This That 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 STUTZ C. NATRANSON LIFE SAVERS -• DV. TRG:T 'W i ce . 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. ' 2/25 1998 22 Detroit Jewish News 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.