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on't look now, but the
information highway has
a new off-ramp. It's
called the Jewish Informa-
tion Network (JIN), and
it's billed as America's
ofti
Elyse Brummer and Eric Svetcov
first on-line computer service for
the Jewish commu-
nity.
Based in
Davis, Calif.,
the JIN of-
fers fea-
tures like
interactive
teieconfer-
encing, E-
mail, a singles
forum, employ-
ment services, USA
Today, Sportzlink, listings of
conferences, programs and
opportunities for travel and
study, multiplayer interactive
games including Kyrandia and
Fazuul and a free Internet mail
account for world-wide commu-
nication.
Eric Svetcov, 26, and Elyse
Brummer, 24, are the brains be-
hind the operation. For further
information, call them at 1-800-
697-7609.
enson and Dan Littman,
the brothers from Chica-
go who are in the midst of
opening three of their Hat Boyz
shops at suburban Detroit malls,
are giving away 300 caps to De-
B
troit's VISTA Baseball League.
VISTA (Volunteers in Service
to America) is made up of com-
munity groups and parents who
help underprivileged children.
In Detroit, the organization
Yiddish Is Center
Of Attention
REFORM LEADERS TACKLE
THORNY REQUEST
B
ar-Ilan University has an-
nounced the formation of
the Rena Costa Center for
Yiddish Culture. It is the only
authorized institution in Israel
which provides certification for
Yiddish teachers.
Works Of c7iiti
hree new Red
V Radio Flyer
wagons filled
with art supplies are
up for grabs in an an-
nual kids' coloring
contest sponsored by
the Shirt Box, a
Southfield business.
To enter, children
must pick up a pic-
ture of a tie at the
Shirt Box, color it,
and bring it back by
June 5. Winners in
the K-2, 3-5 and 6-8
grade divisions will be
selected in mid-June.
"The judging isn't
based solely on who
stays in the lines and
uses nice colors," said
Shirt Box owner Ron
Elkus. "We judge the
entries based on cre-
ativity and innovation."
For further information,
call Mr. Elkus at 352-
1080.
"We do not want to treat Yid-
dish as if it were a Jewish
Latin, studied by only a few
scholars," said Mutl Gildin,
chairman of the board of the
center and one of its founders.
"We want Yiddish to become
the living language it was in
Europe. Children in Israel
will again speak Yiddish, see
Yiddish plays, attend readings
of Yiddish poetry and read
Yiddish newspapers and jour-
nals."
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Nowomi
TH E DET RO I T J E WIS H N EWS
$1,000,000 Pot At The End Of The Rainbow
he Rainbow Connection, a nation to the Rainbow Connec-
Rochester-based charity tion (additional shots are $1
which provides assistance to each).
The five competitors who are
children with chronic and life-
threatening illnesses, will be the closest to the pin each day will re-
real winner of a closest-to-the-pin turn to Oasis on June
golf competition sponsored by for the one-shot fi-
re
Farmer Jack Supermarkets. But nals. The prize for a
01/4161,
the contest champ won't do too hole-in-one at the
is
finals
nals
badly, either.
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va
Called the Farmer Jack $1,000,000. If
ins/
$1,000,0000 Shoot-Out, the 10- no one scores
day event will be held June 10- an ace, the ."
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19 at the Oasis Golf Center, winner will i!i
39500 Five Mile at 1-275 in Ply- g
mouth. From June 10-18, golfers $10,000. All '•.• •
can take three shots for a $5 do- 45 finals quali-
T
,
el t
fiers will receive
prizes.
For information
on the Rain-
' bow Con-
:.nection,
call
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1261.
S
hould a congregation that
has rewritten liturgy to
omit all references to God
be admitted to the Reform Ju-
daism movement?
That is an issue which will
confront the board of
trustees of the Union of
American Hebrew Con-
grega-
tions
(UAHC),
the cen-
tral body of
the Reform
movement,
during its
June 10-12
meeting
in Wash-
ington,
D.C.
Beth Adam, a non-af-
filiated Ohio synagogue
that describes itself as
"The Cincinnati Congregation
for Humanistic Judaism," has
works with youths at nine pub-
lic housing projects. The Hat
Boyz's caps will provide head-
ware for the 20 teams in the base-
ball league, which will begin play
June 4.
applied for affiliation with
the UAHC, which is comprised
of 860 Reform congregations in
the United States and Canada.
In its literature, Beth Adam
claims it does not deny the ex-
istence of God but neither
does it impose a concept
of God "nor does the
congrega-
tion as-
s u m e
that one
must em-
ploy the term
`God' to give
expression to
one's deeply
held reli-
gious be-
liefs."
Beth
Adam's application is
strongly opposed by the
rabbis of the four existing Re-
form congregations in Cincin-
nati.
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In
iep Gies, the last surviving eous Among the Nations" award
member of the family was Emilie Schindler, widow of
which hid and cared for Oskar Schindler. The Wiesenthal
Anne Frank and her family dur- Center's first "Child of Courage"
ing World War II, was honored award went to Zlata Filipovic,
recently at the Simon Wiesenthal whose diary detailed the plight
Center's national tribute dinner of her people in the former Yu-
goslavia.
in Los Angeles.
Ms. Gies modestly accept-
ed a "Righteous Among the
Nations" award, saying,
"People sometimes call me a
hero, but I'm no hero. I'm
just an ordinary person. Peo-
ple should never think that
you have to be a special per-
son to help those who need
you."
Ms. Gies found Ms.
Frank's diary and preserved
it for the world.
Also receiving a "Right- Mien Gies: "Ordinary person."
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