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…UlbStUlINti I ME altilSIMAS SPIRIT IN UUINNIUWN LINIVIINUMAIVI; A SPECIAL SECTION ON SUMMER CAMPS AND FAMILY ISSUES. DETROIT $1,00 /January 12, 1996 / 20 Tevet 5756 THE JEWISH NEWS Sinai patient Marla Rosenberg with her baby, Kayla Brea: Sinai's Rebirth Fears of its demise a recent memory, Jewish community hospital has a strong outlook. …

…THE BIG BANK ACCOUNT OFFICER REPLACEMENT MACHINE R emember when banking in your home town meant familiar faces and people who knew your name? If your bank has been gobbled up in a series of mergers and acquisitions, the account officer who served you last month could be helping someone somewhere else today. Assembly line personnel may be acceptable to the big banks, but at Franklin Bank, we prefer a different approach. You can always count o...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS 13 FRONT This Week's Top Stories (A Not So) Silent Night A flap in Birmingham over the playing of Christmas music. DAVID ZEMAN STAFF WRITER f it weren't for a owned loudspeaker system in a case from Chicago concerning grinch-like U.S. Con- downtown Birmingham. Holi- the use of holiday decorations stitution, Christian re- day songs mentioning Jesus and religious music at Chica- ligious songs would fill Christ or containing...…

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…HEALTH Marijuana — the legal and religious issues smolder. 47 ISRAEL January 12, 1995 14 10 18 24 30 Freedom fights continue on religious front. 54 Detroit TELL ME WHY Prints Charming Why Schindlers List is a work of fiction. 102 A new exhibit of children's literature at the Jewish Center has lullabies, an "olive-skinned" lad and space aliens. Pied Piper Midrasha's Rob Nosanchuk is trying mini- courses and unique venues to att...…

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…Calls Of The Minority Can Be Deafening Birmingham's decision to drop the playing of overtly Christian religious music during the holiday season was significant and correct. While many would say that it's "no big deal," it is certainly a "big deal" if even one person feels upset enough to stop shopping in any area of metro Detroit. What also makes it difficult is when taxpayers who might be offended by the music, through no choice of their own...…

…Community Views Comment Efforts At Outreach Include Respect Reach Into The Past And Make It Real HARLENE APPELMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS RABBI DAVID WOLPE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS In the last several months, I had two experiences that are worth sharing. The first one was in a Jewish bookstore. walked in looking for an Art Scroll siddur. It is a beautiful prayer- book with commentaries, and I wanted it to further my studies. When I ...…

…up Front SILENT NIGHT page 3 Today The Average Person Spends... City Attorney Timothy Currier explained the First Amendment. 2400 MINUTES A WEEK SLEEPING 900 MINUTES A WEEK WATCHING TELEVISION 840 MINUTES A WEEK EATING MEALS 540 MINUTES A WEEK IN THE BATHROOM 180 MINUTES A WEEK EXERCISING 41 1' LI 2400 MINUTES A WEEK WORKING „dick_ 360 MINUTES A WEEK COMMUTING - WE NEED JUST A FEW MINUTES! tkk k ‘ukh DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS ....…

…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CVIII /- No. 19 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Staff Writers Julie Edgar, Jennifer Finer, Ruth Littmann, Jill Davidson Sklar, David Zeman Arts and Entertainment Editor Julie Smith Yolles Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Howard Lalli, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser 'k\e 1411996 PLYMOUTH...…

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…ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR The exhibit includes works from Lvov, Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires. I S IM f only Lenin and Trotsky could have been there when space aliens landed in 1934 and delivered their message — in Yiddish. "Proletariats!" they declare in the book Dos Telerl Fun Himl (The Saucer from the Sky). "Unite!" Amnon is a little "olive-skinned Jewish lad!' from Judea who goes on adventures with his pet goat, Aleez. He buys a...…

…A new exhibit of Jewish children's literature has lullabies, an "olive-skinned lad" and even space aliens. Far left Sarah Spitzer, 5, spends time with Mikki Maoz (Mickey Mouse), while Andrew Aerni prefers the more esoteric Chaim Nahman Bialik. Above: Jamie Lowen, 5, has a little dreidel, but it wasn't made out of clay. It's Hag Ha-Or by Levin Kipnis. not. It would be the hard heart that didn't see the charm inAlefBet, published in 1921, wri...…

…Dela Adult Education For Next Generation DAVID ZEMAN STAFF WRITER We Need Nominees! R Please send your nominations, including the phone number of the person or business, by Jan. 15 to: Julie Edgar, Business Editor, The Jewish News 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034. The winners will be included in our special business edition early next year. THE JEWISH NEWS • • • • • • • • • • • THE BIG SALE! • • Indoor Sidewalk Sale! • AL...…

…FINE ARTS Competition for LIFE! Vet Is Honored Fifty Years Later ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jack Beck is proud of his accom- plishments during World War II, and his sons grew up hearing sto- ries about their father's exploits in Burma. So they, according to Mr. Beck, pushed him into ap- plying for a 50-year-old medal from the Republic of China (Tai- wan). The medal, one of 500 award- ed late last year by the Taiwan government, commemorate...…

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…then laughing about the whole thing. On Mr. Parker's last day at WDFN before departing for Long Island Newsday, Stoney was openly emotional on the air. His current partner is News columnist Bob Wojnowski. "For me, he (Stone) is in many ways the perfect partner," said Mr. Wojnowski, who uses the nickname Wojo. "He generally has the answer to any question. I try to be light and goofy and have fun with things. He keeps the ship running on course,...…

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…A Good Night's Sleep... ing. A 25-year designer for Chrysler Corporation, he was forced to take an early retire- ment in 1993, after his first transplant. Not one to sit around, Mr. Ru- bin got back to work as soon as his health permitted. He and his wife began working in tandem for a small package-delivery busi- ness. "David has had a tremendous capacity to bounce back," Mrs. Rubin says. "He's very alive. He's an active person. There is a go...…

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…CS Officials Give Up On Attack Probe Buenos Aires (JTA) - Israeli diplomatic officials will do "their utmost" to prevent the Argentine Supreme Court from closing its investigation of the March 17, 1992, bombing that destroyed the Israeli Embassy here, according to highly placed diplomatic sources. After more than three years of fruitless inquiries, the Supreme Court justice in charge of the case, Ricardo Levene, resigned in mid- November fro...…

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…For some children, visions of growing up may be simply that. Visions. Children with cystic fibrosis want to grow up. They have dreams of the future just like every other child. More than half of them will live into their twenties, but that's when life should he beginning not ending. You see, cystic fibrosis is an hereditary disease that attacks a child's lungs and makes it very hard to breathe. Eventually it's fatal. And there is no cure. So ...…

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…With fears of its demise a recent memory, the Jewish community's hoppital had a healthy prognosis. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER 30 Eight years ago, Michigan's only Jewish hospital wasn't dead. Not yet. But if doctors had wired their facil- ity to a heart monitor, red lights would have flashed wildly, an indi- cation of serious problems. With adept but sometimes painful treatment, the health of Sinai Hos- pital has improved. Signs of recov- er...…

…But, little by little, the situation im- million profit, its first in about six years. he Jewish community That was followed by $13 million in gave birth to Sinai in proved. 1993; $3.5 million in 1994; and $9.1 mil- Mark Schlussel, current chair of the 1953, when physicians with names like Klein, Sinai board, credits the hard work of lion last year. The numbers, though impressive, Schwartz and Blum such hospital officers as Merle Harris only s...…

…Close Op REBIRTH page 37 By the year 2000, Sinai's city campus will be expanded to look like this artist's rendering. THE D ETR OIT JEWI SH NE WS Dr. Sabbota would agree: "Sinai (lat- er) saw the error of its ways. I think the hospital is a lot more attuned to physi- cians' issues now." Solid communication between doc- tors and other hospital staff, as well as the speedy return of laboratory tests, are two plus-points for Sinai, he says. S...…

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…Ike 40e14 44teetty I etikiots Rabbi Supports Pat Buchanan With music once again "Blowing in the Wind" Special Guests: The Ron Coden Show Josh White Jr. These fine artists will make the Raven Gallery Reunion a nostalgic evening for all. Enjoy a night filled with folk music and great memories to share with old friends and new. All in the warmth of a coffee house setting. JPM BUILDING 15110 W. TEN MILE • OAK PARK Saturday, January 20 8:3...…

…siness Swimming With Champs R ttorney Debbie Schlus- sel tried ascending the ladder of state politics. Now she's trying for Mt. Olympus. Ms. Schlussel, 26, has offered to help win endorsements and TV commercials for Scott Donie, a silver medalist in the 10-meter platform diving com- petition at the 1992 Olympics. He is a 1996 Olympic hopeful. She'll package Mr. Donie's image for free, but not because she has a lack of experience. While work...…

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…M. , T.VMMN:M. WWWW.asiMMMUMIM.V . A Hit Or miss. Marijuana as medicine? The legal and religious controversies keep smoldering. D.J. BRADLEY SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS army Grinspoon lies curled up on Ms side looking down at a bucket of vom- it. He has lymphatic leukemia and is undergoing drug treatments which up- set his stomach. His parents stand help- lessly as they watch their 14-year-old son lean forward toward the pail on the floor. ...…

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…■ A;; Politically Correct, And Yet Entertaining • ":1)11 11, 1 '; 01 Li d R( 0,1 1 1WPoi BOAZ DVIR SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I sraeli children can finally look forward to easy transitions from frenzied days to tranquil nights. Their parents now have A Sto- ry For Every Night, an antholo- gy of 365 children's tales that can put even the most hyperactive kids to sleep, according to Yediot Aharonot. That's because the stories are politi...…

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