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Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning
Engaging course of study that brings Judaism alive!
Miles Eichenhorn will again
participate in ArtsFest. Here he
plays Brundibar in a Michigan Opera
Theatre performance.
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• Learning for pleasure not pressure
He also is excited about showing
off his hometown. He's thinking of
coney islands as an introduction to
local cuisine.
"A lot of people have misconcep-
tions about the inner city, so I want
them to see the city:' he said. "We
have museums, and here's where cars
are made. I'm excited to show all the
cool activities and places you can
explore:'
Miles' mom, Emily Eichenhorn, is
preparing to host for a second time.
Her family hosted in 2008, before
Miles was old enough to participate.
Four kids from Philadelphia flopped
at her house.
"My children thought it was neat
to have these 'big kids' staying in our
house," she said. "It opened our eyes
to the Maccabi program generally,
and I enjoyed being part of the pro-
cess, welcoming people to town:'
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Tuesday, August 12 - 6:45 p.m.
Max M. Fisher Federation Building
Bloomfield Hills
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Thursday, August 14 9:30 a.m.
Jewish Community Center
West Bloomfield
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There is no charge for "A Taste of Melton"
Open to anyone in the Community
New Melton classes beginning
in September
Trying New Things
Charlie Gertner, 15, is used to cellu-
loid, but he's got the stage chops, too.
Last year, he did musical theater at
ArtsFest with Eichenhorn.
And while he loves acting and had
considered culinary arts in this year's
ArtsFest, Charlie decided to go out
for baseball.
"I wanted to try something new;
that's what Maccabi is, trying to do
something you wouldn't do on a typi-
cal day and do it with people with the
same passion:' Charlie said.
The West Bloomfield sophomore,
who will attend Oakland Early
College next fall, has been working
as an extra in local film productions,
including It Follows and Homerun
Showdown, in which he played a
baseball player.
•Tuesday evenings in Bloomfield Hills
•Wednesdays mornings in West Bloomfield
•Thursday evenings in West Bloomfield
Tuition per year: $630
Young Adult Tuition: $495 (under 40)
Couples Discount: $50 per couple
Scholarships available
Register by August 15 to receive a $50 discount
For information or to RSVP for
"A Taste of Melton" call (248) 205-2557
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Charlie Gertner switched from
ArtsFest to Maccabi baseball for
this year's Games.
Gertner remembered his host fam-
ily in California last summer: "They
brought us in like we were their
own family" and showed off a bit of
Southern California — enough to
instill Gertner with a desire to move
there.
"I'm hoping to give people the
same experience I was given in
California last year," he said.
Charlie's mom, Susan Gertner,
says the California host family called
before the Games to introduce them-
selves, sent her photos throughout
the week and, in general, were won-
derful.
Gertner, executive director of
National Council of Jewish Women-
Greater Detroit Section, is hosting
for the first time with her husband,
Joel. Hosting is required of families of
participants.
Breakfast And Basketball
Dylan Backalar is playing basketball
as a Maccabi Games athlete for a sec-
ond time. Last year, the sophomore
went to Austin with Detroit's basket-
ball contingent. He loved it.
"I went into Maccabi knowing
nobody and ended up making a ton
of friends from our delegation and
from other states:' he said. "It was fun
getting to play people from around
the country and from other parts of
the world:'
Backalar of Farmington Hills is
still in touch with his host family in
Texas. The mom, he says, was awe-
some.
"I loved waking up in the morn-
ing because my host mom gave us so
many choices for breakfast," he says.
"She went above and beyond:'
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