'-'—'"'•••••••"."....1111111111•11.••••••••111•PIPMPIRMMINMENNEMENOMINIMMOT Letters Wishing our wonderful community a HAPPY, HEALTHY & PEACEFUL New Year. How to Send Letters We prefer letters relating to JN articles. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Letters of 225 words or less are considered first. Longer ones will be subject to trimming. Letter writ- ers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non-electronic copies must be hand signed. Send letters to the JN: 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax (248) 304-8885; e - mail, letters@the jewishnews.com . We prefer e-mail. FROM ALL YOUR FRIENDS AT STAR TRA T 4 MICHAEL KATIE GEORGE JIMMY PARIS ILITALO JORDAN BLAIRE ANDRE WILL GILL CHRIS $1,595 AFTERNOONS & SUNDAY EVENINGS $1,995 SATURDAY EVENINGS GEOFF KRETCHMER President/ Partner - FAYA GENE Creative Director ST*11 TRAX ENTERTAINMENT 248-263-6300 www.startrax.com DESIGNS M DECORATOR WOOD & LAMINATES, LTD. It Doesn't Have To Cost A Fortune...Only Look Like It! Help Flows In As a follow up to my Community View, ("Menorah House Yiddishkeit," Aug. 16, page 24) I want to make your read- ers aware of our progress. To recap: Menorah House is no longer a kosher facility, leaving many of our beloved Jewish aged without kosher meals. Medilodge, owners of the former Menorah House, has been more than gracious and aware of the plight fac- ing the Jewish residents. It is trying very hard to accommodate the needs of the few. Kudos to administrator Michelle Peeper, who is working closely with Rabbi Dovid Polter of the Jewish Chaplaincy Program and me, along with Carol Rosenberg of the Jewish Home & Aging Services. Michelle is going an extra mile as we present her ideas. Mimi Cohen Markofsky, owner of Elite Kosher Catering in West Bloomfield, is donating Rosh Hashanah meals to all Jewish resi- dents of Medilodge at no cost, out of her deep commitment to our plight and her graciousness. Mimi is one of our community's angels. I did not contact her; she responded to my Community View. Edward and Aviva Gordon of Oak Park said they wanted to sponsor a kid- dush for one year on behalf of a refuah shleimah for their dear friend Shafti Mordechai ben Etta. I will be able to provide a Kiddush of chopped liver or cholent or kugel or any other variety of Jewish delicacies each week at the end of our Shabbat Kabbalat service. Are these mentshen or what?! My granddaughter, Hannah Korelitz, brought 30 flower baskets and bouquets and inconspicuously spread them around Medilodge in honor of her bat mitzvah. Hannah, who is only 12, has been helping with our Shabbat service since she was 5 and quite often leads the entire ser- t 4 vice when I am just too tired. Helen Maltz, volunteer extraordi- naire, helps at every Friday service. She also visits residents three addi- tional times a week. Now she has the unexpected duties of helping me buy, store and serve kiddush each week. Both of our home pantries now need to have a separate section marked Menorah House/Medilodge. I only wish I could put into words the expressions on the faces of the residents when I told them what people were doing for them. A ray of sunshine has been painted on the hearts of our elderly. I offer a special thank you to the JN for allowing me to bring to light the current situation. If any IN reader would like to help out, contact me at sabajk@gmail.com. Jay Korelitz Farmington Hills This Month In History September 1654: Twenty-three Jews arrived in New Amsterdam on the French privateer St. Catherine, refugees from the Dutch colony in Brazil that had been seized by the Portuguese. In the ensuing years, they endured governor Peter Stuvesant's efforts to remove them from the colony and scored an early civil rights vic- tory by contesting a special tax levied against Jews who were refused the right to serve in the militia. Among this group, Asser Levy became the most promi- nent of 17th-century New York Jews, thriving in trade and land speculation. Taken from Encyclopaedia Judiaca, 2nd edition. www.encyclopaediajudaica.com © 2007, Thomson Gale IlLEMET 'cha Don't Know What originally Jewish ritual is followed by non-Jews in Michigan more than in any other state? —Goldfein d Complete kitchen and bathroom remodeling as well as furniture esign and installations including granite, wood and other materials. •pazpwrnip aie ueoRmysi u! wog sAoq to 4ua3Jad ss :Jamsuv ©Copyright 2007, Jewish Renaissance Media Lois Haron Allied Member ASID 248-851-6989 6 September 13 • 2007 +P.VsrAs..A.Wtici.I. StIP.Ofilfilel'ar. M1141:ittAl. :CittNA%°1 4;NMX W1 1°U11.511t)if t W I 4Vit