Contents
A 2002 Michigan Press Association
General Excellence winner
www.detroitjewishnews.com
Friday, May 9, 2003
Iyar 7, 5763
Vol. CXXIII, No. 13
THIS WEEK
16 Mourning The Fallen
DEPARTMENTS
Detroit Jewry marks Yom HaZikaron
at Adat Shalom Synagogue.
Alefbet'cha
11
AppleTree
85
B'nai Mitzvah 48
Calendar
44
Candlelighting . 11
Crossword 111
Danny Raskin . . . 74
Editor's Notebook . 5
Engagements • • . . 52
For Openers • • . 11
Insight
32
Letters
6
Marketplace
. 94
New Arrivals .... 46
Obituaries
117
Out & About . . 64
Sports
79
Spotlight
79
Staff Notebook
14
Synagogues
59
The Scene
81
Torah Portion 61
Weddings
53
24 Unrecognized Tragedy
Dov Lerman
Sinkoff of
West Bloomfield,
Armenian Genocide memorial speakers
draw parallels to Jewish community.
representing
Boy Scout Troop
1579, at the
Yom HaZikaron
ceremony.
26 All In The Family
David Groner joins wife, in-laws
on Wayne County Circuit Court bench.
OPINION
FOOD
ANN ARBOR
33 Excess To The Max
77 Hot Time Outside
63 Jazz Lady
Detroit Free Press of base
in 'Mitzvah to the Max" story.
Barbecue means
long, slow cooking.
Roberta Piket gets electric
in Ann Arbor and Detroit.
COMMUNITY
DAY CAMP GUIDE
37 Down Memory Lane
82 Summer Day Dreams
Sherwood Forest neighborhood
gathers for long-awaited reunion.
The right day camp experience is
important to all children.
32 Searchable Memories
Oral histories put fresh face on Web photos
of European Jewish life.
OBITUARIES
SPIRITUALITY
APPLETREE
54 Interfaith Seder, Kid-Style
85 Welcome, Madame Tussaud
Kol Ami religious students
share Passover with friends.
An amazing collection makes
up Akiva's "wax museum."
117 Mary Papo
Sephardic Heart
118 Jack Milen
A Shining Life
Cover:
Photography, Angie Boon
Page design, Alex Lumelsky
LE A R N NO
t
T
he Jewish Academy of
Metropolitan Detroit is a cru-
cible for the next generation of
Jewish leaders, says Rabbi Lee Buckman,
the head of school.
"What's really significant about what's
going on," he said, "is that the students
are developing thinking skills, leadership
skills — they know who they are as
emerging Jewish adults."
As the first commencement ceremony
nears, Staff Writer Diana Lieberman,
under Story Development Editor Keri
Guten Cohen's direction, explores the
day high school's growth in both enroll-
ment and promise in our Cover Story
beginning on page 87.
page 87
Dream Come True
With its first graduating class,
JAMD marks a milestone and
builds toward the future.
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DREAM COME TRUE
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Chag sameach and Shabbat shalom!
Robert A. Sklar
Editor
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