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Jessica. Hersh, a 12-year-old seventh-
grade student at Abbott Middle
School in West
Bloomfield, received
the honor of Miss
Junior Dance of
Michigan runner-up
2001 at the Kids
Artistic Review
National Dance
Competition. She
Jessica Hersh
danced in eight
dances and was rec-
ognized for her lyrical solo
"December Dream." She is on the
competition team at American Dance
Academy.

Eric Coleman, D-Southfield, Oak
Park, Royal Oak Township, Oakland
County Board of Commissioners, has
been selected as a Taubman Fellow
for his leadership ability in govern-
ment. He will attend the Program for
Senior Executives in State and Local
Government at Harvard's John F.
Kennedy School of Government.

Alec Arbit, 9, of West Bloomfield
and a student at Lone Pine
Elementary School in Bloomfield
Hills, won a trip to Los Angeles to
attend the Kids' Choice Awards
sponsored by Nickelodeon. His trip
included touring Universal Studios,
posing for publicity photos and
attending the live broadcast of the
Kids' Choice Awards in Santa
Monica.

Debbie Eskin of West Bloomfield
has completed the requirements for a
master's degree as a physician's assis-
tant from Wayne State University.
She is the daughter of Barbara and
Mort Eskin.

Rachel Barr, a senior at West
Bloomfield High School, won a State
of Michigan Volunteer Leadership
Award; she was nominated by the
Greater West Bloomfield's Michigan
Week Committee. Barr participated
in numerous school, community and
synagogue activities and founded the
WBHS Volunteer Impact Program as
a resource for students to become
involved in their community.

Cydney Goldberg of West
Bloomfield graduated magna cum

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laude from Boston University with a
bachelor of science in communica-
tion, a business minor and a political
science concentration. She was
inducted into the Golden Key
National Honor Society and received
the Scarlet Key (the university's high-
est award) and Blue Chip Award
(BU's College of Communications'
highest award). The awards honor
outstanding achievement, academic
excellence, exceptional leadership in
student activities and organizations
and dedication. She will reside in
Manhattan.

Beth Korby Elenko of Bayside,
Queens, N.Y., daughter of Dr. Albert
and Nancy Korby of Farmington
Hills, received her doctorate degree
in occupational therapy from New
York University. She earned her mas-
ter's degree from NYU and her
undergraduate degree from Eastern
Michigan University.

Judge Stephen C. Cooper of
Southfield has been selected as this
year's honoree of the Women's Bar
Association. Cooper, of the 46th
District Court, is being recognized
for "outstanding contributions to the
legal community."

Amy Jablin, a native Detroiter, was
recentiTselected as the 2001 recipient
of the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee's Ralph I.
Goldman Fellow. She is pursuing two
master's degrees at Brandeis
University: a master of business
administration at the Heller School
and a master of communal service
from the Hornstein program. She
received her undergraduate degree in
organizational psychology from the
University of Michigan. Following
her fellowship, Jablin plans a career as
an executive in Jewish community
service.

Karen Katsir of West Bloomfield
won first prize in the 2001 Michigan
Sculpture Competition and will com-
pete against other regional winners at
the Conference of the National
.Society of the Arts and Letters.
Katsir, a senior at Michigan State
University majoring in studio art, is
the daughter of Dr. Daniella Saltz
and Dan Katsir.

BBYO Board
Honors Cook

Survivors Group
Hosts Yizkor

The Michigan BBYO Board of
Directors will hold its annual meeting
7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at the
Jewish Community
Center in West
Bloomfield.
The Michigan
BBYO Board will
present the Charles
and Florence Milan
BBYO Mitzvah
Award to Gerald S.
Cook, a partner in
the Detroit law firm
Gerald Cook
of Honigman, Miller,
Schwartz and Cohn
and the trustee of the Ben N. Teitel
Charitable Trust.
Cook has established the Oscar and
Jeanette Cook Endowment with the
Michigan BBYO, which provides
incentives for Israel travel for volunteer
AZA and BBG chapter advisers. He has
also provided financial support for the
BBYO International Leadership Study
in Israel program, provided support for
the first and second Federation Teen
Mission to Israel and has established
the Ben Teitel Israel Incentive Savings
Plan.
The meeting will also feature the
election and installation of the board of
directors for the 2001-2002 program
year. A dessert reception will follow. For
reservations, call BBYO, (248) 788-
0700.

Yizkor services dedicated to the mem-
ory of the 6 million murdered in the
Holocaust will be held at 1 p.m.
Sunday, May 20.
The United Jewish Social Club First
& Second Generation Survivors will
host the event at the Jewish
Community Center, 15110 W. 10
Mile, Oak Park. Children are invited.
Survivors and their children will
lead a candle lighting.
Chairs are Jenoe Roth and Michael
Weiss.

Hadassah Plans
Installation

The Bloomfield Hills Group of
Hadassah will hold installation of offi-
cers noon Tuesday, June 5, at E.G.
Nicks in West Bloomfield. Cost is $15.
Beverly Apel, past president of the
Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah,
will install the following members:
Caroline Gleichenhaus and Marilyn
Pickover, co-presidents; Arline Foster,
Shirley Dinner, Bobbie Segal, Agi
Alpert, Bea Breiner, Caroline
Gleichenhaus, vice presidents; Fannie
Robinson, treasurer; Doris August,
Elaine Kohner, secretaries.
For reservations, call Bea Breinder,
(248) 626-8415, or Agi Alpert, (248)
645-2874.
Donald H. Cohen, former Michigan
regional director of the Anti-
Defamation League, will speak on
"Behind the Headlines: Anti-Semitism
in America."

Cycling Team
Fights Diabetes

Oak Park's Howard Sherizen will cap-
tain the Franklin Fitness & Racquet
Club team of cyclists as part of Tour
de Cure, coordinated by the American
Diabetes Association, on Sunday, June
10.
The starting point is Island Lake,
just south of Kensington Metropark.
Seven different ride routes are avail-
able, ranging from seven to 70 miles,
featuring rural roadways that wind
through a combination of forest,
farmland and small towns.
To sign up for Team Franklin, call
Sherizen, an amateur cycling enthusi-
ast, at (248) 855-1010 or Franklin
Fitness at (248) 352-8000.

Plant Gardens,
Feed The Hungry

Yad Ezra is encouraging area garden-
ers to plant a row of produce for the
hungry and donate it to the Oak Park
kosher food pantry as part of the
Plant a Row for the Hungry Program.
Established by the Garden Writers
Association of America, the national
campaign began in 1995 to help alle-
viate food shortages through dona-
tions of produce to local food pantries
and soup kitchens. Participants will be
able to pick up a sign that says, "This
garden is proud to support Plant a
Row for the Hungry to benefit Yad
Ezra, Michigan's only kosher food
pantry"
Produce can be brought to Yad
Ezra's warehouse. All donations will
be recorded and distributed ro the
needy in our community. Non-cash
contributions are tax deductible. For
information on participating, call Yad
Ezra, (248) 548-3663.