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…INSIDE: JEWMAICA IN DETROIT SUN, FUN AND FROLIC; A TV DILEMMA: TO BE OR DETR 997 / 6 Tammuz 5757 THE JEWISH NtWS The people and issues behind Israel's administered territories. …

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…THE JEWISH NEWS FRON This Week's Top Stories litibbilAnd Rabbi JTS ordains its first married couple and wife have ties to Michigan. and husband JUUE WIENER ST.AFF, WRITER while the other worked part- time." Although Alex is the pulpit rabbi for now, the two plan to switch eventually, with Amy leading a congregation and Alex staying home with the kids. "Alex wanted to stay home with Justin, but I said I really wanted to, and since I carr...…

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…July 11, 1997 7 20 Up Front OPINION No Handicap Jewish education doesn't help. 29 Dr. Harold Margolis refuses to allow MS to come between him and his patients. TELL ME WHY New Life For Vouchers? The story behind those furry hats. 37 IMplications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling remain very unclear. THE PULSE Pluses, pitfalls of LTC coverage. 00 ISRAEL Loose cannon in the Knesset. 104 To Date In Or Out Mall Friedman file...…

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…No Handicap Dr. Harold Margolis refuses to allow his MS to come between him and his sk pediatrician Harold D. Mar- golis if the dynamics of chil- dren have changed over the 17 years he has been in practice and he will discuss the effects of adult lifestyles rather than hildren themselves. Foremost among his concerns is the in- crease in communicable illnesses in very young children. He attributes that to the lifestyle of parents who feel fin...…

…Up Rol Studying At The Source Post-high school study in Israel is increasingly popular in the Orthodox community. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER djusting to college this fall should be easy for 18 year-old Estee Eisenberg. As a freshman at the University of Michigan, she'll be only a 40-minute drive away from home. That's nothing com- pared to last year, when coming home required more than 11 hours on an airplane. Like many Orthodox teens, Ms. ...…

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…Op STUDYING page 8 ready planning to at- tend Wayne State Uni- versity in the fall of 1998, he's looking for- ward to the change of pace he will experience this year at Ohr Yerushalayim, a yeshi- va 10 miles outside of Jerusalem. "Before col- lege, it's good to take a year off from life, to go somewhere with all Jewish studies and no grades. It's less pres- sure and you can learn at your own level," he said. Ms. Wolkinson agreed. "I'm lookin...…

…DETROIT I STEVE BROWN'S THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. 021 No. 20 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs General Manager Marianne B. Taylor Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsiry Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Copy Editor Lynne Konstantin Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Lonny Goldsmith, Julie Wiener Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Nell Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Corr...…

…Not The Worst Local organizations were mostly spared by the July 2 storm. LONNY GOLDSMITH STAFF WRITER F or the 600 campers and staff at Camp Maas in Or- tonville, the July 2 storm could have been a night- mare. Instead, it was nothing more than a 30-minute downpour. While a tornado ravaged a trailer park just one mile down Grange Hall Road from the Fresh Air Society facility, the camp didn't even hear a siren. "We were fortunate that noth...…

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…GGIIE I t may have sounded Jamaican, but the party at Dodge Park on June 29 was really a Jewmaican reggae fest — at least that's what Hite in llen lofM ded . etro Detroit planners fliNer of Ailetro Dotroirc. -; be{. h . party h a d the , spuods of ilught.er and the Caribbean. ywit moiorrif 14 Erni HANSEN. From start to finish, about 90 twenty- and thirtysomethings batted around a piñata, dipped in the lake, limboed and danced to the soun...…

…The reggae group Immunity livened up the Jamaican Sun Splash crowd. Far left: David Elias: Running on Dodge Park waves. Left: Stacey Goodman, Aric Melder and Renee Simlak work the hackey sac. Below: New piñata procedure: Pitching at left is Mitch Trager, while Dan Kaufman bats 1,000. Cr) C) 15 …

…Op Fr011i Heading For Toledo A Detroit native returns to the Midwest as a Conservative rabbi. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER R abbi Michael Ungar has traveled a long circular road, almost back to where he started. Born and bred in Southfield, Rabbi Ungar left Michigan years ago for rabbinical school and pul- pit positions. Now, he is heading back to the Midwest — to take the helm of Toledo, Ohio's only Conservative shul, Temple B'nai Is...…

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…HEADING page 16 near family — which includes, in Michigan, parents Sharlene and Seymour Ungar, who live in West Bloomfield; a twin sister and her husband in Farmington Hills, Michele and Arthur Sie- gal; and a brother and sister-in- law in West Bloomfield, Joel and PHIL JACOBS EDITOR Janice Ungar. "Especially when you consid .- er everything [that is] going on ver hear of the Home Relief right now in Diaspora-Israel re- Society? How about the...…

…American Jewish World Service's chairman visits Detroit as part of a fundraising tour. LONNY GOLDSMITH STAFF WRITER ighteen friends, family and local Jewish leaders turned out to see Don Abramson, newly-elected chairman of the American Jew- ish World Service, speak at the Jewish Federation building last week in an effort to publicize his organization. The stop in Detroit was part of a three city-tour, which began in his childhood home of Can...…

…New Life For Vouchers? Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling remain unclear. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER I n a recent 5-4 decision, the tle I federal funding will now be United States Supreme Court able to provide these services on overturned one of its own school grounds. precedents and ruled that Local Jewish day school ad- public school systems can send ministrators hope the new ruling teachers into parochial schools to will enabl...…

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…NEW LIFE page 20 ing about tomorrow," said Mr. Silberfarb. "Did the [Supreme Court] move away from a tra- ditional approach and strict in- terpretation [of the separation of church and state]? Yes. Has it moved so far to give the vouch- er supporters cause to jump up and down for joy? No." ❑ Corrections The program with Esther Tarnoff Cooper at the Work- men's Circle, 1:15 p.m. Sun- day, July 13, is free of charge. To attend the noon brunch...…

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…LENS OF HISTORY page 22 has photographed in war and peace, joy and anguish, for half a century. Last week, on Israel's 49th Independence Day, Presi- dent Ezer Weizman presented him with the Israel Prize, the na-! tion's highest award for achieve- ment in scholarship and the arts. Mr. Rubinger, a stocky, artic- ulate figure with clipped white beard, furrowed, receding hair- line and restless eyes, was the first photographer so honored. It was ...…

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…F. In France, A Warning: Hate Is Gaining Popular Votes You might not be familiar with names such as Vitrolles or Toulon or Orange. But we think you should be. No, they aren't anywhere to be found in Oakland County or nearby. The message, though, that is coming from the Midi section of southeastern France should be familiar to anyone living in Michigan or any- where else across this country., It's a message of hate. There is a growing, scary ...…

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…and high privilege should have been matched by equally great powers of restraint, patience and forgiveness. , This truth speaks not only to Moses, but to all of us. He who enjoys a privilege has a com- mensurate responsibility. The greater the privilege, the larger the obligation. It matters not whether the privilege is leadership, wealth, education or talent. The Talmud says that with the righteous, God is more exacting and demanding. This tr...…

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…To Oat In a time of ever-increasing instances of intermarriage, some young Jews still won't consider interdating. That Is The Quest W hen Marni Aronson, 24, first started dating, she didn't care if the guys were Jewish or not. Now, she does. First, a trip to Israel at age 17 and be- coming "in touch with my religion" in- spired the Southfield resident to only date within the fold. Then, when her father passed away, she realized that "it wa...…

…terrible to someone who's not Jewish. Conversely, as of 1990, Denver had But it's so important to me." one of the highest rates in the coun- While everyone has times when they try — more than 60 percent. are closer to their roots, the Handbook The West has a higher degree of states that it is "particularly so for assimilation, lower rate of Jewish Jews." The authors wrote: "We have affiliation and thus, larger numbers met a great number of peo...…

…TO DATE page 45 ENTER To WIN A FULLY RESTORED 1947 FORD CONVERTIBLE COURTESY OF Siby Zrd ON JOHN R NEXT TO OAKLAND MALL Simon and Neupert don't no- tice too many differences be- tween them, "because Dave isn't religious," Simon says. His fam- ily does celebrate Christmas, but it's "more of a family get-to- gether and gift-giving event vs. a religious event. "It would bother me more if he went to church a lot. We were both coming from th...…

…CO 0 PERSUASION From The Other Side SUSAN STRICKLAND SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS grounds from having any bearing on the relationship. But they do. I attend church no more than once a year. I do not pray, nor do I turn to the Bible for answers to everyday concerns. My boyfriend does not regularly attend synagogue, and although he of- ten spends Shabbat dinner at his grand- parent's house, he considers it a fami- ly affair rather than a relig...…

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…Guy ' s The lengths men go to, getting ready for a date. MATT MOSSMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS W ether we admit it or not, most of us twentysomethings are concerned about dating. Everything about it. And the way guys go about dat- ing, well, it's an art form of its own. We agonize for a couple days, flex in front of the mirror, make sure our clothes are clean, shave — do a nice job shaving— then we're 4 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS De 5...…