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Three Temple Israel Teams
Fighting for Greenberg
Division Title

Temple Israel No. 6, Temple
Beth El and Congregation
Shir Tikvah led their divisions
in early July as the Inter-
Congregational Men’s Club
Summer Softball League
headed into the home
stretch of the regular season.
The closest race was in the
Greenberg Division, where
Temple Israel No. 6 (10-2-1)
held just a half-game lead
over second-place Temple
Israel No. 5 (9-2-1) and a one-
game lead over third-place
Temple Israel No. 2 (10-4-0).
Temple Shir Shalom No.
2 (8-4-1) was in fourth place,
but only two games out.
Temple Beth El (10-3-0)

was two games in front of
second-place Temple Israel
No. 3 (8-5-0) in the Koufax
Division.
Congregation Shir Tikvah
(9-4-0) led second-place
Congregation Beth Ahm (7-7-
0) by 2.5 games in the Rosen
Division.
Each division has five
teams.
League games are played
each Sunday at Drake Sports
Park and Keith Sports Park in
West Bloomfield.
Each of the league’s 15
teams will compete in the
double-elimination playoffs,
scheduled for Aug. 8 and
Aug. 15.

Family Campaigns
to Enhance Dog Park
O

n what would have been
their parent’s 54th anni-
versary, Jayson and Marni
Raitt launched a fundraising cam-
paign to honor the memory of Jane
and Stephen Raitt after they passed
away two weeks apart last April from
COVID.
The Raitts are in the process of
raising $10,000 for West Bloomfield
Parks and Recreation to purchase
and install a bench and permanent
shade structure at the dog park
in memory of the couple that was
instrumental in the park’s founding.
The park is on Halsted Road north
of Maple.
“More than 20 years ago, my mom
Jane Raitt had a vision, a cadre of vol-
unteers, particularly my dad, Stephen,
and the passion for bringing an off-
leash dog park to West Bloomfield,”
says Jayson Raitt. “My Mom led a
team of 50 dog lovers through all the
hoops necessary to get the township
to open the park. When it opened in
2002, my parents rarely missed a day
there, and it is debatable who enjoyed
the park more, my parents or their
bearded collies Mollee, Norman and
Emma.”

In their first few days of fundrais-
ing, 46 donors contributed nearly
$3,000 toward the $10,000 goal.
“This is a wonderful opportunity
for people to donate in the memory
of Jane and Stephen Raitt. They were
integral members of the community
that pushed to have the dog park
built. The shade structure and bench
will be a wonderful addition to the
park that will benefit park users for
years,” says Joe Ketchum, the town-
ship’s parks superintendent.
To make a tax-deductible donation,
visit mparks.org/donations/donate.
asp?id=17281 and indicate “The Raitt
Memorial Fund,” where it says: “I am
making this donation in honor of.”

Holocaust Center
Presents Film

After the Nazis murdered her family,
12-year-old Sara Guralnik flees to the
Ukrainian countryside and assumes the
identity of her Christian best friend. She
lives by her wits as a farmhouse maid,
where one slip of her tongue could mean
her life.
The award-winning film My Name is
Sara tells the true story of her bravery,
strength and survival. Watch it on demand
from Thursday, July 15-Sunday, July 18, at
holocaustcenter.org. Then, on July 18, join
a discussion with Sara’s son and executive
producer Mickey Shapiro, director Steven
Oritt and Detroit Free Press columnist Nancy
Kaffer.
Register as holocaustcenter.org/Sara.

My Name
is Sara

HMC