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Media Donors Aid Literacy Project
A
Detroit Jewish community program intended to foster more
tutoring and enrichment ties with elementary school stu-
dents has received a $5,000 grant.
The Jewish Community Relations Council will use the Gannett
Foundation grant to support the Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy.
The program links 400 volunteers from 40 local Jewish organizations
with kindergarteners through third-graders at almost 40 schools in
Activiat Of The
Richard Bernstein will receive the 2007 Activist of the Year Award
from the Jewish Community Relations Council at 7 p.m. Sunday, May
20, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., will speak on
"America and Israel: Finding Peace and Security for
Both." Best known for leading the fight for campaign
finance reform in the Senate with Republican Sen.
John McCain, Sen. Feingold also has been a leader
in the non-partisan effort to protect our rights and
freedoms.
Bernstein is an attorney who has dedicated his
career
to advocacy for the public interest and fight-
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ing
for
the rights of the disabled. Bernstein serves
Bernstein
as vice chair of the Wayne State University Board of
Governors. He is the creator and host of Making a Difference, a pro-
gram on CBS-Detroit that highlights community volunteer initiatives.
He also is an adjunct professor of political science at the University of
Michigan. Nationally, he was recently named Top Watchdog by CNN's
Anderson Cooper's Keeping Them Honest TV show.
An avid runner, he just completed his sixth marathon. He also is a
sought-after inspirational speaker.
For more information about the event, contact the Council office at
(248) 642-5393, ext. 9.
- Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor
Heirs Drop Claim To Paintinwc
The heirs of Martha Nathan, a German Jew, have dropped their claims
to ownership of paintings in the collections of the Toledo Museum
of Art (TMA) and the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the museums
announced last week.
The announcement came after the
Nathan heirs voluntarily filed motions to
dismiss their appeals in cases in which
the museums' rightful ownership of the
paintings had been challenged. The cases
involved the heirs' claims, first brought
in 2004, for a Paul Gauguin in the collec-
tion of the TMA (Street Scene in Tahiti,
1891) and a Vincent van Gogh in the col-
lection of the DIA (The Diggers, 1889).
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Detroit Institute of Arts Director Graham
W.
J. Beal commented, "We are pleased
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that
the issue has been resolved in the best
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interest
of the museums and the public."
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The paintings will remain on view at
the museums with continued acknowledgment of Mrs. Nathan's prior
ownership.
- Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor
Detroit and Oakland County.
The DJCL, co-chaired by Irma Glaser and Pearlena Bodzin, also
hosts book drives for the students. It provides training and resources
for its tutors.
The grant was a joint initiative of the Detroit Media Partnership,
L.P., a corporate giving program, and the Detroit Free Press.
- Robert A. Sklar, editor
Learnino To Give
In January, the Southfield Shaarey Zedek
Beth Hayeled Lion Class, ages 4 and 5,
learned about people and children who
have no food and go to bed hungry.
They wanted to help and began a mitz-
vah project in which they had to earn
cans to give to Yad Ezra, the Berkley-
based kosher food pantry. Each Friday,
the children brought in the cans they
earned. They got to place a sticker on a
chart for each can they brought in and
Elan Krakoff, 4, of
they also wrote down the thing they did
Southfield, and Shayne
at home to earn the can. The chart was
Hoskow, 5, of Huntington
displayed in the school hall for all to see.
Woods sort through their
Early this month, parent Nancy
donated cans to prepare
them to bring to Yad Ezra. Kleinfeldt, vice president of Yad Ezra,
came in and spoke to the kids about
what Yad Ezra does and how they performed a very important mitz-
vah. Kleinfeldt collected the goods and delivered them to Yad Ezra.
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JBlog
Arnie Goodman, owner of
American Standard Roof, was
watching the Fox 2 News a
few weeks ago when he saw a
Problem Solvers segment about
a 100-year-old Detroit woman
who badly needed a new roof and
Arnie Goodman, right, recently
gutter system on her house.
installed a new roof and gut-
"The ceilings were falling in','
ters free of charge for Marjoiey
he said. "She's been needing a
Reider, 100, of Detroit. Her
new roof for the last 10 years,
grandson is at left.
but couldn't afford to get one so I
stepped up to help her."
Marjoiey Reider's church had raised $1,000 toward a new roof, but
Goodman let her use that money toward fixing the inside of her large
house. Goodman estimates the cost of her new roof and gutters to be
about $10,000.
A member of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, where his wife
Gayle teaches, Goodman says he's "a mitzvah-minded person" who has
helped seniors throughout Metro Detroit when he can by giving them
lower prices and financing or doing some of the work for free. He also
does a lot of work at Jewish community institutions like Tamarack
Camps and Fleischman Residence.
"Mrs. Reider couldn't believe it:' Goodman said. "But her roof would
never have lasted another season. She's got a great personality and
an unbelievable sense of humor. After living 100 years, she deserves
something."
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