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Gift Certificates Available DISCOUNT 25 % • Stationery & Invitations • Total Party Planning • Immediate Imprinting Available RSVP STATIONERS 54009515 Wedding Rehearsals and 4,„, g,•., Ceremony Assistance Lee Wolin 96 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1990 354-4433 Biking, Walking And Friends Are Max Rosenfeld's Regimen RICHARD PEARL Staff Writer M ax Rosenfeld is the sort of fellow who doesn't like to be sit- ting around. Instead, he rides a bike, walks around a track and sometimes swims. After all, he's only 95 years old. "Even if I'm home, I move around," Rosenfeld said re- cently in the health club of the Maple-Drake Jewish Community Center, where he chose to celebrate his bir- thday because that's where he spends so much of his time —six mornings a week. "I 'got a hundred friends here — I gotta come over and visit them," he grinned as he stood in the club, greeting a stream of well-wishers who came despite a rainstorm. Each got a hearty hello and a warm, firm handshake from Rosenfeld, who could be call- ed the dean of the JCC because he's belonged to four Detroit branches. On this day, he was still going strong three hours after the scheduled end of the two-hour party. "I ride a stationary bike about 20 minutes, walk on the track and go to the steam room," Rosenfeld said of his daily regimen. "I can swim, but not too good anymore. I also exercise in the whirlpool, moving my arms and legs." He counteracts failing eyesight by recognizing friends' voices. "He still comes in the of- fice two times a week, too," said his son, Allen, who runs the home construction busi- ness his father founded in 1929. "Yeah, I hock-a- chynik," joked Max. "People who are 70 should be in as good a shape," said the elder Rosenfeld's physi- cian, Dr. Alan Feldman, who also was working out that day. Rosenfeld, who lives in Farmington Hills with Fanny, his wife of 61 years, has a daughter, Lenore, liv- ing in California, plus six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He came to the United States with his mother and sister in 1909 from a small village in the Austro- Hungarian republic, and he's looking forward to re- visiting his birthplace for the first time this summer. Max Rosenfeld and daughter-in-law Ruth Rosenfeld at the party. Building houses under the wry slogan "Max Rosenfeld, Builder of Fairly Good Homes," Rosenfeld says he made "4,000 deals and was never in court once." One of his closest friends was the late builder, Ed Rose, with whom he came to the Center regularly. Burt Seidon, a real estate broker, recalled, "I sold Max plenty of lots in St. Clair Shores and he always did business on a handshake." Rosenfeld's motto is, "Everybody should be de- cent and never run into trouble." His clean-living ethic has kept his stomach healthy, too — "I eat anything," Rosenfeld said. That was evident at his party. Cake, wine, pretzels and other snacks were plen- tiful, but there wasn't a carrot or celery stalk in sight. ❑ B'nai B'rith Hosts Retirees Program The B'nai B'rith Israel Commission has begun re- gistration for the next 11-week session of the award- winning Active Retirees in Israel (ARI) program, Jan. 21-March 20, 1991. Participants, who will spend Tu B'Shevat and Purim in Israel and return home for Passover, will live in the resort city of Netanya and benefit from the volunteer- study-travel experience. The ARI program provides the opportunity to volunteer mornings in a local hospital, Jewish National Fund (JNF) forest, kibbutz, school, or facility for the elderly and handicapped, while learning Hebrew at a comfortable pace in the afternoons. The even- ings are filled with social and cultural activities, including concerts, guest speakers, discussions on Judaism and Israel and interaction with North Americans who have made their homes in the Jewish State. Sightseeing is a component of ARI: comprehensive but leisurely guided tours of Jerusalem, the Negev, the Galilee and the Golan Heights are part of the program. ARI is open to anyone who is at least 50 years of age, in good health and a member of B'nai B'rith (one may join prior to departure). The price includes round-trip airfare from New York, meals, lodg- ing, tours and other program expenses. Israel Bonds are ac- cepted as partial payment.