C ommuni ty PRIZE 1993 International Pearl Competition Beth Achim Plans Concert David Wachter SINCE 1922 David Wachter S Sons' award winning pearl enhancer is back from ll-s world tour and will be available for view* Thursday, April 28th through Sunday, May 1st. - In honor of this special weekend event, our entire collection of pearl jewellery will he sale-priced.. just in time for Mothers Day, confirmation and graduation gift giving. 100 S. Woodward Corner of Maple and Woodward Downtown Birmingham OPEN SUNDAYS 81 0 5 4 0 4 6 2 2 or Toll Free 8 0 0 .3 4 5 .6 0 0 3 ‘ Certified Gemologist 07 Members American Gem Society 22.ural d ies n flax from Marisa Christia. Delicate crochet cardigan in lihenicottori reveals a soft rarnieicotton tank. Perfect wren paired with the linen1rayon zip front short with side elastic. Imported. Sweaters sizes 1X-3X. Short sizes 14-24. Cardigan 5138. Short S88. Tank S44. pplegate Squary • Southfield • 354-4560 Congregation Beth Achim will culminate the year-long 25th anniversary celebration at 7 p.m. May 22 with An Evening of Elegance.Featured will be en- tertainer Paul Zion and his Sim- cha Klezmer Band in concert followed by a champagne after- glow. Prior to the concert there will be a brief ceremony in which the past presidents of the con- gregation will be honored for their service. For information, call the syn- agogue office, 352-8670. Chairs Named For Israel Day Linda Lee and Jerald Kaufman have been appointed chairper- sons of the annual Walk for Is- rael at 12:30 p.m. May 1. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. Ms. Lee, a past president of Jewish Community Center, is a member of the Jewish Feder- ation's Community Outreach and Involvement Steering Com- mittee, the Women' Division board and the National Agen- cies Division. Past chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign's Metropoli- tan Division, Mr. Kaufman has been active in the community- wide effort for many years and participated in Federation's Hadracha program in 1981. He is a longtime member of the Jewish Community Center's board of directors. One night before the Walk, April 30, Israel's Noa (Achinoam Nini) and Gil Dor will officially begin the celebration with a con- cert at the Maple/Drake Jewish Community Center. Doors open at 9:15 p.m. Born in Tel Aviv and of Yemenite descent, Ms. Nini comes from a Yemenite-Israeli background, but lived in New York from the time she was 6 months old until she was 17. Noa is bilingual and is as com- fortable singing jazz standards as she is Yemenite folk songs. She trained in dance at the Alvin Ailey and Martha Gra- ham Dance Centers, and incor- porates dance into her shows. Mr. Dor studied at Boston Berklee School of Music. He lat- er toured Europe with Al DiMe- ola before he do-founded Tel Aviv's Rimon School. Mr. Dor, made the connection between jazz star Pat Metheny and Nini. On May 1, the 3.5-mile Walk kicks off a fun-filled day of ac- tivities centering around Israel's anniversary at the JCC. Cele- brate Israel Festivities will fea- ture Israeli food, art and music. Programs for people of all ages will include a technology fair and a video presentation of the Israel independence celebration in Yavne, Detroit's sister city in Israel. Lunch and snacks will be available at an Israeli food court, which will be open all af- ternoon, in Shiffman Hall and the cafeteria. All families are invited to participate in the Israel Inde- pendence Youth and Family In- door Games for chidlren age 2-15, who must be accompanied by an adult. A cantorial concert at Tem- ple Israel will round out the pro- gram. Free bus transportation will be available from the JCC, Jim- my Prentis Morris building at 10 a.m., Highland Towers at 10:10 a.m. and the Agency for Jewish Education (UHS) build- ing at 10:30 a.m., returning throughout the afternoon. Adat Shalom Hosts Author Blu Greenberg Blu Greenberg, lecturer and au- thor of numerous books and ar- ticles on Jewish women and the Jewish family, will describe her odyssey Tom Mild Mannered Yeshiva Girl to Orthodox Fem- inist" at Adat Shalom Synag- gogue Sisterhood's annual Donor Day May 3. Blu Greenberg is an Ortho- dox Jewish feminist who has dealt extensively with women's roles in Orthodoxy. She has been active in Jewish-Palestin- ian dialogue and other inter- group relations fro the past two decades. She is the author of On Women and Judaism: A view from Tradition, How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household, and A Special Kind of Mother. The day will begin at 10 a.m. with coffee and an array of bou- tiques. Proceeds will help to support the sisterhood's programs. There is a charge. For reservations by April 28, call the synagogue, 851-5100.