metro

sion. For information and to file
an application, contact at (888)
888-2180 or www.
beitahavavetorah.com .

Ben's Purple Gang

M, T, W, F 10-6 • Thurs 10-8:00
Sat. 10-5:30 • Sun. 12-4

ORCHARD MALL • WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI

ORCHARD LAKE ROAD • NORTH OF MAPLE

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AUTHENTIC CHINESE CUISINE

MIDTOWN
4710 Cass Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201

UPTOWN
6407 Orchard Lake Road
(15 Mile & Orchard Lake)

313.974.7669

248.626.8585

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Pancreatic Cancer Walk
May 2 At Ford Field
Ben Konstantin married Julie Tracht-
Konstantin on July 14, 2012. When
they returned home
from their honey-
moon, Ben was hos-
pitalized with pancre-
atitis, which lingered
for weeks. Finally,
when Julie was 11
weeks pregnant, Ben
Ben
was diagnosed with
Konstantin
pancreatic cancer. He
passed away on July
13, 2013, one day before their first wed-
ding anniversary. Their daughter,
Sammy, was 3 months old at the time.
Ben fought hard to beat his cancer.
But awareness and funds supporting
pancreatic cancer are low: In the United
States, only 7 percent of people diag-
nosed with the disease will survive more
than five years, and it is predicted that
by 2020, pancreatic cancer will surpass
breast and colorectal cancer to become
the second-leading cause of cancer-
related deaths in this country.
Join Ben's Purple Gang, and other
teams named in honor and memory
of pancreatic cancer patients, at 9:30
a.m. Saturday, May 2, for PurpleStride
Detroit 2015, a one-mile family-friendly
walk at Detroit's Ford Field organized by
the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
The goal of the walk and the network,
which holds walks in communities
around the country, is to know, fight
and end pancreatic cancer.
Help create encouragement for those
affected by pancreatic cancer, much-
needed awareness and funds for grants,
advocacy efforts and federal research.
Early detection can save lives. To join
Ben's Purple Gang, make a contribution
or learn more about pancreatic cancer,
visit purplestride.org/Detroit.

Payments Are Available
For Ghetto Survivors
The Federal Social Court of Germany
has recently recognized that labor in a
ghetto meets the conditions for a pen-
sion payable to Holocaust survivors who
worked in a ghetto that was under Nazi
influence.
Heirs of survivors who died after
2002 may also be eligible for this pen-

Adat Shalom's
SYNergy Shabbat
Features Mideast,
Holocaust Scholar
The April SYNergy Shabbat at
Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills will feature Dr.
Stephen Berk, the
Henry and
Sally Schaffer
Professor of
Holocaust and
Jewish studies
at Union
College in
Stephen Berk
Schenectady,
N.Y., an expert
on the Holocaust, the Middle East,
Russia and a variety of Jewish subjects.
Following a lively Shabbat Rocks
Service at 6 p.m. on Friday, there will be
a Shabbat dinner and a presentation by
Berk on "Middle East in Crisis: Israel,
Iran and the United States"
On Shabbat afternoon after Kiddush
he will discuss: "The Holocaust
Revisited: 70 years After the Liberation
of Auschwitz We Know Things We
Didn't Know Before':
Other special SYNergy offer-
ings include a 9:45 Shabbat morn-
ing Torah study session with Rabbi
Aaron Bergman on "The Real Story
of the Omer:' Soulful Yoga with Rabbi
Rachel Shere at 10 a.m. and "Exploring
Prayer" with Adat Shalom's Steinsaltz
Ambassadors following the sermon.
There is a Friday night dinner charge
of $48 per household or $20 per adult;
$10/child 3-12; no charge under 3.
There is no charge for other program-
ming. The community is welcome.
Complete details and RSVP informa-
tion are available at www.
adatshalom.org. Click on the box at the
bottom of the home page for a printable
invitation. For further information, call
(248) 851-5100.

Beth El Hosts Series
On End-Of-Life Issues
Attorney Andrew J. Broder and Rabbis
Mark Miller and Daniel Syme
from Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield
Township will present
"End-of-Life Decision
Making: The Law,
Jewish Tradition and
Practical Concerns:'
Sessions will be
Andrew
held twice daily
Broder
at 12:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m. on five
Wednesdays beginning April 29. Each