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ome 700 people showed up to this year’
s 47th Negev Dinner, sponsored 
by the Jewish National Fund, where two Windsor businessmen were 
honored. Ari Freed and Dan Orman run Canada’
s largest independent 
clothing store, Freeds of Windsor. The cousins are the third generation to 
operate the store, started by their grandfather Sam Freed in 1929. Two of Ari’
s 
children have since joined the business, marking the fourth generation work-
ing at Freeds. Freed and Orman grew up in Windsor but have ties across the 
Windsor-Detroit Jewish and business communities. 
 Entertainment for the evening was provided by three Detroit-area cantors: 
Neil Michaels and Michael Smolash of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, as 
well as David Propis of Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
Orman paid tribute to his cousin Ari. “The parallels between our lives are 
just incredible,” he said, from attending the same schools and universities, 
temple and summer camps. In addition, both their wives, Pam Freed and 
Suzy Orman, hail from Southfield. 
The theme of the night was L’
dor V’
dor, Hebrew for from generation to 
generation. Because of the event’
s theme, the honorees decided to do some-
thing Holocaust-related. Funds from the dinner will go to the maintenance of 
Israel’
s Martyrs’
 Forest, where 6 million trees have been planted. ■

Honorees Dan Orman and Ari Freed, with their wives, Suzy Orman and Pam Freed

Honorees’
 parents and honorary dinner chairs 

Mikie and Gerald Freed, and Alan and Diana 

Orman

Guests Barry and Stephanie Zekelman with 

Suzy and Dan Orman

Negev Dinner campaign team members, 

Marilee Marcotte, Joan Goebel, Sheldon 

Jarcaig, Bethe Jarcaig and Natalie Newman

Past Negev Dinner honoree Gerald Freed, 

guests Stephanie and Barry Zekelman, and 

Negev management team members Barb 

Silver and Cheryl Blacher

WORDS AND PHOTOS BY RON STANG

PHOTOS BY ROBIN HUGHEY AND GARY BERKOWITZ 

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ore than 350 golfers, card players and dinner guests joined the fes-
tivities at the 10th Annual Ryan Rosman Memorial MSU Hillel Golf 
Outing and Game Day June 17 at Tam-O-Shanter Country Club in 
West Bloomfield. The annual event honors the memory of Ryan Rosman by 
celebrating his passions for golf, entrepreneurship and Jewish community. 
To further his legacy, the Rosman family established the Ryan Scott Rosman 
Angel Award. The $5,000 award is presented to a Jewish student who holds 
similar qualities that Ryan embodied and who needs tuition assistance. ■

Marla 
and David 
Rosman

Marlene and Cooper Meyers with 

Sparty

Rochelle Meyer, Faith and John 

Jacobson

Tony Levin, Steve Teper, Bob Broner and David Einstandig

Marianne Sacks, Barbara Cohen, Sherry Bruni and Lauri Levine

Debby Portnoy, Marlene Bresler, Nancy Bortman, Linda Weiss, 

Cheryl Margolis, Linda Weitz and Leah Trosch