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Celebrating Lag b'Omer

Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai Center hosts
holiday picnic in the park.

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lose to 70 people enjoyed a beautiful day in a beautiful park at a barbe-
cue picnic for Lag b'Omer in Birmingham. The event was hosted by the
Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai Center at Springdale Golf Course and Park,
and included fire juggling, kite flying and marshmallow roasting.
"It was a great day of togetherness for the budding Birmingham-Bloomfield
community," said Rabbi Boruch Cohen of the Chai Center.

Forest and Jackson Wolfe of Bloomfield

Albina Brayman with sons Aaron and

Hills next to friends Harrison and Caryn

Jacob and friend Hannah Cohen, all of

Leonard of Pleasant Ridge

Birmingham

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Rebecca, Todd and Henry Mendel, with friend Jackson Schreiber, all of
Birmingham

Ben Gill and Barbara Fleischer, both of

Judge Alice Gilbert of West Bloomfield,

Birmingham

flanked by Alan and Jonah Zekelman of

Bloomfield Hills

Helping Campers

"Send a Kid to Tamarack" event kicked off a

yearlong fundraising campaign.

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amarack Camps hosted
its Fourth Annual "Send
a Kid to Tamarack" Kick
Off event Sunday, May 6, at the
Berman Center in West Bloomfield.
The event featured Jeffrey Seller,
a Tamarack alumnus and Tony
Award-winning producer of Rent,
Avenue Q and In the Heights, and
Laura Berman, a Tamarack alumna
and columnist for the Detroit News.
The program showcased Seller's
career in the theater industry as
well as the important role that
Tamarack played in his life.
"I feel extremely honored to sup-
port the Send a Kid to Tamarack
event because I would have been
that kid [who needed financial aid
to attend camp]," said Seller."It

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was through financial aid that my
brother was able to go to camp. It
is my job to help kids experience
what my family and I were able to
experience."
Last summer, Tamarack allo-
cated $1.25 million for financial
aid, more than any Jewish sum-
mer camp in the world, to fulfill
the needs of nearly 50 percent
of Tamarack's camper popula-
tion. This event was the start of
Tamarack's yearlong campaign to
provide enriching Jewish camping
experiences for children and fami-
lies, independent of financial abili-
ty. You can contribute to the "Send a
Kid to Tamarack" campaign online
at www.tamarackcamps.com or by
calling (248) 647-1100.

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Camp Maas Director Lee Trepeck, Jeffrey Seller,

Laura Berman and Tamarack President

Robin Trepeck and Adam Rubin

Frank Ellias

Left: Development chair Stacy Brodsky, patron chair Abbe Sherbin and event co-chairs Barbara

Kappy and Jodi Neff. Right: Natalie and Manny Charach.

Judge David Groner discusses

law and ethics at the Downtown Synagogue.

he Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue hosted a lunch and learn on Monday,
May 7, featuring Judge David Groner, who spoke on law and ethics. Groner,
one of the most respected legal minds in the region, was first elected to serve
on the Wayne County Third Circuit Court in 2004, famously presiding over the case of
former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. A free kosher lunch was provided. Li

Judge David Groner talks at a lunch and learn at the Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue.

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June 7 2012