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Donor Day Fur.

ADAS SHALOM
FOUNDERS

Adat Shalom's sisterhood hosts
day of shopping and onstage
conversation.

dat Shalom's Sisterhood Donor Day drew
an enthusiastic crowd for a delightful day
of shopping, a terrific lunch and the high-
light of the afternoon — an onstage conversation
with Hungry Girl Lisa Lillien and former WXYZ-TV
reporter Cheryl Chodun.
The May 12 event raised funds for the sisterhood's
many projects and brought together 300 women of
all ages to hear about the Hungry Girl's latest book,
The Hungry Girl Diet Cookbook and much more. ❑

Co-chairs Sue Lutz of West Bloomfield, Danielle
Ruskin of Novi and Jennifer Freedland of West
Bloomfield, far right, with featured speaker Lisa
Lillien, center, and emcee Cheryl Chodun

Executive Director Alan Yost of Farmington Hills visited with Norma
Dorman of West Bloomfield and Joyce Weingarten of Bloomfield Hills.

Sisterhood's Gift Shop displayed its wares: Lillian
Schostak, center, of Huntington Woods and Carol Vieder of
West Bloomfield showed a new item to Lisa Clayton, also of
West Bloomfield.

Terrific trio: Jodi Dunsky and Harriet Dunsky, both of
Bloomfield Hills, with Cindy Babcock of Royal Oak.

Book signing: Rita Sitron of Farmington
Hills with author Lisa Lillien.

Sharing The Spark
_park Aish Detroit brings mission leader's wisdom back home to Detroit.

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fter 85 Detroit moms spent nine
days in Israel hearing from amazing
educators, they are paying it for-
ward by bringing some of those same speakers
from their trip back to Detroit.
"We came back on fire because of the
amazing talks we heard" says Jennifer Arkin
Camens, a trip participant.
"We wanted our friends to have that same
opportunity to experience Jewish wisdom
from these educators we heard on our trip,"
says Rachel Frawley, another participant.
The trip leader was Nili Couzens, who runs
the Jewish Life seminars in Philadelphia. She
spoke at an evening program at Aish Detroit

on May 18 and during a women's lunch and
learn at the home of Mary Aaron on May 19,
which drew nearly 100 women.
"Nili Couzens changed the way I look at my
marriage and my role as a Jewish mom for the
better:' said Gina Walters. "I am a better per-
son through her talks, and I was so excited to
bring my husband to hear her wisdom."
Couzens said, "My goal is that people
should see Judaism as relevant and fun and
meaningful, and how they choose to express
that is between them and God. If Jews don't
like being Jewish, if Jews don't see Judaism
as a source of light, they are just not going to
want to keep it."

Lainie Bauer, Franklin; Mindy Blumberg, Farmington Hills;
Henna Milworn, Southfield; and Laura Katz, Farmington Hills

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Emily Morgan, Huntington Woods; Marci Spector, Farmington Hills;
Joane Arkin, Waterford; Jennifer Arkin Camens and Julie Adelson,
both of West Bloomfield; and Jennifer Dudovitz and Rachel Katz, both
of Huntington Woods

Speaker Nili Couzens of Philadelphia, Jennifer
Arkin Camens of West Bloomfield and Estie
Tolwin of Huntington Woods

Jodie Heicklen of Huntington Woods, Mary
Aaron of Bloomfield Hills and Lisa Chaben of
West Bloomfield