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are frustrated because, for security rea-
sons, the AJE requires them to use the
less than aesthetically pleasing and not
handicapper-accessible side door for
Shabbat services.
AJE Interim Director Judah Isaacs
explains that no offense is intended.
The side-door policy prevents strangers
from entering the building, which is
otherwise empty on Saturdays.
According to Isaacs, who acknowl-
edges that the side door is "not glam-
orous," the security measure is neces-
sary to protect AJE offices, classrooms
used by Yeshivos Darchei Torah and
the Midrasha Library, all of which are
accessible via the main entrance but
unoccupied on Saturday.
Quarters for the
Sephardic Community;
teen programs at the
JCC; a hot time for
area congressmen.
In an effort to revitalize the Jewish
Community Center, a teen sports and
recreation coordinator is being sought
to run programs for that age group.
The move comes from the JCC's
evaluation of its programming and
usage by teens. Stuart Wachs, recre-
ational services director at the JCC,
said many JCCs around the country
have found that establishing programs
for kids that go until the upper ele-
mentary school years also help to
bring them back to the JCCs after
college. "We feel that we have a better
chance of keeping them if we main-
tain their affiliation," said Wachs.
The JCC will receive $50,000 per
year for three years to pay for the pro-
gram, which will be supervised by
Michelle Tarrance, director of sports
and recreation.
After a long history of praying in tem-
porary locations, the Sephardic Com-
munity of Greater Detroit is looking
forward to walking through its own
front door.
With months to go until the
groundbreaking for the long-awaited
West Bloomfield synagogue, and its
long-time way station Congregation
Beth Achim having closed this fall,
the community has experienced a sea-
son of renewed wandering.
After a few months at the Agency
for Jewish Education and several
months of crowded services in the
Southfield home of Rabbi Hanoch
Gez, the congregation is now return-
ing to the AJE, where it will pay a
weekly rent of $300.
However, some members say they
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The Agency for Jewish Education
also is seeking someone to run its teen
programs. AJE Teen Services coordi-
nator Jeff Lazar will be leaving at the
end of January, but AJE Interim
Director Judah Isaacs said Lazar most
likely will not be replaced until that
department is more clearly defined.
Two Oakland County Congressmen
followed the parry line all the way on
impeaching President Bill Clinton.
Democrat Sander Levin voted against
all four articles, while Republican Joe
Knollenberg said he was "compelled"
to vote for all four.
On the Senate side, Michigan
Republican Spencer Abraham said he
was figuring out how to be a juror
while Democrat Carl Levin said he
hoped the case could be settled quick-
ly, before the trial starts.
In a prepared statement Knollen-
berg said that "while I understand and
share the desire of the American peo-
ple to bring closure to this sordid
affair," letting Clinton stay in office
"would weaken the guiding principle
of our justice system that no man is
above the law."
Having voiced himself on that
"crime," the congressman had another
issue to deal with — a fire set at his
district office in Farmington Hills last
weekend.. "While the timing of this
event may suggest a link to the debate
over impeachment and the bombing
of Iraq, I have no direct evidence that
would confirm such a relationship,"
Knollenberg said.
Marking
100 Years
Of Detroit
Jewry
During the Depression,
community leaders gathered together
to provide basic necessities, such as
coal, food and clothing,
to Jews who were homeless and
out of work. The Jewish Welfare
Federation, forerunner of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, eventually absorbed
the Detroit Jewish. Emergency Relief
Fund.
Photo courtesy of
N. Simons Jewish
Community Archives/Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit.
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1998
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Remember
When
From the pages of The Jewish News
for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50
years ago.
1988
Leon Britian, an active member of
Britain's Jewish community and a
former British cabinet minister, is
one of 16 new appointees to the
European Commission.
1978
It's Sabraman! Uri Fink, a 15-year-
old Tel Aviv native, has created
Israel's first superhero cartoon char-
acter. Sabraman comics are being
distributed to Israeli schools and
sold on newsstands. The character
is described as the son of Polish vic-
tims of the Nazis who fights crime
as a member of the Israel police
force.
1968
In an Athens airport, two Arab ter-
rorists have attacked a landed El Al
jet with machine guns and hand
grenades. One Israeli passenger has
been killed and another wounded.
The Popular Front for the Libera-
tion of Palestine has taken credit
for the attack.
1958
Ronne Weingarden and Sandra
Hertz have been elected co-presi-
dents of the student council at the
Beth Shalom Religious School.
Deborah Mellomed has been
elected president of the Young
Helpers of Detroit, a newly orga-
nized group of girls who meet
weekly to promote leadership and
to participate in fundraising causes
for worthy philanthropies.
1948
Officers of the Women's Division of
the Allied Jewish Campaign for
1949 have been announced. They
are: Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, hon-
orary chairman; Mesdames Henry
Wineman, John C. Hopp and Max
Frank, chairmen; Mrs. Hyman C.
Broder, head of the campaign exec-
utive committee; Mrs. Abraham
Srere, chairman of pre-campaign
solicitation; Mrs. Louis B. Daniels,
special gifts; and Mrs. William
Isenberg, general solicitation.