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Beth Shalom's Chai Life Award
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16 October 13 • 2011

eople are the life of any con-
gregation. To recognize the
significant contributions of
some of its members, Congregation
Beth Shalom in Oak Park is inau-
gurating a new event, the Chai Life
Celebration on Oct. 23.
Ida and the late Albert Rosenblum
and Caryn and Gerald Acker will
receive Chai Life Awards.
The evening will begin with a VIP
reception and silent auction.
Ida and her late husband, Al, were
founding members of Beth Shalom.
Then, the fledgling congregation had
been meeting in schools and members'
homes. When a permanent syna-
gogue was planned, Al volunteered to
oversee the construction, along with
his real estate business partner, Max
Dobrowitsky (also a founding member),
who also was Ida's brother. They fin-
ished the job 10 percent under budget.
Ida sat on the shul's board for 40
years. Al also served on the board, and
was president of the congregation in
the 1960s. Ida was the first president
of the sisterhood and helped raise the
funds for the down payment on the
synagogue building.
Ida also started Enhanced
Generation, a social group for seniors,
more than 50 years ago, winning a
national prize for programming. She
brought many distinguished speakers
to Detroit, including Elie Wiesel and
Mordecai Kaplan.
The Rosenblums raised their three
children in Huntington Woods. Ida
now lives in Orchard Lake.
"Beth Shalom means 'House of
Peace, and that's what it's always been
to us," Ida said. "We loved the shul, and
when Albert passed, the shul gave all
that love back to me and my children."
Gerald Acker's parents, Marilyn and
Edwin, were also founding members
of Beth Shalom. Caryn married into
the congregation when she and Jerry
wed in 1980.
Caryn began volunteering for Gan
Shalom, the congregation's preschool.
Now she teaches in the Gan on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. It's a bilin-
gual program, and she enjoys learning
Hebrew as the children do, from her
Hebrew-speaking co-teacher.
The Ackers were so impressed
with the work of the Gan that they
started a fund to provide scholarship
assistance for students. The Acker
Family Gan Shalom Early Childhood
Fund is the first financial assistance

Ida and the late Al Rosenblum

Jerry and Caryn Acker

program for preschool children in the
Detroit area. Now, whenever a con-
gregation member welcomes a new
child or grandchild, the Ackers make
a donation in the baby's honor to the
Gan Shalom scholarship fund. The
Ackers also donated a new sound sys-
tem for the Beth Shalom sanctuary.
Jerry is the founder and managing
partner of the Southfield law firm
Goodman Acker, specializing in per-
sonal injury litigation. He is active in
politics, and has been an at-large offi-
cer of the Michigan Democratic Party
since 2008. He served on the execu-
tive board of the Hebrew Free Loan
Association for 11 years.
The Ackers, who live in Huntington
Woods, have two children.
"To me, Beth Shalom means family,"
said Caryn. "I love the Gan. If my chil-
dren were preschool age, I would defi-
nitely be sending them there. There is
such warmth there; whenever you walk
through the doors it feels like home'
The Chai Life Celebration will
begin with a VIP reception at 5 p.m.,
followed by dinner at 6:30 at Beth
Shalom. Tickets are $180 for reception
and dinner or $118 for dinner alone.
Amy Chapman and Gloria Ellis are
co-chairs of the planning committee.
Other members include Josh Adler,
Marcy Citron, Phil Elkus, Mandy
Garver, Marty Lederman, Bobbie
Lewis, Sharon Paliti, Marie Slotnick
and Elaine Webber.
For more information or reserva-
tions, contact the synagogue office,

(248) 547-7970. F1