THE JEN/Vigil NEWS Vol. CIII No. 3 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz \ Managing Editor • Phil Jacobs Associate Editor Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Staff Writers Kimberly Lifton Ruth Littmann ' Lesley Pearl Contributing Editor Elie Wiese! Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis % Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman Larry Derfner Photographer Glenn Triest Local Columnists Danny Raskin • Carla Jean Schwartz • Business Manager Marianne Taylor Production Gayle Bald! Donald Cheshure Cathy Ciccone Curtis DeLoye Kris Morgan Ralph Orme Debbie Schultz ontents March 26, 1993 DETROIT 14 Crossing Bridges 1,500 Detroiters viewed a play to improve relations. COMMUNITY 29 Independence Days Detroit's celebrations for Israel are finalized. CLOSE UP 32 Voice Of The People Office Manager Linda McCarthy Off ice Staff Suzy Beck Lisa Ferstenfeld Dena Jacobs Percy Kaplan Seymour Manello Marlene Miller Dharlene Norris Amy Opper Gail Zimmerman The Jewish News Circulation Leslie Kantor Stephani Miller • Senior Account Executive • Danny Raskin Background/53 Account Executives Stuart Grant Kathy Johnson Betsy Leemon Lisa Marshall Patricia McMurray Rick Nessel 2 Art Shafer Laura Siegel Susan Wachsberg CORPORATE STAFF Publisher Charles A. Buerger \ Executive Editor /' Gary Rosenblatt Business Manager Sylvia Stafford Art Director Brian Michael Lawrence Editorial Deadline: All public and social announcements must be typewritten, double-spaced and received by Thursday noon, eight days prior to desired date of publication. Classified Ad Deadline: Tuesday, noon Display Ad Deadline: Monday, 4:30 pm Offices: 27676 Franklin Road Southfield, Ml 48034 313-354-6060 General 313-354-5959 Classified 313-354-7123 Display Advertising 313-354-6069 Fax Subscriptions: $33 1 year $59 2 years $46 per year out-of-state $75 per year foreign THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS (USPS 275-520) IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS IN JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, AUGUST AND OCTOBER AT 27676 FRANKLIN ROAD, SOUTH- FIELD, MICHIGAN.SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN AND ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. POSTMASTER: SEND CHANGES TO: DETROIT JEWISH NEWS, 27676 FRANKLIN ROAD, SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034. Births/102 Business/45 David Gad-Hart and Jeannie Weiner of the JCCouncii. An FOCUS Lip A Little Bird Classified ads/120 Engagements/96 Fine Arts/92 Israel/60 How Nana becomes Naney becomes Nande becomes Nancy. ENTERTAINMENT 75 Celluloid Musician A Hollywood composer will conduct the DSO. fir OWN WORDS UD Leaving The Nest Taking her Judaism off to college. Obituaries/144 Polit. Speaking/43 Danny Raskin/80 Round Up/11 Carla Schwartz/82 Synagogues/38 Trave1/62 Washington/56 Women/93 Candlelighting Friday, March 26 6:32 p.m. Sabbath ends Saturday, March 27 7:37 p.m.