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PRESENTS

Ambassador

Danil
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former U. Ambassador t Israel and Egypt

Peace l!uzzle:
Americar,Miest
for Arab-Israeli-Oeace

Kari and Eddie Alterman

Tuesday, Februally 25, 2014

7:30 p.m.

The Berman Crer for he Performing Arts
Jewish Comm nit — 4nte West Bloomfi9.14:1 -

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Achieving peace in the Middle East may seem as improbable as
putting together a puzzle with more than a million blank pieces.
But in fact, possibilities for peace were often closer than anyone
could have imagined - and still exist.

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\Ain_us_a,s-AV/bassador Daniel Kurtzer reveals the
s in which
presidential athninistrations have (or have not) moved tal forward;
the misunderstandings, ignorance and lost opportunities th t have
plagued the negotiations; and the true impediments to pek e .

Dessert reception, book sale and signing
fallowing the program

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A Match Made In Federation
Kari and Eddie Alterman, married 15
years this June, met on a date Eddie's
mother, Sharon, arranged. "Can you
imagine, I met Eddie's mother first:'
Kari admits with a smile. "I was an
intern working in community out-
reach at Federation, and it didn't take
long for Sharon (then Federation's
archivist) to ask if I were dating any-
one and if she could fix me up with
her son!
I demurred as best as I could, but
Eddie and I had friends in common
who both agreed we'd be a good
match. So there we were: on our first
date and we both just knew. We were

done! We had found 'the one We still
joke about it. We now know that our
fathers knew each other from the day
my dad came to this country in 1948
— it was simply meant to be."
The close family ties and shared
community commitments that drew
Kari and Eddie together from the start
have drawn them ever closer as they've
built their careers and family together.
Eddie is editor-in-chief of Car
and Driver magazine and Kari is the
Detroit regional director of American
Jewish Committee. Their daughters,
Noa, 12, and Adina, who turns 10 this
month, attend Hillel Day School in
Farmington Hills.

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Helen and Manny Hauer

Is en owed ky a generous gift from Cis Maisel Kellman.

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February 13 • 2014

To Jewish Senior Life:
L'Chaim
Manny and Helen Hauer have been
married 73 years. They still hold hands
watching TV together in their Coville
Apartment. Manny is 103 years young;
Helen is a remarkable 96.
Born in Czechoslovakia, they both
came to Detroit before the war, around
1938. Both lost most of their family in
the Holocaust. Manny was living with his
sister, and Helen was living with her aunt
when the two met.
Married in 1940, Manny and Helen
raised a daughter and two sons in Oak
Park where they lived for 36 years. They
moved into Meyers Apartment the year

it opened in West Bloomfield 11 years
ago. In April 2013, they moved to Coville
Assisted Living Apartments to better
accommodate their needs.
"I don't care where we go," says Manny
about the relocation, "as long as we live
together." Manny and Helen have five
grandchildren and three great-grandchil-
dren. If there's a secret to the longevity of
their marriage, consider Manny's advice:
"Walk daily and eat healthy"
Manny should know: He's a gold med-
alist in the state's Senior Olympics for
ages 90+ in the 1,500 meter race-walk.

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Vivian Henoch is editor of myjewishdetroit.
org, where this story first appeared.

