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BEM Elects New Officers

ichigan Region B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
held council elections last weekend at Camp
Maas in Ortonville. Some 235 BBYO members
elected regional leaders for 2004-05.
Jonathan Wright. Jr. of Tzavah AZA, a junior at West
Bloomfield High School, was elected AZA president. Wright is
a founding member of Tzavah and was coordinator of a young
leadership conclave in 2003. He attended BBYO's Kallah and
International Leadership Training Conference last summer.
Serving with Wright are Jake Feldman, a Walled Lake
Central sophomore and member of Shapiro AZA, as vice pres-
ident/programming; Eric Rosenbloom, a North Farmington
junior and member of Jolson AZA as vice president/member-
ship; and Bowen Vernan, a Shapiro member who is home-
schooled in Grand Blanc, as vice president/com-
munity service.

AZA counselor. Hoffman is outgoing AZA Council president.
Katie Blender, a junior at Birmingham Groves High School,
was elected BBG president. Blender is the outgoing president
of Achayot BBG and attended both the Kallah and
International Leadership Training Conference last summer.
BBG officers elected with Blender are: Audra Lachman, a
member of Ruach BBG and North Farmington junior who
will be vice president/programming; Jennifer Beitner of
Disraeli BBG, a Jewish Academy sophomore, as vice presi-
dent/membership; and Ashley Schwartz, a West Bloomfield
sophomore and Achayot member, as vice president/communi-
ty service.
Additional BBG officers include: Sammie Unger, a Koach
member and sophomore at West Bloomfield High, as treasur-
er; Brittany Braudo, a sophomore at North Farmington and
member of Ruach BBG as secretary; and Alexandra Peri, a
member of Ahavah BBG and West Bloomfield High School
junior, as newspaper editor. Whitney Aidenbaum, a Jewish
Academy junior, who is leading the creation of a new BBG
chapter, will serve as BBG counselor. Aidenbaum is the outgo-
ing BBG Council president.

Series Studies Bible

The Congregation B'nai Moshe
Kolel Moshe Institute for Lifelong
Learning will offer a four-part
adult study series with Rabbi
Charles Popky titled "Angels,
Messiahs, and Martyrs: The
Strange World of Post-Biblical
Jewish Literature" on four
Mondays at noon, starting June 7
at the synagogue.
No knowledge of Hebrew is
necessary in order to participate;
each session can be attended
separately. Tuition is $5 per
session at the door. Pre-
registration is not required.
For information, call Nancy
Kaplan, (248) 737-1931.

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Mini-School Slated

AZA cers: Standing, Geo Horowitz, BowenVernan,
n, Jake Feldman, Eric Rosenbloom and
Eric
Ho
Bret Chaness. Front, Benji Bell and JonWright Jr.

Additional officers include
Bret Chaness, a junior at Walled Lake Western and member of
Shapiro AZA, as treasurer; Geoff Horowitz, a Jewish Academy
freshman and member of Shapiro AZA, as secretary; Benji
Bell, a sophomore at West Bloomfield High School and
Shapiro member, as newspaper editor; and Eric Hoffman, a
senior at Walled Lake Western and member of Shapiro, as

BBG o cers: Back,
Jennifer Beitner Audra Lachman,
Katie Blur
der Akx Peri; Whitng Aidenbaum. Front,
Ashley Schwartz Brittany Braudo and Sammie Unger

WBES Scores At DECA

West Bloomfield High School marketing education students
scored highly recently during the international DECA corn-
petition in Nashville, Tenn.
Ben Feldman, Arthur Giants and Kory West worked with
Jacob Hampton to win the National Marketing Quiz Bowl
Championship. West Bloomfield's team has won the
Michigan championship three straight years. Ben Feldman
was the only returnee to this year's Quiz Bowl team.
West Bloomfield's Ali Greene earned Top Ten in the nation
honors in the Retail Marketing Research written event.
Jessica Newman was a national finalist in the Retail
Merchandising Management Level event. Josh Rott earned a
certificate of excellence in Vehicles and Petroleum Marketing.
Michael Terner also participated in the competition.

Registrations are being taken for the
Florence Melton Adult Mini-School,
a project of the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem.
Sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
Alliance for Jewish Education and
the Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit, the mini-
school is a concept in Jewish learn-
ing for adults of all ages and back-
grounds.
The mini-school is a two-year pro-
gram and courses are taught by fac-
ulty who encourage group discus-
sion. There are no prerequisites,
grades or exams. Graduates receive a
certificate of Jewish studies from
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and
are eligible to participate in an
optional seminar in Israel as well as
courses designated specifically for
Melton graduates.
Two classes will be offered: 7-9:15
p.m. Tuesdays at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building in Bloomfield
Township or 9:30-11 a.m.
Wednesdays at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield. Classes begin the week
of Sept. 6.
To receive a brochure or to regis-
ter, call Marion Bronstein, (248)
642-4260.

West Bloomfield's DECA Quiz Bowl champs: Kory West,
Jacob Hampton, Ben Feldman, Arthur Glantz.

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