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Keeps On Giving

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Teitel Apartments gift showcase
is dedicated for longtime resident.

Chai Center sponsors its "arty"
Shain Park Sukkot celebration.

Helen Ritter in front of showcase dedicated in her honor.

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n Sunday, Sept. 7, residents,
family and staff from Teitel
Jewish Apartments in Oak
Park gathered for a special dedication
of a new showcase in honor of Teitel
resident Helen Ritter.
Ritter is 98 years old and has been
living at Teitel since 1989. In that time,
she's volunteered in numerous ways,
such as working at the "Teitel Beitel,"
the mini food-mart inside the apart-
ments, serving as the entertainment
chairman and teaching English to
New Americans, just to name a few.
Her pride and joy has been raising
money through the sale of items in th e
Teitel showcase.
The showcase has been her respon-
sibility for years and consists of vari-
ous donated items that she arranges
and manages. The showcase is an
important source of income, raising

Beth El Book Series
"Bagels & Books" and "Books & Bites",
sponsored by Temple Beth El's Prentis
Memorial Library and the Temple
Sisterhood in Bloomfield Township, is set
for 2008-2009.
The two groups will meet on selected
Mondays — "Bagels & Books" at 10 a.m.
in the temple library and "Books & Bites"
at 7 p.m. in the Alpert Room.
Facilitating this year will be Steven
Berman, professor of English at Oakland
Community College; Susan Chalom,
professor of English at Wayne State
University, Detroit; Marilyn Schelberg,
facilitator for several area book clubs;
and Keren Alpert, Temple Beth El's rab-

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money for the entertainment fund
that brings quality entertainment into
the building for the residents' enjoy-
ment.
The new showcase was purchased
through donations from members
of her family, including Dr. and Mrs.
Arthur Olson, and Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Olson.
"Helen's dedication to Teitel Jewish
Apartments is inspiring," says Pete
Wurdock, Jewish Apartments &
Services marketing director. "She's
faced great adversity in her life, but
has always made giving back to our
community to help others at JAS a
priority!'
To keep Helen's showcase going,
gently used small decorative or func-
tional items are always welcome.
Contact the Teitel Jewish Apartments
office at (248) 967-2224. ❑

fter only one year in
existence, the sukkah in
Birmingham's Shain Park
has become a Jewish Detroit Sukkot
hotspot.
The sukkah will be the center of two
hours of "Shakin' It in Shain Family Fun"
starting at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct.
16, in an event involving much of the
Detroit Jewish community, including
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit Young Adult Division, Jewish
Community Center of Metropolitan
Detroit, Hillel, American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, Partners in Torah
and local synagogues.
The Shain Park sukkah is a project
of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai
Center, sponsored by Jack and Claire
Baum of Birmingham.
Last year, the Sukkah was awarded
a "Sukkot Across America" outreach

binic associate.
On Monday, Oct. 27, the groups will
discuss The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia
Sofer with facilitator, Steven Berman.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and
Clay by Michael Chabon will be discussed
Dec. 8; Steven Berman will facilitate.
On Monday, Jan. 26, Marilyn Schelberg
will lead a discussion of The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak.
Susan Chalom will facilitate the March
16 discussion of Turbulent Souls by
Stephen Dubner.
On April 27, Keren Alpert will discuss
The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey
Between Worlds by Jonathan Rosen.
The series will conclude June 8, with

Marilyn Shelberg discussing The People of
the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
Cost of the series is $30. There is a $10
per session drop-in fee.
To register or for information, call
Eileen Polk, (248) 851-1100, ext. 3138.

Roundtable Tribute
The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity
and Inclusion will honor Heaster Wheeler,
executive director of the NAACP Detroit
Chapter; the Rev. Daniel Krichbaum, chief
operating officer for the state of Michigan;
and Dr. Mary Sue Coleman, president of
the University of Michigan.
The tribute takes place at the MRDI 61st
annual Humanitarian Tribute Thursday,

grant by the National Jewish Outreach
Program of New York.
Shain Park will be the site of "Art
in the Park, Sukkot-Style" 3-4 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 19, featuring workshops
for all ages run by the Birmingham-
Bloomfield Art Center and fresh
apple cider from Franklin Cider Mill,
Bloomfield Township. 'Art in the Park,
Sukkot-Style" is an open house event
sponsored by the Chai Center.
Shain Park is a public park located
next to Town Offices and the Baldwin
Public Library.
The Chai Center is becoming known
for its creative programming designed
to develop a sense of commu-
nity specifically in the Birmingham-
Bloomfield area.
For information about the Chai
Center or upcoming programs, call
(248) 203-6721. ❑

Nov. 6, at the Marriott Hotel, Detroit.
Krichbaum and Coleman will receive
the Humanitarian of the Year Award.
Wheeler will receive the William Beckham
Jr., Community Service Award. Dave
Brandon, CEO of Domino's, is honorary
chair.
The Humanitarian Tribute will begin at
noon.
Tickets are $120, and reservations are
required by calling (313) 870-1500. The
tribute includes six levels sponsorship
opportunities as well as individual spon-
sorship tickets at $250.
For information, contact Erica
VandenBerg, (313) 870-1500, ext. 114, or
vandenbergerica@gmail.com .

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