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Sunday, November 11, 2001
J.C.C. Book Fair
and Steven
Weisberg and the
sister of Madeline
and Matthew.
Proud and loving
grandparents are
Henrietta and
Alvin Weisberg
and Mary
Schwartz. She is
also the granddaughter of the late
Joseph Schwartz.
Jessica is a student at Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. She enjoys water
sports, horseback riding, skiing,
dancing and music. Her mitzvah
projects included volunteering at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek's Beth
Hayeled and Yad Ezra in Oak Park.
Out Of State
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Rissa Maxine Freedman will be
called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah
at the Ner Tamid Synagogue in San
Diego on Saturday, Oct. 20. She is
the daughter of
Elizabeth and Roy
Freedman, former-
ly of Huntington
Woods, of San
Diego. Celebrating
with her will be
her brother Ara
and her sister
Erica. Her grand-
parents Dr. Gerald
and Annette
Freedman of Davisburg, Mich., will
fly out for the occasion, together
with aunts, uncles and friends from
around the U.S. and Canada.
Rissa is an honor student at Mesa
Verde Middle School in San Diego.
She participates in soccer, basketball
and volleyball in intra-mural compe-
tition. She also enjoys dancing and
many social activities as a volunteer.
Rissa Maxine is named after her
maternal great-grandparents the late
Max and Rissie Shniderman.
In 2002, Tamarack Camps will cel-
ebrate its 100th anniversary. In prepa-
ration, the Fresh Air Society has pub-
lished A Timeless Treasure: 100 Years
of Fresh Air Society Camp, a 250-page,
hardcover book written by Wendy Rose
Bice. It is being released November 11th
at this year's Jewish Book Fair and will
be available through the Fresh Air So-
ciety office and Borders bookstores lo-
cally. The following is an excerpt:
Maple-Drake location
BOOK SIGNING:
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
BOOK PRESENTATION:
12:00 noon
If you or any-
one in your
family has
ever been
touched by
the magic
One Camper's Memories:
Belle Freedman
of Tamarack
Camps, you
In 1917, a gleeful, 8-year-old, Belle
(Kosofsky) Freedman stood in front of the
Hannah Schloss Building on High Street
in Detroit waiting to board the interur-
ban streetcar. Carrying just a few per-
sonal belongings, the eager child anx-
iously awaited the beginning of her sum-
mer vacation: two weeks at Fresh Air
Camp.
"Fresh Air Camp was heaven to me,"
remembered Belle, now a feisty 91-year
old Hechtman resident. "In those days,
we didn't have money, so camp provided
us with uniforms and flannel nightgowns.
They even gave us bathing suits to wear!"
Even then, campers knew that Fresh
Air Camp was destined for greatness.
Where else could young Jewish children
be fed three healthy meals a day, hike and
swim all afternoon by Lake St. Clair and
sing crazy, silly songs with their friends
around a campfire?
will not
want
to miss...
author
Wendy Rose Bice
presenting her book.
Belle Freedman, high school graduation
Belle went to camp for four summers.
Years later, Fresh Air Camp revived her
spirir once again when her two sons went
to camp, both on scholarships, during the
1 960s. Then, in 1990, she returned as a
senior camper. "Imagine me at 81 going
back to camp!," she penned in a thank
you note to the Butzel Senior Camp at
Ortonville. Long forgotten memories
stirred as she roamed the grounds of the
modern camp: noisy streetcar rides to
Venice Beach, the large dormitory with
small uncomfortable cots and the con-
Ili
ftoom is still available for
amarack Camps Fall Color
Family Camp on the scenic
grounds of Butz&
Conference Centec
November Z4, 2001
Enjoy nature, crafts, sports,
Shabbat! Call
248 647 1100 for information
stant singing. She also remembered her
own mother, always waiting to greet her
as she arrived back home from camp.
Each time, Belle's 'mama' would cry, "Gott
Tzu Donkin," God Be Thanked.
THE SISTERHOOD OF TEMPLE BETH EL
presents
"YES VIRGINIA-IT DOES HAPPEN TO US"
Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Incest in the Jewish Family
with
AMY GREENBAUM, RABBINIC INTERN
A Rabbinic Intern at Temple Beth Sholom in Middletown, Ohio, Amy Greenbaum sits
on the board of Friends of A VOICE, a treatment service for sexually abused children.
and
"A Local Perspective"
with
AMY LEVIN- Victims' Advocate,
Common Ground Sanctuary's Victim Assistance Program
and
JO ELYN NYMAN Chair of Safe Place
-
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
TEMPLE BETH EL
6:00 P.M. Dinner $20 per person
7:15 P.M. Program followed Dessert Reception
NO CHARGE
Contributions to the Siiterhood Philanthropic Fund
to aid victims of domestic and sexual abuse are welcome.
For dinner reservations, make checks payable and mail to:
Temple Beth El 7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
248-851-1100, ext. 3135
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2001
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