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Online Auction
The campus Hillel foundations of Metro Detroit (HMD) and at Michigan State and
Eastern Michigan universities will share in the proceeds from an online auction that
is running through May 31. The auction address is mihillels.cmarket.com . Bidders
have 71 items to choose from, including Tapper's Diamonds & Fine Jewelry and
Shirt Box gift certificates, jewelry and Detroit Tigers tickets.
Miriam Starkman, director of HMD, said the idea has been used by Hillels around
the country in recent years. Staffers Sheri Ginis at HMD and Jonathan Koenigsberg
of MSU put together the fundraiser here. "Our corporate sponsorships absorbed the
costs:' Starkman said, "so you can go online and see how much money we are going
to make."
Starkman, a U-M alum, claimed to be upset that one of the auction items is a
football signed by Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel. She's also having fun watch-
ing the bidding on the Shirt Box gift certificate go up $1 at a time.
Because the high bids are listed for each item, visitors to the site may also recog-
nize some of the bidders from their auction identities.
- Alan Hitsky, associate editor
ORT Commitment
1880 Society members were presented with a medal for their new com-
mitment to ORT America during a Washington reception. Shown are
Aaron and Sara Trub, the 2007 inaugural convention chair of Virginia
Beach, Va.; Doreen Hermelin of Bingham Farms, the first nationally
elected president of ORT America; and Robert Sill of Cleveland, chairman
of the board of World ORT and a life trustee of ORT America. The 1880
Society is ORT's international donor group consisting of individuals who
have committed to contributing $100,000 over a three-year period.
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Celebrating Over '1 Years in Business
10 May 24 2007
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Participants in the fifth annual Walk of Ages presented by the Jewish
Home and Aging Services Auxiliary on May 6 at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield were eager for the start of the walk, which rais-
es money to support elderly residents of the Fleischman Residence and
Danto Family Health Center in West Bloomfield and the Menorah House
in Southfield. Grand marshal was Weight Watchers President Florine
Mark.. Detroit Jewish News columnist Danny Raskin was grand marshal
emeritus.