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…ti June 12, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 16 Up Front 16 Extending Its Reach Beth El's suicide prevention has saved lives at Oxford High. AppleTree 71 Walk On The "Wild" Side Sunday's annual Israel Fest will stroll to the Detroit Zoo. Close Up 78 Up Front. page 10 Hot Reading Some bibliophiles, and local readers, have great suggestions. Entertainment Community 46 Editorials 31 Marketplace 133 Maze! Tovt 55 Obituaries 159 Remember When 28 Sy...…

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…°Polite CELEBRATE! ,016v Allied Jewish Campaign o. r° Polite Allied Jewish Campaign Israel Fest SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1998 et All \`, ANNUAL I tri -13 ' Iraq 4 Ir 00 years of partnership 4:30 PM (REGISTRATION AT 4 PM) Leaving for the Detroit Zoo from the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center Israel Fest '98 A N D EIE Jt G 6 - 9 PM Biblical Zoo Scavenger Hunt presented by Jewish Experiences for Families Israeli Art ...…

…Booking Ahead The Jewish Community Center library looks forward to a stronger presence in its current home. LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter T he Meyers Memorial Library at the Kahn Jewish Community Center- a unique trove of Jewish cul- ture, is getting a makeover — and it won't just be cosmetic. The library, now two rooms off the main lobby, will get a new physical home as part of a $25 million capital and endowment campaign to reno- vate t...…

…A spectacular ovgning at the Grand' He-opening of the Gem Theatre exclusively presented by the Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University "Poolside Perspectives," which will meet the outdoor pool at the Kahn JCC on July 8, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9. Ruth Bergman will teach another poolside class, "Women, Childbirth, and the Well of Living Waters" on July 15. Nehama Glogower will host the program "King David the Warrior Poet," which will trace his life...…

…IN T R O D U C I N G the Book Fair," she said. "I'm training someone new and will have plenty of time to train a new department head should someone be hired." The new staff person-in-training is cultural events director Amy Brode. Like Lipsey, she is entering her first job after finishing her master's degree from Case 'Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "I did program development work at the Jewish Family Service Association in Clevelan...…

…Lessons In Mate An Anti-Defamation League group rouse; students on the issue of prejudice. T hree strangers walk into a classroom of seventh and eighth graders at Ferndale's Coolidge Middle School. They pick a group of children, take them from the room and inform them they no longer have summer vacation and they must take more exams than other students — because of what they are wearing. The young students just got a quick lesson in prejudi...…

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…Jewry's Role in Human Health 421 LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING THE LIFE SCIENCES The dominating presence of men and women of Jewish origin within the ranks of Nobel Prize Laureates has been almost legendary. Their performance and fame, particularly in the sciences, have exceeded their relative population numbers many times over. In but one category-- physiology or medicine--more than forty such awards have been meted out through the years to Jewi...…

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…of Farmington Hills Your Infiniti President's Award Circle Dealer 1998 INFINITI130 nized a peer counselor training pro- gram modeled on Reach for Hope. Today, 25 students are peer coun- selors. The district is hoping to hire a staff person to help coordinate and expand suicide prevention services. "The program increases community awareness and gives people permission to talk about suicide and their feel- ings," said Williams. "It also gives...…

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…THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE Beth Yehudah is, in some ways, the victim of its own success. Enrollment, at 755 students, is 28 percent higher than in 1992, when it had 590 stu- dents. And continued growth is expected. According to Goldenberg, 40-50 new students enroll each year. He anticipates enrollment will hit 1,000 within the next five years. Erhard BMW THE LUXURY CAR THAT HAS NOT FORGOTTEN SAFETY & SERVICE 04 1 1998 BMW 7401 For tuto...…

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…This page: Top: Rosa Rothenberg draws a tile. Middle: Every weekday afternoon, the West Bloomfield Barnes & Noble is the site for multiple mah jongg, canasta and bridge games. rancine Friedman, Rhoda Cantor, Phyllis Shapiro and Connie Fidler claim they were the trendsetters three years ago when they arranged their tablecloth and antique ivory mah jongg set on a West Bloomfield bookstore's cafe table. Their group, which started playing the C...…

…ront, 45 Tears And 30%-50% OFF Counting Spring Si Summer Merchandis Beth Abraham Hillel Moses will honor over 45 years of service by the Mermelsteins. HARRY KIRS BAUM StaffWriter oseph Mermelstein would pre- fer to quietly continue tutor- ing bar and bat mitzvah stu- dents in his cluttered office at Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses rather thin being recognized for his hard work. "What I do is my business, or the business of the p...…

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…Leap-Frogging f";11.14t.„ MEGAN SWOYER Special to The Jewish News • U ntil four months ago, Olga Flomin was just another junior at North Farmington High School. She'd taken a bunch of advanced courses, to be sure, but the 17-year-old did- n't think she was much different from her peers. But when her counselor told her that she could be a senior ,instantly and graduate this spring, she jumped at the chance. "Since I want to go pre-med in co...…

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…The silly season is in full swing. Debbie Schlussel, a Republican running for a 39th District State House of Representatives seat, is stumping in area synagogues, playing her candidacy off another Republican in the race, Marc Shulman. Schlussel raely misses an opportuni- ty to jab at what she sees as Shulman's foibles, large and small, or to call attention to potentially negative reports on him. She recently faxed to The Jewish News a copy of ...…

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…Editorials Israel Fest '98 Holds Extra Special Meaning A triple treat's in store for participants in Sun- . day's Israel Fest '98, which kicks off with the traditional Walk for Israel. Consider: * The festivities will mark Detroit's commu- nitywide celebration of the 50th anniversary of Israel's statehood. * For the first time ever, the walk will start from the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Jimmy Prentis Mor- ris Building...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS do Hillel Day School Shapes Jewish Lives Passover we sing more songs than we illel Day School has been used to and the seders now have the most wonderful expe- more meaning to us than before. rience for me. It is where I know that I will bring my Hillel I have received a superior values with me as I continue my life Jewish and secular education. because these values are a part of who My education was excellent I am. I will c...…

…EDITOR'S WATCH Agency for Jewish Education Could Play Even Stronger Role sure that Jewish education becomes a here's an Agency for Jew- communitywide priority." ish Education in our In the wake of increased assimila- future. With Jewish edu- tion, we as a people must rethink cation a key player in the what works in attracting the less- search for Jewish continuity, there's affiliated to the chime of Jewish clearly a need for an advocate comm...…

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…The Lithuanian government has returned this abandoned synagogue in Kaunas (Kovno) to the Jewish commu- nity. Holocaust survivor, but whose knowl- edge of every aspect of the destruction of Kovno's Jewish community and of the locale of its memorial sites is flaw- less. Before the Nazi onslaught, the Jews of Kovno worshipped in 36 synagogues; today, only one synagogue, built in 1871, bears testimony to the thorough- ness of the devastation. The...…

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…1 1:11 0 GENERAL MOTORS LOYALTY FIRST _REWARD RFRA, RLPA, WFRA: OK? RFRA is being replaced with RLPA, which is not the same as WFRA. That may be a little hard to keep straight in the days ahead as Congress 'moves on from the defeated Religious Freedom/school prayer amendment to the Constitution to a measure Jewish D. groups unanimously agree really will enhance religious liberty — the Reli- gious Liberty Protection Act, or RLPA for short. ...…

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…In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the State of Israel . • • '1 he Attorney Division of State of Israel Bonds Development Corporation for Israel cordially invites you to attend an "Israel At 50" Tribute Dinner honoring Congressman Sander M. Levin Senator Carl Levin Special Guest Speaker Gideon Putt President and CEO, Israel Bonds Organization Tuesday, June 30, 1998 Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield D...…

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