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First Annual Fundraiser

B'nai B'rith
"roasts and toasts" local B'nai B'rith program director.

B

loch/Israel Unit of B'nai B'rith
hosted its first Annual Roast,
Toast & Tribute on July 20 at Big
Tommy's Parthenon in Novi. The fundraising
event honored Bobbie Levine, B'nai B'rith
Great Lakes Region's program director.
Nearly 90 attended, including family,
friends and B'nai B'rith leadership from as
far away as Chicago, Indiana, North Carolina
and Georgia. Unit President Myrna Fisher
welcomed everyone, and Region President
Stuart Novick expressed greetings.

After a buffet lunch, Levine's B'nai B'rith
colleagues, family and friends took turns
roasting and toasting her for her dedica-
tion and service to the organization for 27
years. Bloch/Israel Unit presented her with
a Woman of Valor Plaque, and she was
also presented a citation from B'nai B'rith
International President Allan Jacobs and
Executive Vice President Dan Mariaschin.
Proceeds from this event will benefit the
ongoing programs and projects of B'nai
B'rith. ❑

Peter Perlman and wife, Carrie; Gerry Corlin; Terrie and David Kahan; Steve Zorn
and wife, Lila Zorn; and Stuart Novick, current regional president

Bobbie Levine and Myrna Fisher, Bloch/
Israel Unit president

Bobbie Levine with her daughter, Audrey,
granddaughters, Tali and Ariele

Bobbie Levine listens to "roasters" Fran White, Jerry Olson and Nita
Stearn.

Seniors At Camp

I

t was a cool but heartwarming
week when Jewish Senior Life
hosted older adults at the Butzel
Conference Center in Ortonville. Many
JSL residents from the West Bloomfield
and Oak Park campuses enjoyed boat-
ing, playing games, doing craft projects
and singing around a campfire.
One group attended the camp pro-
gram for three straight days, staying in
cabins, while another group had one

A few days in nature during JSL outing in Ortonville energizes older adults.

day full of programs and activities.
Trudy Steam, 94, was instrumental in
supporting the original Fresh Air Camp
when she was a young married woman.
"It was our job to raise money to send
kids to camp," she says.
Detroit's Isaac Agree Downtown
Synagogue was named after her grand-
father, Isaac Agree. Her father, Nathan
Agree, owned the Detroiter Hotel on
Woodward and Adelaide. "Salesmen

came here and they had nowhere to say
kaddish, so my family secured a place
on Griswold and started the Downtown
Synagogue," she says. Her three sons
had attended Tamarack.
Rose Breitberg, 93, enjoyed the
nature walks and art projects. She and
three others used a paddle boat for the
first time. "We didn't know how to do
it, but we had fun," says Breitberg, who
has eight grandchildren and 17 great-

grandchildren. At camp, the staff is
great; the food is wonderful!'
Shelly, 67, and Jerry Order, 71, Oak
Park residents, attended camp for three
days. They loved the camp tour and
the petting zoo. They consider going to
camp to be a "vacation:'
"We are treated like gold!' Shelly says.
"The programs and staff are marvelous
and caring."

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Senior adults enjoy singing around the campfire.

Enjoying a canoe ride at camp

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August 21 • 2014

JSL CEO Rochelle Upfal, back, shmoozes with Rose Breitberg,
Sarah Kreisman, Galina Shein and Yauheniya Zianouka.

Three seniors plus an JSL intern, right,
have fun on the lake.