UP FRONT Handbags Jewelry Accessories WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION OF GRADUATION CARDS 50% OFF STOP IN SOON TO GET THE BEST SELECTION. BEL-CREST PHOTO 6698 ORCHARD LAKE ROAD — Luggage Briefcases Wallets REMEMBER THE DADS & GRADS! IN THE WEST BLOOMFIELD PLAZA 851-5840 1 A 04 416 1 1 APPLEGATE 357-1800 TRAVELERS TOWER 356-1800 1/25A. THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND OF DETROIT Invites you to attend the Keter Shem Toy Award Dinner honoring SENATOR JACK FAXON In Recognition of his leadership, many services and con- tributions to the community, the State of Michigan, the Nation and the State of Israel. MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1988 Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield Cocktails: 6 p.m. Dinner: 7 p.m. Convert $175 General Chairman: HAROLD BERRY Dinner Co-Chairpersons: Leon Cohan Richard Doerer Sam Frank David Hondleman Bob Jacobs Ira Jaffe William Kahn Dr. Charles Kessler SUE ELLEN EISENBERG President JNF Council of Greater Detroit William Kessler Harold & Barbara Marko Milton J. Miller Joseph Nederlander Joel Nosanchuk Spencer M. Partrich EDWARD ROSENTHAL Executive Director JNF Council of Greater Detroit For further information and reservations, please call JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (313) 557-7016 or (313) 557-7059 12 FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1988 I Leon Cohan Continued from Page 5 person outside of the black community who contributes outstanding service to the black community. During his term, Cohan also was awarded the Israel Histadrut Memorial Award for leadership and the Fellowship Award of the American Arabic and Jewish Friends of Metropolitan Detroit. "He acted to bring in good, young leadership and did an effective job of reaching out to key ethnic leaders," said Allan Gale, acting director for the JCCouncil. "He raised the stature of the organiza- tion in the non-Jewish com- munity." Cohan, 58, came to the Jewish Community Council as a behind-the-scenes strategist who was well respected by politicians, yet unknown to the public. His resume includes a 12-year stint as deputy at- torney general of Michigan and 15 years at Detroit Edison, where he currently holds the position of senior vice president and legal counsel. Aside from his 25- to 30-hour a week JCCouncil role, Cohan serves as chair- man of the Michigan Board of Ethics and chairman of the Michigan Council for the Arts. Gov. James Blanchard appointed Cohan to both boards. Leon Cohan: Stepping up. "I learned a lot and met a lot of good people," said Cohan, who will continue to serve on the JCCouncil's ex- ecutive committee. Cohan said he intends to speak out more openly on Jewish issues. Paul D. Borman, JCCouncil treasurer during the Cohan administration, will take over the helm. He ran unopposed for the Council's highest volunteer office. The Council has hired David Gad-Harf, executive director of the Jewish Com- munity Relations Council in St. Louis, to be the new ex- ecutive director. He will replace Alvin Kushner, who retired in March. Apartments Continued from Page 5 freeway is under construction behind the Jewish Center. The deck will have a "passive park," according to Naimark, containing walking paths, benches and a small play area. A more active park was constructed on the first deck, east of Church Street behind Congregation B'nai Moshe, which includes a baseball dia- mond and a small parking lot. The two decks, and a third to be constructed east of Southfield Road, were negotiated by representatives of the Orthodox community to allow pedestrian access from the heavily Jewish neighborhoods north of the freeway to the Orthodox synagogues along 10 Mile Road. The decks and the Phase IV apartments were considered compensation to Oak Park and Southfield for the homes and apartments taken by the freeway. Naimark credited Mark Schlussel and two Oak Park mayors, the late David Shepherd and current Mayor Charlotte Rothstein, for get- ting the decks in place. "They were a long time in coming?' Naimark said. "We had a tough time getting Washington to accept the fact that they had made a commit- ment. Finally, three years ago, Charlotte Rothstein took a delegation to Washington, rounded up the Levins (Carl and Sander) and other politi- cians behind her, and pound- ed on the table?' NEWS h"-- Veggies Push Prices Up Tel Aviv (JTA) — An unex- pectedly high increase in the cost-of-living index in April has caused concern in govern- ment, labor and management circles. The rise was 2.7 percent, which works out to an annual inflation rate of over 20 per- cent, double the rate hoped for by the Finance Ministry. The culprit was a net rise of more than 20 percent in the prices of fruits and vegetables.