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Walk For Sarah
WWII Memorial Planned
To the 406 individuals who lined up to
Sunday will remain on the registry
be tested as potential bone marrow
indefinitely. Even though the crowd
donors for Sarah Gittleman last Sunday,
showed up for Sarah, the hope is that
her morn has a remarkable announce-
their tissue type will be a match for the
ment:
thousands of other patients around the
"We just found out that Laura, Sarah's
world who need transplants.
sister, is a match," wrote Barbara
"Sarah, Laura, Ted [Sarah's dad] and I
Gittleman in a letter addressed to the
would like to thank you for all your sup-
community.
port and caring," Barbara Gittleman
Sarah, 23, of
wrote. "There are no words to
Huntington Woods has a
express our appreciation and
rare and aggressive form
gratitude for this unselfish act
of leukemia that is cur-
of kindness and for all your
able only through a bone
generous donations to our
marrow transplant. Sarah
family and the National
has been hospitalized in
Marrow Donor Program."
isolation during the
Minimum requested dona-
search for a donor, but
tion for those attending the
"is responding nicely to
walk is $10 for adults and $5
the chemotherapy,"
for children.
Gittleman said.
Those unable to attend can
The crowd waited
send a check, made payable to
Sarah Gittlem an
patiently for up to 90
Barbara Gittleman, and
minutes at the Jewish
mailed to Rena Friedberg,
Community Center in West Bloomfield
7844 Huntington Road, Huntington
on Sunday. While many made donations Woods, MI 48070.
to help offset the more than $10,000
To help with the walk, send an e-mail
cost of the day's screening, a fund-raising to: bethapplebaum@hotmail.com
walk has also been organized.
For information on registering with
The 11 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 29, walk
the National Bone Marrow Donor
has been planned to help raise further
Registry, access the National Marrow
funds for the testing and to help cover
Donor Program Web site at:
travel expenses for the family who will
vvwvv.marrow.org or contact
go to Houston where the transplant will
Tarita Gibson at (313) 833-2624.
take place. The walk will begin at the
Huntington Woods City Park and
— She'll Liebman Do an,
Recreation Department, 26325 Scotia.
staITwriter
The names of those screened on
Next May 8-9 marks the 60th
anniversary of the victory over the
Germans in World War II. The
Russian Jewish Council of Veterans is
planning to install a memorial at the
Jewish Community Center in Oak
Park in honor of Russian veterans who
fought in WWII.
The memorial will list more than
200 Russian WWII veterans. About
130 of these surviving veterans live in
the area, which includes Ann Arbor
and Flint. Their average age is 83.
An accompanying Book of Memo;y
will be assembled that includes photo-
graphs and short biographies of the
veterans. The group also plans to ren-
ovate the JCC's photo stand.
Contributions are being accepted
for these endeavors. Donations are tax
deductible. Checks can be made out
to Committee of Veterans WWII and
sent to the Council of Veterans, Mira
Rozov, 25225 Greenfield, Apt. 1000,
Southfield, MI 48075.
— Keri Guten Cohen,
sto?y development editor
Carlebach Style
The late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, con-
sidered the "Pied Piper of Judaism"
because of his spiritually moving music,
will be remembered in several upcoming
local events.
• A Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming
Shabbat) service will be in the Carlebach
style following 6 p.m. Minchah (after-
noon) services Friday, Aug. 20, at
Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, B'nai
Israel Center. Upcoming dates include
Nov. 5, Dec. 3, Jan. 7, Feb. 4, April 1
and May 6. Dr. Jeffrey Lupovitch and
Jeremy Baruch lead the services.
• At 7:15 p.m. Tues., Aug. 24, at the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield, the Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit will open its
school year with a concert by Neshama
Carlebach, daughter of Rabbi
Carlebach. The event is open to the
community. Tickets are $15 for adults,
$10 for children.
• Congregation B'nai Moshe, with
Cantor Earl Berris leading on guitar, will
end its Shabbat Odyssey summer series
with a Carlebach service at 6 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 27 in Bodzin Hall. The
service will be a combination of folk and
European Chassidic music and will be
open to all ages. Participants can enjoy
the Kabbalat Shabbat with instruments
and dancing.
Following services, there will be a
fried chicken dinner. There is a charge
for the dinner and reservations are
required by Aug. 23. Call the synagogue
office at (248) 788-0600 for further
information.
was founded after Jim Hiller, CEO
of Hiller's Markets, pledged $1 mil-
lion in 2000 after his mother died of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou
Gehrig's disease.
Hiller used his connections with
Pepsi to mount the publicity drive
in southeast Michigan.
— Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor
Soda Booster
The University of Michigan's
Program For Understanding
Neurological Diseases is get-
ting heightened visibility
through September on the
side of 6 million cans of caf-
feine-free diet Pepsi.
PFUND is under the direc-
tion of the U-M Medical
School's Dr. Eva Feldman. It
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the highest voting percentages (65 percent) of that
nationality living abroad. Which nationality?
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August 1974
Southfield dentist Dr. Leon Herschfus was reap-
pointed to the Southfield Board of Health by
Mayor Donald Fracassi.
Dr. Herschfus' term will be three years. He was
first appointed to the board in 1972 to fill the
post left by the resignation of Dr. Morris Goldin.
— Sy Manello, editorial assistant