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14 January 27 . 2011

Jason Brooks of Royal Oak is shown making calls at last year's Super
Sunday phone-athon.

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he Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit will
hold its annual Super
Sunday call-a-thon 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 30, at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building in Bloomfield
Township.
Hundreds of community members
will make calls throughout the Jewish
community, asking for support.
Funds raised go toward Federation's
Annual Campaign and support
programs, services and assistance
provided by 18 partner agencies and
other community organizations.
Due to economic and demograph-
ic conditions, Federation's Annual
Campaign has decreased in the last
two years. Federation is seeking
increased participation to reverse
the trend and serve the growing
number of community members in
need. Funds raised provide assis-
tance with food, rent and utilities;
employment counseling and voca-
tional training; psychological and
family counseling; and scholarships
for Jewish day schools and camps.
Last year on Super Sunday, more
than 200 volunteers obtained
1,200 donations equating to nearly
$390,000.
Jason Brooks, a first-time Super
Sunday volunteer in 2010 and
now Super Sunday co-chair, said,
"Super Sunday is the single most
important event that takes place

all year. It brings the Jewish com-
munity together to support that
which makes us a community in the
first place — the organizations and
people that tie us together in faith
and culture.
"With our population down, each
and every person has the ability to
make a huge impact in our Jewish
community. No donation is too small
and no amount of time volunteering
is too little."
Sara Manson, 86, of Southfield has
been a volunteer for several years
and added, "I strongly believe that
the people who have been blessed
should come out and help those who
are in need. This is something that
is so important to the community
and to the people whose lives have
changed so dramatically.
"It's terrible to know people who have
been up and now have come down.
This is an opportunity to help one
another. You never know what the
next day will bring to your family and
it's an opportunity to help our larger
community family. You will walk away
feeling so good and knowing you did
your part in tikkun olam, repairing the
world."
Super Sunday chairs are Brooks,
Laura Adler, Kathy Wilson Fink, Ryan
Liabenow and Dona Stillman. For
information or to volunteer, visit the
Website www.jewishdetroit.org/super-
sunday or call (248) 203-1470. I 1

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he Holocaust Memorial
Center Zekelman Family
Campus in Farmington
Hills is presenting a special viewing
of The Last Survivor, a feature-length
documentary portraying the lives of
survivors of four different genocides
and mass atrocities — the Holocaust,
Rwanda, Darfur and the Congo.
The event will be at 1:30 p.m. on
Sunday, Feb. 6.
The documentary depicts the stories
of four survivors and their struggle
to make sense of tragedy by working
to educate, motivate and draw atten-
tion to a civic response to mass evils,
with a focus on awareness, prevention,
activism and community engagement.
There will be a public discussion fol-
lowing the viewing.
"This powerful documentary has
lessons that are applicable to soci-
ety as a whole explained Stephen
Goldman, HMC executive director. "By
learning about the mistakes and inhu-
manities of yesterday, we recognize
we all have the responsibility to stop
similar issues today. We cannot turn
away when there is such a need for
our intervention."
The film promotes the need for
genocide survivors to become leaders
in reminding the world what happens
when apathy and inaction prevail. The
four subjects of the film were chosen
because of their anti-genocide activ-
ism. Their stories of loss, survival
and hope highlight what they have in
common.
The Last Survivor was shot on loca-
tion in five countries on four conti-
nents and shows how such tragedies
can happen anywhere. It also high-
lights how people can rebuild their
lives after such tragedies.
The Last Survivor is directed
by Michael Kleiman and Michael
Pertnoy. It has won numerous film
festival awards.
The film is presented by the HMC,
with support from the JCC Lenore
Marwil Jewish Film Festival.
Standard museum admission
charge covers ticket to the film. For
information, call (248) 553-2400 or
visit www.holocaustcenter.org. 17