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NOTICE

Jewish Apartments & Services, Jewish Apartments & Services
Phase IV Inc., Jewish Apartments & Services Non-Profit
Housing Corporation, and Jcare, Inc., will hold the annual
meeting of members on Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at 5:30 p.m.
at the Harriett and Ben Teitel Jewish Apartments, 15106 W.
Ten Mile Road, Oak Park, Michigan, for the purpose of electing
members to the Board of Directors and for the transaction of
such other business as many properly come before the meeting.

Nominations for the Directors are as follows:

New three-year term: James Bellinson, John Hamburger, Diane
Klein, Dr. James Labes, Beth Kroft Mondry, Robert Rosen,
Ronald Schwartz, Abraham Selesny, Robert Sher, Doug Stone,
Robert Stone, Marvin Talan, Rabbi Steven Weil.

Honorary Lifetime Director: Leo Sklar

To fill existing three-year terms which were vacated: Jonathan
Podolsky, term ending May 2001; Dr. Margaret Collins, term
ending May 2002.

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In accordance with the Bylaws other qualified persons may be nominated for elec-
tion by a petition signed by not less than fifty (50) members of the corporation
and filed with Marsha Goldsmith Kamin, Executive Director, not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. Only one (1) person may be
nominated by each such petition and no nomination shall be valid unless the
nominee shall have consented to such nomination.

For more than 25 years, Silverfarb,
82, of West Bloomfield has volunteered
with the National Council of Jewish
Women Greater Detroit Section Meals
on Wheels program, which provides
kosher meals for older adults and those
unable to cook for themselves.
Throughout 411 these years, however,
Silverfarb has done more than drop off
food. She was frequently her clients'
most caring visitor from the outside
world, listening to stories and doing lit-
tle errands.
"She taught me that the human con-
tact is as important as the food," says
one volunteer.
The Betty and Grant Silverfarb Fund
for Kosher Meals on Wheels reflects her
devotion to this cause. In addition to the
meals themselves, the fund purchased a
van for the program.
The couple also provides scholarships
to teens headed for college through the
Jewish Youth Award.
Betty Silverfarb was a founding vol-
unteer of NCJW's Up and Out pro-
gram, a transportation and activity pro-
gram serving 1,000 local senior adults.
Today, Silverfarb faces challenges to
her own health. She had major surgery
and required a full body cast for a bro-
ken spine. But, as recently as the 1999
Up and Out Chanuka party, she was in
the kitchen, making sure the latkes were
prepared properly.
"She sees herself as one who gives the
service, not receives it," says NCJW
president Myrna Edgar.
Over the years, Silverfarb has received
numerous awards, including the B'nai
B'rith Woman of the Year in 1982 and
1984, the United Way Heart of Gold
Award in 1985 and the NCJW
Josephine S. Weiner Award in 1999.
But many of her good works receive
no public recognition, because they have
no official name or affiliation. For exam-
ple, for many years, she brought
Chanuka gifts to the former Prentis
Manor, Jewish Home for the Aged.
"This gesture was not under the aus-
pices of any organization. It is nobody's
`project,'" her friends at the NCJW
point out. "She does it out of the gen-
erosity of her heart."

Juanita Victor

Devotion to Judaism, to her children
and to education made Juanita Victor
what she calls "a professional volunteer."
"My family taught me the value of
education. That influenced me to share
my knowledge with others and to con-
tinimlly pursue knowledge," she says.
A graduate of the University of
Michigan with a bachelor's of arts in
French and history, Victor turned her

attention to Jewish education with the
encouragement of Sonia Syme, wife of
Temple Israel Rabbi M. Robert Syme.
This enabled Victor to teach numerous
Jewish history courses to adults and chil-
dren.
Victor of West Bloomfield said her
involvement with
Temple Israel stemmed
from this friendship.
But she already was a
conscientious volunteer
in everything from the
Cub Scouts and Girl
Scouts to the Better
Schools Association of
Juanita Victor MacCulloch
Elementary School in
Detroit. In the 1940s, for several consec-
utive years, she led the school's highly
successful fund-raising carnival.
At Temple Israel, she became presi-
dent of the sisterhood, and remains an
active member. She also served on the
temple's board of trustees for 18 years
and has racked up more than 30 years
on the temple library committee,
including several as president.
Among her accomplishments was
working to establish the Temple Israel
Sisterhood Institute. A daylong event
that got under way in 1969, the insti-
tute is designed to educate public school
teachers about the basic beliefs of
Judaism, and to increase their awareness
of the different Jewish holidays and
observances. Over the years, Victor has
led workshops at the institute and
trained other volunteers to be workshop
leaders.
"Her energy, enthusiasm, commit-
ment and dedication have been an inspi-
ration to all who have worked with her,"
says Kari Provizer, director of the tem-
ple's family life center.
Victor, however, says she did no more
than any other mother would do. 'As a
Jew, you owe it to your community to
be interested in Jewish activities," she
says.
Now 86 years old, Victor continues
to be involved with Temple Israel, both
in Sisterhood programs and as a library
volunteer. She also is active with the
National Council of Jewish Women, the
Sisterhood District Board, Hadassah and
Women's American ORT (Organization
for Educational Resources and
Technological Training).

Leo Weber

Leo Weber will not let the Yiddish lan-
guage and culture die out.
To that aim, for more than 12 years,
he has led the Yiddish club at the Jewish
Home and Aging Services' Fleischman
Residence. Their primary source is the

