This Week
Staff Notebook
Reaching Out
Detroit Mayor-elect
Kwame Kilpatrick said he
won the election based
on his platform to end
the 50-year exodus from
the city of Detroit.
Now the city needs to
draw people back to the
city.
"Detroit has to get into
a frame of mind that it's
Detroit and the region
against the world, not
Detroit vs. Southfield or
Detroit vs. Macomb
County," he told mem-
bers of the Detroit Jewish Detroit Mayor-elect Kwame
Kilpatrick
Initiative at the home of
Norman and Dulcie
Rosenfeld in Detroit on
Nov. 20.
Speaking in front of a panoramic view of the
riverfront, he implored the group to. continue on a
path to help the city, and he promised a hands-on
approach.
"No one man, no one city council member, no
one business can do it," he told the group of some
30 members. "It's really a collaborative effort that
bring communities together to develop relationships
and move communities forward."
Supported by the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit and administered by the
Jewish Community Council, the DJI has worked on
a number of projects that try to connect the Jewish
community back with the city of Detroit.
Kilpatrick traveled to Israel on a Council-spon-
sored trip with other state legislators in 1999.
Citing the Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition that
reamed with the neighborhood Health
Empowerment Center in Northwest Detroit, and
the connection with elementary schools like Harms
Elementary School in Detroit, both DJI projects,
Kilpatrick said he hoped to continue and expand.the
programs.
"We cannot be a closed-door community any
more," he said. "We cannot exist in a vacuum."
affected by the terrorist attacks.
In the event program, Arts in Action pro-
ducers Mikki Weinstein, a West Bloomfield
talent agent, and Denise Willer, a Walled
Lake theater arts producer, wrote: You being
here tonight attests to the true American
spirit, one of giving and of hopefulness.
These are the reasons that we will survive
stronger as a nation."
Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel
said, "It was a very special opportunity for
Temple Israel to be involved with Arts in
Action. To see the college community come
together for a cause such as this gives us
hope for the future of our country. I can
only hope that the message of this event will
continue to resonate as strongly as the talent
in our sanctuary did on Sunday evening."
— Robert A. Sklar
Making The Grade
12
Tight Deadline
Detroit-area high school seniors of Arabic,
Chaldean and Jewish descent have until the end
of today, Nov. 30, to apply for "The Ties That
Bind" Scholarship Essay Contest.
College scholarships of up to $1,500 will be
awarded to interfaith teams of students who
spend time together over the next three months
and write a joint essay about the experience.
Applications can be obtained from high school
counselors or by calling the American and Arab
Jewish Friends, (313) 567-6225.
A mandatory meeting will match participants at
4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at WKBD-TV in
Southfield.
Corrections
Giving Support
11/30
2001
— Alan Hitsky
With the help of friends back in her hometown of
Detroit, Barbara Goldsmith Levin helped found a
non-Orthodox day school in Israel in 1976.
The Jean and Samuel Frankel TALI Traditional
School in Jerusalem was recognized last year as one of
14 winners of the National Excellence in Education
Prize awarded by the Israel Ministry of Education.
Next month, the TALI network (Hebrew
acronym for enhanced Jewish studies) will honor
Levin with its first Genger Prize for Excellence. It
— Harry Kirsbawn
They came to watch college students or new gradu-
ates perform in a cultural arts revue. But all held a
higher purpose: to aid the children of those who
died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America.
Held at Temple Israel Sunday night, "Arts in
Action" consisted of nine acts featuring vocal, dance
and theater performers from Michigan State
University, the University of Michigan, Wayne State
University and Eastern Michigan University.
The program raised $2,350 from an audience of
175, who paid a minimum donation of S10 at the
door. Proceeds will go to the September 11th
Children's Fund, created to promote the long-term
mental and physical health of children and families
was established to honor an outstanding principal.
The award will be made at the international
board of governors meeting of the Schechter
Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.
Principal Barbara Levin and students display the
education. award given last year to the Frankel school.
• The photo caption on the "Contents" page
misspelled the name of 8-year-old Yona Isaacs
of Oak Park (Nov. 23, page 3).
• In a series of quotes responding to Colin
Powell's speech (Nov. 23, page 16), Arnold
Michlin was identified as being with the Arab
American and Jewish Friends. He is an active
member, but was not speaking as an organiza-
tional spokesperson.
• A story about Shoshana Becker ("Shlichah
Named," Nov. .16, page 43) should have made
clear that Becker's job as shlichah is a partner-
ship between the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit and Habonini Dror
Youth Movement. She will serve both.