4. The 100 Year Celebration invites you to a view is crystal-clear throughout, with her commentary on the events woven into the fabric of the text. Yet, in the New York and Atlanta sections the book lacks the necessary depth. Jacoby presents a rather nar- rowly focused narrative with a limited picture of the context from which events unfold. It is only with Detroit that the author presents a more comprehensive historical picture, one that provides an explanation — without justification — for the racial polarization that plagues the city. Jacoby also writes in a way that forces readers to ask how things could have occurred differently. Were the riots of 1943 and 1967 inevitable given Detroit's social history? Was the 20-year tenure of Coleman Young the only way >Th the city's black residents could achieve political self-determination and free- dom from what they believed to be a racist police department? These questions go unasked — and unanswered — by Jacoby, but must necessarily be considered by anyone who wants to truly understand the era. The Detroit story ends with a chapter titled "Mandate For Anarchy." "Severed from the regional econo- my, cut off from meaningful contact from whites, many city dwellers drift- ed beyond the pale of hope, their racial fantasies blossoming wildly, and even when race and poverty didn't ban them from the mainstream, their alienation sealed the door shut," writes Jacoby. This is the final, dismal picture painted of Detroit, although a brief epilogue presents a glimmer of hope that under Mayor Dennis Archer, Detroit may gradually "edge its way back from disastrous isolation." Someone Else's House offers the read- er the opportunity to think, to evalu- ate and to ask where each of us fits in to this troubled picture of America's struggle for integration. Will we leave it to Mayor Archer and to other civic leaders to search for ways to bring the region together? Will we be satisfied to sit back and live in our mostly separated white and black communities? Or is it perhaps incumbent upon all of us — as indi- viduals and as members of organiza- dons, religious institutions and gov- ernmental entities — to seek ways to create a society that will help to imple- ment Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of one society? This is Tamar Jacoby's message to us all. e al Advance Screening of the film S • J eremia ii The story of one man's search for faith. Written and directed by Detroit's own Harry Winer Tuesday, September 15, 7:3o p.m. Maple Theatre No Charge • RSVP Required - Please call (248) 642-4.26o,'ext. 2o - i to reserve a seat. CO •• • • • • • I 4 03RN - 0- uljr r - oJuuENNwaDioN • 0147 TAVERN PI P" FERNDALE - ="41 the original * Brady Family Tavern *COME BACK * TO THE "ONE & ONLY" SPECIAL PRE-SEASON FUND RAISER FASCINATIN' GERSHWIN A Musical Review Celebrating George Gershwin's 100th Birthday FREE B u Any Burger Get the econd Burger FOR FREE (OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE) DU' 9 /30/98 • ONE COUPON PER COUPLE 248q/584*4242 Tension-Filled Drama by Margaret Duihaney November 6-22, 1998 January 8-24, 1999 Beau Jest Includes a Gala Reception March 5-21, 1999 RIDGEDALE'S ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE TOURS Et REFRESHMENTS All Adults a Children Interested in Theatre are Welcome Sunday, September 13 AO% HARMONYHOUSE ‘1011F /Kale i 4 ail we do! www.harmonyhouse.com Comedy About Agoraphobia by Reginald Rose September 18-20, 25-27 ❑ On Nine Mile Road One Mile East of Woodward Twelve Angry Jurors The View From Here Clever, Endearing Comedy 1:00-5:00pm VOTED BEST BURGER 811011 1100 - OBSLAVER ECCEttIRIC Metropolitan 0.11 by James Sherman Into The Woods Musical For The Family by Sondheim a Lapine April 30- May 23, 1999 RIDGEDALE PLAYERS 205 W. Long Lake (Between Livernois & Crooks in Troy) Call (248) 988-7049 for Brochure/Information $2.00 OFF CASSETTES & COMPACT DISCS Present This Coupon at any HARMONY HOUSE location, and receive $2 Off any REGULARLY PIKED CD or Cassette ($10.99 or More). No Limit Void With Other Offers. Exdudes Spedal Orders. This Coupon Must be Presented to Receive Discount EXPIRES September 17, 199S JEWISH NEWS Detroit Jewish News 9/4 1998 85