contents Aug. 25-31, 2016 | 21-27 Av 5776 | Vol. CL, No. 4 SHABBAT LIGHTS Shabbat: Friday, Aug. 26, 7:58 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Aug. 27, 8:59 p.m. Shabbat: Friday, Sept. 2, 7:46 p.m. Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Sept. 3, 8:46 p.m. Times accoding to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar. Cover design: Michelle Sheridan 38 The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern HWY., #110, Southfield, MI 48034. Aish Detroit introduced a new kid-friendly curriculum for Sunday School that breaks from tradition. This is last year’s graduating class. 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It strives to reflec t the full range of diverse viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unit y and continuit y. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoyable work environment that encourages creativit y and innovation. We acknowledge our role as a responsible, responsive member of the communit y. Being competitive, we must always strive to be the most respec ted, outstanding Jewish communit y publication in the nation. Our rewards are informed, educated readers, ver y satisfied adver tisers, contented employees and profitable growth. Health. A fresh start. A good education. The next great business idea. Mike Smith Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist I fact that in 1948, Israel was established, defended itself against all odds and is still there. The War of Independence was Israel’s costliest war, with more than 6,000 Israelis killed and 15,000 wounded. The two items from 1949, however, were most encouraging. The first noted that shortly after the war, after only one year of existence, Israel’s population had topped 1 million people. In short, despite the recent war and with hostile forces on every front, there was still a flood of Jewish immigration to Israel. Amy and Noam Stein moved to Southfield from Memphis when Noam accepted the position as high school principal of the Farber Hebrew Day School. The couple and their seven children were tasked with a move to suburban Detroit where they had no family or close friends to advise them, and to find the right home and neighborhood sight unseen. “What we found was a supportive community in and around Young Israel of Southfield,” said Noam. “Howard Korman, who is a Board member at both Young Israel and Farber, and his wife, Michal, were so helpful, even going so far as to attend our home inspection before the closing, since we were still in Tennessee.” “Hebrew Free Loan entered our lives because homes aren’t typically built for families with seven young kids, tweens and teens,” Amy said. “But the basement in our new home was simply one empty room. Howard had mentioned an effort between Young Israel and HFL to support Jewish neighborhoods and make the area attractive to families, so we approached HFL to help us renovate the lower level. It gave our kids their own space, and helped our family make a good transition.” “Hebrew Free Loan struck me as a modern agency, reaching out to serve different constituencies,” said Noam. “It was a polished, professional and respectful process.” “We now know that HFL helps our community with a variety of needs, not just emergencies,” said Amy. “The home improvements helped us settle in here and make a life.” Click. Call. Give Now. www.hfldetroit.org 248.723.8184 Quick Click … From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History found a couple of interesting little his- toric bits this week, next to each other, in the Sept. 15, 1949, issue of the Jewish Chronicle. These were published roughly six months after the official end of Israel’s War of Independence. Generally, the war raged from May 15, 1948, upon the declaration of a State of Israel, to the spring of 1949, when Israel signed a series of armistices with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Of course, one could easily argue that, in essence, the Arab-Israeli War began in 1947 and it has never ended. But, it is a Our Story The second item noted that the first train ran in peace on Israel’s newly reopened line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Not that far a ride, but a great accomplish- ment in 1949. * Want to learn more? Go to the DJN Foundation archives, available for free at www.djnfoundation.org. 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. Celebrating 120 Years 6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 Hebrew Free Loan Detroit @HFLDetroit 2098300 August 18 • 2016 3