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» Chai Life Beth Shalom celebration to honor
Cantor Sam and Mona Greenbaum. See page 28.

» Shofar Factory Bais Chabad helps get families
in the spirit of the High Holidays. See page 32.

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» Obituaries Emery Klein and Rabbi Eliezer Cohen
are remembered. See pages 78 and 81.

Youngsters with shofars they made at the
Sherrill Berman Shofar Factory Festival

» cover story

The Desire
To Give Back

Eugene Applebaum's generous
role leads to Butzel Award.

Harry Kirsbaum I JN Contributing Writer

F

rom the Jewish community campus
in West Bloomfield, to Wayne State
University, to Henry Ford and Beaumont
hospitals and many other institutions, it's hard to
miss the generosity of Eugene Applebaum.
The Bloomfield Hills
philanthropist who sold
his chain of pharmacies
to do the work he really
wanted to do — give
back — will receive
the Fred M. Butzel
Memorial Award at
the combined annual
meeting of the Jewish
Federation and United
Eugene Applebaum
Jewish Foundation of
Metropolitan Detroit
on Sept. 10. The Butzel
Award is Federation's highest honor and rec-
ognizes an individual's exceptional impact
through volunteer leadership and philanthropy.

Early Impressions
A young boy and his mother ride a streetcar
down Woodward Avenue on their way to the
Jewish Community Center where he is to embark

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A Good
Place To Im
Be Jewish

Michigan State University
has revitalized Jewish life
on campus.

Jackie Headapohl I Managing Editor

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Hundreds
seniors are choosing to go to
of
students
Michigan State University than ever
gather
at the
before. For the last 10 years or so, there's been a
MSU
Hillel
renaissance of Jewish life on campus, the result
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of a number of factors, mainly the university's
Shabbat
dinner.
evolving Jewish Studies program, a revitalized
Hillel House and local Jewish donors and phi-
lanthropists who have stepped up to support the university.
This weekend, MSU is celebrating its partnership with the
Detroit Jewish community at a brunch at MSU president Lou Anna
Simon's residence, followed by a private tour of the Eli and Edthye
Broad Art Museum. Eli Broad, who graduated in 1954, donated
$26 million for the construction of the contemporary art museum
that opened in November. He is only one example of local Jewish
philanthropists too numerous to name, among them Ed Levy,
whose endowment has allowed hundreds of students to study in

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