COMMUNITY

Jerusalem Day
Celebration May 31

Ziegelman

Littman

Sonnino

Hersh

Schmier

Children's impressions of
the gates of Jerusalem will be
the focus of the Jerusalem
Day family celebration 2 p.m.
May 31 in the auditorium of
United Hebrew Schools.
Students from day schools
and religious schools
throughout the community
have been submitting poems,
drawings and essays resulting
from their studies of the
gates. Otzma alumni Beth
Katkowsky and Jonathan
Willis will present descrip-
tions of each gate during the
program.

Howard

Ten Honorees Are Named
For June 4 Reform Fund Dinner

The Reform congregations
of metropolitan Detroit will
hold their annual Fund For
Reform Judaism dinner at
Temple Israel on June 4. The
proceeds from the dinner and
the parlor meetings pre-
ceding the dinner are used to
O support youth, social action
and outreach programs of the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations.
One of the dinner high-
lights each year is the presen-
tation of Lamed Vav awards
to honorees from each Reform
congregation. This year's
awards will be presented to
Marshall and Marilyn Hersh
of Thmple Beth El, Terry
Howard of rIbmple Emanu-El,
Larry and Joan Littman of
Congregation Shir Tikvah,
Regene Schmier of Temple
Israel, Giorgio and Sandra
Sonnino of Temple Shir
Shalom, and Seymour and
Loretta Ziegelman of Temple
Kol Ami.
Marilyn Hersh has been ac-
tive at Temple Beth El as a
religious school tether for
many years. She has served
on the religious school's ac-
creditation committee, the
education director search
committee, and she is an in-
structor in the teachers'
workshop.
Marshall Hersh has served
Thmple Beth El as youth ad-
visor of the Young People's
Society, a member of the
Social Action Committee and
IP an officer of the Brotherhood.
Terry Howard first became
" active at Thmple Emanu-El in
the sisterhood. Later she
served as chairperson of the
temple's religious committee.
She has served as temple
treasurer, secretary, financial
vice president and religious
vice president.
Larry and Joan Littman
are charter members of Con-
gregation Shir Tikvah. Mr.
Littman has served as chair-
man of the housing commit-
tee, the nominating commit-
tee, youth committee and is a
founding board member.
Mrs. Littman has served on
the religious education com-

mittee, building committee
and has been active with
sisterhood.
Regene Schmier serves on
the fine arts committee of
Temple Israel and on the
newly-formed Mitzvah Corps.
Giorgio and Sandra Son-
nino are one of the 30 foun-
ding families of Temple Shir
Shalom. Mr. Sonnino is active
with the usher corps, the
social action committee and
the fund-raising committee.
He built the temple's pulpit,
music stand, portable ark and
talit cabinet.
Sandra Sonnino is chair-

person of the social action
committee and is the circula-
tion editor of the temple
bulletin. She serves on the
fund-raising committee and
the usher corps.

Loretta Ziegelman has been
active with the Temple Kol
Ami choir, social action com-
mittee and sisterhood.
Seymour Ziegelman serves
on the board of Thmple Kol
Ami. He is a past vice presi-
dent and a past chairperson of
the capital fund campaign.
For dinner information, call
Thmple Israel, 661-5700.

Tay-Sachs Screening
In Farmington Hills

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Community Archives
Officially Open June 14

The Jewish Community Ar-
chives will celebrate its of-
ficial opening 10:45 a.m. June
14 at Wayne State Universi-
ty's Walter P. Reuther
Library of Labor and Urban
Affairs.
Coordinated by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit and the Jewish
Historical Society of
Michigan, the event will
feature Dr. Philip Mason,
distinguished professor of
history at WSU, who will
speak on "The Role of an Ar-
chives in Preserving the
Memories of Our Community
Organizations."
There also will be a tour of
the library's new wing, which
houses the archives and the
Philip Slomovitz Collection.
At 12:30 p.m., the Jewish
Historical Society's annual
meeting and luncheon will
take place at the McGregor
Conference Center, where
Judge Avern L. Cohn, chair-
man of Federation's Archives
Committee, will be presented
with the Leonard N. Simons
Award.
The Jewish Community Ar-
chives (JCA) consists of
papers, photographs and
other documents that date
back to the turn of the cen-
tury and relate the history

B'nai B'rith Youth Organi-
zation members Deborah
Kovsky, Michael Schoenberg,
Rebecca Rosen, Jeffery Gell
and Charles Orenstein will
participate in a cantata about
Jerusalem. Young Judaea
members, directed by Dan
Richter and Neil Saxe, will
lead the audience in Israeli
dancing.
Sandra Ben Dor will be the
featured singer. There is no
admission charge. The au-
dience is being asked to bring
an Israeli food product to be
donated to Yad Ezra.

and development of the
Detroit Jewish community, as
well as its relationships with
world Jewry.
The Slomovitz Collection
documents 70 years of cor-
respondence, clippings and
history from the interna-
tional journalistic career of
the founder of The Jewish
News.
The JCA has been placed in
a carefully controlled environ-
ment at the Reuther Library
because of concern that
valuable documents are in
danger of deterioration and
loss. A number of such
documents were uncovered
while the Jewish Federation
was preparing to move from
the Butzel Building down-
town to the Max M. Fisher
Building in Bloomfield
Township.
The JCA is a companion
collection to Federation
documents housed at the Bur-
ton Historical Collection of
the Detroit Public Library.
Researchers will be able to
consult both facilities located
within the Detroit Cultural
Center.
Parking and bus transpor-
tation are available. There is
a charge for the luncheon. For
reservations by June 5 or for
information, call the Jewish
Historical Society, 661-1000.

A communitywide Tay-
Sachs screening program will
be offered 10 a.m.-1 p.m. June
7 at Sinai Hospital's Berry
Health Center in Farmington
Hills. The program is spon-
sored by the Sinai Hospital
Guild, the department of
obstetrics and gynecology and
Jolson AZA.
The $10 blood screening
will be performed by Sinai
staff in the Berry Health
Center's main reception area.
The center is located at 28500
Orchard Lake Road.
Tay-Sachs - is a rare genetic
disease that a baby inherits
from both parents which
causes progressive destruc-
tion of the central nervous
system and death by age 5.
There is no cure for Tay-Sachs
disease. Most carriers are
Jews of Eastern European
. descent.
Couples who are both car-
riers of the Thy-Sachs gene
can still have healthy
children. Statistically, one
half of their offspring will be
carriers but not have the

disease themselves. One-
quarter will be completely
unaffected, and one-quarter
will have Tay-Sachs disease.
No appointments are
necessary for the June 7
screening and results will be
available about three weeks
later.
particularly
"We're
targeting people who are con-
sidering marriage or

The screening will
be June 7 at the
Berry Center.

pregnancy, who are over 17 or
who had the screening prior
to 1980," said Robin Gold,
genetics counselor at Sinai
Hospital. "People who were
tested in the late 1970s and
are still considering having
children should be retested,
because current screening
techniques are more ac-
curate."
For information on the Tay-
Sachs screening, call Sinai,
493-6060.

Shalom Campers
Hold Open Campout

The Shalom Campers will
hold an "open house" camp-
out for Jewish families in-
terested in joining the group
June 12-14 at Groveland
Oaks in Holly. Families are
welcome for the weekend or
the day. There is a nominal
fee charged by Oakland
County for admission to the
park.
Weekend activities include
a Friday evening kiddush and
Oneg Shabbat with fruit and
a sweet table, followed by
songs and games around the
campfire.
Saturday will be filled with

games for adults and
children, including swimm-
ing, volleyball, songs and
marshmallows around the
campfire.
At 6:30 p.m., there will be a
potluck supper with hot dogs
and fixings supplied by the
Shalom Campers. Everyone
should bring a dish to pass.
At noon Sunday, there will
be a Shalom "fruit pot,"
followed by swimming and
relaxing before heading
home.
For information and reser-
vations, call Chuck and
Marlene 'Baby, 682-5560.

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