Pho to by De bbie Hill Contents 1:11 A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year I This Week www.detroitjevvishnews.com FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2002 S1VAN 27, 5762 VOL. 00(1, NO 17 Spirituality 65 Barrie 's Team' 28 Grunt Work For A Cause Michigan college students spend time on an Israeli army base. 31 Heartbreaking Close Israeli family shattered by suicide bombing once lived here. Opinion 33 Trust In Education Pooling resources to fund Detroit-area day schools. Community 37 A Good Walk Jenny Kurland of East Lansing, a Michigan State University student, cleans a pipe on the army base. Best foot forward for breast cancer research. Special bat mitzvah marked with caring for others. Arts 6- Entertainment 76 Knack! Knack! Doug Fieger talks music, getting lean, being Jewish. Food 95 Delicious Legacies Partnership 2000 cookbook brings back delicious memories. AppleTree 107 Big Birthday Bash JCC and Neighborhood Project celebrate with a big party. Vote: Readers' Choice Awards D L.1 A cantor and seven rabbis share how they fulfill their obligations as clergy who just happen to be women. Cover Story page 14 Spiritual Leaders A cantor and seven rabbis share how they fulfill their obligations as clergy who just happen to be women. How To Reach Us: 30301 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, south side of Northwestern Highway, west of Inkster Road. Call (248) 539-3001 or send a facsimile to (248) 539-3075. Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. ear Readers: Ballots are arriving daily for the JN SourceBook-sponsored Readers' Choice Awards for Jewish Detroit. Don't miss your chance to tell us what you like best about our community. Everyone has favorites -- we want to know yours. It's not too late to vote. Inside this issue on page 106 is a ballot just the right size for faxing to (248) 539-3075. You also can vote online at www.detroitjewishnews.com or you can pick up ballots at our office, 30301 Northwestern Highway (in JARC's Farmington Hills building), or at many area businesses in the community. We're sure you'll enjoy the results of this lighthearted reader survey — and, hopefully, you'll find many of your favorites among the win- ners. There has been one change in the Readers' Choice Awards ballot since it was first distributed. We've decided to eliminate the categories of favorite rabbi, cantor and mohel because a popularity survey could be construed as undignified or demeaning for the respected religious leaders of our community. Thank you in advance for your input and the role you'll play in making JN SourceBook's first Readers' Choice Awards for Jewish Detroit a success. Shabbat shalom! Keri Guten Cohen, JN SourceBook editor DEPARTMENTS Alefbet'cha 11 B'nai Mitzvah . . 55 Business 104 Calendar 51 Crossword 129 Danny. Raskin . . .88 Editor's Notebook . .5 Engagements 61 For Openers 11 Insight 31 Letters 6 Marketplace 109 Mazel Tovl 53 New Arrivals 53 Obituaries 138 Out & About . . .72 Staff Notebook . .12 Synagogues . . .67 Teens 100 The Scene 102 Torah Portion . . .69 Travel 96 Weddings 63 Candlelighting Friday, June 7, 8:47 p.m. Shabbat ends Saturday, June 8, 10 p.m. Cover: Photography, Krista Husa Page design, Alex Lumelsky ©COPYRIGHT 2002 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Friday with additional supplements in January, March, May, August, September, November and December at 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, Michigan 48034. 6/7 2002