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National Council of Jewish Women
Greater Detroit Section

June 9-15, 2016 | 3-9 Sivan 5776 | Vol. CXLIX, No. 19

SHABBAT, HOLIDAY LIGHTS

Shabbat: Friday, June 10, 8:51 p.m.
Shavuot 1: Saturday, June 11, 10:03 p.m.
Shavuot 2: Sunday, June 12, 10:04 p.m.
Holiday Ends: Monday, June 13, 10:05 p.m.

Shabbat: Friday, June 17, 8:54 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, June 18, 10:07 p.m.

Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

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See our ‘Summer Fun Guide’ for ideas such as picking your own fruits and vegetables.

Around Town ............... 27
Arts & Life .................... 51
Auto .............................. 32
Calendar....................... 28
Cap & Gown ................ 66
Editor’s Picks ............... 58
Here’s To ....................... 21
Home ............................ 56
Israel ..................... 5, 8, 27

Life Cycles .................... 64
Marketplace ................ 67
Metro ............................ 10
Obituaries .................... 71
Real Estate ................... 36
Shavuot .................... 5, 30
Sports ........................... 50
Summer Fun Guide .... 41
Synagogue List ........... 40

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Torah Portion .............. 39
Viewpoints......................5

Columnists

Ryan Fishman .............. 60
Sy Manello ......................5
Danny Raskin .............. 62

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Historic Base Ball at Greenfield Village.

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Samantha Darmon

The NCJW/Greater Detroit Jewish Youth
Awards is an annual scholarship program for
high school seniors. Applicants are judged on a
written essay and their leadership in the secular
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honored at an awards ceremony on May 3, 2016
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$3,000; Rachel Wasserman, second place award
$1500; Eden Lichterman and Eli Weil, third and
fourth place winners, $500; Craig Tarnopol, Dalia
Rubenstein, Avi Greenbaum and Noah Provizer,
honorable mentions, $250. The Jewish Youth
Awards are made possible through generous
sponsors, Esther (z'l) and Nathan (z'l) Katz and
Dina and Herman (z'l) Brodsky.
Samantha Darmon discussed “What
experience or person has had the greatest
impact on your Jewish identity? “, in her award
winning essay. The following excerpts are taken
from the essay.
“My whole life I have gone to a Jewish
school. I have been taught the stories of the
Torah, studied machloket, or debates, in the
Mishnah, and discussed the laws of the Gemara.
I was taught the details of keeping kashrut and
even attempted to learn scribal arts. Yet before
my senior year of high school, I never had the
opportunity to talk about my personal beliefs.
During senior year of high school I was lucky
enough to take a Jewish Journeys class. This was
a class in which we discussed our beliefs about
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commandedness, and Israel.
Being required to share my personal
thoughts, forced me to take a second and really
think. Do I believe in God? If so, what kind
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and when should I pray? Questions like these
continued to pop into my head even after I left
the class.
The reason this class had such a big impact
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time that I was able to connect to Judaism on
a personal level, rather than academic level.
This class has given me the tools to rethink
and reconnect with Judaism on a level that I
understand and respect“.

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

Mike Smith
Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist

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f you would like to see a shining
example of the Detroit Jewish com-
munity coming together to support a
cause, read deeply into the June 9, 1967,
issue of the JN.
At that time, Israel was in the midst of
the “Six-Day War.” Although the Israeli
Air Force had wiped out almost all of
the air forces from the three opposing
nations — Egypt, Syria and Jordan —
and the Israeli Defense Forces were gain-
ing on the ground, there was still a way
to go before a cease-fire was declared on
June 11.

In the end, while vastly out-
numbered, Israel claimed a deci-
sive victory, one that is still stud-
ied today in the world’s military
colleges.
But it was not a preordained
result. Israel was not quite 20
years old. It did not have the resources to
replenish its military supplies and sustain
its economy and citizens after the war
And, with Memorial Day in the United
States just past, we also know the human
sacrifices that are made in wartime.
If you want to understand what a com-

munity can do
when there is a
real and immedi-
ate crisis, read
the announce-
ments, reports
and stories in
this issue of the JN, published while the
war was still raging. It is an impressive
piece of history and a salute to Detroit’s
Jewish community.

MISSION:
The National Council of Jewish Women
(NCJW) is a grassroots organization
of volunteers and advocates who turn
progressive ideals into action. Inspired
by Jewish values, NCJW strives for
social justice by improving the quality
of life for women, children and families
and by safeguarding individual rights
and freedoms.

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