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B'nai Moshe, B'nai David Sites
Attract Potential Purchasers
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
Features Editor
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Hamtramck Mayor Robert Kozaren receives a plaque commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland from Jewish
Community Council President Paul D. Borman. Looking on is Paul
Odrobina, president, Polish-American Congress, Michigan division.
rom polite conversa-
tion at the Shabbat
table to lengthy discus-
sions at public events,
speculation continues over
whether the facilities of Con-
gregation B'nai Moshe in
Oak Park and B'nai David in
Southfield have been sold.
Officials for B'nai Moshe,
which in 1959 moved to its
present location at Ten Mile
and Church roads, insist the
synagogue has not been sold.
"We haven't even received
an offer," said B'nai Moshe
President Sharlene Ungar.
Synagogue officials say a
church leader viewed the
building once and is return-
ing for a second visit this
weekend. They would not
discuss which church the of-
ficial represented.
A national department
store chain, along with
several local Jewish organiza-
tions and individuals, also ex-
pressed interest in the facili-
ty, officials said. Discussions
with the Jewish groups and
individuals are ongoing.
Rob Roth, past president
of B'nai Moshe, said
synagogue officials "have
been trying to pursue any in-
terest (in the building) within
the Jewish community." They
also raised the matter with of-
Synagogue
officials 'have
been trying to
pursue any
interest in the
building within the
Jewish
community.
ficials of the Jewish Welfare
Federation of Detroit, he said.
Federation President Dr.
Conrad Giles said the Federa-
Chrysler, Palace Join
1990 Detroit Maccabiah
RICHARD PEARL
Staff Writer
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Local Students
Join Seminar
Editors of two Michigan
university student
newspapers will attend a
seminar this month in Israel
designed to help campus jour-
nalists learn more about the
country.
Adam Schrager, editor of
the University of Michigan's
Michigan Daily, and John
Secor of Michigan State
University'S- The State News
will participate with 13 other
American students in the
seminar, which is sponsored
by the Anti-Defamation
League with the cooperation
of the National Federation of
Israeli Journalists and The
Jerusalem Post.
The journalists will meet
with Israeli leaders on all
sides of the political spec-
trum, with Israeli reporters
and American correspondents
stationed there, and with
Israeli students and
educators.
Herbert Berman, chairman
of the ADL's campus affairs
committee, said the seminar
will give partipants "hands-
on experience in Israel to help
correct rampant misinforma-
tion about the Middle East
often found in college and
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university newspapers."
Jewish students at U-M
have in the past expressed
concern that The Michigan
Daily is unfair to Israel. Dai-
ly editorials have called
Zionism racist and suggested
Israel resettled Ethiopian
Jews to displace Palestinians.
Rebbe Recruiting
An Army Of God
Rabbi Menachem Schneer-
son, the Lubavitcher rebbe, is
recruiting Jewish children for
the army — the Army of God,
that is.
Called Tzivos Hashem, the
"army" is open to boys and
girls under age 13. New
A scene from "The Shpy."
soldiers will receive a com-
plete starter kit filled with an
identification card; a copy of
The Moshiach Times, a
magazine filled with stories
about Judaism and Jewish
life and the continuing adven-
tures of "The Shpy"; an ap-
plication to join the Jewish
Birthday Club; and informa-
tion about how they may earn
badges, buttons and other
items by fulfilling secret mitz-
vah missions.
To receive a starter kit or
for more information, write
Tzivos Hashem, 770 Eastern
Parkway, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11213.
New Encyclopedia
Is Published
A New Jersey firm recent-
ly published a new single-
volume encyclopedia with a
year-to-year history of the
Jewish people from creation
to the present. Called The
Jewish Time Line En-
cyclopedia, the work was writ-
ten by historian and educator
Rabbi Mattis Kantor.
The encyclopedia covers
almost 6,000 years of Jewish
history, using chronologies
and time lines to convey ma-
jor events. The book ends with
the Israeli withdrawl from
Lebanon in 1985.
Compiled by
Elizabeth Applebaum
tion "will behave in a respon-
sible manner to do whatever
it can within reason to
stabilize the neighborhood."
While officials say the
Federation is "not in the
business of buying buildings,"
Dr. Giles did not negate the
possibility that the Federa-
tion might step in should a
Jewish group express strong
interest in the facility. The
Federation has given loans to
beneficiary agents, he noted.
B'nai Moshe officials are
asking $2.5 million for the
facility.
Meanwhile, Southfield ci-
ty officials are looking into
purchasing Congregation
B'nai David.
The officials, who would
not comment for attribution
on the issue, are interested in
using the facility as a com-
munity center. ❑
Chrysler Corporation and
The Palace of Auburn Hills
are joining in to help with the
1990 Jewish Community
Centers North American
Maccabi Youth Games.
The Detroit Maccabi Club
team members who par-
ticipated in the Aug. 20-24
Regional Maccabiah in Pitt-
sburgh were told of the par-
ticipation by the two at the
conclusion of the regional by
Jay Robinson, 1990 Games
general chairman.
According to Robinson's an-
nouncement, the Palace will
be the site of the Games'
opening ceremonies in mid-
August 1990, while Chrysler
is to be a major corporate
sponsor.
David Hermelin, a prin-
cipal Palace owner, told The
Jewish News last week that
the Palace would host the
opening ceremonies.
Hermelin and Bill Davidson
of the Palace are honorary
chairmen of the 1990 Games.
Robinson said other major
corporate sponsorships are be-
ing sought from Eastman
Kodak and Coca Cola.
However, Mort Plotnick,
JCCenter executive director,
said he was "not prepared to
make announcements" now
regarding any sponsorships.
Robinson, while declining
to discuss specific companies,
said sponsorships would help
cover the costs of a range of
items from T-shirts and other
memorabilia to food, buses
and referees' pay.
Robinson noted the field in
part will include some 35
basketball teams and about
two dozen soccer teams.
Major sponsorships, he said,
"help keep the costs in line so
that we can continue from
year to year. Otherwise, we
couldn't handle it. And other
cities will hopefully realize
they, too, can secure major
sponsorships." He said entry
fees help to defray only a part
of the cost.
An estimated 2,700
athletes and coaches from the
United States, Canada, Latin
America and Israel are ex-
pected for the week-long
event. Detroit hosted the se-
cond North American Games
in 1984, when 800 athletes
participated. ❑
Israeli Workers
Ordered Home
Tel Aviv (JTA) — The Israeli
Defense Ministry has ordered
40 Israelis to leave Colombia
immediately because of the
tense situation there.
The order applies to the
families of 40 employees of
Israel Aircraft Industries and
Tadiran, a military industry.
Their work includes the
delivery and maintenance of
Kfirs, the Israel-made jet
fighter planes sold to the Col-
ombian air force.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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