10 —THE BULLETIN —Wednesday. September 14,1994
Sarah, daughter of Leonard and Carol Polsky, will celebrate her Bat-Mitzvah at Temple Sholom on Friday, Sept. 16 at 8:15 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 17 at 10:30 a.m. She will chant from the Torah, the Haftorah and participate in services. Oneg Shabbat and Kiddush will be hosted by the family.
Audrey Shecter and Sydney Broer of Toronto are thrilled to announce the Aug. 26 birth of their daughter Orli Rebecca, a sister for Rafael. Proud grandparents are Evelyn Shecter, (formerly of Vancouver), now of Toronto, Bertie Broer and Esme Frenkel of Johannesburg, South Africa.
UPCOMING
JHSofB.C. photo exhibit Alberta Roundup." Sept. 22-Oct. 14 at JCC. Opening reception: Thursday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m. Details: 257-5199.
PERETZ Yiddish courses begin Thursday, Sept. 22. Beginners, 6-7:30 p.m.; conversational, 8-9:30 p.m. Call Louise Miller, 325-1812.
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National Council of Jewish Women will hold their annual general meeting Thursday, Sept. 22.
The event gets underway at 7:30 p.m. at Quilchena Terrace Room, 2001 Nan-ton Ave. (near 28th and Arbutus). Prospective members may attend as guests.
Entertainment will be provided by harpist Heidi Krutzen. The 25-year-old West Vancouverite is a
UPCOMING
graduate of Eastman School of Music and has been principal harp of the Vancouver Symphony, CBC Radio Orchestra, Vancouver Opera Orchestra and Vancouver New Music Society.
Krutzen is one of only 36 harpists to be accepted at the International Harp Contest to be held this December in Jerusalem.
Program for the AGM will include election and installation of officers for 1994/95. Installing officer is MoUie Ross, a Vancouver Section past president and past national counsellor. Official accountant Darlene Grossman will give a report. Two new NCJW groups have been formed. A group for women age 25-40 held
their inaugural meeting Sept. 13.
A book review club is slated to hold its first meeting Oct. 6 at the home of Norma Saltzberg, 8205 Tidewater Place.
New members are welcome to join both groups, organizers said.
Future plans include a Breast Health Awareness Day on Sunday, Oct. 16 at Temple Sholom, to be co-sponsored by Temple Sholom Sisterhood.
The annual Israeli Brunch is slated for Dec. 7 and the Friends and Angels Ball will take place April 30, 1995.
RSVP for the AGM is necessary by Sept. 19. For more information, call the NCJW office at 257-5180.
Vancouver Women's CRT will hold their opening membership evening on Tuesday, Oct. 4.
Lydia London, vice-president of World ORT Union, will be guest speaker.
The 7:30 p.m. event will be held at the home of Ben and Esther Dayson, 6607 Churchill St.
A dessert reception will follow the meeting.
London, who served as national president of Canadian Women's ORT from 1991-93, is a lifelong community volunteer. She joined ORT in the early 70s and has served as regional vice-president and national treasurer.
ORT operates vocational and technical training schools in 80 countries
LONDON around the world.
RSVP is required by Sept. 22. For more information, call membership chairman Beverly Pinsky, 275-9597.
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NA'AMAT Kadima and Omna chapters joint Succot meeting, Thursday, Sept. 20 at home of Susie Micner, 3788 Ash Street, 2:30 p.m. Call 257-5177.
Happy and Healthy New Year
JWB Staff
If a Bar-or-Bat-Mitzvah is in your family's future, it's never too early to think about catering for the event. That sage advice comes from a woman who is in a position to know.
For more than two years, Stacey Kettleman's star Catering has provided kosher catering services for dozens of Jewish events, ranging from weddings to britei milah to in-home catering.
And to prove her point, Kettleman dug out her calendar, listing several dozen engagements booked as far ahead as 1996.
In an interview with The Bulletin, the energetic Kettleman talked about her company's growth and her future plans.
Born in Seattle, Kettle-man moved with her family to Vancouver in 1968. After graduating from high school in 1974, she lived on an Israeli kibbutz for a year.
Returning here, Kettleman tended bar for more than 10 years. After becom-
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"Star Catering grew out of my contract as Beth Tik-vah's kitchen manager," the mother of two explained. "As word of mouth spread about what I was doing, people from other syn-
agogues started to phone me and ask if I could cater events at their shul."
Kettleman has catered at most synagogues around town, working under both BCK and Conservative rabbinical supervision.
The largest public event catered by Star was this year's Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver's Kalei-
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The largest private event she has catered was a Bar-Mitzvah last September for more than 300 people that went off "without a hitch," the caterer smiled.
Kettleman has set menus available, although customers often want to customize their own. Until recently, her most popular food items were the honey-dill salmon with five cheese kugel.
"Now I'm getting a lot of orders for caesar salad with vegetable lasagna," she declared. "People tell me they are served salmon all the time and they seem to be ready for something different."
The company does all its own baking. Breads are purchased from Garden City Bakery.
Kettleman employs three full-time staff and eight part-timers.
The business woman, who jokes she walks around with "a cellular phone in one hand and a cookbook in the other," has set her sights on a "natural expansion" of her current business.
Kettleman has put in a bid to open a deli at the soon-to-be opened Richmond Public Market. If her bid is approved and funding falls into place, the deli will open this fall.
"Richmond's Jewish community is growing by leaps and bounds," Kettleman said.
And regardless of what happens with the deli, Kettleman emphasized that Star Catering will continue to operate. In fact, she is currently installing a commercial kitchen to cater out of her Richmond home.
"It may be hectic," she laughed, "but I love what I'm doing."
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