Maccabi hosts
increasing; a sign of
something.
Eric Stark is returning to his
hometown to serve as a
rabbinic intern over the
next year at Temple
Israel in West Bloom-
field.
Stark, the son of
Sandy and Jay
Stark, graduated
from Temple Israel's
religious school and
celebrated his bar
mitzvah there. At the
synagogue, he'll assist
the rabbis in educa-
tional programming, in
youth activities and in bar
and bat mitzvah programs.
Stark is a graduate of the
University of Michigan and is
working on a graduate degree
from the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in Los Angeles. He
will be ordained next May.
His service includes
senior youth group advisor
at Congregation Shir Tikvah
in Troy (1992-93), Western
trip supervisor for Tamarack
Camps (1995) and summer
student rabbi at Congrega-
tion Beth El in Traverse
City (1996). He also was a
rabbinic intern at Temple
Israel in Memphis, youth
director at Temple Ner
Tamid in Bloomfield, N.J.,
and a student rabbi in Mon-
tana and California.
Christ
Presbyterian
Church's
controversial
sign.
A sign advertising a
non-controversial
sermon topic in
a controversial
way at a church in
Southfield last week
provoked complaints
from neighbors and
passers-by, and letters
from the Anti-
Defamation League.
In statements to
the press, the Rev.
Milton Henry, of
Christ Presbyterian
Church on Civic Center
Drive and Berg, said the
sign's message — "Not Jew,
Goya, or Nigger, 10 a.m." —
' Eric Stark:
was that Christians should work
Back to
Temple Israel for an egalitarian society, not one
with such divisions.
Don Cohen, executive director of
the ADL/Michigan Region, said "the
ADL didn't assume anti-Semitism or
racism on the part of the church,
but strongly objected to the display
of the offensive term for African
Americans since no context was pro-
vided and many justifiably are
offended by it."
"It is a hateful word and people
understand it that way," he said. He
added that the church's display of
the word "sidetracks us from real
issues of race and diversity in our
communities and nation that require
our attention."
This week's sermon, "Dumber than
a Jackass," is scheduled for 10 a.m.
Sunday, Aug. 9.
Rabbi Moses Lehrman was honored
for his 20th anniversary as spiritual
leader of Congregation Wnai Moshe.
Camp Tamarack hosted the annual
meetin,,, of the Fresh Air Society.
1958 Phi Epsilon Pi National Service
award for his contributions during
the past year.
The Jewish Community Center Mac-
cabi Games, which will open next
Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Palace of
Auburn Hills, requires almost 200
more homes than in 1990, the last
time the community hosted the
games.
The visiting athletes from the
U.S., Canada, Mexico, Great Britain,
Israel and Venezuala will be staying in
the homes of 1,147 area families,
compared to 973 eight years ago. The
number of visiting athletes alone rep-
resents 400 more than the total num-
ber of athletes in 1990.
Remember When Nan
From the pages of The Jewish News
for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50
years ago.
1988
Jordan's King Hussein declared that
he would sever his country's legal and
administrative ties with the West
Bank.
Morocco's King Hassan expressed
his hope that presidential candidate
Michael Dukakis would not "forget"
his promises to support Israel and
reject the PLO's role in peace negotia-
tions until it renounced its terrorism
and accepted Israel's right to exist,
The campaign for the University of
Michigan Hillel hosted a tribute to Dr.
William Haber, former dean and active
member of the Jewish community.
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28 Detroit Jewish News
1978
Pope Paul VI died at the age of 80.
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Shlo-
rno Goren said He tried to remove
the chronic hatred between Christian-
ity and Judaism."
Prime Minister Menahem Begin
accepted President Carter's invitation
to join him and Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat at Camp David for
peace talks,
The Zionist Organization of
Detroit honored its president, Dr.
Maxwell M. Hoffman, at its annual
installation and dinner at Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek.
1968
Israel fell under U.N. condemnation for
air strikes on Jordanian terrorist bases.
1958
The Shever Community Center,
made possible by the generous contri-
butions of former Detroiters Nathan
Shever and his brother David, was
dedicated in Beersheba, Israel.
The Great Lakes Yacht Club, in
conjunction with the Ten Mile
branch of the Jewish Community
Center, announced that it would
begin sailing courses for beginners
and advanced pupils.
Philip M. Klutznick, president of
B'nai B'rith, was chosen to receive the
1948
In Israel, a five-member cabinet was
appointed to deal with the issues con-
cerning the future status of Jerusalem.
The first South African Jewish
daily paper, the Jewish Daily News,
began publication.
Warren Rovetch won a year's
scholarship to attend Ruskin College,
Oxford University.
At the "Salute to Israel" night, the
chairman and the treasurer, Danny
Raskin and Hershel Lewis of Social
Inc., presented their organization's
contribution check for Haganah, rais-
ing the total to $5,779,160.