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Hermelin Center Inspires
Twice now our efforts at the Hermelin
Brain Tumor Center have been fea-
tured on the front page of the JN with
wonderful stories of hope within the
text, the most recent "Ten Years of
Hope" (Sept. 24, page 11).
We all loved David Hermelin and
what he meant to us as a culture and as
individuals. I, and my team, are partic-
ularly blessed to carry his name as our
efforts to provide his family and our
center with a legacy they both deserve.
I've heard many comments about
the Sept. 24 article, but most impor-
tant have been those who have voiced
renewed hope for their own or their
family's trials and tribulations.
With hope comes quality of life, if
not quantity — and hopefully both. You
have added to this quality in my mind.
Dr. Mark L. Rosenblum, co-director
Hermelin Brain Tumor Center
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit
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HELP Needs Help
The Nov. 1, 2007, issue of the Jewish
News featured an article about our
organization, Hispanic Education for
Life Skills Project, and our new HELP
school in Pontiac, which was located in
the basement of St. Michael's Roman
Catholic Church.
The HELP school is now entering its
third year and has grown to include over
100 Hispanic adult students, 20 volun-
teer tutors and dozens of preschoolers
who eagerly attend our Activity Center
where they are learning colors, numbers,
songs and some basic English.
But we now have to vacate the
church by Dec. 15. We are urgently
looking for a new location in Pontiac
for our HELP school.
Our HELP school is offering free
classes at a time when most public
and private ESL teaching programs
have shut down due to lack of funds.
We hope that one or more of your
readers may own an unoccupied
building in Pontiac that we could use.
for our school.
While we are unable to pay rent at
this time, we acquired a 501(c)3 status
from the Internal Revenue Service in
June, which would allow an owner to
deduct the value of the rent as a tax
exempt contribution to a nonprofit
organization.
We need approximately 6,000 to
7,000 square feet of space, preferably
on a single floor with seven or eight
rooms that we could use for class-
rooms, Activity Center facilities, and
office and storage areas. We are confi-
dent that family members of our stu-
dents will volunteer to undertake any
needed painting or renovation work,
just as they did before we occupied St.
Michael's Catholic Church in 2007.
Please call our director, Dr. Ann
Mandelbaum, at (248) 737-0516 if you
have a building available.
Al Swerdlow
Farmington Hills
Relationship Building
Your commentary "Straight-Talk
About Assimiation" (Oct. 22, page 37)
forgot an important element in Jewish
life. I have been active all my life in
the Labor Zionist movement (now
Amienu) and grew up in Habonim. I
can say without any doubt that love is
a two-way street.
Common interest is a most impor-
tant element in the ability to form a
lasting relationship. Our youth camps
provide this better than any other
Jewish experience. Also, intermarriage
can be a positive thing for us if the
Jewish partner knows and loves our
heritage. Jewish camps both religious
and secular provide this.
Perhaps we need more scholarships
for our camps here in America; also, a
survey of ex-campers.
Bernard A. Schiff
Huntington Woods
Bergers Sought
I am looking for relatives that lived
in the Detroit area from 1920 to 1990.
The father's name was Mendel Berger.
He had three children that I know of:
Isadore, Henttta and Harriet. Isadore
and Harriet nItarried and had children.
They were aNny father's first cousins.
I doubt that they could still be alive but
some of their children or grandchildren
may still be in the Detroit area.
Mendel Berger came from Kupiskis,
Lithuania, to Michigan between 1910-
1920. My father Joseph Berger was his
nephew who came to South Africa in
1930.1 still live in South Africa.
If anyone can give me any informa-
tion, please write to me at bergs47@
hotmail.com. It would be greatly
appreciated.
Ivor Berger,
Braamfontein,
South Africa
Correction
• Due to a scheduling conflict, actress
Alicia Silverstone has canceled her
Nov. 13 appearance at the Jewish
Community Center's 58th Annual
Jewish Book Fair ("Another Amazing
Chapter," Oct. 29, page 45).