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scholar in residence weekend
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southfield
friday
11.12.04
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ht Fever Kabbalat Shabbat Service
followed by a deluxe family Shabbat dinner.*
ri a l kr4 to Your Children About God"
with Rabbi Wolpe.
*$15.00 for adults, $5.00 for children.
Reservations are required.
Detroit City
Council member
JoAnniRttson,
who proposed the
African Town
project, appearing
at an AJC
Committee n2eet-
ing at the Max
M Fisher
Federation
Building in
Bloomfield
Township.
Baby-sitting is available during Rabbi Wolpe's
presentation.
saturday
11.13.04
8:45AM
Saturday morning Shabbat services.
Rabbi Wolpe will deliver the sermon
followed by a complimentary congregational
lunch sponsored by the Laker family.
Photo by
Diana Lieberman
for the creation of a "quasi-public"
development corporation that would
approve loans and grants to "docu-
mented residents of Detroit who are
members of the city's majority,
under-served population" — in
other words, to black entrepreneurs
only.
When asked if funds for African
Town businesses would be awarded
on the basis of race, Watson said,
"That would be unconstitutional.
"Any person who lives in Detroit,
or who has a business in Detroit,
who hires Detroiters would qualify,"
she said.
On Oct. 18, City Council passed a
modified version of the controversial
African Town plan. Watson voted
against the new resolution, which
was approved with a 5-4 vote.
In its new form, the African Town
proposal does not specifically restrict
loan and grant opportunities to
black residents only. Instead, it
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t
instructs the Detroit Economic
Growth Corporation and City
Planning Commission to "work with
Detroit black business owners, entre-
preneurs and trade associations to
undertake the required steps to
develop this business district so that
it can be enjoyed by all ethnic
groups just like Greektown and
Mexicantown."
African Town would be funded
primarily by more than $30 million
paid to the city by Detroit's casinos,
along with "future gambling rev-
enue."
"It's only one little enclave,"
Watson said.
Watson reminded the audience
that the African-American Festival
held last summer at Detroit's Hart
Plaza drew "two and a half million
people every day for three days."
"Detroit should be seen as a
magnet, not as a pathology," she
said.
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Baby-sitting is available during
Rabbi Wolpe's discussion.
about
rabbi wolpe
We are pleased to welcome
world-renowned author and
orator Rabbi David Wolpe of
Temple Sinai in Los Angeles for
a weekend of inspirational learning and spiritual
growth. Rabbi Wolpe is the author of several
books including Making toss Matter: Creating
Meaning in Difficult Times; Teaching Your Children
About God: A Modem Jewish Approach; Why Be
Jewish? and his new book Floating Takes Faith:
Ancient Wisdom fora Modern World•
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(248) 545-6677 (248) 433-3323
Oak Park
Bloomfield Hills
www.Idcliniccom
Please contact the synagogue office at 248/357-5544
to make your reservations for Friday night dinner. If you
have any questions, please contactTobye Bello,
Program Director at 248/357-5544.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
27375 Bell Road
15 Nitunzuo Southfield, Ml 48034
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2004
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