• ▪ B'NAI B'RITH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION . . Invites the entire community to an • • on • EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM • . • "FAMILIAL DYSAUTOMOMIA"*I • *Eastern European Jewish genetic disorder that causes disfuntion of the autonomic and sensory nervous system • in male and female babies WITH GUEST SPEAKERS: • • High Honors Inv The Jewish News earns 4 awards in statewide newspaper competition. The Jewish News captured four 1998 Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Awards, including • first places for design and feature • • writing and third place for general • excellence.. • • • • • In awarding the newspaper first • • • • place for design • • • • • statewide in its circulation class, • • • the judges wrote: • • Judge Hilda R. Gage Dr. Ralph Cash • • Michigan Court of Appeals flat'!. F.D. Found. Medical Advisory Bd. • "Great design. Very hip layout." The third place for general DOUBLETREE GUEST SUITES • Franklin Road • Southfield • excellence carried • • • LILA & STEVE ZORN BRUCE GORO5H NANCY BRAUN : this critique from C.C.A. Co-Chairpersons Regional President Event Chairperson : the judges: "Great • design. Great fea- • DESSERT RECEPTION • NO CHARGE • SEATING 15 LIMITED tures." In the human • • • Please R.S.V.P. interest feature cat- • B'nai Blrith Great Lakes Region Office • egory, reporter Julie • • • Wiener and former news editor Julie • • • • • • • • • • • • O OO OOOOO • OO OO OOOO OOO OO OOOOOOOO OO • • • • • OOO OO O • • • Edgar earned first place for their July 25, 1997 cover story, "Out of the Ashes," which explored black-Jewish relations in Detroit in the aftermath of the 1967 riots. "The two writers didn't just recall the 1967 Detroit riots and its effect on the Jewish community — they dissected it and reassembled it," wrote the judges. In the enterprise feature category, Nothing comes close to the Wiener received an honorable men- magical beauty of Silhouette° tion for her Oct. 31, 1997 cover story, window shadings. Sheer fabric "The Learning Gap," which examined facings filter light, soft fabric the Agency for Jewish Education of vanes adjust for privacy. All in Metropolitan Detroit's shrinking adult an array of colors, glorious Jewish education offerings and deteri- fabrics and a choice orating Judaica library, while exploring the factors at play. "We're honored the judges have looked upon The Jewish News so favorably," said publisher Arthur M. IP Horwitz. "While the Jewish News reg- ularly wins widespread respect for excellence among peers in the Anglo-Jewish press, earning 7:30 P.M. • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1998 111.- • (248) 855-8580 SILHOUETTE WINDOW SHADINGS There's only one Silhouette, and there's only one place to find it. of vane sizes. There's no other window fashion like it. Come see for yourself. ON Sp Free In-lione Service • Free Professional Measure At No Obligation COMPETITIVE PRICING & EXPERT INSTALLATION All other HUNTER DOUGLAS products Luminette • Duettes Vertical Blinds & Country Woods Blinds Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5 10/9 1998 21728 W. Eleven Mile Rd. Harvard Row Mall Smithfield, Ml 48076 26 Detroit Jewish News 352-8622 Rochester Hills 651-5009 MasterCard such significant recognition in compe- tition with secular publications is grat- ifying." "I'm delighted The Jewish News, as the major news chronicler and editori- al voice of the Detroit Jewish commu- nity, matched up so well with other weekly newspapers of similar size," said editor Robert A. Sklar. . This marks the first year The Jewish News has been a member of the MPA and, therefore, eligible to enter its Better Newspaper Contest. The 1998 competition drew 3,000 entries sub- mitted by 137 Michigan newspapers. • Clarifications 8c Corrections Identifications for the photo of_Detroit Friends of Alyn Hospital supporters, which appeared in our special Rosh Hashanah issue of Sept. 18, should have been as follows: Pamela Lippitt (left), past president; Miriam Goldberg (right), presi- dent; and young friends Dena Cohen (standing) and Meyer Cohen. Among those who attended a Sept. 13 surprise party for Corrine "Cookie" Oppenheim of Southfield was her grandson, Ely. The Detroit Historical Society Fall Designer Showhouse (B. Siegel mansion) garden room, which appeared on the JNE cover of Sept. 25, was designed by Karen L. Selleriraad, ASID, of KLS Designs in Bloomfield Hills. •