COMMUNITY Major Authors Scheduled For Annual Jewish Book Fair Lubavitch To Honor The Deans At Dinner Dr. George A. Dean, a Bir- mingham, Michigan, family physician whose work has received national recognition and his wife, Vivian, will be honored at the Lubavitch Foundation's fourth annual dinner Nov. 30 at the Westin Hotel. Dr. Dean is a charter diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice and a charter fellow of the American Academy of Fami- ly Physicians, which recently named him "Family Physi- cian of the Year." He is also a fellow of the American Socie- ty of Gereatrics. Mrs. Dean has served as president of the Suburban Hills Chapter of ORT and is one of the founding members of the Oakland Hills Chapter. For many years, she work- ed on Soviet Jewry programs for the Jewish Family Service and has been a docent for the Arts to Schools program at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She is a member of Hadassah, the National Council of Jewish Women, and a past member of Maimonides. The event will include a one-hour concert of classical and Jewish music by the Michigan Symphony Or- chestra. Gov. James J. Blan- chard is honorary chairman for the dinner. General. chairmen are Norman Allan and Jack Shenkman. The Lubavitch Foundation of Michigan operates schools, student centers, Chabad houses, summer campus, retreats and other activities from branches in Ann Aror, Farmington Hills, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalkaska, Oak Park, West Bloomfield, and Toledo, Ohio. Israel Travel Fair Is Set For Dec. 3 The second annual Israel Travel Fair will take place 2-3:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the United Hebrew Schools, Southfield. A round trip air ticket to Israel will be presented as a door prize and additional prizes will be awarded every 15 minutes. The fair will feature booths by the Israel Government Tourist Authority, local travel agents and Jewish organiza- tions promoting group trips. There will be information about bar/bat mitzvah in Israel, senior hostels, pro- grams for high school and college-aged youth, singles travel and family travel. Admission, food, entertain- ment and Israeli wine-tasting are free. The Jewish News and Jewish Community Council are sponsoring the fair. The safety and enjoyability of travel to Israel will be cen- tral themes. "Travel to Israel is up, and people are realizing that going to Israel is safe, enriching and just plain fun," says Johanna Gordon, chairperson of the Israel Travel Promotion Committee. "The fair will give attendees a taste of the variety of ex- periences waiting for them in the Jewish homeland." Mark Slobin, author of Chosen Voices: The Story of the American Can- torate, 4 p.m. Nov. 19. Special Programs Nov. 18 — 8 p.m. English- Yiddish theater night with Gideon Shemer as "Tevye the Milkman." There is a charge. Nov. 19 — 2 p.m., "Joseph and the Amazing Techni- color Dreamcoat", play. There is a charge. New Camp Director Builds On Success KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer S usan Zaks grew up at camp. Now she plans to stay a while longer as the new director of Camp Tamarack in Brighton. Zaks replaces Jeff Metz, who is on leave and will take on the newly created posi- tion of marketing director when he returns to work in January. "I'm excited. I love Brighton," said Zaks, who has supervised the girls' villages at Ortonville for the past three years. "I look at summers at camp as going home." She started as a camper in Fishman. Village at Camp Tamarack in Brighton, graduated to the Western trip, and then went on to become a counselor. She even met her husband, Dr. Jeffrey, at camp one summer while they each were work- ing as counselors. Ever since she can re- member, Zaks and her fami- ly have spent summers in Brighton or Ortonville. Her late brother-in-law, Michael Zaks, was a former Fresh Air Society director. Jeffrey Zaks has been a camp doctor. The Zaks —with children, Jason, Lisa and Alana — have traveled to family camp. "Camp is for kids," she says. "When you see kids and counselors interacting, you get a real good feeling." Zaks' job is part-time for 10 months a year from November through August. She also holds a part-time job at Hillel Day School in the new position of student adviser for the sixth, seven- th and eighth-grade students. She started in September. Before that, she was a full- time volunteer who wasn't looking for work. Rather, Zaks "fell into it." Fresh Air Society Director Sam Fisher approached her for the job. Zaks, 39, graduated from Eastern Michigan Univer- sity with a degree in Susan Zaks: Camp Director teaching during a time it was difficult to secure a job in education. Instead of pursuing a teaching career, she took to raising a family and vol- unteering for many organizations, namely the Fresh Air Society, Hillel Day, School and the Adat Shalom Sisterhood. Now, she says, she has a job and a half. Zaks will con- tinue working two hours each week day at Hillel and as many hours a day as necessary for camp. "I want to build on the success of Camp Tamarack," she says. "When you have a good thing going, you make it better." Among her plans is im- proving sports programs by bringing in more specialty activities. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 47 11M Vivian and Dr. George Dean David Cohen, editor of The Jews in America, 8 p.m. Nov. 11. Barry Louis Polisar, children's author and per- former, 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Yaffa Ganz, author of Savta Simcha and the Seven Splendid Gifts, 4 p.m. Nov. 12. Richard Parrish, au- thor of Our Choice of Gods, 11 a.m. Nov. 12. Lucy Dawidowicz, au- thor of From That Place and Time: A Memoir, 1 p.m. Nov. 12. Louis Redstone, au- thor of From Israeli Pioneer to American Architect, 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Fred Mustard Stewart, author of The Glitter and the Gold, 3 p.m. Nov. 12. Moshe Leshem, author of Balaam's Curse, 4 p.m. Nov. 12. Harold Kushner, au- thor of Who Needs God, 8 p.m. Nov. 12. Doris Mortman, au- thor of Rightfully Mine, 10 a.m. Nov. 13. Faye Kellerman, au- thor of The Quality of Mercy, 1 p.m. Nov. 13. Judith Ramsey Ehrlich, author of The Quality of Mercy, 8 p.m. Nov. 13. Susan Weidman Schneider, author of Intermarriage: The Challenge of Living with Differences of Christians and Jews, 10 a.m. Nov. 14. Norman Garbo, au- thor of Dirty Secrets, 1 p.m. Nov. 14. Steve Shagan, author Pillars of Fire, 8 p.m. Nov. 14. Raymond Sokolov, author of Jewish American Kitchen, 10 a.m. Nov. 15. Shari Lewis, author of One Minute Jewish Stories, 1 p.m. Nov. 15. Arthur Hertzberg, au- thor of The Jewish in America, 8 p.m. Nov. 15. A. Scott Berg, author of Goldwyn: A Biography, 10 a.m. Nov. 16. Herbert Tarr, author of A Woman of Spirit, 1 p.m. Nov. 16. Frank Gervasi, author of The Violent Decad, 8 p.m. Nov. 16. Thomas Friedman, author of From Beirut to Jerusalem, 10 a.m. Nov. 19. Ira Berkow, editor of [ Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life, 11 a.m. Nov. 19. David Roskies, author of Literature of Destruc- tion, 1 p.m. Nov. 19. Robert Lapides , au- thor of Lodz Ghetto, 3 p.m. Nov. 19. 4 The 38th annual Jewish Book Fair will be held Nov. 11 - 19 at the Maple/Drake Jewish Community Center. Au- thors appearing at the book fair are: