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AROUND TOWN

Liela Goldman of

West Bloomfield

makes sure the

fruit table is not

ignored.

Striking

Gold

Fayga Greenbaum of

Southfield has her sights

set on a fur coat.

Akiva comes up big

for education at annual

dinner and auction.

Aviva and Arye Zacks of

Oak Park are hoping to land

a trip to Israel.

Julie Edgar of

Oak Park and

Helene Rubin of

Bloomff

nship

Marla and Jerold Zwas

of Southfield or .a ize

their tickets

before they ,

heir play.

Bob and Ann Spitzer

West Bloomfield

Rabbi Michele Faudem

of West Bloomfield

assists Barry Eisenberg

cif Southfield

the counting

of raffle tickets

.

Ron and Ronnielperman`

Cathy Fogel

of Southfield'.
t:
have a short

of West

conference

admires a'

Bloomfield

concerning t

blender on

auction strategy.

display.

ome people have a strat- Israel," said Adina Pergament
egy; others leave it up to of Huntington Woods.
chance. But when more
Devorah Rich of Southfield
than 500 people tried their luck
had a fruitful evening, winning
at the "Pure Gold" Chinese auc-
a full-length fur coat, kitchen
tion, held Dec.10 at Congrega-
appliances and a cookware set.
tion Shaarey Zedek Southfield,
Barry Eisenberg of
one thing was guaranteed.
Southfield has served as auc-
"Every ticket's a winner — for
tion chairman for years.
Akiva," said Richard Kahn of
"It's been a great satisfaction
Oak Park.
knowing we've made a differ-
The annual auction
ence," he said.
and buffet dinner for
Spotted in the
Yeshivat Akiva in
crowd were: Amy
Southfield has gener-
Gottlieb of
ated almost a million
Huntington Woods,
dollars for the Modern
Mark Jeross of Royal
Orthodox Zionist day
Oak; Faith and Mike
school over the last 15
Miller of Bloomfield
years.
Hills; Dolores Brown
"The money is going Robin Schwartz 'of Farmington Hills;
straight to education,"
Columnist
Beth and Rabbi
said Rabbi Yigal
Judah Isaacs of Oak
Tsaidi, Akiva's educa-
Park; Ron Elkus of
tional director.
West Bloomfield and
"It's just a warm, fun event,"
Soril Sharon, Alona Sharon,
said the day school's president,
Helen Brown, Julie and Eli
Mark Nadel of Southfield. "You
Halpern, Rose Newman,
can't beat the cause — it's for
Jerold Zwas, and Adina and
the future of our children."
Rabbi Yechiel Morris, all of
Participants purchased
Southfield.
coupons for $10 to $100 to try
Auction sponsors included:
and win prizes including Super
Akiva PTA, Marci and Dr.
Bowl tickets, jewelry and a 51-
David Beneson, Friends of
inch high-definition television.
Akiva, Shirley and Dr. Larry
In all, 63 auction items were
Loewenthal, the Schostak
donated by local businesses. A
Family and Support
drawing for each prize was held
Foundation, Gail and Dr. Jack
at the end of the night.
Schwarcz, Julie and Eugene
"I'm excited about the Alaskan Sherizen and Drs. Janelle and
cruise and, of course, the trip to
Stuart Teger.

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