Metro D 1 G S Digest from page 17 Florine Mark Martha Burnstein Outstanding Services for Jewish Seniors Active retired seniors stay sharp by performing meaningful volunteer work at JVS. Guided by two gerontologists, the seniors assemble mailings for synagogues and other non-profits. The work is rewarding. The professional supervision of their well-being is important. The camaraderie, friendship and kibitzing? Priceless. Need meaningful volunteer work? JVS can help. 29699 Southfield Rd. Southfield, MI 48076 (248) 559-5000 www.jvsdet.org 18 April 19 • 2007 Bill Ford Jr. JCC Plans Tribute The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit will host its second annual celebration dinner by honor- ing William Clay Ford Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, and Florine Mark, president and CEO of Weight Watchers, for their service to the community. The event, which includes a dinner, auction and special tribute presentation, will take place Tuesday, April 24, at the Center's West Bloomfield facility. Ford will receive the Center's first City of Detroit "Boneh Kehillah" (builder of the community) award. A lifelong environmentalist, he is responsible for the first Ford Motor Company wildlife habitat, and as vice chairman of the Detroit Lions, led efforts to build a new, environmentally friendly stadium in the city. Mark will be presented with the Center's "Boneh Kehillah" award for her service to the Jewish community. In addition to her continuing success with Weight Watchers, Mark serves as an adviser, advocate and board member on 35 committees and civic organiza- tions including the American Heart Association, the Detroit Institute for Children and Seeds of Peace. Dinner and program are $180 per person. Proceeds will benefit JCC youth programs. For information, call the JCC execu- tive offices, (248) 432-5418. D.C. Mission Planned Zionist Organization of America will have its annual mission to Capitol Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 19-20. Registration is $199 for adults ($170 by May 1) and $99 for college students. Speakers will include Israel Ambassador Sallai Meridor,; Yigal Carmon, founder and president of Middle East Monitoring Research Institute; David Wilder, the official spokesman of the Jewish Community of Hebron. For information, contact Felice Capustin, (212) 481-1500, ext. 229 or felice@zoa.org; or ZOA Michigan, (248) 282-0088,: zoa@estart.com . Women Slate Conference The annual conference for the Michigan Region of Women's League for Conservative Judaism will be Sunday, April 29, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield B'nai Israel Center. Joyce Weingarten, Michigan Region is president. Conference chairs are Shannon Dickstein, Sherri Morof and Joanne Robinson. The theme is "Wholeness and Holiness: A Jewish Exploration of Body and Sour Addressing this issue will be Rabbi Rachel Shere of Adat Shalom Synagogue. The keynote talk will be by Women's League Consultant and International Vice President Rita Wertlieb. In addition, the following Eishet Hayil Honorees, who were recognized at Women's League Convention 2006, will again be honored as Valued Volunteers: Valerie Eisenberg, Congregation of Moses, Kalamazoo; Linda Poushter Lublin, Beth Shalom; Esther Price, Beth Israel, Flint; Mindy Shuback, Shaarey Zedek; Sharlene Ungar, B'nai Moshe; Joan Hartman, Beth Israel, Ann Arbor; Mary Robinson, Beth Tephilath Moses, Mt. Clemens; Adele Staller, Adat Shalom; and Marianne Wildstrom, Beth Ahm. Call Shannon Dickstein, (248) 737-8744. Brotherhood Hosts Doctors Drs. Brian Guz, Ed Schervish and Ken Kernen of the Michigan Institute of Urology will be guest speakers at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Temple Beth El Brotherhood's Sunday Morning Speakers Series in Bloomfield Township. The subject will be prostate cancer, the most common cancer affecting men. Topics to be covered include prostate cancer screening, the role of PSA, and treatments of prostate cancer includ- ing external beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, cryotherapy and robotic prostatectomy. A question and answer period will follow. Guests are welcome for breakfast at 8:45 a.m. There is a $2 charge for break- fast; there is no charge for the program. SYNergey Season Starts Adat Shalom Synagogue will con- tinue its second season of SYNergy Shabbat programming on April 27 and 28 featuring- Arnold Eisen Professor Arnold Eisen, chancellor-elect of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rabbi Daniel Nevins, future dean of the JTS Rabbinical School, will introduce Eisen at an 8 p.m. dinner Friday. Eisen will dis- cuss "The Meaning of Mitzvah: Reclaiming the Core Commitment of Judaism:' Eisen will give the Shabbat morn- ing sermon. Following Kiddush, he will offer an interactive discussion on "New Directions for the Conservative Movement and American Jewry." Activities will begin at 5:45 p.m. on Friday evening with Shabbat Shaboom, a musical service for families with children through second grade. A Shabbat Rocks Kabbalat Shabbat service will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a buffet. Dinner reser- vations are required. Shabbat morning begins with Talmud study at 8:30. Services begin at 9, and a shtiebl minyan service starts at 9:30. There will be a 10:30 a.m. Yoga & Yiddishkeit Jr. program, for children through fourth grade and their parents. Drop-off youth services begin at 10:15. Co-chairs are Carol Weintraub Fogel of West Bloomfield and Phyllis Pilcowitz of Bloomfield Hills. The community is welcome at no charge, with the exception of the Shabbat dinner for which there is a charge. Dinner reservations are required by April 23. Call Adat Shalom Synagogue office, (248) 851-5100, for information, or e- mail info@adatshalom.org. Bid on a Mustang convertible. Auction At Gala As part of its 2007 gala honoring William Clay Ford Jr. and Weight Watchers CEO Florine Mark, the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit will hold a live and a silent auc- tion with a collection of items, including a Ford Mustang convertible. The gala will be Tuesday, April 24, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Hors d'oeuvres will be at 6 p.m., followed by the 7 p.m. auction and dinner at 8 p.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit children's program- ming at the JCC. Auction items range from a golf game with Barry Sanders to lunch with Broadway composer Charles Strouse. Pre-bids may be placed by calling Marla Kaminsky, (248) 432-5420, or e- mail mkaminsky@jccdet.org . For a complete list of auction items, visit www.jccdet.org/auction.