Front Lines NOTEBOOK Alenline Creche Display Defeated Officials of the American Civil Liberties Union Michigan Chapter were "heartened that the citizens of Berkley did the right thing" in the Nov. 6 election. Berkley voted 2,275 to 1,861 to defeat a city charter proposal that would have required a Christmas nativity scene to be displayed in front of city hall each year from Thanksgiving through Jan. 6. Kary Moss The creche had been displayed in front of Berkley city hall for many years until the ACLU challenged the practice last year. The city council voted to donate the creche for display in front of the city's churches. A group called Berkley Citizens Vote Yes to Christian Holiday Display, with support from the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor, drew up the charter initiative and circulated petitions to place it on the November ballot. Kary Moss, executive director of the Detroit-based Michigan ACLU, said the organization did not get involved in the Berkley election because local religious and elected leaders campaigned against the proposal. Opponents feared the ACLU would entangle the city in a costly lawsuit if the proposal passed and religious leaders did not want the creche displayed on city property with secular symbols of the season that would dilute its religious mes- sage. Berkley Mayor Marilyn Stephan said it was inappropriate for cities to have religious displays. On Nov. 6, Stephan won re-elec- tion against a write-in candidate by a vote of 2,987 to 612. - Alan Hitsky, associate editor This Week More New Cub Scouts Congregation B'nai Moshe, under the leadership of Rabbi Elliot Pachter, will offer a full Cub Scout program to boys in grades 1- 5. Cub Scout Pack 1911, so named to celebrate the year of B'nai Moshe's founding, is open to the entire community. An informational meeting for all boys and parents will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at the synagogue, 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield. Questions about the new pack can be directed to Rob Gilkerson, district director, Ottawa District of the Clinton Valley Council of Boy Scouts, (248) 462-2251 or by e-mail: RGilkers@ bsamail.org. - Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor www.JNonline.us Teen2Teen Site You've seen the printed sec- tion each month in the JN, now Teen2Teen goes online! Though the Web site is for Jewish teens by Jewish teens, other genera- tions can check it out, too. Look for it on Nov. 22. Only at JNt2t.com . Musical Interlude An East Lansing author is looking for information about Jewish musicians active in Metro Detroit before 1955. David Klein is interested in musicians who performed at Jewish weddings, b'nai mitzvah and other types of celebrations. Contact him at heartlandklezmorim@hotmail. corn. "There is a great deal written about the Jewish musi- cians from New York City who performed before 1955, but I have never read about Jewish musicians from other parts of America;' Klein said. Klein is looking for names of group members, any recordings made in the Detroit area and any Jewish music published in Detroit during the era. He's especially looking for musicians still alive from the era. "There is much useful information to learn from these musi- cians," Klein said. "One learns of the folk tradition that was brought over to America as many were beginning to settle here and start a new lif' Today, the kind of music that Klein is exploring is referred to as klezmer, a term that didn't come into vogue until the 1970s. "This is the music that people danced to at Jewish weddings and other Jewish celebrations;' Klein said. "This is the music I am interested in." - Robert A. 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Mrs. Mames noted that the gift symbolizes the Charachs' selfless and stalwart support of American Red Magen David for Israel over the past 25 years. The ambu- lance will bring emergency relief to victims of ter- rorist attacks, accidents, medical distress and life to newborn babies. A8 November 15 • 2007 Ballot Box Jewish candidates successful in the Nov. 6 general election included: • Farmington Hills — Jerry Ellis was elected to a 2-year term as mayor. Barry Brickner was re-elected to a 4-year term on the city council. • Huntington Woods — Jeffrey Jenks and Mary White were re-elected to 4-year terms on the city commission. • Oak Park — Gerald Naftaly was re-elected to a 2-year term as mayor. Challenger Paul Levine and incumbent Michael Seligson won 4-year terms on the city council. • Rochester — David Becker was re-elected to a 4-year term on the city council. • Southfield — Sidney Lantz was re-elected to a 4-year term on the city council. 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