il A fresh look at some of the stories we reported on in the past weeks. 1500 Pounds And Growing LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER D etroit-area Jews were generous. Project Chametz, a joint effort be- tween the Jewish Com- munity Council and The Jewish News, collected approximately 1500 pounds of food for De- troit's homeless and hun- gry in the days prior to Pesach. The program, in its fourth year, was devel- oped as a way for Jews to Jerusalem Meeting Next Month ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR Feminist ( Seder A Hit KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER I he Detroit Women's Forum's annual feminist seder last week drew nearly 100 women from Detroit and the suburbs to read from the women's Hag- gadah and to hear author Esther Broner read excerpts from her newest book, The Telling. The group also partici- pated in a makeshift seder, in which stories New District Moves Levin To The East KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER Sander Levin kosher their homes for Passover while helping the community. The unopened, non-perish- able goods were donated to the St. Vincent De Paul Society and the Food Bank of Oakland County. Drop-off sites, from March 29 through April 4, included both Jewish Community Centers and the Agency for Jewish Education building. Janelle Miller, chair- man of Project Chametz, was pleased with the amount of food collected — about 500 pounds more than in 1992. "We are proud to be part of a very generous community, a community whose observance of Passover calls upon us to say, in the words of the Haggadah, let all who are hungry come and eat,' "Ms. Miller said. ews from through- out the world are expected at the Prime Minister's Conference, to be held next month in Israel in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the reuni- fication of Jerusalem. The conference marks the conclusion of a year- long observance, a high- light of which was distri- bution of the Jerusalem Covenant. Hundreds of synagogues nationwide, including the Young Israels of West Bloom- field, Oak-Woods, South- field and Greenfield, received copies of the petitions calling on sup- port for recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Signed petitions, each of which was more than 4 feet long, were re- turned to the New York- based National Council of Young Israel, which forwarded them to Israel where they were record- ed in government ar- chives. The Prime Minister's Conference will feature guest appearances by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek and Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres. Programs include meetings with new ohm (immigrants), and forums on the archaeology of Jerusalem and Jerusalem as an eco- nomic center. were told through the eyes of Miriam, and each participant replaced prayers for the wine with feminist lines. As women lifted the first cup of wine, they chanted, "We begin our journey." And for the last cup of wine, they read from the Haggadah, "We have been, and still are, on our journey. We feel our strength at this moment in history. We look to our new women leaders." Reading from the Haggadah were Jewish women, black women, teen-age girls, mothers and daughters, singles and grandmothers. Speaking at the podium was Ruth Driker Kroll, who founded the Detroit Women's Forum for the American Jewish Com- mittee 18 years ago. "Why is this Haggadah different from traditional Haggadot?" a woman read. "Because this Haggadah deals with the exodus of women." Ms. Broner, who spoke on Thursday for students at the University of Michigan Hillel in Ann Arbor, told stories of the annual Passover seders in which she participates with Gloria Steinem and other Jewish feminists. hen word of Michigan's de- creasing popula- tion changed congressional districts throughout the state, Rep. Sander Levin and his friend, then Rep. Dennis Hertel, were in a quandary. They were merged into the same area, now called the 12th Congres- sional District. Mr. Hertel opted to retire from Congress, throwing his support to his longtime friend, Mr. Levin. That solved one problem. In November, Mr. Levin won in his new district, moving his con- stituent base a bit fur- ther east. Yet his office was in Southfield, now the westernmost portion of his district. There was a simple answer to this dilemma: he moved his office. On April 1, the 12th Congressional District offices relocated from Southfield to Sterling Heights. The new ad- dress is 2107 East 14 Mile Road, Room 130. The phone- number is 268-4444. The office is located about one mile east of the Oakland Mall. "We are now smack center in the district," says Susan Miller, who manages the Michigan office. Donations are brought to the AJE.