Rosh Hashanah 5758

Israeli associates at the U.S. Army Tank, Automotive
Armaments Command. He has never been criminally
charged. He is on paid administrative leave.
On a sad note, Coby Levi, the grandchild of Bennc._
and Ruth Levi of Oak Park, loses his battle against
leukemia. Lauren Cohn, 4, of Huntington Woods goes
into remission after receiving a bone marrow donation.
Both Coby and Lauren were the focus of an outpouring
of blood testing and blood donations, which probably
saved the lives of many others.

March
The month of spring came in like a lamb and left like a
lion. Area Lubavitch celebrated the 200th anniversarAs f
the holy Tanya.
A judge weighed the deportation question in the case
of former Waffen SS member Ferdinand Hammer. The
Neighborhood Project celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Area homes and Jewish community buildings lose
power during a terrible ice storm. Tappers and DarakjiaE
jewelry stores are victims of smash-and-grab robbers.

Rabbi Stephen Weiss comes to the Shaarey Zedek pulpit.

Detroit's Maccabi teams excels in summer competition. Detroit learns it will host the games in 1998.

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April
A story that continues to not want to go a way. Local
rabbis of all denominations repudiate the Union of
Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada for
saying that the Reform and Conservative movements are
not Jewish. Pluralism remains today our biggest battle -
within Judaism.
The Jewish Vocational Service wins a $2.4 million
contract to service the unemployed of Detroit. The
Jewish community continues its debate over school
vouchers. The Danto Family Health Center gets a goo
inspection. The Oak Park eruv will include Huntington
Woods.
Former Jewish News intern Lisa Pollak wins a Pulitzer
for her work on the Baltimore Sun. The Bloomfield Hills
native wrote a story on Major League umpire John
Hirschbeck's son, who has adrenoleukodystrophy.
Hirschbeck was the umpire who was spit on by
Baltimore Oriole second baseman Roberto Alomar.

May
Swiss bank account holders and their heirs check docu-
ments at the Holocaust Memorial Center in West
Bloomfield. "Anne Frank and Us" opens at the Flint
Cultural Center Campus.
Rabbi Stephen Weiss of Atlanta's Ahavath Achim will
come to the Shaarey Zedek pulpit.
On a remarkable Sunday afternoon, some 800
Holocaust survivors come to Shaarey Zedek for a special
meeting on how to make claims for compensation.
Organized by video producer Fran Victor, the event was.
a "how to" for the audience.
Students return from the Teen Unity Mission to
Poland and Israel, overwhelmed with a renewed sense of
purpose.
Jeffrey Seller, a Broadway producer from Oak Park,
has a hit show, Rent.

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