ROUND TOWN

Karenna Gore Schiff is flanked by JWF Associate chair Lisa Lis of Farmington Hills and JWF Chair
Sharon Hart of West Bloomfield.

Francee Ford of West Bloomfield and Reva Grace of Southfield

Lighting ThA Way

Former vice president's daughter illuminates Jewish women's luncheon.

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Trudi Wineman and Julie Fisher, both of
Bloomfield Hills (co-chairs of event)

Margot Halperin (founding chair) of
Birmingham, Beverly Lis of Bloomfield Hills
and Patti Nemer of West Bloomfield

Charlotte Prussian of Farmington Hills is flanked
by Francine Hack and Mara Moss, both of
Birmingham.

Hilary Rotenberg of Oak Park with
Gwenn Sherman of Ontario, Calif.

he goal of the Jewish
Women's Foundation of
Metropolitan Detroit is to
empower women to create positive
change through social action and phi-
lanthropy.
So it's fitting that Karenna
Gore Schiff, an author, jour-
nalist, lawyer and daughter
of former Vice President Al
Gore, served as this year's
keynote speaker at the
group's bi-annual Women
Lighting the Way Luncheon.
Schiff, a graduate of Harvard
University with a law degree
from Columbia University,
wrote the book Lighting the Way:
Nine Women Who Influenced Modern
America. In it she profiles 20th cen-
tury American women who fought
for racial equality, women's rights and
other social justice issues.
"She told us our mission to
empower women and girls to become
philanthropists and decision makers
is exactly what she had in mind when
she set out to write this book:' said
Helen Katz of Bloomfield Hills, direc-
tor of the Jewish Women's Foundation.
"She wanted to highlight women who
are role models to inspire, encourage

and empower women to be leaders."
More than 280 women (and sev-
eral men) attended the May 31 event
at Knollwood Country Club in West
Bloomfield. The $100 per person cover
charge helped raise money
to benefit the foundation's
grant making and educa-
tional work. The group,
which has awarded more
than $500,000 in grants
since 1999, is currently
supporting projects like
an after-school program
that encourages healthy
lifestyles for Orthodox high
school students in Oak
Park, a cultural exchange at Eastern
Michigan University in Ypsilanti that
brings Jewish and Muslim students
together, and other programs address-
ing health, nutrition and domestic
violence issues.
Spotted in the crowd helping "light
the way" were: Linda Hayman, Penny
Blumenstein and Nancy Grosfeld,
all of Bloomfield Hills; Naomi
Margolick, Sherri Ketai, Linda
Deutsch and Deborah Tyner of
Franklin; Rhoda Benaderet, Karen
Berger, Anita Naftaly and Ronda
Ferber, all of West Bloomfield. E

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