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Oscar's Jewish Flavor

Nurturing Money

Jewish talent didn't make the head-
lines at the 77th annual Academy
Awards, but found some consolation
in the less glamorous categories.
Tom Rosenberg briefly shared the
spotlight Sunday with Clint
Eastwood as one of three producers
of Million Dollar Baby, which won
for best picture. Charlie Kaufman
won the best original screenplay
Oscar for his Eternal Sunshine of the

The Coalition for the Advancement of
Jewish Education invites applicants
from congregational schools, day
schools and early childhood programs
for its grant program for innovative
educational programs. Grants to a
maximum of $10,000 will be awarded
for the 2005-2006 academic year and,
upon review, may be renewable for up
to one additional year.
An independent jury will review
proposals and recommend grant
awards to the CAJE board. Applicants

Spotless Mind.
In the documentary feature catego-
ry, the winner was Born Into Brothels,
about the children of Calcutta prosti-
tutes. Sharing the award were director
Zana Briski, whose Iraqi-Jewish
mother now lives in Israel, reports
Jewhoo.com , and her Jewish co-pro-
ducer Ross Kauffman.
Sidney Lumet, 80, director of such
memorable films as Twelve Angry
Men, Network and the Jewish-themed
The Pawnbroker and Bye Bye
Braverman, accepted a lifetime
achievement award. The son of
Yiddish actors Baruch Lumet and

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Director Sidney Lumet earns lifetime
achievement award.

Eugenia Wermus, Lumet made his
stage debut as a 5-year-old at New
York's Yiddish Art Theatre.

weather cooperated, the wines are
expected to be much better.
Wine by Carmel, Golan and
Recanati — major Israeli wineries —
can all be found locally. Tastings will
be of red, white and dessert wines,
which will be for sale at the program.
There is a charge for the evening. For
further information, contact the syna-
gogue office at (248) 788-0600.

— Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor

Anita and Chuck Tink's "Dexter-
Linwood Project" calls for researching
and recreating Dexter and Linwood as
the Detrit neighborhood appeared in
1952-53, 1957-58 and today. The
resulting book or Web site will portray
the area separated by cross streets and
show what establishments occupied
each site during these time periods.
Jennifer Kellman of the Dorothy
and Peter Brown Jewish Community
Adult Day Care Program has con-
tributed to this project by using it as a
discussion topic at both of the pro-

0 2005

Brett Favre is a Mississippian who is the beloved
quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. The Jewish
community in Green Bay follows the career of
another Mississippian. Who?

— Goldfein

.silA 'keg uaaiD ui iqqai thioq-iddississm
alp sT Lpereipmg Bui:ems iqq-ex :Jamstry

gram's facilities to help with long-term
memory retention of the patients suf-
fering from Alzheimer's Disease.
The Tinks still are gathering short
tidbits of information and memories
regarding the different establishments
from people that lived in the area. Any
photographs of these sites also would
be very useful.
Reach Chuck Tink at
ctink270147MI@comcast.net .

— Keri Guten Cohen,
story development editor

Chaplaincy Training

Jewish Home & Aging Services'
Jewish Community Chaplaincy
Program is offering training for those
who volunteer with older adults in
care facilities or would like to.
Sessions are 7-9 p.m. on consecutive
Mondays beginning March 7 at the
Fleischman Residence-Blumberg Plaza
in West Bloomfield.

Yiddish Limericks

- EM 'cha

Don't Know

— Robert A. Sklar; editor

History Revisited

Israeli Wine Is Fine

Want to find a tasty way to support
Israel? Drink Israeli wines.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, dur-
ing Congregation B'nai Moshe's Israel
Night program, Dr. Jason Bodzin of
Southfield will conduct a wine-tasting
session featuring Israeli wines.
He explains that the 2000 vintage
was excellent, while 2001 had lesser
quality because of the intifada — and
the weather, and that 2002 was a dis-
aster. But 2003-2004, when the

must be CAJE members and collabo-
rative initiatives are encouraged.
"CAJE grants provide opportunities
for innovation and creativity in Jewish
education," says Fran Pearlman, CAJE
president and education director at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
"Innovations often need just that little
seed to get started and to grow and
touch others."
To apply, log on to www.caje.org.

I said to my partner, "We're through!
Our whole geshefs* shot, thanks to you.
I said to him, "Hendrick,
You're just such a shmendrick.'
Shlemiels*** could take lessons from you!"

— Martha Jo Fleischmann

* business
** inept fo of
*** inept bungler} simpleton

Those attending all four sessions
will receive certificates as volunteer
parachaplains.
On March 7, the topic will be "The
Needs of Care Facility Residents" and
Dr. Ted Wizenberg, Rabbi Dovid
Polter and Janet Antin will speak.
The sessions are free. RSVP: Shirley
Jarcaig, (248) 661-2999, ext. 300.

Do You Remember?

March 1995

An unusual painting of a rabbi is set to go on sale
at the Boos gallery.
The painting is by 19th-century Russian artist
Alexander Rizzoni, and it arrived in the United
States with an immigrant who said it had been in
his family for years ... The background of the
painting and its subject remain a mystery. It was
valued by Sotheby's at $6,000-$8,000.

— Sy Manello, editorial assistant

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