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This & That
lenged in the next election by Repub-
licans Donald Eby and Jeffrey Matte
and Democrat Ilene Singer.
Taub is seeking a fourth term on
the Oakland County Board of Com-
missioners. The primary election is
Aug. 4.
Help for the hungry; a new Holocaust Web site.
State Theatre.
Hurwitz was a produc-
er and director at Chan-
nel 4 for 30 years. In the
'60s, he pioneered court-
room TV with broadcasts
of juvenile and traffic
courts. He also produced
the first African-Ameri-
can-oriented TV show
with "Profiles in Black"
and the first color broad-
cast of heart surgery at
Henry Ford Hospital.
Hurwitz was nominated
for an Emmy and won
three Telly Awards in 1996
for industrial films. He ran
both an advertising agency
and video production
company until his death
on Dec. 18.
Oakland County residents
donated 167,000 pounds
of food in a collection
drive May 9 that was spon-
sored by the National
Association of Letter Carriers and the
U.S. Postal Service.
The food was distributed to the
Food Bank of Oakland County and
Vic Hurwitz in 1996 with his three Telly Awards.
The National Academy of Arts and
Sciences presented a posthumous
Governor's Award to Victor Hurwitz
at the regional Emmy Awards ceremo-
ny last Saturday night at Detroit's
When we wander menzoiy lane, all of
us can recall favorite TV shows, popular
tunes and maybe what we were "doing
when." TO het p jog those memories, here
are some news "billboards"from the
pages of The Jewish News for this
week 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago.
1988
The president of the Soweto Civic
Association visited Israel to determine
whether there has been a real change
in Israel's policy toward South Africa.
Monarch Packing Company the
Detroit area's only local source of
kosher beef, closed its slaughtering
lines permanently.
Leon Cohan stepped down after
three years as president of the Jewish
Community Council.
Danny Najrnan, a junior at Yehivat
5/22
1998
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other pantries.
To assist in sorting the collected
food, call (248) 332-1473.
More good news on the food front:
Daniel Levy's bar mitzvah party last
Saturday turned into a $1,940 wind-
fall for Forgotten Harvest.
The organization, which delivers
surplus food to area food banks for
the hungry, was the beneficiary when
Daniel's parents, Dr. Robert and
Linda Levy of Farmington Hills,
decided to hold Daniel's party at
Hotel Baronette, even though they did
not meet the minimum spending
requirement. The Levys made up the
financial difference, but what to do
with the extra food? When they asked
if it could be donated, manager Kathy-
Charnley and Unique Restaurant
Corporation's Matt Prentice suggested
Forgotten Harvest, even calling the
organization to find out what foods
were most needed.
Shelly Goodman Taub, Republican
County Commissioner representing
the 12th District (Bloomfield Town-
ship, West Bloomfield, Keego Harbor,
Orchard Lake, Sylvan Lake and
Orchard Lake Village), is being chal-
Akiva, was elected president of the
local chapter of Wriei Akiva.
dent of Congregation Beth Achim.
1978
The lewis
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Israel President Ephraim Katzir
approved a decision by the govern-
n-ient not to grant prisoners a general
amnesty on the occasion of Israel's
30th anniversary.
Weizmann Institute scientists
developed a new method of detecting
air pollution.
A new movement was inaugurated
to trace the whereabouts of Raoul
Wallenberg, one of the heroes of
World War II who rescued. 50,000
Hungarian Jews.
Sharon Hart was the newly elected
president of Women's American ORT
Michiga.n Region.
Allan Rosenberg was elected presi-
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The Cohodas family of Marquette not
only helped Northern Michigan Uni-
versity collect a vast amount of Holo-
caust-related books, tapes, articles and
other materials for its library, but has
funded a Web site to showcase the
materials.
In 1975, the university approached
Bill Cohodas about obtaining a speak-
er on the Holocaust. Since then,
Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, Simon Wiesen-
thal and Eli Wiesel, among others,
have visited NMU, and the history
department now teaches a course on
the Holocaust.
The Web site address is http://holo-
caust.nmu.edu/holonew.htm.
Cantor Chaim Najman of Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek will join 21 other
cantors on stage at Carnegie Hall for
its first-ever cantorial concert June 8.
The concert is part of a five-day
festival of song that begins June 7 to
mark the 50th anniversary of the 450-
member Cantors Assembly. -
The 22 hazzanim, accompanied by
a choir and orchestra, will present a
wide repertoire of cantorial master-
pieces.
to be guest artists at the annual spring
concert of the Detroit Jewish Folk
Chorus.
ist orical
t3 of
nwSas°ctir.;i nr gr° res-
cue theare that once housed
the natio ca p itals first synagogue.
The Hebrew Union College-Jewish
ristitute of Relicion in New York
City received a $45,000 grant from
the Ford Foundation to train
advanced graduate students in archae-
ology.
Max M, Fisher was elected chair-
man of the national American Jewish
Committee executive board.
Paul Fink was elected president of
Henry Morgenthau Lodge of B'riai
B'rith.
Cantor Harold Orbach of Temple
Israel and Shirley I3enyas were slated
1958
The government of Israel agreed to
extradite to Michigan .33-year-old
William Jacob, an escaped inmate
from the Detroit House of Correction
who was being held in Israel.
The daughter of Sir Winston
Churchill attended the dedication of
new installations on the campus of
Technion-Israel Institute of Techriology.
Professor Samuel M. Levin was hon-
ored at a dinner at Wayne State Univer-
sity marking his 70th birthday and his
retirement from \Vayne's faculty.
Gary ivloss and Helaine Sobol
spoke during Youth Congregation
Shabbat at Beth Aaron Synagogue. El