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This & That
A cantorial duo goes south; a kosher caterer plans a tasty benefit.
A good sign he's feeling better after
quadruple heart bypass surgery, Can-
tor Harold Orbach of Temple Israel
/) is teaming up with Cantor Stephen
Dubov of Temple Beth El in a special
reunion concert for metro Detroiters
vacationing or living in south Florida.
The duo will perform Broadway,
opera and Yiddish melodies at 3:30
p.m. Sunday, March 15, at the
Embassy Suites Hotel Ballroom on
Yamato Drive at 1-95 in Boca Raton.
For ticket information, call 1-800-
791-1822.
Dubov, a Boca Raton
native, met Orbach at
Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion
Then Orbach was giving a
cantorial demonstration to Dubov's
class at the School of Sacred Music.
Orbach, 66, who had surgery in
mid-January, is back to work part time
and is planning to return to work full
time the day after the concert.
Temple Israel congregants Marci
Schulman and Bryant Frank, Rabbis
Josh Bennett and Paul Yedwab and
Junior Choir assistant Crystal Web-
ster have handled cantorial responsi-
bilities during Orbach's recuperation.
Above: Stephen Dubov.
Left: Harold Orbach.
Two students from
Israel's Technion vis-
ited Detroit earlier
this week to meet
with local supporters
of the "MIT of
Israel." Shahar Bar
and Galit Hartson
are both recipients of
Perach scholarships,
tuition assistance
given in exchange for
tutoring children
individually and
through education
projects at schools
and science museums.
The Perach pro-
gram, established in
1974, aims to culti-
vate interest in sci-
ence and technology among disadvan-
taged Jewish and Arab youth. Accord-
ing to Nancy Gad-Harf, executive
director of the Detroit Chapter of
American Society for Technion, the
program is now a funding project of
local donors: Gerald and Barbara
Cook spearheaded a funding cam-
paign with a $280,000 challenge
grant, Marcia and Howard Parven
donated $100,000, and a number of
other donors have contributed a total
of $100,000.
Seventy percent of Israel's engineers
receive their training through the
Technion, which is located in Haifa.
Judge Edward Avadenka of the 48th
District Court has decided to go for
another term on the bench. He will
run in November's general election.
Avadenka, the chief judge of the
court, is in his second term on the
bench.
The 48th District Court covers
Birmingham, Keego Harbor, Sylvan
Lake, Bloomfield Hills, Orchard Lake
and the townships of West Bloomfield
and Bloomfield.
While its new, permanent home is
under construction, the nomadic
Congregation Shir Tikvah is lighting
out for yet another location. Begin-
ning March 8, it will move its Sunday
Family Education classes from Roeper
School to the Birmingham Temple in
Farmington Hills.
Tuesday classes will also be moved
from Roeper to Northminster Presby-
terian Church, where the shul contin-
ues to hold its services and other con-
gregation functions.
Shir Tikvah's new home will be
located at Wattles and Northfield
Parkway in Troy.
Paul Kohn of Quality Kosher Cater-
ing is hosting a gastronomic benefit in
three parts. Guests are asked to eakto
their heart's content.
The first in the series, at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 15, features hors
d'oeuvres; the second, at 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 23, features entrees;
the last, at 8 p.m. Monday, May 4,
features desserts. All will be held at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375
Bell Road in Southfield.
Tickets are $45 for one segment;
$90 for two; or $120 for all three.
Proceeds will be split among Yad Ezra,
the kosher food bank, the Shaarey
Zedek Religious School, Akiva
Hebrew Day School and Hillel Day
School.
The trial of Michelle Wilson, who is
accused of scattering anti-Semitic
pamphlets on Huntington Woods
lawns last summer, has been pushed
back to March 13. The trial will take
place before Oak Park District Court
Judge Marvin F. Frankel.
EMEMBER WHIN . . .
hen we wander memory lane, all of
us can recall favorite TV shows, popular
tunes and maybe what we were doing
when." To help jog those memories, here
are some news "billboards" from the
pages of The Jewish News for this date
a 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Chaim Herzog was elected president
of Israel for a second five-year term.
Locally, the rebuilding of Congre-
gation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses
on Maple Road in West Bloomfield
was completed, following the fire
that ravaged the structure five years
before.
1978
The World Zionist Congress elected
Leon Dulzin, member of Likud, as
chairman of the World Zionist Orga-
nization. He reiterated his stand that
world Jewry should stop supporting
assistance for Jews who leave the Sovi-
et Union for countries other than
Israel.
Several Detroiters, including
David Hermelin and Harold Perl-
stein, attended the opening of the
first section of the Jerusalem-Lod
Expressway.
1968
King Hussein of Jordan announced a
policy of halting Arab terrorist raids
against Israel; his parliament support-
ed him.
Philanthropist Max M. Fisher was
among the honorees recognized for
creative leadership by the newly orga-
nized University of Detroit President's
Cabinet.
1958
Four Buenos Aires Jews were elected
to the parliament of Argentina.
Harry Cohen, president of
Detroit's Moeis Chitim Committee,
issued an appeal for Detroit Jews to
aid needy families for Passover.
1948
Sen. Warren Austin proposed that th
U.N. Security Council establish a
committee of the Big Five Powers to
look into the threat to peace in Pales-
tine.
Britain refused to help enforce the
U.N. partition decision on Palestine.
Irving W. Blumberg was named
president of the newly- reorganized
Detroit Service Group.
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