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"THE CONSTITUTION —
WHOSE RIGHTS DOES IT PROTECT?"

ARTHUR MILLER
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Thursday, December 5, 1985
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The Jackiers have a well-thumbed Jewish bookshelf.

but in a philosophical sense,"
Shelly says candidly.
Larry joined the law firm of
Friedman Meyers`& Keyes as a
junior partner. Shelly pursued a
Master's Degree in French liter-
ature. It was Stanley Frankel,
now chairman of the Allied
Jewish Campaign, who intro-
duced the couple to what was
then the Junior Division of the
Jewish Welfare Federation.
"That exposure gave us both
an appreciation for the potential
of young Jewish leaders to make
some impact," says Larry. He
became active with Junior Di-
vision, got involved with the
Jewish Community Center and
other local activities.
Shelly, meanwhile, joined
Women's American ORT and
also worked as a division leader
for the United Foundation. She
became interested in the Feder-
ation Women's Division Spring
Forum, which her mother-in-law
had initiated sometime before as
the Fall Forum. Shelly eventu-
ally went on to serve as that
event's chairperson. In 1971 she
had given birth to Ariana, and
Seth was born in 1973.
But the major springboard for
their involvement in local and
international Jewish concerns
took place in 1974. Stanley
Frankel was again the catalyst.
"Stanley was a member of the
National Young Leadership
Campaign for UJA in 1974," ex-
plains Larry. "He was seeking
someone to help represent De-
troit in a more visible way on
the national level. In October,
he brought me to my first
Young Leadership Cabinet re-
treat in Tarrytown, N.Y. The
experience was unbelievable. I
was tremendously impressed
with the energy, the
camaraderie and spirit of the
participants. I also realized then
that I knew very little about Is-
rael, and I didn't want that
ignorance to last."
Fulfilling a retreat promise
that he would make a visit to

Israel shortly thereafter, he and
Shelly participated in a sub-
sequent mission. Shelly's pri-
mary motivation was to accom-
pany Larry, to share his experi-
ence. She was unprepared for
the personal effect the trip had
on her.
"On the plane back to De-
troit," she said, "I resolved to do
three things. First, I made the
decision that, when they were
old enough, I would send Ariana
and Seth to a Jewish day school.
Second, I would make every at-
tempt to learn Hebrew. And,
last, I would try to relive my Is-
rael experience through Israeli
folk dancing."
The couple studied Hebrew
together, and Larry went on to
progressively more responsible
positions with UJA and Federa-
tion. He also joined the law firm
of Schiussel, Lifton, et al in
1976. Shelly kept the promises
she had made for herself, and
learned more sophisticated
dances, studying with the late
teacher Rachel Jacobs.
Eight years ago, Shelly and a
core group of Ms. Jacob's pro-
teges organzied the Hora Aviv
dance group, which is the only
Israeli folk dance group of its
kind in Detroit. Now boasting '\
eight regular dancers, they have
performed at ethnic festivals,
benefits, bar and bat mitzvahs
and a wealth of organizational
functions. They recently had as
their audience a group of Rus-
sian Jewish war veterans and
their wives who had emigrated
to Michigan.
That dance is more than a
hobby is obvious to all who
know Shelly. "Since that first
Israel trip, this has been a vital
link for me — a cultural connec-
tion."
She adds that as a distinct art
form, Israeli folk dancing differs
from that of other nations be-
cause it is really quite new. Its
organized origins trace back to
4Oso,thaet2ime of Israel's
the 1940s,
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