The Women's Campaign and Education Department
of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
is proud to announce our
2005-2006 SLATE OF OFFICERS
who will be installed at the 59th Annual Meeting
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Sandy Schwartz
Campaign Vice President
Associate Campaign Chair
Susie Pappas
Kathleen Wilson Fink
Education Vice Presidents
Karen Alpiner Lori Garon Cheryl Margolis Leah Trosch
It's Kosher-Only
At The Center
Matt Prentice will not cater non-kosher events
at the JCC West Bloomfield facility.
SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN
Sta Writer
A
n announcement in a
newsletter sent out by the
Matt Prentice Restaurant
Group to offer non-kosher food serv-
ice at events held on Shabbat at the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield
turned out to be
the result of a
misunderstand-
ing and will not
rake place.
According to
Prentice, the let-
ter was based on
a miscommuni-
cation with the
Vaad Harabonim
Rabbi Spolter
— Council of
Orthodox
Rabbis of
Greater Detroit
in Southfield.
"He was under
the impression
that the Vaad
had agreed to
allow him to
offer non-kosher
food on
Shabbos," said
Vaad member
Rabbi Morris
Rabbi Reuven
Spolter of Young
Israel of Oak Park.
After it was made clear that the
Vaad did not give that permission,
Prentice said he will not offer the non-
kosher option.
"I would do nothing without the
approval of the Vaad or of the JCC, "
said Prentice, who is the on-site kosher
caterer at the JCC in West Bloomfield
and owner of the JCC-based Milk &
Honey kosher restaurant, both super-
vised by the Vaad.
Following a March 9 meeting
between Prentice and members of the
Vaad — including Rabbi Spolter and
Rabbi Yechiel Morris of Young Israel
of Southfield — the two rabbis pre-
sented a jointly written statement to
their congregants.
"Matt did not maliciously go
around the Vaad, but through a mis-
understanding was left with the
impression that he had permission to
offer the non-kosher catering," the
statement said. "The Vaad made it
clear to him that permission was never
granted and apologized to him for the
misunderstanding."
The ongoing relationship between
the caterer and the rabbinic organiza-
tion did not falter as a result of the
issue.
"Matt Prentice, since entering the
food business, has been exemplary in
his commitment to the highest stan-
dards of kosher dietary laws," the
statement continued. "The Vaad has
had an excellent relationship with
him and he has gained the trust and
praise of the Vaad. It is the Vaad's
understanding that this latest inci-
dent was a true misunderstanding,
and it will in no way affect the
strong relationship between the Vaad
and Matt Prentice. The Vaad contin-
ues to encourage the community to
strongly support Milk & Honey
restaurant and Matt Prentice kosher
catering."
Milk & Honey and Matt Prentice
kosher catering (with food prepared at
Milk & Honey) and the Norma Jean
and Edward Meer Jewish Apartments
in West Bloomfield — whose food
service is provided by Prentice — con-
tinue to be under the supervision of
the Vaad.
A statement issued by the JCC
said, "While there has been some dis-
cussion among the Jewish
Community Center's executive com-
mittee regarding the provision of a
non-kosher food option for catered
events at the JCC's West Bloomfield
location, there are currently no plans
to serve non-kosher food for any
JCC catered functions. Any informa-
tion that has been disseminated in
the community regarding this matter
has been done so based on a miscom-
munication."
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Joyce Blum
Cookie Gonik
Designate to Board of Governors
Agnes Klein Baylee Shulman
1st Term
Nominees to the Board
Sarah Krasnick
Karen Alpiner
Gail Mayer
Barbara Kappy
Amy Schlussel
Sheri Ketai
Malke Torgow
2' Term
Roz Blanck
Dee dee Perlman
Marcy Gottesman
Judy Rubin
Jennifer Silverman
Stacy Klein
Jodi Weinfeld
Nominees to Advisory Service Council - 1" Term
Barbara Bloom Sissi Lapides Nancy Jacobson Rosalie Rosen Trudy Weiss
Renominated to Advisory Service Council
Susie Citrin
Kim Dickstein
Dolores Farber
Marcy Feldman
Nancy Glass
Marilyn Goldberg
Rose Rita Goldman
Jan Hauser
Diane Keene
Margie Kurzmann
Renee Mahler
Florine Mark
Helen Naimark
Ilene Nemer
Blanche Pollack
Selma Schwartz
Joann Shatanoff
Donna Slatkin
Leah Snider
Jessie Stern
Melba Winer
Nominating Committee
Nancy Grosfeld, Chair
Members
Carol Weintraub Fogel, Paula Glazier (Ex Officio), Cheryl Guyer,
Terran Leemis, Lisa Lis, Jennifer Silverman. Trudy Weiss
In accordance with the Federation's Women's Campaign and Education Department Bylaws. Article
VII. Section I: "The call to the Annual Meeting shall include the slate to be presented for election.
Additional nominations may be made by petition, signed by twenty-five (25) members of the Women's
Campaign and Education Department and submitted at least one (1) week in advance of the Annual
Meeting, provided that such nominees have consented to serve if elected."
The Women's Campaign and Education Department's Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, May
19, 2005 at 10 a.m. at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building of the Jewish Community Center, located on
the A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus in Oak Park. If you would like to attend, please call
the Women's Campaign and Education Department at: (248) 642-4260, ext. 181.
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