"The Fox Run maintenance
staff is just wonderful.
No matter what you need,
they'll take care of it."
A friendship that spans the generations
Paula learned that she was longtime
friends with his grandmother Fanny
Zuckerman of West Bloomfield, also
a Holocaust survivor from Poland.
A limo from angel 24/7 Limo and
Ground Transportation picked Paula
up at her door and brought her to
MEX on Maple and Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township, where Noah
and his family were waiting to greet
her with flowers.
A Friendship Is Born
Paula hugged Noah, "I'm so honored
and overwhelmed:' she said. "This is
the generation that we must teach to
be kind to each other to make a bet-
ter world."
Noah, a young gentleman, pulled
out the chair for Paula, and they
got to know each other better over
lunch. "How did you survive the
Holocaust?" asked Noah, who seems
wise beyond his years.
"I don't know why I survived and
my family did not," said Paula, whose
family perished in the Shoah when
she was only 13. Paula survived a
Polish ghetto and four concentra-
tion camps before she was liberated,
sick and weak from Bergen-Belsen
in 1945. Sharing the story of her
survival at HMC is "what keeps her
going," she said.
"Soon there will be no survivors
left," she said. "We must leave a leg-
acy. When I am in front of an audi-
ence, the people inspire me. I have
a box of letters from people who say
I have transformed their lives, and
that they will always treat people
with love and justice:'
Noah asked Paula if he could
come hear her speak, and she said
yes, even though usually she talks
to young people who are around 13.
"Noah seems very mature," she said.
"He can absorb my story and teach
other people that we must love and
respect each other to make a better
world. That we must never allow it to
happen again."
Noah also wanted to know why
Paula always wears hats.
"To honor my mother," said Paula,
who has about 20 hats and never
leaves home without one. "She
always wore one, and now so do I."
Noah asked Paula about her fam-
ily. Paula, twice widowed, has two
daughters, a granddaughter and two
great-grandchildren. She told Noah
about meeting her husband in a dis-
placed person's camp.
They also talked about the war
in Israel and the need to pray for
peace, pets, their favorite colors and
the things they liked to do for fun.
(Noah likes climbing trees and riding
bikes; Paula likes reading and keep-
ing up on the news).
"Would you like to be a part of my
family?" Noah asked.
"I would love to be:' Paula said,
embracing Noah and his sister Sarah.
"What a remarkable young man
Noah is," said Paula after the lunch.
"I'm so grateful that he represents
our next generation." ❑
—Joyce Tubben, Fox Run resident
Living maintenance-free at Fox Run, Joyce finally has the
time and opportunity to focus on what she loves—spending
time with friends. Since all of her home repairs and upkeep
are completely taken care of, Joyce has plenty of time for fun.
Her friends and neighbors at Fox Run love visiting Joyce's
beautiful apartment home—not to mention sampling her
delicious desserts.
If you are a Jewish child
between the ages of 7-11 who has
a dream to perform a mitzvah
but don't know how to do it, or
are a member of the community
or business owner who would
like to be on call as an angel to
make those dreams come true,
send a letter to:
Angels and Dreamers
cio the Jewish News
29200 Northwestern Highway,
Suite 110
Southfield, MI 48034.
Learn more about independent
retirement living at Fox Run in Novi.
Call 1-800-947-6036 today
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