lith Annual Friendship Circle Benefit Metro DIGEST HONORING the VOLUNTEERS of the Ferikell Volunteer Club A night you won't believe A performance you'll never forget Thursday, March 22, 7:30pm The Fisher heatre 301 1 W. Grand Boulevard Detroit, Michigan Tickets are available for $500, $250, $100 & $60 For more information call 248-788-7878 TO Sri A VILWO FARN MOF OR TO I-IJRCI insr 1 T ICKETS VISIT wwwfriendshipCircle.org 11,41 , 1, 1 20 March 15 a 2007 Survivor To Speak The Congregation Beth Ahm Men's Club will host Holocaust survivor Ruth Webber at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 18, at the West Bloomfield synagogue. Mrs. Webber went from the Ostrowiec ghetto to several concentration camps, ending up at Auschwitz. There is no charge. To RSVP or for information, call (248) 851-6880 or e-mail Tessa Goldberg, director@cbahm.org . Eva's Story Holocaust survivor and author Eva Schloss, childhood friend and stepsis- ter of Anne Frank, will share her story with the communi- Eva Schloss ty and at a separate program for teens. Both programs are at the Zekelman Family Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. Schloss will be interviewed by Professor Sidney Bolkosky at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, in a program open to the community. A special teen program, '`And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank:' will be at 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 21. Jewish youth group members and other teens are welcome at no charge. Schloss' childhood experiences parallel those of her friend, Anne Frank. Her fam- ily fled Austria in 1938 for Amsterdam and lived in hiding for two years. When she was 15, they were betrayed and sent to Auschwitz, which she survived with her mother. Years later, her mother mar- ried Otto Frank, Anne's father. Schloss also will speak to various student groups at the Holocaust Center, Temple Israel in West Bloomfield and Michigan State University Hillel as well as to Jewish professionals at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, Bloomfield Township. Her visit is sponsored by B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region as part of its Enlighten America project. Call B'nai B'rith, (248) 646-3100. 'Dressy' Rummage Sale Hadassah has been collecting women's "black tie" attire including formal dresses and gowns, prom dresses cock- tail suits, bridesmaids' dresses and even wedding gowns. The Dressy Rummage Sale will be held at Hadassah House at 5030 Orchard Lake Road, across from West Bloomfield High School, on Sunday, March 18, from noon to 5 p.m. and Monday, March 19, from noon to 8 p.m. r Margie Dunn and Mark Davidoff MSU Plans Tribute The Lester J. Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center at Michigan State University will hold its second annual tribute dinner, "Inspiring Future Jewish Leaders:' Monday, April 16, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. MSU Hillel will honor Mark Davidoff and Margie Dunn for their many years of leadership and commitment to the Jewish community and to Jewish life on campus. Penny Blumenstein, Larry Jackier, Bob Naftaly and Patrice Morris Phillips are event co-chairs. Sue Maniloff is chairperson of the tribute journal. Mark Davidoff serves on the boards of the JCC, Jewish Home and Aging Services, the Jewish Fund, the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion and the Metropolitan Affairs Coalition. For ticket information or to participate in the tribute journal, contact Cindy Hughey or Jonathon Koenigsberg, (517) 332-1916. Female Leaders Exhibit The late Emma Lazaroff Schaver, a noted soprano soloist who performed for Holocaust survivors and later turned to philanthropic pursuits, is remembered in a traveling exhibit, "Mothers, Daughters and Leaders of Oakland County:' which opened March 2, at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm. Schaver, a Emma Southfield resi- Schaver dent who died in c. 1940 2003 at age 97, was nominated for the honor by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. As a young woman, Schaver per- formed with several opera companies and orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Sponsored by UNRWA and the World. Jewish Congress, she was a member of the first cultural mission to Europe after World War II, presenting concerts for Holocaust survivors in displaced per- sons camps in Germany. The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm is located on Van Hoosen Road, off Tienken, one mile east of Rochester Road. It is open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through June 16 and then will travel to various locations around Oakland County. For informa- tion, call (248) 656-4663. Judge To Be Honored Judge Helene N. White will receive the American Jewish Committee, Metropolitan Detroit Chapter's Distinguished Leadership Centennial Award at a program and reception in honor of the National AJC's Centennial anniversary, 8 p.m., Thursday, April 19, at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Township. David Harris, nation- Judge White al executive director for the American Jewish Committee will give the keynote address. Tickets begin at $118 and dietary laws will be observed. White became involved with the Detroit Chapter of the AJC in 1980, as a participant in the chapter's Black-Jewish Dialogue. She began her national volunteer involvement in 1992 and now sits on the executive commit- tee of its national board of governors. She is active in the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and is a vice president of JVS. Judge Avern Cohn is the centennial tribute chairman. Associate co-chairs are Peter Alter, Penny and Harold Blumenstein, Judge Susan Borman and Stuart Michaelson, Stacy and Andrew Doctoroff, Elaine and Eugene Driker, Elaine Fieldman and Mark Sims, Lisa Gleicher and Mark Granzotto, Erica Peresman and David B. Jaffe, Sally and Richard Krugel, Barbara and Senator Carl Levin, Cathy Radner and Russell Linden, Lisa and Hannan Lis, Andrea and David K. Page, Barbara Rom, Marta and Ben Rosenthal, Jane Schelberg, Amy Carson Schlussel and Jeffrey B. Schlussel, Kelly and David Victor. The AJC centennial tribute co-chairs are Howard Brown and Robert D. Gordon. A dinner to raise additional funds for the American Jewish Committee will precede the evening's program and reception. To receive an invitation, e- mail the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter at detroit@ajc.org or call (248) 646- 7686. For information about the AJC, click on www.ajc.org.