DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines theJEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz F. Kevin Browett Publisher / Executive Editor Chief Operating Officer ahorwitz©renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl®renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman@renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz®renmedia.us EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs dsachs@renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin®sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar®renmedia.us "I Believe: A Shoah Requiem" To Be Shown On Film At JCC In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit will host a community-wide program, featuring a film presentation of "I Believe: A Shoah Requiem:' at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27. There is no charge for this event, which will be held at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts at the JCC in West Bloomfield. "I Believe an a cap- pella cantata, was com- posed by Cantor Daniel Gross of Adat Shalom Synagogue and features 150 choral voices. The film version was record- ed last year at Orchestra Hall, where "I Believe" Cantor Daniel had its world premiere. Gross Gross, whose "I Believe" includes tradi- tional prayers and writings by poet Paul Celan and author Primo Levi, will attend the JCC event and offer comments follow- ing the film. Gross said he wrote "I Believe" as a response to the lack of musical liturgy that honors Yom HaShoah. "I Believe" was conducted by Grammy Award-winning conductor Jerry Blackstone of the University of Michigan. Participants included many clergy and choir groups, both Jewish and not, from the community. For information, visit www.jccdet.org. Walk For Israel Is Set For May 18 The Metro Detroit community will cel- ebrate Israel on Sunday, May 18, with its annual Walk For Israel and also a 5K Family Fun Run. The run starts at 8 a.m. and the walk at 1 p.m. Both will begin at Temple Shir Shalom, located at Walnut Lake and Orchard Lake roads in West Bloomfield. There is a $36 entry fee for the 5K Family Fun Run, and prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers. All participants will receive free running shirts, medals and refreshments. Aron Zoldon, Holocaust survivor, will speak about his personal experiences, subse- quent entry to Palestine in 1947 and fighting in Israel's War of Liberation. The "Personal Reflections" discussion will being at 11 a.m. A free kosher lunch will be provided for all attendees at noon. There is no cost for the Walk for Israel. This full day of events is open to the entire community. 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Steinhardt President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us QUICK CLICK ... Vignettes From The JN Archives Dallas Pillen Detroit Jewish News Foundation Fellow W Chief Operating Officer F. Kevin Browett kbrowett@renmedia.us Friday, April 16, I 94B Mobile Dental Unit on Display Here Before Being Shipped to Palestine Controller Craig R. Phipps hen you imagine a dentist's office, you probably imagine a small, clean room with a chair, an instrument tray and a calming painting on the wall. You probably do This ambulance, which will be on exhibit this Saturday and Sunday in Detroit, is the first American mobile dental hospital to go not picture something to Palestine Kupat Cholim, the medical arm of the Jewish forces. Contributed by branch 552 of the Jewish National Workers' like this mobile dental Alliance. the mobile clinic will be driven to Detroit from Cleveland by Drs. Louis and Harry Goldblatt. The two dentists, Navy veterans, are also trained first-aid doctors and nurses. They will accompany clinic, which was fea- the mobile unit to Palestine. The clinic has its own water supply and electricity, as well as tured in the April 16, an air-conditioning system, and can serve as a first aid station. The public is invited to inspect the dental unit, accoraing to 1948, issue of the Jewish Kenneth Board, chairman of Branch 552. Morris L. Schauer is chairman of the JNWA City Committee, News. The ambulance wilt be on exhibition at Hotel Statler from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the ambulance According to the arti- will tour the northwest section of the city. From 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday it will be on display at Central High School. cle, the clinic was a con- tribution from a branch of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance. system. Drs. Louis and Harry Goldblatt On April 17, it was on display in drove it to Detroit from Cleveland. The Downtown Detroit at the Hotel Statler, two dentists, both veterans of the U.S. and on Sunday, April 18, at Central High Navy and first-aid doctors, were to School, before it went to Palestine Kupat accompany the mobile clinic overseas Cholim, the medical arm of the Jewish and assist in providing essential health forces. and hygiene services to Israeli forces. The ambulance was to serve as a dental hospital and a first aid clinic, and Want to learn more? Go to the DJN was equipped with its own water and Foundation archives, available for free electricity supplies and air-conditioning at www.djnfoundation.org. 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