This & That
Shir Tikvah easily makes the Rent; ZOA seeks younger members.
The death of Marine Lance Corporal
William Gralnik is still under investi-
gation, said Major Scott Fazekas at the
Camp Lejeune, N.C., public affairs
office.
Gralnik, an 18-year-old Oak Park
native and the son of Russian Jewish
immigrants, died from "massive inter-
nal bleeding" from a gunshot wound
to the hip he received during a
training exercise on March 31.
He died early the next morn-
ing.
"An investigation like this
can take a while," said
Fazekas. "The investigating
officer will look at all the facts
of the case and interview wit-
nesses to get a detailed
chronological sequence of
what happened."
Richard Lobenthal, the fiery former
head of the Anti-Defamation League's
Michigan office and current interim
director of the Michigan office of the
American Civil Liberties Union, has
been tapped to serve as interim direc-
tor of the Southfield-based Ecumeni-
cal Institute for Jewish-Christian
Studies.
Lobenthal co-
founded the Insti-
tute 16 years ago
with the Rev. James
Lyons, who died
last month, leaving
the director's job
vacant. With
Lobenthal's
appointment, the
Institute has
launched a national
search for a perma-
nent successor.
Congregation Shir Tikvah,
which just celebrated its first
Shabbat in its new building in Richard Lobenthal has
The Michigan
been tapped to serve as
Troy, took in $250,000 at an
office of the Zionist
Organization of
April 8 benefit that featured a interim director of the
Ecumenical Institute for
production of the Broadway
America wants to
Jewish-Christian Studies.
infuse the organiza-
musical Rent at the Fisher
tion with new
Theatre.
blood (read: a youthful presence), and
The event, which drew 1,600 well-
wishers, was the culmination of an
to that end is hosting a meeting for
eight- to nine-month capital fund-rais- young adults (25 to 45) at 7 p.m.
ing campaign in which Shir Tikvah
Sunday at the Zionist Cultural Center
raised $500,000.
Building, 18451 W. 10 Mile Road,
When we u;ander memory lane, all of
us can recallfitvorite 717 shows, popular
tunes and maybe what zve were "doing
p jog those memories, here
when." To help
are some news 'billboards" from the
pages of The Jewish News for this week
10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
1988
Aba Eban made a statement that
Israel should be willing to negotiate
with the PLO, providing that it
renounces terrorism and accepts a
peaceful resolution to the Middle East
conflict.
Esther Bobroff retired after 30
years as a teacher and supervisor at
the Temple Israel religious school.
Door-to-door transportation set
4/17
1998
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vice was expanded for seniors who
wish to attend activities at the Jimmy
Prentis Morris JCC,
1978
Britain was urged to outlaw compli-
ance with the Arab boycott by British
companies.
The newly formed Detroit Metro-
politan Chapter of the Association of
Reform Zionists of An put out a
call for new members. Rabbi Richard
Hertz of Temple Beth El is temporary
chairman.
Frieda Leemon and Ruth Miller
were in New York for a three-day ses-
sion of the national board of Pioneer
Women.
just west of Southfield Road in South-
field.
The ZOA envisions an independent
volunteer social and work group of
younger members that would track
and address the media's portrayal of
Israel and deal with government issues
involving Israel.
For more information, call Danielle
Hack at (248) 569-1515.
Huntington Woods litterbug Michelle
Wilson is now a fugitive.
Wilson, ticketed last July for dump-
ing anti-Semitic, racist pamphlets in
Huntington Woods, failed to show up
for her scheduled hearing at the 48th
District Court in Bloomfield Hills on
April 7. A bench warrant has been
issued for her arrest.
The materials were printed by the
Eastpointe-based European American
Educational Association.
Apparently blossoms and flowers are
not the only things to come out in the
springtime. Last week, a white
supremacist organization, the very
same European American Educational
Association, scattered leaflets pro-
claiming "White Is Beautiful," and
"We must secure the existence of our
people and a future for white chil-
dren" at the corner of Oakland and
Gill in Farmington.
Thr e e Jewish witnesses from Chicago
1.;a1 mas-
survivors of the Gtoc6lifietto
sacre, identified the pri-TICi
at the war crimes trial in
Cologne.
Plans were announced in New
York for the construction of the first
Jewish Institute for Geriatric Care, to
be built next to Long Island Jewish
Hospital.
Esther V: Gitlin, founder and char-
ter member of the Maimonides Med-
ical Society Women's Auxiliary died at
age 70.
Mrs. Henry Thumin chaired the
Beth Abraham Sisterhood donor lun-
cheon.
"We don't believe anyone was tar-
geted. It was just someone dumping
them from the window of a car," said
Gary Goss, Farmington's director of
public safety. "The [Anti-Defamation
League/Michigan Region] has advised
us that this is the group's spring blitz.
A similar incident happened in Livo-
nia last year at this time."
Goss said he did not know how
many leaflets had been dumped, but
that city employees had removed them
using a leafblower.
According to ADL staffer Jennifer
Doeren, the EAEA produces stickers
that say "Hitler was right," and "Infla-
tion is Jewish," along with ones that
are offensive to blacks and other eth-
nic groups. The group also operates a
phone recording through which it sells
racist videos and magazines and tells
racist jokes.
.
Attention Baby Boomers: The
"Boomers Plus Lifestyle Expo," which
is billed as an event designed to provide
answers to all questions about life after
50, will be held all day Saturday (10
a.m.-7 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m.-5
p.m.) at the Southfield Civic Center
Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen Road.
Sponsored by Target Marketing
Group Inc., the expo will include
workshops on everything from person-
al growth, career alternatives, long-
term care and computers to exercise,
cooking and dance demos. Keynote
speakers are Florine Mark, president
and CEO of Weight Watchers, and
Mort Crim, former Channel 4 news
anchor and motivational speaker.
Tickets are $7.
A new Hebrew broadcast b y Radio
Cairo invited Israel to join the United
Arab Republic as the only solution
for peace in the Middle East.
The Evergreen Jewish Congrega-
tion scheduled ground-breaking cere-
monies for its new synagogue on
Evergreen north of Seven Mile Road.
J.H. Wineman, president of Peo-
ple's Outfitting Company, was elected
president of the Detroit Retail Mer-
chants Association.
Phyllis Pullberg, a Detroit pianist,
performed in recital at Baldwin
Recital Hall, Woodward at Ferry.