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DESIGN INIECON BUILD
houses of worship wherever they
were.
Many early Jewish settlers,
like the Wertheimer family,
made a living making cigars be-
cause it was a trade that re-
quired little start-up capital. The
museum's collection includes a
photograph of the Wertheimer
Cigar Co.
A portion of the exhibit deal-
ing with Michigan's role in
World War II includes the pass-
port and memorabilia of Benno
Levi, an Oak Park resident who
was among the first group of
German children sent to the
state as the threat of Nazism
grew.
Museum docent Betty Krohn-
gold, who designed a Jewish-
themed tour for a group from her
synagogue last year, will lead the
Oct. 13 tour through the 7-year-
old Lansing museum.
She plans to touch on Jewish
contributions in the fields of agri-
culture and architecture, and
said she'll even connect Jewish
history to prehistorical settle-
ments in the state.
The Michigan Historical Mu=
seum, which shares a building
with the state's library near the
state Capitol, was designed by
William Kessler. Painter
Richard Kozlow and environ-
mental sculptor David Barr con-
tributed large-scale works of art
to the museum.
The museum drew aboul
161,000 visitors last year. Li
2 The public is invited to tour
the Michigan Historical Muse-
um in Lansing on Sunday, Oct.
13. A bus leaves from Congre,
gation Shaarey Zedek in South-
field at 11 a.m.. and will return
by 4;45 p.m. The cost is $18 per
person. Bring a lunch. For in-
formation and reservations, call
the Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan at (810) 661-7706. "
Fighting The Power
A group of West Bloomfield residents doesn't want a
Detroit Edison substation in its neighborhood.
JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER
70,77,77,
Aish HaTorah presents — Back by Popular Demand:
with
RABBI MENDEL
KESSIN
Part 1
Thursday, Oct. 17, '96 - 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.
Part 2 (No need to have attended Part 1)
Saturday, Oct. 19, '96 - 8:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Julie Sonenberg and Diane Swimmer on the railroad tracks behind the Swimmers'
West Bloomfield home.
D
Where:
Sarah and Ralph Davidson Hadassah
House, 5030 Orchard Lake Road in West
Bloomfield (between Walnut Lake Road and
Green Road on the west side of the street).
Donation: $6.00 per session
•
A Kabbalistic exploration of the last 150. years and the next 50. With noted
lecturer, kabbalist and psychotherapist -Rabbi Mendel Kessin. What are the
deeper reasons for the Creation of the United Nations? The Holocaust? The
events in the State of Israel? The Fall of the Berlin Wall? The Gulf War?
Events in America? The meaning behind current events? What the future
holds in store? An exhilarating 2 session, 5 hour program — come for one or
both sessions. Not to be missed. For the many people who have seen Rabbi
Kessin during his 1995 lecture, the 1st session will be a review of that
lecture, covering world events through the Gulf War, the second lecture will
cover all new, post Gulf War material he has not presented in Detroit.
Call Aish at (810) 737-0400 for more information
etroit Edison wants to re-
duce frequent blackouts
and brownouts in West
Bloomfield and environs,
but neighbors of a proposed pow-
er substation are seeing only red.
Diane Swimmer, whose home
abuts Edison's 3-acre site offHal-
sted Road, is certain the substa-
tion will result in the
condemnation of homes in the
Shenandoah Estates subdivision
and the decimation of a beautiful
piece of wilderness.
Worst of all, it will generate
electromagnetic fields (emfs),
which have been inconclusively
linked to certain diseases, includ-
ing childhood leukemia, she says.
Aside from alleged health risks to
neighbors — there are 43 homes
and 85 children on the Swimmers'
street — Pleasant Lake Elemen-
tary School is directly across the
street from the Edison property.
Julie Sonenberg, one of Ms.
Swimmer's neighbors, says she'll
never feel safe with a substation
nearby, even if Edison were to put
an electrified fence around it. She
believes children are too curious
to keep out of a restricted area.
"Though you can put in all the
safety measures in the world,
there are kids who are going to
hop that fence or throw something
over the fence. I think it's an ac-
cident waiting to happen," she
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