…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60( SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 11, 1988/ 2 KISLEV 5749 Jewish Neighborhoods Split the Vote The northwest suburbs backed George Bush, while southeast Oakland — including Southfield, Oak Park and Huntington Woods — went to Michael Dukakis KIMBERLY LIFTON and ELIZABETH KAPLAN Staff Writers Oak Park, Huntington Woods and Southfield followed national Jewish voting patterns in supporting Massachuse...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY Liptzin, Mann And Albert Einstein On Kristallnacht PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus F ifty years after the savagery that retains the Kristallnacht mem- ory, there is the justified question whether the evil of it lived on for a number of years without striking the conscience of the people — that nation calling itself civilized. The courage was totally lacking to express horror over the burning of synagogues, the broken pl...…
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…Detroit's Endowment Fund Nearing $100 Million Goal ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor • T Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg escorts Jerome Lipowici, carrying the Torah, his son Phillip Litt, hidden, and daughter-in-law Cheryl Litt last Sunday. The damaged Torah, purchased by Lipowicz in Poland after the Holocaust, was buried behind Young Israel of Southfield in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht. • Temple To Open Satellite School I...…
…EDITORIAL Electoral Reforms, Here And In Israel Now that elections have been held in Israel and America, what lessons can we learn from the bitter, exhaustive campaigns held in these two democracies? Last week's election in Israel underscored the serious need for electoral reform there. Israel's complex system of proportional representation is ideal for choosing, but disastrous for governing. The system encourages small parties to flourish a...…
…24 CLOSE-UP The Right Road KIMBERLY LIFTON Gad-Harf and Borman are continuing JCCouncil programs and promoting Israel. 34 LIFE IN ISRAEL Intifada's Rules ABRAHAM RABINOVICH Travelers in the territories take precautions on the roads. 40 BEHIND THE HEADLINES Swing Power DOUG CHANDLER American Jewish organizations worr y about the new Orthodox clout in Israel. After The Fad Why Are The Most Distressed Jews In The World Ignored? DR. ...…
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…UN Condemns Israeli Actions United Nations (JTA) — By an overwhelming vote of 130 in favor, two opposed and 16 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly condemned Israel's policies in the territories and the measures it has taken to quell the uprising. The vote climaxed a special meeting last week of the General Assembly which was devoted intifada, the Palesti- nian uprising in the terri- tories, and was held at the re- quest of Arab s...…
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…I ELECTIONS 88 Lieberman Beats Weicker In Connecticut Race DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer T he major upset in the race for the U.S. Senate took place in Connecticut between At- torney General Joseph Lieberman > and incumbent Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew and a conservative Democrat, ousted Weicker, a liberal Republican who is considered a strong friend of Israel. In other Senate races, New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg d...…
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…CLOSE-UP The Right Road New leaders Paul D. Borman and David Gad-Harf aim to continue Jewish Community Council programs . . . and promote Israel KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer p aul D. Borman's philos- ophy is illustrated in a poem he keeps framed on his office wall: Keep It Simple. It's an approach he applies to meetings, writing and American travel to Israel. Accordingly, Borman said his mission as the newly elected president of the Jewi...…
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…I ISRAEL UPDATE THE HANUKKAH SALE YOU CANT HOLD A CANDLE TO. New Knesseters Young, Sephardi, Orthodox Jerusalem (JTA) If there is one thing that the 15 Israeli political parties elected to the Knesset last week have in common, it is that nearly all of them are sending new faces to sit in the 120-member legislative body. Mostly young, predomi- nantly Sephardic and new to politics are the words that describe most of the 18 members of the ultr...…
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…WHY NOT CLOTHING MEN - WOMEN Tension May Enter U.S. Israel Relationship WOLF BLITZER Special to The Jewish News I n recent months, the State Department has been busy preparing lengthy position papers for the next administration. By all accounts, career foreign policy bureaucrats have been gearing up for ma- jor diplomatic activity next year — irrespective of the shape of the U.S. and Israeli governments. They want the next president and ...…
…LIFE IN ISRAEL The Intifida's New Rules Of The Road Y. It r The uprising is forcing settlers and travelers in the territories to take extra precautions before setting out on the mad ‘,5 die • iY 4, 4 4,444 ' 1,6 ABRAHAM RABINOVICH Special to the Jewish News erusalem — Instinctive- ly, the driver slips his hand from the wheel and releases his seat belt without easing his foot from the gas pedal. If it is not too hot, he rolls the w...…
…and travelers aren't waiting for convoys on the main roads. "But you never know when a stone will fly at you," Baruchi said. "In my region, between Hebron and Jerusa- lem, almost no day passes without a vehicle being hit and at least once a week someone is hurt." In response, all vehicles car- rying school children have been fitted with shatterproof plastic windows, as have been a number of buses run by Egged, the Israeli bus co- operative. Se...…
…LIFE IN ISRAEL Gaza Refugees Continued from preceding page ing, perhaps because they had the most to lose. "It's all a matter of money," a military officer said. "If we had more money, we could do more." Sadeh, an ebullient man who frequently pulled the telescoping pointer from his shirt pocket to gesture at the aerial photos, said $1 billion would relocate the 45,000 families (he estimated seven people per family) out of the camps and into...…
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…BEHIND THE HEADLINES Jewish Experiences For Families with United Hebrew Schools Nursery School 0000 present MAKING MEMORIES Swing Vote Continued from preceding page A family weekend designed especially with pre-schoolers and their families in mind December 9-11, 1988 at the Butzel Conference Center featuring Julie Jaslow Auerbach, songwriter, musician and author "Creating special experiences for Shabbat & Chanukah" Connie Fidler, M.A....…
…president of the Rabbinical Council of America, said his group feels the issue should not be decided in the Knesset. "We feel it is a religious issue and not a political issue," he explained, adding that the Council took that stand because political cir- cumstances can always change and, if such matters were left to the Knesset, anything can be passed, in- cluding a law adopting patrilineal descent (classify- ing as Jews those born of Jewish f...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY Kristallnacht Continued from Page 2 descending upon Europe. Enlightenment was giving way to irrational behavior. However, the truths of science, mathe- matics, physics, etc., once having Sol Liptzin been discovered, cannot be en- tirely forgotten and people who had once tasted freedom and democracy will continue to dream of their return. After dark generations, a new renaissance will dawn. A finer world order will emerge...…
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