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…Contents A 2002 Michigan Press Association General Excellence winner www.detroitjewishnews.com Friday, May 9, 2003 Iyar 7, 5763 Vol. CXXIII, No. 13 THIS WEEK 16 Mourning The Fallen DEPARTMENTS Detroit Jewry marks Yom HaZikaron at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Alefbet'cha 11 AppleTree 85 B'nai Mitzvah 48 Calendar 44 Candlelighting . 11 Crossword 111 Danny Raskin . . . 74 Editor's Notebook . 5 Engagements • • . . 52 For Openers • • . 11 Insigh...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Israeli Ingenuity and inlay work at the new Keter Torah Synagogue, two miles eev Tammuz still operates a Jerusalem gallery, east of Temple Israel. but in the wake of 31 months of Palestinian ter Gruss aims to grow Jewels of Israel's U.S. presence. ror, he relies on frequent visits to America to sell "It's too much for family men to come and go, to be away his custom jewelry and that of other Israeli jew- from home so much,"...…

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…JSWISH RENAISSANCE I Know • . . DETROIT JEWISH NEWS www.detroitjewishnews.com auncey Billups PUBLISHER Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com #1 Play hard every game #2 Always strive to improve Associate Publisher David M. Neill dneill@thejewishnews.com ADVERTISING SALES: Sales Coordinators Kristen M. Komlen Mina Vickers EDITORIAL: Editor Robert A. Sklar rsklar@thejewishnews.com Associate Editor Alan Hitsky ahitsky@thejevvishn...…

…4111101111111111111110111111110k..411111111 3 10111140‘.141111111.0.34111111.1111111111111111111111116 0 eri'P*7) ' n!' .„, At Hillel Day School our students learn a love for Torah, pride in their Jewish heritage and a fierce loyalty to the land of Israel. Standardized test results show our students are among the nation's top achievers in math, science and English. Outstanding programming in athletics, the arts and a value-based educa...…

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…For Openers I A Spin And A Smile The Adelson family, which also includes twin sons Justin is many a young girl's fantasy to become an Olympic and Jason, are members of Temple Israel. figure skater, skirt twirling as she glides gracefully up to Amanda traveled to the podium to receive her Luxembourg with her mother medals amidst the cheers and and her maternal grandmother, applause of an admiring crowd. For Lois Ekelman, who lives in Las mos...…

…a News Digest ni ofcivedwoomfrad Assisted Living from Israel Celebrates Independence 3,500 per month (- Jerusalem/JTA — Heavy security was in place as Israelis celebrated the coun- try's 55th Independence Day. "If only I could truly stand here this evening, at the beginning of our Independence Day, and make a prom- ise to all of us that everything will be fine; that the longed-for peace is just outside our walls and that tomorrow a new...…

…RINKE CADIL 86 Years And Still Delivering BREAK if 4 % 44 \ Endowment for Arab Studies, is a pri- mary defendant in the $100 trillion lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by families of victims of the Sept. 11 ter- ror attacks, the Berkeley Jewish Journal wrote Tuesday in a special investigative report. The lawsuit charges bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi defense minister, with financing Al-Qaida terrorists, accord- ing to Matt Levitt, a senior fe...…

…Staff Notebook Newest SZ Board hen it was time for the April 30 vote for Congregation Shaarey Zedek's new slate of officers, 1,500 members turned out to cast their ballots. Before the vote, the large group offered a standing ovation tribute to Rabbi Leonardo Bitran, who will be leaving the congregation this summer for a position in San Antonio, Texas. Installed at the 142nd annual meeting of Shaarey Zedek were Steven R. Weisberg, presi- dent...…

…Ice-Cream Social! Come meet the directors and hear about plans for this summer! Sunday, May 18, 2003, 3:00-4:00p.m. Max M. Fisher Building 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills *Let us know if you are coming by calling Lisa at the phone number below! THE IDEAL LOCATION Located on beautiful and pristine Mullett Lake in Northern Michigan, Grand Resort is a 30-minute drive from Mackinaw City, and four hours from suburban Detroit. Convenientl...…

…MOURNING TEE FALLEN Bruria Brarish of Israel overcome with emotion A Moving Yom HaZikaron ceremony is held at Adat Shalom. ANGIE BAAN Staff Photographer A HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer siren wailed in solidarity. About 600 people stood silently, heads bowed, to com- memorate Yom HaZikaron, Martyr and Heroes' Memorial Day, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on May 5. "Once again this community stands in solidarity with Israel," sa...…

…Air Waves Canadian groups oppose entry of Al-Jazeem because of past anti-Semitism. any abusive comment that promotes hatred or that is likely to expose them to hatred or contempt. The Canadian Jewish Congress' reason for oppos- ing Al-Jazeera "has nothing to do with conflicting points of view or 'undesirable' material," Landy wrote, but "has everything to do with opposing anti- Semitic hatred, affirming Canadian values, respect- ing Canadian...…

…his Week We Specialize in all custom doors: *Wood *Fiberglass •Steel *Interior 33084 Northwestern Hwy. Mending Fences Feeling economically isolated, Israeli Arabs reach out to Jews. between 14 Mile & Orchard Lake Road . (between Ilame Appliance & In Style Furniture) David DiChiera, General Director Featuring the popular and light hearted melodies and waltzes . of Johann Strauss. This audience favorite includes plotting husbands, schemi...…

…ramanoFF-rpDGE local Arabs also have cut down on vis- its to their Jewish neighbors, avoiding the unpleasantness of feeling like sus- pects. As a result, the two populations are growing further apart. Some Israeli politicians have suggest- ed that as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians, Umm el-Fahm should be handed over to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for West Bank settlements that would be annexed to Israel. That set ala...…

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…AIT• ■ •• ■ •••• ■•■••■•■••■■ •••=1••••••1111• ■•■• This Week Challenging Job Ecumenical Institute honors those who work for relationships between religions. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News 0 worked for the local archdiocese and taught locally, is sparked by mandatory religion courses in his native the Catholic point person for American Catholic- Argentina, particularly by a teacher who introduced Jewish relations and, in 1981, was ...…

…Mission Shabbat Board of Rabbis boosts Israel trip. T he Michigan Board of Rabbis has dedicated next Shabbat, May 16-17, as Federation's Michigan Miracle Mission 4 Shabbat. Mission leadership will speak at synagogues to promote the Miracle Mission, which is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the Detroit Jewish News and the Michigan Board of Rabbis. This is the first Miracle Mission co-sponsored by the Michigan Bo...…

…Unrecogniz ed Tragedy Armenian Genocide commemoration speakers draw parallels to Jewish community. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News LI Above: The Rev. Father Daron Stephanian talks with Rabbi Daniel Syme at the commemoration. Right: Dr. Yair Auron, an Israeli scholar, denounces the denial by Israel of the Armenian Genocide. 5/ 9 2003 24 three successive Turkish regimes car- ried out a genocidal policy against the Armenian people, k...…

…411•11•110111111111111111111111.11111111111.1111011M.1111111111110. • in Israeli political, academic or cultural circles, nor among Jews in general. The younger generation in Israel has heard nothing ... about the genocide of the Armenian people." While he said this is overwhelmingly true of other countries and peoples, he is troubled that Jews and Israel are not more aware and supportive. "When we choose not to take sides, we, in fact, take ...…

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…• David Groner being sworn in by his wife, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Amy Hathaway. Her father Judge William Hathaway, retired from Detroit's 36th District Court and her brother, Judge Richard Hathaway of the -Wayne County Circuit Court, also participated. Rates are So Low. It's music to your ears. 3 3-Month Intro Rate Judge Groner with a tribute from the State of Michigan. "I just love this guy, he's such a great human being," th...…

…Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Care Program This Week - Jewish Resource Center for Dementia Care and AMOD PRESENT Planning for the Future ALL IN THE FAMILY from page 27 Helping caregivers navigate t e medical, legal and financial challenges of later life Thursday May 22, 2003 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Max M. Fisher Building 6735 Telegraph Road David Groners mother, Leypsa Groner, and his brother Dr. Joel Groner of Chicago wa...…

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…Washington Watch Rumor Control Inquiry and forum on Israel bashing leads to free-speech "legend." JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent I is become an article of faith throughout the Arab world and in some U.S. left-wing circles. But to pro-Israel leaders and leadina b members of the Senate, it's a dangerous urban legend, at best — and at worst, deliberate disinforma- tion. For weeks, Arab newspapers have been running stories about rum...…

…parochial school students, including many Jewish groups, took it on the chin last week when Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams abruptly reversed course and publicly endorsed voucher proposals for his beleaguered city schools. "There's no question it is a boost to voucher supporters," said Michael Lieberman, Washington counsel for the Anti-Defamation League, which strongly opposes voucher plans. "One would be hard pressed to distinguish b...…

…Insight Searchable Memories Oral histories put a fresh face on Web photos of European Jewish life. ESTHER ALLWEISS TSCHIRHART Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor T a collection of 150 stories (500 more in process) depicting personal survival, tragedy and daily life. Users enter names of families, cities and countries. Material specific to the Holocaust is included. Serotta, an American-born photog- rapher-writer-filmmaker, has spent the...…

…\ -AkN, \N„‘ \ \;\ inion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: ww-w.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Excess To The Max he Detroit Free Press did a great dis- service to Detroit Jewry when it chose to exploit high-end bar and bat mitz- vahs with a story of significant length and placement in "The Way We Live" section on April 13. Four weeks later, the outrage toward the daily newspaper's "Mitzvah to the Max" story contin- ues...…

…OTHER VIEWS Preserving Israel's Security Tel Aviv/JTA fifty-five years is not a very long time in historical terms — especially when talking about a people who have been around for thousands of years. But the balance sheet of those 55 years certainly has been impres- sive. Not everything went the way our founding fathers had hoped for. They believed in peace, but Israel was invaded by seven Arab armies the day it was founded, and there have ...…

…Culture Wars Revisited you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything," said Santorum. I don't think so. To be fair, most of the coverage of the senator's remarks took them out of the context of what is a complex legal debate over federalism. Comparisons with Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott's des- picable defense of segregation were not long in coming, along with calls for him to step down from his leadership position in the Repub...…

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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 44 residents of Detroit's historic Sherwood Forest neighborhood gather for along-awaited reunion. Former and current owners of the house on Shrewsbury Street in Detroit's Sherwood Forest are Marcia Baum of Detroit, Sue and Bud Kaine of Franklin, and Martin Baum. English Tudor. It's one of more than 435 houses in the neighborhood, which has a style reminiscent of an English village. Sherwood Forest borders Live...…

…Bais Menachem Academy and Ganeinu Education (enter ANNUAL DINNER DOWN MEMORY LANE from page 37 tionoring Rabbi & Mrs. Chaim Moshe Bergstein With thanks for over 30 years of dedicated service to the community. and Rabbi Pinchus Scheiner Teacher of the Year Award Monday, May 19th, 2003 Lag B'omer Eve, 17th lyar, 5163 The Ramada Inn 11011 West Nine Mile Road Southfield, Michigan Hors d'oeuvres 6:30 p.m. Dinner 1:30 p.m. Couvert $180...…

…First Annual Benefit Auction Sunday, May 18, 2003 6:00 PM Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn Strolling Dinner and Dessert Buffet Senior variety Couvert $75 per person includes a chance to win a Color Palm Handheld highligh - ezi ci'ec//orb Lunch with the Governor Americans Private Jet to New York Ride on the Red Wings Zamboni and much more... e--zeiez dev,ece ec, 2i'( Lease for a Saab Convertible 1.5 carat diamond stud earrings Seniors are...…

…Community China & Gifts West Bloomfield Bush Appoints Harriet Rotter Orchard Mall (248) 737-8080 (Orchard Lake and 15 Mile) 4-Day Metro Detroit: Ann Arbor, The Colonnade • (734) 761-1002 (On Eisenhower Pkwy., west of Brianvood Mall) Dearborn Heights, The Heights (313) 274-8200 (Ford Rd. between Inkster and Beech Daly) Livonia, Merri-Five Plaza • (734) 522-1850 (On corner of Five Mile and Merriman) Novi, Novi Town Center • (248) ...…

…Yad Ezra Fetes Volunteers To honor the dedication and hard work of 125 regular volunteers and board members, Yad Ezra, the Berkley-based kosher food pantry, will host a volunteer-board apprecia- tion dinner Monday, May 12, at the Shul-Chabad Lubavitch in West Bloomfield. Many of the volunteers have been with Yad Ezra since it opened in 1990. They span the religious, age and observance spectrum. Volunteers work one-on-one with clients and also...…

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…L \\ ko\ • • 4:fri Vitetta,. \V• Hillel Day School Names Honorees Hillel Day School's annual dinner will be 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield. The school will honor Martin Goldman with the 2003 Dream Maker Award. He is a past Hillel Day School parent and estab- lished the Goldman- Hermelin Education Foundation at Hillel with Doreen and the late David Hermelin. Bernard Goldman's list of charitable pursu...…

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…The Jewish News helped my family acclimate itself Jewish Community Council — Wednesday, May 21, 7:30 p.m. "Thinking Outside the Box: A Challenge to All Michigan Citizens" will feature Gov. Jennifer Granholm. David Techner will receive the 2003 Council Activist of the Year Award. No charge. Temple Emanu-El. RSVP: (248) 642-5393. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit — Thursday, May 22, 10:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Food for Thought series brunch feat...…

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…Community \'• .• • New Arrivals Jan. 16 Lilly (Glancy) and Howard Jacobson of Bloomfield Hills proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Isabel Anne (Ghana Aliza). Isabel is welcomed home by sisters Natalie, 5, and Emma, 2. Sharing in their joy are grandparents Elfriede and Irving Glancy of Southfield and Nancy and Joseph Jacobson of Bloomfield Hills. Isabel is named in lov- ing memory of her paternal great-grand- mother Anne Stewart....…

…hobbies and interests include aggres- sive in-line skating, playing the clar- inet and piano and riding and designing rollercoasters. He also enjoys spending summers at Camp George in Canada. His most mean- ingful mitzvah project involved deliv- ering meals to homebound elderly during the holiday season. Erin Nicole Kaplan will celebrate her bat mitzvah Saturday, May 10, through the Jewish Parents Institute at the Jewish Community Center in W...…

…N o Extra Charge Carpet Cleaning Mazel Toy! Z Rooms of $QQ95 J Carpet cleaned 77 of 2 Rooms Carpet cleaned Bar/Bat Mitzvah 71 Sofa or95 A A. Chelsea attends Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills, where she plays the violin in the school orchestra. Her many interests include, dancing, music and in-line skating. As part of her mitzvah projects, Chelsea helped pack food for the homeless at Adat Shalom, volunteered at Yad Ezra in Berkley ...…