Staff Notebook Honoring Dr. Gretchko he newest award in West Bloomfield's cele- bration of Michigan Week, May 11-17, hon- ors a man whose life was an inspiration to all those who work with children. Nominations will be accepted through March 24 for the first annual Dr. Seymour Gretchko Youth Advocate Awards, to be presented during the Michigan Week Breakfast, Friday, May 16, 2003. Separate awards will be presented for an individual and an organization. Dr. Gretchko, superintendent of the West Bloomfield School District, died suddenly on March 19, 2002. In his 20th year with the school district, he had spent the pre- vious evening in a typical way — at the children's room of the West Bloomfield Township Library. "This award is our way of not only remembering and honoring Dr. Gretchko, but recognizing special members of the community who mir- ror his commitment to our youth," said Deborah Macon, who chairs the Dr. Seymour Michigan Week awards committee. Gretchko To be considered for the award, nom- inees must meet the following criteria: • Serve the greater West Bloomfield area (West Bloomfield, Orchard Lake, Sylvan Lake and Keego Harbor) in a voluntary and/or professional capacity; • Show evidence that youth advocacy and education of youth has played a significant role during the indi- vidual's lifetime or in the organization's operations; • Demonstrate visionary leadership; • Show outstanding contribution in building a more inclusive society; • Be recognized for sustained impact in the community; • Create effective partnerships on behalf of youth; NEWS DIGEST from page 19 entered the United States via Latin America, Canada and elsewhere. Commission members largely said a lack of time prevented them from delving deeper into the approximately 1 million documents in the National Archives on looted property. London Marks New Eruv Ve"0.1 3/ 7 2003 20 London/JTA — London's first large- scale eruv becomes operational this -Shabbat after 13 years of planning. The eruv provides a boundary that enables observant Jews to carry some items and push baby carriages within its perimeter on the Sabbath. The boundary covers an 11-mile area that includes much of London's most heavily Jewish neighborhood • Motivate others to strive for professional excellence. Nominations must include letters from two sources describing how the nominee meets the above criteria. Forms are available at the West Bloomfield Township Hall, 4550 Walnut Lake Road. Deadline for nominations is 4 p.m. March 24. For more information, call (248) 626-4111. — Diana Lieberman Subsational Grand Opening hey've been getting organized since December, and now the Detroit-area's newest kosher restaurant is ready for a two-day grand-opening celebration. "We've been making changes all along," said Eli Weingarden of Subsation, located inside theJewish Community Center in Oak Park. The restaurant, which has been open throughout its fix-up days, still has a way to go, Weingarden said, "but the paint is on and the new furniture is in and now we're really ready for business and we're ready to show what we've done." On Sunday, March 9, and Monday, March 10, the 100-seat casual dining and carryout eatery will be the site of treats and reduced prices. The specialty is — as expected — sub sandwiches, "from teriyaki steak to tuna," Weingarden said. "But our menu also has traditional hamburgers and hot dogs, soups and kids' meals, like chicken nuggets." The restaurant offers breakfast, eggs, subs and side dishes, including french fries, onion rings and egg rolls. Subsation, which is under the supervision of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit, also does party catering. Grand opening days at Subsation will be noon-8 p.m. Sunday, March 9; and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, March 10. The kosher restaurant is located inside the Oak Park JCC, 15110 W. 10 Mile Road. (248) 248-432-5615. T Architect Named To Rebuild WTC New York/JTA — The architect who designed Berlin's Jewish museum was tapped Feb. 26 to create the glass tow- ers and memorial that will rise from the ashes of the World Trade Center. The design by Daniel Libeskind's firm calls for a subterranean memorial to the victims of Sept. 11 surrounded by towers. It also calls for a 1,776-foot-tall spire that will stand taller than any building in the world. Blair's Britain Backs Israel London/JTA — British Prime Minister Tony Blair reaffirmed his country's support for Israel. Following several months of tense Regular hours are: noon-8 p.m. Sunday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday; 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturday. — Shelli Liebman Dorfman Alive And Poetic iddish is not dead for Chaim Rozenthal of Oak Park. The Russian-born author has published his fifth book of poetry — and it's in the mamaloschen (mother tongue). "It's my fervent wish that our culture and our beloved mother-tongue, Yiddish, be perpetuated," said Rozenthal, whose earlier books include Yiddish-language transla- tions of Russian poets and stories of Jewish holiday celebrations. He has also published a Russian-lan- guage book called Echo of the Holocaust and a Russian transla- tion of 19th-century Yiddish writer Eliezer Shteinberg's stories and fables. Soon after moving to Detroit from Chernowitz, Russia, in Chaim 1991, Rozenthal and his wife, Rozenthal Eva, joined the Yiddish Culture Club. The poet soon took over as club director. Rozenthal's latest book of poetry, published in Israel, is called Let Us All As One. A collection of original poetry and translations of Russian poems, the book is dedicated to the memory of the Yiddish Culture Club's first director, Charles Driker, who died in 1984. Copies of the new book will be available from Rozenthal later this year. Call Chaim Rozenthal, at (248) 968-0510, for more inforination. — Diana Lieberman y relations between the two countries, Blair recently told the annual dinner of the Community Security Trust, a British Jewish security organization, that Britain "is a strong and close friend of Israel, not a fair weather friend." Blair also reiterated his commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Sweden Fumbled Wallenberg Case? Stockholm/JTA — The. Swedish gov- ernment mishandled the investiga- tion into the disappearance of diplo- mat Raoul Wallenberg at the end of World War II, a Swedish commis- sion said. Making use of documents found in government archives, the panel said Foreign Ministry officials assumed Wallenberg was killed after his arrest in Budapest by Soviet troops in January 1945. The officials also failed to follow up leads regard- ing Wallenberg, who helped save tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the war. The commission also found that the diplomat's links to Washing-ton were closer than first thought. "One important thing we are emphasizing is he was a Swedish diplomat, but his task was formulat- ed by the U.S government," a com- mission member told Reuters. The Soviets might have wanted to know more about his mission and they could have thought he was more than an humanitarian agent." Russia has said Wallenberg was taken to Moscow's notorious Lubyanka Prison, where he died in 1947. But Sweden says it cannot close its files without conclusive proof of Wallenberg's death.