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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS March 13, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 3 Up Front 8 Entertainment. page 84 Help Wanted Nationally and locally, Jewish educators are in short supply. The World 31 Eye-Opening Tour German, Japanese and Italian envoys confront their history at the HMC. Mazel Toy 45 Give Him Five A half-minyan of clergy makes for a very special bris. AppleTree 57 Jerusalem's Milky Way Mothers in Israel give their milk for babies in need. ...…

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…For Openers... Oh, Purim, How You've Changed TED ROBERTS Special to The Jewish News P urim, we hardly know you anymore! When I was a grogger- twirling Purim celebrant long, long ago (only a few years after the collapse of the Prrsian Empire), Purim was a modest little holiday. Yes, there was a costume ball. Girls' cos- tumes were old tablecloths and card- board crowns; boys wore sheets, simu- lating the royal robes of King Achashverosh, o...…

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…kt, \ wffl Help Wanted Nationally and locally, there is a shortage of Jewish educators for top-level positions. 3/13 1998 8 JULIE WIENER Staff Writer larmed by high rates of intermarriage and assimila- tion, Jewish leaders through- out the country are begin- ning to invest more resources in reli- gious education. The Jewish Federation of Metropol- itan Detroit, which has been steadily increasing allocations to day schools over the past...…

…"People didn't encourage their chil- dren to become Jewish educators, they didn't talk positively about the field," said Flexner. "This has changed in the past five to 10 years, and we're getting wonderful people in, but it takes a few decades of experience for them to move into positions of leadership." However, Flexner warned that Jewish education jobs are high-burnout posi- tions, and said the community needs to focus not only on recruiting...…

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…ERHARD BMW ffnai Moshe Family Shabbat An upbeat family Shabbat Service fol- lowed by a traditional dinner for families with children 18 and younger will be hosted by Congregation B'nai Moshe 6- 8 p.m. Friday, March 27. There also will be special entertain- ment for the children. Maureen Schiff- man, puppeteer will present "Coco Spends Shabbat in Israel," sponsored by the B'nai Moshe Youth Commission in collaboration with Congregation B'nai M...…

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…Join Usl !13'2N 19113E111 M13. 00 years of partnership aQ 52 Years And Counting The Michigan/Israel Connection of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is creating a database of local Israeli residents so we may inform you of events during our community's Israel anniversary celebrations. Please fill in the form below and return it immediately to: Michigan/Israel Connection Attn: Laurine 6735 Telegraph, Suite 206 Bloomfield ...…

…or High School Students and Parents eet with College Representatives (over 32 colleges and universities from around the county) and Professional Division appeals to women who can't take a chunk out of the workday but want to participate. For them, there is the Voices program, which featured Gloria Steinem at an evening program in December. "The working world is untapped," Slotkin remarked. "There are so many women back in the work force; w...…

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…Measuring Success Federation commissions an evaluation of the Agency for Jewish Education. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer I is report card time, but not for tilt kids. Next week, professionals from the New York-based Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) will launch a three- month study to assess the Agency for Jewish Education's (AJE) success in carrying out the recommendations of +-he Giles Report, which was issued six years ago. ...…

…This & That Poppy or prune hamentashen? Let the experts decide. A legal struggle over land on which members of Congregation B'nai David want to build a new temple is proceeding, albeit slowly, in Oakland County Circuit Court. Battle lines were drawn in Novem- ber, when limited partners in the property on Maple Road, between Halsted and Haggerty, sued the three general partners, all former congre- gants of B'nai David. They claim the latter h...…

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…A High Note An Israeli cantorial choir brings its musical magic to Young Israel of Oak Park. JULIE EDGAR News Editor N early 30 cantorial voices filled the sanctuary of Young Israel of Oak Park Feb. 28 with the strains of Hebrew and Yiddish songs. With accompaniment on the piano by Menachem Bristowsky and the lead- ership of Dr. Mordechai Sobel, the Israeli Yuval Choir also performed a medley of songs celebrating Israel's 50th birthday. ...…

…Left: Menachem Bristowsky tickles the ivories. Below: Dr. Mordechai Sobel, Yuval Choir conductor. Bottom: Michael Traison, who introduced the Yuval Choir to southeastern Michigan, enjoys the show. 3/13 1998 23 …

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…Editorials Good-Natured Ribbing Primes Purim Spoof It's a time for peppering ourselves and roasting others in jest. It's a time for masquerading and revelry. It's a time where frivolity grabs the spotlight in comic plays called spielen. It's Purim. So it's curtains up on a tradi- tion laden with tomfoolery here at The Jewish News — our annual Purim spoof It starts on the cover and continues to our Close Up pages inside. The Purim holiday, wh...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS B'nai B'rith Unveils New Consolidated National Structure ing upon the resources of the nation- fter 150 years of service, al centers, while at the same time with more than a quarter being fully self-governing. of a million members in What once was the B'nai B'rith 56 countries, B'nai B'rith Michigan Regional Council, part of continues to fulfill its mission: to an eight-state district, has become promote the security and cont...…

…'EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK waiting room to the conveyor line where meetnadeveem (volunteers) help them fill their shopping list. Donated shopping carts ease the trip back to the parking lot. Packages are cus- — songwriter Julie Silver tomized to meet family size. Partici- pating synagogues provide volunteer ucked among warehouses drivers who make Sunday deliveries on a dead-end street in for those unable to come in. north Oak Park, in the Amazingly, ...…

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…Jewish community needs to understand the role that Germans today have in world issues and needs to interact with them." Germany is under constant scrutiny because of pockets of extremism there. So German diplomats who arrive in Detroit typically want to forge a rela- tionship with the Jewish community, Shapiro said. "The younger ones espe- cially have had little experience with Jews because there are so few in Ger- many," she said. The Italian...…

…In a World of Options the Bloomfield Hills School District is the Obvious Choice for Academic Excellence. Pine Lake Elementary, West Hills Middle School, and Andover High School are open to non-resident students on a tuition basis. For additional information, please call Student Services, (248) 645-4535. Pine Lake Elementary School Open House March 27, 1998 , 10 a.m. - noon and 1 - 3 p.m. Call (248) 932-6250 Andover High School offer...…

…of Farmington Hills YOUR INFINITI PRESIDENT'S AWARD CIRCLE DEALER 1998 INFINITI QX4 NEW 1998 INFINITI 130 faleb a-Sanaa, who recommended that Israeli Arabs mark the day with "a minute of silence in memory of all the Palestinians killed between 1948 and today." MK Toufik Khatib said, "On Independence Day we'll stay home because it's a holiday. But we definitely won't be celebrating. No Arab will be oyful. We have no part whatsoever in this wh...…

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…ommunity SZ Hosts Mauricefiarrish Rabbi Addresses Drug Abuse The Shaarey Zedek Cultural Commission will sponsor a special lecture and slide presentation by Maurice Parrish 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Shaarey Zedek Southfield campus. His topic will be "The DIA ... Serving the Entire Community." Parrish was the deputy director of the DIA from 1989 through August 1997. Then he was appointed as interim director replacing Samuel Sachs. Pa...…

…Community Dr. Papazian Gives Talk Dr. Dennis Papazian will address the Shaarey Zedek Men's Club breakfast seminar 10 a.m. Sunday, March 29, at the synagogue. Dr. Papazian is professor of history, director of the Center for Armenian Research at U-M Dearborn and a facul- ty member of the Russian Research Center in Ann Arbor. A complimentary breakfast will begin at 9:30 a.m. The public is invited. There will be an opportunity for questions. Sp...…

…SHIFT INTO "C11111" GEAR JPM ICC Slates Events The made-for-TV movie Samson 6- Delilah will be shown at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park 12:45 p.m. Monday, March 16. There is no charge. Socials are held every Wednesday at 1 p.m. at JPM. Music is provided by local entertainers singing a variety of songs including Yiddish. Call (248) 967-4030 to sing at the socials. Woodcarving meets Mondays through Fridays at 9 a.m. New mem- bers are w...…

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…We Service Evenithing We Sell ... Everything Anybody Else Sells Synagogue Hosts Dinner, Concert Adat Shalom Synagogue has planned "an instrumental journey from Europe to America" for 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at the synagogue. The family dinner and concert, for adults and chil- dren of all ages, will feature the Chica- go's Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. Social Club Plays WhirlyBall The Adat Shalom Social Club will host an evening of whir...…

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…Andrew Louis Serlin BRIT MILAN December 16, 1997 BLESSED BY Rabbis David Nelson, Efry Spectre, Michelle Faudern, Stephen Weiss and Greta Bernard Brown. Above: Miry and Dan Serlin with Andrew. mw. wm intimm o Right: The rabbis on hand give their blessing. A half-minyan of clergy makes for a very special bris. LONNY GOLDSMITH Sta Writer fter their son's birth, Miry Bernard Serlin and Dan Ser- lin planned a regular brit milah, hiring C...…

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