"It beckons folks to have some good, wholesome family food at hard-to-beat prices" -Danny Raskin lie potted One bet You te Otte Dine! Sigmund Rolat presents an exhibit catalogue to Pope Benedict XVI during the pope's visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Voted #1 Choice for Brunch in The Novi News! Building Bridges from page 40 Buy 1 entree & get 50% OFF I Illse lo Rted4 au. Tea i on the 2nd entree at equal! 248 926 5880 248 478 9742 or lesser value I - expires July 31, 2006 Good after 3pm *This coupon is good for both locations 3 arian 1E111 ONO MN MI AM art - - - 29710 Wixom Rd. 39445 W. Ten Mile Rd. o gar xeite your senses! , ...... 111•111,11, MN IND .INN Dinner for Four II $4999 DINNER INCLUDES: Four Glasses of Wine (21 yrs & older) Bread Basket • Side of Pasta Choice of Soup or Salad Choice of: Eggplant Parmigiana, Whitefish Siciliana, Chicken Picante Chicken Cremosi or Fettuccini Alfredo Exp. 7/31/06 OUR NM MM. MUM OM OMR VIMP IMO NW OM 10101 KID'S MENU HOURS: TUES. - SUN. LUNCH & DINNER CLINTON TWP. FARMINGTON HILLS 30005 Orchard Lake Rd. (586) 263-5353 Between 13 & 14 Mile SHELBY TWP. (586) 731-6161 (248) 932-9999 1133140 42 July 6 - 2006 after by Jewish Federation social work- ers. Other survivors in his family chose to make their home in Israel, and Jubas periodically travels there. "I hope I can be helpful to people interested in the exhibit by talking about my own experiences',' says Jubas, who mourns the loss of many relatives. "I've seen the exhibit, and I think Mr. Rolat deserves a lot of credit for putting it together!" Birnholtz recalled his personal his- tory during tapes made by Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation. He told about his family being sent out of their home and his forced labor, which included digging ditches for drains and stomping on snow at the airport so planes could land. Dr. Sanford Birnholtz of Sylvan Lake has been deeply affected by his father's background. "We visited Czestochowa after the taped interviews',' Sanford Birnholtz says."We saw the exhibit in New Jersey and were very impressed with how vibrant the Jewish community had been. We also were left with a sense of loss and regret for what happened when the Nazis took over the city" Ecumenical Event Rolat has made the exhibit an ecu- menical project seen at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda in Washington, D.C., and Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. He took New York's Cardinal Edward Egan to see Czestochowa and the exhibit as it opened there. "The people of Czestochowa voted the exhibit the most important cultural event of 2004',' Rolat explains. "Shortly after Cardinal Egan's visit, I received a check for $10,000 from a Catholic foun- dation to promote the exhibit. When the exhibit came to the U.S., they sent me another $10,000." During Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau on May 28, Rolat presented him with a copy of the exhibition catalogue, The Jews of Czestochowa. Inside, Rolat inscribed a fragment of Psalm 133: "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity" The inscription connected directly with the words of the pope's prede- cessor, Pope John Paul II, when he referred to the Jews as his "elder broth- ers in faith!' Rolat is especially pleased by two dis- tinct outcomes of his efforts. First, with all the visitors coming to the city, the Jewish cemetery was restored. Second, the World Society of Czestochowa Jews and Their Descendents was formed and will have a meeting in October. "The exhibit changes with the venues," Rolat says. "The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills will be the first United States venue where everything will be shown. One of the things that impressed me so much in Michigan was seeing the buses of schoolchildren — Jewish, Catholic and Protestant — coming there every day "I hope people of all denominations will see the Czestochowa exhibit. In my old age, I've become a builder of bridges, and I think those bridges are very worthwhile." "The Jews of Czestochowa" and "Inspired by Jewish Culture" will be on view July 16-Aug. 29 at the Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, in Farmington Hills. Hours are 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sundays- Thursdays and 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fridays. Admission is free. (248) 553-2400.