To Teach

Beth Shalom Sisterhood
honors two educators.

T

he Congregation Beth Shalom
Sisterhood will celebrate
educators at its annual
Donor Dinner May 11 by honoring
Alicia Nelson of Southfield and Mona
Greenbaum of West Bloomfield. Both
have had long careers as educators in
the community. Their children will
make the presentations.
Nelson grew up in Chattanooga and
met her husband, David, Beth Shalom's
rabbi emeritus, while
studying at New York
University. With a
master's degree in
English education,
Alica taught in New
York public schools.
The couple spent
Alicia Nelson
two years in Rio de
Janiero, where son
Harry was born;
then three years in
Baltimore, where
daughters Debra
and Reva were born.
The Nelsons have
six grandchildren.
After moving
Mona
to Detroit in 1972,
Greenbaum
Nelson taught in
Beth Shalom's reli-
gious school. She started a Meals for
New Moms program at Beth Shalom
and organized Detroit's first women's
seder and directed it for 10 years.
She taught English for many years
at Hillel Day School in Farmington
Hills. Now she runs her Judaica arts
and gifts store, Tradition! Tradition!
Mona Greenbaum was born in
Newark, N.J., and graduated from
Kean College of New Jersey with a
degree in elementary education. She
taught for two years before moving
to Portland, Ore., with her new hus-
band, Beth Shalom's Cantor Samuel
Greenbaum. She studied mathematics
at Portland State University; then the
family moved to Detroit in 1973.
Mona taught math at Akiva Hebrew
Day School. After earning an MBA
at Wayne State Unversity, she taught
elementary and high school math in
Berkley for more than 12 years.
She later taught for five years at
Hillel Day School. She continues to
tutor students in math in her home.
The Greenbaums have three chil-
dren, Alex, Shiri and Ilana, and seven
grandchildren.
To RSVP, contact Beth Shalom at
(248) 547-7970.

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