. it i . a PA R K . . . . . . Staff Notebook 1 ON MIDDLEBELT 1 *************** New Non . . t Terminal Grand 3 Special c o u i P1 N I I One D ons 1 1 1 7 IT' 38 Plus 30% Airport atm 09 I I I a Mix = $700/24 firs Mt* Ak I One Coupon per Visit. No Other Discounts Apply. AleplOrt_ I Employees not eligible. 1 1 Exp. 12-31M002 I %Incas "Tledi tic 10 "It I ° 1 • Continuous FREE 24 Hr. Service toll Exiting & Wield Terminal • Dow-to•Door Service • Minutes to all Terminals • Easy In/Out off 1-94 & I-21S I I 9601 Middlebelt Road I 1-800-447-PARK www.us-park.com rL RE; Gaynor Is New Leader Of Bloomfield Schools Ben Yehudah Expo Visits Ann Arbor A fter three separate interview sessions involving 13 candidates, the Bloomfield Hills School District has selected Dr. Steven Gaynor as its new superintend- ent of schools. He'll be the second Jewish superintendent hired in Oakland County this summer, following the Aug. 5 appointment of Dr. Gary Faber to lead the West Bloomfield School District. Dr. Gaynor, who was awarded a three-year contract beginning Oct. 1, replaces Dr. Gary Doyle, who will be retiring after 16 years with the district. "Our patience has been rewarded with Dr. Steven Gaynor, who has both the personal and professional background to be our next superin- tendent. He is outstanding in every Steven Gaynor way and we are excited about work- ing with him in the future," said Bill Rubenfaer, school board president. Dr. Gaynor has been the superintendent for the School District of the City of Royal Oak for four years. Prior to joining the Royal Oak schools, he was an assistant superin- tendent for the Walled Lake Consolidated School District and held the positions of elementary and high school prin- cipal and special education director in the Holly Area School District. — Diana Lieberman Rosh Hashanah Postcards Will Send Prayers To Israel A Where the Jewish Community Shops! 8/23 2002 12 .Jewish. corn fter a very difficult year for Israel, it is especially fit- ting to send Rosh Hashanah greetings to Israeli families. A local project makes this easy to do. The grassroots group that put on last month's Israel Terror Victims Vigil has printed handsome postcards to be sent to various points in Israel: hospitals and rehabilitation centers, families of terror victims, families in the Central Galilee (the Jewish Federation's Partnership 2000 region) and others elsewhere in Israel. The group is providing the addresses. The postcard is blue on white, and features a dove of peace flying over the Earth, with the Hebrew message: "May the Almighty who establishes peace in the heavens, grant peace to us, to all Israel and to the State of Israel. We stand together with you, hand in hand." Cards are available to individuals, synagogues, schools and organizations for $1 each to cover printing and the affixed 70-cent stamp. Those interested in underwriting the sending of cards or wanting to personalize a card, may call the Labor Zionist Alliance, (248) 967-1211, visit the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park or the offices of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit in the Max Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township, or the gift shops at Adat Shalom - Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills or Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 Lincoln, in Oak Park. Cards will be collected from all the sites on Thursday, Aug. 29, to be addressed and mailed. — Don Cohen F resh from a wildly successful three days recently in Oak Park, the Ben Yehudah Israel Shopping Expo is coming for two days to the Washtenaw County Jewish Community Center in Ann Arbor. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26. Available for purchase will be an assortment of Israeli items, including jewelry, art, Judaica, books, posters, per- fumes, T-shirts and products from the Dead Sea. Since the intifida (Palestinian uprising), Israel's loss of income from tourism and related industries has been acute. The traveling Expo is a chance for members of America's Jewish communities to show their support for Israel. . The shopping days coincide with the Washtenaw JCC's annual "Apples and Honey" family celebration. The Washtenaw County JCC is at 2935 Birch Hollow Drive in Ann Arbor. For information, call (734) 971-0990. — Diana Lieberman Light A Candle On 9-11 T o honor the memory of those who lost their lives during the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, a special yahrtzeit candle (lit on the anniversary of a death) will be made available, at no charge, from area synagogues. "We were all affected in some very special way by the events of Sept. 11," says Rabbi Dannel Schwartz of Temple Shir Shalom. Most local congregations are participating in the project to distribute the candles, along with a commemorative label to attach to the candle's holder. The label will show a photo of a child, head bowed, holding a candle with the words, "we remember" in both Hebrew and English. Sponsors of the program — the Michigan Board of Rabbis, the Jewish News, Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield and Hebrew Memorial Chapel in Oak Park — will donate 3,000 of the candles and an unlimited amount of labels that can be placed on any yahrtzeit candle. The candles and labels will be available beginning Monday, Aug. 26, for those who wish to light them on Friday evening, Aug. 30, which corresponds with 23 Elul, the Hebrew date of Sept. 11, 2001. Candles may be lit on Aug. 30 and/or Wednesday, Sept. 11. "It was clear to all the rabbinic leaders in metro Detroit, that we had to help our congregants commemorate the vic- tims of Sept. 11," said Rabbi Paul Yedwab, president of the Michigan Board of Rabbis. "By distributing yahrtzeit can- dles, we help the Jews in our area remember all who died and pray that such a tragedy never befalls this country again." — Shelli Liebman Dorfman Correction Last week's Editor's Notebook ("Dispelling Lies," Aug. 16, page 5) should have stated that Howard Wallach is the president of Anti-Defamation League Michigan Region and Kenneth Wolf is the president of American Jewish Committee Metropolitan Detroit Chapter. The names were reversed due to wrong information inadvertently provided by the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit.