Letters How to Send Letters We prefer letters relating to JN articles. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Letters of 225 words or less are considered first. Longer ones will be subject to trimming. Letter writers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non-electronic copies must be hand signed. Send letters to the JN: 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax (248) 304-8885; e-mail, letters@the jewishnews.com . We prefer e-mail. What A Walk! Worthy Experience Thank you to all involved in the Detroit Jewish community's 2009 Walk for Israel: the sponsors (especially the Detroit Jewish News and Temple Shir Shalom), the walk committee, the mural project contributors, the volunteers and the participants ("Yes, Israel," May 7, page A13). A special thanks to Andre Douville, executive director of Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. He deserves to be acknowledged for the successful planning and execution of the walk. He was willing four years ago to take a chance with me and the idea of re-establishing the walk as a way to show, publicly, the communal support for Israel. He took me under his wing and guided me. The walk is co-chaired by Andre Douville and myself. In the future, our walk titles will reflect that. Thank you, Andre, for making the walk what it is. An additonal partner in this venture has been my wife, Cathy. I am grateful for her special understanding. Please join Andre and I at the 2010 Walk for Israel on May 2 to celebrate Israel's 62nd birthday My daughter, Lauren, recently had the opportunity to participate in Congregation Shaarey Zedek of Oakland County's production of Hebrew School Musical ("Happy Endings," April 30, page A22). It was a tremendous experience for the more than 100 Shaarey Zedek youth of all ages involved both on stage and behind the scenes. Rabbi Eric Yanoff truly outdid himself with his clever take on the popu- lar play. He, along with co-producer Tobye Bello, spent countless hours planning for the May 3 performance and making cer- tain it would be a positive experience for each child involved. They were effectively able to engage the group and created a genuine enthusiasm for religious school. For Lauren, one of the highlights was meeting and getting to know students from other grades and having the opportunity to develop and strengthen relationships throughout rehearsals and the final production. Hebrew School Musical was a great success as evidenced by the huge smiles both on stage and in the audience. Thanks to the JN for covering this event and to Shaarey Zedek for providing this opportunity for our young performers. It was an experience that Lauren will not soon forget! Mark Segel Southfield Start Of Something New I participated in Hebrew School Musical at Congregation Shaarey Zedek of Oakland County, where I'm a fifth-grad- er in the religious school. When Rabbi Eric Yanoff announced that Shaarey Zedek would be doing a play, he really got me excited. I scored the part of Morah Darbus, the crazy Hebrew shool teacher. I could tell this was going to be fun. During rehearsals, we were very busy, constantly singing, dancing and acting. I felt the cast bonded in a way we never could have while sitting in a Hebrew class. It even made me sort of look forward to attending Hebrew school! We laughed and chatted, not only with the other kids, but also the adults working tire- lessly on the play. Finally, it was show time. It was a huge success. Performing at the Meer Apartments in West Bloomfield was an added bonus: To be able to bring to people something they were missing out on really pleased me. I would like to thank Tobye Bello and Rabbi Yanoff for bringing the theater to Shaarey Zedek. It was lots of fun. Hopefully, this is the start of some- thing new. Maya Goldman Farmington Hills Bloomfield Hills Some photos from the Walk for Israel last week were misidentified: • The boy in the cover photo should have been identified as Zachary Douville, 10, of West Bloomfield, not brother Jacob, 7. • The photo of Marty Levinson of Huntington Woods on page A13 was incorrectly identified as Sid Mintz of West Bloomfield. Here are the correct photos and captions: '4 ii ..1.,4;,,fi.$;* ;:,,,*-111 !" :r.,-,` 411 -i..\; - *t a , 4 9 - TZObt c it -, 4 .,,, 1 , jt 1,, 140 ./ ' . A- b -- 9, # ,)) :(1 - ti -1' . `c 4,.. ' - < 51 Nu *.‘ . ) r 4 - ..It OF , • ii, 14 l'''' 4 :::. . ( .1. *:: . , c . ,.... y.. •.„. 5 *Irir-,..vt-r-t-ti•f-e.,-,,,.,,,,, ► 1 , . '''''''• ' • h • • • • l '•:••,1 11a. VI II* rill,' .01 a*. 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EXCLUSIVE RETAILER OF FASHION'S HOTTEST LABELS 271 WEST NIA PL BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN 248,258.0212 TENDERBIRMINGHAM.COM Jacob Douville Sid Mintz May 14 • 2009 A7