A Gift That Keeps
On Giving

AIPAC Hosts
Sen. Lieberman

Young Leaders
To Gather

The Young Adult Division of the Jewish
Young adults, ages 25-45, are invit-
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and
ed to attend Washington 12, the
the Detroit Committee of the American
annual United Jewish Communities
Israel Public Affairs Committee will host
National Young Leadership
an evening with Sen. Joseph Lieberman
Conference, March 19-21.
(D-Conn.), 5:30 p.m.
Michigan Chapter, explains that partici-
The three-day conference will
Thursday, Dec. 16, at
SHELLI DORFMAN
pants train as a team in either cycling, in-
bring
together 3,000 young Jewish
Knollwood Country
Ste Writer •
line skating, running or walking. The
leaders
in Washington, D.C., to dis-
Club in West
Leukemia
Society
provides
coaches,
cuss
global
issues and meet legisla-
Bloomfield.
lir hen students from Susan
trainers
and
nutritional
guidelines
to
pre-
tors
and
top
government officials.
Lieberman
was
Shevrin's Spanish class
The Jewish Federation of
pare for events.
elected to the
come back to school for
A minimum dollar amount is
Metropolitan Detroit is a co-spon-
Connecticut state sen-
forgotten homework and
assigned
to each event for participants to
sor.
ate in 1970 and served
books, they encounter more than clean-
collect through sponsors. Walkers and
Local co-chairs of the conference
there for 10 years, the
ing crews and kids in detention.
Sen.
Joseph
runners
in
the
Dec.
12
Honolulu
are
Hadas Bernard and Paul
last six as majority
They see their teacher, walking the
Lieberman
Marathon are obligated to reach a
Silverman.
Shelly Katz and Steven
leader.
He
served
as
halls in her tennis
goal
of
at
least
$4,300.
Of
that
Weinstock
are
chairing social events,
Connecticut's
attorney
shoes and exercise
amount, Smith says a maximum of
while
Bryce
Sandler
and Judge
general for six years.
clothes. What
25 percent is spent on hotel and air
Helene
White
are
organizing
AIPAC,
America's
pro-Israel
public
makes it more
expenses, while the remaining 75
Detroit's Capitol Hill visits.
affairs committee, has as its mission to
unusual is that
percent
goes
toward
leukemia
The fee for the conference is
lobby
Congress
about
legislation
that
Shevrin is in train-
research
and
education.
$400
for those registered by Jan. 1;
strengthens
the
relationship
between
the
ing for a 26.2-mile
Smith calls Team In Training the
$440
after. Hotel and airfare are
United States and Israel.
marathon, a gift
Society's largest fund-raiser. "It's a
extra.
To reduce the cost, Federation
The Young Adult Division of
she promised to
win-win
program,
where
we
get
will
provide
a $200 subsidy to
Federation is a volunteer, charitable,
her recently mar-
patient
aid
and
they
get
in
shape,"
attendees
from
Detroit who make a
social
and
educational
organization
open
ried cousin Sylvia
minimum
$200
pledge to
she
said.
to
singles
and
couples,
ages
21-35,
in
Wolf, a survivor of
Prior to the inception of the pro-
Federation's
Annual
Campaign.
the
tri-county
area.
leukemia. Funds
gram,
Smith
says
local
events
As
an
incentive
for
early registra-
Organizing
the
event
is
Beth
Shevrin raises will
brought in a maximum of $1,000
tion,
the
Jewish
Federation
will hold
Goldberg, chair of the YAD Political
help other sur-
per
participant.
The
expansion
of
a
special
drawing.
Those
who
pay in
Committee.
vivors as well.
marathons
to
such
cities
as
Dublin,
full
by
Dec.
31
will
be
entered
to
Starting with cocktails and hors
Twenty years
Anchorage
and
Honolulu
was
have
their
registration
fee
refunded.
d'oeuvres, Lieberman's presentation will
ago when her
established as an incentive to
For information or an applica-
begin at 6:15 p.m. Cost is $10.
cousin was diag-
increase participation. In 1998,
tion,
call Tanya Mazor-Posner at
Susan
Shevrin
trains
for
Registration
deadline
is
Thursday,
Dec.
nosed with
those
involved
in
Michigan's
Team
Federation,
(248) 203-1456.
next
month's
Honolulu
9.
For
information
or
to
register,
contact
leukemia, the dev-
In
Training
collected
2.5
million
marathon.
Lauren
Dworkin,
(248)
203-1492.
astating news came
dollars for the Leukemia Society.
at a time when
For
Shevrin,
a portion of funds she col-
Wolf was beginning a career and con-
lected
were
thanks
to her sixth-, seventh-
templating thoughts of marriage. The
and
eighth-grade
students.
She says they
fact that she got married this summer is
secured
pledges,
and
brought
in $400 in
astounding," Shevrin says.
a
single
day.
Since May, when Shevrin signed up
Looking to get in shape after a brief
for the Leukemia Society of America's
illness, the West Bloomfield resident says
Honolulu Marathon, she has been part
she looks at the marathon as a difficult
of its Team in Training program, walking
challenge.
wherever she finds space and enclosure —
But, after watching Wolf endure
including the long hallways of Philip
years
of experimental procedures and
Hart Middle School in Rochester.
visiting
medical specialists throughout
While walking for her cousin,
the
country,
she says, "I am grateful
Shevrin, like other participants in the
that
I
am
healthy.
After seeing what
program, is also paired with a local
Sylvia
has
been
through,
the
patient. She met Mark Deacon of
marathon is nothing." ❑
Clarkston recently, learning about his ill-
ness and remission, and discovered
Tax-deductible donations may be
they're only two weeks apart in age. So
Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein lectured to local
made to the Leukemia Society of
district members at the building in Southfield. Pictured are Dr. Sion
she is also walking in Deacon's honor.
America, 1421 E. 12 Mile Road,
Soleymani and Judge Ira Kaufman, board members and former ZOD pres-
Beth Smith, senior campaign director
Building A, Madison Heights, MI
idents; Morton Klein; Anne Gonte Silver, former ZOD president; former
of the Leukemia Society of America-
48071. Include on checks this nota-
local and national president Sidney Silverman; and Dr. Jerome S.
tion: "To account of Susan Shevrin"
Shelli Dorfman can be reached at
Kaufinan, president of the ZOD.
or "Account No. 270161".
(248) 354-6060, ext. 246, or by e-mail
at sdorfinan@thejewisimews.com

Cousin's walk down the aisle inspires a 262 mile walk

Morton Klein Visits

11/26

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