PHOTOS BY RON STANG

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No Place
Like Home
for Windsor
Reunion

RON STANG SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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Windsor, Ontario

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here really was no place like home for
325 people who traveled — some thou-
sands of miles — to attend the first in
memory Windsor Jewish Community Reunion
Saturday, Oct. 20.
Eight decades of people, from ages 19 to
93, attended to pay tribute to “Jewish life in
our small but mighty hometown,” said event
co-chair Karen Rosenbaum, originally of
Windsor and now of Atlanta, Ga.
As guests mingled, an overhead screen
showed photos from years of local Jewish
life while music from those decades played.
Meanwhile, guests renewed acquaintances,
some of whom they hadn’t seen since child-
hood.
Rosenbaum told the crowd that their collec-
tive lives had been shaped by values “instituted
in us by our many Windsor Hebrew school
teachers, rabbis, Camp Yomee counselors, and
AZA and BBG youth group advisers.”
Amy Whiteman, the other co-chair, from
Windsor and now of Toronto, announced the
honorary award for the oldest attendee: Sam
Orechkin, celebrating 94 years next month. ■

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LEFT TOP TO BOTTOM: 1. Marsha Petrozzi Gordon
of Birmingham, Iris Shulman and Janet Lyubarsky
Lebenbaum of Windsor, and Karen Flagg of Toronto.
2. Mike and Roz Breshgold of Windsor, Barbara Cheifetz
of Windsor, Heather Cheifetz of Toronto, Selma and Alan
Cheifetz, both of Oakville, Ont. 3. Marc Katzman, Marilee
Marcotte, Jerry Goldberg and Mel Katzman, all of Windsor,
and Alan Wiser of San Diego. 4. Lisa Matthews of Toronto,
Rabbi Miriam Jerris of Detroit, Leslie Matthews and Beth
Weingarden of Toronto, and Lauree Baum of Windsor.
5. Alan Berger of Windsor, Barry Hurwitz and Debbie
Manela Hurwitz of Michigan, Mark Sharpe of Toronto,
Aubrey Friedman of Burlington, Ont., and Brian Lazarus of
Windsor. 6. Nancy Bortnick (Katzman) adds her autograph
to the Homecoming poster at the Windsor Jewish
Community Centre.

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TOP: Evan Freed, Emily Finn, Derek Freed, all of Detroit; Sandy Armeland of Toronto;
Suzi Orman, Shelley Alexis and Natalie Freed Newman, all of Detroit; Jenna Armeland of
Toronto and Blair Lexus of Detroit. MIDDLE: Dan Orman of Detroit; Jay Katz, executive
director of the Windsor Jewish Community Centre; Sheri Silber-Whiteman of Atlanta;
Jonathan Bernstein of Toledo; and David Whiteman of Atlanta. BOTTOM: Event sponsor,
the Freed family: Mark Freed of Toronto; Ari Freed of Detroit; Gerald Freed of Windsor;
Derek and Evan Freed, both of Detroit.