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ORT Rub-A-Dub Set For Aug. 22
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or nearly 30 years, ORT
America Michigan Region
has raised significant funds
through its annual Rub-a-Dub, which
draws more than 400 people. This
year's event is at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 22, at Franklin Hills Country Club
in Farmington Hills.
The first event took place in the
garage of the late Ambassador David B.
Hermelin, past president of World ORT,
and his wife, Doreen, a past president
of ORT America and a current national
board member. Initially, their guests
bought hundreds of instant lottery tick-
ets and then got together to rub off the
silver foil to see if they had any winners
— hence the name "Rub-a-Dub."
The theme this year is "ORT With
Friends." New for 2012, the Foster
Brooks Band will be playing after the
live auction.
Rub-a-Dub is known for its silent
and live auctions. Event co-chairs Scott
Marcus, Pam Nodel and Seth Rogers,
and members of the Rub-a-Dub com-
mittee have a lineup that includes a
three-month summer lease of a Jaguar
XK convertible and a meet-and-greet
with rock star Gene Simmons of KISS
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at the Montage Hotel, to name a few.
Raffle prizes include a $5,000 shop-
ping spree to the Somerset Collection
and a 51-inch flat screen 3-D TV from
ABC Warehouse. Raffle tickets cost one
for $100, three for $200 or 10 for $500,
and you do not have to be present to
win.
ORT America supports a global net-
work of schools and training programs
that boast more than 3 million gradu-
ates. ORT educates 300,000 students in
more than 60 countries annually, includ-
ing the former Soviet Union, Argentina,
Israel, Latin America and the U.S.
The David B. Hermelin ORT
Resource Center, located in the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield, provides a local example
of ORT's capability to change lives for
the better through education.
Tickets are $125 per person or buy
one ticket, get another ticket free for
participants aged 35 and younger.
LaFontaine will be presenting spon-
sor of the event. Funds also are raised
through an ad journal.
To purchase an ad, raffle tickets or
make a donation to the auctions, call
(248) 723-8860 or email nmiller@
ORTamerica.org.
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Jewish Women's Foundation Grant
Funds Jewish Women's History Project
T
he history of women and their as National Council of Jewish Women
roles in building communi-
Greater Detroit Section, founded in
ties were often overlooked
1891, will also be explored.
and left out of history books. The
"There is so much rich history to
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
present:' said project researcher Aimee
will document much of that forgot-
Ergas. "We believe these women and
ten — and unrecorded — history in
the groundwork they laid for our com-
a new booklet and public tour thanks
munity are important lessons for stu-
to a $13,400 grant from the Jewish
dents and their parents!'
Women's Foundation of Metropolitan
Ergas notes that one of the vital
Detroit.
resources of this project will be many
Founded in 1959, the mission of
senior members of the community
the JHSM is to educate, celebrate and
who can add valuable recollections
promote awareness of the contribu-
and documentation to these stories.
tions of the Jews of Michigan to our
The materials collected will be
state, nation and world. The organiza-
combined and used in a tour, which
tion, with more than 800 members,
will be launched as a pilot program in
conducts tours, events and programs
2013, and in a booklet to be published
and publishes Michigan Jewish History, by the JHSM in 2013. The book will
an annual journal. Among the orga-
be for sale to the public and be given
nization's most successful programs
to tour participants. Components of
are its various tours of historic Jewish
the research will also be incorporated
Michigan, primarily various explora-
into the JHSM's existing tours and
tions of the Detroit area, including the
programs, including the Settlers to
award-winning Settlers to Citizens
Citizens Youth Tours.
Youth Tours, offered to area religious
The Jewish Women's Foundation
schools.
(JWF) was established in August 1999
The stories of important female edu-
by the Jewish Federation and United
cators, activists, teachers, professional
Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan
and lay leaders, artists and philanthro-
Detroit.
pists will be collected and permanently
For more about the JHSM, go to
documented. The histories and contri-
www.michjewishhistory.org or call
butions of women's organizations, such
(248) 432-5517.
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