munity
Dancing To
The Oldies
Music from the _past brings out
seniors by the hundreds.
SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN
Staff Writer
8/10
2001
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JENNIFER L. MATTLER
Special to the Jewish News
several years, Fort Wayne opened for
this Detroit 300 event. Spectators
watched from the parade field of the
150-year-old bastion. They were treat-
ed to re-enactors in historic garb, his-
toric sites were open and military
vehicle were on site. El
Sunday, July 22, was an exceptionally
hot summer day, but that did not stop
the 18,000 people who converged on
historic Fort Wayne to see the tall
ships.
The Jewish Historical
Society of Michigan sent
three busloads filled with 155
people, ranging in age from
9-90. "It was a great opportu-
nity to celebrate Detroit's
300th birthday'," said Jim
Grey, past president of the
JHSM.
The society not only got
to view the tall ships but
some of the buses that went
to the fort were then treated
to a tour of Dearborn, Delray ,
and an old Hungarian neigh- Among the Jewish Historical Society members
borhood.
viewing the tall ships were Adele Stager, Sue
Closed to the public for
Shifman and Joan Braun.
Learn About Charitable Giving
O
ne look at the dance floor and you
know that when Jerry Glassman says
he enjoys the parties he sponsors, he
means it.
A July 10 bash at the West Bloomfield
Jewish Community Center, one of four or five
he holds each year
at that location or
the Oak Park JCC,
was no exception.
Glassman has
been hosting the
parties for 23 years
out of a "love of
the older commu-
nity" that began
with funding sen-
ior transportation
at the JCC.
"This soon
developed into my
giving parties at the
Center for seniors
— with a dance band, refreshments and gifts
for all the attendees," the Southfield automo-
bile dealer says of the festivities typically
including several hundred guests.
Glassman's affection for seniors began as a
young man with a relationship with his grand-
mother, who outlived his parents.
He says he hopes "that as the years pass my
children will have the same sense of responsi-
bility to seniors that I have felt through my
lifetime."
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Annette Storbinsky of Oak
Park, Ruth Salanger of
Southfield and Sarah
Kamansky of West Bloomfield
dance the hora.
Eleanor and Max Bayer of.
Southfield dance to the oldies.
Jerry Glassman claps to the
music.
Sam Barnett sings for the
crowd.
Yoni Peres, son of Israeli Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres, will be
among the presenters at the next
Educational Forum for Jewish
Philanthropy. The luncheon-pro-
gram, "Special Needs, Programming,
Outreach and Assistance in the
Jewish Community," is noon-1:30
p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the Max
M. Fisher Federation Building in
Bloomfield Township. Sponsors are
the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit Jewish
Community Endowment Fund and
the United Jewish Foundation.
Co-chairs of the event are Don
Lanskv and Brent Triest.
At the forum, Peres will discuss
his current involvement with the
Israel Guide Dog Center for the
Blind. Also scheduled to speak are
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, director of the
Friendship Circle, an organization
that provides assistance to families
with children with special needs;
Norman Levitin, director of
P'TACH, a model organization that
offers instruction to children with
learning disabilities at Orthodox day
schools; and Anita Naftaly, director
of the Agency for Jewish Education's
"Opening the Doors" special educa-
tion partnership program, which
allows children with learning disabil-
ities and other special needs to
receive a quality Jewish education.
The Educational Forum is open
to anyone concerned with the needs
of our community and with the
desire to address them through char-
itable giving. There is no charge for
lunch.
For information or to respond by
Wednesday, Aug. 29, contact Amy
Schlussel, (248) 203-1460.
War Veterans
Host Picnic
The Michigan Jewish War
Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
kicked off the program year with a
picnic for 200 patients at the
Bartle Creek Veterans
Administration Hospital.
Newly elected State
Commander Robert Feldman and
Elaine Zeron, Ladies Auxiliary
president, helped out, aided by
Shirley Schlussel, past department
president; Tom Tannis, depart-
ment chaplain; Jerry Schlussel, co-
chair; and Sandy Pliskow, hospital
representative.