This
ZOA
building is sold;
scholarship fund
grows.
An African-American church has pur-
chased the Southfield building occu-
pied by the Zionist Organization of
America for some 30 years.
"We had attempted to sell it to var-
ious Jewish organizations, but for one
reason or another they weren't inter-
ested or didn't have the funds," said
ZOA-Metro Detroit Chapter Presi-
dent Jerome Kaufman.
The ZOA bought the Zionist Cul-
tural Center at 18451 W. Ten Mile
Road in 1965 or 1966. The 3,000-
arship fund for
congregational
school students
is more than
tripling in size
this year.
In its annual
allocations last
month, Federa-
tion increased
the fund from
$122,500 to
$300,000. The
latest boost
The Zionist Cultural Center on brings the total
Ten Mile Road is soon to become a church. to an even half-
million dollars.
"There are so many people for
square-foot building features a kitchen
whom educating their children finan-
and auditorium.
cially is so difficult," said Adat Shalom
Kaufman said the ZOA no longer
Education Director Elissa Berg upon
wants the responsibility of property
hearing the news. "It's nice to see Fed-
ownership and wasn't using the build-
eration helping."
ing to its full extent. The organization
More than 5,000 children attend
will share space with the Jewish
congregational schools in the Detroit
National
area, and 800 received scholarships in
Fund at
1997-98.
17100 W.
Ten Mile in
The Agency for Jewish Education of
Southfield.
Metropolitan Detroit's former execu-
tive director, Howard Gelberd, has
Thanks to a
landed
a position at the Stephen Wise
$200,000
0
Temple in Los Angeles.
grant from
According to the temple's newslet-
the United
ter, Gelberd will serve as the temple's
Jewish Foun-
religious school principal, focusing
dation, the
much of his energy on teens and the
Jewish Feder-
confirmation department.
ation of Met-
Gelberd served as a teacher at
ropolitan
Howard Gelberd:
Stephen Wise's religious school some
Detroit schol- Gone but not forgotten
30 years ago. The temple is one of the
largest Reform congregations in the
world.
munity, demanding immediate release
of the plane and passengers.
The 50th anniversary of Hebrew
University on Mt. Scopus was cele-
brated.
The University of Detroit Human
Relations Award was presented to
Stanley J. Winkelman, president of
Winkelman Brothers Apparel Inc_
and a member of the executive com-
mittee of the Jewish Community
Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
term as Lord Provost of Glasgow.
Two Detroit Jewish women were
appointed by Michigan Governor G.
Mennen Williams to public posts.
Selma Becker was named to the State
Mental Health Commission and
Shirley Schneider was named to the
Wayne County Jury Commission.
C
Debbie Schlussel, Republican candi-
date for the 39th District seat in the
state House, believes a political rival is
behind complaints made to the Anti-
Defamation League/Michigan Region
regarding the Jewish orientation of her
campaign literature.
Don Cohen, ADL executive direc-
7:\
tor, said he received calls from people
complaining about "the religious
nature of the mailings," which include
a Jewish autobiography and a listing
of Schlussel's memberships in Jewish
organizations.
Calling the complaints "totally ille-
gitimate," Schlussel said one of her
opponents "is upset that I get so much
support from the Jewish community." ,•'\
Meanwhile, Schlussel points out,
fellow 39th District Republican can-
didate Marc Shulman has financed
mailings in which former state Sen.
David Honigman writes about the
need for a Republican Jewish pres-
ence — Shulman's — in the Legisla-
ture.
Schlussel and Shulman face off in
the Aug. 4 primary against Henry
Leeds, Margaret Scott and Ron
Wolf. The 39th District includes
West Bloomfield, Commerce,
Orchard Lake, and Keego Harbor.
The winner will face Democratic
candidate Maxine Brickner in
November.
Remember When
From the pages of The Jewish News
for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50
years ago.
1988
Torahs that were desecrated by the
Nazis in Hungary during World War
II were buried in Mt. Olives in
Jerusalem.
A 24-hour hotline for physicians
and health-care professionals to con-
sult with halachic authorities on
medical questions of Jewish law was
instituted by the National Confer-
ence of Rabbonim of Agudath Israel
branches.
Doug Schubot, president of
Jules R. Schubot Jewellers in Troy,
was elected as the fourth president of
the American-Israel Chamber of
Commerce of Michigan.
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1998
26 Detroit Jewish News
1978
Israel's Foreign Minister Moshe
Mayan announced the endorsement
of future negotiations with Egypt
concerning the status of the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The Knesset adopted a draft bill
that exempted religious women from
military service merely on their state-
ment that they were observant.
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, the
birthplace of the Reform movement
in the United States, was placed on
the National Register of Historic
Places by the U.S. Department of the
Interior.
1968
The Algerian government detained a
hijacked El-Al airliner, its crew of 10
and 11 Israeli passengers. The act was
condemned by the international corn-
1958
Israel Ambassador Abba Eban met
with Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles to discuss increasing Israel's
defensive strength in view of rising
United Arab Republic aggressiveness.
For the first time in Scottish
municipal politics, a Jew, Myer
Halpern, was elected to a three-year
.
1948
Egypt, Syria and Iraq continued their
attacks on Israeli centers, breaking the
UN cease-fire truce.
Americans United for Israel (Z'va
Haganah) was formed.
District Six chapters of AZA and
B'nai B'rith Girls planned to hold a
joint convention in August at Camp
Indianola, Madison, Wisc.
Hebrew Ladies Aid Society held its
16th annual donor luncheon at B'nai
Moshe.