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he Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit is host-
ing its Awards Night May
22, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Those being honored with Young
Leadership Awards are Dona Stillman,
the late Jeffrey Camiener and Rabbi
Leiby Burnham.
Stillman, who will
receive the Sylvia
Simon Greenberg
Award, is passion-
ate about the Jewish
community. Her
commitment to
Dona Stillman
foster and support
Jewish life, both here
and in Israel, can
be seen in the many
leadership roles she
has assumed in the
Federation's Women's
Department,
Community
Jeffrey
Campaign, Israel and
Camiener
Overseas Committee,
Partnership 2000
Steering Committee
and the Hillel Day
School Board.
Jeffrey Camiener,
who was a tireless
advocate for the
State of Israel, will
Rabbi Leiby
receive the Frank A.
Burnham
Wetsman Award. At
the age of 17, after a youth group trip
to Israel, he began to dedicate his time,
energy and resources to building our
worldwide Jewish community.
Camiener had been active in the com-
munity — participating on the Boards of
the United Jewish Foundation, the Jewish
Federation and its Young Adult Division,
and Hebrew Free Loan among others.
Rabbi Leiby Burnham, an ener-
getic, inspiring and dedicated teacher,
will receive the Mark Family Award.
He currently serves as an officer of
Federation's Young Adult Division and
co-chairs its Outreach Program and
Jewish Life Committee. In an effort to
help support Federation and, in par-
ticular, its NEXTGen efforts, Burnham
designed and implemented two innova-
tive and popular programs, "Torah on
Tap" and "Tea and Text." These learning
opportunities now attract hundreds of
young adults, helping to reawaken their
Jewish roots.
Those being honored with Lifetime
Achievement Awards are Irwin
Alterman and Sharon Hart.
During his more than 40 years of
service, Alterman has been involved in
Jewish communal
affairs as a past-
president of both the
Jewish Community
Center and Adat
Shalom Synagogue;
he has served on the
Boards of the Jewish
Irwin
Federation, the United
Alterman
Jewish Foundation,
BBYO, JVS, the
Holocaust Memorial
Center, Hillel Day
School and United
Hebrew Schools.
Hart first demon-
strated her leadership
skills at age 16 when
Sharon Hart
she served as president
of Zangwill BBG (B'nai
Brith Girls). In the ensuing years, she
has assumed the presidency of numer-
ous organizations, including Federation's
Women's Department, Adat Shalom
Synagogue, the Jewish Community
Center and Michigan Region Women's
American Ort. She is a recipient of the
Sylvia Simon Greenberg award and the
United Way "Heart of Gold" award.
The Benard L. Maas Prize for
Achievement in Jewish Culture &
Continuity in the Area of Performing
Arts this year goes to Yolanda Fleischer,
who has been directing in the profes-
sional Detroit theatre community since
1980, focusing much of her work on
plays dealing with women's issues and
social justice.
Fleischer retired as associate profes-
sor of theatre and is co-founder of
the Women's Studies Program at the
University of Detroit Mercy and is an
adjunct professor in communications at
Wayne State University and in theatre at
Oakland Community College.
Fleischer directed the Vagina
Monologues as part of the V-Day College
initiative for 11 years, raising over
$100,000 to combat
violence against
women. At UDM,
she spearheaded
a project called
"Unheard Voices;'
where students and
alumni interviewed
Yolanda
and worked with the
Fleischer
homeless to write
monologues that were
presented in a benefit production. Nearly
$10,000 and a truckload of clothing were
raised for the Homeless Action Network
of Detroit.
Register for the event at www.
thisisfederation.org by May 14. Ell