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honorary tourism ambassador of Israel
in the United States. In her new role,
she will work to position Israel as an
attractive destination for Jewish Amer-
icans to visit and re-visit.

Gerald J. Sukenic's 1994 photo at the
Western Wall, in Jerusalem, won first
place for religious theme photography.
The photo was submitted to the Jew-
ish Federation of Greater Phoenix and
was displayed at the federation's cele-
bration of Israel's 50th anniversary
golden jubilee at the Scottsdale Civic
Center for the Arts. Gerald resides and
practices real estate brokerage in West
Bloomfield and Scottsdale.

Ofra Fisher
Slates Talk

The B'nai B'rith Center for Jewish
Identity will host a meeting 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 26, at the B'nai B'rith
Regional Office, 31600 W. 13 Mile
Road, Suite 120, Farmington Hills.
The guest that
evening will be
Ofra Fisher,
national director
of the B'nai B'rith
Center for Jewish
Identity. She will
explain the impor-
tance of the pro-
grams and services
sponsored by the
Ofra Fisher
center.
There is no
cost to attend the meeting; refresh-
ments will be served.

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The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • 6600 West Maple Road • West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Jimmy Prentis Morris Building • 15110 West Ten Mile Road • Oak Park, MI 48237

Berman
Award Nominations

Nominations are being accepted for
the llth annual Berman Award for
Outstanding Professional Service for
a Jewish communal professional
employed by the Jewish Federation
or one of its agencies.
Nominees for the Berman Award
must have worked in the Detroit
Jewish community a minimum of
five years. They must have demon-
strated the highest professional stan-
dards in their chosen field, made a
contribution to the general good of
the Jewish community and displayed
leadership and innovation to their
profession.
Nominations may be submitted
by letter to the selection committee
_ no later than Tuesday, June 30.
Address nominations to: Harlene W.
Appelman, Confidential; Jewish Fed-
eration of Metropolitan Detroit, P.O
Box 2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI
48303-2030.

Pre-Shavuot
At Danto

Rabbi Bitran of Shaarey Zedek
B'nai Israel will visit Danto Health
Care Center 4 p.m. Monday, May
25, for a special pre-Shavuot pro-
gram.
For information, contact
Rabbi Rabin at Danto, (248) 788-
5300.

Volunteer Dinner

Over 130 people recently attended Yad Ezra's annual Volunteer Dinner. Pic-
tured are Lea Luger, development director; June Stillman, chairwoman for the
dinner; Jeffrey Appel, president; Elaine Ryke, human services director.