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No Longer A Dream
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hat a joy it is to hear
Jewish educators from
around the country
describing the Jewish Academy
of Metropolitan Detroit as a
model for starting a new day
high school.
That's a significant statement
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about Jewish Detroit's commu-
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nal
leadership and commitment
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to Jewish education. Also, it
underscores the importance of touching teenagers
spiritually during the post
bar/bat mitzvah years.
Under Rabbi Lee Buckman,
Dr. Helene Cohen and Rabbi
Aaron Bergman, all of whom
command community respect,
the academy opens on Monday, Aug. 28, with stu-
dents from each of the major Jewish streams. To
have it operating alongside our yeshivot, and our
afternoon and supplemental schools, is a blessing.
As a community, we must do all that we can to
help these schools succeed.
By any measure, learning Jewishly in a formal
setting helps open an essential window to helping
build Jewish identity. It teaches about our heritage,
culture and ritual — and who we are as a people.
The academy is a tribute to the Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit believers who
moved the dream of a day high school to the front
burner, to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit for having the courage to give $750,000 in
startup funding and to countless others for their
professional, spiritual and financial support.
Staff Writer Diana Lieberman, under Story
Development Editor Ken Guten Cohen's direction,
tells the uplifting story of the Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit beginning on page 6. A relat-
ed editorial appears on page 37.
To the pioneering ninth- and 10th-graders, we
at the Jewish News wish them a year rich with
knowledge and nachos — and with pride in being
Jewish.
Shabbat Shalom!
A Michigan Press Association
Newspaper of the Year
This Week
17 Mr. ZOA
Zionist marking 87th birthday reflects
on lifetime of fighting for Jewish causes.
Editorials
37 Challenges Aplenty
New day high school has wherewithal
to meet educational hurdles.
Community
43 Side By Side
Special-needs campers, counselors learn
about life while making new friends.
Spirituality
66 Hard To Say Goodbye
Builder of Jewish bridges leaves for new
rabbinic position in California.
Business
71 In The Crystal Ball
David Littman marks three decades
of business forecasting.
AppleTree
93 The Wild, Wild West's Jews
Meet hero at Battle of Beecher Island;
immigrants who hired Daniel Boone.
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tertainment
73 Hart Beats
Jewish jazz greats take stage at Ford
Detroit International Jazz Festival.
Living Well
97 A Fair Chance
Pontiac agency is helping persons
with mental disorders.
Deraorr
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JEW= NEWS
www.detroitjewishnews.com
August 25, 2000
Av 24, 5760
Vol. CXVIII, No. 2
DEPARTMENTS
Alefbet'cha
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Anniversaries .... 65
AppleTree ..... 93
B'nai Mitzvah .... 56
Births 54
Business ......... 71
Calendar 52
Carla Schwartz .. 102
Community ..... 43
Crossword ....... 87
... Answer ...... 111
Cyber Spot ....... 86
Danny Raskin
88
Editorials
37
Engagements
59
For Openers • . • • • • . 5
Food .......... 105
Health .....
98
Insight 35
Marketplace ..... 109
Maze! Tov! ...... 54
Obituaries ...... 138
Out £ About 74
Spirituality ...... 66
The Scene ...... 100
Torah Portion .... 70
Weddings ....... 65
Candlelighting
Friday, Aug. 25, 8:01 p.m.
Shabbat ends
Saturday, Aug. 26, 9:02 p.m.
Cover: Photo of Rabbi Lee
Buckman and students,
Glenn Triest
Page design, Debbie Schultz
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