COMMUNITY
Alpha Omega Affiliates
To Have Installations
Rick Goren distributes Made In Israel booklets.
Glenn Triest
Made In Israel Products
Listed In BBYO Booklet
KIMBERLY LIFTON
Staff Writer
S
mash ball — an Israeli
made paddle ball
game for the beach —
can be purchased at all
metropolitan Detroit
American Eagle stores.
Israeli dolls with sales tags
rest comfortably atop the
shelves of Chocolatissimo in
West Bloomfield. And canvas
book bags — made in Israel —
are for sale at The Banana
Republic.
The businesses are among
150 local stores carrying
Israeli products that were
targeted by the B'nai B'rith
Youth Organization for a pro-
gram designed to bring Israel
a bit closer to Michigan.
As part of the project, call-
ed BBYO Can Make A Dif-
ference, BBYO chapters can-
vassed local merchants and
compiled a draft of a booklet
listing businesses that sell
Israeli products. Menibers
distributed the leaflets dur-
ing Sunday's Israeli In-
dependence Day festivities at
the Maple/Drake Jewish
Community Center.
"It informs people that
Israeli products are out
there," said Adele Lewin,
BBYO assistant director.
"Overall, it was an excellent
idea."
BBYO officials coordinated
the project with the
American-Israel Chamber of
Commerce of Michigan and
the American-Israel Educa-
tion Institute. Fresh Air
Society Executive Director
Sam Fisher, who works with
the education institute, and
American/Israel Chamber of
Commerce Executive Direc-
tor Shelly Jackier said the
project could make a positive
impact on Israel's economy. It
creates public awareness,
Fisher said.
The booklet is not as
specific as coordinators had
wanted. Several storekeepers
told the teens they carried
Israeli products, yet declined
to offer specifics. For example,
The Limited, a specialty
clothing shop for women, is
listed as carrying Israeli
made clothes. No brands are
cited.
And some Hallmark card
stores are listed as carrying
cards — with no brand names.
BBYO chapters
canvassed local
merchants and
compiled a draft of
a booklet.
Liz Greenberg, a Michigan
regional vice president for
B'Nai B'rith Girls, who co-
chaired the project with Rose
AZA member David Pollack,
said the teens didn't get full
cooperation from all
storekeepers.
The leaflet, she said, is a
first draft. Greenberg said she
hopes the organization will
complete the project.
Meanwhile, BBYO board
members recently agreed to
continue working on an Israel
project. In addition, B'nai
B'rith Girls plan to elect a
Judaism chair.
The booklet culminates
nearly five months of work.
The teens also taped a five-
minute documentary, which
explains on video how the
project transpired. 1:1
The Detroit Alumni
Chapter, Detroit Auxiliary
and the undergraduate
chapters of Alpha Omega
Dental Fraternity will have
their annual installation
dinner-dance May 20 at the
Embassy Suites Hotel,
Southfield. Cocktails will be
served at 7 p.m. and dinner at
8 p.m. Music will be provided
by Breezin.
For reservation informa-
tion, call Alpha omega,
661-9397.
Lori Roth will begin her se-
cond term of office as presi
dent of the Detroit Auxiliary
of Alpha Omega. Prior to
holding the office of presi-
dent, Roth was corresponding
secretary, treasurer and
president-elect.
She is a member of Women's
American ORT, Hadassah
Shalom Chapter, Bar-Ilan
Univeristy and Adat Shalom
Synagogue and its Sister-
hood. She also is an active
fund-raising_ member of the
Hillel Day School PTO. Dur-
ing her administration, the
auxiliary raised $17,315.55.
Officers to be installed with
Roth are: President-Elect,
Stella Morof; Treasurer,
Ruth 'Palmer; Corresponding
Secretary, Barbara Friedman;
Financial Secretary, Laura
Jaffe; Recording Secreary,
Leslie Black.
Board members are: Susie
Bloom, Joan Bloom, Ruth
Cabot, Debbie Feldman, Lisa
Garfinkle, Beth Gursky,
Claudia Hirschman, Lorie
Horowitz, Chris Lessler, Sue
Luria, Joyce Miller, Millie
Moss, Arlene Platt, Lauren
Rosenberg, Rhoda Rosin, Ellie
Schaumberg, Hilary Shaw,
Julie Shiffman, Gertie Silver,
Frann Sonne, Clare Swartz,
Cheri Victor, Jan Watzman,
Arlene Wenoker and Lynn
Yaffee.
Dr. Henry L. Citron will be
installed as the 60th presi-
dent of the Detroit Alumni
Chapter.
Dr. Citron was graduated
from the University of Detroit
School of Dentistry in 1964
and shortly thereafter
became an instructor at the
school and an active member
of the Detroit Alumni
Chapter of Alpha Omega.
His service to the chapter
began with several years as a
member of the council, the
fraternity's legislative body.
In recent years he has served
as treasurer-elect, treasurer,
secretary and president-elect.
Dr. Citron has been active
in the professional division of
Lori Roth
Dr. Henry Citron
the Allied Jewish Campaign,
a delegate to the Jewish Com-
munity Council and a mem-
ber of the board of trustees of
both the Metropolitan Detroit
District of the Zionist Organ-
ization of America and Con-
gregation Beth Abraham Hil-
lel Moses.
He has been on the celebra-
tion committee of the 54th
annual Balfour Concert and
was a sponsor co-chairman of
the 55th annual concert.
Attending the installation
will be the International
President of Alpha Omega,
Dr. Joseph Jacobs, as well as
Past International Presidents
Dr. Richard Williams, Dr.
Jack Lawson and Dr. Louis
Galin, and Immediate Past
President of the Detroit
Alumni Chapter and Regent
Dr. Louis Hirschman.
The master of ceremonies
will be Dr. Allan Warnick.
Officers to be installed with
Citron are: President-Elect,
Mark Luria; Editor, Jeffrey
Weinfeld; Treasurer, Steven
Roth; Secretary, Gary
Berman.
Council members are
Harvey Beaver, Eli Berger,
Richard S. Bernstein, Ronald
Berris, Neil Blavin, Dale
Charnas, John Cohen, Marc
Dwoskin, Lisa Lopatin Fried-
man, Dale Garber, Arnold
Gartner, Michael Harris,
Marty Janower, David Kott,
Stewart Marofsky, Jerry
Morof, Sheryl Pomerance, Ed-
ward Royal, William Sabes,
Joel Schaumberg, Ester
Sleutelberg, Gordon Smith,
Marvin Sonne, Marc Tar-
nopol, Sheldon Watnick and
Linda Weberman.
are:- Louis
Trustees
Hirschman, Robert Lavine,
Ronald Miller, Susan Carron
Simon, Seymore Swartz,
Allan Warnick, Lawrence
Wenoker and Richard
Williams.
Chapter deputies are: Chi
Chapter, Bruck Fisher and
Douglas Rouff; Alpha Nu
Chapter, Lloyd Alpert, Paul
Darmon and Mitchell Milan.
CM Chapter — University
of Michigan — officers are:
Leslie Woodell, president;
Kathy March, vice president;
Sheila Armstrong, secretary;
Danita Stinson, treasurer;
Rob Nakeshir, co-editor;
Daniel Vasquez, co-editor;
and John Fox,
sergeant-at-arms.
Alpha Nu Chapter —
University of Detroit — of-
ficers are: Eric Goldberg,
president; Dale Goldschlag,
vice president; Mark Wolfson,
treasurer; Mickey Zuroff,
secretary; David Zuroff,
editor; and Dan Morof,
membership.
Kraar, Clayman
Talk On Israel
"American Jews and Israel:
Stresses and Strengths" will
be the topic 7:30 p.m. Monday
of a meeting co-sponsored by
the American Jewish Con-
gress and the Jewish Com-
munity Council.
To be held at United
Hebrew Schools in Southfield,
the meeting will feature Dr.
David Clayman, director of
the AJCongress office in
Jerusalem, and Martin
Kraar, executive vice presi-
dent of the Jewish Welfare
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
Clayman and Kraar will
discuss "Who is a Jew"
legislation, the Arab-Israel
conflict and the intifada.
The program is free and
open to the community.
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