COMMUNITY
Remembrance Day
Starts Celebration
Rabbi Irving Schnipper and Alex Roberg present the Gold
Founderstone to Menasche Haar of Southfield. A gold founder of
Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, Mr. Haar endowed a room in
the department of cardio-thoracic surgery.
Political Extremism
Is Lobenthal Topic
"Political Extremism: Is it
the Coming Shift in
American Politics?" will be
the third program of the
Jewish Federation Young
Adult Division Political
Awareness Series, 7:30 p.m.
March 26 at Adat Shalom
Synagogue.
It will feature Richard
Lobenthal, Michigan director
of the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith.
Mr. Lobenthal has served as
a consultant in human rela-
tions and social problems to
police departments, school
systems and government
agencies.
There is a charge for the
event. The series will con-
clude April 27. For informa-
Richard Lobenthal
tion, call Rick Krosnick at
Federation, 642-4260.
United Jewish Charities
Gets A New Name
Ninety-three years after its
founding as United Jewish
Charities, the resource in-
vesting and property manag-
ing partner of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit will be getting a new
name.
At the annual meeting of
the organization in June, the
organization will become the
United Jewish Foundation of
Metropolitan Detroit. The ac-
tion was voted March 4 by the
board of directors.
The name change was
recommended by the Jewish
Federation's Strategic Plann-
ing Committee to more ac-
curately convey the contem-
porary mission and functions
of the organization.
The United Jewish Founda-
tion will continue its tasks of
resource investment and pro-
perty ownership and manage-
ment, said President Graham
Orley. The function of endow-
ment development will re-
main with the Federated En-
dowment Fund, which will
become part of Federation's
resource development respon-
sibilities.
Purim Bingo
At Maple-Drake
The Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center will pre-
sent "Purim Bingo for Kids"
2-4 p.m. March 22.
There is a fee. For informa-
tion, call Fredelle Schneider,
661-1000.
Yom Hazikaron — Israel
Remembrance Day — will be
observed May 5 at the begin-
ning of the Jewish communi-
ty's week-long Israel in-
dependence celebration
marking Israel's 44th an-
niversary of statehood and
the 25th anniversary of the
reunification of Jerusalem.
A Yom Hazikaron service
will take place 6 p.m. May 5
at the Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center. The
observance memorializes
nearly 18,000 Israeli soldiers
who died defending the
Jewish state.
Gen. (Res.) Uzi Narkiss,
commander of Israel's eastern
front during the Six-Day War,
will speak on "The Reunifica-
tion of Jerusalem." Gen.
Narkiss is the chairman of
the World Zionist Organiza-
tion (WZO) Zionist Delega-
tion in North America.
A letter-writing campaign
will link Detroiters with
Israeli families who lost lov-
ed ones in Israel's wars.
Following Gen. Narkiss'
talk, a site will be dedicated
at the Maple-Drake JCC for a
monument in memory of
Israel's fallen soldiers. A
memorial flame will be
lighted. The next day, local
students will participate with
their classes in their own Yom
Hazikaron services.
On May 9, the local Israel
Independence Day celebra-
tion will continue at the
Maple-Drake JCC with a
cabaret, Israel-style discothe-
que and gallery art show.
The annual Walk for Israel
will take place May 10, leav-
ing from the Jewish ' Com-
Youth Tzedakah Fair
Set For Beth El
Jewish 5th-graders, their
parents and teachers will
learn why tzedakah begins
with them and meet mitzvah
heroes from the community
at the fifth annual Tzedakah
Fair, 9:15 a.m.-noon March 29
at Temple Beth El.
The program will include a
mitzvah forum and a game to
learn about services provided
by local agencies and
organizations.
Fair-goers are asked to
bring a tzedakah gift for any
of the participating organiza-
tions and a donation of kosher
food for Yad Ezra, the com-
munity food bank.
The event is co-sponsored by
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit
Women's Division, Jewish Ex-
periences For Families and
Temple Beth El.
Admission is free. For infor-
mation, call Ellen Krivchenia
at Federation, 642-4260.
Shir Shalom Youth
Concert, Carnival
The Shir Shalom Temple
Youth will go to Ann Arbor
Hillel to see Debbie Friedman
in concert March 14.
For information, call the
Temple, 737-8700.
Temple Shir Shalom will
hold its fourth annual Purim
Carnival 11 a.m. March 15.
There will be food, fun and
prizes. The carnival is spon-
sored by the Shir Shalom
Thmple Youth.
Medical Society
Sets Donor Day
The Women of Maimonides
Medical Society will present
their 46th annual Donor Day
10 a.m. April 7 at Mat
Shalom Synagogue.
Linda Pattillo, ABC World
News correspondent, will
speak on "Women in Network
News . . . have they arrived?"
Boutique shopping will be
followed by lunch at noon.
Shopping will be available
until 4 p.m. All proceeds will
go toward interest-free
medical and osteopathic
medical student loans in
Michigan and Israel.
For ticket information, call
Patti Phillips, 626-4782.
Uzi Narkiss
inunity Campus
. at 11:30 a.m.
Following the walk, there will
be an indoor Israeli street fair
with arts, crafts, exhibits,
games, entertainment and
food at the JCC. The seventh
annual Israel Quiz Bowl will
take place that afternoon.
Pre-registration for the
walk is requested. To register,
for information or bus trans-
portation, call Shelley Milin
at the Jewish Federation,
642-4260.
Temple Beth El
Sets Blood Drive
Temple Beth El's Handle-
man Hall will be the site of
the semi-annual Brotherhood
Blood Drive 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
March 22.
For information or to
schedule an appointment, call
Byron Siegel, 354-2500.
Blood Drive participants
are welcome to attend the
Brotherhood breakfast and
lecture 9:30 a.m. that morn-
ing. The speaker will be Cer-
tified Financial Planner
Audrey Pearl, who will speak
on "Investing For Women
(Men Can Also Listen)."
Hillel Youth
Plans SZ Service
Linda Pattillo
Hillel Day School students
of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and their families will
celebrate Shabbat with a
special Shabbat afternoon
program "Shalom Shabbat"
5:45 p.m. March 28 at the
synagogue.
The program will end with
Havdalah at 7:30 p.m. Hillel
students will conduct the ser-
vices. A Seudat Sh'lisheet
(the third meal of Shabbat)
will be served for a fee. The
program is being chaired by
Paula Glazier and Miriam
Goldberg.
For information, call
Thelma Kahn, 357-5544.
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