The record shows that Chuck
published six Jewish newspapers
and three Style magazines. The real
legacy of this colorful and gutsy
businessman lives on in his family,
which still owns the company, and
the staff that he cultivated to pub-
lish award-winning independent
publications.
Behind everyone's favorite "Chuck
story" is the memory of a man
who challenged us to live by his
motto: work hard, have fun. His
memory is already a blessing.
Yes, there was other news in
November, important news. Dr.
Conrad Giles is named national
president of the Council of Jewish
Federations. Well known for his
work in our community, Dr. Giles
was named president at the CJF
General Assembly in Seattle.

Father Cunninghmam, a long-time
"-fiend of the Jewish community, passes
ron.
for the hundreds of thousands of Jews
who read his newspapers, Chuck left
us far too soon.

Industries donates $30 million to
Technion. Early indications are that
Sinai Hospital will merge with the
Detroit Medical Center. The result, it
is announced, could be a huge multi-
million dollar fund to benefit the
Jewish community.
The Buerger legacy continues as
Andrew Buerger, the former Jewish
News marketing director, is named
publisher of the Baltimore Jewish
Times, succeeding his late father,
Charles Buerger.

January
Indeed, the DMC-Sinai sale draws
closer with talked-about numbers in
the $50-60-million range. The Jewish
Fund was announced immediately as a
result of the Sinai sale. The Fund will
provide support to new Jewish immi-
grants, the continuation of Sinai ser-
vices to existing Jewish agencies and
other important community methods
December
of support.
Michigan Secretary of State
In more tragic events, two Jewish
Candice Miller is the guest of the
families
mourn the loss of relatives
Federation and Jewish Community
who died in the crash of Comair
Council on a trip to Israel. After many
Flight 3272 near Monroe. Several
years of service to the community,
Russian Jewish families are dislocated
Prentis Manor is closed by Federation.
Ed Rosent hal leaves by a fire at the Northgate
Philanthropist William
JNF after 16 years. Apartments.
Davidson's Guardian

Philip Schaengold helped bring Sinai
back to respectability.

It is announced that, through help
from Federation, a new community
mikvah will be constructed in Oak
Park. We remembered fondly Detroit's
Rabbi Leizer Levin, five years after his
death. And we celebrated the nomina-
tion of Judge Helen White to the U.S.
Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit in
Cincinnati by President Bill Clinton.
Classic Coney Island, Detroit's only
sit-down kosher restaurant, goes out
of business. And The Jewish News
offers a new section, "The Scene," to
its young adult readers.

February
The Sinai sale is completed. Dr.
William Pinsky, senior vice president
at the DMC and associate dean at the
Wayne State University School of
Medicine, takes over as CEO from
Philip Schaengold.
State inspections of kosher facilities
shows some disturbing results. The
state halts admissions to the newly
opened Marvin and Betty Danto
Family Health Center due to sloppy
record keeping and poor patient care.
Southfield resident David
Tenenbaum makes international news
when the FBI investigates him for
allegedly giving classified information
on missile and defense technology to

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