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…Obituaries Obituaries are updated daily and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com IDA BABCOCK, 83, of Southfield, died Dec. 25. Ida was employed in sales at Hudsons. She is survived by her brothers and sisters-in-law, Dr. Ruben and Florence Babcock of West Bloomfield, Louis and Celia Babcock of Southfield, Sam and Ilene Babcock of Bloomfield Hills and nieces and nephews. Ida was the loving sister of the late Edith Goodman. Inter...…
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…WE REMEMBER Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends with the traditional memorial During the coming week, prayer, recitation of kaddish and studying of mishnayos. TAVES JANUARY TAVES JANUARY Moshe Budnick Abraham Fuchs Max Goldstein Fannie Harris Bertha Katz Joseph Levine Adolph Mehler Sarah Lea Sacher Bernard Shapiro Aaron Tilchin Irwin Treitel Max Wasserman Hyman Weisberg Boruch Yagoda Simon Axel...…
…PROVIDING r nIE MOST PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL SERVICE AT THE MOST REASONABLE COST Our guarantee during- your time of need Alan H. Novick was beloved husband of the late Bertha Novick. Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be directed to a charity of choice. MIKHAIL OGURTSOV, 86, of Oak Park, died Dec. 26. Mr. Ogurtsov was an administrator of airplane parts manufacturing in Russia. He is sur- vived by his wife, Isabella Og...…
…SPONSIMESS Obituaries SOL L. SINGER, 85, of West Bloom- Dario) lechner Reverend Sammy Setup F or 57 years, every call to THE IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL has been answered by a member of our staff. We would not entrust this responsibility to an answering service. Whether you are calling regarding Shiva information, the time and place of a service, or to advise us of a loss, you deserve a personal response. When it comes to availability, we woul...…
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…Detroit Celebrates! Israel 12 Detroit Celebrates Israel. page 28 Where Were You 118 120 Close Up Fork In The Road 136 147 Four Tops Danny Raskin's Best Of Everything Crossword Puzzle Living Well The Scene 149 Young Memories Young adults: different memories, but similar bonds to Israel. Out & About An introduction to some of Israel's cultural superstars. Jews changed their world by shaking destiny. Now what? 112 WIrtgt- WiA&...…
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…Reflections Of A New Israeli: YOUR DREAMS AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE! Portables, pantomime and panic. RUTH LITTMANN ASHKENAZI Special to The Jewish News S ome friends of ours, Israelis, were shocked to learn that I e-mail my parents a letter each day. "So much news?" they asked dubi- ously. I tried to explain, but choked. After six months of living in Israel, I have mental archives so broad, so jumbled, it's hard to know where to begin. Each ...…
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…ROIT CELEBRAT In his albums is a picture of him in the first El-Al Airlines uniform, and the itiner- ary for one of the airline's first flights. If Newman went to Israel for the adven- ture, his wife was fighting for Zionism. Ann, whom he met in June 1948 and married a year later, came to Palestine with her family in 1934 from Poland. All members of the Irgun, one of New- man's brothers was a political detainee for five years, and the other s...…
…ROIT CELEBRAT COIGITEATE Your Stacht's success A) • ca) act VD The ewt.s12 kews I Cap & Gown Special Sectioni SIZES/PRICES ISSUE DATE: Mug 15, 1998 AD DEADLINE: Mau 6,1998 2 Columns x 2": $45.00 2 Columns x 3": $65.00 2 Colanns x $85.00 2 Columns x 5". $100.00 The Tassels Were Worth the Hassles Rebecca Simi Morgan Law School Grad 1997 • University of Detroit Mercy Congratulations!! With Pride, Joy & Love, Goldie, Hedi, Michael & B...…
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…IREDiiiriEttRII6T1 Irene Slitchler was a Holocaust survivor from Kruy, Romania, and had already returned to her home when she heard the news of Israeli indepen- dence. "I was so happy," she said. "I only wished it could have happened sooner so that my parents [could've gone there], and they might still be alive." Slitchler's sister moved to Israel in 1951, and Irene tried to follow, but was denied an exit visa. "I wanted to move there, but I ...…
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…Tt El f 3Rell Guardians Of A Dream Detroit's Zionists may not share politics, but they are still deeply devoted to the Jewish homeland. JULIE EDGAR News Editor T he year was 1936. Ezekiel Leikin, then 23, found himself in the position of assistant to the chief of fruit inspection for the British Civil Service in Palestine. "I knew nothing about horticul- ture," he laughed. But there he was, examining lemons, dates and pome- granates and...…
…a regional director, eventually landing in Detroit. Today, at 84, he serves as the executive vice-president of the Zionist Organization of America- Metro Detroit, which has its head- quarters in the Zionist Cultural Cen- ter in Southfield. His dream of settling in Israel never died. In 1982, he and Bella moved to Jerusalem, where Leikin went to work as a consultant with the Israeli Foreign Ministry. When his wife fell ill, they came home. "I w...…
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…TRUST YOUR AFFAIR TO THE FINEST CATERER ••■ CLASSIC CUISINE Approved by Council of Orthodox Rabbis A History Of Giving WE'LL BEAT YOUR BEST PRICE! The dollars may have shrunk, but the Detroit community is still giving generously to Israel. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer I Jewish Campaign total went to Israel in the country's early days, he said. But after the 1970s, when Israel was more financially independent, the percentage shrunk...…
…ROIT CELEBRAT The Tie That Binds Thanks to the fervent help of religious Detroiters, Bar-Ilan University grew into a thriving college. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN StaffWriter S tho Imiewbulk 5/1 1998 COLD FUR STORAGE Spring Prepaid Special: $27 181 S. Old Woodward Ave. (248) 642 1690 - Mon.-Sat. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ometimes, connections come from the most unusual places. Take Bar-Ilan University, Israel's only university that requires aca...…
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…rig ItEdi 3Rel JULIE WIENER Staff Writer Pressure Cooker Detroit's Israelis have discovered that being Jewish gets complicated once you leave the homeland. Above: Ronit Gutkovitch with her son, Ben, and neighbor, Edna Sable. Right: Doron Lax fears Jewish "aya- tollahs" are taking over his country. one planned to leave Israel for good. But with each passing year in the United States, their jobs, children, American spous- es, a more afflue...…
…"I know from personal contact with many families that the Israeli commu- nity in the United States is following the American Jewish community," he says, adding, "It goes both ways, how- ever. A lot of Israeli families come not religious, then become more observant here." Hannan Lis is one of the latter. "I grew up secular, but when I came here I realized the only way to feel Jewish is to act Jewish through some sort of religious practice," say...…
…Photo by Krista Husa about retiring there. She is heartened by the fact that her two oldest chil- dren have settled there. Her oldest son served in the Israel Defense Forces, and her younger son is talking about it, too. "When our kids were growing up, I always told them I'd like to live there and I shlepped the kids there all the time. I pretty much brainwashed them," she laughs. Lake Kinneret In West Bloomfield A mnon and Naomi Reiter us...…
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…RAI r T ti alp3e ig)I i Passport To omise The Jewish Community Center in Oak Park hosts a `journey Through Israel." S and, sun, sea and fresh fruit were on the menu last Sunday at the "Journey Through Israel" at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Children and their parents took a "tour" through the Negev and visited the Dead Sea, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Eilat and Haifa, sampling the natural wonders of the country t...…
…Above: The orange juice table. Top left: Stephanie Zerbib and her sister, Leah, dip into the colored sand of the Negev. Middle left: Jake and his teacher, Anna, practice drawing on plates. Left: Chaim Gross caught a fish! 5/1 1998 29 …
…ROIT CELEBRATE Awaiting The Boom Tourism officials are expecting more Americans to travel to Israel. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer F or the third consecutive year, the rate of travel from the United States to Israel has remained steady. That's not a cause for concern, said Deborah Shochet, Midwest director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism North America (IMTNA) office in Chicago. "The numbers not going up is not catastrophic," she said. "...…
…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs GREAT JURISTS OF OUR TIME /–) were Jewish, whereas today, 55 to 60 ers — 10,460 of them Michiganders percent of travelers to Israel are not — visited Israel. Jewish, Shen said. The Northeast, which includes The IMTNA is expecting that the New York and New Jersey, makes up number of non-Jews who visit Israel nearly 40 percent of the travel to will increase because of the 2,000th Israel. The northeast region also...…
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…kin Editorials o• Israel Coverage Remains A Vital Component Of The Jewish News IN FOCUS From its fragile birth in 1948 to its near-super- "Weapons Shipped To Israel Proposed As US Gift By National Security Council." power status today, Israel continues to shape Twelve years ago, The Jewish News utilized American Jewish identities. For many older six full pages, about 20 percent of its news Jews, Israel was built upon the ashes of the hole...…
