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Lubavitch And Center
Plan Lag B'Omer Event

The Lubavitch Foundation
and the Jewish Community
Center will sponsor a Lag
B'Omer parade at the Maple-
Drake JCC 3 p.m. May 13.
The parade will feature floats
and clowns, and the White
Heather Highlanders and the
Midnight Riders marching
bands.
Following the parade, a
musical program will feature
Josh Laufer, who teaches
music at the Hebrew Day
School of Ann Arbor.
Forty boys, recent im-

migrants from the Soviet
Union, will be honored for
having undergone brit milah
(ritual circumcision) upon
their arrival to the United
States. Each boy will receive
a bicycle in recognition of
their devotion and self-
sacrifice for Jewish practices.
There is no charge for the
parade or program. Registra-
tion will be at 1:30 p.m. For
information, call the Luba-
vitch Foundation, 737-7000;
or the Jewish Community
Center, 661-1000.

Hebrew University
Hosts Hartman

Ambassador Arthur Hart-
man will speak May 20 at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
at a Hebrew University
Scopus Award Dinner honor-
ing Dr. Conrad L. Giles.
From 1977 to 1981, Hart-
man was United States am-
bassador to France. In 1981,
he was appointed United
States ambassador to the
Soviet Union and remained
in that capacity through
1987. During his tenure,
Hartman witnessed the death
of Brezhnev, the brief reigns
of Andropov and Chernyenko
and the rise to power of
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Hartman has been an ad-
vocate for Soviet Jewry, in-
itiating and hosting the first
seder for refusniks held in the
American Embassy in
Moscow. He was instrumental
in efforts of Soviet Jews to
maintain a Jewish life and in
efforts to leave the country.

Ambassador Hartman

Hartman will speak on cur-
rent developments in the
Soviet Union and the implica-
tions for Soviet Jews, Israel
and the United States.
For information, call
Shayna Silverman, 357-0510.

Meir Kahane Speaks
In Detroit Area

Rabbi Meir Kahane, former
member of the Israeli
Knesset, will speak at 7:30
p.m. May 7 at the Ramada
Hotel in Southfield. His topic
will be, "What They Don't
Want You To Know." There is
a charge.
Kahane organized and
headed the Jewish Defense
League. After immigrating to
Israel, he was elected to the
Israeli Parliament as head of
the Kach party. Kahane also
is the author of several books
on the Jewish people and the
State of Israel.
Prior to his evening ap-
pearance, Kahane will be
hosted at a dinner in the

Meir Kahane
home of Professor Michael
Drissman. For information
call Mrs. Drissman, 851-4019.

Roberta Blitz

Marta Rosenthal

Sinai Hospital Guild
Installs Officers

The Sinai Hospital Guild
will hold its 37th annual in-
stallation luncheon 11 a.m.
May 10 at Knollwood Coun-
try Club.

Marta Rosenthal, of
Franklin, will be installed as
Guild president. Other
1990-92 officers include Rose
Lynn Schlussel, vice presi-
dent/fund raising; Trudy
Weiss, vice president/pro-
gram; Carole Blacher, vice
president/volunteers; Hope
Silverman, vice presi-
dent/membership; Gail Ber-
nucca, vice president; gift
shop; Terran Leemis, finan-
cial secretary; Lauren Liss,
assistant financial secretary;
Helen Shevin, assistant
financial secretary; Sandy
Schwartz, recording secre-
tary; Thelma Rosenbaum,

corresponding secretary; and
treasurer, Leo Ash.
The meeting marks the
close of Roberta Blitz's term
as president with the Guild
and four million hours of ser-
vice to the hospital; it also
celebrated Sinai's first
medical endowment fund-
raiser, the Heritage Ball,
which raised $400,000.
Among the Guild's pro-
grams are Service With Love ;
in which volunteers phone
500 senior citizens daily; the
Sinai Gift Shop, from which
proceeds are donated to
research and Tay Sachs
screening; and the language
interpretation program for
Russian immigrants.
There is a charge. Cantorial
Soloist Marci Shulman will
entertain. For information,
call the Guild, 493-5300.

Nominations Sought
For Berman Award

Nominations are being ac-
cepted for the third annual
Berman Award for Outstand-
ing Professional Service.
Created by Mandell and
Madeleine Berman, the
award will go to a Jewish
communal professional
employed by the Jewish
Welfare Federation or a
Federation beneficiary.
The award, to be presented
at the June 19 Federation
board of governors meeting, is
intended to promote and
reward extraordinary profes-
sional service. The Bermans
established the award
through the Federated En-
dowment Fund of United
Jewish Charities.
Nominees for the Berman
Award must have worked in
the Detroit Jewish communi-
ty a minimum of five years.

They must have demon-
strated the highest profes-
sional standards in their
chosen field; made a contribu-
tion to the general good of the
Jewish community; demon-
strated leadership and in-
novation in their profession;
and applied creativity, dedica-
tion, knowledge and care to
providing services to the
Jewish community.
Nominations for the Ber-
man Award may be submitted
by letter to the selection com-
mittee no later than May 24.
Names of the nominees will
remain confidential, and they
may be renominated in subse-
quent years.
Address nominations to
Michael Berke — Confiden-
tial, Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, 163 Madison, Detroit,
MI 48226-2180.

Stuart E. Hertzberg has
been named chairman of the
Jewish Welfare Federation's
Conference of Division
Chairmen and Dr. Darryl
Goldberg, chairman of its Na-
tional and Community Rela-
tions Agencies Division.
A member of the Federation
Board of Governors, Hert-
zberg chaired the Jewish
population study and the
Russian Acculturation Com-
mittee. He is a past president
of the Jewish Vocational Ser-
vice and served as chairman
of the Attorneys Section of the
Allied Jewish Campaign.
The Conference of Division
Chairmen is a clearing house
for policies, makes recommen-
dations about operating
guidelines for the divisions
and suggests guidelines for
the allocations of funds be-
tween divisions.
Dr. Goldberg is a member of
Federation's Young Leader-
ship Cabinet and associate
chairman of the National and
Community Relations Divi-
sion. He is a member of the
board of FreshAir Society and
affiliated with Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Anti-Defamation
League and AIPAC.
The National and Com-
munity Relations Agencies
Division is responsible for
reviewing the requests of 20
national organizations, three
national overseas agencies
and the Jewish Community
Council.

ZOA Forum
Hosts Panel

"Jewish Settlements in the
Territories" will be the topic
of the Detroit Zionist Federa-
tion Community Forum 7:30
p.m. May 8 at United Hebrew
Schools.
The forum panel will be
Debbie Schlussel, Tagar —
University of Michigan; Dr.
Jeffrey Ram, Labor Zionist
Alliance; Kenneth Knoppow,
New Jewish Agenda and
Mike Dallen — Americans
For a Safe Israel. The
moderator will be Ann
Kaplan, past president of the
Greater Detroit Council,
Na'Amat USA.

Council Backs
Legislation

The Jewish Community
Council, at its April board of
directors meeting, voted to
support two pieces of human
rights legislation: the Civil
Rights Act of 1990, and a
resolution proclaiming a Na-
tional Day of Remembrance of
the Armenian genocide of
1915-1923.

