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LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER
s the lights went down at
the AMC Maple III The-
atres on Monday after-
noon, Peggy Jacobs
asked her mother if she had tis-
sues in her purse. She'd need
them.
Ms. Jacobs, a special educa-
tion teacher at Bloomfield Hills
Lahser High School, oined An-
dover and Lahser students and
teachers in the viewing of
Schindler's List.
For the first time, Bloomfield
Hills schools closed in obser-
vance of Martin Luther King Jr.
Day. High school students in
the district were asked to attend
a screening of the movie at noon
for $2.
"I think this is a good oppor-
tunity for the students to do
something educational on this
day. I think they need to see
this," Ms. Jacobs said.
Gary Doyle, deputy superin-
tendent for Bloomfield Hills
Schools, decided upon the event
after viewing the movie himself
"It was so powerful. I felt I
had to find a way for our stu-
dents to go," Mr. Doyle said. "It's
especially appropriate, on Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Day, for the
students to see what happens
when violence and hatred are
out of control. It all goes along
with King's message of non-vi-
olence."
Nearly 300 tickets were sold
for the film. Parents were in-
vited.
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Last week, social studies
teachers received movie notes
and teaching suggestions to dis-
cuss the film with the students.
The Holocaust is taught at
length in freshman and sopho-
more Bloomfield Hills history
classes. A prejudice course is
available at Lahser which also
explores the Nazis' systematic
killing of Jews during World
War II. In addition, several
classes from both schools have
made field trips to the Holo-
caust Memorial Center in West
Bloomfield.
Many teachers have ex-
'
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Nearly 300 tickets
were sold.
pressed an interest in further-
ing the discussions following the
movie.
Before the viewing, Lisa Mill-
man, a senior at Andover, ex-
pressed enthusiasm for the
chance to watch the film with
her friends and teachers.
"I think it's such an excellent
experience for any high school
student to watch this film. The
schools gave us the opportuni-
ty to do it together. How could
I not go?" Lisa said.
Following the three-hour
epic, Lisa was quieter.
"It's a lot different seeing it
than reading about it. I'm just
so moved," she said.
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n October, Shirley Lindy
moved from her West Bloom-
field condo to a Malibu town-
house. In the fall she had to
evacuate her home because of
the California wildfires. Mon-
day morning she experienced
her first earthquake, which
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her home but gave her quite a
scare.
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"The disasters are frighten-
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The quake also disrupted a
Jewish Federation planning
conference that brought plan-
ning directors from federations
around the country to Califor-
nia.
Larry Ziffer, planning direc-
tor of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit who was
attending the conference with
Judah Isaacs, Federation's se-
nior planning associate, said
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