…DETROIT 'TN JEWISH NEWS • April 10, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 7 Front 12 An Oak Park Marine is shot during a training exercise. .Close Up. page 81 • Strange Death AppleTree 73 Great Pesach, Cookie! You can't think about chocolate chips during Pesach? Think again! The Scene 88 Up Front. page 15 Back To Nature Tamarack Adult Adventures takes grown-ups into the great outdoors. Close Up 81 Stalking Chametz And feeling free enough ...…
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…Celeb, ate With Us! oin us as we recognize eight special senior adults for their years of community volunteerism and dedication. J The Fifth Annual Installation into the oceeds from this event support JFA's mission of providing a community of caring people and inventive programs to promote active, independent lives for JFA residents. Pr OVER Senior Adult Jewish Hall Of Fame Tickets are $50 per person and includes brunch. To purchase...…
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…LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer The mayor of Post Huron stands as a role model, or clean living. getwo, 1 ":„ 4/10 1998 8 n Gerald "Ajax" Ackerman's office, a wooden gavel is perched delicately over a stack of Harley Davidson decals. An interesting juxtaposition, but apropos . for the Port Huron mayor, who has built a life on the principles of the famous motorcycle club, Judaism and addiction recovery. The 41-year-old Jewish mayor had ...…
…sheltered in all-Jewish neighborhoods, he never met gentiles until he got into drugs. "Addiction doesn't know any boundaries," he said. As one of the few Jews in Port Huron, Ackerman identifies strongly. "Being Jewish — that's who I am. I see it as my race, even if the Supreme Court doesn't agree. [But] I don't run around with a flag and say, 'I'm the Jewish mayor.' I live in a Christian community; they don't have a concept of Judaism." Recent...…
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…WHAT DID 11ISE PEOPII DO TO ACHIEVE A HEREIN]] SIBONGER BODY? Boris! Pass The Laws WA R C V Sg ata., Local and Israeli teens had a chance to bond last week. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer fter five days together, Sher- ri Berger, Shelly Oshrat and Liron Horesh developed their own inside jokes. When 16-year-old Oshrat said, /- "Put the bat back, Boris!" the three erupted into giggles. It's not clear why this was so hyster- ical, but it had some...…
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…irr,' r JCC 1997-1998 Encore Series presents: Internatio natty Renowned Author Joseph Telushkin Racquetball ontroversy "Words That Hurt, Words That Heal: Using Words Wisely" The JCC hopes to avoid the same mistake in its renovation. Lee Brooks takes a shot with David Chairns and H. Keith Lafer Sorkin figures there will be six or eight courts after the JCC renovation, but he'still worries about the operation of courts. hen the renovatio...…
…MARK THE MOMENT...MAKE THE FEELING LAST FOREVER Draft Dodgers On The Hit Parade ,NECHEMIA MEYERS /-Special to The Jewish News S hlomo Artzi has long been one of Israel's most popular singers. Now his son, Ben, is joining . him on the hit parade. But there is one major difference between them. Shlomo first achieved prominence in uniform, as a member \--4 the Israeli Navy Entertainment ,-, Troupe, while Ben has come into the spotlight as a ...…
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…JULIE WIENER Staff Writer As the school day ends, Hillel parents gather to greet their charges and bring them home. 4 . 10 28 I n those last minutes after 3 p.m. that divide work and play for students at Hillel Day School, a welcome brigade patiently gathers in the halls and parking lot. As they wait for the bell that will usher their children into the land of snacks, fun and — oh, yeah — BILL HANSEN Photographer homework, the parents b...…
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…editorials Readers come to us and tell us that the With Passover beginning at sundown today, news they read, the television they watch, is many of us have worked overtime to rid our getting more and more sensational, almost or chametz, homes of the last remnants of weird. You think your children don't inter- bread crumbs. nalize the people fighting on the talk show, May we suggest to you that there is a very or the wholesale deaths they witne...…
…OPINION Maybe Tonight Is A Good Time To Have A Debate About, Or With, God B get people thinking: Are the Palestinians efore the seder tonight, I have the new Israelites — why or why not? to do a lot of planning. After working so hard to help the Jews What am I going to say to of the former Soviet Union escape from my assembled family and bondage, are we really happy that they guests? What pearls of wisdom will are here? Should they really b...…
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…The World — '..::. Jerusalem, Ink • ,1, . ;01 - ' .:s — < $ ERIC SILVER Special to The Jewish News DAVID BEN-GURION Be a pari of the Jewish N ews Celebration of the State of Israel at 50• y The Jewish News' in-depth reflection of the State of Israel at 50 will be showcased in a very special theme issue on Friday, May 1, 1998. This keepsake issue will be enthusiastically received by 50,000 Jewish News readers, • A , K — The...…
…them going out with conclusions and finding the sources to back them up. At present there is a tremendous lack of discipline at the Post." Goodman has no inhibitions about ruffling establishment feathers, in Israel or theDiaspora. "At the age of 52," he said, "I am a lot less sensitive to what people think. I feel self-confi- dent about the job. It's a constructive challenge. The Post is a very important title that has been through a rough per...…
…Community r • l°1°- 1 1 The University Michigan Hillelwas awarded the William Haber Awardfor Programs of Quality for the Jewish Campus Community if by y the Foundation or Jewish Campus Li e,. Shown are Richard Joel, presi- dent of international Hillel, and Rabbi Rich Kirschen, assistant director, U—M Hillel. lE AliffelikA1=1) 41:2W Wit The Jewish News wants to spotlight your SIMCHA for our new Mazel Tov section. If you're celebrating...…
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…Com m uni t y Share your HILAR(OUSIfrit, earnest, trAsic, lAckv,v-owivIs or any other kind of memory of traveling in Israel. If you have photos, all the better. We'll publish them in a special edition May 1. Contact JN News Editor Julie Edgar at (248) 354-6060, ext. 257, or send a submission, with picture, to Julie Edgar at the Detroit Jewish News 27676 Franklin Rd. Southfield, MI 48034. Deadline is April 17. 11.1•§6.** 7 311 111 B I...…
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