metro DPS Offers Bricks As School Mementos The Detroit Public Schools Foundation has added three new schools to its Commemorative Brick Program, launched in conjunction with its 2012 Give Back to Detroit Schools Annual Appeal, active through Oct. 31. King High School, Mackenzie High School and the iconic blue bricks of Mumford High School join the schools already available, expanding the opportunity for alumni to purchase a tangible memory of their schools, while supporting current Detroit Portnoys Honored By St. Joseph Oakland Harold Portnoy, MD, and Lynne Portnoy, RN, of West Bloomfield, received St. Joseph Mercy Oakland's highest honor, the Mercy Legacy Award, at the hospi- tal's annual premier fundraiser, the Fall Spectacular. Pictured at right is former University of Michigan Head Football Coach Lloyd Carr, who was the celebrity speaker at the event. Nearly 400 people attended the Fall Spectacular, whose pro- ceeds will benefit the Cardiac Care Unit of the hospital's new South Patient Tower, scheduled to open in early 2014. Israel Advocacy Expert To Speak Guest lecturer Professor Roberta P. Seid, education/research director for the interna- tional Israel education nonprofit organiza- tion StandWithUs (SWU), will be in town for several addresses. Seid teaches a course on Israel at University of California- Irvine. She writes or co-authors all SWU responses to misinforma- Roberta Seid tion about Israel. A mem- ber of the America Israel Demography Research Group, she is the co- author of The Million Person Gap: The Arab Population in the West Bank and Gaza. At a lunch and learn at noon Friday, Oct. 26, she will talk about "Israel Advocacy: Exploding Myths, Promoting Facts" at the Max M. Fisher Jewish Federation building, Bloomfield Township. Cost of lunch is $10. RSVP to gale@jfmd.org. At 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, she will speak about "Successes in Challenging the Anti-Israel Campaign" at Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Township. The program 10 October 25 • 2012 students. All of the bricks are authentic structural bricks from each of the historic high school buildings. Proceeds for purchases of bricks from the previous Cass Tech, King and Mumford school buildings benefit the current students at the newly built schools. Gold, silver and bronze options are available for each school, priced at $145, $90 and $60 each, respectively. Gold bricks are complemented with a gold plate that can be personalized with a recipient's name and class year, a case and display stand. Silver options include a sil- ver plate for personalization and a display stand, and bronze level bricks come with a bronze plate. All prices include postage and handling for each brick ordered. Due to the high demand for Cass Tech bricks from alumni across the country, a limited supply remains. Orders for Cass Tech bricks will continue to be fulfilled as supplies last. Visit www.detroitpsfoundation.org/ commemorative-bricks for more infor- mation or to order a brick, or call Erica Sanders at (313) 873-8976. is sponsored by the Temple's Israel Chai Committee. She will talk about "Israel on College Campuses Today" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills. The talk is presented by the StandWithUs-Michigan chapter and co-sponsored by the Israel Advocacy Group of Adat Shalom Synagogue. Registration begins at 7:15 p.m. For more information on any of the lec- tures, contact Barbara at (248) 325.5306 or email standwithusmichigan@gmail.com. Shir Shalom Sets Online Auction Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield is conducting a month-long online auction to raise money for scholarships and to add positive and fun programming for chil- dren and their families. The online auction begins Thursday, Nov. 1, and runs through Saturday, Dec. 1. Items to be bid on include great trips into Northern Michigan, a luxurious din- ner at PRIME29 in West Bloomfield, high- end jewelry, fine art, toys, clothing from upscale local merchants, autographed sports memorabilia and even a ProFlo Comfort High Toilet from Plumbing Professors valued at $425. Shir Shalom is still looking for and accepting auction items from business owners, congregants and private citizens. New items and or gift certificates can be dropped off at Shir Shalom from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. For questions, call (248) 737-8700. Once the auction opens Nov. 1, inter- ested bidders can go to www.shirshalom. org and click on the auction link and begin to bid. The fundraising goal is $50,000. facing anti-Semitic harassment and intimidation. He has been a vocal advocate in the defense of Israel against its enemies and to protect Israel's security needs. There is no charge to attend this event. Contact ZOA-Michigan Region at kobi@ mizoa.org, or call (248) 661-6000 for more information. ZOA Head Will Speak On Elections Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills, on "The Impact of the U.S. Elections on Israel and the Middle East." Under his direction, the ZOA, the first Morton Klein pro-Israel advocacy group in the U.S., has campaigned successfully against anti- Israel bias in leading textbooks, travel guides, universities, churches and in the media. The ZOA has led the effort to protect the civil rights of Jewish students on campuses, resulting in the U. S. government's policy to enforce and extend the protection of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to Jewish students Jerusalem Activists Speak On Peace Efforts Dr. Rabbi Ron Kronish, founder and direc- tor of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), an umbrella for 75 organization of Christians, Muslims and Jews working for peace, and Qadi (Judge) Iyad Zahalka, head of the Sharia court in Jerusalem, will speak about their efforts to bring peace on Oct. 25 from noon-1:30 p.m. at Wayne State University, 2339 Faculty Administration Building, and from 7-9 p.m. First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, 1669 W. Maple, Birmingham. The event is sponsored by 12 local organizations, including the American Jewish Committee, Jewish Community Relations Council, the Bloomfield Hills- based Pathways To Peace Foundation and the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at WSU. Email pathways2peace@comcast.net for more information. ❑ Adat Shalom Offert College Prep Proram Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills is offering a series for students in grades 10-12 and their parents entitled "College Bound: Where does your journey begin?" Set for Sundays, Oct. 28 and Nov. 11 and 18, the workshops will focus on one of the most exciting and anxiety-producing times in a family's life cycle: when a teen prepares to transition from high school to college. This college prep program will help you answer questions such as: Which college should I choose? What is Jewish life like on campus? What resources are available in our community to help pay for college? Sessions will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Adat Shalom. This program is possible thanks to the generosity of the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation. There is no charge and the program is open to the community. Register by contacting Jodi Gross at jgross@adatshalom.org or (248) 626-2153. Wooden Acres To Host Reunion Wooden Acres Camp will hold a reunion from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, at Paradise Park, 45799 Grand River, Novi. Participants will be able to choose two activities from among mini golf, Laser tag, mini bowling and go-carting. Cost is $10, including pizza, pop and 2012 summer video. Bring additional money for arcade games. RSVP to (248) 543-5697 or info@ woodenacres.com. M um lord High School • Jason NJ. cl,A ❑ Oldest-Known Auschwitz Survivor Dies In Poland (JTA) — The oldest-known former pris- oner of Auschwitz reportedly has died at the age of 108. Antoni Dobrowolski died Sunday in the northwestern Polish town of Debno, the Associated Press reported, citing Jaroslaw Mensfelt, a spokesman for the Auschwitz- Birkenau state museum. Dobrowolski was arrested and sent to Auschwitz in 1942 for holding secret lessons past the elementary school level — any education beyond four years of elementary school was banned by the Germans in an effort to destroy Polish culture. Dobrowolski was liberated from Sachsenhausen in 1945.