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…I ' 5- i : WHAT WE LIKE BEST ABOUT OI DADS; PROFITING ON THE U.S. OPEN. DETROIT $1.00 /June 14, 1996 / 27 Sivan 5756 THE JEWISH NEWS On The Brink Can Jewish education turn the tide of assimilation? …
…INSIDE: DETROIT/ HEART-TRANSPLANT PATIENT MAKES PROGRESS; BUSINESS/ FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES. 750 V DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS 16 TAMMUZ 5755/JULY 14, 1995 Horror Beyond Belief, Anguish Beyond Words Did a local woman murder her daughter, or are police unfairly targeting someone who already has suffered too much? In exclusive interviews before her arrest last week, Linda Jean Solomon tells her story. Although it's the br...…
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…750 DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS 9 CHESHVAN 5755 / OCTOBER 14, 1994 CLOSE UP Jewish Foods Celebrities Can't Resist It's A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood... For Bagels And Chicken Soup Story on page 50 Changing With The Times The Allied Jewish Campaign is making some fundamental modifications. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR hen Allied Jewish Campaign volun- teers make their calls on Super Sunday, Oct. 23, they will be signaling the start...…
…DETROIT ASH NEWS 3 SHEVAT 5 7 5 4/JANUARY 14, 1994 Fire And Ice Jews and gentiles help Northgate families escape the flames and find shelter. It's Tax Time! RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER School re-finance and federal taxes may hit you hard. illiam Allen, a resident of Northgate Apartments in Royal Oak Township, was scraping snow and ice off his car when he heard a neighbor across the street scream, "Fire!" Mr. Allen ran toward the man, a ...…
…75¢ THE JEWISH NEWS 23 IYAR 5753/MAY 14, 1993 Decision Deferred Darchei Torah waits for Federation. Masters Of Disaster LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER Hurricane Andrew is the 4th major storm for lnrecon. Page 29 ince opening its doors seven years ago, Darchei Torah has added a grade level to its Orthodox day school each year. For three years, it has tried to add the status of Jewish Federation bene- ficiary to its name. Administrators remai...…
…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 15 AV 5752/AUGUST 14, 1992 oseUp Will Jews Be Swayed By Loan Guarantees? George Bush's change of heart may not heal wounds within the Jewish community. KIMBERLY LIPTON STAFF WRITER Growing Pains or years, many considered the New Israel Fund one of Jewry's best-kept secrets. A small, low-profile organi- zation that supports civil rights work and libera...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 14, 1992 / 10 ADAR 5752 U-M Invites Black Activist NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer D r. Leonard Jeffries, who last summer said Jewish movie moguls and the Mafia conspire to denigrate blacks, will speak at the University of Mich- igan later this month. U-M's Black Student Union invited Dr. Jeffries to speak as part of its Black History Month celebrations. Othe...…
…E SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP JUNE 14, 1991 / 2 TAMMUZ 5751 Family Matchers Need Americans AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer hen Bella and Si- meon Kraven- chenko of Odessa arrived in Detroit a year- and-a-half ago, John and Monkman decided to take the Kravenchenko family under their wing. So when the Kraven- chenkos and the Monkmans heard last week that a new Soviet Jewish family was en route to Detroit, bo...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS DECEMBER 14, 1990 / 27 KISLEV 5751 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JWF Cautiously Marks Calendar PHIL JACOBS Assistant Editor O n Jan. 15, the world could be at war. On Jan. 19, a dele- gation of professional and lay leadership from the Detroit Jewish Welfare Fed- eration could be in Israel. That is, if there is no war. A trip planned by the Fed- eration to show solidarity and support with Israel a...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SEPTEMBER 14, 1990 / 24 ELUL 5750 Archbishop Seeks Close Jewish-Catholic Ties PHIL JACOBS Assistant Editor A t a time when world Catholic and Jewish leaders have come together in condemnation of anti-Semitism, and a time when the head of the Vat- ican's commission on Catholic-Jewish relations called anti-Semitism within Christian thought and prac- tice a reason to do...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60¢ SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Local Groups Rally On Abortion Ruling KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer Angered by last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting a woman's right to choose abortion, many Jewish groups and community leaders are mustering forces to fight what they expect will be the most emotional issue of the decade. "I don't know where these people come from who legislate morality," said Bar...…
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…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60cP OCTOBER 14, 1988 / 3 CHESHVAN 5749 Stella Denies Knowing GOP Unit's Nazi Ties ELIZABETH KAPLAN Staff Writer Detroit businessman Frank Stella, honorary chairman of the Na- tional Republican Heritage Groups Council, this week rebutted charges in a published report that he ignored the presence of Nazi sympathizers within the group, saying "If I knew so- meone like that in t...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AUGUST 14, 1987 / 19 AV 5747 Battle For Souls Skirmishes in the Knesset have fueled the war over whether Israel is to be guided by religious law or keep synagogue and state separate HELEN DAVIS Israel Correspondent Jerusalem — Israeli legislators last month came to within a whisper of tearing apart the fragile fabric of the Jewish world. The issue was not the proposed in...…
…76 Trombones SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c NOVEMBER 14, 1986 / 12 CHESHVAN 5747 'Christian Jews' Air Their Beliefs Channel 7's rKelly & Co.' on Tuesday hosted 'Jesus Jews' and some of their detractors DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer A televised encounter Tuesday between Jews who believe Jesus is the Messiah of the Jewish people and their detractors was only "a tiny scratch in a 2,000 year controversy," host John Kelly tol...…
…I v%r, ,, I "'41 TD env %D1-i11 1 1C, Tc 1-4n Against Silence Carrying The “Torch Page 48 Page 35 A (iv %iq 1 1 j r )31 -1 ( 1 :) ;',1(1INP M 3?:'1 T hl 4 )61 L 1 1 • THIS ISSUE 50c • 1936 MARCH 14, 1986 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY Tourism Fears Worrying Israelis CLOSE-UP BY ALAN HITSKY News Editor Jerusalem — Is- raeli tourism officials are quietly worried that European ter- rorist incidents late last ...…
…HO .: ■ A Keeping In Shape I ltiNN -)N 1 -) tN;r1 I 1117 1014 A 'e-P.1 ?i c l I 1 ")=1 - 1101 NCI 1 N fo. 3 '3 k tib1 L11 Page 44 smio ■ •••• THIS ISSUE 50c FEBRUARY 14, 1986 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY Shcharansky Walks Bridge Of Freedom Will Anatoly's release signal an opening of the gates for Soviet Jewry? BY ARTHUR J. MAGIDA Special to The Jewish News As Anatoly Shcharansky walked across the snow-cove...…
…• The War That Went Wrong 3 Good News, Bad News For American Jews 44 Elie Wiesel Says A Jew Alone Is A Jew In Danger 88 Esther Broner: Feminist And Zionist 25 1■111■■■•■=i THIS ISSUE 50c SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY JUNE-14, 1985 Public Perceptions Worry Carl Levin General community sees Jewish groups as 'one- issue' oriented. BY ALAN HUSKY Craig Terkowitz News Editor Two rabbis at left blow shofars while bein...…
…Hadassah buying West Bloomfield library 8 An Ethiopian Jew feels the pain of famine 14 Michael Rosett befriends the terminally-ill 10B Traditional recipes enliven Festival of Lights 84 THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 40c SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY DECEMBER 14, 1984 THE LIGHT OF 'CHANUKAH BY RABBI EZRA BOYARSKY Special to The Jewish News Chanukah — the Festival of Lights and Rededication which begins on Tuesday eve...…
…Kahane skips Detroit visit 10 New Jewish activists needed on campus 25 Jewish Toronto has become a thriving community 48 Lobenthal: Tracing the hatemongers 96 THE JEWISH NEWS SEPTEMBER 14, 1984 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 40c CLOSE-UP Preaching Politics BY SHERWOOD D. KOHN Special to The Jewish News In politics, the important subjects are often the ones that politicians avoid, and that is particula...…
…Kosher Food for Elderly Funded at JCC Morris Branch c Dr. Conrad L. Giles, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Federation's Task Force on Community-Based Services for the Non-Institutionalized Elderly, has announced that the Jewish community has received signific- ant funding from the Area Agency on Aging 1-B for the 1983-1984 fiscal year. A kosher nutrition program will begin Monday at the Jewish Com- munity Center-Jimmy Prentis Morris Branch in...…
…Amity of Lebanon and Israel Emphasized in Agenda Agreement Meanwhile,- in Jerusalem, the Prime Minister's spokesman reacted with anger Wednesday to reports from Washington to the effect that Menahem Begin's visit next month might be postponed if there were no progress in the Lebanon negotiations. The reports, on Kol Yisrael Radio, also referred to President Yitzhak Navon's imminent decision on whether to re-enter politics, and the report of t...…
…Concern Is Shown Over Effect of State's Economic Decline on the Major Jewish Community Agencies Administrative forces in basic movements involving assistance to the handicapped as well as to the other social service agencies in the community are becoming seriously concerned over the effects upon them of the economic pressures evolving especially in Michigan's plight in the current conditions. Special concern is expressed over the effects of t...…
…Bar-Ilan U. Establishes Chair in Communications Recognizing the urgent need for improved public relations and the training of highly-qualified and properly-trained experts in the field of publ ic relations. the Bar-Ilan University's Senate and Board of Governors this week set into motion plans for post- graduate courses in journalism and the- related media, including radio and television. A chair in communications will be inaugurated at the u...…
…Reagan's Debt to U.S. Jews Remains to Be Earned By MURRAY ZUCKOFF MURRAY ZUCKOFF Presidential Glory Bathed in Legacies Rooted in Justice and Fair Play NEW YORK (JTA) — Prominent Jewish Republicans are claiming that Jewish voters played a pivotal role in electing Ronald Reagan and defeating President Carter in his bid for a second term in office. According to them, and on the basis of some random samplings by the television and print media,...…
…The Response to the UN Fiasco: Israel's Fate Is Not Negotiable THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 . VOL. LXXVII, No 2 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 The UN Blunder, Its Consequences, President Carter and the PLO Editorial, Page 4 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c March 14, 1980 Jewish Leaders Demanding Clarified U.S. Policy on Israel By DAVID FRIEDMAN NEW YORK (JTA) — ...…
…A Time for Action in Maccabean Spirit: UJA Inaugurates Year of Higher Goals to Assure Haven in Israel for Falashas, Emigres from USSR Detailed reports of important conference decisions on Page 80 Hanuka Message: The Lessons for All Editorial, Page 4 Commentary, Page 2 VOL._ pcxvi , No. 15 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review ee xn Hanuka Greetings to Jewish Communities of Jewish Events Everywhere Dec. 14, 1979 17515 W. Nine Mile,...…
…'Hyphenating' Nonsensical Accusations in Drummed-Up Black-Jew Issue THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 A WeekIN Review of Jetuish Events Threat to American Unity • Amity Between Two Factions • The American Spirit Prevails Editorials, Page 4 VOL. LXXVI, No. 2 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c Sept. 14, 1979 `Patient Pace' to Mark Talks; •issues Dividing Arab Mayors By GIL SE...…
…Detroit Kibutzniks' Way of Life as They Mark 30th Year in Israel By MEIR JAFFE (Special to The Jewish News) KIBUTZ EIN DOR, Israel — We ascended the hill, 30 years ago. It was in the early days of the Israel War for Independence, on barren soil, thousands of dunams of eroded land, parts had been worked by primitive Arab peasants, plenty of rocks (which afforded us a livelihood — Keren Kayemet fYisrael,JNF, on whose land we were settling, pai...…
…Navon Will Succeed Katzir TEL AVIV — Yitzhak Navon, a strong advocate of grea- ter Israeli flexibility in peace negotiations with the Arabs, was assured this week of election as president of the state. He was the sole candidate when nominations closed. Navon, 57, is a Labor Party member of the Knesset. He will be the first president to represent a party in opposition to the ruling government. In addition, Navon, who was born in Jerusalem, wil...…
…The Arab-Nazi Alliance: Inhumanity Revived • A Test for Zionist Congress Planners Commentary, Page 2 VOL. LXXII. No. 6 Holding Aloft the Torch of Learning • Community Put to the Test THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of -Jewish Events Editorials, Page 4' 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-'8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30° October 14, 1977 . German, Arab Spokesman Attack Holocaust Studies in NY Schools No Co...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS The Legacy of Solomon Zeitlin: Memorable Definition of 'Who Is a Jew' Commentary Page 2 VOL. LXX, No. 19 A Weekly Review 9 Editorial Page 4 f Jewish Events 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 Annointment: The Biblical and the Inauguration of President Carter $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30' January 14, 1977 jsrael, U.S., W. German Officials Dismayed by Terrorist's Release Agreement Signif...…
…Edgar Allan Poe as Bible and Hebrew Student • Hamilton's Jewish Background THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 VOL. LXIX, No. 10 9 • Editorial Page 4 of Jewish Events 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424 8833 - Young Leadership to the Fore: Analysis of Allied Drive $10.00 Per Year ; This Issue 30c May 14, 1976 Ford Re-Affirms Israel Support; olicy Statement Explains Veto M.E. Confrontation Exp...…
…Outraged Community Acts to Uphold Hands of Zion's Builders and Defenders; Set New Generosity Record Dayan Inspires Initial AJCampaign Meeting; • $5,616,000 Starts Drive Outraged by the revival of Hitlerism at the United Nations ir and the transformation of the world organization into a nest for anti-Semitism by the anti-Zionist resolution adopted by the Gen- eral Assembly Monday night, 91 participants in the initial meet- ing of the 1976 All...…
…Zuckerman Assumes Fund-Raising Chairmanship; Named to Ben-Gurion University Governors - Board Paul Zuckerman; who retired last December from the chairmanship of the United Jewish Appeal, has just assumed the role of world chairman of the World Fund-Raising Committee of the Jewish Agency and has already covered vast areas to expand the philanthropic efforts in support of Israel. Simultaneous with his new role, it has just been announced by Yos...…
…EDITORIAL ' Arab Boycott of Jewish Financial Enterprises Justifies Suspicions of Menacing Arab Bank Control The 'Armchair Philosopler' Ruminates About Banking Controls by Oil Magnates It doesn't matter whether the boycotter, as in the instance re- ported from London, is Kuwaitian or Saudi Arabian.He could be Iranian, Omanian, Syrian, Abu Dhabian, Egyptian. They are all engaged in a boycott of Israel and of the Jewish people, and they po...…
…Rep. Holtzman Accuses INS of Failing to Act on War Criminals WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D., N.Y.) declared Tuesday that the reply from the Immigration and Naturalization Service to her charges "confirms" her analysis that the INS has "failed to conduct a thorough, result-oriented investigation" of alleged Nazi war criminals living in the United States. "It appears", she asserted in a letter to INS Commissioner Leonard Chapma...…
…Vanik-Mills Amendment Is Adopted Overwhelmingly; USSR Emigration Freedom Demanded by Congressmen House Adopts *2.2 Billion Israel Arms Aid Measure Story on Page 5 Story on Page 5 Hanuka's 1973 Message . . Its Challenges in an Age of Tensions THE JEWISH NEWS Editorial Page 4 Commentary Page 2 Vol. LXIV. No. 14 Hanuka Greetings to Jewish Communities of Jewish Events A Weekly Review Everywhere Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspa...…
…$300,000 Prentis Family Gift Provides for Comprehensive School in Israel A $300,000 gift for the establishment of a compre- hensive high school in Nesher, near Haifa, was announced this week by Anna S. (Mrs. Myer L.) Prentis and the Prentis family. The Prentis contribution provides for major educa- tional needs in Israel supervised by the Israel Education Fund of the United Jewish Appeal. The Prentis family gift for a high school for grades ...…
…Concert Piani%t Offers 14► !Repay ITSSIt if It Frees Dancer NEW Yfiiik , J1A - bn hit ,r.: ■ '!:; Soviet Jewish (lancer Valery to leave the Sto.iet Pan, (um, ;•.a 11 , t David Bar titan has offered the nec.ssary f L iod, rciir.mirse tie t sSR if it "feels its investment in Pant is trainim :s to ti, forfeit - The farr-t. d pianist int.,d, h,- of,. cable transmitted v ia the American Jr,:--11 Congress to Par'' Secrec y; Leonid Brezhnev in .Mo...…
…Heart V Greetings to Israel and the Israelis on their 21th annirersary Inspiration from DAVID BEN-GURION, Architect of State of Israel on the State's 24th Anniversary Commentary Page 2 VOL. LXI, No. 5 THE JEWISH NEWS Review of Jewish News Michigan Weekly Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 $8.00 Per Year; This Issue 25c A Salute to Israel on 24th Anniversary . C...…
…Hebrew-Tongued Israel Stronghold for Yiddish • Zionist Congress Tumult Anticipated in Jerusalem By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Dr. Marcus' Story of Jew Who Refused Seat on the Supreme Court Page 48 TEL AVIV—While Arab guerrillas are fighting a war via the mails from Yugoslavia and Austria, in a campaign of terrorism to kill Jews they don't like; or to strive for an exterminate-Israel program by placing bombs in garbage cans, Jews in Israel are concer...…
…Is U. S. Israel Friendship Endangered? Reconstructed Jewish Agency Knowledgeabi I ity as Criterion for Communal Responses Editorials Page 4 Vol. LIX. No. 9 WASHINGTON (ZINS)—Although conversations held in Washington between U. S. Secretary of State William Rogers and Israeli Deputy Premier Yigal Allon were characterized by the press as "very friendly and frank," the truth is that the encounter was far from cordial and was marked by some s...…
…And He shall judge between the nations. And shall decide for many peoples: And they shall heat their swords into plowshares. LilLiui And their spears into pruning hooks: Nation shall not lift up word against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more. I,nirsh 2:4. Reconstructing Interesting Page of Zionist and Shaarey Zedek History in Detroit THE JEWISH NEWS Michigan Weekly Commentary Page 2 Ezdt Review of Jewish News Rational...…
…fisher Getting Top U.S. Jewish Post: Head of (IMF By Jewish News Special Correspondent BOSTON—Max M. Fisher, prominent Detroit leader who has gained national fame for his activities in a score of important movements, atttained the highest position in the American Jewish community by being chosen for the presidency of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, % ■ Ilich is concluding its annual assembly here this weekend. Fisher is ...…
…Arthur Goldberg Blames Extremists for Negro Anti-Semitism (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) LONDON= Arthur J. Goldberg, president of the American Jewish Committee, charged here Tuesday that publicity was responsible for exaggerating the extent of Negro anti-Semitism in the United States. The former justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and former U. S. ambassador to the United Nations addressed a meeting of the Anglo-Jewish Associati...…
…Brotherhood Week February 16 to 23: America Must Never Abandon Her Goals Urgent Need for a Revised Public Relations Program in Defense of Human Needs Editorial Page 4 Vol. UV, No. 22 Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the Detroit Round Table of the National Conference of Chris- tians and Jews, poses a challenging question: "Is America losing her way?" Dr. Sterling W. Brown, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, advances ...…
…UFK's Assassination Distresses Americans in Israel; Nation That Faces Terror is Horrified by Acts of Terror By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ TEL AVIV — There is no limit to the state of shock was occasioned here by the news first of the re- ported attack on Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 24 hours thereafter by the news of his passing. At every kiosk, at all news stands, wherever people Poured or stopped for a refreshing drink, the news was passed on with a s...…