Contents

A 2002 Michigan Press Association

General Excellence winner

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Friday, Sept. 5, 2003
Elul 8, 5763
Vol. CXXIV, No. 4

ANN ARBOR

15_ A Call To Action

U-M student enters
city council race.

The Smith

family keeps eh),
at Temple Israel's
Labor Day pic-

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nic: Alexis, 4;
Olivia, 19
months; and par-
ents, Suzanne
and Scott, of
Commerce
Township.

THIS WEEK

22 All In A Day's Fun

Rain prompts holiday picnic
to be held inside and out.

OPINION

FOOD

APPLETREE

27 Rebuilding Iraq

69 A Down-Home Cafe

80 Camp Apples And Honey

Another lesson from
the quagmire ofiraq.

A simple little place
for breakfast or lunch.

Un-BEE-lievably fun program
helps you get set for the holidays.

COMMUNITY

SPORTS

OBITUARIES

31 In The Bag

72 Medals II

102 Arthur Schurgin

NCJW delivers supplies
to Ferndale elementary.

Detroit Maccabi athletes
complete a successful games.

Promoting The Best

102 Eugene Gordon

Professor Of Books

ARTS & LIFE

BUSINESS

55 The Fab Five

75 League Of His Own

They're talented, gay and determined
to clue in cluttereeZ clumsy straights.

Alan Barry is making bittersweet
transition at Masco Corp.

I

n the summer of 2001, Ben Falik was a summer intern
at the Jewish News. He was studying creative writing'
and urban affairs at Columbia University and, when I
handed him an assignment to cover Jewish volunteers work-
ing with Detroit's Motor City Blight Busters, his eyes lit up.
Not only did he do a great job on the story, but he also
became hooked as a volunteer. He split the rest of his sum-
mer vacation between working for us and working in
Detroit for Blight Busters, tearing down buildings, hauling
trash, beautifying neighborhoods. Much more glamorous
than journalism.
We kept in touch a bit. He wrote from New York City in
the aftermath of 9-11. But he really honed his connection
with Detroit. He saw himself as a bridge between volunteer
power in the suburbs and the need in the city.
With a childhood friend from Bloomfield Hills, he creat-
ed Summer in the City, a program that brought suburban
kids — many of them Jewish — into Detroit to make a
difference.
Staff Writer Sharon Luckerman looks at the program and
at this new generation of volunteers who are giving — and
getting something in return — from Detroit.

Keri Guten Cohen
Story Development Editor

Cover:
Photography, Angie Boon
Page design, Alex Lumelsky

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DEPARTMENTS
Alefbet'cha 11
Anniversaries . . . .45
B'nai Mitzvah . . . .40
Calendar 36
Candlelighting . • .11
Crossword 99
Danny Raskin . . . 66
Editor's Notebook . 5
Engagements .44
For Openers . . . 11
26
Insight
6
Letters
Marketplace . . . . 84
New Arrivals . . . .39
102
Obituaries
Out & About . . 56
Something Extra . 14
46
Spirituality
Synagogues 49
71
The Scene
Torah Portion . . 51
.45
Weddings . .

tint.

On the cover:
Ben Falik, 21,
of Bloomfield Township
and Bobby Greenberg, 17,
of West Bloomfield help
build a house in Detroit.

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COVER STORY

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313 Calling -

Young suburban volunteers get as much
back as they give to Detroit.

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