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Greenberg Stamps It

Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer Hank ,
Greenberg is one of four baseball immor-
tals being honored with U.S. Postal
Service (USPS) stamps being released
this week.
Roy
Campanella,
Greenberg,
Mickey Mantle
and Mel Ott
will each have
a first-class
stamp in their
memory. A
New York
ceremony will
inaugurate the
new stamps
HANK GREENBERG
on Friday, July
14, at Yankee
Stadium prior

to the Yankees-White Sox game.
A similar ceremony will be held
Sunday, July 16, at Comerica Park prior to
the Tigers-Royals game and the stamps
will be sold inside and outside the park.
The USPS said Greenberg was selected
because he was the first pro ball player
to serve in the military; he is credited
with developing the prototype of the first
baseman's mitt; and was the first player
to win most valuable player status at two
positions — first base and outfield.
In a Jewish News article July 6 (page
35), baseball historian Irwin Cohen
recounted Greenberg's efforts to help
integrate Major League Baseball both as
a player and as an executive.

- Alan Hitsky, associate editor

Ask And Receive

Beth and Moisey and Zhanna Shalmiyev
— opened Globe International Cuisine in
Southfield last month they decided that if
there's a market for kosher meat there, it
will be offered.
The Shalmiyev family brought their
restaurant and catering
know-how to Skewers and
Globe, having been in the
business for the last 30 years
in Russia, Israel and the
U.S. Moisey's son, Shy, runs
both restaurants, assisted
by his younger brother Or at
Skewers.
In keeping with the
international flavor of both
eateries, each Friday night
at Skewers is Russian night
and every Saturday night is
Israeli night, both complete
with Hebrew and English
karaoke. Live music and
Diners enjoy the Israeli cuisine at Skewers in West
belly
dancing are included
Bloomfield.
monthly.
Globe, located inside the old Michigan
while the menu doesn't show the kosher
Inn
Hotel, serves entrees from around
items, kosher chicken shish kabobs, kafta
the
world.
Skewers is primarily a Middle
kabobs and chicken shawarma are avail-
Eastern
food
restaurant.
able upon request.
Skewers
is
at
6283 Haggerty Road in
"We are not supervised by the Vaad, and
West
Bloomfield,
(248) 960-3460. Globe is
our meat is cooked in the same kitchen as
at
16400
J.
L.
Hudson
Drive in Southfield,
our non-kosher foods, but all of the kosher
(248)
552-8411.
chicken and beef that we serve come from
- Shelli Liebman Dorfman,
One Stop Kosher (in Southfield) and we do
staff writer
clean the grill first."
The addition was so well received that
when Kahn and his partners — wife

In an unusual act of accommodation, a
West Bloomfield non-kosher restaurant is
serving kosher meat. "We had customers
who said if we could bring in kosher meat,
they would order it,' said Jeremy Kahn, co-
owner of Skewers International Grill. So,

Objectionable Political Ad

What do Gov. Jennifer Granholm, athlete
Jesse Owens, Adolph Hitler and former
Democratic presidents Lyndon Johnson,
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton all have in
common?
They all appeared in a full-page anti-
Granholm ad published in the Michigan
Chronicle last week.
According to the Detroit News, the ad,
purchased by a little-known political
action committee called "Voice the Vote
claimed that blacks have been foot sol-
diers for the Democratic party for the last
50 years, and that "their reward has been
a dependency on welfare, high unem-
ployment and a disproportionate number
of black men in locked up in prison.
"And now during this crucial elec-
tion year, the Democrats expect African
American voters to stay in their place
the ad said, according to the story.
"African American voters should not only
demand respect from the Democrats,
but also stop putting all their eggs in
one basket. Say NO to Gov. Granholm in
November."
Both Granholm and Republican
challenger Dick DeVos condemned
the ad.

Governor Granholm

Natake Harbin, treasurer of the PAC,
defended the ad.
"Jesse Owens didn't get any love from
Hitler when he won four medals and he
didn't get any love from his own presi-
dent (Franklin D. Roosevelt,)" Harbin
told the Detroit News. "We have the same
thing here where black voters are not
getting any love from Jennifer Granholm
and the Democratic Party and that's what
this ad is about."

- Harry Kirsbaum, staff writer

HMC Ejects Neo-Nazis

Six unidentified "neo-Nazis" were escorted
out of the Holocaust Memorial Center in
Farmington Hills without incident after a
20-minute appearance on July 9.
Farmington Hills Police had advance
notice that there might be a group corn-
ing on Sunday with the intent of causing
a disturbance, said Selma Silverman HMC
administrator.
A group of six males, wearing black
T-shirts entered around 1 p.m. when the
public tour began, and a plainclothes offi-
cer was already inside, she said. "No police
car was in the parking lot, but a number of
officers were stationed along Orchard Lake
Road waiting.
"The group walked in the Institute of
the Righteous, wrote a few things on the
slips of paper provided for visitors to write
their thoughts down; then they proceeded
to go through the museum from back to
front," she said.
Silverman and the officer followed
them. When one of them put on a swastika
armband, Silverman told the officer, "I
want them out of here."
The plainclothes officer called for back-
up and the group was escorted out of the

building and told not to return.
This is the first such incident at the
HMC according to Silverman.
Farmington Hills Police chief William
Dwyer had no comment about the makeup
of the group, but he did say that the safety
of visitors at the HMC and security in gen-
eral are taken very seriously.
"Ever since the center opened, we've
been very security-minded as far as mak-
ing sure that we're not going to have any
problems:' he said.
Some 50-60 people were taking the
public tour at the time, but they were not
involved. Police officers stayed for the
remainder of the day.
"Our information was that their hope
was to have a photograph taken of them-
selves inside the HMC to prove that they
were there Silverman said. "No cameras
are allowed in the building, and no photos
were taken as far as we know.
"We had great cooperation with the
Farmington Hills Police Department',' she
said. "They won't put up with this and nei-
ther will we."

- Harry Kirsbaum, staff writer

July 13 2006

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