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Materna Tea
on the action, saying that it
had not been made public.
Eduardo Schteingart, com-
munity relations chair, con-
firmed that Margolis was
"the main candidate." He also
said it was probable that if
Margolis is hired she will con-
tinue to divide her time, spen-
ding 60 percent at the
UJA/JCA and 40 percent at
the JCC.
Margolis has broad
A Sinai Hospital open house for
people interested in childbirth and
women's health care services.
Sunday, April 29
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Sinai Hospital
Mothers and Infants' Center
6767 West Outer Drive, Detroit, MI 48235
Come and learn about Sinai's Family-Centered Care services. At Sinai,
care for mothers and newborns is family-centered care that respects
each family's cultural values, beliefs and practices.
• Tours
• Speakers
• Door Prizes
• Gifts
• Information Booths
• Refreshments
Kids and Grandparents Welcome!
RSVP by April 25, 1990. Call 493-5500 and let
us know how many in your family will attend.
George Will
Tuesday, May 1st
1:00-2:00
(pl bookpeople
Orchard Mall • 6399 Orchard Lake Road
851-9150
(Just North of Maple Rd.)
16
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1990
— HOURS —
Mon.-Fri. 10-9 p.m.
Sat. 10-6 p.m.
Sun. 12-5 p.m.
On May 15, the executive
board is expected to offer the
job to her or re-open the pro-
cess to other candidates. ❑
Ecumenical Institute
Honors Cardinal Szoka
KIMBERLY LIFTON
Staff Writer
T
he Ecumenical In-
stitute for Jewish-
Christian studies
honored Cardinal Edmund
Szoka this week for his ongo-
ing support of Jewish-
Christian relations during
his nine-year tenure as Ar-
chbishop of the Detroit
Catholic community.
Szoka, who is leaving his
post to accept an ad-
ministrative position with
the Vatican in Rome, has
Last September,
Cardinal Szoka
publicly
denounced plans
to build a convent
at Auschwitz in
Poland.
Meet
managerial and executive ex-
perience, having worked for
over a decade as deputy direc-
tor of Washtenaw County
Community Agency. Since
coming on as director of the
JCC in 1988, the Center has
grown substantially.
been instrumental in
building better ecumenical
relations in the metropolitan
Detroit area, according to
the Rev. Jim Lyons, director
of the Southfield-based
Ecumenical Institute.
Last September, Cardinal
Szoka publicly denounced
plans to build a convent at
Auschwitz in Poland.
"I have visited
Auschwitz," he said after
Cardinal Joseph Glemp of
Poland had cancelled his
planned visit to the United
States following his
criticism of the agreement to
move the Auschwitz convent
and of the Jewish commun-
ity. "Inside the compound I
prayed and tried to under-
stand the enormity of the
evil that took place within
its confines.
"The hideous and
diabolical pain, torture and
death inflicted there on the
innocent was and will for-
ever remain unspeakable,"
Cardinal Szoka said. "As
Christians and Jews, there
is something we must do: we
must not contribute one
more word, one more
thought or one more deed
that would reverse, or even
momentarily delay, our co-
operative progress toward a
more moral, more just, more
compassionate society and
world."
"Who would have expected
all of these changes," Rev.
Lyons asked the crowd of
100 patrons at the $250-a-
person fund-raiser for the
Institute. "The convent will
be moved outside Auschwitz
and will be an interfaith
place."
Lyons spoke briefly about
the Institute's progress, up-
dating the patrons on the
success of Hebrew courses
and inter-group dialogue.
For the first time, he
unveiled tentative plans for
a radio or television talk
show in which represent-
atives from the Catholic,
Protestant and Jewish faiths
hope to hold a forum. Details
are expected to be available
in May.0
Two Articles
On Tay-Sachs
Win Honors
A two-part Close-Up series
on Tay-Sachs disease that
appeared in The Jewish
News in January 1989 has
won first prize in the Women-
in-Communications Great
Lakes Region communica-
tion competition.
Birmingham freelance
writer Adrien Chandler won
first place in the weekly
newspaper feature series
category. Her two articles
dealt with Tay-Sachs
disease, local efforts to com-
bat it and several Detroit
area families who had lost
children to the genetic
killer.
The articles helped pro-
mote a community-wide Tay-
Sachs screening which was
co-sponsored by The Jewish
News.