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October 13, 2005 • Page Image 101

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…MELANIE S. BISHOP "SOLD" #1 in all of REAL ESTATE ONE Work with the best... expect the best! is my middle name Office: 29 Million Dollar Top Producer (248) 867-7800 ORCHARD LAKE - OUTSTANDING ORCHARD LAKEFRONT WEST BLOOMFIELD - SOPHISTICATED EUROPEAN ELEGANCE 1091 Orchard Lake Road - West Bloomfield, HI 48311 COMMERCE - CANAL FRONT PARADISE Belongs in Architectural Digest. Spectacular setting, sunsets and 2 sides of wa- ter. Incompar...…

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…Obituaries YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH School for Boys • Beth Jacob School for Girls • Early Childhood Development Center 15751 W. Lincoln Drive • Southfield, Ml 48076 • (248) 557-6750 "The entire world is sustained by the Torah study of young children" Obituaries are updated regularly and archived on JNOnline.com During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kadd...…

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…Wiggins, Chelsea and Brittany Simons; great-grandchildren, Alissa, Elana, Ryan, Emily, Rachel, Aaron, Ari, Levi, Ashley, Max and Emily. He was the beloved husband of the late Esther Bragman; son of the late Max and Esther Bragman. Interment at the Mt. Nebo Cemetery in Miami. Contributions may be made to the Jewish Home and Aging Services, 6710 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; the Lourdes Convalescent Home, 2300 Watkins Lake Road, Wate...…

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…Obituaries Obituaries from page 99 Gilles Lanoue; aunt and uncle, Elyse and Jerry Schostak of Franklin. Graveside services were held at temple Beth El Gardens in Davie, Fla. Arrangements by Levitt-Weinstein Memorial Chapel in Hollywood, Fla. NORMA DORFMAN, 81, of Bingham Farms, died Sept. 28, 2005. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Glenn and Janet Dorfman of Minnesota; daughters and sons-in-law, Ellen and Marshall Blau of Bing...…

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…The Chapel .„?`"‘ that recognizes each family's individual needs. of the late Edward Lovinger and the late Minnie Katz. Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. MARION MERIDY, 93, of Farmington, died Oct. 5, 2005. She was born in Rosario, Argentina. Mrs. Meridy is survived by her son and daughter-in- law, Michael and Elaine Goldman of Southfield; daughter and son-in-law, Meridy Judith and Donald Skiff of S...…

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…obituaries Making a Lasting Memory. Obituaries from page 101 At the Ira IiaufMan Chapel, we help your family with the final tribute of those you love Temple Israel and the Michigan Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League present "An Evening with Carl Bernstein," 7:00 pm, Tues, Nov 15, 2005, Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, W. Bloomfield Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl Bernstein for discussion of political events inc...…

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…Do you have problems getting volun- teers? "Yes. The younger generation doesn't want to get involved, and we are all get- ting older." PHYLLIS TYNER City: Southfield Kudos: Wheeler Mealer Phyllis Tyner retired 18 years ago as a Jewish News classified ad department staffer. She asked herself; "Now thatBn retired what should I do with do with my time." A friend suggested she volunteer with the Meals On Wheels program run by the National Counc...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Bridging The Great Divide I is hard to discriminate against someone who you feel you know, like and understand. Tolerance grows with knowl- edge. Bigotry feeds on misunderstanding. So the most productive way to discourage discrimination — including the many strands of anti-Jewish sentiment — is to support an environment that encourages personal contact among ethnic groups. Dialogue matters most. And that's something Detroi...…

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…44 . Abbas: A Softer Edge? Story Revisited Mahmoud Abbas, alias Abu Mazen, has always believed that the promise of peace could be more disarming than all the expletives of war. And so, for the past 30 years, Abbas has been on assignment to some of the leading luminaries in Israel's peace movement. For example, in the 1990s, he teamed up with Yossi Beilin and framed the so-called Beilin-Mazen Plan. More recently and notably since Yasser Araf...…

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…JEVV1SH RENAISSANCE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS D PUBLISHER' Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejevvishnews.com JNOline.com i / EDITORIAL' Editor Robert A. Sklar rsklar@thejewishnews.com GENERAL MANAGER F. Kevin Browett kevin@jewish.com Associate Editor Alan Hitsky aliitslcy@thejewishnews.com ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER Suzanne Sherman ssherman@jewish.com Arts Editor/ JN Platinum Creative Editor Gail Zimmerman gzinamerman@thejewishnews.com 'ADVER...…

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…`Unbelievable Destruction' Domstein brothers escape tsunami's wrath. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer W hen brothers Randy and David Domstein set out to scuba dive on Dec. 26 some 50 nautical miles off Phuket, Thailand, they could never have imagined that when they returned to land it would be the site of the tsunami devastation televised around the world. "If we had remained on the shore — or even in the place our boat had first been a...…

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…e A devastated Main stre t, on Minket 11.E \et arrella FINE JEWELS 32889 woodward avenue • royal oak • 248.549.9100 west side of Woodward — one block south of 14 mile store hours: Tu 10-6 W 10-6 Th 10-8 Fr 10-6 Sat 11-5 www.marrellaandco.com "They really are daredevils," Dr. Domstein said. "Both of them." David is now back home to the joy and relief of his parents. "When he got back here last Tuesday night [Jan. 4], I just felt him to...…

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…Where's The Beef? On Board Two of the 25 Oakland County commissioners sworn in to office Jan. 6 are Jewish: second-termer incumbent Helene Zack, D-Huntington Woods, and newcom- er Marcia Gershenson, Zack D-Beverly Hills. The Oakland County Board of Commissioners sets policy and budget for 1.2 million residents. Terms run two years. Zack is a social worker active in the employee assistance program field. Gershenson's back- ground is with non...…

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…CC 4 0 z Thursday, Jan. 13 Monday, Jan. 17 Recognize Abusive Behavior Ellen Yashinsky-Chute, director of clinical serv- ices, Jewish Family Service, speaks to Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood on "Things Your Mother Didn't Tell You About Relationships," 7:30 p.m. No charge; bring a toiletry to be donated. (248) 661-0040. Friday, Jan. Tot Shabbat Jewish Cultural Society offers family-friendly Shabbat gathering, 6 p.m., for children up to age 5 ...…

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…Fourth-Grade Kabbalat Shabbat Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield celebrates fourth-graders 6 and coffee. Temple Emanu-El (248)967-4020. (248) 357-5544. Family Havdalah Young Family Shabbat Committee of Temple Emanu-El hosts 6 p.m. serv- ice, games and dinner. $15 adults in advance, $15 at door; $8, $10 children under 12; no charge children under 3. (248) 967-4020. p.m. Dinner. RSVP: (248) 357-5544. Emanu-El's 54th The Southfield Phil...…

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…Aid Questioned Local Arab committee challenges bank sponsorships of Friends of the IDF dinner. r DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News "TN 1/13 2005 16 ollowing the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) dinner on Oct. 20, the Michigan office of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) challenged support of the annual event by five banks. Some in the Jewish community see the challenge as another shot in the effort to ...…

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…lar but declined to comment further. "We will work hard to ensure that JCCouncil's Allan Gale said he was- future contributions at any level n't sure how much pressure the Arab remain in our primary focus areas of community was actually putting on the the arts, education, health and human banks, but observed, "If the Arab com- services, and housing and economic munity is heading in that direction, it development," he said. ), can backfire on ...…

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…HOLOCAUST-ERA SWISS BANK CLAIMS A new list is now available of Swiss bank account holders who were probably or possibly victims of Nazi persecution. The list, resulting from further negotiations with Swiss banks, is part of the claims process under the Settlement of the Holocaust Victim Assets class action litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Chief Judge Edward R. Korman presiding. To date, the Court has...…

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…Digest Photojournalist Speaks Documenting the massive aliyah of Ethiopian Jews and their extraordinary transformation in Israel, Ricki Rosen will present a photographic journey at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Food for Thought pro- gram, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the home of Florine Mark in Farmington Hills Rosen The program is host- ed by the Federation - Women's Campaign and Education Department with the support of cor-...…

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…the perfect place for planning... The more you save the more you earn with our "Premier" Money Market Account. Sisterhood's Annual Party Planning M e the most of your Mone tt Showcase SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 9:15 am-3:00 pm Handleman Hall Temple Beth El 7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 rat APY* Account Balances of $100,000 or more. (New Deposits Only) Bakeries Par Planners * Invitations * Centerpieces * Caterers * Hotels ...…

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…Uphill Battle Abbas faces challenges as he prepares to lead the Palestinian Authority. Photos by Brian Hendler/JTA elections would be held no later than August. Abbas also faces the challenge of reforming the security forces: Internal Jerusalem rivalries in the P.A. allowed for the rise ahmoud Abbas, elected presi- of local chieftains and a near-total dent of the Palestinian breakdown in public order. One way Authority on Sunday, wore a to ...…

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…World A fabulous thing happened to David and Missy Bean that they had not exactly counted on—their family of four grew to be five. Maya, 111/2 and Adam, 71/2 are now the older siblings to the family's newest bundle of joy, a baby girl named Annabel whose first night home from the hospital ended with an early morning phone call to—Gittleman. ELECTIONS from page 21 "Add on another room!" commanded the happy—though sleepless—couple as they aw...…

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…Welcome to the state of independence $1000 GM BONUS CASH dollars in foreign aid, much of it went to terrorism and corruption, leaving the authority with a meager $19 mil- lion in its bank accounts and needs that exceed $135 million, according to Fayyad. The hope is that in a stable post- election era, international donors will again open their wallets. Another major challenge is wide- spread corruption in the civil service. For the past eigh...…

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…World The End Of Auschwitz Local survivors remember death camp's liberation 60 years ago. LEV PARANSKY Special to the Jewish News O nce every month, a group of eld- erly people come together at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. They are members of Sham-it Haplaytah of Metropolitan Detroit, and all are survivors of the Holocaust. The destinies of these people differ from one another, but there is some- thing they all have in common ...…

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…Briefs The SAAB 9.3: The First Car to Receive a "Double Best Pick" Crash Test Rating Ever. People Who Test Drive a Saab Usually Buy One • Turbo Charged Engine • No Charge Scheduled Maintenance • 5 Star Rating on Safety AIPAC Prober Has History A top FBI official New York/JTA investigating a pro-Israel lobbying group was posted in 1999 to lead the bureau's Portland, Ore., office shortly after a group he headed was implicated in "inappropria...…

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…Editorials are posted and archived on JNOnline.com Dry Bones ere's the central truth about the Palestinian Authority: It doesn't exercise much author- ity over Palestinians. That doesn't mean that last Sunday's election of Mahmoud Abbas as the new president of the P.A., succeeding the late Yasser Arafat, isn't significant. But his victory in an election that was not particularly contested does not automatically put him in a position to deliv...…

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…OTHER VIEWS Dr. King And The Jews A As our nation prepares to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday on Jan. 17, it behooves the Jewish community to take this opportunity to re-tell the story of this brave man's fight for his people's freedom. If that sounds reminiscent of Passover, it should. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest moral voices of our time, helped lead his people out from under the bur- den of state-spons...…

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…The Problem With Mahmoud Abbas Jeff Jacoby is a Boston Globe columnist. His column is distributed by the New York Times Syndicate. His e-mail address is jacoby@globe.com in the future. Since the P.A. is the largest employer in the West Bank and Gaza, the threat carries a great deal of weight. "Physical intimidation has also played a role. ... On Wednesday [Jan. 5], shots were fired at [candidate Bassam ell Salhi's offices in Ramallah." Surel...…

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…S Spotlight Newswo Hadassah hears Channel 7 news reporter Cheryl Chodun. Above: Eleanor Roosevelt's Programming Vice President Sharon Goldenberg of Huntington Woods introduces Cheryl Chodun. I F ongtime WXYZ-TV reporter Cheryl Chodun spoke . about the media's responsibility to the public to 55 mem- bers of Hadassah's Eleanor Roosevelt group at a brunch at Hadassah House in West Bloomfield on Sunday, reminding lis- teners that while local...…

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…CURT SCHLEIER Special to the Jewish News s part of the research for his new documen- tary, Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State, film- maker Laurence Rees visited "a very brave Ukrainian national, someone who fought both the Red army and the Nazis and was subsequently sent to a gulag. "We were doing the interview over a cup of tea when he says, 'By the way, I've been meaning to ask, `What do you think of the international Jewish con- spiracy?''' ...…

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…Best Bets DJ SPOOKY D.W. Griffith's 1915 film classic Birth of a Nation was both a technical masterpiece of filmmaking and a very controversial work due to its racial content. Now, Paul Miller — better known as "DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid," and one of the most influential DJs on the New York circuit — makes his University Musical Society debut with Rebirth of a Nation. A remix of the silent classic, combining footage from the original fil...…

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…26t h U MS Seaso t 4011 ` O 41111 ■ Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Cdeb rity • Jews NATE BLOOM Special to the Jewish News The African Shoah Opening last week in Detroit was the film Hotel Rwanda, about the 1994 massacre of almost a million Rwandan Tutsis by their Hutu coun- trymen. The film centers on a Hutu hotel owner who saved the lives of 1,200 Tutsis. Brit actress SOPHIE OKONEDO, who is the daughter of a Nigerian father and a British Jew...…

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…Arts Life NEW INSIGHTS from page 31 Setting The Stage But times pass and things change. "My daughter thinks of World War II as the battle of Hastings, as history in a way it wasn't for me," said Rees. There was very little opinion expressed against the project, and, ironically, Rees noted, what there was came from Jews who essentially. said, "Enough already. )) But Rees disagreed. There was much new material uncovered in the archives of th...…

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