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…A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication Book Explores Art Of Jewish Caregiving Barry Howard Reflects On Judicial Career www.detroitjewishnews.com - .3, MARCH OF THE LIVING TO POLAND AND ISRAEL BRINGS TOGETHER JEWS kit …

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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Contents 0 A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association and American Jewish Press Association awards N www.detroitjewishnews.com April 13, 2001 Nisan 20, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 9 Community This Week 35 Caring For The Soul 29 Change Of Venue Chief Judge Barry Howard begins his new life in private practice. Local team takes Jewish caregiving message national. Arts & Entertainment Opinion 65 Producing 'The Produce...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com AN AMAZING EVENT TO HELP CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS! * 510 io 0 *NV) ffi What A March It Should Be! D espire the emotional land mines and physical dangers that lie ahead, 35 teenagers from the Detroit Jewish community are determinedly strapping themselves in for the ride of a lifetime. On April 16, they're embarking on a rwo-week trip tha...…

…LETTERS LETTERS from page 5 C ompassionate care wh en and cause, is merely empty symbolism. Now, there's ample opportunity for honest discussion of important issues throughout the year and at the seder itself. It enhances the seder to delve into the details ofyetzias Mitzrayim (going out from Egypt) and recount personal stories of redemption, such as Zahava Mamo's escape from Ethiopia. Indeed, "How to Make a Family- Friendly Seder" last wee...…

…For Openers T Brick By Brick he story of Passover recounts how the Israelites slaved for Pharaoh in Egypt, building bricks for his great pyramids. Congregation Beth Shalom's pre- school students in Oak Park are not quite big enough to have an authentic brick-building experience. Instead, they spent a sunny morning on April 4 making their own child-sized bricks. Some children made bricks of sand; others of clay. In a few weeks, said teacher ...…

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…Staff Notebook Rethinking Palestinian Role I n separate letters April 6 signed by members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, President George W Bush was urged to reassess U.S. relations with the Palestinians because of recent vio- lence in the Middle East. The letters were similar in content, stating that in light of a deliberate Palestinian campaign of vio- lence, a reassessment was necessary. The House letter suggested the p...…

…Cover Story A • -,,W ,MKOM•tl, N.:M=Mia,:c.,,,::,•• • MARCH OF THE LIVING TO POLAND AN D ISRAEL BRINGS TOGETHER JEWS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer he teenagers going on this year's March of the Living are preparing for the trau- ma of Poland, anticipating the joy of Israel, and looking forward to learn- ing about the diversity of Judaism- from each other. The march, which takes participants on a two-week trip...…

…Cover Story MARCH from page 11 Shoah Victims Live Through Us RACHEL KOHN Special to the Jewish .News W hen I was little, I used to always ask my grand- mother Rose what her childhood was like in Poland. I was too young to be asking about ghettos and concentration camps. Instead, it was always questions about her comfortable lifestyle in Chenstechova, her large family, what she did for fun. One image stands out in my mind, placed there by...…

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…Cover Story MARCH from page 12 iY JOSEPH ABRIN, 16, Oak Park, Adat Shalom Synagogue SARI ADELSON, 16, Farmington Hill; Congregation Shaarey Zedek AUBREY BENESON, 16, Southfield, Young Israel of Southfield CARAT BERNSTEIN, 16, Oak Park, Congregation Beth Ahm Top Row: MOTL correspondents Aubrey Beneson, Yaara Ragowsky, Elyse Sklar. Bottom row: Erin Kaufman, Joseph Abrin. All will write about the march for the Jewish News. SONYA BRYS...…

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…Lending Support Hospice of Michigan focuses on Jewish needs while comforting both patient and family. Above: Karen and Richard Tessler Left: Josephine Weiner and her daughter Sarah Keidan. RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News p ublic speaking is not high on Karen Tessler's list of favorite activities. But, when asked to participate in an upcoming panel discussion on the Jewish per- spective on hospice, she readily agreed. "Taking the...…

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…RINKE CADILLAC 'The Fusion of Design and Technology" Judy Cantor, synagogue historian. While in Detroit, the ESPN crew filmed important sires in Greenberg's life. They spoke with Shaarey Zedek Rabbi Irwin Groner, synagogue mem- bers and others ‘vho remembered the tall, easygoing baseball hero. The two ESPN producers said that their finished prodUct will be different from the Kempner film, which they have seen several times. In addition, they...…

…Second Chance Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, suspended by the CCAR for sexual impropriety, will head Birthright Israel in America. Rabbi Zimmerman, who's an enormously talented individual, should not be able to contribute else- where in the Jewish world," Rabbi Yoffie said. Rabbi Yoffie recently criticized Birthright for accept- ing money from Marc Rich. Building Identity Richard Joel, president of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, ...…

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…Blueprint For Tension West Bank building angers world, but Israel's left takes it in stride. pour in this time, too. Sharon will have to tread carefully between his car- dinal desire to maintain warm rela- tions with the Bush administration and his wish to keep Likud hard-liners and right-wing coalition partners loyal. International Criticism Above: Palestinian boys launch stones against nearby Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West B...…

…Golf Outings Still Hopeful Former U.S. Mideast envoy says there is no substitute for peace and expects dialogue to continue. SHIRI REVITAL BILIK Special to the Jewish News F ormer U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross was part of the peace process before there ever was a peace process. Over more than a decade, he was one of the main reasons Israel and its Arab neighbors continued an unprecedented dialogue. On April 3, the for...…

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…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs Department's Office of Special Investigations, which investigates war crimes stemming from the Holocaust. Faith-Based Plan Okay, poll shows Washington/JTA — Most Americans support President Bush's plan to fund faith-based charities, but they have reservations about government involvement in religion, according to a poll released Tuesday. The poll, cosponsored by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Pr...…

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…Insight Remember When • • CHANGE OF VENUE Chief Judge Barry Howard begins his new life in private practice. DAVID SACHS N , Copy Editor r eeling that his work is done, Barry NM* Howard, chief judge of the Oakland County Circuit Court, today rides out of Dodge ... er, Pontiac — and the court will never be the same. In his brief 16 months as chief judge, Howard made a big b dent in the court's backlog b and unleashed plans to turn the c...…

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…inion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dealing With China Cf its down- ing handling o b ing of an American spy plane underlines the wis- dom of Israel's decision last year to cancel the $250 mil- lion sale of its Phalcon radar system to China. There were good reasons for letting the purchase go through, par- ticularly because it would have contin- ued to open the door to other kinds of trade between...…

…OTHER VIEWS Time To Move On 0 ver the years of being a writer for the Jewish News, I have to say that my back- ground often surprises peo- ple. But it is not so much that I was born and raised a Catholic and then decided to convert to Judaism that tit- illates. No, some surprise comes from the fact that I went the Shrine of the Lit- tle Flower Grade School and graduat- ed from Shrine High School. Usually upon hearing that, people tell me th...…

…Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit cordially invites you to an educational forum on with a viable alternative. Though the peace crowd were wrong about many things, in this they were right. The opponents of concessions had no comprehensive plan that could compare with the appeal of land for peace. But if there were no reasonable compromises to be reached with the Palestinians, the left asked, what remained to us except more co...…

…The former Prime Minister of Israel says that State Department official Daniel Kurtzer equently pressured Israel to make one-sided concessions to the Arabs." Should Daniel Kurtzer be named America's next ambassador to Israel? • * * * * * ::-.MvUtPMATAIP ."'W • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • * * * * * * * * * A VAL', AIWA V Daniel Kurtzer is reportedly a leading candidate to become U.S. ambassador to Israel...…

…years of independent existence. More and more Jewish patients were finding themselves in sec- ular or Christian healthcare institutions, where the staff was less likely to understand their religious needs and prac- tices. So Parr asked questions and she learned. Now Parr is help- ing others through a book she has co-written, Jewish Resource Guide: A Caregiver's Reference to the Jewish Culture and Traditions. The 118-page paperback, co-written ...…

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…found the Soup Bowl Deli deluged with 200 patrons. "The kitchen isn't big enough to handle it," Cohen says. Restaurant capacity is less than 100; Cohen didn't like people having to wait in line. He wants to expand both the kitchen and the eating area. "We're in the discussion stage," Magidson says. She says the Center is pleased with the operation so far, noting that she eats there almost every day. "The response has been good from the communi...…

…YOM HAZI KARON 4"1 You are cordially invited to the Yom HaZikaron Memorial Ceremony Cantors Concert Welcomes Spring Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1st lyar 5761 7:30 p.m.* Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road Southfield Brigadier General Eyval Giladi will represent the Israel Defense Forces An accompanied IDF soloist will appear No charge *We kindly ask you to be seated by 7:15 p.m. in order to start promptly. rcl 11 Friends of IDF...…

…Lodge Honors Steven Kaplan With Spirit, Scholarship Awards Schools Board of Education. Oakland Center Lodge of B'nai Last year, parents of B'rith will present its 29th annu- Murdered Children presented al "Spirit of B'nai B'rith and him with its Humanitarian Scholarship Awards" 6:30 p.m. Award, and Mothers Against Tuesday, May 15, at Adat Drunk Driving named him Shalom Synagogue. Citizen of the Year. The honoree is Steven Kaplan The program o...…

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…While earning a master's degree at Columbia University in New York, he served in the United States Army's millitary Counta-Intellegence Corps from 1943-46. Schumer has a deep interest in Hebrew and Israel, from the time he was a student in Detroit's United Hebrew Schools (UHS) and as presi- dent of the Labor Zionist Student Organization at the University of Michigan. He has served on the boards of UHS, the Jewish Social Service Board, Friends ...…

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…Taking the fear out of Hospice: a Jewish Perspective Hosts Reunion Meeting Marshall/Israel/Brandeis Chapter Jewish Women International will hold a reunion meeting at noon Thursday, April 19, at the Heatherwood, 22800 Civic Center, Southfield. Lunch will be served and there is a fee. Music will be provided by Ben Opengeym, keyboard artist. Send reservations to Estelle Friedenberg, 31760 Partridge Lane, #7304, Farmington Hills, MI 48334, (248)...…

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…Mazel Toy! THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER OF TEMPLE ISRAEL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEMPLE TREASURES AND THE CARING COMMUNITY PRESENTS New Arrivals March 24 Pam (Eisenberg) and Robert Kelleher of Glen Ellyn, Ill., are excited to announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Robert. Welcoming him home is big broth- er Jacob, 22 months. Sharing in their happiness are proud grandpar- ents Phyllis Eisenberg and Sam Rosens of Birmingham and Stanley and Ci...…

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…Looking for a great kindergarten program for your child? Mazel Toy! ISRAEL-KAM is r. and Mrs. David Israel of Farmington Hills are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Wendy Joy to Dr. Michael Kam, son of Dr. Eli Kam and Flora Kam of West Bloomfield. Ms. Israel earned a bachelor of science degree in design and merchandising at Wayne State University. Dr. Kam earned a degree in medicine at Wayne State University School of ...…