CLOCKWISE, FROM
LEFT: Amanda Leff, Annie

Dube and Nicole Hertzberg work

on an art project for Adat

Shalom nursery school's 25th

anniversary; Rabbi Michelle

Faudem returns as a teacher

and adviser at Hillel Day

School; thousands turned out 41,

for the Walk For Israel as part of

the Israel Fest at the Jewish

Center.

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Prentis Manor announces it will close its doors
by year's end. The Allied Jewish Campaign is pro-
jecting $27.6 million, topping 1995 by $800,000.
This comes at a time when campaigns continue
to be flat all over the country.
Philanthropist William Davidson develops an
archeological park by the Western Wall in
Jerusalem.
Rabbi Lane Steinger will leave Temple Emanu-
El, and Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper announces his
retirement from Beth Abraham Hillel Moses.
Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof, granddaughter of the
late Yitzhak Rabin, visits Detroit to talk about
her book, In The Name of Sorrow and Hope.
Irvin Abramson, a recluse, leaves millions of
dollars in stocks to three charities, with a

small percentage designated to Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah.
The ADL's Richard Lobenthal, after 35 years
of service, calls it quits. Congregation T'chiyah of
Detroit announces a move to Royal Oak.

MAY

Women's Division celebrates 50 years of service.
Federation announces it will expand its Israel
office to facilitate and strengthen its Partnership
2000 commitment. Tova Do/ finan will head the
office.
Punks in a Southfield park harass Orthodox
Jews on their way to Sabbath services.
Irvin Abramson's family announces it will fight
his will.
Ukrainians in Detroit observe the 10-year an-
niversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Michelle Faudem, a Hillel graduate, returns to
her school as teacher and rabbi.
The Jewish News asks the community, "What
if Netanyahu Wins?"
Huntington Woods child Lauren Cohn, 4, is in
need of a bone-marrow transplant.
The Weinberg Biblical Playground and the
DeRoy Pre-School Playground at the Jimmy Pren-
tis Morris JCC will be refurbished.
Adat Shalom Nursery School celebrates its 25th
anniversary.
Local Israeli political watchers keep a close eye
on the results that show an apparent Netanyahu
victory.
Dr. Conrad Giles is nominated to the CJF pres-
idency.
Shaarey Zedek's associate rabbi, Bill Gershon,
moves on to Minnesota's Beth El Synagogue.

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