…7 50 DETROIT THE JEWISH N',EAATS 4 IYAR 5754/APRIL 15, 1994 CLOSE UP Watch And Worry security reasons, he and his brothers in Israel and Australia purchased a condo- minium for their mother in a new Jew- ish community retirement village in Johannesburg. She does not want to leave South Africa. She was supposed to move into her new home this month, but the movers refused to travel the roads until after the elections. Thirty to 40 years ag...…
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…/-' 1 April 15, 1994 1 1 1 Detroit HEALTH A physician-patient group fights Clinton health plan. 30 Play Ball! Warm memories make up for Tigers' cold start. ISRAEL Rabbis and the IDF battle Shallow Water A new pool at the JCC for children and disabled. for soldiers' loyalty. Voting After 'A' MIDEAST PLO police may not have Southfield voters will decide the fate of their schools. support of Palestinians. Business 38 39 Shif...…
…This may sound perverse, but it's also a truism: The last 12 months have been "good" for the Holo- caust. Friday, April 22, will mark the first an- niversary of the dedication of the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in Washington. And this marks the 18th week that Schindler's List is playing in film houses around the country. Both are runaway successes. Since it opened, the Holocaust museum has had 1.6 million tors, more than double the...…
…Community Views Editor's Notebook We Must Help While Gates Are Open Dressed Up In Peace, Arafat Hasn't Changed JAMES AUGUST SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHIL JACOBS EDITOR ID ames August was recent- ly a part of a United Jew- ish Appeal Operation Exodus Mission to Uzbek- istan and Israel. Uzbekistan is one of a group of newly independent nations on the central Asian underbel- ly of Siberia and what used to be the Soviet Union. It's a to- ...…
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…DETROIT I THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CV No. 5 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum Alan Hitsky Staff Writers Jennifer Finer Ruth Littmann Lesley Pearl Steve Stein Contributing Editor We've got a community problem. The Southfield Public Schools are at a crossroads. The State has taken over funding of public education. Southfield's enriched, comprehensive program costs $9,400 per...…
…• • • COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Torah By Phone T he Torah Communica- tions Network of Brook- lyn has a new service that allows anyone to learn a page a day of Torah, as well as study other subjects of Jew- ish interest, simply by picking up the phone. Dial-a-Daf and Dial-a-Shi- ur are available in English and Yiddish. (Mishnah-on- the-Phone is offered in Eng- lish only.) Topics include Holo- caust studies, tales of tzadikim and Jewis...…
…SCHINDLER page 1 List by high-school students prompts discussion, it could be the biggest breakthrough in Holocaust education to date. However, he is skeptical of the lack of teacher training offered through the partnership be- tween Mr. Spielberg and the states. "If you give teachers five to 10 pages of mimeographed out- line on the Holocaust, they're And now, will the real #1 please stand up. Schedules must still be arranged. not incline...…
…It was cold and the Tigers lost. But the memories of earlier summers kept everybody warm. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER so-duegree t p and d 48 uidtnsoki he ovwerocas revent Southfield mident- - J. oanne Levine from enjoying the rite of spring. On Monday, she was among the sell- out crowd attending the Detroit Tigers' home opener. Ms. Levine, a diehard fan of baseball for , . 26 years, had a ticket for the game but was sure she could attend on...…
…Interfaith Efforts Recognized, Honored LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER R abbi M. Robert Syme stepped foot into the Shrine of the Little Flower. Father Malcolm Carron brought Jewish studies to the University of Detroit. Both acts shocked some, but the men believed they were nec- essary to further intergroup re- lations. For that spirit, the Ecu- menical Institute for Jewish- Christian Studies will honor the spiritual leaders of Temple Is- rael and...…
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…ee /-' Family Fun ay B'nai David Won't Build ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR S ome 200 members of Congregation B'nai David voted April 10 to discontinue plans to build in West Bloomfield and con- centrate on merging with an- other area congregation. B'nai David last week re- ceived a letter from a bank, of- fering to provide up to $1.5 million toward a new building. The congregation had sought $2.1 million to build a 300-seat sanctuary on M...…
…The Allied Jewish Campaign is honored to present Thomas Keneally Internationally Acclaimed Author of "Schindler's List" Monday; May 2, 1994 7:30 p.m. program followed by dessert reception Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Nfiddlebelt Road Open to contributors to the 1994 Allied Jewish Campaign $6 per person Please respond on the form below by April 27. Florine Nlarl: Ross Norman D. Katz Chairmen. 1994 Allied Jewish Campaign ( Yes, I (we...…
…C ourage in the Face of Evil," the official State of Michigan Holocaust Commemoration, will honor the rescuers of Holocaust victims April 21 at the State Capi- `-, tol Building in Lansing. The public is invited to the noon- 1 p.m. program, which will pub- licly recognize the selfless acts during the Holocaust by Henriet- ta Wiecherthes of Holland, Sonya Kuperus of Jennison, the Rev. John Timmer of Grand Rapids and Anneke Koositra-Burke of May...…
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…CONGREGATION BETH ABRAHAM HILLEL MOSES PRESENTS A SPECIAL SPRING EVENT THE SECOND DETROIT GREAT JEWISH DEBATE 'Tv" rint•fft v 4:r 41irri ADDRESSING THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN JUDAISM Life, Death Join At Childbirth N SHLOMO RISKIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH TIMES Rabbi Leonardo Bitran, Shaarey Zedek - B'nai Israel Center Rabbi Aaron Bergman, Beth Abraham Hillel Moses Dr. Nancy Gad-Harf, Program Director, Temple Israel David Gad-Hart...…
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…\AT jederal jireplace OUTDOOR 'Barbecue & patio SHOP cfc SAVE To YOUR FUR, Rabbi Leads Breakfast Study Due to a rise in attendance and the number of groups wishing to tour the museum, the Holo- caust Memorial Center has ex- tended its hours of operation for the school year. The HMC is now open to visitors on Fridays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. from Sep- tember through May. Regular year-round hours continue to be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday through Thu...…
…ea l th / , -,t4fe,44 Photos by Glenn Triest e I. Physician-patient group combats the Clinton 'Fix' for health reform. RUTH UTTIVIANN STAFF WRITER C3P2 founder Dr. Paul Ehrmann will participate in "Dangerous Medicine," April 16th at Stevenson High School in Livonia. Cr) w U) w -) F- 0 F- LU L1.1 30 overnment-run health care will have a lot in common with the U.S. Postal Service, says Dr. Ira Mickelson, a Royal Oak obste- tr...…
…he Big, ad Wolf? U.S . should adopt Canada's single-payer system. DR. BARNETT ZUMOFF SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS W ia is going on? Almost every American thinks there is a crisis in our health-care system. Even so, the Clinton adminis- tration, most of Congress and nearly all media are ignoring the one proposal that would bring the crisis to an end quickly. The American Health Secu- rity Act (S.491/H.R. 1200), in- troduced principally by Sen...…
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…alth :ff0,7,07.5.7/A MUMESERVEMEMZMY/AMOOMM " Israelis Embrace Self-Help Groups LISA SAMIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS t the age of 33, "Nira" started to have disturb- ing dreams in which she was sexually abused by her father. Over a seven-year period, despite moving to Israel from the United States, under- going a major career change, be- coming a practicing Jew, and getting engaged, the dreams A WHAT'S NEW... SHORT HAIR. SHORT SKIRTS....…
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…HEALTH REFORM page 31 What a progression...Is this so different from what was de- manded of physicians in Hitler's Germany? After World War I in Ger- many, physicians were seen as servants of the state, rather than independent practitioners. Their primary allegiance was pledged to the government. At this same time, the chronically ill were viewed as a tremendous economic burden on German society. The sickly, the im- paired, the homosexual and...…
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…• O O Rising interest rates force mortgage firms CI) LI to try new L-1 a , strategies. 38 R.J. KING SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I n the information age, change is rapid.That fact is not lost on the mortgage industry, where a sudden jump in interest rates can turn a once prosperous firm into another hardship case in bankruptcy court. Since January, the average area rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage has jumped from 6.90 to 8.19 perc...…
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…Business Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood presents LAS VEGAS EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, April 16 Compiled by Steve Stein FEMINIZATION of the Workplace will be the subject of the next dinner meeting of the Jewish Federation Business and Professional Women's Di- vision. Marcey Ellen Uday, execu- tive vice president of Prism Per- formance Systems and founder of Contemporary Learning Sys- tems, will be the featured speaker at the 6 p.m. April 21 event ...…
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