He was hoping to make it home
for the High Holy Days...

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 7:30-9 p.m.
Alva Dworkin teaches 11-week Yiddish
class. $75 members, $95 guests. 26341
Coolidge, Oak Park.(248) 545-0985.
Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for
Judaic Studies — Wednesday, Sept.
24, 4-6 p.m. Benjamin Nathans, asso-
ciate professor, department of history,
University of Pennsylvania, "Beyond
the Pale: Jewish Life in Pre-
Revolutionary St. Petersburg." 3050
Frieze Bldg., Ann Arbor. (734) 763-
9047.

SUPPORT
Prostate Cancer Lecture — Tuesday,
Sept. 23, 6:15 p.m. "External Beam
Radiation Versus Seed Implants."
Dinner. Weisberg Cancer Center,
31995 Northwestern Hwy.,
Farmington Hills. RSVP: (248) 538-
6514.

now he's just hoping
to make it home.

He's so close. Yet so far. With his family little more
than a stone's throw away, the end to Middle East
conflict seems to push further and further away.

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Everyday the men and women of the Israel Defense
Forces risk their lives for freedom and peace.
Fighting for their families, their homeland and their
future, this is one war that cannot be lost. Now, amid
the struggle they face, we can offer additional hope
and support.

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Please join us as Michigan Friends of the IDF hosts its
annual Solidarity Benefit to honor and support the
brave young men and women of the IDE Help us help
the Israel Defense Forces. Help our soldiers get home.

Michigan Friends of the Israel Defense Forces

7th Annual Solidarity Dinner

October 16, 2003, 6:00 PM

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Marcia & Eugene Applebaum

Lois &

The Honorable

Avern Cohn

Dinner Chairs

The Honorable

Amy Hathaway-Groner &

The Honorable

David Groner

Ann Newman

or. Joel Groner

Doreen Hermelin

Shari & Alon Kaufman

Malice & Gary Torgow

Lisa & Gary Shiffman

Honoree

Guest Speaker

Rabbi
Irwin Groner

Ambassador
Alon Pinkas

Donor tickets: $180 per person (Includes dinner and program)
For ticket and sponsorship information please call (248) 203-2060
Michigan Friends of the IDF • PO BOX 999 • WALLED LAKE, MI 48390

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Yad Ezra — Tuesday, Oct. 7, noon-3
p.m., 3-6 p.m., 6-8 p.m.; Wednesday,
Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 1-4 p.m.;
Thursday, Oct. 9, noon-3 p.m., 3-6
p.m., 6-8 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 10, 10
a.m.-1 p.m. Pick up, sort, shelve and
box incoming donation from the Yom
Kippur Drive.
Jewish Family Service — 2143

Greenfield Road, Southfield. Michelle
Greenstein (248) 558-1500, ext. 294.

Southfield, Michigan

Co-Honorary Chairs

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
— postmarked by Jan. 9. Call for
Artists, accepting applications for the
2004 Birmingham Fine Art Festival on
Mother's Day weekend, Saturday, May
8-10. (248) 644-0866, ext. 108.

...the first Friday of every month...it's a monthly lifestyle pull-out-and-save sec-
tion focusing on fashion, home design, local personalities, the arts and more!

• 7th Annual Fall Fix Up — Sunday,
Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Help
homebound older adults and those in
need of minor home repairs and out-
door cleanup.
• School Tutors — 1 hour weekly.
Work with children in a school envi-
ronment.
• Friendly Visitors — Visit with
homebound older adults in their
homes or grocery shop and run errands
with them.
• Courtesy Drivers — 1-3 hours
weekly. Take clients to medical
appointments, out-patient surgeries or
assist with errands.
• Technocrats — Teach Internet or e-
mail skills to a senior.
• Career Mentors for Teens —
Professional men and women needed
to mentor a junior or senior high
school student.