DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com frontlines DETROIT JEWISH NEWS A. , ISM theJEWISHNEWS.com :114112,, -‘ Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl©renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman®renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz@renmedia.us EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs dsachs©renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar®renmedia.us Contributing Writers F. Kevin Browett HMC Celebrates Planting Of Anne Frank Sapling The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills will hold a series of events to com- memorate its acquisition of a sapling from the actual white chestnut tree that brought Anne Frank solace as she hid from the Nazis during World War II. The schedule includes free educational programming, which begins at Camp Tamarack Friday, June 28, for children and adults and culminates with the tree planting and exhibit dedication ceremony in the fall. The sapling, awarded by Anne Frank Center U.S.A., is just one of 11 to be planted in the U.S. from the nearly 200-year-old tree that served as one of the Jewish teen- ager's only connections to nature while she and her family hid in a secret annex in her father's company building in Amsterdam. It will become part of a larger exhibit titled, "Looking Out Anne Frank's Window": "Our exhibits create a call to action, teaching visitors through the examples of those who risked their lives to save others and asking our guests to react to contemporary challenges such as racism, intolerance, bullying and prejudice," said Holocaust Memorial Center Executive Director Stephen Goldman. This summer's curriculum, featuring programs designed for both children and adults, includes the "Anne Frank Door Project" (Friday, June 28, and Friday, July Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl©renmedia.us Contributing Editors Gail Zimmerman gzimmerman@renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us Printed In Michigan 6 June 27 • 2013 kfarber®renmedia.us Account Executives The tree before it fell in 2010. 26, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. at Camp Tamarack in Ortonville for girls ages 12-13 and Thursday, July 25, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Oak Park Library for teenage girls). Participants will decorate a door that opens up to a photo of themselves and their handwritten answers to the questions: If you could walk through a door without fear, where would you go? Where would it lead you? What obstacles are in the way of getting there? The goal is to help confront some of the same issues Anne Frank faced (e.g., identity; being a teen; dealing with parents; hope versus despair; bravery; responsibility to standup for what's right; and to fight discrimination and bullying). Upcoming events include a special semi- nar for teachers in July, a creative writing project for families and a presentation of the film Anne Frank Remembered, all lead- ing up to the planting of the sapling this fall. For more information on the dedication and surrounding events, call (248) 553- 2400, or visit www.holocaustcenter.org . AMEINU Liberal Values, Progressive Israel Ronelle Grier Esther Allweiss Ingber Harry Kirsbaum Lynne Konstantin Rabbi Jason Miller Allan Nahajewski Robin Schwartz Steve Stein Managing Editor Keith Farber Sales Director Our People a ir k mr sdorfmanithejewishnews.com TURL TU kbrowett@renmedia.us Ann G. 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Packages include pretzels, granola bars, fresh fruit and veggies, Skinny Pop, orange juice, fruit roll-ups, applesauce and crack- ers. Tweens interested in volunteering to assemble the packages on July 2, July 30 and Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. at Yad Ezra's ware- house (2850 W. 11 Mile Road) should contact Katie@yadezra.org. Limit of 10 volunteers per session. Ameinu Detroit, a longtime progressive organization in Southfield, is leading a statewide drive to prevent the interest on subsidized Stafford (federal) student loans from doubling on July 1. If the White House and Congress can't agree soon on what the new interest should be, the current rate of 3.4 percent will double to 6.8 percent, the level it was before passage of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act in 2007. The expired act's one- year extension is about to end. Americans now owe more on student loans than they owe on their credit cards, Ameinu says. The automatic doubling of interest would negatively affect most current college students and graduates, facing years of debt to repay the cost of their education. Ameinu wants to keep college a possibil- ity for families. Its campaign is reaching out to the Jewish community, including congregations, organizations and college Hillels, to call representatives in Congress to bring down the interest rate. For more information, contact the Ameinu Detroit office at (248) 967-3170. Chairman Michael H. Steinhardt President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Chief Operating Officer F. Kevin Browett kbrowett@renmedia.us Controller Craig R. 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