Staff Notebook Becky Rubin Borak of Farmington Hills, Milton Dzodin of Southfield and Ann Yashinsky of Oak Park with the Sefer Torah dedicated by their rela- tive, the late Leizer Dzodin. Four Generations Gather synagogue in Canada that was home for many years ago to most of the local Dzodin clan was the site of a four-genera- tion family reunion on the weekend of Nov. 15. Milton and Isabel Dzodin of Southfield organ- ized the family Shabbat weekend at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue on Giles Boulevard in Windsor, Ontario. The Dzodins still attend services at the shul when staying at their cottage near Windsor. More than 40 members of the extended Dzodin family, all related to the late Leizer and Dvorah Dzodin, came together for the reunion. It was timed to mark the 41st anniversary of the presentation of a Sefer Torah to the congregation by Leizer Dzodin on his wife's first yahrtzeit. In attendance were the couple's surviving chil- dren, Becky Rubin Borak of Farmington Hills and Ann Yashinsky and Lillian Yashinsky, both of Oak Park. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren also joined the weekend in Windsor, members of the Schwartz, Dzodin, Lawson, Rubin, Zeitlin, Yashinsky, Shapiro and Cohen families. Representing the fourth generation was Emily Feldman of Farmington Hills, daughter of Julie . and Brad Feldman. Participants in the synagogue service included Michael Yashinsky of Farmington Hills, Dr. Noel Lawson of Bloomfield Hills and Steven Cohen and Mayer Cohen, both of Oak Park. — Keri Guten Cohen A remain open during the modifications and adjust- ments. "We are also ready to put in classy bar stools and tables, a larger counter and decorative screens. While some of the staff is new, former owner Ehrenreich says he will stay on for a short time to help with the transition. The restaurant is under the supervision of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit. Menu choices at the counter-service restaurant are heavy on subs, which include meat, tuna and egg salad, and such veggie choices as veggie burg- ers, Turkish salad, baba ganoush (eggplant salad) and hummus (mashed chickpeas). Most subs are priced under $5. More salads and side dishes of fries and onion rings also will be available. For children, there is a menu of hot dog or burger combos, chicken nuggets and the old sta- ple of peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches. A breakfast menu of omelet subs will be added starting Monday, Dec. 9. That's when hours for Subsation will be changed to Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-8 p.m. Saturday night hours, as of Dec. 14, will be one hour after Shabbat ends until midnight. Information: (248) 432-5615. Birmingham Menorah For the first time, an outdoor menorah is marking Chanukah in Birmingham. The 6-foot tall, eight- branched metal menorah is situated in Shain Park, alongside a holiday display featuring strings of lights, a Santa house and a Christmas tree. About three months ago, Rabbi Yochanan Polter of the Birmingham Bloomfield Chai Center made a request before the Birmingham city commis- sioners to place the menorah in the park. "No one had ever asked before," Rabbi Polter said. "We had an attorney; they had an attorney. It was a three-month process of reviewing and finding the legality of it." The menorah has been lighted each evening since the beginning of Chanukah on the night of Nov. 29, and will continue to be lit through the last night, Friday, Dec. 6. A community lighting ceremony was held on the evening of Dec. 4. Although Seth Chafetz is Birmingham's first Jewish mayor, Rabbi Polter says that fact didn't filter into the city's decision, which was approved during the last weeks of the previous mayor's tenure. "I began this process and filed this petition because I thought it would be a nice thing for the Jewish community in Birmingham," the rabbi said. "Any other religious entity wishing to have a display of its own should follow the [same] proce- dure. I'm for anything that celebrates religious freedom — a basis on which America was found- ed and known for. "I encourage anything legal that follows city ordinance and is permitted by city commissioners. They might be surprised at the response, as I was with my menorah. "Our city is a city of diversity, tolerance and religious freedom," Rabbi Polter added. "And obviously, the menorah is a reminder of what Chanukah and the lights are about — freedom, liberty and democracy — all the things that make our country great." — Keri Guten Cohen. `Subsationar Food iTN 12/6 2002 14 With a change in menu and decor, the kosher restaurant inside the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park also has a new name. During a quick Dec. 1 change of hands, Chuck Ehrenreich's Miriam's Place became Eli Weingarden's Subsation, named for the expected sensational subs he offers. "Over the course of the next month, we will make both menu changes and physical changes," Weingarden says of the restaurant that will A Chanukah menorah stands for the first time in Birmingham's Shain Park.