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PHOTOS BY JEFF AISEN
On April 25, more than 150 people attended the Bright Nights Community
Forum Series event, “Understanding Bipolar Disorder,” held at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. The event was hosted by the Heinz C.
Prechter Bipolar Research Program at the University of Michigan, in collabo-
ration with Kadima. The event included a presentation by Melvin McInnis,
M.D., research director for the Prechter Research Program, followed by a
panel discussion where the experts answered audience questions.
The program provided highlights from research advances on the causes
and treatments for bipolar disorder. There was a large resource area as
well with various organizations represented to share information. This was
the first time that Kadima and the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research
Program partnered on an educational event. •
Panelists: Dr. Melvin McInnis, M.D., U-M Prechter program; Mike Buatti, NAMI (National Alliance
on Mental Illness); Jean Nemenzik, LMSW, Kadima clinical director; Nicole Lawson, Ph.D.,
Oakland Community Health Network; David Marshall, Ph.D., U-M Prechter program; and Sue
O’Shea, Ph.D.
Michelle Malamis of Kadima and Kat Bergman
of U-M Prechter program
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The 25th Annual Jewish Senior Life
Eight Over Eighty celebration was
held on Sunday, April 29, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington
Hills. The silver anniversary event
honored eight extraordinary older
adults, all over the age of 80, with
the “Tikkun Olam – Repairing the
World Award,” the Jewish commu-
nity’s highest honor for older adults.
More than 500 people attended.
Honorees Harriet Berg, Barbara
Goodman, Ellen Magar, Edith
Maniker, Robert Lask, Alvin
Saperstein, Dr. Manuel Sklar and
George Stern represented a cross-
section of community activists and
difference-makers.
Each honoree was paired with a
junior from Frankel Jewish Academy
who acted as the honoree’s student
biographer and presented their
honoree to the crowd. The 2018
FJA student biographers were Sam
Gawel, Bennett Grosinger, Sofia
Klein, Aviva Levi, Aviva Lupovitch,
Max Rybak, Jordan Salesin and
Stephanie Snover.
This silver anniversary event was
also marked with a reunion of past
Eight Over Eight honorees.
The event raised $230,000
to support the Jewish Senior Life
Quality of Life Fund, including sup-
port for the JSL Food Program,
which provides food subsidies for
low-income older adults. •
2005 Honoree Lou Berlin with daughter Joyce
Weingarten and 2017 Honoree Dr. Stuart Falk
with wife, Lois
JSL Board President Lowell Salesin with 2018
Honoree George Stern
Julie Zussman and Jim Zack, Kadima board
members
Presenter and FJA student Aviva Levi on stage with the 2018 honorees
Volunteers at the
Friendship Circle
resource table
Kadima Executive
Director Eric Adelman
and Jonathan Modiano,
Kadima board member
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There was a crowd of more than 500 at Adat
Shalom.
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FJA student Sofia Klein with 2018 Honoree
Edith Maniker