Standing Sentry

Home for the holiday,
Hermelins named Yeshiva
Guardians.

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heir friendship
toward Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah and gen-
erosity toward its
mission have elevated Doreen
and David Hermelin to
Yeshiva Guardians of the
Southfield-based day school.
"Doreen and David
Hermelin, because of their
outstanding and continuing
dedication to Jewish educa-
tion, were an obvious choice
to be selected for the exclusive
society of Guardians of the
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah," said

Previous sales excluded

"Yeshiva has
laid the
foundation...

We carry a large selection of leather coats and jackets.

— David Hermelin

Gary Torgow, school presi-
dent. "They have been consis-
tent leaders in our communi-
ty's effort to place education at
the top of Detroit's priorities."
The Bingham Farms resi-
dents were honored at Beth
Yehudah's 85th annual dinner
Nov. 21 in Detroit. The award
has been presented 14 times.
David is a Yeshiva alumnus,
philanthropist and U.S.
David and Doreen Hermelin
ambassador to Norway. Both
he and Doreen are communal
cate the new office wing of the
activists. They were home for
Norma Jean and Edward Meer Early
Thanksgiving from Oslo.
Childhood Development Center on
Accepting the award before 2,340
the school's Southfield campus.
guests, the ambassador said, "Yeshiva
The gift is in memory of Samuel
has laid the foundation for Yiddishkeit,
and
Sophie Herman (he was a brother
strength and family traditions. It has
to
David's
father, Irving). Said Torgow,
played such an important role in our
"They were early and determined sup-
lives. What a way to come home, to
porters of Beth Yehudah, who helped
see such an amazing community."
insure the foundations of today's
The Hermelins have joined with
flourishing instruction." E
cousins Leonard and Ophelia
Herman of West Bloomfield to dedi-
—Robert A. Sklar, Editor

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