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…Obituaries are updated regularly and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com A Hatred of Injustice DAVID SACHS n Editorial Assistant al Shapiro, unable to pay for college during the Depression, wound up riding the rails westward as a hobo. Starting in New York and traveling across America, he witnessed the plight of desperately poor people, especially African Americans. In San Francisco, striking longshoremen persuaded him not to...…
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…WE REMEMBER During the coming week, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends with the traditional memorial prayer, recitation of kaddish and studying of mishnayos. Morris Zavel Borinstein Myrtle Desow Irving Elson Joseph Gelberman Alexander Glaser Rochel Hoffman Mery Klepfish Viola Newman Kopp Aaron Pollack Elka Rohlik Gertrude Rosenberg Rose Ryback Harry Shulman Irene Weiss Dora Baruch Dr. Harold Ma...…
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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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…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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…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...…
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…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...…
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