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Women In The Arts
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February 17, 2002
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Elaine Lebenbom of
Birmingham did attend U-M
many decades ago as a corn-
position major, the only
woman among the depart-
ment's students and faculty.
Since then, she's become a
prolific and popular member
of Detroit's musical world.
T a st summer, her work La
Journee, for English horn and
piano, premiered at the Great
Lakes Chamber Music
Festival. The Detroit
Symphony Orchestra's per-
Award winners Elaine Lebenbom, Judy Levin Cantor,
formance of her Kaleidescope
Turning was broadcast on 550 Bertha Cohen, Ilse Roberg, Harriet Berg, Kitty Dubin
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tions and, at the request of
DSO conductor Neeme Jarvi,
took place at the gallery, featured a
she is now composing a piece for strings
dance concert by the six-member
and percussion.
Festival Dancers, including the premiere
On Feb. 3, Lebenbom was one of
of a new work set to music of the 1940s.
seven Detroit-area women honored at
Award winners received framed cer-
the third annual awards ceremony for
tificates
written in calligraphy. "They
Jewish Women in the Arts. Other
were beautifully done," said Lebenbom.
award recipients were Harriet Berg,
"But it's the recognition that counts."
director of the Festival. Dancers;
— Diana Lieberman
Evelyn Orbach, artistic director of the
ADL Names Director
fter a search that lasted more
than a year, the executive board
of the Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) Michigan Region office has
chosen a new director.
Betsy Kellman of Huntington Woods
took over the position Feb. 4 from
interim director Fran Gross. She comes
to the ADL after a 21-year career in the
cable television industry. A former edu-
cator and educational administrator,
she also spent several years as executive
director of the Birmingham Temple in
,
Farmington Hills.
Kellman, a Detroit native, earned a
bachelor's degree in education with a
specialty in radio and television from
the University of Michigan. She
earned her master's in educational
sociology from Wayne State
University. She and husband Joel are
members of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.
"I'm looking forward to working
with the staff and lay leadership to
make the ADL the premier civil rights
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Jewish Ensemble Theatre; playwright
Kitty Dubin; figurative painter Bertha
Cohen; historian Judy Levin Cantor;
and calligrapher use Roberg.
Sponsors of the annual event are the
Festival Dancers and the Janice Charach
Epstein Gallery of the Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit. This year's ceremony, which
organization in the city," Kellman said.
"My experience in the cable televi-
sion industry centered on sales mar-
keting and institutional development,"
she said. "We're looking forward to
bringing these skills into the nonprofit
sector."
Richard Nodel, ADL Michigan
Region board chairman,
said the board is
"absolutely delighted to
welcome Betsy Kellman
to the League. Betsy's
strong leadership and
business abilities, corn-
bined with many years
of dedication in local
Betsy Kellman
civic affairs, make her
an ideal candidate to
lead the Michigan Region office."
The ADL, founded in 1913, fights
anti-Semitism through programs and
services that counteract hatred, bigotry
and prejudice, while monitoring civil
rights and hate crimes among all peo-
ple. The Michigan Regional Office was
established more than 40 years ago.
— Diana Lieberman