Front Lines NOTEBOOK iNenline Not So Funny Airing Of A Very Funny Video In August, Holly Rotter of West Bloomfield sent a video to ABC's America's Funniest Videos (AFV) depicting a bee waving its arm in response to her voice. The incredible video was taken July 3 while she was waiting for the Jewish Community Center camp bus. She and her sons Daniel, 6, and Mitchell, almost 5, were picking raspberries on a bush in their yard when they noticed a bee raised its leg every time she. talked. Amazed, she went off to get her video camera. She filmed the boys and the bee. When she asked everyone "to raise their hand if you're happy because it's Daniel's birthday," the bee complied. AFV decided to air the video at 7 p.m. Oct. 29. An announcement was made at Eagle Elementary, where the boys go to school, and the family emailed everyone they knew to watch. Ironically, everyone saw it but those who live locally. AFV was pre-empted by a Bob Seeger interview in this market. Luckily, the ABC affiliate in Flint allowed the family to watch the show in their lobby, but the boys were sorely disappointed and very tired from the trip. "The odds are so slim of getting on the show, and no one locally could see it',' Rotter said. And no one here will be able to see it either because the Rotters had to sign an agreement with AFV not to show the video. Those of us who missed it will just have to wonder about that bee. - Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor Food For The Hungry Crew 18 of Venturing, a co-educational high school program of the Boy Scouts of America, will par- ticipate in BSA's 28th annual "Scouting for Food" program. The weekend of Nov. 4, Scouts will be distribut- ing bags to be filled with food. The weekend of Nov. 11, bags will be picked up and taken to distribution centers to be packaged and given to the needy. You can help by donating peanut butter, baby formula and canned goods (especially tuna, soups, canned fruits and vegetables). Crew 18's members attend the Frankel Jewish Academy and Detroit Country Day School. - Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor - Keri Guten Cohen, Crew 18 members Samantha Freedman, Teddie Olender, Melissa Gildenberq, Marnie Beals and Danielle Depriest, all students at the Frankel Jewish Academy, take a break during a recent . hike at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Rosenberg Honored With Unity Award Amin and Victor Ghalib Begg at the awards dinner. 12 Novc:, rnber 2 Jewish Family Service's 10th annual Fall Fix Up project runs from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5. Volunteers are needed to help homebound Jewish older adults with minor home repairs and indoor/out- door cleanup, including raking leaves, hanging pictures, cleaning basements, winterizing windows and other minor jobs. Volunteers will meet at 9:30 a.m. at Yeshivas Darchei Torah, 21550 W. 12 Mile Road in Southfield for breakfast, assign- ment, tools and supplies. To volunteer, contact Hilary Rotenberg at (248) 592-2336 or via e-mail at hrotenberg@jfsde- troit.org. Sign up also is available via the JFS Web site at www. jfsdetroit.org. story development editor Brenda Rosenberg of Bloomfield Hills was honored with the 2006 Interfaith Partner Award at the 20th annual Unity Banquet and Gala 2000 of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan (CIOM), held Oct. 29. Rosenberg was the first Jewish recipient of the award. In presenting her award, Eid Alawan, an interfaith activist and spokesperson for Dearborn's Islamic Center of America, called her his "sister:' While acknowledging disagreements over the years, he said, "We respect - each other for our honesty." Victor Ghalib Begg, chairman of the CIOM and a leader of the Muslim Unity Center in Bloomfield Hills, warmly called Rosenberg "an exceptional partner who represents a pluralistic partner in its highest form': while noting that the issues they address and Rosenberg herself are "sometimes a little challenging." All three have been involved in Interfaith Partners of the National Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ). A brief video was shown about the Reuniting the Children of Abraham Project, which Rosenberg spear- headed as a way to bring Jews, Muslims and Christians together based on shared principles and respect. The project involved the development of an original play, written and performed by local teens of all three faiths. The project was the brainchild of Rosenberg and Imam Abdullah El-Amin, CIOM's executive director. Rosenberg serves on the American Jewish Committee's National Commission on Interreligious Affairs and as co-chair of the AJC's Metropolitan Detroit Chapter's Interreligious Affairs Commission, and is a member of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills. Detroit Free Press religion writer David Crumm received the 2006 Fairness in Media Award, and Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, received the 2006 Syed Salman Community Service Award. Brenda Rosenberg, Imam Abdullah El- Fall Fix Up Needs Fixers - Don Cohen, special writer Israel Prayer Brigade Active Nearly every day, Dorene Weisberg of West Bloomfield sets aside a few minutes to recite five psalms traditionally said for the protection of Israel and its people. Once a week she is joined by members of the "prayer bri- gade" she created. They stop what they're doing each Monday at noon to recite the psalms. Weisberg says the synchronized recitation is "really a simple plan and follows an initiative that came out of Israel's Foreign Ministry when the Ashkenazi chief rabbi called for Jews worldwide to join him in a special prayer, all at the same time, last August:' "I figure it's something Jews of every stripe can do," she Weisberg said. "If, on one day, everyone happened to do it at the same time, worldwide, our voices and our unity would be so loud that the Almighty would have to respond to our prayers: For more information, e-mail Dorene Weisberg at d_weisberg@ yahoo.corn, with "prayer brigade" in the subject line. - Shelli Liebman Dorfman, staff writer a 2006 This Week Looking For Fun Gail Zimmerman offers her top picks for arts and entertain- ment weekly in her Out & About columm. Don't miss it. At JNonline.us. Just click on Arts & Entertainment on the menu on the left. 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