Staff Notebook
Return Of Melton
Proves Interest High
Metro Detroit's Jewish
Assisted Living Community
Ron Coden, family member
with mother, Evelyn Sipher
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one of my favorite gals!"
Ron Co den
Family Member
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• 24 hour Personal Care Assistance
• Three Kosher Meals Daily
• Housekeeping and Personal Laundry
Services
• Social, Cultural and Educational
Programs Daily
• On-Site Licensed Nurse and Medical Services
• Medication Management
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Elan Village provides
Care that Changes with You
6/30
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Preferred Provider of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
The popular Florence Melton Adult
Mini-School returns to Detroit this
fall, according to Ellen Krivchenia,
administrator for Federation's Agency
for Jewish Education.
"We are looking for an administra-
tor now, and are hoping to get it start-
ed in the fall, after the holidays,
Krivchenia said.
A two-year program aimed at giving
adults a solid background in the basics
of Judaism, the Melton curriculum was
developed by Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. It was last offered in Detroit
from 1994 through 1996. Since then,
those who want to follow the curricu-
lum have had to cross the border to
Canada, where it has been offered at the
Windsor Jewish Community Centre.
In addition to the AJE, Melton
sponsors will be the Alliance for Jewish
Education and the Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit.
The Agency's Adult Education sub-
committee, headed by Bernard
Mindell of Franklin, recommended re-
instituting the program as part of its
long-term program for improving
Jewish education at all levels.
The full Agency for Jewish Education
report should be available soon.
— Diana Lieberman
Local Influence
Felt Worldwide
Detroit's contribution to worldwide
Jewry has been given another boost.
Jane Sherman of Franklin and Joel
CHALLENGE
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donating used computers, Lieberman
said. Only bulk contributions —
computers in large numbers — are
accepted. He already has accumulated
enough for the camp's July session,
but still needs more for use in August.
The revamped computers may go
primarily to day schools. Because sup-
plementary schools recently received
computers and software through
Michigan Jewish On-Line Education
(MJOE), a project of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
and its Alliance for Jewish Education,
their need is not as great.
Teachers who will use the computers
also have been assisted, according to
Wendy Sadler, school services director
Tauber of West Bloomfield have been
named to the board of trustees of a
foundation that will benefit the Jewish
community around the world.
Sherman and Tauber will join 18 oth-
ers in The Trust for Jewish Philanthropy,
a not-for-profit corporation founded by
United Jewish Communities as an inde-
pendent foundation in January 2000.
"The Trust has been charged with a
critical mission, to forge partnerships
among philanthropists and to better
Jewish life, both nationally and interna-
tionally," said Charles Bronfman, chair-
man of UJC and a trust board member.
Sherman serves as chair of the UJC
Department of Supplemental Giving
and vice president of the United
Jewish Foundation of Detroit.
Tauber is chair of the UJC executive
committee and serves on the board of
governors of the. Jewish Agency for Israel.
— Harry Kirsbaum
Rain-Out Proves
No Wash-Out
Heavy rains Sunday night forced post-
ponement of the Women's American
ORT annual golf tournament on
Monday at Shenandoah Golf &
Country Club in West Bloomfield.
Course manager Jim Neagles on
Monday predicted the course would
have to remain closed for most of the
week.
But Michigan Region ORT golf co-
chairs Dana Burnstein, Paula Epstein
and Joan LaBelle received a commit-
ment from Shenandoah to reschedule
the event for Sept. 11.
— JN staff report
for the Agency for Jewish Education.
The NIRIM program of AJE has pro-
vided the opportunity for about 250
teachers, both day school and supple-
mentary, to gain computer experience.
Sadler said more teacher training pro-
grams are scheduled for this summer.
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The first computer camp session,
consisting of two-hour classes on
four Thursday or Friday morn-
ings, begins on July 6. The sec-
ond session starts Aug. 3. Each
session costs $50. In addition,
the program seeks donations of
used computers in bulk. For
information, call David
Lieberman at (248) 851-6848.