NG JEWISH

From our home
to yours.

The Rabbis, the Cantor, the Staff, the Officers, the
Board of Trustees and the Affiliates of

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

extend to the entire community their very best
wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.

Auctioneer Brian Hermelin of Bingham Farms does his duty, center, while Rob
Colburn of Bloomfield Hills and Bubba Urdan of West Bloomfield work the crowd.

ORT Auction

Seated: Susan and Rabbi Joseph Krakoff, Rabbi Irwin and Leypsa Groner
Standing: Rabbi Eric and Dava Yanoff, Cantor Chaim and Dr. Sherrell Najman,
Rabbis Jonathan and Lauren Berkun

May you be inscribed in
the Book of Life for a
fulfilling and peaceful
new year.

Join us! We offer a sense of belonging and warmth
for all —celebrating our history, enriching our
community and planning our future.

CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK
Southfield ■ West Bloomfield

9/10
2004

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For membership information call
248/357-5544.

Three-hundred guests enjoyed "The
Best Damn ORT Show, Period" at
the American ORT annual Rub-a-
Dub Dinner Auction on Aug. 26 at
the new home of Dr. Brian and
Annette Adelman in West
Bloomfield.
Chapter President Rob Colburn of
Bloomfield Hills praised his four
chairmen — David Gans of Franklin
and Bubba Urdan, Randy
Wertheimer and David Colburn, all
of West Bloomfield — for their
efforts to raise money through sign-
ing journal advertisers and obtaining
items for the auction. Brian
Hermelin of Bingham Farms served
as auctioneer for the live auction
that brought in a record amount of
revenue — bringing the total raised

• In Rachel Kapen's guest col-
umn on Sept. 3 ("Surprised By
Kindness," page 39), Yerushalayim
Street is in Bat Yam, not Tel Aviv,
as inadvertently added by the IN.

to $225,000.
Sales of raffle tickets helped boost
the proceeds. First prize was a
$5,000 shopping spree donated by
the Somerset Collection in Troy, and
a second prize was a $2,500 gift cer-
tificate donated by Tapper's
Diamonds & Fine Jewelry in West
Bloomfield.
Proceeds from this event go to
support 300,000 ORT vocational
and technical students in 60 coun-
tries around the world, with a signif-
icant portion designated for the
ORT Hermelin College of
Engineering in Netanya, the Detroit
chapter's special project.

— Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor

• In Father John West's sidebar
to the cover story on Aug. 27
("Jews: People Of The Covenant,"
page 20), one sentence was gar-
bled. It should have stated:
Even though individual
Christians have embraced Judaism
and some Jews have found their
way to the Christian faith, we are
not interested in "converting"
Jews.

