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…$1.00 JANUARY 1, 1999/TEVET 13, 5759 DETROIT JE'WISII Inside: Jewish Volunteers Help Out On Christmas Mahjong Attracting Younger Enthusiasts • www.detroitjewishnews.com …

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…JN wvvw d etro tj ewis h n ews c o m January 1, 1999 Vol. CXIV, No. 19 This Week It's a wonderful, lift. page 22 8 Akiva: The Roads Ahead Attrition, intellectual identity confront school as it plans to move. AppleTree 57 MS OATA* *Making Sense Of All Those Acronyms frequently used in Jewish life. DEPARTMENTS Births Calendar Community Crossword Puzzle Cyberspot Editorials ...... Food Marketplace Maze! Toy! Obituaries Synagogues This...…

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…Akiva: The Roads Ahead • ..• • .*: •• Student and std attrition, questions of intellectual identity confront the school as it plans to move. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer r or years, Akiva Hebrew Day School's home has been a rundown building with peeling paint, high heating bills and a shortage of classrooms. Now, the school has the opportuni- ty to get a fresh start in a spacious and freshly renovated structure, the former site of Congreg...…

…/— because they couldn't cut it, but sever- math, science, foreign languages and Attrition In High School al left because it was too easy," said English." He added, "You can tell if a Last year, Akiva graduated 10 stu- Avi Newman, a 1997 Akiva graduate school is college prep by the percent- dents, half of the 21 who began high who is now a sophomore at the age of kids who get into their first- school together in ninth grade. The University of...…

…when he switched to Southfield- Stuart noted that during their time in "Most of the people I know from Lathrup, he came to life and studied," Akiva's high school, few classes Akiva fell behind in math and were she recalled. "He was being challenged required much homework. scared to take sciences," she said. "I and he rose to the challenge." Former Akiva parent Noemi took a chemistry placement exam here Despite being behind at first, Avi Ebenst...…

…girls are taking math, not at Akiva, offerings," said Gordon. "This gives but at Oakland Community College. her more opportunities to show col- Isaac Lakritz, who has three chil- leges what she can do." dren at Akiva, said he is troubled by Not everyone is dissatisfied with Akiva's high school. A 1998 graduate, the school's "level of education, which Miriam Segelbaum, now a freshman at needs to be upgraded in many signifi- cant areas." Lakritz...…

…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs PIONEERS IN THE WORLD OF ART Evidence of the earliest Hebrew art appears in biblical accounts of the adornments and decorations of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness and the Great Temples in Jerusalem. During the ages, artisans ornamented synagogues and their furnishings, illuminated prayer books and crafted designs into holy artifacts. But not until the 20th century did most artists ofJewish origin indulge in real...…

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…Gross' hiring for these reasons, sug- gesting instead that the school be run on an interim basis by a consortium of its Judaic studies teachers until it could find a leader with more compat- ible qualifications. Dr. Benjamin Wolkinson, who chaired the search committee that selected Gross, declined to be inter- viewed. Michael Greenbaum, Akiva's current president, spoke with The Jewish News in September and November about general goals and fund...…

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…More than 500 Jews turned out on Christmas Day to prepare, deliver and serve food, to entertain shut-ins and to learn lessons in the joys of kindness at more than 40 local agencies that would otherwise be left shorthanded by the Christian holiday. The Jewish News asked four of the volunteers in the annual event, organized by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, to keep a journal of their experiences. Here are the reports from Terri ...…

…One Family's Mitzvah Day Above: Stuart Sakwa and his daughter, Hayley, share a bingo table at the Fleischman Residence with Shirley Parsky, Ann Bernstein and Brenda Reiss. Left: Shari Goldstein of West Bloomfield and her son, Michael, 10, visit residents in Hechtman Apartments of Jewish Apartments and Services. Serving Soup And Hope "Don't give up! For you do touch a few!" This is the last line of a handwrit- ten poem that a homeless man s...…

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…MITZVAH DAY from page 23 ATTENTION GmHEmpLoyEps.s. wanted to know if any of the people would be there from last year — par- ticularly Albert. Albert made a big / --impression last year as the kids actu- ally taught him how to play bingo. I asked them what they liked about going to Fleischman. They said, "We like visiting with people who don't have anyone to talk to and hardly have any visitors. We like entertaining them and making them hap...…

…Battle For The Center Netanyahu faces uphill fight, with adversaries on left, right. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency rime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, forced to accede to early elections, embarked this week on a daunting struggle to recapture the popular and political appeal that cat- apulted him to the national leader- ship less than three years ago. The struggle will be long: Netanyahu and the Labor Party leader, Ehud Barak, agreed...…

…'Benny' Begin Attacks From The R ight L1 NAOMI SEGAL /Javish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem A former member of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Cabinet has announced plans to quit the Likud Party and spearhead a right- wing challenge to the premier. \__, Ze'ev "Benny" Begin, who resigned C as science minister in 1997 when Netanyahu agreed to turn over most of Hebron to Palestinian self-rule, could weaken the premier in the May 17...…

…Lose-Lose Choices Clinton administration may find silence the best policy on Israeli elections. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Whatever diplomats think about the administration's Mideast perfor- mance, opinion is just about unani- Washington mous that Clinton's stated preference resident Bill Clinton and his for Shimon Peres in the 1996 race Mideast team may be getting backfired, boosting Netanyahu in the what they want if Israeli...…

…Freezing U.S. efforts to salvage the negotiations will increase the risk of `-5 widespread violence that could sink them entirely. But pressing the Israelis to move forward with the stalled Wye implementation will produce new fric- tion with the Netanyahu government. Administration officials say they will have to weigh every statement and every action with tremendous caution to anticipate the political reaction in Israel, and to hope that even...…

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…Generally Likable AVI MACH LIS Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem A mnon Lipkin-Shahak has been watching his populari- ty soar in public opinion polls as he prepares to launch his candidacy for prime minis- ter. But even as the former army chief of staff was officially discharged last week, Israelis were still trying to figure out just who he is. "I think many people in the State of Israel are wait- ing for something different," he said c...…

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…This A change at Shaarey Zedek; more icing on a kosher bakery; a fresh towel for new Jews. Less than one year after accepting the position, Mark Bello is out as execu- tive director of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, in Southfield. Leonard Baruch, who was the director from 1990 until his retire- ment in 1998, said he has agreed to be the interim director until a perma- nent replacement for Bello is named. Baruch said that the primary responsibil...…

…• .•-. 4 ‘,,N •‘ itorials Letters to the Editor are updated daily and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn For A Stronger Akiva IVIT Metropolitan Detroit (Conservative). From our perspective, a determined effort to stay in touch with alumni, commission an independent evaluation and initiate physical and academic improvements would increase the prospect of Akiva rain' the $1.2 million that's required to cOnve...,:r`;‘. former...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Last Goodbye For A Loved Grandparent ORNA MORETON Special to The Jewish. News don't really know what corn- pelled me to call my grand- mother that Sunday morning. When I heard her voice, I knew I had to see her. I also knew that this visit would be our last. My grandmother, Anne Kellerman, and I were extremely devoted. She shared her best years with me, offering me her guidance, her wisdom and, most of all, her unconditio...…

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…Quadruple Simchah A trio of namings follows a reaffirmation of wedding vows for a Birmingham family. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News f you had told Mic Austen that she was going to marry Jim Austen when she met him in 1986, she probably would have told you that you were nuts. If you had told her then that she would marry,him twice, she definitely would have doubted your sanity. But 12 years after they met, the pair took their...…