World eryl Matthews fir CntirT shrifje Do you want a Full-Time Prosecutor or a Part-Time Municipal "Case Coordinator" as Your Next Circuit Court Judge? Big Apple Woes Compare the Record. JUDGE for yourself! NY Jewish survey finds stable numbers but growing poverty. THE CANDIDATES THE ISSUES CHERYL MATTHEWS MARY ELLEN BRENNAN NO Full-time attorney Circuit Court cases tried in the last 10 years Frequency practicing in Circuit Court in last 8 years NONE Daily Chief of Prosecutor's Child Sexual Assault Division - proven record protecting children Endorsed by Attorney General Mike Cox illraM Endorsed by Sheriff Michael Bouchard 1111E Endorsed by Prosecutor David Gorcyca 4230 11111E- Endorsed by The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, The Oakland Press and The Eccentric Newspapers 41. Law Enforcement's Choice! Endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police, Police Officer's Association of Michigan . .. . _ .. Win10 Mi chigan Association of voice Paid fr.fr by Citizens to Bed Ctietyi Matews. 212E Garland, Sylvan Lake. M148320 NO 41M NO NO NO NO NO www.matthewsforjudge.com 900260 RE-ELECT YOUR WEST BLOOMFIELD SUPERVISOR, DAVID FLAISHER Getting the job done in West Bloomfield: • New fire station and police addition • Initiated hazardous waste pickup • Installed new safety paths • Increased number of police and fire fighters • Proposed cost cuts to balance budget • Partnered with county for infrastructure improvements • New Henry Ford Hospital Supervisor David Flaisher and Senator Carl Levin David Flaisher is a member of Adat Shalom Synagogue. We support David Flaisher because of his experience as the township supervisor and as a C.P.A. and former city Auditor and because of his commitment to our residents: Nelson Hersch, Marcia Gershenson Farm. Hills Mayor Vickie Barnett School Board Member and Mark Steckloff Larry Kohler berg Mark Davidoff W.B. Trustee Stuart Brickner Robert and Karen Spector 10/29 2004 44 Library Trustee Maxine Brickner Jerry and Brenda Chudler Oak Park Mayor Gerald Naftaly Gene Farber Howard Rosenberg County Commissioner Helaine Zack Michael and Sarah Schwartz Sandra and Stewart Shipper Gerald and Debra Goldberg Jerry and Rita Sukenic Senator Gilda Jacobs Susan and Steve Friedman Robert Naftaly Paid for by Committee to Elect David Flaisher for West Bloomfield Township Supervisor, 5532 Dunmore, West Bloomfield, MI 48322 New York ews who think New York is the center of the world aren't that far off— it's certainly the center of the American Jewish world. That's one of the findings that emerges from the Jewish Community Study of New York: 2002,, coordinated by the UJA-Federation of New York and released at the federation's offices Oct. 14. Just how Jewish is New York? One out of every eight people in the eight-county New York metropolitan area identifies as a Jew, in comparison with one in 50 in the United States as a whole. Despite Jewish migration to the. South and West of the country, huge growth in the Orthodox and Russian-speaking communities has kept the number of nearly 1.5 million Jews in New York sta- ble over the past decade. Given the wave of Jewish immigration from the former Soviet Union over the past decade, Russian-speaking Jews now make up roughly one-quarter of New York Jewry. In addition, the proportion of Jews over 75 has more than doubled to 11 percent since the last such survey, in 1991. Those factors, together with the large number of Orthodox Jews in New York, help account for a key finding of the sur- vey. growing Jewish poverty, which has climbed by 35 percent, at a time that general poverty in the area has declined. In fact, there are more poor Jews in New York -- some 244,000 — than there are Jews in all but the largest Jewish communities elsewhere in America. Bits and pieces of the survey already had been released, but this was the first time that the full report had been pre- sented. 'All the major news is out," said Jacob Ukeles, the survey's principal investigator. "The critical question now is the extent to which the community is going to uti- lize the information. This is a tool." Among the critical findings are: • Elements of Jewish engagement: Israel is a cornerstone for New York Jews, with 92 percent calling the survival of the State of Israel very important. While 73 percent of New York Jews attended a Jewish cultural event or a JCC activity, only half of all households are affiliated with a congregation or jr 0 Over 100 RACHEL POMERANCE Jewish Telegraphic Agency 903060. .