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… mixed reaction among Chal- dean and Jewish community leaders. The golf club's sale to the Chaldean-Iraqi Association of Michigan is facing resistence by its West Bloomfield neighbors, many of whom are…
… Speak Here Israel's leading poet, Yehuda Amichai, will be the guest speaker at Wayne State University noon Sept. 11, and 1 p.m. Sept. 12 at the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. Amichai will read from…
…UP FRONT I Ethnic Center Plan Faces Mixed Reactions KIMBERLY LIFTON Stall Writer M ounting opposition to a Chaldean group's recent pur- chase of Shenandoah Golf and Country Club has met with…
… with a building about 25,000 square feet. The JCC is situated on 132 acres with a 200,000-square-foot building. "We are concerned with quality of life," said homeowner's attorney Geof- frey Fieger, also…
… a vice presi- dent of the Organizations United to Save the Township (OUST). Many of the homeowners also are members of OUST. Fieger said current plans are acceptable to the homeowner's group. But he…
… said the group is afraid CIAM might alter proposals. Although the homeowners' group says its main concern is limiting growth of West Bloomfield, some Chaldeans are concerned the Chaldean group's purchase…
… is bringing out more than speculation of overdevelopment. They fear underlying prejudices against their community could hold up their plans. "We are trying to live together like brothers and sisters…
…," said CIAM member Joseph Nadhir. "Somebody out there is really prejudice. They are not really concern- ed with growth." Mike George, CIAM presi- dent and co-owner of Melody Farms Dairy, said he has…
… received many letters of sup- port for the ethnic center from members of the Jewish community. He said the issue is not religion, heritage or culture, but a small group of people Continued on Page 18…
… Consultants Submit JPM Upgrade Draft MICHAEL WEISS News Intern A committee of The Jewish Community Center board of direc- tors last week received a draft of a feasibility study for enhancements to the Jimmy…