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Art From The Heart
Hillel students' work adorns Beaumont Hospital Walls.
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or the third year, Beaumont Children's Hospital will
display "masterpieces" by Hillel Day School students
in grades K-4. "Art from the Heart" will be displayed
at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, in the South Tower through
Jan. 5.
A special opening reception for Hillel students, their fami-
lies and friends took place at the hospital Sunday, Dec. 11, and
featured a performance by Hillel's Ruach Choir (grades 4-6).
Kindergarteners' watercolors inspired by Wassily Kandins
second-graders' modernistic alphabet art modeled after Stuart
Davis and fourth-graders' Chanukah-themed paper collages
are just a few of the creative samples that comprise the student
art show.
Working with Hillel art teacher, Janis Segal, each student
submitted one piece of artwork for display.
"We believe that by reaching out to Beaumont Hospital and
by displaying the beautiful artwork of our students, we will be
brightening the halls of the hospital and the faces of patients
and visitors," said Steve Freedman, head of school. One of
Hillel Day School's core values, tikkun olarn, speaks to making
the community a better place.
The "Art from the Heart" show also involves parent par-
ticipation. Parents lovingly matted and covered each piece
of art with special acetate film for the display at Beaumont.
Parent chair, Michele Weitzman, and parent co-chairs, Geoffrey
Weitzman and Melissa Hortick, along with many other parent
and grandparent volunteers, helped bring the event to fruition.
"We enjoy hosting the Hillel Day School art show each year,"
says M. Jeffrey Maisels, M.D., physician-in-chief, Beaumont
Children's Hospital. "Our doctors, nurses, staff, patients and
families all enjoy the hard work and artistic talent the children
put into the display. It's a great reminder of just how special
every child is and how important our mission is to keep them
healthy." II
Ava Joyrich, third grade
Rachel Freedland, first grade
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Dec. 29, 2011-Jan. 4, 2012 I 3-9 Tevet 5772 I Vol. CXL, No. 21
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Shabbat and Fast Day
Shabbat: Friday, Dec. 30, 4:50 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Dec. 31, 5:57 p.m.
Fast of Asarah B'Tevet: Thursday, Jan. 5,
beginning at 6:50 a.m.-6:01 p.m.
Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 6, 4:56 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 7, 6:03 p.m.
Times are according to the Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah calendar.
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Page design, Deborah Schultz
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Councilmen Jeremy Moss and Sidney
Lantz with Rabbi Mendel Stein
Menorah Lights Up Southfield
Southfield's Chanukah received a boost
as a 9-foot menorah was erected on the
city hall lawn. A celebration with local
dignitaries including U.S. Rep. Gary
Peters was held on Dec. 21.
"Chanukah's a time for celebrating the
freedom to openly celebrate our values;
this menorah proclaims that message
to the world:' said Rabbi Mendel Stein,
development director of the Lubavitch
Education Center. "We appreciate the
council's eagerness to bring a compre-
hensive holiday spirit to the city. They
displayed a marvelous sense of leader-
ship and understanding:' I I
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