DIGEST

Know Anyone 95?

The Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit will host
its annual brunch to honor
those who have reached their
95th birthday. The festivities
will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May
19, at the Jewish Community
Center in Oak Park.

The family of Bessie Spector,

invitation events.
The first, at the Jewish
Community Center in Ann
Arbor, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 8, also features
Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology alumnus Arie
Lipsky of the Ann Arbor
Symphony.
The second will be at
Franklin Hills Country Club,
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9.
The evening will raise funds for
endowed doctoral fellowships. •
Those wishing to attend either
event must phone the ATS office
immediately for reservations:
(248) 737-1990.
Dr. Seliktar is a recent addi-
tion to the Technion biomedical
engineering faculty. Gili Bisker
is a master's degree student in
the field of quantum informa-
tion. Amit Meiselles is a senior
in mechanical engineering.

who died last year at 102, is

an event sponsor.

Individuals, family members
and community agencies are
asked to help identify and share
the stories of those who fit the
category of "oldest Jews in
Detroit" by submitting names of
nominees 95 years and older to
Federation no later than March
15.
For an entry form, contact
Pat Mayer, (248) 203-1519 or
mayer@jfmd.org.
With the support of the
Bessie Spector family, the event
is a community-wide project of
Federation's ElderLink network
of agencies: Jewish Apartments
& Services, the Jewish
Community Center, Jewish
Family Service, Jewish Home
and Aging Services and JVS.
Event chair is Carol
Weintraub Fogel, chair of the
ElderLink community educa-
tion subcommittee.
For information, call Devorah
Rich at ElderLink, (248) 592-
2240.

Aiding Technion

Dr. Dror Seliktar, Gili Biskar
and Amit Meiselles will be the
featured speakers at two
American Technion Society by-

JWV Fetes Leaders

The Michigan Jewish War
Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
will be keeping with the "Four
Chaplains" tradition when they
honor three community leaders
at their annual Brotherhood
Night, 7:30 p.m., Thursday,
March 16, at the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park.
The tradition dates to Feb. 2,
1943, when four chaplains of
different faiths gave up their life
jackets and their lives after the
troop ship Dorchester was
struck by a torpedo and sunk in
27 minutes.
The honorees are Rabbi
David Nelson of Congregation
Beth Shalom, Oak Park; Beverly
J. Leneski, chief of voluntary
services, Ann Arbor Medical
Center, and Tyrone Chatman,
associate executive director,
Michigan Veterans Foundation.
Rev. Henry Reinwald will repre-
sent the Four Chaplains organi-
zation.
Past Department Commander
Harmon Tron will chair the
event, which will be overseen by
State Commander Julius
Schlussel and State President
Myra Gross.
Government and veteran
organizations' leaders have

been invited. The event is open
to the public. A dessert recep-
tion will follow.

Firestone Cited

The National Multiple Sclerosis
Society Michigan Chapter will
host a tribute dinner in honor
of former Michigan State
Assistant Attorney General
Milton Firestone of East
Lansing. The 5:30 p.m. dinner
Thursday, March 9, will be at
the Radisson Hotel Lansing.
Firestone is being honored
for his professional achieve-
ments, his contributions to the
state and the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society. Firestone was
diagnosed with multiple sclero-
sis in 1989.
Today, Firestone remains
active on several NMSS board
committees, including govern-
ment relations where he advo-
cates for assistance for people
living with MS and other dis-
abilities.
For dinner information, call
Sharon Snyder, (248) 350-0020
ext. 206.

Hillel Gives Honors

ORT Names Honorees

Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit's annual
dinner will be held Wednesday,
May 31, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek. The patron
party will be Tuesday, May 9, at
Knollwood Country Club in
West Bloomfield with a mini-
mum patron gift of $1,000. All
funds go to scholarship assis-
tance.
Penny and Harold
Blumenstein will be honored by
the school with its 2006 Dream
Maker award. The Blumensteins
are benefactors for educational,
health-care and cultural insti-
tutions in Detroit and Israel.
Mr. Blumenstein is a partner
with Paragon Properties, a real
estate investment and manage-
ment company. Mrs.
Blumenstein is a communal
volunteer and a past president
of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit.
Hillel Day School will honor

Dr. Arthur and Rochelle

JPI Plans Auction

The Jewish Parents Institute
will have a fund-raising auction
6 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at
Park West Gallery, Southfield.
The event will benefit JPI's cul-
tural programming in a secular
setting for Jewish families in
Metro Detroit. Housed in the
Jewish Community Center in
West Bloomfield, Jewish Parents
Institute provides on-going
Sunday school classes, bar and
bat mitzvah programs, as well
as holiday observances that are
secular but deeply rooted in
Jewish culture.
Steve and Rocky's will serve
wine and an hors d'oeuvre "din-
ner" at the March 18 event and
entertainment will be provided.
Tickets are $50 per person, $80
per couple.
Reservations are requested,
but not required. For informa-
tion, call Marilyn Wolfe, (248)
432-5471, or Stefanie Stern,
(248) 432-5472

Harold and Penny

Blumenstein

Lieberman

Rochelle and Dr. Arthur
Lieberman will be Women's
American ORT's Visions of Hope
Honorees Sunday evening, May
7, at the Max M. Fisher Music
Center, Detroit. The event will
feature a concert by Jewish song-
writer and singer Debbie
Friedman and ensemble.
Janet Berman and Trudy
Weiss, both of Farmington
Hills, are event co-chairs.
The event will feature a video
of the global ORT network and
the Liebermans' dedication to
family, community and busi-
ness. There will be hors d'oeu-
vres and a dessert buffet.
Marcia and Eugene
Applebaum and Meryl and Dr.
Terry Podolsky, all of
Bloomfield Hills, are co-chairs
of the honorary committee.
For ticket information, call
(248) 723-8860.

New WSU Degree

Rochelle

Iczkovitz

Rochelle Iczkovitz with the
2006 Rabbi Jacob Segal Award.
She began at Hillel as a faculty
member, teaching fourth-eighth
grade math and English. In
1987, she became assistant
principal and her responsibili-
ties included admissions and
recruitment. In 1989, she was
promoted to principal.

The Ohr V'Shefa program
enables one to pursue a mas-
ter's degree in counseling from
Wayne State University in
Detroit. The program is sensi-
tive to the needs of observant
Jews, and no classes or tests
will be scheduled on Shabbat or
yom tov. Evening classes begin
in April at an off-campus loca-
tion. Call Miriam Maor, (248)
443-4026.

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