…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60 0 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Old Population Estimates Based On Rust Belt Model KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he Jewish community was shocked last week after preliminary results from the first demo- graphic study in nearly 30 years showed Detroit's Jew- ish population had been grossly underestimated since 1972. "Where did the lower number come from?" re- sponds Don Feldstein, a researcher with the ...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY Outrageous Forgery Demands Continuing Exposing PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus S ick minds are deplor- ably too often in evi- dence even in the most progressive human centers. That is why it is necessary to repeat condemnations of the lies, after their initial ex- posure as the products of the "sick minded." Therefore, racial slurs must never be silenced. That is why anti- Semitism is confronted as the bigotry of the me...…
…I LOCAL NEWS( OLDS °BILES FOR LESS 1990 CUTLASS CALAIS SEDAN Researcher Discovers His Lost Jewish Roots ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor H is mother always de- nied it, but Ramon Sarraga was convinc- ed he had Jewish ancestors. So, armed with little more than relatives' names that sounded Jewish, Sarraga went in search of his lost forbearers. It took numerous trips abroad, weeks of research, visits to a crumbl- ing cemetery and days...…
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…Hillel Students Meet 'Adopted' Soviet Family In Washington ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor M oshe Raiz was 8 years old when the KGB forced their way into his home and demanded to know the whereabouts of his father. Both his parents were gone. Moshe's little brother, Shaul, hid under the bed. So Moshe was left to take the brunt of the KGB's anger. They pushed him around and screamed at him. They insisted his father join the Soviet Army...…
…EDITORIAL Bushwhacking Jerusalem T he Bush administration is an- noyed by the Israeli Cabinet's lack of progress in moving ahead on Prime Minister Shamir's peace plan. But the administration is in part responsible for the stalemate in Jerusalem. Recent statements by President Bush about the status of East Jerusalem and Secretary of State Baker on his impatience with Israel have had the exact opposite of their desired effect. Rather than pre...…
…CONTENTS `Farrakhan Effect' On Black-Jewish Ties BERL FALBAUM 0 ne of the most tragic consequences of what one might call the "Farrakhan effect" is the silence of the black community. No one — radical, liberal, moderate or conservative — has spoken out and offered any criticism of the venom which has poured from the Black Muslim minister. And there has been no shor- tage of opportunity. When the minister ap- peared on the Michigan State Un...…
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…I LOCAL NEWS 1 ATwist of Gold... Bar Mitzvah Twinning May Be Changing SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer F inding a Soviet Jewish family to share long- distance b'not mitzvah celebrations with an Ameri- can youngster has become more difficult. The increase in Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union has shrunk the number of available youngsters. Kathy Ozery is responsible for matching Detroit chil- dren with Soviet Jews who are prevented by Soviet...…
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…I LOCAL NEWS I INVENTORY LIQUIDATION JWF To Hear Dr. Woocher SLEEP SOFAS: The Board of Governors of the Jewish Welfare Federa- tion and the Community Con- nections Committee will hold a panel discussion, "Achiev- ing Jewish Continuity," 9:30 a.m. March 25 at Fleischman Residence in West Bloomfield. The speaker and moderator for the event will be Dr. Save 40-64% on Stearns & Foster, Flexsteel, Rowe, Simmons and Bauhaus sofa sleepers and s...…
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…COMMUNITY ALERT ARE SOVIET JEWS IN DANGER? . Two years ago, we rallied in Washington, D.C. to get them out. Now, we must rally ourefforts to save the hundreds of thousands who remain,and to rescue those trying to esc before the door slams of panic, amid the w Soviet Jews are. : War 11. of overt anti-Semi '1•••••••■••• • ......•..••••"•• .....••••••••• ••••• ••• •• .........•••••• • ........••••••••• • • • . ......••••••• 1 -,•••••••••• • ...…
…erg-P ee" ; z' Local universities are being barraged by an anti-Israel campaign, with many Jewish students unwilling or unable to respond. AARON HALABE Special to The Jewish News A battle is being waged on campuses throughout the state of Michigan. It is the battle for public opinion, and a clear victor is emerging. The Arabs "are winning the propaganda war," said Wayne State University stu- dent Sharon Goldstein, vice president of the Z...…
…students. They get in their cars and they leave it." Many students who would normally become active in Jewish organizations avoid involvement because they are intimidated by the vocal Palestinian presence on cam- pus, Goldstein said. Golds- tein is regularly "harassed" by Arab students and "forc- ed into very vocal political arguments." Rabbi Louis Finkleman, director of the WSU B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, agrees that some students may fee...…
…CLOSE-UP Public Opinion Continued from preceding page David Olesker tells University of Michigan Hillel about anti-Israel propaganda. against Palestinians," and ad- mits that "we have put up some questionable showcases ourselves. We try to respond to the propaganda directly; that's the best way to do it." Chudnow believes Palesti- nian propaganda "is getting more vicious. They do a lot of `Jews Yes, Zionism no." Despite their efforts, Jewi...…
…Now THROUGH SATURDAY ME LINEN CENTER characterize as decidedly one- sided and anti-Semitic. The Michigan Daily has published editorials equating Zionism with racism and suggesting Israeli govern- . ment involvement in the downing of Pan American Airlines flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988. Many Jewish students are angered by the persistently anti-Israel editorials. "A lot of anti-Israel articles have been written, said U o...…
…CLOSE-UP Public Opinion Continued from preceding page Jewish students to memorialize the victims of a bus bombing in Israel. "It bothers me a little, see- ing the Palestinian shanties in the Diag," said Kaluzni. "But there's not much I can do about it because they have their right to demonstrate as long as it's not harming me or anybody else." Jewish student activists have organized rallies to mark Israeli Independence Day and to protest th...…
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…(10M+ INSIDE WASHINGTON The HIGHEST Money Market Rate Among Major Financial Institutions in the Detroit Metropolitan Area for 311 Consecutive Weeks INSTANT LIQUIDITY INTEREST RATES AS OF 2-28-90 Jerusalem Statements By Bush Set Off Activists' Panic Buttons JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent MONEY MARKET RATES' FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 6.65 Franklin Savings 6.40 6.25 5.90 6.00 5.85 5.90 5.90 5.40 National Bank of Detroit Manuf...…
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…1•111111111111 ■ GRAND OPENING PPORTUNITY The possible settlement of Soviet Jews in the West Bank has infuriated par- tisans of Israel and of Pales- tinians. An editorial in the current New Republic attacks as a "red herring" the Soviet Union's rejection of direct Moscow-to-Tel Aviv flights because of Soviet Jews allegedly flocking to the West Bank. The Kremlin's original agreement to allow direct flights was "an un- characteristically resp...…
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…scenario for American Jewry. A Shamir-led narrow coalition, which would in any case be difficult to sup- port on political grounds, would further alienate American Jews by caving in on "Who Is a Jew." Given the likelihood that one of the above scenarios will start unfolding soon, the weeks and months ahead are likely to put great strains on the relations between American Jews and Israel. ❑ Israel's Electoral Options: A Guide ARTHUR J. MAGID...…
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…O THER PLACE to hand over his passport. Shaulson told The New York Times that the pay- ment was Friedman's idea, and said the rabbi had in- vited him to talk about "public relations money." Shaulson, 53, previously published newspapers in Israel that were heavily critical of various religious figures there. His writings have reportedly earned him at least two decrees of cherem, or excommunica- tion. Neither his Israeli nor American papers inc...…
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…ANALYSIS DAVID AND GOLIATH ZE'EV CHAFETS Israel Correspondent S een from a distance, there is a nice, clean ideological feel to Israel's current political crisis. The dovish Labor Party, anxious to move the peace process forward, is prepared to allow Arab residents of East Jerusalem to vote in any West Bank election, and to include Palestine Libera- tion Organization activists expelled from Israeli-held territory in a Palestinian negotiat...…
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…COMMUNITY Campaign Closing At JCC On Thursday The National Council of Young Israel will honor Fayga Dombey with the Shofar Award at a banquet next week in New York. Dombey, of Southfield, will receive the national award for her work on behalf of the Detroit Metropolitan Coun- cil of Young Israel. The daughter of Rabbi Mayer Israel and Lois Her- man of New York, Dombey settled in Oak Park when she married her husband, David Dombey. The city a...…
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