Holiday Cheer
Miracle Mission
Meeting Jan. 8
Mitzvah Day volunteers help the needy throughout Detroit.
Federation's Michigan Miracle
Mission 4 to Israel has scheduled a
final recruitment meeting 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Max M.
Fisher Federation Building, 6735
Telegraph Road, in Bloomfield
Township.
Speakers will be Robert Aronson,
chief executive officer of the
Federation, and Lawrence Jackier,
Federation president.
Peter Alter co-chairs the Mission
with Richard Krugel. The trip
departs Detroit Metropolitan
Airport aboard Israel's El Al Airlines
April 18. The flight is non-stop to
Tel Aviv. The return flight is April
28. Federation is offering a $100
discount per person, with a $500
deposit paid by Jan. 8. To respond,
call Gwen Cooper, (248) 642-4260.
Mission cosponsors are the Detroit
Jewish News and Michigan Board of
Rabbis. Nearly 600 people already
have signed up.
S
erving Christmas dinners in
soup kitchens, distributing
toys to children in shelters,
delivering Meals on Wheels,
visiting older adults in nursing care —
all are just a few of the many jobs per-
formed. by Jewish volunteers through-
out the Detroit area on Christmas Day
as part of Mitzvah Day, sponsored by
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
More than 800 volunteers, many of
them families with children, spent
Christmas morning lending a hand at
40 social service agencies in the area.
Those working with the Salvation
Army at the Masonic Temple in
Detroit helped feed and clothe more
than 3,000 people.
"We're here to help those in need,"
said Scott Jacobs, 17, of Farmington
Hills. "It's the right thing to do. We
realize how fortunate we are and want
to help those who are less fortunate."
Charlotte and Sherwin Corlin of
West Bloomfield helped clean tables
after people had finished their
Christmas meals.
"We've been doing this for years,"
she said. "We enjoy seeing people in
need get a little help during the holi-
day season."
The event was supported by the
Ford Motor Company Fund and
chaired by Debbie Berger and Jeremy
Kahn.
"The beauty of Federation's Mitzvah
Day is that it's a great way for Jewish
families to get together and do some-
thing meaningful on Christmas, a day
that can be very stressful or isolating
for people less fortunate in our com-
munity," Berger said. ❑
Brothers Scott and Brandon Jacobs, ages 17 and 14, respectively, of Farmington
Hills help distribute warm clothing at the Masonic Temple in Detroit.
Yad Ezra
Elects Board
Charlotte and Sherwin Corlin of Wiest Bloomfield clean tables after the meal.
Chumash Essays
Focus Of Series
Rabbi Daniel Nevins will present a
lunch and learn series at Adat Shalom
Synagogue Wednesdays, Jan. 14, 21, 28.
He will review some of the essays
printed at the back of the Etz Hayim
chumash.
Programs will run from noon to 1:30
p.m:There is a $10 charge per session.
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The series is coordinated by Shelly
Perlman and Adele Smiler.
Reservations are required by the
Friday before each program. Call Sheila
Lederman, (248) 851-5100.
Sisterhood Sets
Art Auction
The Adat Shalom Sisterhood will hold
an art exhibit and auction Saturday
evening, Jan. 17. The Marlin Auction
House from New York will run the
auction, which will include famous
painters as well as art from the Adat
Shalom Nursery School.
The evening of hors d'oeuvres,
desserts and art pieces will begin with
a 7:30 p.m. preview and 8:30 p.m.
auction.
Admission is $12 per person.
Cheryl Margolis and Candy Sherman
are chairing the event. For informa-
tion, call (248) 851-5100.
Yad Ezra, Michigan's only kosher
food pantry, held elections for 2004.
Elected to the executive commit-
tee were: Ruth Kahn, president;
Paul Finkel, Robert Schechter and
Ben Waxenberg, vice presidents;
June Stillman, secretary; Sanford
Wexler, treasurer; and Andy Zack,
immediate past president.
Elected to the board were: Nancy
Baron, Jim Bellinson, William
Berlin, Ken Bernard, Glenn Cantor,
Eric Ersher, Rob Galperin, Ellen
Glen, Seymour Greenstein, Edward
Hersch, Carol Hooberman, Jim
Ketai, Leslie Kleiman, Nancy
Kleinfeidt, Ellen Labes, Irving
Nusbaum, Susie Pappas,• Michelle
Saulson, Amy Schlussel, Allan
Sefton, Shayna Silverman, Richard
Simtob, Barbara Wallace and Gwen
Weiner. YAD liaison is Susan Sinai.
Yad Ezra past presidents include:
Jeffrey Appel, Richard Barr, Gary
Dembs, Sanford Eisenberg, Michael
Eizelman and Howard Zoller.
Advisory board appointees are:
Susie Citrin, David Fink, Sharon
Hart, James Hooks, Joel Jacob,
Emery Klein, Sally Krugel, Rabbi A.
Irving Schnipper, Howard Tapper
and Sylvia Walker.