Digest unteers. Jewish Family Service, a licensed out- patient clinic with offices in Southfield and West Bloomfield, provides social and mental health services to adults, children and families. Areas of focus include parent/child concerns, adop- tion, divorce and blended family issues, substance abuse treatment, and domes- tic abuse/dating violence counseling and shelter. JFS also provides a fill] line of sup- port services aimed at maintaining the dignity and independence of older adults. A Hadassah Welcome Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah welcomed Jeanne Phillips ("Dear Abby') at its opening meeting Oct. 5. Leah Snider; event guest chain was honored with a presentation highlighting her devotion and years of service to Hadassah. Shown are Leah Snider, Jeanne Phillips and Charles Snider. Bar-Ilan Expands Staff Dena Raminick has been appointed Midwest associate director of the Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University. Raminick will be instrumental in developing strategic marketing and fund-raising plans for the Midwest, focusing on the 50th anniversary and Jubilee Mission to Ramat Gan, Israel, this June. Raminick will be responsible for fund-raising, recruitment and donor relations. She is a member of Temple Shir Shalom and resides in West Bloomfield. Contest Theme: 350 Years To encourage students to explore the cultural wealth of "350 Years of Extraordinary Jews in America," Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education will sponsor an essay and poster contest, open to students in grades six through 12. Students can write an essay of 1,000 words or less or design a poster illus- trating the topic "How Did One American Jew Contribute to Our Country and What's the Message for Me?" Contest entries for each medium will be judged in two divisions, one for middle school, grades six through eight; and the other for high school students, grades nine through 12. The grand prize in each category will be a Jewish heritage trip to New York City, 11/26 2004 72 Funds Raised For Israel Bonds A Temple Beth El dinner honored Larry and Mary Epstein, raising $1.2 million in investments. Shown are Lawrence A. Wolfe, metro Detroit Bonds campaign co- chair; Dr. Ralph Nurnbergen Larry and Mary Epstein, Rabbi Daniel B. Syme and Dennis N Frank, Temple Beth El president. including a roundtrip flight for each student accompanied by an adult, hotel accommodations for two nights, dinners and sightseeing. Second prize will be a $500 Israeli Bond; third prize will be a $100 Israeli Bond. The deadline for all entries is Feb. 25, 2005. Applications and the contest rules are available online at www.thisisfederation.org or by con- tacting Dale Rubin, (248) 203-1520. The contest is made possible by a grant from the Stephen S. Schulman Fund. AJC Committee Slates Talk The American Jewish Committee- Metropolitan Detroit Chapter and the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists-Detroit Chapter will host Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law Paul Finkelman of the University of Tulsa College of Law, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, Bloomfield Township. Professor Finkelman was the chief expert witness in the 2002 Alabama Ten Commandments case and his lec- ture is tided, "More than the Ten Commandments — A Look at 350 Years of Jewish Engagement in American Jurisprudence." The evening's pro- gram is underwritten by Judge Avern Cohn and the law firm of Finkelman Pepper Hamilton LLP. The evening's co-chairs are Brian J. Kott of the law firm Lewis & Munday PC and Max Newman of the law firm of Schafer and Weiner PLLC. A dessert reception will follow the program. There is a $5 charge per guest and advance reservations are requested. For information, call (248) 646-7686. JCC Receives Grant The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit recently received a grant for $7,000 from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Southeastern Michigan. The grant will be used to purchase recreational equipment for the aquatics, day camp, child development, sports and recreation and special needs depart- ments housed and operated within both the West Bloomfield and Oak Park locations of the JCC. Thanksgiving Giving One-hundred Jewish families in need received kosher Thanksgiving food bas- kets this year, thanks to the Jeannette and Harry Goldberg family and Jewish Family Service volunteers. Each of the past 23 years, the Goldbergs have collected money from family and friends toward the purchase of Thanksgiving food packages. The food is dropped off at the Yad Ezra Kosher Food Bank in Berkley and dis- tributed by Jewish Family Service vol- Bookmark Design Honored Natalie Siegel, a first-grader, is the grand prize winner of the Temple Israel Bookmark Contest. Her design, featur- ing the Torah and the dove of peace, was selected by a panel of judges from 600 entries submitted by Temple Israel Early Childhood Center and Tyner Religious School students. Siegel will receive a $25 gift certifi- cate to the eighth annual Temple Israel Book Fair, Dec. 5-9, and her bookmark will be reproduced and distributed. Grade-level winners and honorable mentions were awarded to these stu- dents: Bryan Aaron, Peri Applefield, Madison Bennett, Katie Bick, Emily Brasch, Erica Broder, Chad Coffman, Rebecca Ellenstein, Ashley Ellentuck, Gabrielle Fantich, Ryan Feldman, Julia Fertel, Ashley Fraiberg, Emily Furstenberg, Marlee Goldstein, Alexandra Grant, Rachel Gringlas, Sam Gringlas, Cameron Kay, Danielle Kay, Elizabeth Larky-Savin, Alex Osten, Samantha Pesick, Ashley Sakwa, Adam Silberg, Brandon Wallace, Joseph Warren and Taylor Yendick. Chanukah Fun Planned The Adat Shalom Synagogue family will celebrate Chanukah at a "Dreidel Dance" Wednesday, Dec. 8, beginning at 6 p.m. Parents, grandparents and children of all ages are welcome. Following the kosher buffet supper will be a candlelighting ceremony, a Chanukah songfest and dancing. There will be arts and crafts projects and Chanukah cookie decorating. Dinners will be available for purchase at $8 per person. Chairing the evening will be Norma Dorman, Risa Brickman and Debbie Lederman. Community reservations are required by Dec. 6: (248) 851-5100.