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Zionist Organization of America, Michigan
Region is proud to present Morton A. Klein,
National President of Zionist Organization of
America, v∎ iio will be the keynote speaker at
Morton A. Klein
An eloquent and incisive
speaker and writer, Mr.
Klein has recently returned
from Israel as a delegate of
the President Conference of
Major American Jewish •
Organizations meeting with
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon and other leading
Israeli personalities.
The ZOA leader will also
address a public forum
at 7:30 p.m. at Adat
Shalom.
a leadership luncheon meeting on
Monday, May 14 12 noon
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FARMINGTON HILLS.
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the former Soviet Union. The group
helps supply the means to rebuild
the infrastructure of the communi-
ties — kindergartens, synagogues,
Jewish community centers, day
schools and soup kitchens.
Among his proudest accomplish-
ments is the opening of the Jewish
Community Center in Moscow, a
seven-story building with a syna-
gogue that can seat 2,500 people,
plus a gym, Internet cafe, restaurant
and wedding halls. Twice, Russian
President Vladimir Putin went to
the center, once for its opening and
again for a menorah lighting, and
Putin spoke out forcefully against
anti-Semitism.
Something else happened when
Putin lit the menorah. The commu-
nity center received thousands of
phone calls from Jews.
"People felt comfortable to come
out and say, 'Hey, it's not dangerous
anymore. We want a menorah."'
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Rabbi Board
Hosts Scribes
The Michigan Board of Rabbis is
bringing the scribes of Machon Ot, an
internationally recognized organization
of sofrim (scribes), to Detroit from
May 7 10.
The sofrim will visit area congrega-
tions to inspect Torah scrolls as well as
tefillin and mezuzah klapim (parch-
ments). They will present special pro-
grams at Adat Shalom Synagogue and
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Based in Jerusalem, Machon Ot
has developed computerized tech-
niques of Torah identification used by
both the Israel National Police,
Interpol and the New York Police
Department to identify stolen orate
scrolls. Every scroll they inspect is
entered into the International Torah
Registry, a worldwide computer data-
base assigning a unique Torah code
(likened to a fingerprint) to every
Torah scroll.
The Michigan Board of Rabbis is
comprised of Orthodox, Conservative,
Reconstructionist, Reform and
Humanistic Rabbis, serving the Jewish
communities of Michigan. It is
administered by the Jewish
Community Council of Metropolitan
Detroit.
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visit of Machon Ot, contact Dave
Henig, (248) 642-5393.
Jews out of the woodwork. This
Passover, the federation distributed
650 tons of matzah. In just one
week, Berkowitz said, 2,000 new
families that never were signed up
in a Jewish community center
enrolled because of the matzah cam-
paign.
Berkowitz's goal is for every Jew
in Russia to come out proudly and
say they're Jewish.
Detroit, he said, is a good model
for the former Soviet Union — where
all Jews are identified with whomever
they want to be identified with, vet
still "remain unified in all the com-
mon ground that we have."
"That's what I look to do in the
former Soviet Union — unify people
and not to create division in any
way."
For Berkowitz, fostering this
unity is a lifetime assignment. "I
plan to live there as long as there
are Jews in the former Soviet
Union." El
Life Center
Offers Support
A new five-week bereavement sup-
port group will begin 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9, at Temple Israel.
Meeting dates are May 9, 16, 23,
30 and June 6. The group is free of
charge and open to the community.
It will be facilitated by Leslee Kohn.
To sign up or for information,
call Kari K. Provizer, (248) 661-
5700.
Irnai Moshe
Honors Volunteers
Congregation B'nai Moshe honored
five of its members as Volunteers of
the Year during Shabbat services on
April 14.
Those honored were Marc
Betman for chairing the member-
ship committee and the Yachad
social group; Berry Rubin for chair-
ing the weekly and High Holiday
ushering committee; Ted Wizenberg
for his special dedication to syna-
gogue members as part of the
Bikkur Cholim committee; and
Yolette Jaffe and Beverly Klimko for
their inventory of the yahrtzeit
plaques. Klimko was also recognized
for her work on the yizkor remem-
brance book.
Each volunteer received a certifi-
cate and was recognized by Rabbi
Elliot Pachter from the bimah.