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LYUDVIGA COUTURE
NEW YEAR’S OVERSTOCK SALE
SEND US YOUR
SIMCHAH SNAPS
Share the joy of your simchah with the community in JN’s
March 24 Celebrate! issue.
We’re inviting readers to send in photos from their wed-
dings, bar/bat mitzvahs, brit milah, baby namings and other
ceremonies from 2014-2015 for our annual “Community
Portraits” feature.
Photos must be high-resolution jpgs (500k-1mb) and not taken
by a professional.
Email photos by March 4 to jheadapohl@renmedia.us along
with a caption that identifies the people in the photo, their city of
residence, the ages of any children pictured, and the date and place of the event.
Any questions? Call (248) 351-5110.
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BOND HONOREES
Detroit residents Lori and Steven Weisberg
received the Israel68 Award at the Israel
Bonds International Prime Minister’s Club
Dinner held Jan. 31 in Boca Raton, Fla. The
Weisbergs were one of 13 honorees from
across North America recognized by Israel
Bonds for exemplary efforts on behalf of
Israel and their respective Jewish communi-
ties. More than $250 million in Israel bond
investments were announced at the event.
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B’NAI B’RITH TO FETE PAST PRESIDENT
Michigan
Jewish Sports
Foundation
Peter Perlman
B’rith Great Lakes Region will present the 2016 International
Guardian of the Menorah Award to Peter A. Perlman,
Wednesday evening, March 16, at a dinner in his honor at Tam-
O-Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield.
Guest speaker will be Dan Mariachin, executive vice presi-
dent, B’nai B’rith International. The emcee will be journalist Lila
Lazarus. Rabbi Joshua Bennett from Temple Israel will provide
the invocation and benediction.
Tickets are $125 per person; sponsorship opportunities are
available. For information, call (248) 646-3100.
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High School Athletic Seniors
starting college 2016
APPLY NOW
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation
$1,000 up to 5 scholarships in total
APPLICATION DUE APRIL 1, 2016
Apply at:
www.michiganjewishsports.org
For more information about our STARS
scholarship program call
248.592.9323 or 248.763.1438
David J. Blatt executive director
The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation (MJSF) is a
501(c)(3) philanthropic organization committed to the
support of cancer charities and bettering the lives of children.
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FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE
WINS GRANT
Friendship Circle’s Lessons For Life 2.0
program has been awarded $50,000 by
the Dresner Foundation.
Lessons For Life (L4L) is a life skills
program that utilizes the Friendship
Circle’s unique Weinberg Village that
provides students with special needs
extensive life skills learning oppor-
tunities. This program fills the gap
between classroom learning and real-
world experience.
Since the 2005 opening of
Friendship Circle’s Farber Kaufman
Lifetown on Meer Family Friendship
Center, 10,000 students from 200
schools and 50 school districts have
participated in the L4L program.
Lessons For Life 2.0 (LFL 2.0) is a
more robust version of L4L, which
includes the creation of individualized
The Lessons for Life program teaches
life skills.
lessons for each student directed to
his or her IEP, tracking of progress of
each individual student and reporting
against their predetermined goals.
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