SAVE THE DATE AND NOMINATE! .sr t EIGHT ETCH rnk over Briefing Focus: Europe The Tikkun Olam Award WHY: To recognize eight senior adults and their lifetime achievements Do you know a deserving older adult who... ✓ Is at least 80 years old? Has been a life long volunteer in the community? ✓ Is active and volunteering today? ✓ Is dedicated to maintaining strong Jewish values? ✓ Is an inspiring leader or mentor in the community? HOW TO NOMINATE: Write or email JAS describing the worthiness of the nominee. Please include (as applicable) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Name and age of nominee Duration of volunteer service (years, decades) Involvement in Jewish organizations and causes Leadership positions held Current accomplishments - Letters and newspaper articles supporting nominee's accomplishments Share Your Day Also explain how the nominee's long-standing activities exemplify a commitment to the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world). 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Folds back-gets in nobody's way. CALL OR STOP BY FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION ACTON RENTAL & SALES LARRY ARONOFF 12 November 30 2006 (313) 891-6500 The American Jewish Committee Metropolitan Detroit Chapter will host a breakfast briefing, featuring Ilka Schroeder, a former member of the European Parliament (1999-2005), at 7:45 am, Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building in Bloomfield Township. The presentation will focus on the demographic and political reality of Europe and Europe's anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism. The program is free and open to the community, but reservations are required. The AJC's ACCESS Young Leadership group will hear Schroeder 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, at the Forte Restaurant in Birmingham. There is an $18 charge for that program, and reservations are required. Call AJC at (248) 646 7686. I love my Stairway Lift! It takes me up and down the stairs with the push of a button. Call for details! , (248) 540-5550,179320 The Jewish Community Council and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will join together Monday, Dec. 25, to present Mitzvah Day. Families with children, teens, young adults and seniors will participate in various activities including visiting nursing homes, preparing and serv- ing holiday meals, delivering toys and gifts to families in need and helping out at a humane society. Volunteers will meet for breakfast and orientation at 9 a.m. at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph in Bloomfield Township. Optional carpools have been arranged to facilitate transportation to various sites. Mitzvah Day's corporate partner is the Ford Motor Company Fund. The event chairs are Micki Grossman and Carol Freedman. Volunteers are asked to sign up at Federation's Web site: www.thisisfed- eration.org/mitzvanday or via a card that many in the community will receive by mail. No volunteer applica- tions can be taken by phone. The reservation deadline is Friday, Dec. 8. Volunteers will receive both confirmation and check-in time in the mail. Volunteer reservations are filled on a first come, first served basis. For information, call Michael Daitch, (248) 642-5393, ext. 9 or e-mail daitch@jfmd.org. Program For Moms On Tuesday, Dec. 5, Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital will partner with the Jewish Community Center to present "Super Heroes ... Super Moms." The 10 a.m.-4 p.m. program is for women who find that being a mom is becoming increasingly difficult. Topics will include medication safety, proper nutrition for families, physical fitness, dealing with teenagers and being part of the sandwich generation. Women are invited to the whole day or any part they are able to attend. A box lunch will be provided by Milk and Honey restaurant. The program will be held at the JCC in West Bloomfield. Pre-register for the $5 for lunch at (248) 937-4000 or www.hysh.org. Educator Honored Amy Appelman, director of Family Education at Temple Israel, will be honored by the National Association of Temple Educators and awarded the title of Reform Jewish _ Educator on Dec. 25 during ceremonies at the association's Appelman 52nd annual conference in Kansas City, Mo. Appelman has been involved in Jewish educati on since 1993. She received her masters in Jewish education from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Rhea Hirsch School of Education in May 2000. Prior to coming to Temple Israel, she was the Judaic studies coordinator at Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School in Los Angeles. She has been the direc- tor of Family Education at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield since August 2002. Coming To America Rabbi Sherwin Wine will present a series of three forums about the Jewish migration to America, in honor of the 100th anniversary of his father's arrival in the U.S. All three forums will be held at 8 p.m. at the Birmingham Temple in Farmington Hills. Topics include: Dec. 4 — the assault: "The Russian Campaign Against the Jews"; Dec. 11 — the voyage: "The Incredible Journey from Suffering to Freedom"; Dec. 18 — "Arriving in America: The Greatest Success Story in Jewish History" The cost is $8 for non-members of the Temple. Registration not required. For information, call (248) 477-1510 or visit www.birminghamtemple.org .