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Valued Education

Hillel’s annual gala honors donors,
volunteers and distinguished alums.

Gabriella Burman | Special to the Jewish News

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rowing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, Beverly
Liss never dreamed her children and grand-
children would attend a Jewish day school.
Liss reflected on her gratitude for the gift of such
an education at Hillel Day School’s Annual Gala on
Sunday, May 22, at the school, where she and her
husband, Arthur, were honored with its Dream Maker
Award.
“We are truly blessed,” Beverly told a crowd of more
than 425. “Eight of our nine grandchildren attend a
Jewish day school. And the ninth, who is a baby, will,
too!”
Michael and Norma Dorman were honored with
the Jacob E. Segal Award, named for the late founding
rabbi of Hillel. The parents of four Hillel graduates,
they have worked tirelessly for the school.
“Everything we did, we did with love, for Hillel
helped us do what we did best — turn out four ment-
shes,” Norma said.
Distinguished Alumni Award recipients were
Dr. Ron Gaba, director of clinical and translational
research in radiology at the University of Illinois;
Elanah Nachman Hunger, a rising arts patron in
Detroit; and Charles Ornstein, a Pulitzer Prize-
winning journalist. The gala raised close to $100,000
for the school’s tuition assistance program.

Steve Freedman, Arthur and Beverly Liss, Norma and Michael Dorman,
and Todd Fink

Hillary and Larry Handler and Jeff and Leemor
Rotberg

Ira, Barbara, Zoe and Isabel Zaltz

Esther and Richard Zekman

Head of School Steve Freedman with
Distinguished Alumni honorees Dr. Ron
Gaba, Elanah Nachman Hunger (with
son Dorian) and Charlie Ornstein

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ORT And The City

Fundraiser draws a large, young crowd to the Eastern Market.

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Dorothy and Hershel Sandberg of Bloomfield
Township look at some silent auction items.

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Julie Marx of Bloomfield Hills, Sylvia
Wolf of West Bloomfield and Renee
Nadiv of Huntington Woods

Photos by Jerry Zolynsky

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early 400 people enjoyed a beautiful evening May 19 at ORT in
the City, a fundraiser to benefit ORT, one of the world’s largest
non-governmental education and training organizations. The ORT-
Michigan Region event, held in Shed 5 at Detroit’s Eastern Market, included
a silent auction of Detroit, fashion and art-themed items, including original
pieces of art by students from Detroit’s College for Creative Studies.
Guests enjoyed a strolling dinner provided by various food trucks and
watched a graffiti artist create a masterpiece that was for sale that evening,
while they mingled and talked.
Nicole Eisenberg, Cathy Forbes and Jessica Kwartowitz served as co-
chairs. More than $100,000 was raised for ORT projects, including the David
B. Hermelin ORT Resource Center in West Bloomfield that provides free
computer training to Michigan’s unemployed and underemployed who lack Rachel and Jeff Schostak of Birmingham
the requisite computer skills to find meaningful employment.

Shed 5 at the Eastern Market provided a perfect backdrop
for the ORT and the City fundraiser.

Diane Goldstein and Marlee Goldstein, both
of Bloomfield Hills, order some food from Tal
Sasson of Troy from the Pita Post food truck.

Nicole Miller, director, ORT America-Michigan
Region, with co-chairs Nicole Eisenberg of
Bloomfield Hills and Jessica Kwartowitz of
Huntington Woods

