DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com theJEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz F. Kevin Browett Publisher / Executive Editor Chief Operating Officer Row-A-Thon Fights Childhood Obesity The first annual indoor Row-a-Thon fun- draiser for the Jordan Levin Childhood Obesity Foundation will begin at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 8, at CrossFit Bloomfield/ Fitness Innovation Team, 799 and 795A Industrial Court, Bloomfield Township. Participants will row in teams of four in beginner and advanced divisions. Beginners will row 10,000 meters. Advanced will row 20,000 meters. Kids are welcome. If you do not have a team, you can be paired with one. Money raised will help the foundation prevent childhood obesity The overall focus is to help economically challenged kids and families to be healthy. Cost to enter is $20 per person. 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Free festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the Beth Ahm playground with games, crafts and more. Bring a dairy picnic dinner. Then, showcase culinary and creative skills during the ultimate Shavuot cake decorating contest; cake and supplies will be provided. Take 20 minutes to design and decorate a cake based on one of the following biblical themes: Creation, Noah's ark, Joseph's dream, receiving the Torah or crossing the sea. Prizes and sweet treats will finish the night. Contact Elissa Berg at (248) 851-6880 or eberg@cbahm.org with questions or to RSVP. Adult learning with Rabbi Steven Rubenstein and Professor Howard Lupovitch will begin at 8 p.m. Discussion Group Probes Jewish History, Folklore For those addicted to Jewish history, folklore or fairy tales, a small discus- sion group is forming to share some of the curious stories of Jews who changed the world or were changed by it. Connie Harris Consider the true adventures of a Jewish pope and his love affair with a beautiful countess. Or the prime minister who influ- enced a queen and made her an empress. Or the midrash about the prophet Elijah who warned a bridegroom that he was about to lose his soul. And maybe even a character or two whose lives are more interesting than their biblical descriptions suggest. Connie Harris, author of The Way Jews Lived (available at the Baldwin Library in Birmingham) and donor of the Jewish Heritage Collection at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will lead the discus- sion. The group will meet five Mondays beginning June 16, 11 a.m.-noon. Another group will also repeat the session on five Tuesdays beginning June 17, 11 a.m.-noon. The location will be a condo in downtown Birmingham. The cost $3 per session will be donated to the Jewish Federation. For reservations and information, call (310) 994 7295. kbrowett®renmedia.us Keith Farber Sales Director kfarber®renmedia.us Senior Account Executive Melissa Litvin Account Executives Wendy Flusty Annette Kizy Joanne Levine Ilene Lubin Sales Manager Assistant Lisa Wren BUSINESS OFFICES Billing Coordinator Pamela Turner Collections Analyst Hazel Bender Production By FARAGO & ASSOCIATES Manager Scott Drzewiecki Designers Amy Pollard Pam Sherevan Michelle Sheridan Susan Walker PUBLISHED BY: RENAISSANCE AMEDIA Chairman Michael H. Steinhardt President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Chief Operating Officer F. Kevin Browett kbrowett@renmedia.us QUICK CLICK ... Vignettes From The JN Archives Controller Craig R. Phipps Hechtman Apartments Adam Mosseri Detroit Jewish News Foundation Fellow K — let's face the facts. Most of us would like to remain young forever. But, we all know that we are going to be senior citi- zens, sooner or later. And, our lifestyles will change. On Sept. 12, 1982, there was a groundbreaking for a new residential center for seniors at Drake and Maple roads in Bloomfield Hills. There were three major benefactors for the project, including Samuel and Lillian Hechtman. Samuel Hechtman was a Russian immigrant who moved to Detroit in 1935 and became a successful busi- nessman. He had various enterprises, and was a founder of the American Savings & Loan Association in Detroit. Beginning in 1967, Hechtman was also a long-time, key volunteer for the Jewish Federation Apartments building program. Samuel Hechtman, whose volunteer labors have spearheaded the Jewish Federation Apartments building program since 1967, will be honored together with his wife Lillian in the naming of the JFA's Phase III in West Bloom- field. The Samuel and Lillian Hechtman Apartments, toward which the couple has given a $500,000 gift, will rise on the Maple-Drake site where the Jewish Community Center is located and the Holocaust Memorial Center is under construction. Hechtman chaired the building com- mittees for both structures, as well as phases I and II of Jewish Federation Apartments in Oak Park. In announcing the couple's gift and the naming of the three-story structure in their honor, JFA President Shel- don Winkelman said thb designation of Hechtman Apart- ments "could not be a more appropriate way of recognizing the Hechtmans' many contributions to his community." A former presidt of Jewish Federation Apart- ments, Hechtman has played a major role in the Jewish/I/community. His wife Lillian is active in a , number of Jewish organiza- tions, including Hadassah, ORT and the sisterhood of Adat Shalom Synagogue. Hechtman is a member of the Jewish Welfare Federa- tion Board of Governors and has been active in the Allied Jewish Campaign. He co- chaired the building com- mittee for Federation Apartments' first two phases, and is co-chairman for the third phase. He also is a board member of the Jewish Corn- i w ity Center. In 1982, Samuel and Lillian donated $500,000 to develop one of three phases of the senior residences at Drake and Maple. We now know it as the Lillian and Samuel Hechtman Apartment complex. 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