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of the Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network

GAMES®& ARTSFEST®

Join us for the Michigan premiere

AUGUST 17-22, 2014

of filmmaker Keith Famie's

documentary

The Embrace of Aging

The female perspective of growing old

Calling All
Volunteers!

BRAVA, ANDI!

Join the Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy
Network's Grand Circle of Women as we
bestow the inaugural Dove Award to

Whether it means serving lunch or
coaching a team, the JCC Maccabi
& ArtsFest needs YOU!

Elizabeth Applebaum
Special to the Jewish News

S

ometimes life presents a
win-win situation, and
sometimes it's a win-win-
win-win-win.
In the case of the JCC Maccabi
Games &
14111 ArtsFest, it's
definitely
the latter,
says Miriam
Bergman
of West
Bloomfield,
co-chair of the
event's JCC
Miriam Bergman
Cares (which
coordinates
participants'
volunteer activities). The kids win,
the community wins and the volun-
teers win because it's a lot of fun, it
introduces them to new friends, and
no matter a volunteer's title, from a
chair of the entire program to the
person passing out water bottles,
"we all work together to create
something positive and, at the end
of the day, we can all shake hands
and say, 'Job well done:"
The JCC Maccabi Games &
ArtsFest will be Aug. 17-22 in
Detroit, and teen athletes and art-
ists from around the world are set
to attend. At least 1,000 volunteers
are needed, but volunteering doesn't

Yiddish Book Center
Gets National Honor
The Institute of Museum and Library
Services announced that the Yiddish
Book Center of Amherst, Mass., is
one of 10 recipients of this year's
National Medal for Museum and
Library Service. The field's highest
national honor will be presented in

mean working eight hours a day the
entire six days — or even knowing a
single thing about sports or art.
Men and women 18 and older are
needed for everything from serving
food to cheering on the athletes to
medical supervision, and time slots
range from one hour to 100.
One of the reasons Bergman likes
volunteering is because the Games/
ArtsFest offer something to every
participant, regardless of ability
(while there is competition, that is
not the focus of the program), and
watching Jewish teens from around
the world connect "is like nothing
else I've ever seen:' she says.
Volunteers are there every step of
the way.
Bergman helps "for the sheer joy
of putting something great together
for these kids to be able to experi-
ence:' The event showcases Metro
Detroit, "gives people the chance
to come together and connects the
community:' she says. "It takes a
whole village to make this happen:'
Bergman, whose professional
background is in health care, also
enjoys meeting other volunteers,
invariably "the most fascinating
people in the community; I learn a
lot from the people I work with" and
the chance to develop new skills.
To register as a volunteer for
the 2014 JCC Maccabi Games &
ArtsFest, visit www.2014detroit.org
or call (248) 432-5500. ❑

Washington, D.C., on May 8.
The Yiddish Book Center was
founded in 1980 by its current presi-
dent, Aaron Lansky, then a 24-year-
old graduate student of Yiddish lit-
erature. Some three decades later, the
organization has collected more than
a million irreplaceable Yiddish books.
Its website is Yiddishbookcenter.org .

Andi Wolfe

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014

THE BERMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

6:00 p.m. PATRON DINNER • SPONSORSHIPS FROM $180
7:30 r n m MOVIE SCREENING • AFTERGLOW DESSERT • TICKETS: $36

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Tribute Committee*

HOSPICE HERO

Dana Burnstein -, Judith & Stanley Frankel, Eleanor Jackier, Shelley & Joel Tauber, Larry Wolfe
EVERY DAY IS A GIFT

Elaine Beresh, Natalie Charach, Marjory Winkelman Epstein, Nancy Grosfeld, Janis Holcman,
Jackie & Larry Kraft, Terri° & Rob Roth, Joni Satovsky, Trudy Weiss

FOUNDER

Patti Aaron°, Barbara Cook, Sandy Muskovitz Danto°, Judith L. Elson, Pam Feinberg-Rivkin, Shaindy Freedman,
Paula Glazier°, Elayne H. Greenspan, Doreen Hermelin, Deborah Shayne Horowitz, Judy & Mark Kahn,
Sue° & Alan J. Kaufman, Hilary King and Phyllis Pilcowitz, Elaine Laker, Nicole and Matt Lester, Rachel Opperer,
ORT American - Michigan Region, Sonia & Keith Pomeroy, Marta Rosenthal, Schechter Investment Advisors,
Judi Schram, Senior Helpers (Barbara Roden), Lisa & Gary Shiffman, Temple Israel,
Ericka & Mathew Thacker and Family, Yolanda & David Tisdale, University of Michigan Health System,
Lisa & Dan Weiner, Forest° & Jeremy Wolfe and Family, Lois & Milton Zussman

PLATINUM

Beverly Liss & Susie Pappas, Myrna & Spencer Partrich, Carol Weintraub Fogel, Rosalie Rosen and Julie Wiener

GOLD

Barbara Bloom, Penny Blumenstein, Shaindle Braunstein Cohen, Norma & Michael Dorman,
Jean & Howard Dubin and Nancy & Mitch Kantor, Nancy Gershenson, Dorothy Gerson, Margot & Jerry Halperin,
Rose Handleman, Cis & Martin Kellman, Dr. Sylvia Koss, Elyse Jacobs & Mary Koss, Sally Krugel,
Lisa Lis and Florine Mark, Elaine Minkin & Kim Broner, Ellen & Jerald Minkin, Jo Elyn Nyman,
Ora H. Pescovitz & Daniel G. Walsh, Reva Rosen°, Peggy & Dr. Mark B. Saffer, Lillian Schwartz, Miriam Shenkman,
Julie & Eugene Sherizen, Libby Sklar, Marilyn & Jerry Soble, Nancy Triest, Julie & Rick Zussman

SILVER

Nina Dodge & Howard B. Abrams, Barbara & Peter Alter, Elaine L. Brickman, Stacy Brickman, Dee & Seymour Brode,
Gayle Burstein, Connie & James Colman, Gail Danto & Dr. Art Roffey, Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden,
Cathy & Jim Deutchman, Jan Dunn, Margie Dunn, Estelle Elkus, Ilene Emmer, Joan Chernoff Epstein,
Francee Ford, Linda & Stephen Hayman, Terri & Mark Goodman, Gilda & John Jacobs, Faye & Austin Kanter,
Helen Katz, Herb Kaufman, Aileen & Harvey Kleiman, Lin & Ron Klein, Linda Kovan, Zina Kramer,
Cheryl & Barry LaKritz, Marilyn B. Lantor, Rochelle & Dr. Arthur Lieberman, Roberta & Erwin Madorsky,
Cookie Markowitz & Elaine Markowitz, Sandy Matz, Marcie & Rob Orley, Lisa G. Rotter, Lynn Rubin,
Marsha Sakwa and Layne Sakwa, Hershel & Dorothy Sandberg, Liz Schubiner, Shirley & Dr. Jerold Shagrin,
Donna & Bob Slatkin, Roberta & Dennis Weber, !dell & Lawrence Weisberg

RUBY

Deborah Balkin, Ann Baruch, Janet Berman, Christine Beser, Holly & William Birndorf, Marlene & Paul Borman,
Harvey Bronstein, Lois P. Cohn, Miriam B. Colburn, Dottie Deremo, Linda Deutsch, Ardis Feldman,
Linda Feldman, Marcia & Roger Fenton, Rozie Friedman, Peggy M. Frank, Nancy Gad-Harf, Elayne Galin,
Beth Wolpin Gans, Suzy Gershenson, Lynda and Conrad Giles, Marilyn Goldberg, Linda Golden, Judy Goldsmith,
Jill Greenspan Gun, Jill Guz, Sharon Hart, Michelle Horowitz, Robyn, Bella and Benji Jacobson, Karen Kahn,
Ruth Kahn, Shari (Ferber) Kaufman, Roseanne Kukes, Carrie Kushner, Caren Landau, Gail Langer, Terran Leemis,
Debbie Levin, Randie B. Levin, Rena Lewis, Judy & Robert Liss, Deena Lockman, Sara Matz Manson, Sue Marx,
Jacqueline Milgrom, Laura Roby, Dulcie Rosenfeld, Linda & Leonard Sahn, Bluma Schechter, Jane Schelberg,
Barbara & Larry Schiff, Judi Schneider, Sydell & Douglas Schubot, Sandy Schwartz, Bonnie Serman Seligson,
Elaine Serman, Debbie Silber, Marilyn Silberman, Karen Simmons, Erika Singer, Teri Sinkoff, Carole Slotkin,
Sandy Stark, Eileen Thacker, Carolyn Schwarz Tisdale, Bonnie Topper-Bricker, Marilyn Victor,
Joyce & Jeffrey Weingarten, Barbara Weintraub, Dr. Margo Yellin Woll, Gail Young

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