a sabbatical beginning Nov. 1 but will
stay on until Gershon gets back to
work.
This
Rabbi on the
mend; press
releases galore.
Local Jewish educators are being invit-
ed to travel south of the border next
weekend. The Michigan-Ohio border
that is.
The Columbus Jewish Community
Center and that city's Kol Ami Com-
munity Hebrew School are hosting a
Judaica/Hebrew Expo on Sunday,
Aug. 30 from 1-4 p.m. Attractions
include interactive workshops and
hands-on opportunities to try out a
variety of computer software as well as
learn techniques for long-distance
learning and exploring Jewish topics
on the Internet. As an added bonus,
free software — including "Israel at
Rabbi William Gershon, formerly of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, is well
on his way to a full recovery after
emergency surgery Aug. 6.
Less than a week after the rabbi
assumed a new post at Congregation
Shearith Israel in Dallas, he suffered a
heart attack, a synagogue spokesperson
said. Gershon, 39, left Detroit for
Minneapolis in mid-1996 after serving
as assistant rabbi at Shaarey Zedek for
nine years,
- "He's doing great," said Edna
Podell of Shearith Israel. "He would
like to get to work, at least to do a ser-
mon for the High Holidays."
The synagogue's rabbi had planned
From the pages of The Jewish News
for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50
years ago.
1988
Yassir Arafat announced his platform
that would establish a Palestinian pro-
visional government recognizing
Israel.
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel prod-
ded General Secretary Mikhail Gor-
bachev to clear the record of Jews
falsely accused and massacred by Josef
Stalin.
Mark Eichner was honored by
B'nai Moshe at a kiddush following a
Shabbat service.
Detroit was designated host for the
1990 Maccabi Games, becoming the
first city to host the games twice.
1978
The Jewish Theological Seminary,
8/21
1998
20 Detroit Jewish News
50" and "Who Stole Hanukkah?" —
will be distributed to all who attend.
The event takes place at 1125 College
Avenue in Columbus.
For information and directions call
Leslie Zimmer at (614) 237-7686.
Hillel Day School has promoted
Robyn Glickman, director of special
needs, to assistant principal.
Glickman, a member of Hillel's fac-
ulty since 1993, replaces Dr. Helene
Cohen, and will serve as the adminis-
trative head of the lower school and
special services. Cohen will become an
educational consultant, while also
working part-time at Hillel on specific
administrative and curricular initiatives.
Glickman holds a master's degree in
behavioral disorders from the National
College of Education in Evanston, Ill.
Rabbi William Gershon
in his Shaarey Zedek
office.
with the Western Reserve Historical
Society and the Jewish Community
Federation of Cleveland, published
the History of the Jews of Cleveland, by
Lloyd P. Gartner, professor of Tel Aviv
University.
Security vigilance increased in
preparation for the Camp David
Summit in reaction to the recent
bombings and bombing attempts in
Israel.
Marilyn Brenner was appointed
the librarian of the Prentis Memorial
Library of Temple Beth El.
Rabbi Chaim M. Bergstein was
officially named the spiritual leader of
Congregation Bais Chabad of Farm-
ington Hills.
1968
The Soviet Union invades and takes
over the country of Czechoslovakia.
Leonard Bernstein celebrated his
50th birthday by conducting the New
York Philharmonic in Brussels.
Congregation Adat Shalom began a
$3.3 million capital fund drive to
toward the building of a new sanctuary
and school at Middlebelt and 13 Mile.
Jewish National Fund honored
Shaarit Haplaytah for having planted
1,000 trees in Israel.
1958
Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover was
not invited to participate in the
White House ceremonies honoring,
the trans-polar cruise of the subma-
rine, Nautilus, that he designed. Nau-
tilus was the United States' first
nuclear submarine, and the snub
caused uproar in Congress. The New
York Times recalled indications of
anti-Semitism in the Navy's resistance
to Rickover's promotion.
She also has a supervisory endorse-
ment from the National College of
Education to supervise special educa-
tion programs. Currently, she is pursu-
ing a doctorate in school psychology
from the University of Detroit-Mercy.
Akiva Hebrew Day School is hosting
lectures this Sunday night, for Rosh
Chodesh Elul, by Drs. Gabriel Coheri7
and Isaac Gottlieb, Bible professors
from Israel's Bar-Ilan University.
The duo will be in town for three
days, leading in-service training for
Akiva's Judaic studies faculty. Their
public lectures start at 8 p.m. at the
Congregation Beth Achim building,
21100 W. Twelve Mile in Southfield.
For further information, call Rabbi _
Karmi Gross at 552-9690.
Mundane? Perhaps. Historically valu-
able? AbsOlutely.
Richard Cohen Associates, a New
York-based public relations firm, is
donating some 35,000 press releases,
reports and other materials of Jewish
organizations to the Center for Jewish
History, which is under construction
in Manhattan.
The 80,000-plus-page collection
consists of texts of policy statements,
reports of key meetings, speeches, res-
olutions, research records, biographical
data, news clippings and various pub-
lished and unpublished materials.
The Center for Jewish History is
among four organizations to be
housed in the new museum.
The Evergreen Jewish Congrega-
tion honored its new spiritual leader,
Rabbi Hyman Agress.
Farband Camp held its 30th
anniversary and invited past members
to the reunion celebration.
c-
'
1948
Israel's Prime Minister announced
that if the United Nations did not
take action to oust the foreign invad-
ing armies, Israel would do so itself.
The British destroyed a tunnel at a
DP camp in Cyprus that was dug and —/
used by Jewish detainees to escape to
Israel.
B'nai B'rith of Greater Detroit
organized an Aid-to-Israel support
drive.
Seven Detroiters attended the first
National Jewish Youth Conference.