DR. OLAF KRONEMAN
Something extra
is pleased to welcome
DR. DAVID WEINSTEIN
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to his Nephrology practice.
Dr. Weinstein comes to Oakland County having
completed his Nephrology Fellowship at the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Specializing in:
• Management of hypertension
• Kidney disease
• Dialysis
• Transplantation
Fluid and electrolyte disorders
1695 W. 12 Mile Rd. • Suite 250
Berkley, Michigan
Office: 248-414-3874 • 248-288-1988
Dr. Weinstein practices at William Beaumont Hospitals in Royal Oak & Troy
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world."
Berry has been active over the years
with Hadassah, the American Friends of
the Weizmann Institute of Science, the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
and the Detroit Committee for the
Maintenance of Separation of Church
and State. She also has been a leader
with the Women's Divisions of the
American Jewish Congress, the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and
Israel Bonds. She is a founder and past
chair of the Michigan branch of
Women's League for Conservative
Judaism. She and her late husband,
Louis, funded the Louis and Vivian
Berry Health Center of Sinai-Grace
Hospital in Detroit. In Palm Beach, she
chaired the National Women's Division
of the United Jewish Appeal.
Gratz College, 109 years old, is
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oldest independent college of Jewish
studies in the Western Hemisphere.
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5/26
2005
10
At Commerce & Commerce in Commerce
— Harry Kirsbaum,
staff writer
Hiller Feted
Jim Hiller, owner of Hiller's Markets,
received the "Tree of Life" award from
the Jewish National Fund on May 17 at
Congregation Sh.nrey Zedek.
Referring to
the Detroit
7i. Pistons-
Indiana Pacers
playoff game
that evening,
;-. Moshe Ram,
E: Israel Consul
— Robert A. Sklar,
General to the
editor
Midwest, told
an enthused
crowd of
more than
500, "I know
Jinn
All it took was a letter, a few phone
there is another
calls and some yellow T-shirts for
game in town right now but I can say
Nathan Leader of West Bloomfield to
that this is the only game in town right
teach his children another form of
now
tzedakah.
Hiller received the accolades for stock-
In March,
ing shelves with Israeli products in the
when
face of anti-Israel protesters who picket-
Leader got
ed his stores.
a letter for
The Tree of Life turned into an
the Make-a-
obelisk after the Holocaust killed 6 mil-
Wish
lion Jewish souls; strong, but without
Foundation
leaves or branches to provide shelter.
of
"The branches began to grow 57 years
Michigan's
ago, when Israel was born," he said.
"Detroit
"Through the next 57 years the branches
Isabel, Nathan and Isaac grew They grew with all of the energy
Walk for
Leader on race day
Wishes," a
we all put forth, it grew with the blood
3.1-mile walk
and the bodies of Israelis who died in
around the Detroit Zoo scheduled for
the wars, and today this tree exists.
May 14, he got an idea and ran with
"It works by the same photosynthesis
it.
that all trees require, it needs light, ener-
He wanted to show Isabel, 6, and
gy and water," he said. "We are provid-
Isaac, 4, that "it's more than just going ing the energy, and I hope, God willing,
to Sunday school and giving the
the reservoirs will provide the water."
money to the teacher for tzedakah," he
The event raised $350,000 for the
said. "There are other opportunities to HaSolelim C Water Reservoir in Israel's
work on charities and raise money for
lower Galilee region.
people who need it."
— Harry Kirsbaum,
He said he didn't really do a lot.
staff writer
Team Leader Scores
THE MERLE AND SHIRLEY HARRIS BIRTHING CEN I ER
AT HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL
He wrote a letter asking for partici-
pants who would raise money and
walk with "Team Leader," and mailed
it to 150 families listed in his Palm
Pilot. Then he picked up sponsorships
from two friends and the bank his
management company does business
with to match the first $10 of each
walker's donations.
Then he bought the T-shirts.
This year, Team Leader took third
place in raising about $6,800, but
Leader said he's already looking ahead.
"If I really work it next year, I could
raise a lot of money."