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Having a Cabinet
member for dinner;
Young Zionists, unite.

Through a little bit of Jewish geogra-
phy, the Oak Park-based kosher food
bank Yad Ezra has snagged United
States Secretary of Agriculture Dan
Glickman for its annual dinner.
Glickman, who will be speaking at
the Nov. 4 fund-raiser at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, is the brother-in-law of
local Yad Ezra supporter Diane Klein.
In his cabinet post since 1995,
Glickman has worked to streamline
the Department of Agriculture, while
focusing his attention on protecting
natural resources, food safety, expand-
ing export opportunities, rural devel-

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opment and maintaining a nutritional
safety net for those in need.
Yad Ezra hopes to raise $225,000
from the November dinner and pro-
gram book, along with a major-donor
parlor meeting preceding the dinner,
said Development Director Lea Luger.
While Glickman may be a big
draw, he apparently pales in compari-
son to local philanthropist Doreen
Hermelin. Last year's dinner honoring
Hermelin raised $300,000. "That was
a special year," said Luger. "Her hus-
band David was being appointed
ambassador to Norway, and people
were very generous in their response."

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The popular impression is that the
Zionist Organization of America caters
mostly to older folks, who remember
the State of Israel's founding in 1948.
But the Metro Detroit District has
formed a younger group, Viewpoint,
for those between 25 and 45 who
want to become involved in Zionist
social and political causes, reports
president Jerome S. Kaufman of
Bloomfield Hills.
What is a Zionist? Says Kaufman:
"A Zionist, to my mind, is simply
someone that is for a strong Israel,

someone who wants to make sure that
Israel continues to exist and remains
able to defend itself against its never-
ending list of enemies."
"A Zionist makes no apology for
his devotion to the Land of Israel and
the need to protect the Israelis and
perforce the rest of the Jews of the
world," he added. "A Zipnist also
knows there is only one little place
where Jews can live entirely as Jews."

The Jewish Educational Leader's
Handbook is out, and it includes arti-
cles by two Detroit professionals: Har-
lene Appelman, who is the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
director of community outreach and
education, and Dr. Mark Smiley,
headmaster of Hillel Day School.
Both Appelman and Smiley drew
on their local experience in their arti-
cles. Appelman's "Family Education
for Today's Families" offers some how-
to tips for establishing programs such
as those offered through the Agency
for Jewish Education of Metropolitan
Detroit's Jewish Experiences for Fami-
lies. In "The Head of School as Fund-
raiser," Smiley outlines strategies for
raising funds for day schools. ❑

100-Year Celebration Of Detroit Jewry

Remember
When • •

From the pages of The Jewish News
for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50
years ago.

A Greek court decided to allow the
extradition to the united States of
Mohammed Rashid, a Palestinian
accused of responsibility for two
fatal airplane bombings.

At the request of Rabbi Menachem
Schneerson, inmates of the New
York State prison system were given
special arrangements to observe the
Yom Kippur fast.
Israeli President Yitzhak Navon
described American Jewry as
"drowning in a sea of chocolate and
cream."
Shifman's clothing store in Lincoln
Center offered a three-piece cor-
duroy suit for $79.

1968
Israel announced plans to establish
its first settlement in northern Sinai.
The passing of Mrs. Joseph H.
(Dora Buchalter) Ehrlich brought
messages of tribute from all over
the country.
Alan Smith, editor of the Tikvah
Trumpet of Tikvah Lodge B'nai
B'rith, was awarded first place in
the mimeograph division of the
Lodge Bulletin Contest.

Montreal voted $3,000 for the sup-
port of its Jewish Public Library.
Guardian Savings on Cadillac
Square offered a free gift for the
opening of a new account of $10 or 4‘..
more. The current rate of interest
was 3 percent.
The Sherman Cousins Club
planned its first birthday celebra-
tion at the Roostertail.

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Sarah and Rose Levin
are ready to greet
customers at Levin's
Grocery, located at
Leland and Hastings
streets, in the 1920s.

Photo courtesy Leonard N. Simons
Jewish Community Archives/Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

The Jewish Welfare Federation of
Detroit took permanent offices in
the Owen Building, 6th floor, 250
West Lafayette.
Mrs. Sam Keller was named
Detroit's Sweetest Woman by the
Sweetest Day Committee for her
outstanding service as chairman of
the TB and Health Society of
Wayne County.