…COHN - HADDOW CENTER FOR JUDAIC STUDIES AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY AND BORDERS FARMINGTON HILLS presents a lecture at Borders by Dr. Elizabeth Heineman Associate Professor, Department of History, Bowling Green State University "The Transformation of Anne Frank: From Doomed Diarist to Symbol of Hope" As Anne Frank has been trans- formed from one teenaged girl into a universal symbol of the Holocaust, she has taken on a wide variety of mean...…
…comfortably at his Bingham Farms home. iiRosenblum and Tom Mikkelsen, a 'Henry Ford Hospital neurologist who co-directs the neuro-oncology depart- ment with Rosenblum, recently edit- ed a book on how cancer cells can proliferate in the brain, which is what Rosenblum is most concerned about in the ambassador's case. Rosenblum said a recently devel- oped technique called Eigen imaging ,.1 now available to see more precisely where cancer cells ma...…
…Persistent Differences Religious pluralism battle erupts anew in Israel. AVI MACHLIS Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem E xactly one year ago, a committee headed by former Israeli Finance Minister Ya'acov Ne'eman was putting the finish- ing touches on what was billed as a historic compromise over the conversion crisis in Israel. It aimed to usher in a new era of dialogue between Orthodoxy and the liberal streams of Judaism and to start a...…
…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs failure to agree on a constitution has \ left persistent ambiguities. Israel's Law of Return, which grants automatic citizenship to Jews, has his- torically been the source of the prob- lem. The law was amended in 1970 to define a Jew, for the purpose of receiv- ing citizenship, as "one born of a Jewish mother or who has converted." Since then, groups representing the haredi, or "fervent," side of Orthodoxy \-1-i...…
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…• • . • .... . Washington Watch Fighting celemency for Pollard JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent he Jonathan Pollard contro- versy came to a high boil this week — again — as the White House collected comments from a host of federal agencies as part of President Bill Clinton's promised reevaluation of the case for commutation. Most of that input was negative — much of it vehement, according to reports here. In anticipation of a pos...…
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…that will be built, although he esti- mates the startup cost at $500,000. Local businessmen hoping to build a tennis center in Gaza City have taken small steps to making that a reality. Seymour Brode, owner of the Franklin Racquet Club in Southfield, was contacted by Farmington Hills resident Arnold Michlin, co-chair of the locally based American Arab and Jewish Friends, to try to organize a local group to pursue funding. Jeff Kahn, who works...…
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…itorials Letters to the Editor are updated daily and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Making The Grade E very Allied Jewish Campaign donor should care about the learning benchmarks that a new umbrella group says it will propose for local day and supplemental schools. Jewish education, especially during the highly impressionable adolescent and teen years, is the keystone to Jewish continuity. Students, parents and the genera...…
…AIWA COMMINTART The Entire Detroit Jewish Community Should Be Proud Of Akiva's Accomplishments MICHAEL N. GREENBAUM Special to The Jewish News ulie Wiener's article about Akiva Hebrew Day School ("Akiva: The Roads Ahead" Jan. 1) is sadly misleading, ignoring that the best way to measure the success of an organization is by its "product" — in Akiva's case, its graduates. Academically, Akiva graduates are consistently represented on the list ...…
…serve COMMENTARY _A Public Forum Is The Right Place To Discuss The State Of Akiva ISAAC LAKRITZ Special to The Jewish News 7 he Jewish News has provided a great service to our commu- nity by its perceptive article about Akiva Hebrew Day School ("Akiva: The Roads Ahead" Jan. 1) Akiva is one of a number of institu- tions that provide direct service to the Detroit Jewish community. Too often, /D such organizations are insulated from the acco...…
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…Bar/Bat. Mitzvah James Boyle and the late Nona and Max Goldberg. Mitzvah projects include his ongoing work with a developmentally dis- abled seven-year-old boy through the Friendship Circle, volunteering at the Temple Israel library and donating to the Birmingham Autistic Program. Attending Derby Middle School in Birmingham, Michael is a mem- ber of the Birmingham Lacrosse League. He enjoys all outdoor activi- ties, especially snowboarding, c...…
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…JCC SUMMER CAMPS WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO FOR YOUR CHILD At the Jewish Community Center's Summer Camps, we have a long history of enriching our community's young people through stimulating and nurturing day camp programming. Over the past several years, the staff and lay leadership of the camps have been determined to provide your child with the best of everything: counseling and administrative staff, program choices which meet the unique ...…
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…Part of the lure of Arowhcl A Jellyfish Gamut "Jewish" camps can have a heavy emphasis or not even a mild taste of Judaism. SUSAN TAWIL Special to The Jewish News Top: 'Arabs" prepare food for Israel Day at Camp Young Judaea. Middle: A play about Jerusalem at Camp B'nos. Bottom: West Coast Connection has many adventures. 1 1 G 1999 58 Detroit Jewish News Iiir l ith winter's icy blasts whistling through the streets, your thoughts are...…
…camper. A nurse at Providence Hospital, ,,e spends her sum- mers as staff nurse at - Tamarack. This sum- mer her three chil- dren, Danny, 9, Jeff, 13, and Emily, 15, will again join her as campers there. Danny, returning \c-i. his third summer, 'Says he likes being in a camp with Jewish kids and enjoys the Shabbat singing. Although he says his family does not "do Shabbat" at home, he knows about it from \ Temple Israel's reli- b , ious school....…
…"Grins" are "In" at ADAT SHALOM DAY CAMP Rx For Adventur Pediatrician Martin Levinson discusses legitimate and not-so legitimate — health concerns for children at camp. 272 YEARS — KINDERGARTEN BOUND Session June 21 - July 16 Session II: July 19 - August 6 Adat Shalom's warm, experienced staff 2 Morning 19rogram 5 Morning Frogram with Supervised Lunch 3 Full-day Frogram with complimentary lunches on Wednesday Extended Hours Available We...…
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