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unbeliever" — in a speech to the
B'nai B'rith Society in Vienna:
"Because I was a Jew I found myself
free from many prejudices which
restricted others in the use of the
intellect; and as a Jew I was pre-
pared to join the opposition and to
do without agreement with the
compact majority."
The last chapter of Jews lays out
the future of Jewish life, with anti-
Semitism on the wane and Israel as
a safe place for Jews to call home.
But unlike Alan Dershowitz's The
Vanishing American Jew: In Search of
Jewish Identity in the Next Century
and Samuel Heilman's Portrait of
American Jews: The Last Half of the
20th Century, Hertzberg denounces
the argument that the only way
Judaism will survive is through the
Orthodox movement.
Instead he pokes holes in Der-
showitz's and Heilman's theories by
bringing up statistics from the 1990
National Population Survey of
American Jewry that suggest that
those raised Orthodox are signifi-
candy less likely to remain Ortho-
dox.
And, he claims, it is because of
fundamentalists, including the ultra-
Orthodox, that a dangerous kind of
factionalism has arisen.
"The greatest threat to the Jewish
people today comes not from the
outside; it comes from the element
of the Jewish people which regards
itself as beyond criticism — and as
the judge and jury of the rest," Jews
states.
"The new messianists, and the
ultra-Orthodox who are often their
kindred spirits, are not only mis-
leading Israel, they are a threat to
the Jewish world as a whole," the
authors continue.
Hertzberg, the son of a Chasidic
rabbi who was raised in the Ortho-
dox neighborhoods of Baltimore,
denies that this literary finger point-
ing constitutes Orthodox-bashing.
"That is not my intention," he says.
Nor is it to instill fear about the
future. Hertzberg and Hirt-Man-
heimer end their book on an uplift-
ing note. Today, they assert, more
and more Jews — secular, Reform,
Conservative and Orthodox — are
clinging to God, and Judaism,
through study.
The river, they write, will contin-
ue to flow.
Arts and Entertainment Editor Gail
Zimmerman contributed to this article.
IN A CELEBRATION
Wednesday,
October 7, at
7:30 p.m. at
the beautiful
Detroit
Orchestra Hall
100 Years of
Zionist Vision
and Fulfillment
honoring
Sam & Minnie Berman
Who will receive the justice
Louis D. Brandeis Award
A modest, folksy man, Sam Berman was born in Poland, survived the
Holocaust and after the war, set his sights on Palestine, the country of his
dreams. Intercepted mid-way by the British Navy, he and his brother,
Alter, spent eight months in Cyprus only to be released when the British
departed Palestine. But his personal Odyssey didn't end there. Settling in
a kibbutz and finding employment in agriculture, he enlisted in the Haganah and fought In Israel's War of
Independence in 1948 and the subsequent Sinai Campaign in 1956. Alter, Sam's brother, died in combat in
1948. In 1957, Sam came to the United States, where he worked successively as an electrician, a partner in a
landscaping .company and, finally, as a partner in Mastercraft Leather of Auburn Hills.
Minnie Berman, a native of Newark, New Jersey, graduated from Central High School, enrolled in Wayne
State University, studied art at Cass Tech, OCC and the Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association. She was also a
charter-member and partner in the former Artists Gallery of Farmington Hills.
The Bermans' passionate commitment to Israel and Jewish education found expression in their support for
Israel Bonds, Mogen David Adom (where they endowed six ambulances), Yeshiva Beth Yehuda, Machon
L'Torah and ORT.
tarring
LORNA LUFT
ROBERT KLEIN
First appeared on Broadway with her moth-
er, Judy Garland. Starred in Broadway's
"Guys and Dolls," "Girl Crazy," "Mame,"
"Grease" and special appear-
ances at the Hollywood Bowl
and London Palladium. Luft is
a musical star and actress in
her own right.
A talented Broadway stage, film
and TV star. A comedian of note
earning a Grammy Award for
best comedy album of the year.
Starred in the "Sisters
Rosenzweig" and winner of the
famed theatrical award, Obie.
Music by Mack Pitt and His Orchestra
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honorary Chairs
Ann Newman
Chilli;
SOH & Minnie Berman
Tribute Committee
Civic and community leader
and a top business executive,
she is a leading member and
supporter of a SCOre o/ pro-
&rad, religious and bumani-
tahan organizations.
Beverly Baker
Harold Berry
Hon. Avern Cohn
Carol Rae Cooper
Gerson Cooper
Max Fisher
Bethea Green
Irwin Green
Irving Laker
Sheldon L. ,Miller
Anne Conte Silver
Dr. I. ‘Valter Silver
Sidney Silverman
Freda Steinhardt
Dr. Milton J. Steinhardt
Rabbi M. Robert Sy me
Family Circle
Doris Armeland
Abe & Janet Berman
Aria Berman
Alex & Vicki 13erman
Annette Berman
Han'ey & Jodi Berman
Joe & Rena Berman
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Barry & Elaine Margolis
Mira Berman
Fay Margolis
Jack & Miriam Berman
Geraldine Margolis
Fay Berman
Morton & Alarilyn Alargolis
Sy, Judy & Aaron Berman
Sol & Leah Bernstein
Al & Rita Marshal
Dr. Jeff Sr: Laura Buch
Jody & Shelly Mendelson
Lou & Paulette Ouch
Melissa, Arlene & Erica
Steve & Fern Bukowiecki
Margolis
Bernie & Rona Cohen
Linda Pavorsky
Drs. Scott & Tammi Cooper Fay Radzinski
Sanford & Gen Epstein
lsaace & Sue Radzinski
Mr. & Airs. B. Epstein
Jeff & Shirley Robbins
Ira Epstein
Anita & Harry Rosenbloom
Mon & Paula Finkel
Mr. & Airs. T. Sachs
Jeff & Helen Garden
Jack & Ida Schwartz
Marc & Susan Grayc
Esther, Perry &
Toby Handsman
Dr. Michael Schwarz
waidshan
Mark & Anna Ruth Hasten
Sam & Paula Kalsmith
Ben Waldshan
Marc & Hannah Margolis
Lauren Weitz
Bernie & Marlene Ahirgolis
Sidney & Sarabeth Wizen
Sidney & Joyce Aiargolis
Bruce & Lynn Alargolis
BALFOUR CELEBRATION
Meyer & Sharon Margolis
Mille Margolis
Paul & Aiarsha Margolis
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Sam & Minnie Berman Tribute Committee (In Formation)
Ruth Garber
Norman Allen
Aaron & Anne Ginsberg
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph.).
Leo & Betty Goldstein
Antonishek
Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Louis & Johanna Gordon
Dr. Ralph Greenberg
Emanuel & Sylvia Baker
Leonard & Ophelia Herman
Dr. Reuben Bar-Levav
Ruben H. & Irene Isaacs
Rabbi & Mrs. Chaim
Lawrence Jackier
Bergstein
Bernard L. Maas Foundation Rabbi & Mr, Avraham
Jacobvttz
Mitcheal & Hilda Bloom
Dr. & Mrs. Sidney Katz
Sidney & Anne Brand
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Brodsky Hon. Ira G. & Margaret
Kaufman
Pearl Brodsky
Dr. Jerome S. Kaufman
Mr. & Mrs. Mort Brody
Billie Kramer
Manny & Natalie Charach
William Davidson
Dr. Sidney & Marion Leib
George P. & Ann Mann
Henry & Mala Dorfman
Frances W. :Miller
Helen Feldman
Mrs. Solomon Nivy
Oscar II. Feldman
Mrs. Anne Paizen
Sam & Jean Frankel
Mrs. Daniel Pact
Rabbi E.B. Friedman
Meyer & Sarah Pearlman
Sophie Pearlstein
Mrs. Albert Pitt
Irving & Sarah Pitt
Howard & Debbie Rabomick
Joseph & Diane Satin
Robert & Bluma Schechter
Rabbi & Mrs. A.I. Schnipper
Mary Shapiro
Dr. Daniel & Lynette Silver
Mr. & Mrs. Isadore Silverman
Steven & Arlene Victor
Abraham & Leah Weberman
Alvin & Henrietta Weisberg
Bernard & Helen Weisberg
Harvey & Lucille Weisberg
I. Beryl Winkelman
AVorldwide Financial Services
Mr. & Mrs. Neal Zalenko
Dr. Lester Zeff
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