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I A /hen Mark and Patty Werner
V V contracted with Gittleman
Construction to renovate roughly 3,000
square feet of their Upper Straits Lake
home in West Bloomfield, they didn't
expect company president Scott Gittleman
to be included in the deal.
But his involvement, and genuine interest
throughout the extensive job is one of the
things that impressed the Werners most.
"It was a pleasant surprise to see Scott
so much," said Patty. "He was genuinely
concerned and as interested in a
successful project as we were. We are
extremely impressed with the work
Gittleman did for us."
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From our president to all our valued skilled trades people, we will exceed your highest expectations
with our emphasis on function, aesthetics and budget.
Just ask the Werners.
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Traveling fashion show to highlight
Jewish brides through the ages.
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ewish women throughout the
community can experience a
one-of-a-kind bridal event
when the international travel-
ing show "The Jewish Bride Through
the Ages and Around the World"
appears at the Shul-Chabad Lubavitch
in West Bloomfield on Sunday, Jan. 12.
This unique fashion show is presented
through costume and song, with accom-
panying historical narrative. Eight brides
will be featured, representing various
heroines of biblical and historic times.
Local women will model the elaborate
wedding gowns, flanked by volunteer
"flower girls" and "bridesmaids."
The eight featured "brides" will be
Rebecca and Rachel from the Torah;
LaLa Suleka, a Morrocan bride from the
1800s; Deborah, daughter of the great
Rabbi Akiva; Esther Golda, a bride from
a Russian shtetl; Tikvah, a Yemenite
Sephardic bride; Mariasha from the
Soviet Union; and Shirah, a modern
Ashkenazic bride.
Miriam Hurvitz of New York created
the show after doing extensive research
to accurately depict the bridal costumes
of each era.
"The craftsmanship she put into these
costumes is amazing," said Itty Shemtov,
the Shul's program director. "The narra-
tion helps women connect with heroines
of the past and how the lessons they
teach us apply to our lives today."
The afternoon also will include an
entertaining presentation by internation-
ally renowned speaker and performer
Chaya Teldon of Long Island, N:Y.,
entitled 'As Women Inspire,
Generations Aspire."
A "mini-Chinese auction" will be held
to help offset cost of the program. Prizes
will include gift certificates to local spas
and various health and wellness products
by Homedics.
In true wedding style, there will be an
elegant 40-foot dessert buffet.
Southfield-based party planner Linda
Klein of "Elegance" provides the sweets.
"We are treating this just like an actual
wedding," Klein said. "All of the linens,
props and sweets are being custom made
for this event."
There will be an actual wedding cake,
a chuppah (wedding canopy) covering
the sweet table, rose-covered pillars, an
edible miniature chocolate chuppah and
custom-decorated chocolates for each
guest to take home.
"The real beauty of this program is
uniting all of these organizations and
bringing together Jewish women of all
generations and all affiliations," said
Miriam Amzalak of Oak Park, who is
coordinating the program. "This is an
opportunity to see these women come •
to life on stage and tos identify with and
adapt their spiritual strengths to our
own lives."
Sponsors include Bais Chabad of
Farmington Hills, Bais Chabad of North
Oak Park, Bais Chabad Torah Center,
Chabad of Ann Arbor, Chabad of
Commerce, Friends of Refugees of
Eastern Europe, Lubavitch Women's
Organization, the Shul, Birmingham-
Bloomfield Chai Center, BBY0-
Michigan Regional B'nai B'rith Girls
and the Jewish News.
The show will be going to France fol-
lowing its Detroit appearance.
The program begins at 2 p.m. It is
open to women and girls of high school
age or older. For more information, con-
tact Miriam Amzalak at (248) 967-5056
or Itty Shemtov at the Shul at (248)
788-4000. O