Rachel Jacobs, Betty Silverfarb
The League Of Jewish
Women's Organizations
48th annual Youth Awards
Program was held on
March 14 at Congregation
Beth Shalom.
Since 1945, the League
has honored outstanding
high school seniors who
meet the criteria of academ-
ic excellence, religious edu-
cation, leadership and par-
ticipation in community
service.
The students must also
write an essay. This year's
topic was: "As an American,
what role does Israel play
in my Jewish identity?"
A $500 award is given to
one student. Judges this
year were Dr. Bela Chopp,
Sharon Lipton, Esther
Rosenblum, Neil Schechter
and Beverly Stone.
This year's finalists
included: Amy Berkowitz
and Bradley Finegold of
Oak Park; Nathaniel
Berman, Wendy Dworkin,
Sarah Hazan, Jessica
Kirzner, Lawrence Kovacs,
Lauren Marcus, Sarah
Meyers, Natalia Pukhlik,
Yardana Salinger, Scott
Selfon of Southfield; Jodie
Berger, Jeffrey Gell and
Danny Newman of
Farmington Hills; Jeffrey
Berger, Debbi Hersh,
Jonathon Koenigsberg,
Rebecca Levenson and
Douglas Rochen of West
Bloomfield; Rachel Jacobs
and Alison Jerris of
Huntington Woods; Adam
Chalom of Beverly Hills;
Stacey Pearl of Novi; and
Julie Smith of Ypsilanti.
Betty Silverfarb made
the presentation to the win-
ner, Rachel Jacobs.
Honorable mention was
awarded to Jeffrey Gell.
HMC Hosts
Holocaust Author
Alicia Appleman-Jurman,
author of Alicia: My Story,
will speak in West
Bloomfield under the aus-
pices of the Holocaust
Memorial Center 7:30 p.m.,
March 30.
Alicia grew up in the
mountain village of Buczacz,
Poland. And then the Nazis
came. Alicia vowed that if
she survived, her voice
would sound on behalf of
those whose voices were
silenced. The lecture will be
held in the DeRoy Theatre of
the Maple-Drake Jewish
Community Center. Soft-
cover copies of Alicia: My
Story are available for pur-
chase at the HMC. Following
her talk that evening, Alicia
Appleman-Jurman will sign
Flow er
Benefits Elderl y
The Auxiliary of the
Jewish Home for Aged
will hold its third annual
Flower Day May 23.
Proceeds from the event
will benefit Jewish elder-
ly.
The Auxiliary has ar-
ranged for purchase of
flats of annual and peren-
nial flowers and vegeta-
bles. Order forms are
being distributed through
the mail and are available
at the Jewish Home for
Aged/Borman Hall, Pren-
tis Manor and Fleischman
Residence/Blumberg
Plaza. All orders are to be
pre-paid by April 23.
All pre-paid orders are
to be picked up at the
Maple-Drake Jewish Corn-
munity Center parking
lot. Volunteers will be
available to help load the
flowers in the cars.
For more information
on ordering flower and
vegetable flats, call Gail
Budin, 683-0296; or Leslie
Magidson, 539-0632.
The
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A sampling of
Jewish communal
events:
MAR. 28
AIDS program,
10 a.m., Temple
Beth El.
AIDS forum, 1-4 p.m.,
Maple-Drake JCC.
MAR. 29
Black-Jewish Seder, Beth
Abraham Hillel Moses.
MAR. 30
Author Alicia Jurman,
7:30 p.m., Holocaust
Memorial Center.
MAR. 31
Brandeis' University on
Wheels," 9:45 a.m.,
Bloomfield Township
Library
Alicia Appleman-Jurman
copies of the book.
The evening is free of
charge.
Food For Thought Forum,
9:30 a.m., Applebaum
Parenting Center.
Community Prepares
For Remembrance Day
Yom Hazikaron — Israel
Remembrance Day — will
be observed May 13 dur-
ing the Jewish communi-
ty's Israel Independence
Day celebration, this year
marking Israel's 45th
anniversary of statehood.
The Yom Hazikaron pro-
gram will take place 7
p.m. at Maple-Drake
Jewish Community Cen-
ter.
The observance memori-
alizes nearly 18,000
Israeli soldiers who gave
their lives defending the
Jewish state. Local
Israelis and members of
our Jewish community are
translating and editing
the biographies selected
from an Israeli-govern-
ment published Yizkor
book. The biographies of
the soldiers are being
shared to perpetuate their
memories.
In addition to this pro-
gram, the evening will
include the lighting of an
eternal flame, an address
by an official representa-
tive of the Israel govern-
ment, appropriate songs
and poems by students
and Israeli artists, an
audio-visual presentation
and indoor and outdoor
ceremonies. Participants
in April's Michigan Mir-
acle Mission to Israel will
bring back stones from
Israel's Latrun Military
Cemetery to place at the
Detroit monument to
Israel's fallen soldiers.
Plans for a permanent
memorial will be unveiled.
Chairmen of the obser-
vance are Dennis
Bernard, Betsy Snider
Heuer, Adina Laks and
Yiftach Maas.
On the traditional day
of Yom Hazikaron, this
year corresponding to
April 24-25, Detroit area
synagogues and temples
will have their own obser-
vances.
The Detroit celebration
of Israel Independence
Day will begin May 1
when members of the
Israel Air Force and their
families will present a
program at the Southfield
Civic Center at 8:30 p.m.
There is an admission
charge.
On May 2, students
from area Hebrew schools
will compete for prizes
based on their knowledge
of Israel in the annual
Israel Quiz Bowl at 10
a.m. at Maple-Drake.
Jewish Experiences For
Families will have a mini-
mega Israel mission with
crafts, music, Israeli danc-
ing, cooking and a petting
zoo at 6:30 p.m. May 12 at
the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Center. The pro-
gram will be repeated
after the Walk for Israel
on May 16.
The celebration will
continue 9:30 p.m. May
15, when the 18-person
Israeli singing and musi-
cal troupe, Gevatron,
entertains at Maple-
Drake. Tickets will be
available in mid-April at
Maple-Drake and JPM,
Agency for Jewish
Education and at the
Jewish Federation's Max
M. Fisher Building.
The annual Walk for
Israel will take place May
16, leaving from Maple-
Drake at 11:30 a.m.
Registration is at 10:30
a.m. Following the walk,
there will be an indoor
Israeli street fair with art,
crafts, exhibits, games,
entertainment and food.
Congressman
Eric
Fingerhut, D-Ohio, will
speak on "U.S.-Israel
Relations."
A Jerusalem Day party
for teens will take place at
5 p.m. May 23 at the
United Hebrew Schools
Building in Southfield.
The evening will feature
Israel programs.
Admission is free.
Pre-registration for the
walk is requested. To reg-
ister, for information or
bus transportation to the
Walk for Israel, call
Andrea Polk at the Jewish
Federation of Metro-
politan Detroit, 642-4260.
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