LOCAL NEWS
Who Lived In Your Ancestral House'
In the 4th book of the Torah, Bemidbar, Moses is instructed by 0-d to "Take a census of the
whole Israelite community by the clans of its ancestral houses, listing the names, every male, head
by head."Jewish descent has remained constant through the centuries — traced through a person's
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father.
Here in the Detroit area, members of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan are in-
vestigating these links to the past, to their ancestral houses — their mishpachah. The Society, founded in 1983, functions
to educate its members in how to collect family historical/genealogical data and to create a wider interest in genealogy
in the Jewish community.
Our members are researching their ancestral shtetls in Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Germany, as well as in
the United States and Israel. Although most of our research is done by mail, some members have been to Poland and
Russia for a first-hand look at what their ancestors considered their "home town." Our members collect a wealth of
material here in the U.S., such as first papers and census records. We also collect data in Israel and Poland (where records
were thought not to exist).
We meet bi-monthly and share our successes and failures. We have experts and authors speak on genealogy. We take
field trips to investigate what records are available or can be ordered. For example, two years ago we mef at the Burton
Wing of the Detroit Public Library. In 1987, we toured the LDS Genealogical Library in Bloomfield Hills. The library
has indexes to over six million rolls of microfilm, much of it Jewish and European in origin. Primarily we share with
each other and provide advice on how to proceed when one's own research appears to be at a dead end.
We publish a newsletter three times yearly. The newsletter is filled with ideas on how to research, who to write, and
what to look for. It contains articles and material published by other U.S., Israeli, and European Jewish genealogical groups.
We would be happy to share our knowledge with you. Call either our Membership Vice President, Barbara Koltonow
at 851-7575, or our President, Stanley Finkelstein, at 557-2624 for information. Our first meeting of the year is September
10th, so don't delay!
Program: "Jewish Detroit From 1850 To Today" by Aid & Miriam Kushner at Temple Beth-
El's Library & Archives, Thursday, September 10, 8:00 p.m. Coffee/Refreshments. No Charge.
Come join us all weekend and help
contribute to the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
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Violinist Perlman Due
For Tribute to Allan
Violin virtuoso Itzhak
Perlman will play a special
selection of Jewish and
classical music at the
Lubavitch concert and dinner
in honor of Norman Allan.
The event will take place at
Detroit's Masonic Ibmple on
Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. Paul Bor-
man and David Hermelin are
honorary chairmen and Fred
Ferber is chairman. Attorney
General Frank Kelly and
Judge Avern Cohn head the
Judges and Lawyer's
Committee.
Perlman was honored by
President Reagan with the
"Medal of Liberty" in 1986.
Perlman has appeared with
every major orchestra and in
recitals worldwide.
Perlman's recordfligs, on
the EMI/Angel, Deutsche
Grammophon, CBS Master-
works, London/Decca and
RCA labels, regularly appear
on the best-seller charts and
have won numerous Grammy
Awards. Harvard, Yale,
Brandeis and Hebrew Univer-
sity in Jerusalem are among
the many institutions which
have awarded him honorary
doctorate degrees.
On television, Perlman has
entertained on shows such as
Itzhak Perlman
Sesame Street, several Live
from Lincoln Center broad-
casts and the PBS special A
Musical Toast, which he
hosted.
Tickets to the black-tie-
optional concert are tax-
deductible. Dinner and con-
cert will begin at 6 p.m. Free
valet parking is available. For
information, call Chabad
Lubavitch, 737-7000.
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The Michigan Regional Ad-
visory Board of the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith announced plans for a
six-part program to train
Jewish community leaders in
speaking about the Midlde
East.
Planned in conjunction
with the ADL's Middle East
Committee, led by Dr.
Richard Krugel, and board
members Dr. Marvin Sonne
and Barbara Robinson, the
program features six three-
hour sessions beginning in
October and running through
December.
There is a registration fee.
It entitles participants to the
materials, if they attend the
session and if they are a bona
fide representative of a
Jewish community organiza-
tion. Admission is allowed on-
ly by pre-registration.
The sessions are planned
for Sunday mornings and
Wednesday evenings: at 9
a.m. Oct. 11, Nov. 22 and Dec.
13; and at 7 p.m. Oct. 21, Nov.
4 and Dec. 2.
Topics include: "The
History of Israel and
Zionism"; "Geo-Politics of the
Region"; "The Arab-Israel
Conflict"; "The Relationship.
of Israel and the U.S."; `Ques-
tions from Audiences, -How to
Deal with Them"; "How to
Make a PresentatiOn."
Leading the sessions, are Prof.
Todd Endleman (University of
Michigan); Prof. Zvi Gitelman
(University of Michigan);
Kenneth Jacobson (ADL's
Director of Middle Eastern
Affairs); Prof. Raymond
Tanter (University of
Michigan); Gerald Flanz-
baum (speaker-trainer for
ADL and UJA); Roberta
"Jeff" Daily (Oakland
University).
For information, contact the
ADL, 353-3730.
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Sept. 23. Late copy will be
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it is still timely.