CONTENTS
CLOSE-UP
Senior Oasis
ALAN HITSKY
Federation Apartments
continues to expand
and is a haven for
low-income well elderly.
NEW FOR '91
Camp Directory
A look at summer
programs and how
to choose them
for your children.
OPINION
Conversion
is wrong as
hidden agenda.
14
DETROIT
Akiva, Southfield
Schools avoid
repossession fight.
24
NATIONAL
32
Individual
viewpoints on
the crisis in
Middle East.
ENTERTAINMENT
MICHAEL ELKIN
BACKGROUND
Meathead's Movie
SPORTS
Ice Dreams
NEAL ZIPSER
A Huntington Woods
skater is pointing
toward the 1996 -
Winter Olympics.
50
There's plenty of
black comedy in
Rob Reiner's
mystery/thriller,
"Misery."
Is the Jan. 15
clock ticking
for Israel?
61
The Only Spot in Town
had a new look this
year ... through the
eye of the camera lens.
Editorials
Up Front
Synagogues
Travel
For Women
Fine Arts
Engagements
Births
Classified Ads
Obituaries
84
ON OUR COVER
SINGLE LIFE
Dances
With Videos
RICHARD PEARL
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DEPARTMENTS
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Bess Adaskin
at Federation Apartments.
CANDLELIGHTING
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ONTENT
MEDIA MONITOR
Time, Newsweek
end discriminatory
X-Israel policy.