Something Extra

Looking Ahead

During Rosh Hashanah services,
Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi
David Nelson announced that he
would step down as pulpit rabbi at
the end of his contract in September
2006.
"It has been a privilege to serve as
your rabbi and I will be your rabbi for
the next three years," he told congre-
gants. "Although not all the details
have been worked out, the dedicated
committee and I are working to
ensure the path we walk will be in the
best interest of everyone."
The congregation has 587 families.
The plan calls for a second rabbi to be
hired beginning in September 2005,
who will take on
pulpit responsibil-
ities and other
day-to-day duties.
"Bringing in a
younger rabbi has
my full support,"
Rabbi Nelson
said. "A vibrant
Beth Shalom and
Nelson
all that it stands
for is my legacy in
our community."
Rabbi Nelson will assist in the
transition and the future vision,
which he says will "maintain Beth
Shalom's tradition and sense of com-
munity while embracing change and
new ideas."
"We are looking at this as a positive
thing," says Nancy Glen, Beth
Shalom president. "He feels it's time.
The rabbi has been here for more
than 30 years. We are looking for a
successor and he will be involved in
that process and the transition."
Rabbi Nelson assured his congre-
gants that he and his wife, Alicia,
were not leaving Detroit.
"Detroit is our address and Beth
Shalom is our spiritual home," he
said. "Since I am still at the peak of
my professional life and personal
health, I plan to further pursue the
community activities I have been
involved in and maintain my connec-
tion with this belOved shul by partici-
pating in life cycle events that are so
important to me."

— Keri Guten Cohen

ORT Mission

ve

r

10/17

2003

14

Women's American ORT is taking
reservations for a mission to Israel
Nov. 8-18. The mission coincides

with the United Jewish Communities
General Assembly mission Nov. 16-19
in Jerusalem.
ORT will begin with a stop-off in
London and include visits to ORT
training centers and programs
throughout Israel, as well as atten-
dance at the General Assembly.
Women's American ORT is the
largest private contributor to the glob-
al ORT network, which educates
about 290,000 students each year in
Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina,
France and the United States.
For more information about the
mission, call the ORT Mission
Hotline: (800) 519-2678, ext. 350.

— Diana Lieberman

Cancer Stories

Michael Robins, author of the play
For Our Daughters, will be in the
audience at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2,
when his play is performed at the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield.
Staged by Illuminart Productions
and sponsored by the Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute, the musi-
cal focuses on breast cancer awareness
through songs, true stories and video
clips. New since the play's Detroit-
area premiere last April is footage of
two local mother-daughter pairs —
Sharon Fine of Bloomfield Hills and
Fran Fine of Commerce Township,
and Lesli and Margo Cohen, both of
Birmingham — recounting their
struggles with the disease and the
impact on their relationships.
The Nov. 2 production will be
introduced by Sherry Margolis of Fox
2 News. After the performance,
Robins will conduct a talk-back ses-
sion and a nurse practitioner will
demonstrate breast self-examination.
Light refreshments will be served.
Admission is free but reservations
are recommended. Call Nancy
Tashman, (248) 432-5481.

News Digest

for Accenture in Chicago, raised more
than $4,100 in pledges. She complet-
ed the marathon in under five hours.
Ellen Alter, who died in 1993, was an
equity partner at the bankruptcy law
firm of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and Weiss.
Jessica's fund, the Ellen J. Alter
Fund for Women, will help the disad-
vantaged with education, business
assistance, shelter
from an abusive liv-
ing situation and
other needs. Some
of the money raised
for the charity could
find its way back to
metro Detroit
organizations:
Tamarack Camps, Jessica Alter ran
U-M Hillel, Jewish
for her mom.
Family Service,
HAVEN and JARC.
Rir more information, visit the
Web site at www.ejafund.com

Corrections

• "Only In America" (Oct. 10, page
24) should have stated that the film-
makers were children of Holocaust
survivors.

- • In "Kashruth Council Adds
Supervisor" (Oct. 10, page 59), the
wrong photo for
Rabbi Israel Poker
was used. This is
the correct photo.

Jerusalem/JTA — Three Americans
were killed and a U.S. Embassy official
from Tel Aviv was wounded when their
convoy was hit by a roadside explosion
in the Gaza Strip.
There was no immediate claim of
'responsibility for the attack Wednesday
morning on the three,car convoy carry-
ing staff from the U.S. embassy in Tel
Aviv. The three killed were security
guards escorting American personnel,
some of whom were on their way to
interview Palestinians applying to enter
the United States as Fulbright scholars.
After the attack, the United States
called on Americans to leave the Gaza
Strip. The bombing was condemned by
both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
and Palestinian Authority Prime
Minister Ahmed Karia.
Analysts speculated it was carried out
by Palestinians intent on avenging a
perceived U.S. bias toward Israel. It was
the first direct attack on Americans in
the 3-year-old Palestinian uprising. FBI
investigators were sent to the region.
Embassy officials arriving at the blast
site were attacked by rock-throwing
youths from the nearby Jabalya refugee
camp. Palestinian police fired in the air
to disperse the crowd.

.

U.S. Backs Israel
At The U.N.

New York/JTA — The United States
vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolu-
tion that would have condemned Israel's
West Bank security fence. The U.S. -
vetoed the resolution because it was
unbalanced, said John Negroponte, the
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
An alternative resolution proposed by
the United States, which would have
called on all countries in the Middle
East to work against terror groups, was
not brought to a vote.

-

• In "Dress For
Success" (Oct. 10,
page 92), the
woman in the top
Potter
photograph should
have been identified
as Trish Dreher.

— Diana Lieberman

Maxim's Death
Toll Reaches 21

Running For Life

Jessica Alter let her feet do the talking.
Oct. 12. The 24-year-old Bloomfield
Hills Andover and University of
Michigan graduate ran the Chicago
Marathon as a kickoff fund-raiser for
a charity she recently started to honor
her late mother, Ellen.
Jessica Alter, a business consultant

Gaza Terrorists
Kill Americans

Mish Dreher shows how to mix and
match.

Jerusalem/JTA — A Christian Arab
died of wounds suffered in a recent sui-
cide hornbill, in Haifa, bringing the
attack's death toll to 21. George Matar,
whose nephew is one of the owners of
the Maxim restaurant that was bombed
Oct. 4, was 59 and is survived by three
sons and two daughters. Eight people
remain hospitalized from the bombing.

