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May 5-May 11, 2016 | 27 Nisan - 3 Iyar 5776 | Vol. CXLIX, No. 14

SHABBAT, HOLIDAY LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, May 6, 8:20 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, May 7, 9:28 p.m.

Shabbat: Friday, May 13, 8:28 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, May 14, 9:37 p.m. *

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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Arts & Life .................... 49
Calendar....................... 32
Editor’s Picks ............... 54
Fashion ......................... 56
Israel ............ 6, 24-28, 31
Jews in Digital Age.... 20
Life Cycles .................... 61
Marketplace ................ 65
Mentsh of the Month 69
Metro ............................ 10

Obituaries .................... 69
Out To Eat .................... 58
Sports ........................... 48
Synagogue List ........... 46
Torah Portion .............. 47
Viewpoints......................5
Yom HaShoah .............. 40

Columnists

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Elyse Foltyn ................. 42
Esther Alweiss Ingber 58
Alan Muskovitz ..............5
Danny Raskin .............. 60
Robert Sklar ...................6

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Detroiters attended an event held
at State Fair Coliseum in Detroit.
The featured speaker was the Israeli
Minister of Labor Golda Meyerson.
Some years later, she became known
as Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel.
The Coliseum was “festively” decorated
with American and Israelis flags, and
Rabbi B. Benedict Glazer of Temple Beth
El introduced Meyerson as “America’s gift
to Israel.”
So, on this day, 65 years ago, Meyerson
thanked Americans for their contribu-
tions, but reminded the audience that,

Several years ago, when Karen
and Ed Bell were looking for a
home of their own, they took the
opportunity offered by Neighborhood
Project loans to help establish their
family in Oak Park.
“Of course, that program doesn’t
exist any longer, but at the time, we
were so grateful to Hebrew Free Loan
for their help purchasing our house,”
Karen said. “We repaid the loan and
still live there happily. They were great
to us.”
Now grandparents, the Bells are
retired and Karen says they have had
several health care issues in a short
span of time. “Among other things, I
needed two root canals done, and I
was in a lot of pain,” Karen said. “On
top of all the other issues, the estimate
to fix my mouth was more than we
could handle, and a girlfriend reminded
me about Hebrew Free Loan.”
The Bells’ loan, which was funded
as part of HFL’s Project HEAL
(Health Emergency Assistance Loans),
enabled Karen to get back on her feet
quickly. Project HEAL assists with
medical, dental and related health
care expenses, and was established
with a grant from The Jewish Fund.
“Everyone at HFL was so kind to
us, cordial and compassionate,”
Karen said. “It was a positive experi-
ence for a not-so-good reason, since
I was in pain, but they seemed to
genuinely care about helping me.
“I do tell people about Hebrew Free
Loan, and how they were there for us.
I paid off our loan sooner than it was
due so the money would be available
for the next borrower, and I have even
co-signed on an HFL loan for a friend.
I’m so glad this agency exists.”

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Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History

ay 12, 2016, is Independence
Day in Israel. It has been 68
years since the founding of
the State of Israel, and there have been 68
years of Independence Day celebrations,
not only in Israel, but in Detroit and the
United States.
In the William Davidson Digital
Archives, I found an interesting story on
an early Independence Day celebration —
the third anniversary of the founding of
Israel — in the May 18, 1951, issue of the
Jewish Chronicle.
Officials estimated that 9,500 Metro

Our Story

Hebrew Free Loan gives interest-
free loans to members of our
community for a variety of
personal and small business
needs. HFL loans are funded
entirely through community
donations which continually
recycle to others, generating
many times the original value
to help maintain the lives of
local Jews.

while Israel had achieved political and
military independence, in order to survive,
it needed a sound economic foundation.
It’s a good bet that Golda Meir would be
proud of Israel’s economic growth since
she gave that speech in Detroit in 1951.

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