DR. OLAF KRONEMAN Something extra is pleased to welcome DR. DAVID WEINSTEIN SOMETHING EXTRA from page 9 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 .1...111111151111.1.E. - mizes the essence of Gratz's mission and ideals," said Gratz President Jonathan Rosenbaum. "She has contributed mightily to humanity as a whole and to furthering Jewish learning and the vibrancy of the Jewish community in America and Israel. Her beneficence has advanced learning and communities in Michigan, Florida and throughout the 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 located in Melrose Park, Pa. It is the oldest independent college of Jewish studies in the Western Hemisphere. 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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."