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Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
Shevat 28, 5763
Vol. OCCEI, No. 25
This Week
Food
16 Tough Talks
79 Culinary Tradition
DEPARTMENTS
Ariel Sharon may find
national unity out of reach.
That long, slow, tender
taste of Shabbat.
Alefbet'cha
11
Anniversaries
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22 Eye Witnesses
Touring opinion-shapers see
Israel and roadblocks to peace.
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Opinion
Jewish Community Council Executive
Director David Gad-Harf, standing right,
and Detroit News Editorial Editor Nolan
Finley observe mothers taking part in a
child care class at the PACT Early
Childhood program in Netanya, Israel.
A
Shadows of Motown.
The Wayne brothers are only two of the
many Jewish promoters, public relations
gurus, accountants, lawyers and musicians
who helped fuel Motown's golden age.
As the musical The Jackie Wilson Story (My
Heart Is Crying, Crying) prepares for its
Detroit-area premiere — and yes, there are
rumors that Wilson converted to Judaism —
freelance writer Bill Carroll lifts the veil on
the history of the Jews of Motown in a series
of stories beginning on page 62.
Shabbat Shalom!
30 Standoff At U-M
ZOA's Klein and pro-Palestinian
advocate, debate the issues
60 'Necessary Targets'
Rising anti-Semitism
Play about domestic violence
at Performance Network.
among young can be fixed.
37 Mentoring Magic
r one time or
another, all the
stars of Motown
came though the doors of
Clarence and Larry
Wayne's Wonderland
Music in Dearborn for
guitars, mikes, amps —
or just to hang out.
GAIL
"Back then, nobody
ZIMMERMAN
knew who they were,"
Arts 6-•
says Clarence Wayne,
Entertainment
pictured on today's JN
Editor
cover with Larry Wayne
in a photo taken by Staff
Photographer Krista Husa at the brothers'
Novi store.
"We sold the Supremes mikes; Stevie
Wonder did commercials for us," recalls
Clarence, who recently was featured in the
acclaimed documentary Standing in the
Ann Arbor
33 Marginal Worries
Community
Musical
Retrospective
JN
A 2002 Michigan Press Association
Beth El Sisterhood
supports JFS mentoring.
S • •
pirituality
53 Happy New Year
JCC highlights observances,
customs of Tu b'Shevat.
Arts &
Entertainment
66 Happily Ever After
Planning the ideal wedding
graced with Judaism's richness.
81 Triple Play
Three Jewish teammates
boost U-M hockey team.
B'nai Mitzvah
. . 45
43
Calendar
Candlelighting . . . 11
Crossword
100
Danny Raskin . .
.76
Editor's Notebook . .5
Engagements
48
For Openers
11
Insight
30
Letters
6
85-
Marketplace
Obituaries
New Arrivals . . . . 45
107 Emma Schaver
Obituaries
107
"The Gift Of Compassion"
Out tic About
.60
108 Irving Levine
Sports
81
"The Gentle Builder"
Staff Notebook
14
Synagogues
55
83
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Cover:
Photography, Krista Husa
Page design, Alex Lumelsky
Cover Story
page 62
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The Jews Of
Motown
The Detroit Jewish News
Standing in the shadows,
Jews played a vital role
in the development
of an American
musical institution.
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Lan)/ and Clarence Wayne hold
• up photos of themselves with the
Jackson Five and Stevie Wonder
at the Novi location of their
store, Wonderland Music.
played a vit4ii tole.
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