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GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER
OF HADASSAH

"I don't think the younger generation is as
Jewish in the heart as we are. I don't think
they think about Israel the way we do."

Please join us at
Hadassah's Opening Meeting

- Paul D. Borman

FEATURING

district judge in Michigan's Eastern
District. "This job uses every part of
my background in a positive way," he
said, admitting that he enjoys asking
questions more than preparing for
them.
When he's not on the bench, he likes
to read cases as a form of relaxation.
His daughter, Johanna Borman, calls
him a workaholic.
"He loves to bring his work home,
he loves to read cases, but a lot of
time, he has a Tigers game on while
he's doing his work," said Johanna of
Birmingham. "He's really into trains.
He'll fly somewhere to take a train
across the country because it's so
enjoyable. [Trains are] kind of like
a metaphor for my father: slow and
steady, old-fashioned and methodical,
and thorough.
"Giving to worthy causes has been
passed down from my grandfather to
my father to me she said. "My father's
always been sensitive to issues of
human rights and civil rights, and he's
very passionate about Israel and the
plight of Jews around the world, and
he's made me sensitive to those issues
as well."

INSIDER SECRETS:
WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Congregation Shaarey Zedek

27375 Bell Road • Southfield, Michigan

Honoring
THE DAVIDSON FAMILY
For their 90 year commitment to Hadassah

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
10:00 - 3:30
.Boutiques

10:00 — 11:45
12:00
1:00

Registration
.Lunch
Speaker

LUNCHEON TICKETS WILL BE HELD AT THE DOOR
RAFFLE TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL 12:30 PM

Jewish Causes

Borman joined the Jewish Community
Council (now the Jewish Community
Relations Council of Metropolitan
Detroit) board in 1965 at the request
of then-president Larry Gubow and
became its president from 1989-91.
He chaired numerous Jewish
Federation-sponsored Allied Jewish
Campaigns (now called Federation's
Annual Campaign).
"He's a gift to the Jewish people; he
is a real mentsh," said Emery Klein,
who co-chaired the Campaign with
Borman in 1987.
Borman led or took part in 16
trips to Israel. He initiated the Detroit
Federation's first board meeting in
Israel on May 8, 1996, during the
height of the first Palestinian intifada.
"Detroit was the first-ever diaspora
community to have such a board

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meeting," Borman said. "It meant so
much to them. Israel publicized how
important it was."
Borman isn't sure the next gen-
eration realizes the importance of a
Jewish homeland. "I don't think the
younger generation is as Jewish in the
heart as we are he said. "I don't think
they think about Israel the way we
do. They're not as committed because
they don't have the same feelings. The
first thing you have to do is show them
why, and that means getting them to
Israel."
He says he will always be involved
with Federation and its causes.
"I'm the luckiest guy in the world:'
he said, knocking on a wood table for
luck. "Where I came from, and to be
here and to [knock, knock] have all
these miracles happen in my life."
His father got the Butzel Award 40
years ago in 1967; he's sitting in Larry
Gubow's chambers on his bar mitzvah
year on the bench. Avern Cohn, senior
federal judge in the Eastern District,
his "rebbe," is right downstairs. "I'm a
very lucky person:' he said.
Cohn said Borman was worthy of
the recognition "because of his con-
tribution to the community generally,
his role in the Jewish community, his
personal life is exemplary and because
of his accomplishments.
"The Butzel award goes both ways;'
Cohn said. "It reflects on the recipient,
but who is chosen also reflects well on
the Jewish community." El

The combined annual meeting
of the Jewish Federation and
the United Jewish Foundation
of Metropolitan Detroit will be
held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23,
at the Jewish Community Center
in West Bloomfield. The meet-
ing is open to the community.
A dessert reception will follow.
Reservations are requested:
Susan Cassels Kamin, (248) 203-
1524.