. 21 — Mr. and 'Mrs. Bob
Jaffe of West Bloomfield are de-
lighted to announce the birth of
their daughter, Lauren Jennifer.
The thrilled grandparents are Al
and Yolette Jaffe and Joe and
Esther Lowen, all of Southfield.
Great-grandparents are Mar-
garet and Max Lichtenstein,
Anna Leopold and Berdie Jaffe.
FEB. 20 — Former Detroiter
Rabbi Gershon Podolsky and
Sarah Podolsky announce the
birth of their daughter, Esther
Yehudis, sister to Chaim Dovid,
Yehudah Yosef, Simcha and Gol-
die. Proud grandmother is Freda
Podolsky of Southfield.
FEB. 13 — Robert and Joan (Rot-
tenberg) Lipsitz of Birmingham
are happy to announce the birth
of their son, Michael Howard,
brother to Brian Matthew. Proud
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Lipsitz and Dr. and Mrs. E.
Newton Rottenberg of West
Bloomfield. Proud great-grand-
parents are Mrs. Sally Goldstein
and Mrs. Ann Rottenberg of
Southfield. Michael is named in
memory of his paternal great-
grandmother Helen Zack.
FEB. 10 — Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Rotenberg (Kathy Bailey) of
Southfield joyfully announce the
birth of a son, Joshua Daniel.
Proud grandparents are Milton
and Terry Rotenberg of West
Bloomfield and Odem and Emma
Bailey of Wyandotte. Proud
great-grandmother is Mrs. Alice
Rotenberg of Southfield. Joshua
Daniel is named in loving mem-
ory of his paternal great-grand-
fathers Mr. Julius Rotenberg and
Mr. Louis Haller and his mater-
nal great-grandfather Mr. Daniel
Whitaker.

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Martin and Sharon
(Blechman) Gene of Farmington
Hills joyfully announce the birth
of their daughter, Pamela
Michelle, sister to Faya Renee
and Benjamin Jacob. Proud
grandparents are Izaak and
Sonia Blechman of West Bloom-
field and Dora Gene of South-
field. Pamela Michelle also is the
granddaughter of the late Mr.
Paul Gene.
FEB. 7 — Dr. and Mrs. Bruce
Fogel (Marcia Kutnick) of South-
field are happy to announce the
birth of their daughter,
Samantha Lynn, sister to Jen-
nifer Michelle. Proud grand-
parents are Harold and Yetta
Kutnick of Boca Raton, Fla., and
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Fogel of
Southfield.
FEB. 7 — Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey
Gold (Sally Gustafson) of
Plymouth joyfully announce the
birth of their daughter, Katelyn

Elizabeth, sister to Amy Louise
and Eric Matthew. The proud
grandparents are Doris Gould
and Richard Gold of Southfield
and Roy and Jean Gustafson of
Ypsilanti. Katelyn Elizabeth is
named in loving memory of her
paternal great-aunt and great-
uncle Frances and Manual Mac-
kie.
FEB. 6 — Estelle (Shelli) Bank
and Michael Rosenzweig of Ann
Arbor are happy to announce the
birth of their son, Zachary Felix,
grandson of Frances Rosenzweig,
former Detroiter of Hallandale,
Fla, and Shoshana and Irving
Bank of Southfield. Zachary
Felix is named in loving memory
of his paternal grandfather Mr.
Felix Rosenzweig.
FEB. 4 — Former Detroiter Dr.
Kenneth Bruss and Mrs. Bruss
(Lois Reibstein) of Lexington,
Mass., are delighted to announce
the birth of their second child,
Andrew Reibstein. Proud grand-
parents are Gertrude Bruss of
Southfield and Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Reibstein of Coconut
Creek, Fla.

FEB. 4 —

Robb and Rhonda
Feldman (Rhonda Baruch, for-
merly of Southfield) of Wilmette,
Ill., joyfully announce the birth of
their daughter, Dana Baruch
Feldman. Proud grandparents
areLeonard and Ann Baruch of
Southfield and Hal and Barbara
Feldman of Northbrook, Ill. The
maternal great-grandparents are
Abraham and Hilda Kaufman of
Windsor, Ont. The paternal
great-grandmother is Rose Wit-
tenberg of Riverwoods, Ill. Dana
is named in loving memory of her
maternal great-grandmother
Dora Baruch.
JAN. 26 — Gary A. and Fonda C.
Schwartz (Droz) of Southfield joy-
fully announce the birth of their
precious daughter, Brittani Jes-
sica. Proud grandparents are
Edward and Rosalyn Droz of
Southfield and Louis and Flora
Schwartz of Biimingham. Proud
great-grandmother is Sarah
Wohl of Southfield. Brittani Jes-
sica is named in loving memory
of her paternal great-grand-
mother Dora Schwartz and her
maternal great-grandfather Mr.
Samuel Wohl and her maternal
great-uncle Mr. Joseph Droz.
JAN. 22 — Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Adery (Marcie Rotenberg) of
West Bloomfield joyfully an-
nounce the birth of a son, Ruben
Eli, brother to Estee Jessica.
Proud grandparents are Milton
and Terry Rotenberg of West
Bloomfield. Proud great-grand-
mother is Mrs. Alice Rotenberg of
Southfield. Ruben Eli is namedin
loving memory of his paternal
grandfather Mr. Ruben Adery
and dear friend Mr. Eli Cohen.
JAN. 18 — Cookie Kaftan and
Sandy Saltsman of Southfield are
absolutely thrilled to announce
the birth of their first child,
Jenna Logan. Proud sisters are
Kylee and Coryn. A very proud
grandmother is Betty Kaftan of
Reseda, Calif. Jenna is lovingly
named in memory of her mater-
nal grandparents Jack and Lil-
lian Kaftan. '.
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