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A
hunting we will go." Ah, hunting ... the term con-
While we are considering the arts, let us not forget such
jures to the mind a picture in the English country-
great books as The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Hunt
side. The participants are decked out in the formal
For Red October. The former is a coming-of-age tale and
hunting clothes and are lead by the master of the hounds
the latter a good war novel.
in his Hunter's pink jacket (actually it's a distinct red, but
Throughout time, people have been searching for things.
who are we to argue with etymologists).
Our early ancestors were hunter-gatherers as they sought
These people are out to kill for game or for sport. I doubt that
to keep alive. In the early days of America, the people in
any today are worshippers of the Diana the Huntress, but they
Salem, Mass., were involved in witch hunts, to ease their
are out to get that fox or rabbit or ... run, Bambi, run!
minds when the unexplainable beset them. Over the years,
Hunting season, whatever the country, seems best
there have been unscrupulous women designated as for-
described to me by the words of poet Ogden Nash: "The
tune
hunters, choosing materialism over love.
Sy Ma nello
season when ordinarily kind businessmen fill up their
In
writing
this article, I am reminded of a system of typ-
Edito rial
pockets with cartridges/ And go prowling around in the
ing
called
hunt-and-peck.
This is often used by writers
Assist ant
woods in search of caribou and partridges!'
like me who never had the benefit of classes in typing. (I
If you are searching for a good decorating color, I'm not
prefer to call it the Columbus method of typing: discover
sure I would recommend Hunter's green, which is a sort of
and land.) Speaking of words, there are many devotees to
yellowish green color. You may want to go with forest green, the color
word hunts or word searches, which are a favorite puzzle type.
of costumes of Robin Hood's men in Men In Tights.
"Hunter" is a good name for a dog — just ask our grandchildren.
Speaking of movies (oh, those smooth segues are a pleasure to
No, he is not a hunting dog. Mostly all he searches for is a good
behold) ... what about actress Helen Hunt? She actually played a
tummy rub, a doggie treat or a w-a-l-k (be sure to spell it if you are
nymph of the forest in an early film, Adventures of Hercules. There is
not planning to go out because he DOES understand). By the way,
another actor on the hunt scene — Tab Hunter. He is remembered,
"dog" in German is hunt, with an umlaut over the "u".
if at all, as a heartthrob from the movies in the '60s.
Well, whatever you are seeking, happy hunting! Cl
Hunger Dilemma
Yad Ezra, the kosher food bank in Berkley, isn't bragging about its
growth. The agency
is worried about the
cause and the effect.
The point was
made at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
Southfield last week,
at the independent
Yad Ezra's 18th annual
fundraising dinner.
The event honored
community and agency
activists Dr. Richard
and Sally Krugel.
Yad Ezra president
Allan Sefton told the
400 attendees that the
agency was now assist-
ing
one out of every 25
Elaine Ryke of West Bloomfield and Lea
Jewish
individuals in
Luger of West Bloomfield, Yad Ezra co-
the
Metro
Detroit area.
directors, fill an order.
It is giving free food to
1,400 families, or approximately 2,800 individuals, an increase of 30
percent over the last 18 months.
In addition, it has changed the way its gives food to families at its
6,000-square-foot warehouse on West 11 Mile Road. Yad Erza vice
president Richard Simtob and secretary Nancy Baron have designed
a Total Choice Program, which allows clients to make choices "within
limits" in their food selections at the warehouse. Volunteers use shop-
ping carts to fill pre-selected orders for the clients instead of a stan-
dardized order based on the size of the family. The program began in
August.
Sefton added that clients are selecting more protein items and fewer
carbohydrates, which increases the agency's costs. On the other hand,
clients are not throwing out or giving away food they don't want.
Sefton also announced that Yad Ezra was one of three agencies award-
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ed $15,000 grants by the Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan
Detroit to help families in crisis. Another boost to its annual budget of
$1.1 million was the collection of an estimated 30,000 pounds of food
last week at area synagogues during Yom Kippur.
Diane and Emery Klein announced their annual volunteer award
was given to Abe Schwartz of Southfield, who started volunteering
at Yad Ezra in 1999, and now "works" there three times each week.
Known as the "bread man:' among other duties Schwartz has bagged
and oversees distribution of 14,500 pounds of bread donated since
January by Zeman's New York Kosher Bakery in Oak Park and the
Bake Station kosher bakery in Southfield and West Bloomfield.
- Alan Hitsky, associate editor
To contribute to or volunteer at Yad Ezra, contact (248) 548-
3663 or www.yadezra.org .
B'nai B'rith 165th
Oct. 13 marks the 165th anniversary of B'nai B'rith International.
Theme of the celebration is "B'nai B'rith International — Meeting the
Unmet Needs of Your Community and Your World."
"In commemoration of the plan set forth by 12 men in 1843 at
Sinsheimer's Cafe in New York's Lower East Side to help Jewish wid-
ows and orphans who had nowhere else to turn:' says BBI President
Moishe Smith, "B'nai B'rith today recommits itself to these core val-
ues. BBI's members and supporters are still driven by the ideal that
working together, we can provide help, we can impact change, and we
can make the world a better place!'
"Though the world has changed drastically since B'nai B'rith's
creation, we are still committed to those original tenets of meeting
unmet needs. We continually strive to improve the world by tackling
the issues that we, as a Jewish organization, and the world as a whole
value," said BBI Chairman of the Executive Dennis W. Glick.
BBI will focus on community outreach and programming, includ-
ing a new Access to Healthcare Initiative, which will be introduced
this fall. For information, call Don Cohen, director of BBI Great Lakes
Region, at (248) 646-3100.
- Robert Sklar, editor
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