Living For Music

Jazz benefit concert honors
cancer survivors, caregivers.

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Brenda Beron, Annie and Gary Weiss, all of West Bloomfield, Esther Olson of

Commerce Township, Marcia Gurche of Sterling Heights, Elaine Greenberg of

Farmington Hills, Cindi Wagner and Jan Homer, both of West Bloomfield, and

musician, George Benson of Detroit, outside Temple Israel.

The Laker Family &
Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg

invite you to spend an evening with

Shell Liebman Dorfman

Senior Writer

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ombining passions for
music and healing, Elaine
Greenberg of Farmington
Hills has dedicated her upcoming
fourth annual concert event to cancer
survivors and their caregivers.
"Jazz A Lot: Music for the Soul" will
be held at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 25,
at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Saxophone player George Benson and
the Cliff Monear Trio will play. Jeremy
Sherman, 17, of West Bloomfield,
Greenberg's voice and piano student,
will perform his own compositions.
The concert is co-sponsored by
Temple Israel and Living For Music, an
organization created by Greenberg, a
10-year ovarian cancer survivor, and
her husband, Shelly, to bring music and
comfort to those affected by cancer.
Living For Music has donated CD
players to cancer centers and iPods to
those receiving chemotherapy treat-
ments. This month, they assembled
100 gift bags for area cancer patients.
Lindsey Fox-Wagner of Franklin
designed the bag's logo and cre-
ated seed pearl and crystal bracelets.
Trader Joe's donated half the cost of
bars of oatmeal and honey soap. Bags
contain a CD of inspirational words
and music by Greenberg, whose work
is done alongside her husband.
Greenberg is Midwest regional
coordinator of Survivors Teaching
Students: Saving Women's Lives, spon-
sored by the Ovarian Cancer National

Alliance. Ovarian cancer survivors
speak to students in medical fields to
increase awareness about symptoms
and risk factors.
"Our stories are horror stories, but
we tell them to catch their attention','
Greenberg said. "We say over and over
and over again, 'Please listen to your
patients and their symptoms. We are
not there to criticize the medical com-
munity but to educate."
"I did everything I'm supposed to
do',' she said. "I took care of myself; I
went to the doctor; there is no history
in my family. But that's the thread that
runs through all of our stories: Why
didn't anybody tell me about this?"
According to the National Ovarian
Cancer Coalition, there is no early
detection test for ovarian cancer.
Symptoms may include bloating, pel-
vic or abdominal pain, trouble eating
or feeling full quickly, need to urinate
urgently or often, fatigue, upset stom-
ach or heartburn, back pain, pain
during sex, constipation or menstrual
changes.
Annually in the U.S., more than
20,000 women are diagnosed and
approximately 15,000 die. If diagnosed
and treated early, the five-year sur-
vival rate is more than 90 percent.
Much of Greenberg's time is spent
spreading this message. She will dis-
tribute brochures provided by Royal
Oak-based Beaumont Hospital at the
concert. But mostly that night, she'll
get up in front of the crowd and do
what she says played a pivotal role in
her recovery: She will sing. El

For concert tickets, call (248) 661-6344 or e-mail: JazzconcertlO@
gmail.com . Purchase tickets at the door or with a check made out to
Living For Music and sent to 34056 W.13 Mile, Farmington Hills, MI
48331. Cost is $30. To purchase CDs, go to livingformusic.com .

Cantor Udi and Varda

SPIELMAN

Featuring Pianist Scott Stein
Special appearance by Cantor Meir Finkelstein

7:30 Ply -WED\ESDAY, MAY 26

Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield

No Charge • Reservations are necessary

To RSVP, or for more information, please contact
Martha Goldberg at 248/357-5544 x 46
or e-mail mgoldberg©shaareyzedek.org

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