INSIDE: DETROIT/ FUN BEING PHYSICALLY FIT;
OBITUARIES/ LOU BERRY, ACTIVIST FOR ISRAEL, DIES.

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THE JEWISH NEWS

18 SIVAN 5755/JUNE 16, 1995

Time To Build

Auto Invasion

Shir Tikvah votes to begin construction.

JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER

omeless" for more than a decade, the
Troy-based Congregation Shir Tikvah
this week grew cme step closer to a per-
manent residence.
On Sunday, temple members vot-
ed to build a home for their congrega-
tion. While planning is still in the early stages,
leaders hope to break ground in about 12 months
and have a completed building by the beginning
of 1997.
The congregation owns a five-acre tract of land
on Wattles between Coolidge and Crooks in Troy.
The land was purchased 10 years ago to avoid
future difficulty of buying land in Troy.
"We feel the congregation has reached a point
where it's financially feasible to build," said Shir
Tikvah President Joe Katz. "We want to say to
ourselves and the community, We are here to
stay.' This congregation began with a few fami-
lies living east of Woodward and expanded geo-

graphically and spiri-
tually to accommodate
a diverse group of con-
gregants."
Shir Tikvah's Rabbi
Arnie Sleutelberg said,
"Now we can begin to
dream about the build-
ing we want to create.
We are in need of a spir-
itual home, a place we
can feel is ours and will
accommodate our needs
and be available on our
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg:
schedule."
Walls of its own.
The nomadic congre-
gation of 240 house-
holds has numerous rental agreements. Religious
school classes are held at Roeper Elementary in

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Israeli suppliers lobby Detroit.

ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

M

oti Nitzan is planning for chasing managers and engineers
peace, even though he at automotive plants and major
doesn't think about it suppliers.
Mr. Nitan and his friend Benny
much.
What he was considering this Friman of Netanya had one ob-
week was selling electric motors. jective in mind — the General
A vice president of Bental Motors experimental electric car
Industries in Israel and a resident project in Warren.
Bental Industries and Mr.
of Kibbutz HaGolan on the Golan
Heights, Mr. Nitzan was in Friman's Orbit Ltd. make elec-
Detroit as part of a 40-person tric motors for Israeli military ap-
plications. They hope to do the
Israeli industrial delegation.
The group is part of an all-out same for GM's cars of the future,
effort by Israeli firms and General with up to 2,000 motors per year.
On Monday and Tuesday, the
Motors Corp. to increase the num-
ber of Israeli suppliers for the two men visited GM's electric car
American automobile industry. center.
Representatives of 32 other
Over four days this week, the
group fanned out through the Israeli companies held similar
metropolitan area, meeting par- INVASION page 8

Psst!
ave
You
eard?

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Toral puts a curse
on people who gossip.

RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER
ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAMELA HOBBS

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