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…A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Inside: Holocaust Center Secures New Site Federation Plans September Mission Over 300 years, Jews have made a lasting impact on the history of Detroit. …

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….1101111101111011111014001101111111.1011110- DETROIT JEWISH EEWS Contents 1:31 A 2001 winner of American Jewish Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists awards www.detroitjewishnews.com JULY 20, 2001 TAMMUZ 29, 5761 VOL. CXIX, NO. 23 This Week 16 Closer To Moving Holocaust Center acquires land for new complex in Farmington Hills. 23 Israel Now Detroit Federation hosts delegation on national unity mission. Opinio...…

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…LETTERS EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: wvvw.detroitjewishnews.com A Woman Worth Emulating S he grew up in the 1910s and 1920s on East Grand Boulevard, a block and a half from Detroit's Belle Isle Bridge, learning from her parents how to make a difference. And what a difference this woman of valor made. In over 70 years of community service, Josephine Stern Weiner became an icon, instilling a sense of inde...…

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…Belt-Tightening Time JCC lays off staff members and cuts back on programs, but no services are eliminated —for now. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer I n response to growing budget deficits, the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit has instituted cost-cutting measures aimed at reducing expendi- tures by $250,000-$300,000 this fiscal year. To reach that amount, the JCC will cut numerous full- and part-time jobs, for an anticipated sav...…

…Stock Market IGot You Down? Where The Money Went This is not the first time the JCC has faced budget imbalances, said Sorkin, who has served as executive director since 1996. He pointed out that he was hired in the wake of a large deficit situation in 1994-95. "Due to the age of the building and due to some cost efficiencies of the past, we needed to spend more money to get the building operating more efficiently, to get the systems operatin...…

…tiok • ,KZ1 Artist. rendering: Six glass skylights, left, will represent the six million Holocaust dead. Closer To Moving The Holocaust Memorial Center acquires land for new development in Farmington Hills. HARRY KI RS BAUM Staff Writer R abbi Charles Rosenzveig has dreamed of a Holocaust memorial that's unique. He's now one step closer to that. The founder and director of the Holocaust Memorial Center on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum J...…

…den and an outdoor amphitheater with a small pond. There will be park- ing for about 200 vehicles. Neumann envisions an architectural design that plays off Holocaust themes, including a "maze-like" area meant to illustrate the disorientation that victims felt getting off the Nazi- operated trains. You won't drive down the street and say it's just another building in Farmington Hills," said Neumann. "You'll say it's something that tells the sto...…

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…• READ iN CLASSIFIEDS ...WIN MOVIE TICKETS! effort is clearly limited and it does not portend a rise in U.S.-Israel tensions. "This administration's policies are, by and large, friendly to Israel," he said. "There is a lot of unhappiness about that in the Arabic-speaking Mideast and among Muslims; this was a very small step in pleasing them." Straight Shooting Jewish groups are choosing sides as conservatives unveil a constitutional amendm...…

…This Week Standing Behind Israel Canadian immigrants feel a duty to stay despite the daily threats. ERIC SILVER Israel Correspondent E at uby Wolbromsky, a clinical psychologist, drives three times a week from his home in the West Bank settlement of Efrat to treat patients in Jerusalem 10 miles to the north. Other days, he takes his wife, Lynda, and five children to see a film, shop, eat in a restaurant, visit a doctor. It used to be a pl...…

…Israel Now Streamlined Detroiters join national uni t y mission to Israel. Federation's new "Israel and Overseas Department" aims to heighten effectiveness. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer A plan to combine different overseas operations into one efficient machine was announced by the _Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit last week. According to Chief Executive Officer Robert Aronson, the new Israel and Overseas Department will combine:...…

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…iT ar 7 A A IA A NO 414 WS III 4111101010101011001100. AN D FOREVER SOLIDARITY MISSION TO ISRAEL SEPTEMBER 9-14, 2001 The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, in conjunction with the Jewish Community Council, and with sponsorship from the Detroit Jewish News, is joining with other Federations from around North America to stand with Israel in Israel. $999 per person: includes airfare (Detroit-NY-Tel Aviv), hotel (dbL occupanc...…

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…40101111. T is Week Insight Remember When • • • From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Supervised! The area's first woman kosher butcher gets her rabbi involved. 1981 Detroiter Feivel Wagner of Young Israel of Greenfield was elected to a three-year term on the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of America. Detroiter Gloria Ellis was elected chairman of the Michigan Region B'nai B'rith...…

…hdon Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: wvvw.detroitjewishnews.com The Art Of Accord T Dry Bones he lack of kosher certification has threatened to put kosher butcher Sherry Gilman out of business, despite her hard work as the new operator of Dexter-Davison Kosher Meats. The store is located in the heart of Detroit Jewry's Orthodox community. But all of Detroit Jewry would feel the effects if the business shut down; not many ...…

…OTHER VIEWS Tried and True Failure ome may think that the dias- were subjected to that sort of savagery? pora of the Jews that followed What has gone wrong? The Oslo their defeat by the Romans in process that began with the Rabin- Jerusalem in 70 C.E. is Peres-Arafat handshake in 1993 has ancient history, but it is not. turned out to be a total disaster. The Professor Ruth Wisse describes in The Israelis took a powerless Arafat from Brillian...…

…Life's Journeys A message from Dottie Deremo, President/CEO, Hospice of Michigan TOBIN from page 30 . ries and half of Jerusalem was just a step toward a "fair solution" and not nearly enough. He also termed Arafat's war nothing more than the predictable result of the failure to push Israel into even greater concessions. This significant article debunks the myth that the Clinton White House was the most pro-Israel in history. It should al...…

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…A s we honor Detroit on its 300th anniversary, we proudly recognize some of the many Jews who contributed to the history of our city. Their imprint can be seen in Detroit's cultural, medical, governmental and educational institutions, and in industry, journalism, business and social ) services. The roster of names is long and varied and, with the help of local historians Sidney Bolkosky, Judy Levin Cantor, Heidi Christein and Alan Kande4 we o...…

…4:‘ Cover Story Albert Kahn: Architect, Artist, Visionary A lbert Kahn changed the face of Detroit with his inspired architecture. His world- famous structures, such as the General Motors Building and the Fisher Building, are monumental works still preserving the stability of the inner city. Versatile in style, conscientious in detail, responsive to the needs of his clients and concerned with the health and safety of the workers whose fact...…

…Ossip Gabrilowitsch: DSO's Driving Force neering consultant for Albert Kahn Associates, where he developed the steel-reinforced concrete bar that became the module used in all subse- quent Kahn architecture. Julius formed the Truscon Company to produce the bars, used early in 1902 for the Palms Apartments on East Jefferson. They then were used in the Packard Plant No. 10 (1905), and went on to provide the amazing stabil- ity found in all subs...…

…Cover Story Myra Wolfgang: Labor Leader, Tireless Fighter ALAN KANDEL was elected secretary-treasurer and chief executive officer of Local 24. Special to the Jewish News T he auto industry has made Detroit world famous as the "Motor City." But significant as well is the city's role in the rise of organized labor. Members of the Jewish community were involved in the trade union movement from its early beginnings, but only a few reached hi...…

…Rabbi Morris Adler: Unites The City vas included in a list of Detroit's 10 Most Influential Women. Wolfgang left a record of hard-hitting speeches on similar themes: "[We] should fight to have an econ- omy that's free from hunger and priva- tion that affords freedom from want and need in a society that promises every man and women equal pay for equal work." She also said, "Any attempt to break a black-labor-liberal alliance will do harm to th...…

…a. Ci Of Cover Story Detroit 300 Birthday Festival devotes a day to celebrating religious traditions. With the hope that the Detroit Jewish community would be well rep- resented, Rabbi Marla Feldman took a leadership role on the planning com- mittee. "If we didn't do a Spiritual Day, we would have been ignoring the faith communities that were a part of the establishment of Detroit," says Rabbi Feldman, assistant director of the Jewish Comm...…

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…Successfully battling Ewing's sarcoma, a determined Matt Lash collects funds for cancer awareness and research. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer Matt Lash finishes the cancer survivor's Victory Lap at Relay for Life. n the months since the Jewish News shared the story of Matt Lash's rally of support following his cancer diagnosis, ("Stand By Me," Feb. 23, page 10), the 20-year-old Michigan State University student has under- gone an orde...…

…Community team," Roberta Lash says. The mother of a friend of Matt's e- mailed co-workers at Merrill-Lynch asking for donations to the Relay team, collecting $750, which was matched by the company. "She brought the check to the Relay and walked for a while on the track," Matt says. While most teams keep a record of how much each member solicits in donations, Matt's group, including his brother Jason of Grand Rapids, his father Clifford and hi...…

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…LONG WEEKEND ALEABRATION JULY 20th thru F. JULY 22nd Great Savings! 1 Triathlon Fights Breast Cancer •ftror The Jewish Community Center of •Metropolitan Detroit will host Triathlon for Hope to raise money for breast can- cer research. The triathlon will include a half-hour run, half-hour swim and a half-hour Spin class. The event will take place at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield Sunday, Aug. 5. Session I will be from 9-1...…

…Fresh Air Society Elects Officers The annual meeting of the Fresh Air Society and election of officers will take place 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, at Camp Maas, Ortonville. Nominated for a first three-year term as directors are Howard Klausner, Susan Tapper, Marla Rowe Gorosh, Sander Gelman and Ronald Charfoos. Nominated to serve a second three- year term are Terry Cassels Cooper, Jeffrey Devries, Daniel Weberman, Ronald Sollish and Donna Maddin...…

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