Something Extra

Sizzling Over Contest

Joe Zaffern of Southfield was outraged
over an advertised contest for a trip that
falls on Yom Kippur and he wrote the
Jewish News to say so.
The Reynolds Kitchens are hosting a
contest to win a trip for two to the 14th
annual Sante Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta
in New Mexico Sept. 23-25. Zaffern
spotted the contest dates in a Sunday
circular to the Detroit News and Free
Press on May 23.
Yom Kippur falls on Sept. 25 this
year.
"I have never owned a calendar that
does not list this holiday," said Zaffern.
"Why not just say, 'No Jews need
apply?' This lack of consideration for the
only Jewish holiday universally known

Local Boy Wins

Mitchell Adler, an eighth-grade student
at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills, is one of
the top 10 winners in the statewide
American er Me Essay Contest sponsored
by Farm Bureau Insurance. His essay,
"My American Hero," earned second
place in the state. He is the son of Jeff
and Nancy Adler of Farmington Hills.
Shown are Nancy Adler, Mitchell Adler,
Jeffrey Adler, Secretary of State Terri
Lynn Land and teacher Sharon Schwartz.

to non Jews cannot be acceptable."
He said a lack of protest would con-
tribute "to the marginalization of
Judaism as meaningless to the larger
society.
"By not protesting," he added, "we
will be accepting this treatment as our
due!"
Doug Mickle, group director for
advertising and marketing at Alcoa
Consumer Products in Richmond, Va.,
responded: "We understand your con-
cerns and will share them with the
organizers of the event. Perhaps there is
some way they can reschedule future
programs so they do not conflict with
Yom Kippur."
— Robert A. Sklar, editor

Cantor Emeritus Rose

voice at Sabbath and festival
Having served Temple Emanu-
services, lifecycle ceremonies
El for more than 30 years,
and congregational commem-
Cantor Norman Rose has
orations," Rabbi Klein said.
become the synagogue's cantor
"I am the third Temple
emeritus.
Emanu-El rabbi he has gifted
"I have grown accustomed to
with his friendship, and I
his reassuring presence across
have learned from him that
the bimah, to the warm famil-
Cantor Rose
to feel the spirit of God deep
iarity of his voice and the sin-
within one's soul is what wor-
gular way he chants our litur-
ship is all about."
gy," wrote Rabbi Joseph Klein
Emanu-El directors of music, Judy
in a recent newsletter to his congrega-
Lewis and Steve Klaper, will provide
tion.
music for Friday night and Saturday
The cantor will continue to main-
morning services and coordinate the .
tain his office at the synagogue.
synagogue's choirs.
- "He has an open invitation to join
— Shelli Liebman Dorfman,
me on the bimah where he will con-
staff writer
tinue to bless us with his presence and

Corrections

• The name of saxophone player and
Impact Michigan Sabbath service co-
leader Michael Schonberger, 22, of West
Bloomfield was left out of a photo cap-
tion May 28 ("Cooking Up A Storm,"
page 31).

• In "A Unique Tribute," (May 21,
page 102), the man holding the Torah
case should have been identified as Isaac
Ben-Ezra.

Food, Funds Donated

Sodhexho, a contract food management company that provides meals at the Marvin
and Betty Danto Family Health Care Center in West Bloomfield, held a staff barbe-
cue to raise awareness and funds for Berkely-based Yad Ezra. In addition to the
$125 raised, the company donated 220 pounds of nonperishable foods to be distrib-
uted to Yad Ezra clients. Shown from Sodexho are Amy Tapp and Jeffrey Smith.

Quotables

Jewish history is replete with stories and reputa-
tions of famous rabbis. Two rabbis in medieval
Spain blot our history with infamy. Who were
they?

— Goldfein

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10

"I have studied the national Jewish population sur-
vey and recognized that the number of Jews inter-
marrying was about half ... for me it Was very impor-
tant to find a Jewish boyfriend and, in doing so,
hopefully keeping the Jewish tradition alive ... I have
tried regular dating, blind dating, and j-dating, so I
figured national-television dating was the next logical
step.
— Jen Lifshitz, 23, of Chicago, who made it to the
third show of 'Average Joe: Adam Returns" on NBC-
Tij in her May 21 sermon at Temple Israel West
Bloomfield. She's a May graduate of the University of
Michigan School of Social Work, Sol Drachler Program
in Jewish Communal Leadership.

Do You Remember

June 1994

Trying to keep from the depressing "business as
usual" idea, a special Knesset committee approved
a bill to create Free Export Processing Zones in a
move the Israeli government hopes will improve
the balance of trade and the employment situa-
tion.
Franchisees will run each zone for 49 years,
providing electricity and phone services, and will
be responsible for bringing businesses to the zone.

— Sy Manello, editorial assistant