letro A A 4 4 A 4 A 4of 4 4 4 ► Yom HaShoah Survivor/war hero is keynoter at Holocaust center commemoration. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN GREATER DETROIT SECTION INVITES YOU TO... CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF COUNCIL THRIFT SHOPS (AN EVENING OF DETROIT'S DELIGHTS) THURSDAY, JUNE I I, 2009 6:30PM-9:00PM THE PARADE COMPANY FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL NCJW/GDS 248.355.3300 ext 0 "Thinking of getting divorced? Hire an attorney who will fight for you!" CALL: 248.643.6654 sgelman@sbcglobal.net SANDOR M. GELMAN Protect what's important to you. A14 April 6-2009 GELMAN, ZUKIN & STEELE, P.C. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 3001 WEST BIG BEAVER, SUITE 324 TROY, MICHIGAN 48084 PRACTICE LIMITED TO MATRIMONIAL LAW T he Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills and co-sponsor Shaarit Haplaytah will host the 2009 Yom HaShoah commemoration at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19. International recognition takes place this year on April 21. The HMC event will feature a keynote speech by Cpl. Tibor Rubin, a Nazi concentration camp survivor and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. He will speak about his liberation from Mauthausen by American troops and his subsequent fight for America as a U.S. soldier. The April 19 event is held in coop- eration with the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, Children of Holocaust Survivors Association In Michigan and B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region. Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorates the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region will conduct the pro- gram "Unto Every Person There Is A Name." Volunteers from several area organizations will read aloud the names of Holocaust victims. There will be a candlelight- Mg ceremony by members of Shaarit Haplaytah in memory of the Holocaust victims and fallen Israeli soldiers, musical selections by Cantor Meir Finkelstein of Congregation Shaarey Zedek Oakland County and an original reading by Shari Ferber Kaufman of Orchard Lake. Closing remarks will be offered by Dr. Guy Stern, interim director of the HMC, followed by the Kaddish memorial prayer, led by Cantor Finkelstein. The event is free and open to the public. Warsaw Ghetto Event The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring's 66th annual Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration will be held 7 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Presented in partnership with the JCC and the Sholem Aleichem Institute, the program honors Jewish resistance to Nazi tyranny. Michigan Workmen's Circle has memorialized the uprising each year since its first anniversary on April 19, 1944. The 60,000 entrapped and starv- ing Jews in the ghetto of Warsaw, Poland, with little ammunition or training, bravely held off the Nazis for three weeks. The ceremonial program will feature readings, music and candle lighting. Following the program, the audience will be invited to add pre- sentations of poetry, prose, photos, drama, music — up to three min- utes per presentation and subject to approval. There is no charge to attend; how- ever, voluntary donations will be accepted. For reservations or infor- mation, contact Workmen's Circle, (248) 432-5677 or micirclel@aol. com . ❑ Yom HaShoah At Beth El On Monday, April 20, Temple Beth El members will mark Yom HaShoah with a service of learning and remembrance in Bloomfield Township. The 7 p.m. service in the temple's chapel will include reflections by Walter Stark, who, together with his brother, was able to flee Germany in 1938 and later to bring their parents and sister to safety in Detroit. The evening will feature music by the temple's T'filah Teens and student Rachel Bletstein on piano as well as participation by the temple's Monday night school students. Prior to April 20, temple families will have received a postcard with the name, age and place of origin of a Holocaust victim. They are asked to bring their cards to the service, where each name will be read aloud prior to the recitation of the Mourner's Kaddish.