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The Golden Dream
THE JEWISH JOURNEY FROM
EUROPE TO AMERICA
A Symposium on Jewish Immigration
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2013
WORKSHOP
12:45-2:15 p.m.: What Will You Leave Them? Preserving Your
Stories, Your Legacy, Their Future with Rabbi Mark Robbins
DROP-IN
1:00-2:30 p.m.: Starting Your Genealogical Journey with Members
of the Jewish Genealogical Society
SYMPOSIUM
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Coming to America:
The Eastern European Wave with
Professor Howard Lupovitch
3:30-4:00 p.m.: Antique Street Show —
Jewish Edition with Archivist Jan Durecki
4:00-5:00 p.m.: From Ship to Shore —
Passing Through to America with
Special Guest Bram Beelaert
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EXHIBITS
Early scenes of Detroit from the Federation's Leonard N.
Simons Jewish Community Archives
• Various Detroit-area high school yearbooks through the ages
presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
$12 Workshop Only (Must pre register, limited space)
$18 — Symposium Only
$25 — Symposium Plus Workshop
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Location: Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills
Register at: jewishdetroit.org/goldendream
or 248-205-2557
CO-SPONSORS
Adat Shalom Synagogue • Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies • Detroit Friends
of Melton • Federation's Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives • Holocaust
Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus • JCC's SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish
Enrichment) • Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan • The Jewish Forum •
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan • Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives, Temple Beth El
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We Deliver Adult Jewish Education
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rt.% Jewish Federation
OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
Alliance
for Jewish
Education
New Equipment
For Fire Fighters
Great Lakes Wine and Spirits helps
the Highland Park Fire Department.
T
he Highland Park Fire
Department, which
until recently was
forced to operate in a temporary
shanty of plywood rooms, got a
little help from two local bever-
age distributors: Great Lakes
Wines and Spirits (GLWS) and
Eastown Distributors. Each
company donated $5,000 to
help the department buy new
Fire Chief Derek Hillman, in white shirt and
firefighting equipment and uni- tie, is flanked to his right by Paul Quasarano
forms on Nov. 4.
of Eastown Distributors and to his left by
"Firefighters truly are heroes
Syd Ross of Great Lakes Wines and Spirits.
of our community. They put
their lives on the line every day,
and we're proud to support them and
resources themselves. Our firefighters
help them do their jobs safely," said Syd
work hard, and they put our families
Ross, co-owner of GLWS. "As a local
ahead of themselves every day for many
business, we see firsthand the outstand-
years. We are pleased we can repay some
ing work our firefighters do. They do
of their sacrifices and show our thanks."
their jobs bravely, professionally and they
The Highland Park Fire Department
ask for nothing in return; so this dona-
(HPFD) attracted widespread attention
tion is a small token of our thanks:'
in the region when its old building was
Ross, who lives in Bloomfield
condemned eight years ago, deemed
Township with his wife, Elizabeth, and is
uninhabitable in large part because
a member of Temple Emanu-El in Oak
lack of funds prevented much-needed
Park, has been in the beverage distribu-
upgrades.
tion business since 1978. His company
Forced to move out, the three dozen
delivers half of all spirits in the state.
firefighters, three fire trucks and one
Ross and his wife are well known
EMS vehicle moved into a makeshift
as founders of the Garden Party
facility with plywood rooms and a trailer
Foundation, which is maintained by the
for a kitchen. Though the HPFD has now
J. Lewis Cooper family and Elizabeth
relocated to a new facility built using fed-
and Sydney L. Ross Foundation. The
eral stimulus funds, it — like many fire
purpose of the Garden Party is to create
departments across the state — continues
a pleasant Sunday afternoon in June that to struggle amid declining local revenues
features the finest foods and wines. All
and still relies on donations, including
proceeds from the annual event support
receiving furniture from a 9-11 firefight-
multiple charities.
ers philanthropy based in New York
"Highland Park firefighters are hon-
As a Jew, I believe if you do well, you
have an obligation to give something
ored to serve our citizens, and we're
back," Ross said. "My neighbor, Paul
grateful to local businesses like Great
Quasarano, Eastown president, feels the
Lakes Wines and Spirits and Eastown
same way:'
Distributors for the strong support they
Quasarano said, "Highland Park's
show to our community," said Highland
Park Fire Chief Derek Hillman. "This
firefighters have done so much for our
community, even when they had so few
donation will help us get much-needed
equipment that will help us do
our jobs even better and keep
HIGHLAND PARK I
our firefighters safer during
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Great Lakes Wines and
I Spirits co-owner Syd Ross
tours the Highland Park
Fire Department with GLWS
executive vice president Lou
Grech-Cumbo and Highland
Park Fire Chief Derek Hillman.