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AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
cordially invites you to the
Annual Rose Frenkel Meeting
sponsored by the Rose Frenkel Memorial Fund, established by her daughter, Sheila Ellmann
in tribute to her mother's devotion to the work of the American Jewish Congress,
U.S. Policy Toward Africa
And The Role Of The American Jewish Community
Featuring:
U.S. Congressman Howard Wolpe
3rd District, Michigan
Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa
of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Monday, June 22, 1987
7:00 p.m. Reception and Refreshments
Rose Frenkel Courtyard
8:00 p.m, Program
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
27375 Bell Road
Southfield, Michigan
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The Public is Invited to Attend • No Charge
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
cafeteria is glatt kosher and
also under the supervision
of the Council of Orthodox
Rabbis. It has been open 21/2
years.
Homemade
soups,
homemade gefilte fish,
julienne salads, sandwiches,
burgers, hot dogs and french
fries are standard lunch fare
along with a special of the
day. On a recent afternoon a
good sized stuffed cabbage
roll was served with rice and
a small salad for $3.25. A
tasty cabbage soup was one
of the offerings that day, as
well as chocolate chip and
bran muffins. The large
muffins (including double
chocolate and blueberry) are
made fresh daily and cost
75`. Seasonal fruits, seven
layer cake and tofutti are
available for dessert.
The cafeteria seats 120
and is popular for kids' par-
ties (hot dogs, hamburgers,
subs) on Saturday and Sun-
day evenings when Shabbat
ends early enough. In addi-
tion to regular JCC trade,
Sperber's prepares lunches
for many out-of-town
tourists visiting the
Holocaust Memorial Center,
and also receives calls to ar-
range lunches from many
gentile groups who tour the
Holocaust Center as well.
Dinners are served with a
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Closing Doors
A few weeks ago Ruth
Rose was treated to a birth-
day lunch at the Pizza
Maven by her sisters, Edith
Butrimovitz and Nettie
Sukenic. They had just
finished lunch at the kosher
restaurant- on Greenfield
north of Ten Mile and joked
that if they "weren't kosher"
they would have eaten at
Bill Knapp's where you get
a chocolate birthday cake
and are charged a percen-
tage of the bill according to
your age.
The women reminisced
about the kosher restau-
rants of the past and specu-
lated on the failure of kosher
restaurants to flourish in
the Detroit area. They said
many restaurants start off
with a bang — super food
and service — and then don't
continue that way; that
many don't vary their
menus and people get tired
of eating the same thing;
that eating out kosher is just
more expensive, and that
people here aren't accustom-
ed to dining out.
"People are used to eating
out in other communities,"
said Nettie Sukenic.
The sisters agreed that the
element of trust was very
important to them in eating
out. They talked of the
kashrut supervisor (Rabbi
Mordechai Waldmark)
recently named by the coun-
cil of Orthodox Rabbis to
oversee kashrut supervision
in Detroit. "This is a very
good idea," said Sukenic.
"Bringing in an impartial
supervisor with New York
standards is what we need.
There is no such thing as a
little bit pregnant, just as
there's no such thing as a lit-
tle bit kosher. Either it is or
it isn't."
"And it's a pleasure, as a
woman, to be able to go out
and eat," said Ruth Rose.
"We hope the restaurants
stay!"
One week later, on May
14, the Pizza Maven closed
its doors, like its predecessor
the Milk and Honey
restaurant.
Owner Steve Katz, who
bought the restaurant 18
months ago, cited decreasing
patronage. "When opened,
the Vaad (Council of Or-
thodox Rabbis) promised a
lot of community support,
and I got it for about two
months," he said. In the four
days before it closed, the Piz-
za Maven served only ten
customers.
Katz also expressed con-
cern about what he con-
siders discrepancies and in-
consistencies in the degree
of supervision given to
various restaurants. No
kosher restaurant would
make a long term run in the
Detroit area, he said, until
enforceable, uniform and
consistent kosher laws are
adopted by the state.
Shortly after Pizza Maven
closed, Edith Butrimovitz
was asked her opinion on
why another kosher
restaurant had failed.
"It was very good, that's
why we have gone back,"
said Mrs. Butrimovitz. "We
had a very good meal,
everything was served as it
ought to be and we were
very pleased.
"But- the new restaurant,
Sara's, opened and everyone
ran for it. The problem is
that I think men want to go
to a meat restaurant. I know
my husband prefers to go for
a corned beef sandwich. And
also, Cafe Katon is close by
and is another good dairy
restaurant?'