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Temple Beth El
Lists Consecrants

Temple Beth El's consecration class of
2000 was honored at services on Oct.
20.
The students, all of whom are begin-
ning their religious school education,
are:

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Israel technology-education college
dedicated in name of David Hermelin.

T

he ORT Hermelin
College of Engineering in
Netanya, Israel, was dedi-
cated in David Hermelin's
honor Oct. 22, after three years of
planning.
ORT Hermelin College was cre-
ated with contributions from family
and friends of the former U.S.
ambassador to Norway. A Bingham
Farms resident, Hermelin is a former
American ORT president and World
ORT president emeritus.
Hermelin was honored "in appre-
ciation of his wonderful work for
ORT and his devoted service to the
Jewish community in Israel and the
diaspora," said Robert Kern,
American ORT national communi-
cations director.
Founded in 1997 with 350 stu-
dents, ORT Hermelin College now
serves 650 full-time students and
150 part-time students.
After the ribbon was cut, daugh-
ter Julie Hermelin Frank of Los
Angeles unveiled a bust of David
Hermelin as well as the Donors'
Wall, a stone structure on the lawn
in the center of campus. A mezuzah

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was affixed
at the
entrance
to the
resource
center.
Also pre-
sent were two college supporters and
longtime friends of Hermelin:
William Davidson and Paul
Borman, a past president of
American ORT. Both reside in
Bloomfield Hills.
Dignitaries included Dr. Shlomo
Zach, campus director; Lital Hajbi,
a student on campus; and MK
Amnon Rubnstein, former Israeli
minister of education who helped
found the college.
Netanya Mayor Miriam Fireberg
said the city and the college, in a
new high-tech industrial area, would
work together.
Haim Ben-Ami, director general
of ORT Israel, presented aerial pho-
tographs of the campus to Frank and
Borman.
Hermelin, who had brain-cancer
surgery in January 1999, was unable
to attend the ceremony, but a video
prepared a few days earlier by his

wife, Doreen, was viewed.
Frank related how much the
founding of ORT Hermelin
means to her father and the
Hermelin family.
A time capsule will be
buried next to the Donors'
Wall for the next 25 years.
ORT (Organization for
Rehabilitation through
Training) is the Jewish
world's leader in technology
education. World ORT sup-
ports technical and technological
training for 280,000 students in 60
countries. Israel is home to 100,000
students at ORT schools and train-
ing centers, the most anywhere; one
in four Israeli workers is an ORT
graduate. In the U.S., ORT serves
15,000 students. ❑

Clockwise from top:

Aerial view of Netanya, Israel; the
ORT Herme in College of Engineering
is in the foreground.

Julie Hermelin Frank admires a bust
of her father, David Hermelin.

Paul Borman, Julie Hermelin Frank
and William Davidson cut the ribbon
at the dedication of the ORT
Hermelin College of Engineering.

Caroline Bartholomew, Ryan Bartholomew,
Margo Beck, Jacob Bice, Jacob Bielfield, A. Ariel
Bloch, Evan Bloom, Adam Boorstein, Matthew
Brodie); Allison Brooks, Hannah Brooks, Joshua
Deschner, Nathan Elkus, Spencer Freeman, Max
Gilbert, Lauren Girson, Samantha Goldsmith, Miles
Gordon, Brandon Grene, Devon Herzoff, Drew
Herzoff, Rachel Hollander, Eric Israel.
Also, Samantha Jahr, Benjamin Kaufman, Tyler
Kolchinskv, Alexander Lambert, Justin Lapides,
Jonathon Lassman, Sophie Lawrence, Erica Leaf,
Benjamin Lemisch, Sophie Lemisch, Corena Loeb,
Hannah Loeb, Cameron Masucci, Brooke
Michelson„ Rebecca Michelson, Sydney Mondry,
Adam Nosanchuk, Emily Novick, Kathryn Pelton,
Molly Pinho.
Additionally, Joshua Raider, Jazmvn Roble,
Carly Rothenberg, Alexandra Rubin, Hannah
Shink, Kyra Shink, Arden Shwayder, Megan
Simmons, Allison Simon, Andrew Simon, Evan
Simon, Amanda Sloan, Bradley Sloan, David Soifer,
Jacob Stein, Jacob Timmis, Harr Watnick, Cody
Weinberger, G. Robert Weiner, Darren Weiss, Todd
Weiss, Alyse Yashinsky and Shayna Yollick.
Beth El honored families whose children repre-
sent a fourth generation or more of affiliation with
the congregation. From sixth-generation families are
Adam Michael Boorstein, son of Jody and Daniel
Boorstein; Rebecca Leigh Michelson and Brooke
Sarah Michelson, daughters of Beth and James
Michelson; Emily Lucille Novick, daughter of
Catherine and Jeffrey Novick; and Evan Leonard
Simon, son of Jacalvn and James Simon.
Also recognized were Rachel Michelle Hollander,
fifth-generation member, daughter of Jennifer and
Jeffrey Hollander; and fourth-generation members
Jacob Pincus Bielfield, son of Cheri and Brad
Bielfield; Samantha Morgan Goldsmith, daughter of
Susan and Jeffrey Goldsmith; and Megan Rose
Simmons, daughter of Stacey and Michael
Simmons.

Seminar Helps
Job Seekers

Women who need to obtain employ-
ment or upgrade it may obtain informa-
tion at a meeting of Women to Work,
sponsored by Jewish Vocational Service,
10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Nov. 14, at JVS,
29699 Southfield Road, Southfield.
The meeting will present an overview
of the JVS Women to Work program.
Aimed at women who have lost their
primary source of income and are
unemployed or underemployed, the
program helps individuals to identify
their career and educational goals.
Available employment services include
resume writing, interviewing, introduc-
tion to computer operations and refer-
rals to job opportunities.
For information, call JVS, (248) 559-
5000.

