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Jewish Sports Hall of Fame bestows its annual kudos to Michigan athletes.
he Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame held its annual induction
dinner and festivities on Oct. 22
at the Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
Highlights of the evening included
Erwin "Itsy" Lieberman receiving the
Alvin Foon Humanitarian Award, the
induction of Daniel Cohen, Lynda
Goldstein Benit, Jamie Silverstein, Herb
Brown and Storm Kirschenbaum and the
introduction of the inaugural class of the
Pillars of Excellence.
For more about the Michigan Jewish
Sports Foundation (MJSF), go to its web-
site, www.michiganjewishsports.org.
Inaugural class
of the Pillars
of Excellence:
Howard Stone,
Burt Burshe,
Howard Golding,
Barry Bershad,
Rick Kaczander,
Fred Cohen and
Alan Kaczander.
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Former Detroit Piston Earl Cureton with Yoni
Nadel, Rick Kaczander, Eric Kaczander (front) and
Sander Eizen
Looking Stylish
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JN Publisher Arthur Horwitz, who
was emcee for the event, presents
Bill Hertz Scholarship recipient,
Neil Rosenthal, with his plaque.
Former Detroit Pistons head coach Herb
Brown and Sherri Brown with former
Pistons' minority owner Oscar Feldman
Pianist Ilya Kozadayev performed accompaniment
music for the models.
"I try to find beautiful clothing for the residents:'
said Beverly Bennett of West Bloomfield, auxiliary gift
shop vice president, who serves as buyer for the Meer
Boutique. "I derive great pleasure in providing a won-
derful shopping experience for our residents, staff and
family members7
Models included Dorothy Chaiken, Joyce Dorfman,
Mary Baroff, Laya Emma, Frances Gantz, Nettie
Hoffman, Sally Levine, Evelyn Lipitz, Shirley Scheinker,
Betty Sherizen, Bernice Ziskind, Blanche Klar, Rachel
Green and Meer administrator Marcia Mittelman.
The JSL gift shops have Chanukah and special-occa-
sion gifts and fashion. For more information, call (248)
661-1836.
Dorothy Chaiken says her favorite
Joyce Dorfman has 16 great-
part of living at Meer is making new
grandchildren and loves to bowl and golf. and bridge eight times a week at Meer
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receives his award from MJSF
president Jeff Cohen.
Residents of Meer Apartments walk the runway in JSL fashion show.
record crowd filled the Norma Jean & Edward
Meer Apartments of Jewish Senior Life Nov. 1
for the JSL Auxiliary and Meer Fashion Show.
Residents and staff modeled fashions from the Meer
Boutique, one of three volunteer-run JSL gift shops
located in West Bloomfield on the Applebaum Jewish
Community Campus.
Jill Margolick of Farmington Hills served as emcee.
friends and reuniting with old friends.
Alvin Foon Humanitarian Award
honoree Erwin "Itsy" Lieberman
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Nettie Hoffman keeps busy playing mahj
with all of her new friends.
Laya Emma moved here after 24 years
in Arizona.