Spirited Brunch

Medium Rebecca
Rosen lends her talents to Kadima fundraisers.

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adima, a nonprofit mental
health agency in Southfield,
hosted its annual Healthy Body,
Healthy Mind fundraiser on May 15 at
the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham.
The event began with a warm welcome
by committee co-chairs, Michelle
Saulson and Carol Weintraub Fogel, fol-
lowed by brunch.
The fundraiser continued with more
than 300 Kadima supporters intently
listening to Rebecca Rosen, a former
Detroiter and nationally acclaimed
spiritual medium and author. Rosen
began by speaking about her fam-
ily's struggle with mental illness and
suicide. She spoke about her ability to
communicate with individuals who
have departed this world and continued
by stressing that everyone has this abil-
ity; it is something that can be devel-
oped.
Individuals in the audience were
given the opportunity to experience
Rosen's unique talent of connecting
with spirits related to many in the audi-
ence.
Kadima is in its third decade of help-
ing men and women struggling daily

with mental illness. Kadima offers
these individuals counseling, job
assistance, residential options, social
activities and life skills training. In
addition, Kadima assists children as
young as age 4 who are exhibiting
emotional and behavioral disorders.
All proceeds from the event
will benefit Kadima's Child and
Adolescent Program. For more infor-
mation about Kadima, call (248)
559.8235.

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Rebecca Rosen and Janette Shallal,

Kadima director

Bloomfield

abbi Israel Meir Lau, making a
rare appearance in Detroit, spoke
to more than 500 people at the
38th annual dinner of the Sara and Morris
Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center in
West Bloomfield on May 21. He is former
Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel and the
current chief rabbi of Tel Aviv and chair-
man of Yad Vashem. He spoke on "From
Holocaust to Redemption" and signed
copies of his new book, Out of the Depths,
a memoir chronicling his harrowing experi-
ence as one of the youngest survivors of
Buchenwald concentration camp to his

crowd.

Rita Weinfeld of Commerce Township

Event co-chairs' Michele Saulson of
Franklin and Carol Weintraub Fogel of West

Chief Rabbi Visits

Rabbi Israel Meir Lau addresses the

A group of patrons enjoying the Kadima brunch

Bais Chabad Torah Center hosts Israeli leader at annual dinner.

life in Israel as a leading religious figure.
Earlier that day, Lau visited the Holocaust
Memorial Center in Farmington Hills and
attended a luncheon there sponsored by
Alan Zekelman.
In their remarks at the dinner, Rabbis
Elimelech and Shneur Silberberg gave trib-
ute to the contribution of Holocaust survi-
vors in establishing Bais Chabad. During
the event, Marty Goodman surprised
Elimelech Silberberg by announcing that
an anonymous donor has commissioned
a Torah to be written in honor of the rabbi
and the congregation. [11

Rivka and Kara Schuchman

Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg along with dinner honorees Ken and Marilyn Cohn

as they receive a plaque presented by their daughter Rachel Rabinowitz

Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg and Marty

Dinner honorees Stanley and Sandra

Goodman

Boykansky

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