"LUSHLY BEAUTIFUL...

Full of visual surprises. The film is artfully unpredictable,
suffused with physical warmth and a dreamlike, inviting glow."

-Janet Maslin, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"SHOT WITH FORCEFUL ELEGANCE...

B'nai B'rith Honors
Howard, Steven Tapper

Lyrical...At once hectic and sultry, gritty and abstract.
It has the millennial feel of a century's end."

-J. Haberman, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"A SEARINGLY ORIGINAL FILM

CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ LOCAL COLUMNIST

set on the eve of the Holocaust...Has a feeling of the fantastic as
a variety of shtetl dwellers unknowingly live out their last days."

-Betsy Sherman, BOSTON GLOBE

Howard Tapper, Sylvia Ross and Steven Tapper at the B'nai B'rith benefit.

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he 1994 B'nai B'rith
Women special gifts lun-
cheon recently honored
brothers Howard and
Steven Tapper. More than 250
patrons attended the event at
Congregation B'nai Moshe. Dr.
Mark Smiley, headmaster of
Hillel Day School, gave the invo-
cation. He talked about brothers
in the Bible and how some got
along and others did not. About

the community. Their special gift
to B'nai B'rith will enable emo-
tionally disadvantaged children
at the BBW Residential Treat-
ment Center in Israel to have a
playground with playground
equipment.
The Tapper brothers both ad-
dressed the audience. At one
point Steven turned to his broth-
er and said, "Without my broth-
er, I don't think I would be where
I am today and I take
tremendous pride in your
accomplishments."
Many Tapper family
members and friends were
in the audience including
Susan, Howard's wife;
Marla and Mark, their
children; Trudy and Stan
Berlin, Susan's parents;
Barbara Tapper Gold-
man, sister; Patricia,
Steven's wife; Julia,
Alexander and Shayna
Rose, their children.
Students Michelle
Michelle Stem, Owen Alterman
Stern and Owen Alter-
man of B'nai B'rith Youth
the Tappers he remarked: "Their were in the audience as well as
love and mutual adoration is an Joel Feldman of the Hillel
inspiration for all of us."
Barbara Goldsmith, presi-
dent of B'nai B'rith Women's
Council of Metropolitan Detroit,
greeted the guests. She began on
a humorous note. "The one word
that strikes fear in my husband's
heart is the word Tapper's," she
said, referring to the fact that the
brothers own a jewelry store.
Sylvia Ross, special gifts
chairman, introduced the Tap-

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pers and gave a personal account
of their charitable practices. She

first met Howard Tapper when
he was a volunteer "big brother"
to her son. She also displayed a
ceramic vase that Steven Tapper
made and gave her some 20
years ago. Ms. Ross noted their
philanthropy and leadership in

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