'Autism the Musical"

Winner of two EMMYS

Honored

War vets named
Hometown Heroes.

At the welcoming table: Staff Sgt.

Allen Little; Martin Levine; Stan

Eisenberg; Gen. Michael Peplinski, air

base commander; Col. David Augustine;

Al Lewis; Joseph Goidring; Irving

Bernstein, chairman Sheldon Schwartz

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n Nov. 7, six Jewish war
veterans from various posts
in Metro Detroit joined in
a Hometown Hero Awards program
of the Airmen & Family Readiness
Program Group of the 12th Wing/
Air National Guard based at Selfridge
Air National Guard Base near Mount
Clemens.
The six JWV members cited were
Irving Bernstein of Southfield; Stanley
Eisenberg, Post 135 commander;
Joseph Goidring of West Bloomfield;
Martin Levine of Huntington Woods;
Alvin Lewis of Oak Park and Sheldon
Schwartz of Novi.
Deborah Schroeder, manager of the
Airmen & Family Readiness Program,
and Bettina Boyd planned the pro-
gram.
Schwartz, a life member of the
Silverman-Lipshaw-Hoberman Post
135 of the JWV acted as coordinator
between the two groups. He gave a
history of the JWV as the oldest char-
tered, continuously serving veterans
organization in America.
Schwartz said 78 veterans from
the Civil War era in 1896 formed the
Hebrew Union Veterans.
Brig. Gen. Michael Peplinski,
Selfridge base commander, wel-
comed the JWV members and the Air
National Guard families. Peplinski pre-
sented certificates, plaques and awards
to ANG members and their units for
their dedication and service.
Tech. Sgt. Alan Little, Schwartz's
nephew and a member of the ANG,
thanked each of the JWV members for
their patriotism in previous wars and
conflicts.
Members of the JWV were asked to
return in January to welcome more
units home. II_ _J

SPONSORS
Mary Must
Madelon & Lou Seligman
Star Trax
Henry Ford Health System
Department of Pediatrics
Kaufman Dildren's Center
for Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor
& Social Connections, Inc.
Milstein Pediatric Speech & Language
Services, Inc.
Sutherland Leadership Strategies
Estelle Elkus
Dottie Levitsky
Bhodie Margolis
Ilene Nemer

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PROGRAM

ALLIANCE FOR
JEWISH EDUCATION

In recognition of
JEWISH DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH
Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education's
Opening the Doors Program welcomes

COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS
Friendship Circle
JARC
Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit
KAT.
Jewish Family Service

OPENING THE DOORS THANKS
OUR SCHOOLS

Adat Shalom
Akiva Hebrew Day School
Beth Achim
Beth Ahm
Beth Jacob School for Girls
Beth Shalom
B'nai Moshe
Birmingham Temple
Frankel Jewish Academy
Hillel Day School
Jewish Parents Institute
Shaarey Zedek
Shir Tikvah
Temple Beth El
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Israel
Temple Kol Ami
Temple Shir Shalom
The Shul
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
Yeshivas Darchei Torah

7 Keys to
Unlock Autism

Sunday,

February

Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan
Detroit is an approved provider with the
Michigan Social Work Continuing Education
Collaborative. Approved provider number:
MICEC-0011. This program has been
approved far 2.0 CE Clock Hours.

For CEU questions or grievances,
please contact the JFS Continuing
Education Program at 248-592-2667
or ceu@ifsdetroit.org. For ADA
accommodations, please contact
Denise at (248) 851-5100.

PRESENTATION SPONSOR

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Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt Rd. • Farmington Hills

Nirim credits (2 out-of-network)
are available! Nirim teachers must
register online at wwwjewishdetroit.
org/nirim to receive credit.

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PLUS

Registration:
Presentation: Elaine Hall
"7 Keys to Unlock Autism"
Film: 'Autism the Musical"
Informal Question & Answers
with Dessert Reception
Fee: $5.00

1:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.
2:15 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

Elaine's Presentation: 7 Keys to Unlock Autism" will provide practical,
innovative and insightful hands-on strategies for parents and teachers to
help children with autism reach their potential and ensure success. The
EMMY winning documentary "Autism: The Musical" is an inspirational film
that follows 5 children with autism and their families as they participate
in The Miracle Project, Elaine's theater arts program. The film shows how
patience, understanding, love, and community can be used to help
children with autism better adapt and socialize with each other and in the
world. During the Q & A, Elaine will further share her inspiring journey
raising her son Neal with autism, and her other programs.

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REGISTRATION
To register online, or for
more information go to
'ewishdetroit.org/autism

For other questions please
call Shoshana Baruch at:
(248) 205-2549

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