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Productive First Year

Bittker young adults get together
to support disaster relief.

Standing, Anne

Robin Schwartz
Special to the Jewish News

F

ive distinctive flavors
from the vineyards of
Israel were uncorked
during a kosher wine-tast-
ing event at the Janice Charach
Epstein Gallery at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield. More than 50 mem-
bers of the David L. Bittker Unit of
B'nai B'rith's Great Lakes Region
raised their glasses and toasted as
they approached the first anniver-
sary of becoming a young adult
chapter.
The event also helped raise sev-
eral hundred dollars for a disaster
relief fund, which will benefit
victims of Hezbollah rockets in
Israel and Louisiana residents
still recovering from Hurricane
Katrina.

"The event was a tremendous
success': said Steve Rotenberg
of Farmington Hills, president of
the Bittker Unit. "After forming
our group and seeing what we've
been able to do in the community
and how we've helped other peo-
ple, there's no better feeling."
Since receiving their B'nai
B'rith charter last January, the
Bittker Unit has held a number
of social and community service
events for Jewish couples in their
30s and 40s. They've donated
Chanukah gifts to those in need
through Jewish Family Service,
played bingo with Jewish seniors,
stuffed pillows for heart patients
and enjoyed a roller skating party
and a family day at Kensington
Metropark near Milford.
"We started with 42 couples
and now we're up to about 50 cou-
ples': Rotenberg said. "B'nai B'rith

as a whole is an older organiza-
tion; it's 163 years old. We're trying
to bring the age group down so
there are more people in their 30s
and 40s involved. Our goal for the
coming year is to keep growing
and raise even more money for
B'nai B'rith:'
Attendees at the Nov. 18
event included: Lisa and Brad
Adelson, Mark and Erica
Lusky, Audrey and Brian
Seifman, and Jodi and Keith
Tobin, all of West Bloomfield;
Marci Rotenberg, Nita and
Ron Steam, and Rita and Sid
Roth, all of Farmington Hills;
and Anne and Stuart Novick
of Birmingham. The event was
co-sponsored by Whole Foods
Market and Caribou Coffee, both
of West Bloomfield.

and Stuart
Novick of

Birmingham;
seated, Nita

and Ron Stearn
of Farmington
Hills; and

Todd Stearn of
Beverly Hills

Erika and Mark
Lusky of West

Bloomfield

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