Please join us at the fourth annual dinner to benefit
YAD EZRA
YAD EZRA
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the kosher food pantry feeding the Jewish hungry
feediv the Tewhgh titergny
Monday, November 21, 1994
6:45 p.m. Dinner
6 p.m. Hors d'oeuvres
Honoring...
Shelley & Michael Eizelman
a founding family
of Yad Ezra
A special honor will be presented to
Akiva Hebrew Day School in recognition
of its strong commitment to Yad Ezra.
at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
27375 Bell Road, Southfield
Order your table/tickets today!
$30.00 per child (ages 8-18)
$100 per adult
$1,000 per table of ten
Donors of $500 or more above the cost of their reservations
will be recognized as Yad Ezra Sponsors
Commemorative Book Chairmen
Dinner Chairmen
Honorary Chairmen
Sanford Eisenberg
.
Susie
Citrin
Lois & Avern Cohn
Eugene Sherizen
John
D.
Marx
Barbara & Carl Levin
Vicki & Sandy Levin Carol & Paul Hooberman
Michigan allows an income tax credit for individuals, equal to 50% of the amount of cash contributions
(subject to certain limitations) to organizations such as Yad Ezra that provide food or shelter to the indigent.
The fair market value of the dinner for tax purposes is $30.00 per person
For information or reservations, call (810) 548-FOOD (3663)
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ful," said Noga Butensky, chair-
person of the Ideological Educa-
tion Division of Na'amat
(Women's Labor Union) and a
member of the Executive Bureau
of the Histadrut (General Feder-
ation of Labor in Israel). "It al-
lowed people to look at their
differences in a healthy fashion.
The real test will come when I go
back to Israel and try to share my
impression with friends, as well
as host Americans, as a way to
continue the dialogue."
When the discussion turned to
the more sensitive issue of aliyah,
panelist views were wide-rang-
ing. One Israeli said raising Jew-
ish children is more important
than making aliyah.
But Amos Hermon, the secre-
tary-general of the student orga-
nization World Executive of Betar
and Tagar, said he would like to
see a million more Jews move to
Israel. "We're not part of God's
supreme court, but I believe if the
second and third generations in
America really care about Jewish
identity, the only place to do it
properly is in IsraeL What we are
saying is, "Come try Israel as an
option; we've got so many things
to offer. And then decide.' "
Panelist Sheryl Katzman, a
University of Michigan senior
and senior adviser to the execu-
tive board of Young Judaea, said
while her organization's main
goal is to make aliyah, it often
sees Americans return home be-
cause they miss family and feel-
ing part of the culture.
Sunday's discussion also fo-
cused on the lack of Jewish iden-
tity among young Israelis and
Americans.
"We also have a problem with
Jewish identity, but your prob-
lem is much higher," said Nitzah
Chen, a reporter for Israeli tele-
vision. "I think our's comes from
the fact that in Israel your are
born in a Jewish state, you don't
need tradition."
Mr. Horwitz mentioned a pro-
gram this summer which took
teens on a cruise ship to re-enact
the "exodus" to Israel after the
Holocaust. His question for the
panelists: How much do we have .
to focus on bells and whistles to
get kids to Israel?
"One visit at the age of 12 or
13 with fireworks is not going to
do anything," said Ahuva Yanai,
a lieutenant colonel in the Israel
Defense Force. "One visit is not
nothing, but it's close to it. If teens
go more than once, it has to be
part of a process and they have
to go as more than a tourist."
U-M graduate student Jimmy
Rosenberg, who has taken teens
to Israel, said it is important for
teens to feel welcome there. "The
key point is getting them there,
teaching them about Israel and
providing follow-up activity."
Much of the concern expressed
during the dialogue focused on
the younger generation of Jews.
"Where are all your children
and grandchildren?" one of the
Israeli panelists asked the au-
dience.
Later in the program, Alexis
Levine, a 16-year-old Berkley
High School student, responded
to that and similar statements.
She talked about how attend-
ing such an event cannot always
be a priority for teens like herself
who care about their identity but
are busy with day-to-day rou-
tines. ❑
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West Bloomfield OKs
Bais Chabad Expansion
ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR
even weeks have passed
since the West Bloomfield
Township Planning Corn-
mission voted down a
$450,000 expansion of the Bais
Chabad Torah Center on Maple
Road, east of Orchard Lake Road.
During those seven weeks, rep-
resentatives of the 50-family con-
gregation allayed the fears of
neighboring residents and con-
vinced the township board that
the planning commission was
wrong.
After a one-hour hearing Mon-
day night, the board voted unan-
imously to approve the expansion.
Neighbors had presented two
major concerns to the township:
some events at the synagogue
overwhelm the parking lot and
cars park on Tamerlane, a nar-
row residential street. An adja-
cent neighbor had expressed
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concerns before the planning
commission in August that heavy
growth forming a greenbelt buffer
between the residence and the
synagogue would be cut down
during the expansion.
Representatives of the congre-
gation met with the neighbor and
agreed that the greenbelt would
not be touched. Architect Sey-
mour Mandell, representing Bais
Chabad, said the expansion
would allow the congregation to
triple the size of its parking lot
and eliminate parking problems
for public events at the Torah
Center.
Rabbi Elimeilech Silberberg
explained that there are no park-
ing problems on Shabbat and
Jewish holidays because the con-
gregants walk to the synagogue.
Township board member
Michael Alan Schwartz cross-ex-
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