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Cemetery Conviction
One of two defendants in a fraud case that affected as much as 30
percent — $70 million — of cemetery trust funds in Michigan has
been convicted and will be sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court
on Jan. 24.
Carter Green of Henderson, Nev., was found guilty by Judge Brian
Sullivan of falsely telling state auditors and others that he or his com-
panies were holding up to $25 million of the funds for Clayton Smart.
Smart, of Oklahoma, is accused of buying 28 cemeteries in Michigan
and using the trust funds for his oil drilling and casino businesses.
Smart is jailed in Tennessee and facing similar charges there. He
will face the Michigan charges after his Tennessee trial.
Green, 67, could be sentenced up to 60 years in prison for one count
of racketeering and three counts of uttering and publishing.
taking off her leg braces, she would tell me all about how she prac-
ticed her ballet at home and how she missed me since our last class.
Amber was the most dedicated ballerina in our class, and I know she
would want other girls to have the same chance that she did.
"For these girls, the opportunity to shed their wheelchairs and
braces and see themselves as the beautiful ballerinas they truly are is
priceless. I know Amber would want other young girls to be able to
participate in our ballet class."
For that reason, Danielle told Amber's story at the school's town hall
meeting last Friday and is collecting donations from her fellow stu-
dents so other girls can have the opportunity Amber did. If you would
like to donate, contact Friendship Circle at (248) 788-7878. Tell them
you want to "Sponsor a Ballerina."
- Ken Guten Cohen, story development editor
- Alan Hitsky, associate editor
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Holocaust Cookbook
Aids Israeli Poor
Last month, Rachel Caras of
Florida brought something
extraordinary along on her
Birthright trip to Israelit was a
check for $18,000 that she pre-
sented to the Carmei Ha'ir Soup
Kitchen in Jerusalem.
The money came from the
sale of the Holocaust Survivor
Cookbook, put together by her
mother, Joanne Caras of Port
Lucie, Fla., and Gisela Zerykier,
her brother's mother-in-law.
The cookbook contains 129 stories from Holocaust survivors or
their families and 200 kosher recipes. The cookbook sold out in eight
weeks and is going into its second printing.
The sisterhood of Congregation Shaarey Zedek Oakland County
sold 300 copies of the book and already has orders for the second
printing due out later this month. The sisterhood donated $3,000
toward the $18,000 presented to the soup kitchen.
To order the Holocaust Survivor Cookbook, contact Linda Cohen,
(248) 855-8925, or flinda@comcastnet, Cost is $36, with checks
made out to the Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood. Cohen will contact you
to arrange pick-up. Some copies of the book also are available at the
Holocaust Memorial Center gift shop in Farmington Hills.
A Memorable Mezuzah
In New York at the Jewish Theological Seminary, there was
a dedication of a mezuzah to the office of the dean of the
Rabbinical School. The mezuzah was given in loving memory
of Herman Brodsky by Dina Brodsky of Franklin and her fam-
ily. Shown are Rabbi Daniel Nevins, dean of the Rabbinical
School, and Dina Brodsky.
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Ballerina Remembered
Danielle DePriest is a senior at the Frankel Jewish Academy in West
Bloomfield. Since last fall, she has volunteered each Tuesday in the
Friendship Circle's ballet program, which provides girls with physi-
cal and developmental disabilities the chance to participate in a real
ballet class. Each girl is paired with a teen volunteer who helps her
throughout class and with everything from balance exercises to Barre
work — elements of any ballet class.
This year, Danielle's special ballerina was been a young girl named
Amber. Last week, Amber died suddenly. The loss was devastating to
Danielle.
'Amber truly loved ballet," she said. "Each week as I sat with her
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Bonds Honorees
The Metro Detroit Attorney Division of State of Israel Bonds
recently honored Judge Steven Andrews, Peter Alter and Gov.
Jennifer Granholm at its annual Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities
Award Dinner at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield. More
than $800,000 in State of Israel Bonds investments were gener-
ated. Seated are Sheldon Miller, Attorney Division co-chair; Alter;
Granholm; Andrews; Leonard Schwartz, Attorney Division co-
chair. Standing are Joel Serlin, dinner co-chair; Julie Nelson-Klein,
dinner chair; Robert Aronson, dinner co-chair; Doreen Hermelin
and Lawrence Wolfe, State of Israel Bonds general co-chairs.
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