Spirituality

Sarah &Irving Pitt
Child Development Center

invites the community to an

Open House

celebrating the completion of our
new state-of-the-art

Child core

Sunday, Sept. 30

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1-3 p.m.

Sarah and Irving Pitt Child Development Center
Jewish Community Center
D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
6600 West Maple Road • West Bloomfield

Clowns • Crafts
• 5ukkot Family Activities • Fun

Tours of the new facility will be available.
Everyone invited • Free admission

For details, call
Jewish Family Educator
Allison Berlin, (248) 432-5441.

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Golden Penny

Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will honor Penny
Blumenstein's legacy as Federation president with
its Golden Torah award.

vance levels, we need to support all the
day schools," she said. "These kids are
our community, our future."
eshiva Beth Yehudah's high-
"Penny and the Jewish Federation
est honor, the Golden Torah
have endeavored to create a magnificent
Award, will be given to
partnership with our Jewish education
Penny Blumenstein, outgo-
system in Detroit," said Yeshiva
ing president of the Jewish Federation
President Gary Torgow. "She is one of
of Metropolitan Detroit.
Detroit's greatest champions for Jewish
education."
The community lay leader will be
honored at the Southfield-
Blumenstein credits many
based day school's 87th annual
others for their foresight in
dinner at the Detroit Marriott
supporting Jewish educa-
Renaissance Center on
tion, among them Robert
Sunday, Nov. 4.
Naftaly, her predecessor as
Blumenstein was selected for
Federation president and
her commitment to Jewish
current chair of the
education and deep friendship
Federation's executive com-
with the Yeshiva, said Rabbi
mittee; Bloomfield Hills
Eli Mayerfeld, executive direc-
philanthropist William
tor.
Davidson; the late
"She is a wonderful person
Ambassador David
and a very significant honoree,
Hermelin and the late phi-
Penny Blumenstein
both in terms of who she is
lanthropist Dr. Milton
and what she's done for our
Shiffman.
community," he said.
"So many people make
Her latest communal initiative, the
the difference," Blumenstein said. "This
Jewish Education Trust, is designed to
is not something you do alone. I really
raise $15-$20 million for local Jewish
hope the community will understand
day school education.
the priority of Federation taking a more
Studies show that children with day
proactive role in Jewish education and
school education are much more apt to
support this initiative. I hope it will be
keep Judaism at the forefront of their
extremely successful."
lives, she said.
U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn, din-
"Supplemental schools help — and
ner general chairman, describes the
there are 5,000 kids in our supplemen-
award presentation to Blumenstein as
tal schools, which also deserve our sup-
both "a high personal honor as well as
port — but they do not have the same
an institutional honor for Federation"
impact.'
because she, as president, personifies
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, metro
Detroit Jewry's lay communal leader-
ship.
Detroit's largest Orthodox day school,
educates nearly 800 students. It includes
"It's a recognition by our communi-
the Norma Jean and Edward Meer
ty's principal day school of the role of
Early Childhood Development Center
Federation in supporting Jewish educa-
for pre-nursery through kindergarten,
tion," he said.
the Beth Jacob School for Girls in Oak
"Bestowing this honor on Penny is
Park for first- through 12th-grade, and
good for the Yeshiva and for the com-
the Milton and Lois Shiffman boys
munity," said Federation Chief
building in Southfield for first- through
Executive Officer Robert Aronson.
eighth-grade.
"It sends a message that Yeshiva
The annual dinner, the largest Jewish
Beth Yehudah is part of the
charitable event in metro Detroit, draws
Federated community and wants to
more than 2,000 supporters. According
participate in it." El
hi Rabbi Mayerfeld, dinner proceeds
raise about a quarter of the school's 53.8
For dinner reservations, call Yeshiva.
million annual budget.
Beth Yehudah, (248) 557-6750.
Regardless of our personal obser-

SUSAN TAWIL

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