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Do Not Forget

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leanor Winters’ exhibit, A la Mémoire
des Enfants Déportés, premiered at
the Holocaust Memorial Center in
Farmington Hills on International Holocaust
Remembrance Day, Jan. 27.
The New York City- and Paris-based cal-
ligraphic artist was joined by more than 200
community members at the opening, which
included a reception with Winters, followed
by an artist talk and presentation. Sponsored
by PNC Wealth Management, music was
provided by Detroit Chamber Winds and
Strings.
The exhibition, on display through May 15,

includes calligraphic artwork honoring the
11,400 French Jewish children deported and,
for many, murdered from 1942-1944. The
pieces are inspired by the 300 or so plaques
erected on the facades of schools in Paris that
the children had attended. Winters’ message
shines on each one: Ne les oublions jamais
(We must never forget them).
The exhibit is supported by Janice and
Chris Billmeyer, Pamela and Kenneth Bloom,
Rozanne and Bernard Friedman, Sue and
Nelson Hersh, Michael Liebowitz, Anita
and Kenneth Volk, and Henrietta and Alvin
Weisberg.

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Photos by Esther Lange

Holocaust center opens exhibit honoring French Jewish children.

Artists Eleanor Winters and Leendert
Van Der Pool

Docent and an exhibit sponsor Michael
Liebowitz and Judith Aaron

Ron Elkus, Andrea
and Stefan Dallakian,
Doris and Eric Billes

Sharon Banks,
Melissa Liverman
Gitlin and Cynthia
Rubin

Chicken Soup! Shir Shalom’s annual cook-off draws more than 500 soup lovers.

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28 February 18 • 2016

Photos by Jerry Zolynsky

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here’s no better way to warm up on a cold
January afternoon than enjoying a bowl of hot,
savory soup. Temple Shir Shalom’s sixth annual
fundraiser, the Chicken Soup Cook-Off, certainly fit
the bill on Jan. 31 at The Corners in West Bloomfield.
More than 500 attendees walked the circumfer-
ence of the room, sampling soups from numerous
restaurants as well as individuals and families from the
temple.
Chicken noodle and matzah ball soups were popu-
lar, but also served were chicken chili, chicken rice
soup, Chicken Soup Pot Pie and Spicy Chicken Tortilla.
Aside from soup, each participating chef also brought
an additional gallon of soup to be donated and served
at local homeless shelters.
The 2016 amateur winners were chicken noodle,
Jessica Woll; matzah ball, David Grossman; and
contemporary, Danette Willner. For the Professional
Division: chicken noodle, Market Basket of Franklin,
and contemporary, Cutting Edge Cuisine. Best decorat-
ed table, Jessica Woll. The 2016 People’s Choice Award
went to David Grossman.
Thanks go to sponsor restaurants and temple mem-
bers who helped make the event possible.
Co-Chair Terri Cooper says, “We have an amazing
group of volunteers. We get volunteers of all ages, and
they all have a blast working and sampling soups. It
takes a tremendous amount of organization and work,
but it is such a fun and rewarding day.”

Becca Bershad of West Bloomfield, People’s Choice
Award winner David Grossman of Franklin and Terri
Cooper of Bloomfield Hills

The crowd at the Chicken Soup Cook-Off at Shir Shalom

Noah Sherbin and
Ellie Moskowitz, both
17 and of Bloomfield
Hills, deliver soup to
the judges, including
Jim Barnett of West
Bloomfield, Ron Elkus
of Huntington Woods
and Jan Jacobs of
Beverly Hills (back to
camera).

Hayden Dorfman, 13, of West
Bloomfield has eaten a lot of
soup.

Volunteer Phil Smith of West
Bloomfield serves up some
hot chicken soup.

