70th Anniversary

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Program at WSU commemorates the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

n Wednesday, May 8, Wayne State University
presented a program to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
About 200 people attended the event, including nearly 30
survivors of the uprising.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising occurred from April
19-May 16, 1943, when Jews resisted the Nazis' attempts
to move the remaining residents of the Warsaw Ghetto to
concentration and death camps. It is widely considered
to be the largest Jewish uprising in Europe during World
War II.
The program included music, poetry, lighting of memo-

rial candles by local survivors and guest speakers, among
them Maya Karmely, representing the Consul General of
Israel to the Midwest; Thomas Schnoell, Austrian consul
general; Robert Rusiecki, deputy consul general of Poland;
and Stephen Goldman, executive director of the Holocaust
Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.
Also participating was Ursula "Ula" Czachor, whose
grandparents, Maciej and Zofia Dudzik, hid Zyga "Zygie"
Allweiss, now of West Bloomfield, and his brother, the late
Salek "Sol" Allweiss, on their farm in Poland for 14 months
during World War II.

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- Nicole Goodman, JN Intern

Holocaust survivors: Abram Shain (lived in
Warsaw, fled to Russia), Zelda Klaiman, Ida Steuer
and Edith Cimmer; standing is Marcin Chumiecki
of the Polish Mission.

Holocaust survivors: Edith
Manikur, Ernie Kappel, Fryda
Fleish, Marilyn Feingold

(both of her parents were in
the Warsaw Ghetto), Lillian
Fenster (Warsaw Ghetto sur-
vivor who was smuggled out)
and Esfir Lupyan

Sold Out!

Esther Allweiss Ingber, Zyga "Zygie"
Allweiss and Ursula Czachor, whose grand-
parents hid Zyga and his brother on their
farm in Poland for 14 months.

ORT's drag queen bingo fundraiser generated $60,000 — and plenty of fun.

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n Wednesday, April 17, ORT put on its annual WINGO
(Women's Only BINGO) event at Congregation Beth
Ahm in West Bloomfield, completely selling out with
more than 450 guests and raising nearly $60,000 for ORT.
A new twist to the event, which has been taking place for
more than 20 years, was "Drag Queen Bingo," with the Bingo
caller being an over-the-top, tell-it-like-it-is drag queen. This
was the first time ever that ORT had to close this event and
turn people away because there was just no more room.
"I had gone to Drag Queen Bingo in Royal Oak with my
girlfriends and knew it would be so much fun to do for ORT,"
said Forest Wolfe, event co-chair. "My goal was to produce an
amazing ladies' night out, while at the same time creating a
draw that would help generate as much revenue for ORT as
possible. Our numbers overall in terms of attendance and dol-
lars clearly shows it worked!"
In addition to 10 rounds of Bingo, the evening included a
silent auction, raffles, a strolling dinner, dessert and "Cosmo
ORTini's:' A committee of 27 women helped plan the event,
solicit and secure prizes, and create all of the centerpieces dis-
played on the dinner tables.
"I am proud to be a part of an event that not only supports a
charity I am passionate about, but also supports our local com-
munity where my friends and family live," said Terri Steam,
co-chair.
Proceeds help to fund ORT's educational programs found
all over the world, including those offered at the David B.
Hermelin ORT Resource Center located inside the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield.
For more about ORT, call Nicole Miller at (248) 723-8860 or
email her at nmiller@ortamerica.org .

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Terri Stearn and Forest Wolfe,
WINGO co-chairs, with Nicole Miller,
center, ORT America Michigan
Region director

Event committee members
Julie Tigay and Stacey
Raznick

Jennifer Teper, Andi Wolfe, Rebecca Melamed
and Eden Elbinger enjoy ORTinis.

Drag Queens Crystal, Sabin and
Sandra pose with 50/50 raffle
winner Debbie Baskin

Event attendees Lynn Rubin, Elaine
Raznick, Carole Miller and Carole Levin

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