COMMUNITY West Bloomfield Approves B'nai David Building Plan ti The site and building plan for the proposed synagogue on Maple Road for Congrega- tion B'nai David has received unanimous approval from the West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees. Synagogue President Larry Traison said, "We are eager to come to West Bloomfield 'where we can be available to more Jewish families seeking to observe traditional Judaism. Our congregation's goal is to welcome the 1993 High Holidays in our new building and share it with many new families." B'nai David's new facility will be located on Maple Road west of Halsted Road. Design- ed by Neumann Smith & Associates, the 19,000 square foot facility will be a "thoroughly modern adapta- tion, using many components of the old building like the Ark wall and portions of the stained glass windows," said architect Kenneth Neumann. The design calls for a cen- tral bimah and encircling per- Barbara Nusbaum Chairs JARC Concert Barbara Nusbaum will I chair JARC's fall benefit, ° featuring Ann-Margaret, 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Fox Theatre. The Las Vegas-style show will support the homes and services for adults with developmental disabilities operated by JARC. Serving as Mrs. Nusbaum's associate chairpersons are ---,Nora Barron, Annie Cohen, Sandra Dembs, Michael S. Feldman, Debbie Fishman, Harriet Gelfond, Cheryl Guyer, Arthur Horwitz, Nan- cy Jacobson, Lois Katzman, Ellen Labes,- Elise Levinson, > Eugene Mondry, Donna Pearlman, Susan Pappas, Charlotte Tessler, Norman G. Wachler, DeDe Weinberg, H. James Zack. Mrs. Nusbaum serves as a JARC vice president and a member of the executive com- - mittee. She is co-chairperson of the acculturation commit- tee of the Jewish Experiences for Families and an executive board member and chairman Barbara Nusbaum of the advocacy committee of Resettlement Service. JARC operates 13 homes for adults with developmental disabilities in southern Oakland County, as well as two independent living programs. For ticket information, call JARC, 352-5272. Sukkot Tour Oct. 11 ( A tour of neighborhood suk- kot is open to the community, 1-3 p.m. Oct. 11, beginning at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building of the Jewish Com- munity Center. the by Sponsored Neighborhood Project, the JCC, Jewish Experiences For Families (JEFF) and The Jewish News, the "Sukkah- rama" begins with a "how to" building demonstration, children's crafts and kosher refreshments at the JPM building. Children also will have the opportunity to place their decorations. The afternoon will be highlighted with a sukkah tour through Oak Park, Southfield and Huntington Woods. Temple Emanu-El, Congregation Beth Shalom, Machon L'Torah and Yeshiva Beth Yehudah also will open their sukkot to the tour. Kits are available for those who would like to build their own sukkot. The $54 packages, available at Durst Lumber in Berkley, contain all materials for building a sukkah. For information about construction, call Ira Wise at Temple Emanu-El, 967-4020. For information about the afternoon or to open a sukkah to the community, call the Neighborhood Project, 967-1112. manent seating for 300. Sanc- tuary seating will expand to 600 for the - High Holidays. The kitchen and social hall will accommodate up to 300. A fund-raising campaign for the $3 million project is 50 percent complete, partially through the sale of the synagogue's Southfield loca- tion to the City of Southfield. The $3 million fund-raising goal includes construction costs plus an operating en- dowment for the new building. JVS Provides Job-Search Help Responding to the growing local needs created by the economic recession, the United Jewish Foundation has approved special alloca- tions to Jewish Vocational Service to assist unemployed management-level profes- sionals and to Jewish Family Service to continue direct ser- vice to clients at its West Bloomfield branch office. A $35,000 allocation to JVS will fund a new program to provide job-search assistance to unemployed management- level professionals in the community. JVS' Corporate Oppor- tunities Program will provide more intense and specialized services for a group of clients, previously unaffected by the recession, which includes engineers, accountants, former small business owners and other managerial and sales professionals. Each participant in the pro- gram will meet with an ex- perienced out-placement con- sultant hired by JVS, who will match them with ap- propriate opportunities and guide them through the job- search process. Clients also will participate in network- ing and support groups. The corporate consultant, who will lead executive-level job-search skills and network- ing seminars, will market JVS as a cost-effective source of qualified technical and managerial personnel to the .top businesses in Southeast Michigan. For information about the corporate opportunities pro- gram or other job placement possibilities, call Jewish Voca- tional Service, 559-5000. For information about Jewish Family Service counseling programs, call 559-1500. The Oakwood Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit recently was named in memory of the late Dorothy Shaye. Grandson Lee J. Landy unveils the plaque dedicating the NICU. Daughter Eva, son Robert, husband Maximilian, daughter Linda, and Edward H. Bovich, chairman of the Oakwood Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees, look on. CHAIM Sets Program On Bosnia-Herzegovina CHAIM, Children of Holocaust-Survivors Associa- tion In Michigan, will present a program about the persecu- tion and the policy of "ethnic cleansing" reportedly being committed by Serbia against the Muslim and Croatian peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Maple-Drake JCC. Professor Zvi Gitelman of the University of Michigan will discuss the historical roots of the ethnic violence now taking place in the former Yugoslavia and the similarities and differences to the Holocaust. The title of his lecture is "Bosnia-Herzegovi- na: Another Holocaust In The Making?" This program is CHAIM's fall new members program; children of Holocaust sur- Zvi Gitelman vivors as well as others who may be interested in learning more about the educational work of CHAIM are en- couraged to attend. There is no charge. Refreshments will be served. Bonds Honors Barget State of Israel Bonds will pay tribute to Russell G. Barget at the organization's 20th annual Tam O'Shanter Country Club dinner dance, 7 p.m. Oct. 10. Over "Moon With Jerusalem" as the dinner dance theme for the fourth successive year, Mr. Barget, who is general manager of Tam O'Shanter, will be presented with Israel's Gates of Jerusalem Award in recognition of his service to the Jewish community and the State of Israel. As the general manager of the Tam O'Shanter Country Club since 1964, Mr. Barget Russel Barget has demonstrated a commit- ment to Israel's economic development. For the past 20 years he has helped organize every Israel Bonds event hosted by the club.