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The Retirement Lifestyle You've
Always Dreamed About
Are you considering a move to a
senior living community?
We are confident that once you experience
The Heritage Southfield you won't want to
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offers an exceptional retirement lifestyle
giving you the freedom to live near family
and friends, hold on to your independent
lifestyle and let go of life's tiresome chores.
Spacious apartments offer every service and
luxury you would expect:
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SOUTHFIELD
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING
Your
story continues here...
Independent Living
Personalized Assisted Living
25800 Eleven Mile Road
Southfield, Michigan 48034
(248) 727-2000
www.brookdaleliving.com
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Six different dinner entrees every night
Daily, weekly and monthly housekeeping
On-site deli
Transportation seven days a week
Organized events, activities and outings
seven days a week
• A heated swimming pool
with jacuzzi spa
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Mentoring is Time Well Spent!
The Waterford School District is inviting caring adults to become a mentor and
help transform lives in our community. Mentoring is fun, easy, comfortable,
and rewarding. Just one or two hours a week can make a big impact in the life
of a student. Mentors report experiencing improved health, greater life
satisfaction, and connections to the community. We provide all the training and
support you will need to succeed!
Send your college student
news from home!
College kids love news from home -
the JN will help keep them in touch
with everything that is happening
while they are away!
Call us today and
we'll take care of the rest
Youth who are mentored are:
46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
27% less likely to begin using alcohol
52% less likely to skip school
37% less likely to skip a class
800.875.6621
SPECIAL COLLEGE PRICING
$20 per year
Call today to register for our next information session!
Teresa Bruno I 248.421.6497 I brunot01@wsdmi.org
www.waterford.k12.mi.us/safeschools/mentor
10 months • hrstate only • Cal for out of state special rates
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August 30 • 2012
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Local Technion Society
Names New Director
Joseph Selesny of Southfield has been
named director of the East Central
Region of the American Technion
Society (ATS), which serves Detroit,
Cleveland, Pittsburgh and surrounding
areas.
Selesny brings to the position years
of experience building donor relation-
ships, working closely with volunteers
and advocating for Israel-based causes.
Members of the
region have support-
ed some of the lead-
ing projects on the
campus in Haifa,
such as the D. Dan
and Betty Kahn
Mechanical
Joseph
Engineering
Selesny
Building.
Before joining the
ATS, Selesny was a major gifts officer
at Birthright Israel Foundation. From
2001-2010, he served as associate
director, financial resource develop-
ment, at the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit.
Selesny is fluent in Hebrew and
studied for two and a half years in
Israel after high school. He earned
his bachelor's degree in history
from Yeshiva University in 1995 and
his MBA in finance at Lawrence
Technological University in 2010.
Selesny is a native Detroiter with
deep roots in the community. He
serves as an executive board mem-
ber of the Hebrew Memorial Chapel
in Oak Park and a board member
of Akiva Hebrew Day School in
Southfield. He was formerly a board
member of JARC.
Zamir Chorale Slates
Open Auditions
The Zamir Chorale of Metropolitan
Detroit is holding open auditions
for people of all faith traditions who
would like to sing in a quality choral
group. Auditions will be Wednesday,
Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. at Temple Shir
Shalom, West Bloomfield.
The Zamir Chorale creates a mean-
ingful Jewish musical experience,
offering members an opportunity to
come together in Jewish song and fel-
lowship.
The chorale is directed by Cantor
Penny Steyer and is accompanied by
Ted Wyman. Zamir rehearses weekly
during the fall, winter, and spring
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield and performs four to six
concerts a year. There is an annual
membership fee of $100, but waivers
are available.
If you can read music and have pre-
vious choral experience, contact Dan
Medow at djmedow@aol.com or (248)
224-9245 to schedule an audition.