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United In Honor

Coretta Scott King
will speak at Temple
Beth El in memory
of Izzy Malin, an
interfaith bridge builder.

SHELLI DORFMAN
Staff Writer

I

t is an almost mystical coincidence
that Coretta Scott King will visit
Detroit this March in memory of
Isadore (Izzy) Malin," said Temple
Beth El Rabbi Daniel Syme.
While discussing a
proposed speaker for
an annual event to be
held at Beth El, Rabbi
Syme and representa-
tives from other spon-
soring agencies had the
same announcement.
Each had the plan to
invite Mrs. King, the
Coretta Scott
widow of Dr. Martin
King
Luther King Jr., as a
way to honor Malin, a
longtime Beth El member and activist
who passed away in May.
Malin's daughter, Elaine
Schonberger of West Bloomfield, said
her father "identified with the ideals of
Martin Luther King and had dreamed
for four years of bringing her here."
Alyssa Martina, owner and publisher
of Metro Parent magazine and African
American Parent magazine, two of the
program's sponsors,
will join Temple Beth
El and Greater New 2
Mount Moriah
Baptist Church of
Detroit in producing
the event.
"Izzy exacted
from me a pledge [to
Isadore Malin
invite Mrs. King to
speak in Detroit]. He was very corn-
mitted to building bridges between
different communities," Martina said.
"Obviously, Mrs. King is one of the
giants of the American scene in terms
of inter-religious, inter-racial under-
standing," Rabbi Syme said. "She pre-
serves the legacy of her husband in a
multitude of ways. With a new centu-
ry, we thought it was a most appropri-
ate time to remember the era of civil
rights when all Americans of goodwill
marched together and set aside all dif-
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The Satovskys:

Making Jewish Life Count on Campus

eil and Joni Satovsky's courtship
happened just the way parents love
it to happen: two nice Jewish kids
meet as freshmen at the University of
Michigan and marry four years later.
They become parents of two nice
Jewish kids, who, like them, go off
to college.

But, like others of their generation,
the Satovskys know the equation has
changed. Being Jewish on campus isn't
what it used to be.

"Joni and I have always supported
Jewish education," says Neil, "but we
didn't focus our priorities on Jewish
college life." Without a support system,
"our young people often latch onto
ideas they don't know how to respond
to, and they lose contact with the
Jewish community. They need chal-
lenging programs and opportunities to
lead a Jewish life on campus."

will support outreach efforts and new
approaches to Jewish programming
through campus Hillel Foundations.

For college sweethearts, there's
nothing like a happy ending.
Where campus Jewish life is
concerned, Joni and Neil Satovsky
are betting on an important beginning.

THE JEWISH LIFE FUND
Helping to ensure ow Jewish future

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FUND • THE IRWIN & BETHEA GREEN COLLEGE LIFE FUND •

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THE

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DAY SCHOOL TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM • THE CENTER FOR

CONGREGATIONAL EXCELLENCE, SUPPORTED BY THE WILLIAM

DAVIDSON AND DAVID & DOREEN HERMELIN FAMILIES .

So, the Satovskys have decided to do
something about it with the establish-
ment of the Neil and Joni Satovsky
Jewish Life Fund. It's part of The Irwin
and Bethea Green College Life Fund that

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