Contents A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year vvww.detroitjewishnews.com The 1967 Riots Still Burn In Our Memories • • • S S S S S S S S S S S S S S This Week 20 A Place In The Sun Private donations keep senior adult camp running — but for how long? AppleTree hough I was just a preteen growing up in Dallas in 1967, I remember watch- ing the Detroit riots on television. I knew what it was like, from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, to have the world focused on your own back yard. These are events that make a lifelong impression. On the 35th anniversary of the Detroit riots of 1967, Staff Writers Harry Kirsbaum and Sharon Luckerman explore the impact the riots had on Jewish Detroiters and the memories of that troubled time that still linger. For more photographs and remi- niscences, see the JN Online Web site: vvww.detroitjewishnews.com 65 Little Girl, Big Idea How an 8-year-old raised lots of money for the JNE S Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor 22 Vigil For Israel * Photo session captures community members memorializing Israeli victims of terrorism. Arts 6' Entertainment Opinion New book shows medieval Spain as tolerant land for Jews. Frida.y, July 26, 2002 v 17, 5762 Vol. CXXI, No. 24 DEPARTMENTS 11 Alefbeecha Anniversaries 55 65 AppleTree 49 Calendar 116 Crossword 90 Danny Raskin Editor's Notebook .... 5 Engagements 53 For Openers 1 .1 Insight 31 6 Letters Marketplace 101 51 Maze' Tov! 52 New Arrivals Obituaries 130 100 Sports 13 Staff Notebook 61 Synagogues 98 - The Scene 63 Torah Portion 54 Weddings 69 First-Rate Civilization Cover: Photo courtesy Tony Spina Collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit Page design, Alex Lumelsky 33 Funding Lessons A major gift to JAMD is a major opportunity. Food 93 Keep Your Cool Community Easy-to-make cold soups are tasty for ladies and 'real" men. REMEMBERING 39 The Uneasy Years Jewish life and turmoil in 1930s-40s is focus of MSU exhibits. Health Spirituality Local woman to undergo first transplant for rare disease. ThERIOTS OCOPYRIGHT -2002 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 97 Painful Pioneer Temple Beth El concert for seniors draws 1,200. - - 57 These Are The Days The Scene 98 Finding Spirituality U-M student discovers her roots ... and religion. 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. The Detroit JewishNews (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. Cover Story page 14 Remembering The Riots Thirty-five years later, Jews join in recalling a time of turmoil for Detroit. On the cover: A Detroit police o zcer standing guard on a Detroit street during the 1967 riots. 0,& 7/26 • 2002