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Young Adult Division To Hear
Irene Opdyke, Righteous Gentile
Irene Opdyke, a Righteous
Gentile who saved the lives of
12 Jews during World War II,
will speak to the Jewish
Federation Young Adult Divi-
sion at a vegetarian hors
d'oeuvres reception on behalf
of the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20.
The gathering, which is for
contributors of $100 or more
to the 1992 Campaign, will be
at Peking House restaurant,
Royal Oak.
For her bravery and
courage, Mrs. Opdyke has
earned the title of
"Righteous," from the Com-
mission for the Designation of
the Righteous, given to the
gentiles who risked their
lives in aiding and saving
Jews during the war. She also
is a recipient of Yad Vashem's
Medal of Honor.
In addition to saving 12
Jewish lives directly, Mrs. Op-
dyke was able to send out
warnings when she heard
about impending raids on the
ghetto of the local town near
the factory where she was
forced to work in eastern
Poland.
The event is being organiz-
ed by James Bellinson,
Suzanne Gildenberg and
Suzan Curhan, chairmen.
Hannan Lis and Richard
Broder are YAD Campaign
Chairmen.
Young Adults
Host Brunch
The Young Adult Division
of the Jewish Federation in
conjunction with the Allied
Jewish Campaign will host a
brunch with two immigrants
to Israel — one from the
former Soviet Union and the
other from Ethiopia — 10:15
a.m. Feb. 9 at the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit building.
Detroit's response to
human needs here at home
Synagogues Honor
Seminary Leaders
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Conservative synagogues
throughout the country have
set aside Shabbat Feb. 7-8 in
honor of the recent deaths of
two giants of 20th century
Jewish life — Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary Chancellors
Emeriti Louis Finkelstein
and Gerson D. Cohen.
The Jewish Theological
Seminary also will mark the
recent death of Rabbi Robert
Gordis. Rabbi Gordis served
as president of the Rabbinical
Assembly and the Synagogue
Council of America.
periences of resettlement in
Israel. They also will discuss
the uncertain future facing
the more than 2 million Jews
who remain in the former
Soviet Union and the concern
for their right to emigrate
freely.
Irene Opdyke:
Risked her life.
also will be presented by John
Jacobs, president of Jewish
Family Service, following
brunch. He will report on the
growing caseload at the agen-
cy in light of the economic
plight of jobless people in the
community.
Shay Samuel Simami and
Rosa Berkovich will describe
their rescue to freedom in
Israel, sharing their ex-
A translator for new Ethio-
pian immigrants at the
Shalom Hotel in Jerusalem,
Mr. Shay was a teacher in his
village in Ethiopia before im-
migrating to Israel.
Mrs. Berkovich, who taught
English literature in the
Academic Institute of Len-
ingrad, was expelled to the
Soviet Far East for 10 years
with her husband when they
first attempted to emigrate.
In October 1990, they arrived
in Israel, where her husband
died 11 months later.
Richard Blumenstein and
Mitchell Mondry chair the
Young Adult Division
Outreach Committee. Pamela
Lippitt is YAD vice-president.
The brunch is open to all
young adults in the
community.
For information, call Rick
Krosnick at the Allied Jewish
Campaign office, 642-4260,
ext. 249.
Jewish Earth Day To Be
Celebrated On Sunday
Ha Olam: A Jewish Earth
Day celebration, sponsored by
Jewish Experiences for
Families and the L'Chayim
section of The Jewish News,
will be held 1-3 p.m. Feb. 9 at
the Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center.
This community program
will focus on the Jewish
response to our environment
and will offer hands-on ex-
periences such as creative
recycling and paper-making.
This program will kick off a
J.E.F.F. outreach for families
with upper elementary and
middle school-aged children.
There will be activities for
pre-school and lower elemen-
tary school children as well.
There will be entertainment
with musician Carol Johnson,
and storyteller Corinne
Stavish. Living Science Foun-
dation will perform two live
animal shows featuring en-
dangered species; the Body
Shop, an environment-
oriented cosmetic company,
will be represented.
Those attending are en-
couraged to bring
newspapers, glass, and plastic
bottles, which have the
numbers 1 or 2 in the recycl-
ing symbol. These will be col-
lected for recycling. BFI
Recycling Systems will have a
truck on site.
West Bloomfield residents
will have the oportunity to
sign up for curbside recycling
pick-up.
There is no charge for the
program.
Aish HaTorah
Hosts Speaker
Rabbi Motti Berger of Aish
HaTorah Jerusalem will
speak on "Why Do Bad
Things Happen To Good Peo-
ple?" 7:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at
Young Israel of Southfield.
Rabbi Berger received his
B.A. in history from Loyola
University and his rabbinic
ordination from Yeshiva Ner
Israel. He is the international
director of the Discovery
Seminar for Aish HaTorah
Jerusalem.
Refreshments will be serv-
ed. There is a charge. For in-
formation, call Aish HaTorah,
737-0400.
Dr. Elliot Luby, professor at Wayne State University and Kadima board
member, addresses participants at the first annual Conference on
Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities sponsored by Kadima.
Museum/Gallery At JCC
Hosts Symposium
The Janice Charach Ep-
stein Museum/Gallery and
the Goethe Institut will con-
duct a symposium addressing
the history of Jews in Ger-
many before and after World
War II Feb 8-9 at the Maple-
Drake Jewish Community
Center.
Titled "The Jews of Ger-
many: Echoes of the
Past/Realities of Today," the
symposium will consist of
several lectures, a film screen-
ing and a panel discussion
assessing the status of Jews
in Germany today.
Speakers will include Erik
Blumenfeld, a Jewish politi-
cian in Hamburg; Professor
Richard Kaplan, a film
historian and director of The
contemporary
Exiles;
German-Jewish novelist
Rafael Seligman; Dr. George
Mosse, a historian from
University of Wisconsin-
Madison; Y. Michal Bode-
mann, a sociologist from
Toronto, Canada; and the ar-
tist of the current Museum/
Gallery exhibition, Herlinde
Koelbl, from Munich,
Germany.
Other participants will in-
clude local professor Drs. Guy
Stern and Sid Bolkosky, with
Rabbi Sherwin Wine presen-
ting opening night remarks.
This event accompanies the
Museum/Gallery's celebrated
exhibition "Survival and Suc-
cess: Jewish Cultural Por-
traits from Central Europe"
which is cosponsored with the
Goethe Institut and is on
view through Feb. 27.
The Janice Charach Ep-
stein Museum/Gallery is
located at the Maple-Drake
JCC. Gallery hours are
Monday-Wednesday 11 a.m.-6
p.m.; Thuraday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
For information, call
661-1000, ext. 470.
Population Study
Reports Now Available
Summary reports of the
Jewish Population Study of
Metropolitan Detroit, in-
cluding some material not
released till now, are
available by request from the
Jewish Federation, which
sponsored the survey.
The 20-page report sum-
marizes the major themes of
the 1989 study of the Jewish
community and provides
statistical highlights, in-
cluding geographic distribu-
tion, denominational affilia-
tion, age, family type and
income.
Issues of Jewish identity, in-
termarriage, Jewish educa-
tion, philanthropy and
volunteerism are discussed in
the summary, which also lays
out policy recommendations
for planning.
Statistics are presented in a
simplified form, with tables
and charts presenting a
graphic picture of the fin-
dings. There also is a more ac-
curate reading of the
preliminary figures issued in
the March 1990 report.
The population study was
conducted as a random sam-
ple survey of 1,100 residents
of the area.
For copies of the summary
report, call Patricia Becker in
the Planning Department of
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit,
642-4260.
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