The BiG StorY

Call for
N'OMINATIONS

PRIZE FOR
ACHIEVEMENT IN

JEWISH

CULTURE & CONTINUITY/FINE ARTS

I Steven Spielberg

To identify and reward exemplary

I of close pal Tom Hank's children.
Actor Mandy Patinkin is the godfa-
I they of ER star Noah Wyle.

Jewish creativity in the areas of:

Fine Arts

I #7) Mystery, unsolved crime, sports,
I big money — all in two generations.
David Wilentz was the attorney
I general for the state of New Jersey
when a young German imrnigrant-
I named Richard Hauptmann was

Performing Arts

Humanities

Consideration

Tom Hanks

for awards will go to working artists,

scholars and educators making a

unique contribution

to

Jewish continuity, producing organizations and institutions.

Prizes will be awarded at a public awards ceremony for

overall excellence

of a body of work and the importance

of its contribution to the quality and continuity of

life

Jewish

in Michigan.

cash award for individuals and a
certificate of recognition for organizations.

The prize will include a

Nomination Process:

Call to obtain an official

nomination package. Self nominations are encouraged.

Moses

JU NE 30

Call Federation's Community Outreach & Education (CORE)

Department at

(248) 642-4260.

This prize was established at the suggestion of the Benard

L. Maas Foundation and was made possible by a generous

endowment to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

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York Jets for many years.

#8) Among the actors who have
portrayed the patriarch Moshe
(Moses) are:
1996: Ben Kingsley, in the TV minis-
eries Moses
1993: Soupy Sales, in ... And God
Spoke
1984: Mel Brooks, in History of the
World,
Part 1
1980: Dudley
Moore, in The
Ten Command-
ments
1975: Burt Lan-
caster, in the IV
miniseries
Moses, the Law-
giver
1956: Charlton
Heston, in
The Ten Com-
mandments

#9) The founder
of Chabad Cha-
sidism was Zal-
I caught passing marked
man Shneur of Lyady (1745-1813).
bills. The bills had been passed,
A native of Byelorussia, Rabbi Shneur
years before, to the alleged kidnap-
I was a renowned thinker, an expert
: per of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
both on Talmud and mysticism. He
I When Hauptmann went on trial for I founded Chabad, an acronym for
the kidnapping and murder of the
I chochma (wisdom), binah (under-
1 child, Wilentz himself prosecuted the
standing) and da'at (knowledge). His
I case where Hauptmann was, of
eldest son, Dov Baer (1773-1827),
course, found guilty.
I was his successor and a resident of
In addition to being an effective
I the town of Lubavitch. (Now you
I and dramatic prosecutor, Wilentz was I know why so many Lubavitchers are
I the father of two children whd also
I named Zalman Shneur and Dov
became famous. His son, Robert,
Baer).
served from 1979-96 as chief justice
Dov Baer's descendants were the
I of the New Jersey Supreme Court,
Schneerson family, including the late
while David Wilentz's daughter mar-
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneer-
ried
Leon
Hess,
owner
of
the
New
!
son, the rebbe who made Chabad

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