Journalists Laud JN
Jet-Setting Champion
The staff of the Detroit
tion and the service it pro-
Jewish News earned the
vided to the community,"
Joseph Polakoff Award
Cohn said. "They knew
for Distinguished
their respective roles and
Service to Jewish
were trained to do them,
Journalism June 3 at the
even under very unsettling
American Jewish Press
circumstances. And they
Association awards din-
knew that in their business,
ner in Atlanta.
even
if your building,
Horwitz
Dor nan
The staff was recog-
equipment and files burn
nized "for embodying
down, you can't miss a
outstanding journalism
deadline!"
that continued unin-
Arthur M. Horwitz, JN
terrupted through the
publisher and president of
shock of a 2002 fire
Jewish Renaissance
that destroyed the
Media, accepted the
publication's headquar-
award and presented a
ters," Robert A. Cohn,
brief visual presentation
chairman of the
of the staff's efforts.
Polakoff committee,
In addition, during the
told the assembled
23rd annual awards cere-
journalists.
mony for works published
"Staffers allowed
in 2003, JNStaff Writer
themselves only a few
Shelli Liebman Dorfman
minutes for a collec-
received a third-place
tive mindset to go
David Frank Award for
from shock and
Excellence in Personality
depression to planning
Profiles for "The Power of
the upcoming week's
Man," her July 4 profile
issue of the Detroit
of Rabbi Sherwin Wine,
Jewish News — know-
retiring
rabbi of the
The charred remains of the Detroit
ing that when it came Jewish News offices on Franklin
Birmingham Temple and
out, they would be the Road in Southfield.
founder of Humanistic
cover story There was
Judaism.
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no doubt that after
The Atlanta Jewish
publishing every week since 1942, the
Times, a sister publication of the JN,
Detroit Jewish News staffers would not
received three first-place awards — for
allow themselves now to miss a week.
comprehensive coverage, personality pro-
"In a 72-hour period, they created a
file and graphic design — and three third-
116-page issue of the Detroit Jewish News,
place awards,
moved locations twice, restored all of
The Rockower Awards were established
their key systems, dealt with the crush of
in 1980 to provide incentive to Jewish
insurance-related issues, received intense
media to enhance their publications and
attention from the secular media and
to promote quality Jewish journalism.
wrote thoughtfully about the situation.
— Keri Guten Cohen,
"The Detroit Jewish News staffers were
story
development editor
committed to the mission of the publica-
The normally reticent
Detroit; May 27, at Tampa;
Bill Davidson deserves
May 28, at Detroit; May 29, at
a little leeway — and a
Calgary; May 30, at Indiana;
lot of respect — this
May 31, at Calgary; June 1, at
week.
Detroit; June 3, at Tampa; June
Davidson has been
5, at Calgary; June 6, at L.A.
jet-setting for weeks
Lakers; June 7, at Tampa, June
between the champi-
8, at L.A.
onship playoffs of two
Davidson's office at Guardian
Bill Day idson
of the professional teams
Industries declined to discuss
he owns. With the
Davidson's travel schedule or
Tampa Bay Lightning winning the
arrangements, citing security con-
National Hockey League's Stanley
cerns.
Cup at home Monday night and
But just think how more compli-
the Detroit Pistons opening the
cated things could get if two other
National Basketball Association
Davidson-owned teams — the
championship series with a victory
Women's NBA champion Detroit
the night before in Los Angeles,
Shock and the arena football
consider this possible sports-travel
Detroit Fury — are added to the
schedule over the last two weeks:
championship mix this year.
May 22, 24, Pistons at Indiana
— Alan Hitsky, associate editor
Pacers; May 25, Calgary Flames at
Tampa Bay; May 26, Indiana at
Don't
cha
Religious Scholarships
A bill package removing the pro-
hibition against students of theol-
ogy, divinity and religious educa-
tion receiving grants or scholar-
ships from the state has passed
the Michigan Senate and is on its
way to the governor's desk.
The seven-bill, bipartisan pack-
age was introduced last year to
end the practice of discrimina-
tion against certain types of aca-
demic study.
The legislation would affect
five main programs: The
Michigan Legislative Award, the
Michigan Educational
Opportunity Grant, the
Michigan Competitive
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Yiddish Limericks
Know@2004
What non-kosher product can be used in the ful-
filling of a mitzvah?
"These words," said a rabbi named Meckel,
"Are stitched on my old tallis zeckt
To teach me compassion —
That each has his ration:
Yeder mentsh hot zayn aigeneh pekl."**
(
— Goldfein
— Martha Jo Fleischmann
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InnuEID
uatiso)1 ag :ou paau sail)
u! moll-ea Fag atn:y
JO lEC[CIEUS
* prayer shawl bag
** Every person has his own (package) burden.
Scholarship, the Part-Time
Independent Student Grant and
the state's Tuition Grant pro-
grams.
"The scholarships and grants
can be used by students to study
theology or religion from an aca-
demic perspective, but there was
a compromise struck so that
those funds cannot be used for
training clergy," said Eric
Adelman of the Jewish
Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit. "It main-
tains separation of church and
state."
— Harry Kirsbaum, staff writer
Do You Remembe&
June 1984
You've come a long way, cantor.
At the Cantors Assembly convention, the associa-
tion was urged to prepare for changes in the
Conservative movement giving an equal role to
women as rabbis and cantors.
The Jewish Theological Seminary was gearing up
to admit women candidates to the rabbinical school
beginning in the fall, reflecting the acknowledge-
ment of the halachic validity of ordaining women.
— Sy Manello, editorial assistant
6/11
2004
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