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…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY HMC And WS() Produce Holocaust Children's Play ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor A charming children's opera that was per- formed in the There- sienstadt concentration camp will be revived in rnid- December by the Holocaust Memorial Center and Wayne State University. The 45-minute opera Brundibar is a parable on the theme of good and evil. It was written by H...…

…PURELY COMMENTARY PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus History In The Making And Preserving M ichigan Jewish. His- tory Journal will surely attract na- tionwide attention when its 30th anniversary edition is published toward the end of this month. Many Jewish communities throughout the land have historical societies and there are many with journals as their publishing organs. Few if any have reached the record of publishing uninterrupted- ly...…

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…UP FRONT ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor W hen Aryeh Bibi stood up amid a group of friends while dining out in Jerusalem earlier this mon- th, restaurant patrons set their forks and glasses down and prepared for the worst. The Jerusalem police chief, they said, was about to announce his decision to leave the force. Mr. Bibi offered no such news. But one week later, the rumors about the police chief appeared justified. Police Minister ...…

…EDITORIAL Double Coverage The camera never lies. After all, with our own eyes, we were witnesses to arson, crack house raids, a tearful mother who lost her son to random violence, a white Warren resident who portended terrible things if blacks moved into his community and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young spewing a stream of vulgarities. City leaders, elected, appointed and self- anointed, have ridiculed the ABC net- work's recent broadcasting of ...…

…CONTENTS Too Proud To Beg A Different Focus PHIL JACOBS Because they are Jewish, they aren't "supposed" to be hungry, or live in shelters or on the street. The acclaimed sculpture of Israel's Aharon Bezalel looks at the family in some timeless and startling ways. 28 70 Kibbutz Art NECHEMIA MEYERS 800 kibbutzniks take time off from their jobs, with permission, to work at being great Israeli artists. L 39 OPINION 10 Building bridges...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS /1--1 Michigan Ear Institute presents ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITORS: Elizabeth Applebaum Phil Jacobs STAFF WRITERS: Susan Grant Kimberly Lifton Richard Pearl CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elie Wiesel WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: James D. Besser FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Helen Davis PHOTOGRAPHER: Glenn Triest LOCAL COLUMNISTS: Danny Raskin Carla Jean ...…

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…, •=mmmi OPINION Bridges Continued from Page 10 died. It's far from dead. But it is far from being fully respected either. Just like Southfield. Just like the Woods. Baseless efforts at ritual modification or synagogue af- filiation changes to "accom- modate" a perceived member- ship base are akin to our various schools catering to our children's desires to learn what they want (or don't). It is a case of not addressing the real shortcomin...…

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…DETROIT 'Times' Writer Sees President, Saddam As Threats To Israel ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor W illiam Safire had a warning for Israel on Monday evening. The New York Times colum- nist sees a diminished com- mitment from the Bush ad- ministration to the Jewish state. Speaking at a major gifts meeting of the Allied Jewish Campaign at the home of Paul and Marlene Borman, Mr.. Safire said, "I don't know if it's Bush's Texas oil background ...…

…TIFFANY & CO. Ms. Nessel's position is largely undefined. She will be based in Detroit and will travel on a regular basis to Lansing. There, Ms. Nessel hopes to get acquainted with as many key players in the legislature as possible. "It will be a step-by-step process. We will start with a narrow agenda and work our way up," Ms. Nessel said. "We will launch some grass- roots lobbying. Since we have no previous history, we are lucky to be start...…

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…CLOSE-UP Because they are Jewish, they aren't "supposed" to be hungry or live in shelters or on the street. But in Detroit and its suburbs, Jews are very much part of the poor. Too PROUD To BEG R PHIL JACOBS Assistant Editor Photos by Glenn Triest eid Miller just doesn't get it. A man in his 60s, he pays for his downtown apartment. "You can't do better than that; that comes to $5 a day." He knows where and when to pick up a hot meal for ...…

…Abraham Appel, a resident of Bonnie Warren's adult foster home. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 29 …

…PROUD Abraham Appel passes some of his time in front of the television while chain-smoking cigarettes. happening, especially when it comes to Jews in the inner city. Ms. Bender, coordinator of the Jewish Vocational Services' Pro- ject Outreach, travels to foster homes and SRO ho- tels in neighborhoods many would prefer to forget. She is the Jewish community's point person, offering JVS services to a client load of about 120 that largely incl...…

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…of theological and cultural reasons, as well as shared democratic values. However, the difference now is that "the constant media attention" on Israel has prompted evangelicals to question their continued unqualified support, he said. "In the evangelical com- munity," explained Mr. O'Connell, who is based in Washington, "a lot of past support for Israel was, frankly, blind support stemming from biblical interpretations of Israel's role in the ...…

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…LIFE IN ISRAEL From Yonina Lamdan's safari series of acrylic paintings. Kibbutz Art 800 Israeli artists take time off from work . . . to work. NECHAMIA MEYERS Special to The Jewish. News A rt apparently takes priority over food at Urim, a kibbutz in the western Negev. This is the only possible ex- planation for the fact that the settlement allows a half- dozen of its members time off from work to do painting and sculpture — as well as p...…

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…THE WOMEN OF JEWISH NATIONAL FUND invite you to attend their 61ST ANNUAL DONOR EVENT (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC. Friday: Bat Mitzvah of Jennifer Beth Canner, daughter of James and Susan Canner. Saturday: Bar Mitzvah of Jonathan David Sherman. son of Barbara and Harvey Sherman. Friday service in sanctuary: Rabbi Polish will speak. Parallel service in the Classical Reform Mode, Maas Chapel. Rabbi Cook will speak. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Torah...…

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…HEALTH Battlin Dysautonomia clouds the future of these Jewish families. ADRIEN CHANDLER R Special to The Jewish News Rachel Reich, age 5 1/2 and afflicted with dysuatonmia, sits on her father's lap. 48 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1990 achel Reich is no stranger to hos- pitals. She's been on the inside ma- ny times in her five years, leapfrogging from one medical crisis to another. Her parents, Keith and Sandi Reich, former Detroiters now liv...…

…Losing A Child W The Reichs enjoy a family visit to Detroit — Alex, Keith, Rachel and Sandi. the age of 5. But with early diagnosis and advancements in treatment, many dysauto- nomic children are living well into adulthood and enjoying relatively normal lives. Statistically, dysautonomia is as common as a better known "Jewish" genetic disease — Tay-Sachs. One out of every 30 Ashkenazi Jews is a potential carrier of the autosomal recessive c...…

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