The Jewish Federation, the Jewish Commun
of Metropolitan Detroit,
and the entire Jewish community wis

have been in the founding group. A
president for five years, he feels blessed
to have had high-caliber directors like
Margolis and Bash, and to have worked
with board members who never
allowed their differences to overcome
their need to work together.
Smith feels that even some of the
shortcomings have turned to strengths.
For example, because the Ann Arbor
community lacks a single donor willing
to fund a new building, the entire corn-
n-iunity has had to come together to
fund multiple renovations of the cur-
rent site.
Ira Strumwasser, a former JCC presi-
dent and chair of the fundraising com-
mittee for the original renovation, was
struck by the many donations from
individuals who struggled to con-
tribute.
Margolis, nominally retired now
although still active in the affairs of the
JCC, remembers when her grandchild,
who recently became bar mitzvah, used
to attend the JCC preschool. "Hi,
Grandma Nancy," he used to call out
to her from the corridors. "That's really
been the most rewarding part for me
and the other board members — seeing
our grandchildren at the preschool and
Hebrew Day," she says.
"Larry Smith and Chuck Newman
both have grandchildren enrolled now.
That's really what we were doing all
this for — the next generation." Ei

MAZAL

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to the 5765/2005 Graduates of the

Florence Melton Adult Mini-School of Metro Detroit

Judith Adelman, Joanne Aronovitz, Paulette Borin, Rema Burk, Dr. Ralph Cash, Barbara Charlip, Joan

Conroy, Barbara Cook, Edwina Davis, Lenore Deutch-Singer, Gertrude Ehrlichman, Annette Epstein,

George Erdstein, Beth Feldman, Sidney Feldman, Beverly Frank, Peggy Frank, Norrine Freeman,

Rena Friedberg, Mel Friedman, Susan Friedman, Dolores Galea, Roslyn Garber, Cynthia Gioia,

Nancy Glass, Sarah Goldfaden, Doris Goodman, Linda Goodman, Phyllis Green, Jill Greenbaum,

Francine Hack, Amy Hammer, Deborah Hochberg, Sherri Ketai, Marilyn Krainen, Richard Kushner,

Ruby Kushner, Henry Lee, Linda Lee, Michael Leibson, Barbara Lewis, Marsha Lewis, Feannie

Lieberman, Esther Liwazer, Phyllis Loewenstein, Beth Denenberg Lowe, Linda Lutz, John Marx, Jill

Mehr, Sheila Morganroth, Amy Olender, Gerry Pasternak, Bobbie Patt, Rhoda Perlin, Anne Pernick,

Cindy Posen, Steven Posen, Willard Posen, Ruth Rattner, Gerald Robbins, Bob Rollinger, Bette Rose,

Richard Roth, Susan Roth, Bob Rubin, Judy Rubin, Lois Rubin, Elyse Schostak, Sylvia Serwin, Baylee

Shulman, Joseph Shulman, Diane Siegel-Di Vita, Maurine Sillman, Shelda Soble, Fran Sonne, Beyer

Stone, Sheila Stone, Arthur Sugarman, Gary Taback, Meryl Taback, Ellen Tenner, Marsha Trirnas

Judy Vine, Florence Vinsky, Beverly Weingarden, Amy Willens, Linda Yellin, Lila Zorn, Ann Zousmer

Bill Zousmer

the florence melton
adult mini-schoo l

A Project of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Join us in recognizing the students who have completed their two-year commitment to study

Wednesday, June 8, 2005
1 Sivan 5765

At last year's Apples and Honey event,
Maida Portnoy and her grandchildren,
Kobi and Jonah Eichner, take a break
with Leslie Bash, JCC executive director.

To purchase tickets for the May
22 celebration and auction, call
the Washtenaw JCC, (734) 971-
0990. The event, 6-10 p.m. at
the JCC, includes dinner and
music by Abraham Ben-Ze-ev
and both a silent and live auc-
tion, with Ann Arbor lawyer
Jerry Lax as auctioneer.

Marion and David Handleman Hall and Auditorium
Jewish Community Center/D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building
Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield

Todah rabah/Thank you very much to this year's instructors:

SAADIA EISENBERG, AVIVA PANUSH, DR. MITCH PARKER, TZVI SCHOSTAK

For more information or to RSVP, call (248) 642-4260, ext. 372

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