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Tzvi Burstyn: Community Volunteer

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1988

NAME: Harry Howard Burstyn
AGE: 39
OCCUPATION: Partner in Downtown
Paper and Metal Recycling, located in
Detroit.
RESIDENCE: Southfield.
FAMILY: He is married to Marjorie
Adelsberg. Five children: Jaron,
attending the Ottawa Torah Institute;
Joshua, residing in a foster home
because , he is developmentally disabled;
Aliza and Naomi, attending Akiva
Hebrew Day School; Aviva in nursery
school. His mother, Rose Burstyn, and
brother, Leonard, live in Israel.
EDUCATION: B.A. degree from the
University of Windsor in sociology.
Graduate work at the University of
Windsor.
SYNAGOGUE: Shomrey Emunah.
ORGANIZATIONS: President of Parents for
Torah for All Children (PTACH) for the
last three years. Chairman of the
Orthodox Jewish community blood bank
and drive. Board member of Akiva
Hebrew Day School. Volunteer for
JARC.
FAVORITE BOOK: The Yeshiva by Chaim
Grade.
HOBBIES: Making wine, needlepoint and
volunteer work.
LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: "Starting to
get people interested in a day school for
the emotionally impaired."
PHILOSOPHY: "Say little and do a lot.
I'm basically governed by the sayings of
the fathers."

BACKGROUND: Tzvi Burstyn grew up in
Windsor and lived there for 26 years.
His parents settled in Windsor after
World War II to be near the rest of the
family. They started Burstyn's dry goods
store which was sold in 1968.
Although Burstyn lived in Windsor,
he attended the Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah in Detroit. "I commuted every
day," he recalls. He was graduated from
high school from the St. Louis
Rabbinical College.
In 1968, he went to Israel to
continue his studies and met his wife
the following year at Bar-Ilan
University. After their marriage, they
lived in Windsor.
In 1975, the family decided to move
to Detroit because their eldest son
needed a day school. "We also wanted a
more active, Jewish community?' he
says.
Burstyn became involved in the
Detroit Jewish community with many
volunteer programs. When his eldest
son was found to have learning
difficulties, he volunteered at PTACH.
"After he was successful, I felt thankful
for the institution and became actively
involved." He explains that PTACH
helps learning disabled youngsters, but
the major goal is to give children
self-worth.
Burstyn also is involved with the
Jewish Association for Retarded
Citizens. He hopes that someday his son
Joshua, who is now living in a foster
home, will be able to live in a JARC
home.
Ten years ago, Burstyn organized a
Jewish community blood bank because
many people in the Orthodox
community did not have a major
medical plan that covered these
expenses. "I have a master list of
everyone who has given blood in the
last 10 years?' He constantly gets calls
from people needing blood from the
"kosher blood bank?'
Burtyn mentions that the next blood
drive is Sunday morning at Shomrey
Emunah. "I have a philosophy if one
can give blood, one can give charity."
And his wife adds, "When he calls,
people know it's either for blood or
money?'

TIDBITS

AIDS BENEFIT

Friends of Kaplan Medical Center at
Rehovot, Israel, are planning an AIDS
benefit for DR. ZVI BENTWICH, an
immunologist, to fund his research in
overcoming this fatal disease. The event is
co-sponsored by the Michigan Opera
Theater and will take place Nov. 14 at the
Fisher Theater. The 'program will include
a strolling gourmet gala, performances by
the stars of Pirates of Penzance, a fashion
spectacular by LEAH MARKS, and

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