Farmington Hills investment and
banking advisory firm.
Naomi has worked in adver-
tising and as a TV and radio
producer.
Benefit tickets cost $100 each
and include an afterglow.
For event sponsorship infor-
mation or to buy tickets, call
Paula, (248) 559-8235, ext. 128.
Proceeds will go toward
Kadima's treatment programs
that assist people who suffer
from mental illness.
Right To Read
New and veteran literacy
volunteers will gain tips for
hands-on techniques at "The
ABC's of Effective Tutoring," a
workshop hosted by the Detroit
Jewish Coalition for Literacy
(DJCL) on Wednesday, Sept. 5,
from 4-6 p.m. at the Max M.
Fisher Federation Building in
Bloomfield Township.
The workshop will feature
Cathy Deutchman, reading recov-
ery specialist for Birmingham
Public Schools, who will offer
effective tools and strategies for
working with children in kinder-
garten through third grade. New
books will be available at the
workshop for DJCL volunteers to
distribute to their students.
Founded and facilitated by
the Jewish Community Relations
Council, the DJCL engages more
than 400 volunteers from 40 local
Jewish organizations, impacting
students in close to 40 schools
in Detroit and Oakland County
through tutoring and enrich-
ment programs and book drives.
Council board members Irma
Glaser and Pearlena Bodzin are
co-chairs of the DJCL, an affiliate
of the National Jewish Coalition
for Literacy.
To register for the workshop,
contact DJCL Project Coordinator
Phyllis Jarvis, (248) 642-5393, ext.
8, or via e-mail Jarvis@jfmd.org .
ORT Dinner, Auction
ORT America Michigan Region's
annual Rub-a-Dub Dinner
Auction will be held on Thursday,
Aug. 16, starting at 5:30 p.m. at
the Franklin Hills Country Club,
31675 Inkster Road, Franklin.
Tickets are $150 per person
and may be reserved by calling
(248) 723-8860. Proceeds from
the event, including the ad jour-
nal, silent and live auctions and
annual raffle, will benefit ORT's
educational programs worldwide.
To purchase an ad in the jour-
nal, make a donation to the silent
or live auction; to purchase raffle
tickets or for general event infor-
mation, contact Nicole Muchnick,
(248) 820-8945, or nmuchnick@
ortamerica.org .You can also
visit www.ortmichigan.org to
purchase event tickets, make a
donation or view the listing of
available auction items.
Woman's World
This year at Woman's World 2007,
the leading fundraising event of
the Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Sisterhood, a gift to the Oakland
County synagogue was received
from Jan and Julie (Nelson) Klein
and Linden, Michelle, Sandy and
Arielle Nelson to memorialize
and pay tribute to their beloved
mother, the late Lois Linden
Nelson.
That day will be remembered
and associated with her memory
by the renaming of the event as
the Lois Linden Nelson Woman's
World.
The sisterhood plans to put
the funds toward significant
synagogue causes and concerns
that honor Lois Linden Nelson's
memory. This gift marks the first
contribution of its kind to sister-
hood.
Shul Food
Hear Jonathan Calt Harris
of Stand With Us-Michigan
speak on "Sojourn Jerusalem:
A Christian's Discovery — and
Defense — of Zionism" at
Congregation Beth Ahm's
Friday night Shabbat Limud
program on Aug. 17. The com-
munity is invited. Kabbalat
Shabbat service at 6 p.m. is
followed by dinner, for which
prepaid reservations are
required. Adults $20; 4-12,
$12; 3 and under, free. There
will be a parallel service and
dinner for children 2-7 start-
ing at 6:15. Those wanting to
attend only the free lecture
Sunday At Jane's
Allison Cobb will host an art
auction at her home in West
Bloomfield on Aug. 19, 3-6
p.m. Allison, daughter of Jane
and Robert Cobb, grew up in a
philanthropic home. After Jane
became blind from juvenile
diabetes, she and her husband
founded the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation in Michigan and
then became involved nationally.
Later, Jane lost her life to dia-
betes when Allison was 12.
Now, Allison, 22, is interning
for the summer with the Variety
FAR Conservatory of Therapeutic
and Performing Arts in Oakland
County. While working with FAR,
Allison has met a number of
families of children with special
can arrive at 8 p.m. RSVP for
dinner by Aug.15: (248) 851-
6880,
John Kazanowski, D.D.S.
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Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut
Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
will be holding an Israeli pic-
nic on Friday, Aug. 17. Bring
your own picnic dinner or par-
take of the buffet picnic. Cost:
adults $12; children younger
than 12 are free. Reservation
deadline is Aug.15; call Carol
Murphy, (248) 661-5700, for
information.
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Babysitting during the service
for children, 2 1/2 -9, toilet
trained, will also available at
no charge. Reservations for
babysitting may be made by
calling (248) 865-0617; press
3.
Temple Beth El members and
the community will welcome
Shabbat at a 6 p.m. service
Friday, Aug. 17, followed by
a barbeque in the courtyard.
Featured at the 6:45 p.m.
barbeque will be kosher hot
dogs and grilled chicken sand-
wiches. There is no charge
for the event, which is being
sponsored by the Temple Beth
El Mitzvah Fund. Reservations
are needed, however, and
can be made by calling
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3122.
Unable to eat what you want?
Tired of the taste and feel of
messy denture adhesives?
Trouble speaking clearly?
Call for FREE consultation or
Second Opinion
needs who have expressed the
difficulty of affording the arts
and recreation therapies that are
offered.
Through the art auction, she
has found a way of earning
money for Variety FAR students
as well as honoring her mother.
The art to be auctioned was
either created by FAR's special
students or donated from local
artists. All proceeds will go
directly to the program since
Allison's maternal grandparents,
Marge and Maxwell Jospey, along
with her father are sponsoring
the event.
Friends of FAR dues are $25
per person; benefactors, $100
per person. For reservations, call
(248) 681-6610.
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