COMMUNITY
Elie Wiesel Will Speak
At Annual Lubavitch Dinner
Balfour Concert
Features Hal Linden
Hal Linden, actor, singer,
musician and TV star, will
headline the program of the
59th annual Balfour Celebra-
tion Concert of the Zionist
Organization of America,
Metro Detroit District, Nov. 2
at the Fox Theatre.
Mr. Linden received two
Emmys and a Tony and per-
formed 44 weeks on Broad-
way in I'm Not Rappaport.
Mack Pitt and his orchestra
will offer the musical
accompaniment.
Sherman Shapiro will chair
the Balfour Celebration Com-
mittee with Johanna Gordon
serving as co-chairman.
Honorary chairmen are Ir-
ving Laker, Sidney Silver-
man, Philip Slomovitz and
Rabbi M. Robert Syme. Wo
men's Committee chairmen
I — are Anne Brand, Marge Kauf-
man and Billie Kramer. Co-
- chairmen are Eleanor Hack,
Pauline Klein and Mary
Shapiro.
Named to the executive
committee are Menachem
Workmen's Circle
Commemoration
Elie Wiesel
Other building founders are
Martin and Phyllis Abel, Nor-
man Allan, Dr. George and
Programs Will Help
New American Arrivals
Hal Linden
Glaser, Dr. Jerome Kaufman,
Marion Leib, Ezekiel Leikin,
Max Sosin and Dr. Lester
Zeff. Executive secretary is
Barbara Rabotnick.
For information, call the
ZOA office, 569-1515.
Fresh Air Society
Plans 90th Anniversary
The Fresh Air Society will
celebrate its 90th anniversary
7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at Congrega-
tion Beth Abraham Hillel
Moses. The program is titled
"A Standing Ovation!" and
includes a multi-media
presentation highlighting the
_:,h is to 7 of Fresh Air's resident
- ca m p .
Rube Weiss will be the nar-
rator of the show, and Scott
Stern will play musical selec-
tions for the different decades.
There also will be a sing-
along of camp songs from
each era.
Vivian Dean, William and
Shirlee Jacobs, Dr. Jerome
and Sherry Kasle, Bentzion
and Sora Rosen, Emma
Lazaroff Schaver, Jack and
Miriam Shenkman, and
Philip and Renee Warren.
The event will include
photo displays, camper and
counselor artwork, video
presentations and written
materials of historic interest.
Overall chairman of the
90th Anniversary Committee
is Pam Opperer. Other chair-
men are Lenny Newman, Ron
Sollish, Paula Zaks, Dr.
Donald Sherman and Dorene
Finer.
The 90th anniversary cele-
bration is open to the com-
munity. For an invitation, call
the Fresh Air Society,
661-0600.
Congregation Beth Shalom
families will prepare welcome
baskets Sept. 20 for the 15
new American families con-
nected recently with the
synagogue. The congregation
will host the newcomers from
the former Soviet Union at a
Shabbat dinner Oct. 30.
Sunday's event is part of a
program of Jewish Ex-
periences For Families, which
matches participating
synagogues and temples with
all the newcomers who arrive
in a particular month. The
congregations are responsible
for involving the new
Americans in their activities
and helping them feel
welcome in their new home.
To date, congregations Adat
Shalom, Beth Shalom and
Shaarey Zedek and temples
Beth El, Emanu-El and Kol
Ami have adopted a month as
part of the program.
The JEFF program is in ad-
dition to Family-To-Family,
which connects families and
individuals with newcomers
for friendship, enriching
Jewish experiences and emo-
tional support. Volunteers are
matched with newcomer
families for interests and
compatibility.
To participate in the JEFF
program, call Ellie Slovis,
354-1050; or your congrega-
tion. For information about
Family-To-Family, call the of-
fice, 259-6000.
Community And AIDS
To Be Breakfast Topic
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg of
Congregation Shir Tikvah
and Pola Friedman of Sinai
Hospital will address "Our
Community's Response to
AIDS: Opening Our Eyes,
Ears and Hearts" at the Food
for Thought breakfast 9:15
a.m. Sept. 23 at Congregation
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses.
The gathering is sponsored by
the Jewish Federation
Women's Division.
An advocate for educating
the Jewish community about
AIDS, Rabbi Sleutelberg
believes the community
should be involved actively in
assisting those stricken by it.
Ms. Friedman, an ad-
ministrative liaison at Sinai
Hospital, witnessed her late
brother's fight with the
disease.
Food for Thought is a forum
to educate the participants on
important Jewish issues and
to reach out to women not yet
involved in Women's Division.
Registration begins at 9:15
a.m.; breakfast at 9:30; pro-
gram at 10 a.m.
Babysitting will be
available upon request for
children 21/2 or older.
There is a charge for the
event, and there will be no
solicitation of gifts. For infor-
mation, call Ellen Kriv-
chenia, 642-4260.
Workmen's Circle will corn-
meorate the 75th anniversary
of its cemetery with a pro-
gram 3 p.m. Sept. 20 at the
Workmen's Circle Cemetery,
33550 Gratiot, north of 14
Mile Road.
Included in the program are
Senator Jack Faxon, Pro-
fessor Sidney Bolkosky,
Eugene Broder, Selma Goode,
Professor Leon Levitt and
Shirley Benyas.
In case of rain, the com-
memoration will be held at
the Workmen's Circle Center,
26341 Coolidge, Oak Park.
Federation Sets
Annual Meeting
The 66th annual meeting of
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit will be
held 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek.
The meeting will include
the presentation of the Fred
M. Butzel Memorial Award
for Distinguished Communi-
ty Service to William David-
son for his years of dedication
and service to both the
Jewish community and the
Detroit community at large.
President Mark E. Schlussel
will deliver the annual
report. Election of officers and
board members will take
place.
There is a charge to attend.
A buffet will precede the
meeting, with a dessert recep-
tion to follow. For informa-
tion, call Hazel Schackelford,
642-4260.
Merkaz Holds
Symposium
Merkaz will hold a halachic
symposium on Tzedakah 8:15
p.m. Sept. 22 at Young Israel
of Greenfield.
The program will introduce
the "Merkaz Tzedakah
Screening Project," to verify
the credentials of
meshulochim, charity collec-
tors, in the Detroit
metropolitan area. A lecture
on the practical aspects of the
mitzvah of tzedakah will also
be given by Rabbi Boruch
Hirschfeld of Cleveland, Ohio.
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George M. Stutz, honorary chairman of the 1992 Allied Jewish
Campaign's "41st Almost-Annual Outing for '92 Campaign
Volunteers" worker recognition event, greets program chairmen Joel
J. Shapiro and Milton Lucow at Tam O'Shanter Country Club.
Noble Laureate Elie Wiesel
will be the speaker at the
Lubavitch Foundation An-
nual Dinner Sept. 20 at
Fairlane Grand Manor in
Dearborn.
Professor Wiesel has work-
ed on behalf of oppressed peo-
ple for much of his adult life.
His first-hand witnessing of
the Holocaust has led him to
use his talents as an author,
teacher and storyteller to de-
fend human rights and peace
throughout the world.
Proceeds of the dinner will
benefit the Synagogue Cam-
pus of Living Judaism.
Sidney and Jewel Fields, Dr.
Eric and Sarah Gordon, and
Larry and Lois Nichamin will
be honored as this year's new
building founders for the
campus.