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Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman shellidorfman@aol.com Ryan Fishman Stacy Gittleman Ronelle Grier Esther Allweiss Ingber Harry Kirsbaum Barbara Lewis Rabbi Jason Miller Alan Muskovitz Allan Nahajewski Steve Stein stevestein502004@yahoo.com.com RED urn Managing Editor Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl®renmedia.us Contributing Editor Ken Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us tittlittm og JEWISH/ % yoo ON DA T/ 04/ To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org 6 June 11 • 2015 frontlines DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer High Court Rebuffs Jerusalem Passport Law JNS.org — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law that enabled Americans born in Jerusalem — which the U.S. government does not recognize as a part of any country — to list "born in Israel" on their passports, on the grounds that Congress overstepped the president's authority on foreign affairs. By a 6-3 vote, in an opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court said that "the power to recognize foreign states and governments and their territorial bounds is exclusive to the Presidency." The three Jewish justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, voted with the majority, along with Justices Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor. Dissenting were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito. The case in question involved a 12-year-old boy, Menachem Zivotofsky, whose parents sought to list "Jerusalem, Israel" as the birthplace on his U.S. pass- port. The U.S. government does not rec- ognize any nation's sovereignty over Jerusalem and maintains that its status must be resolved through negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians. Israel took control of the eastern portion of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War and considers the entire city to be its eternal and undivided capital. In 2002, Congress passed the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which included a section that mandated rec- ognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. At the time, President George W. Bush signed the law, but issued a statement saying that it violates the president's for- eign relations authority. Additionally, Congress has called on the U.S. to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem through the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. But Presidents Bill Clinton, Bush and Barack Obama have all delayed the move out of "national security concerns?' kbrowett@renmedia.us Keith Farber Sales Director kfarber®renmedia.us Senior Account Executive Melissa Litvin Account Executives Kathryn Andros Wendy Flusty Annette Kizy Ilene Lubin Sales Manager Assistant Kezzie Chudler Lisa Wren BUSINESS OFFICES ZOA Leader To Speak On Iran And U.S. Policy Mort Klein, Zionist Organization of America national president, will share his perspective on Iran and the increasingly dangerous environment in the Middle East in the face of changing Mort Klein U.S. foreign policy at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 22, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. There is no charge. For infor- mation, call the ZOA at (248) 661-6000. Billing Coordinator Pamela Turner Collections Analyst Hazel Bender Production By FARAGO & ASSOCIATES Manager Scott Drzewiecki Designers Amy Pollard Pam Sherevan Michelle Sheridan Susan Walker PUBLISHED BY: RENAISSANCE Po,MEDIA Chairman Michael H. Steinhardt QUICK CLICK ... Vignettes From The JN Archives Mike Smith Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist L ive and learn. Kari Alterman wrote to me about an error in my Quick Click on Bert Ruby, her great-uncle. A source I used was not reli- able — Ruby was born in Ermihalyfalva, Hungary (now Valea Lui Mihai, Romania), not Columbus, Ohio. I do apologize for my error. But, there is a very good side to my mistake: I learned some very interesting facts about Ruby. Ruby was a generous man, and through his promotion of wrestling shows in Michigan, raised a lot of money for charities. If one searches the pages of the JN, it is also evident that both Bert and his wife, Irene, were deeply involved in Detroit's Jewish community. But, the Rubys' humanity went beyond their public work, and the most heartwarming story was not reported in the papers. Emery Grosinger, Alterman's father and Rudy's nephew, was an orphaned, teenage Holocaust survivor. He The. Sporting Scene Col Zio Bert Ruby Uses Head. Toes in Career on Mat 3..wrzysww... Rs m. Rel. also a and idoalist—which can . FULFILLMENT PAlh. Weigh. I had to ask Ruby about his mous toes. •'We were too poor get shoes in MY youth . Ile Yso I just got m Me hal. of picking up twigs a. stones. Later I practiced lifting 50 pound wei no or heavy kitchen chairs t .„ oggga R e libert.laCkng egotrosee DEPARTMENTS 7, '" sypr. 'Ing oldest. He, You ought to t. "M" gs here Mat Ruby learned „woo. .t, r.re two or os wroorro wrestte—ttte "•, tt round og house. And Me kid's twtt wt. 0.." ... Y. ' smart too. I've lived afait t o puts it. ••We lived in one of Me root. hoor. hove o orr0000 gars rope. education besides kltow- vitt ." 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Hr.. me down Ame , mat experts as Strangler Lew.. begged Ruby of his brother: he is known as one of the few °If you wam any, go geti top wrestlers in the count. , yourself," answered his brother. hundreds of Detroiters, Ruby is t, gt, gt o go mga oor oOg- forgot his N reot t, tnto just their favorite mat ma Therefore, it's not sun. Mat on Rrst meeting Ryby, his oRen thrown off guard .r quiet and intelligent nature. AS he himself said, °People are disappoi.d when MW introduced to me. I guess cy expect wrestlers to bite them or s; e th their m arm or some- President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us . arrived in Detroit in 1948, and Bert and Irene took him in as if he was their own son. So, while Ruby, the "Maygar Hercules," was a big man, his heart was bigger. Thanks for writing to me, Kari! ❑ Want to learn more? Go to the DIN Foundation archives, available for free at www. djnfoundation. org. 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