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Hadassah Hospital Benefit

Members of Young Judaea, the Zionist
youth organization of Hadassah, will
hold "Hope & Heal," a concert to
benefit Hadassah Hospital at 7:15
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield B'nai
Israel Center.
Music of many genres vill be pro-
vided by bands .•made up' of high
school students from West Bloomfield
and Ann Arbor.

WSU Scholarship Established

Enjoy refreshments, listen to music
and help save lives. Tickets are $5 in
advance or $6 at the door. To reserve a
ticket for pickup at the door, contact
Daniel Kuhn at (248) 682-5744 or e-
mail YJCrazy@aol.com or Shosh
Cohen at (248) 346-0304 or e-mail
sacohenQmac.com
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story development editor

Witness At The U.N.

were probably nil," said the 34-
year-old president of Sandler and
Associates, a Royal Oak-based
fund-raising consulting firm.
But there he was, sitting with
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Paul Wolfowitz and financier and
investor Henry Kravis.
'As I sat in the General
Assembly, I couldn't help but
think of the many times both the
United States and Israel had been
vilified in this very room by
nations that have long histories
Front row, from left: Wolfowitz, Kravis and
of supporting terrorism and
Sandler.
maintaining repressive regimes,"
he said.
Although very active in the campaign to
"And I couldn't help but reflect on
re-elect President Bush, Bryce Sandler
President Bush's speech to the United
thought he had no chance when the
Nations where he offered the organiza-
White House called three weeks ago to
tion a proper challenge — lead on the
tell him he was being considered to be
side of freedom and democracy or else
member of the U.S. delegation during
be regulated to irrelevance. Perhaps this
the special U.N. General Assembly ses-
was one of the reasons the commemora-
sion marking the 60th anniversary of
tion of the liberation had taken place."
the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 24.
"When I found out it was a three-
— Harry Kirsbaum, staff writer
person group, I thought my chances.

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Allan and Harriet Gelfond

Harriet and Allan "Geli" Gelfond of
Farmington Hills will donate $10,000
over five years to fund a scholarship for
Wayne State University social work
majors who plan to work with those
with developmental disabilities.
The Gelfonds have three adult chil-
dren, including a daughter with develop-
mental disabilities and a closed-head
injury. The couple have been married 50
years, and Geli says they remember the
difficult financial strux e they had when
he was working towards his master's in
social work at Detroit-based WSU.
"Our preference with the scholarship
is for it to go to those addressing devel-
opmental disabilities, not only because

Yiddish Limericks

2005

we have a daughter in a JARC home,
but because we have had a lot to do with
JARC over the years," Geli said.
Geli is senior financial resource devel-
opment officer for the Jewish
Community Endowment Fund for the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit. He also serves on the WSU
board of visitors and has lent his expert-
ise in fund-raising to the board. Harriet,
who attended WSU, is a longtime
teacher for the Jewish Community
Center's Audrey and Bill Farber Adult
Art Classes in Oak Park

— Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor

Do You Remember?

February 1995

There are an estimated 25,000 Palestinians in
Metro Detroit, as opposed to about 100,000 Jews.
Elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere, there is a
country where 400,000 Palestinians dwarf the
Jewish population of 15,000. Where?

— Goldfein

LiamsTry

I said to the shadchen*, Ms. Frist,
"I know that you tried, but you missed.
You thought us well paired,
But rshtark vee a fizird**
Was not at the top of my list!"

— Martha Jo Fleischmann

* matchmaker
** strong as a horse

There was something new at the latest Super
Bowl: Kosher snacks were sold to fans.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Broward
County in Florida offered blintzes, knishes and
falafel at two stands it operates at Joe Robbie
Stadium in Miami. Chabad agreed not to sell hot
dogs, pizza or hamburgers so as not to be in com-
petition with other vendors.

— Sy Marzello, editorial assistant

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