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Jews: Boosting
Yuletide Cheer

RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER

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Christmas tree with red ing homes, homeless shelters and
Christmas
lights and ribbons decorat- refuges across the metropolitan
ed a room at Congregation area. They carolled, cooked, gave
manicures and danced.
eth Shalom.
Sarah Waldbott, 8, played the
That same room contained
piano
for nursing-home residents.
blankets and cots for the homeless
who stayed there during the hol- Her friend, Gabriel Slabosky, 9,
wouldn't sing. ("I can't," he said.)
iday week.
People like "Rhonda," who lost Gabriel read stories to the elder-
her apartment and had been liv- ly.
Debra Rosenberg and Robyn
ing out of a truck for two weeks,
Canvasser
chaired the event.
appreciated the Jewish commu-
The Arons boys, Josh, 12, and
nity's assistance. During the week
before Christmas, she spent days David, 9, brought along their dog,
looking for ajob and nights slum- B.J., to entertain residents of
bering on the floor at Beth Grove Crest nursing home.
Shalom.
"It motivates me, knowing oth-
er people care enough to try to
help," Rhonda said. "I wouldn't be
able to look for a job real good be-
ing cold and hungry."
By midweek, Rhonda and her
"Rhonda"
friend, David, apart-time worker
who also stayed at Beth Shalom,
had made holiday plans.
"I got a letter in the mail that
They wouldn't spend Christmas said kids and pets welcome. So
with family. Rhonda's family
here we are," said Susan Arons,
doesn't know about her situation.
mother.
They would spend Christmas in their
Volunteers like Betsy Moss of
Oak Parks David Shepherd Park, West Bloomfield helped out at
perhaps. Feeding the birds and
Turning Point, a Mt. Clemens
hoping for a better 1995.
"My three wishes are that I shelter for abused women and
children. Ms. Moss and the
have my own place," she said, "a their
others sorted through and cate-
nice, steady, eight-hour-a-day job, gorized donations of toys and
and that all else who are unfortu-
clothing.
nate find happiness, too."
Marlene and Steve Myers of
Before 9 a.m. on Christmas West Bloomfield volunteered at
Day, more than 350 men, women, The Booth, a downtown shelter
children and dogs gathered at the sponsored by the Salvation Army.
Jewish Federation of Metropoli- The Booth helps women with sub-
tan Detroit. Like members of Beth stance abuse problems.
Shalom, the crowd had a mission
"They were extremely appre-
of happiness for Jews and gentiles ciative," Ms. Myers said. "These
alike.
people are trying to get well.
Federation's Business and Pro- They're there. They're making a
fessional Women's Division and
Young Adult Division co-spon- commitment."
sored the annual program at nurs-

"It motivates me,
knowing other
people care."

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wo Lubavitch men, one of
whom is a rabbi, are sched-
uled to appear next month
at the 45th District Court
on charges that they assaulted
an Oak Park child.
The two men, along with a 16-
year-old cheder student, alleged-
ly hit a child they claim threw
rocks at the Mishkan Israel
Nusach H'Ari synagogue.
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firers said there was no racial un-
dertone to the scuffle.
"It is an isolated event," said
Rabbi Bentzion Stein, principal
of the Lubavitch cheder that is
housed in the synagogue build-
ing. "I wouldn't let my 15-year-
old daughter walk around at
night but this is a safe neighbor-
hood."
The incident is the latest in a
string of reports involving the