Call for Nominegfor the 12th Annual

Berman Award

for Outstanding Professional Service

created by Mandell and Madeleine Berman

Miracles Invigorate
Our Lives, Rabbi Says

Eligibility for Nomination:

All Jewish communal
professionals employed by
Federation or its agencies
who have been working in
the Detroit Jewish community
a minimum of five years.

ROBERT A. SKLAR

Editor

Ir

e live in a remarkable
time — a time rich in
hope, promise and mir-
acles, a University of
Judaism lecturer told a group of
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan

Criteria for Selection:

The recipient of the Berman Award must
demonstrate the highest professional stan-
dards in his/her chosen field. That profes-
sional must have:

Hillel Day School Confers Honors

• made a contribution to the general good of
the Jewish community

• demonstrated leadership and innovation to
his/her profession

• applied creativity, dedication, knowledge
and care to providing
services to
Nomination Process:
the Jewish
community
Submit nominations by letter to
the Selection Committee. Names
Deadline for
of the nominees will remain
confidential, and they may be re-
Nominations:
nominated in subsequent years.

June 30, 1999

Presentation Date:

August 1999, at a
reception of the
Jewish Federation
Board of Governors

Send nominations to:
Randie Levin-Confidential
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit • PO Box 2030
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-2030

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5/21
1999

Detroit supporters at a fund-raiser
May 5.
"None has witnessed more mira-
cles, or seen the presence of God
more, than this generation," Rabbi
Ed Feinstein told 220 guests at
Hillel's annual patron party at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek's Irving
and Beverly Laker Education and

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Center and Yad Ezra.
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Rona and Herbert Freedland were
Detroit will present the first Dream
longtime supporters of Hillel. They
Maker Award to Beverly and Irving
became active when their daughter
Laker at its annual dinner and silent
Karen entered
auction on Tuesday,
kindergarten in
June 8, at
1965. He served as a
Congregation Shaarey
member
of the board
Zedek.
of directors and the
The silent auction,
executive committee
cocktails and strolling
and as Hillel PTO
dinner begin at 5:30
president. All four of
p.m. with the program
the Freedland chil-
following at 8.
dren are graduates of
Reservations are $180
Hillel. Rabbi Jacob
per person.
Segal officiated at
Rona and Herbert
Mr. Freedland's bar
Freedland will posthu- Beverly and Irving Laker
mitzvah and the
mously receive the
Freedlands' wedding.
Rabbi Jacob Segal
The
Freedlands were
Award. The Freedland
Adat
Shalom
children will accept on
Synagogue
members.
behalf of the family.
He
died
in
1991;
she
The Lakers are
died
in
1998.
activists in the Jewish
Lori Garon,
community and in
Natalie Newman and
Jewish education. He's
Susan Slabotsky are
a past president of
chairing the silent
Shaarey Zedek and its
auction. Andrea
men's club and a
Laker-Goodman and
board member of the
Les Goodman, Pat
United Jewish
Rona and Herbert Freedland
and
Mark Haron and
Foundation of
Denise and Fred Kalt
Metropolitan Detroit
are chairing the
and an officer at
annual dinner. For reservations, call
Clover Hill Park Cemetery. She's a
Marianne Milgrom Bloomberg, (248)
board member of the Shaarey Zedek
851-6950.
Sisterhood and has served on the
Terri Farber Roth is Hillel's fund-
JARC board. Together, they estab-
raising
chair. Jodi and Robert
lished the Irving and Beverly Laker
Goodman,
Illana and Danny
Education and Youth Complex of
Greenberg, Sue and Alan J. Kaufman
Shaarey Zedek.
and Elise and David Schostak chaired
The Lakers contribute to many
the May 5 patron party for guests
causes and organizations, including
who donated a minimum $613 per
the Allied Jewish Campaign, B'nai
couple.
B'rith, the Holocaust Memorial