This Week C1 ,1,65- .) Audi Mercedes-Benz Staff Notebook Contact RICK ZERNER for Exceptional Personal Service & the Area's Best Selection of Fine Automobiles. Vlhaaiise: (WV iSKTIVA ypal ORT Is Aiding Black Township I Hewlett-Packard, in conjunction with the World ORT Union and other partners, will build a "digital village" in Dikhatole, South Africa. The black township has 10,000 families, electricity and water, but no paved roads. It has a high poverty rate, one of the highest rates of AIDS infection in the world, high crime and inadequate schools. The project is expected to help 4,000 individuals gain computer, Internet and business skills over the next three years. Hewlett-Packard will provide 90 workstations, support- ing hardware and consulting. ORT South Africa will direct the project and is training 12 trainers. They will teach employability skills, computer literacy, communication skills, and entrepreneurship and presentation skills. In addition, HP and ORT will train at least 70 teachers in computer skills to help more than 2,400 children learn basic computer use. Local schools will be outfitted with computer and Internet facilities. Government and the private sector have been involved to insure the program continues after the initial three-year peri- od. — Alan Hitsk Bumper Crop Has A Home Forgotten Harvest is looking for those baseball bat-size zuc- chini, those super-juicy but over-abundant tomatoes and any other fresh produce that your garden has over-produced. Southfield-based Forgotten Harvest is a non-sectarian chari- ty that picks up excess food from restaurants and other agen- cies and delivers it daily to 61 soup kitchens and food pantries in metropolitan Detroit. So far this season, the organization has received 1,800 pounds of fresh garden veg- etables, but more is requested to feed the hungry. Forgotten Harvest partnered with the English Gardens stores, several senior gardening programs, two area prisons and the public in a Plant A Row for the Hungry campaign last spring. Fresh fruits and vegetables can be donated to Forgotten Harvest through any of the five English Gardens locations, including West Bloomfield (Orchard Lake Road at Maple) and Royal Oak-Troy (Coolidge Highway at Big Beaver). Joel Dorfman is a vice president and Rob Cohen is secre- tary of Forgotten Harvest, founded by members of the Jewish community. Last year, the charity delivered 2.1 million pounds of food to its clients, including the Yad Ezra kosher food pantry in Berkley. — Alan Hitsky Lots About Holidays On 'Mega Web Site Just in time for the new year, the Shul-Chabad Lubavitch has unveiled what it is calling a "Mega Web site." The interactive learning site provides information about the Jewish holidays. Visitors are able to link to holiday "how-to" guides, mystical and Talmudic insights, games and a world- wide searchable database of High Holiday services. Launched in conjunction with the opening of the syna- Welcome To The Bais Medrash Of Harborview Home Pagel ...me vane. bt reaps., by. •Ase.tvve•.kdrio e.. beete.PrYeblraeieb~envte or... sm.. vas... hug,. te.y k e ycdi OsscriptIon Of Unks: xage Pree once norr.vx mme Ste eat VW* Seeder Wee e,rt Met re ureter Weer., re Were Tee er ewe bJr Pe fee errT.r.refsseedM ergC re re pri at re neve. 'We. s.argrs'otti r 'area...AM ..s 5570 MONROE • SYLVANIA, OH 419/885-5111 gogue's new building, on the Campus for Living Judaism at Maple and Drake roads in West Bloomfield, the site includes information on the synagogue itself. With updates throughout the year, the site will provide weekly Torah portion thoughts and contain an online maga- zine and an audio-video link to Torah classes. A connection to the "Ask Moses" site provides a one-to-one, question-and- answer session with rabbis, closing down only on Shabbat. For travelers, information also is available for contacting Chabad-Lubavitch centers and obtaining Shabbat candle lighting times worldwide. The site links to a 1,000-year calen- dar, which converts English calendar dates to Hebrew dates to find Hebrew birthdays or yahrtzeit (anniversary of death) dates. "Many people want to learn in the comfort of their own home or office," says Itty Shemtov, of the Shul, which is directed by her husband, Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov. "This will be their 24-hour local source of Jewish learning." The Shul Web site may be accessed at: www.theshul.net — Shelli Liebman Dorfman www.vindevers.com Bonnie Bellew is back at Papillon Salon! Absolutely the best in Acrylics & Gels. Hand-buffed to Perfection! With our Compliments: PLEASE ACCEPT A FREE MANICURE with a scheduled Pedicure! For a limited time only. Only with Bonnie. CALL TODAY to schedule your appointment! Lieberman And Granholm `Cooking' At Little Daddy's Spotted at Little Daddy's restaurant in Southfield during the Aug. 26 lunch hour was Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and Michigan Attorney Genefal Jennifer Granholm. They weren't just nibbling Tommy salads and catching up on each other's children. Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice-presidential candidate, was in town to stump for Granholm, Michigan's Democratic gubernatorial nominee. As their campaign focus turned to corporate corruption and executives who played too loose with the books, Lieberman turned to Granholm with a smile. He'd crafted a new slogan for the candidate, who would be the state's first woman governor if elected in November. The senator's double-entendre: "Jennifer will not 'cook' ... the books." APILLON 248.626.2240 In Orchard Mall @ Orchard & Maple — Alex Lumelsky Correction The Aish Center's lunch-and-learn program at LoanGiant.com in Southfield ("Aish Takes Learning To Office Settings," Aug. 16, page 59) meets from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays, not Thursdays. 8/30 2002 13