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HI AR r
"It was so nice to go back and
1: work with the teachers I had
and had admired. I came away
from I illel with a great educa-
tion and Jewish background.
Now I'm teaching the children
of friends with whom I" attended 1-fillel."
— Tami Brown, Hillel teacher and parent, whose mother, Leah Beurer, is a Hillel teacher
Tomotheracy Targets Tumors:
Avoids Healthy Ticcue!
The Pontiac Michigan Radiation Oncology Center (MIRO), a 21st
Century Oncology Affiliate, is proud to announce that they are the first
in Oakland County to offer cancer patients treatment on the
Tomotherapy Hi-Art Linear Accelerator. Tomotherapy Hi-Art was designed
to turn advanced optimized radiation therapy concepts into reality.
The Hi-Art (Highly-Integrated Adaptive Radiation Therapy) treatment
system allows for efficient 3D CT imaging to help ensure the accuracy of
treatment for every patient every day. The ring gantry geometry used in
CT scanning for the delivery of the state-of-the art intensity-modulated
t radiation therapy (IMRT) from all angles around the patient.
Most conventional radiation therapy machines use 5-9 beam angles and were
developed for 2D and 3D conformal therapy. The Hi-Art treatment system
delivers radiation continuously from all angles around the patient. It feature _ s
patented beam shaping technology created specifically for IMRT.
More beam angles plus more precise beam modulation creates dose distribution
that conform to complex tumor shapes like never before. Tomotherapy offers by
far the most beams of any form of IMRT translating into some of the most precise
conformal radiotherapy available.
Tomotherapy provides some of the best cancer care anywhere. Ask your physician
for a referral or call us directly to determine if Tomotherapy is appropriate for you.
FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH OUR PHYSICIANS
WHO SPECIALIZE IN THIS TREATMENT,
Dr Jeffrey Forman and Dr. Ahmed Ezz
Please contact 248-338-0300
MIRO & MCCI
w-ww.21stcenturyoncology.com
21st Century Oncology Affiliate
Providing a full range of radiation oncology centers
for more than 20 ews
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consultant from Independent School
Management last August to prepare a
strategic development plan.
A new tradition began in 2006, with
Hillel's first eighth-grade class trip to
Israel, an idea instituted by Freedman.
An anonymous donor provides funds
to ensure all students can participate.
"Observing and listening to our
eighth-graders in Israel, it is clear that
our graduates understand the impor-
tance of Israel in their lives and for the
Jewish people Freedman said.
After Hillel
About half of Hillel graduates go on to
the Frankel Jewish Academy in West
Bloomfield, with 10 percent going to
private schools and the rest to public
high schools.
In an independent 2004 survey,
Hillel alumni parents reported that
their children are well prepared for the
academic rigors of high school.
Of the 67 graduating high school
seniors in Hillel's class of 2004, 43
percent are going to the University
of Michigan; 18 percent are going to
Michigan State University. Graduates
also have attended Harvard, Yale,
Brown, Princeton, Northwestern and
University of Pennsylvania, with oth-
ers continuing their higher education
in Israel.
Stacy Brodsky's three children,
Brian, 23, Tamara, 21, and Danielle, 16,
are Hillel graduates.
As Tamara gets ready to begin her
senior year at U-M and apply to medi-
cal schools, Brodsky of West Bloomfield
said, "She feels the school truly molded
her into who she is today. High school
simply enhanced the excellent edu-
cational foundation she had already
acquired. Her college professors have
always remarked on her writing skills
and she attributes it solely to her Hillel
teachers. She recognized that the dual
curriculum truly honed all her skills
and helped develop the moral and ethi-
cal framework we were trying to instill
in her as Conservative Jews."
Brian returned from a Birthright
Israel trip last week. "He led Shabbat
services and his Hebrew was so good
and his knowledge of Jewish history,
culture and tradition so remark-
able that he was offered a job as a
Birthright counselor at the trip's con-
clusion," Brodsky said.
Said Freedman, "Our students leave
Hillel not only well prepared academi-
cally to succeed in high school and
beyond, but more importantly, they
know who they are and what they
need to do to be God's partners in
this world to leave it a better place.
Through gemilut chasidim [acts of lov-
ing kindness] and tzedakah projects,
our students learn their role in helping
others and looking beyond themselves,
and are actively involved with JARC,
Yad Ezra and many other community
organizations.
"Knowing who you are provides a
bedrock foundation for negotiating the
challenges of life he said. "Through
the many rituals that our children
master, they know how to participate
in Jewish life.
"Hillel graduates understand that
they are in God's image, and as such,
understand their responsibility to
be respectful to others and to show
compassion and concern. It is no sur-
prise that so many graduates become
leaders in the community and in their
fields to serve others!" ❑
For information on Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit,
access the Web site at hillelday.
org or call (248) 851-3220.