…750 THE JEWISH NEWS 2 Final Countdown I he excitement mounts as the Michigan Miracle "Mission-aires" prepare for their flights to Israel. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER ore than seven decades sepa- rate Markus Simon and Shari Katz. But their mission is the same: to visit Israel with 1,284 Jewish Detroiters. In two days, 84-year-old Mr. Simon and Shari, 13, will board El Al flights to Israel. They are among the oldest and youngest participant...…
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…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CIII No. 6 %Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Wanaging Editor Phil Jacobs April 16, 1993 Associate Editor Alan Hitsky DETROIT atient Advocate Assistant Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Staff Writers Kimberly Lifton Huth Littmann Lesley Pearl 1 4p Julian Nussbaum puts patients ahead of medical administration. Contributing Editor \Elle Wiesel Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Corresp...…
…IF ITS SYMBOL. ERAS A igiANGLE, er's A( TARGET! NEXT We r)iscussiraxis 1, ust.IM FUNDA141,1 0816 0A I TE AND TOURiSM When Mission Ends, The Miracle Begins This weekend, about 1,300 of our neighbors, friends and loved ones are boarding three El Al jets and flying to a 10-day mission in Is- rael. Once there, 30 busses will take them on a journey that scours Israel. They'll see its museums; they'll see its ar- chaeology; they'll taste its f...…
…Community Views Opinion ailing Attention To A Dual Standard Heavy Fare, No Change On Bus Ride In Israel 111 BERL FALBAUM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Admittedly, it gets somewhat tiring to continue to harp on the double standard of the media and public opinion when it comes to the involvement of Israel in the news. It is also extremely frustrat- e , ing because the complaints re- ally have no impact — whether they are in the form of letters...…
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…r, A ■ SPRING1993 ISSUE ■ SINAI HOSPITAL THE CONQUEST OF PAIN: SINAI'S OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL MEDICINE PROGRAMS ou knew it as soon as it happened. You must have bent down wrong. When you tried to stand up and twist with that crate in your arms, your back muscles cramped and a pain shot down your leg. You approached your supervisor with your torso angled at about 45-degrees. Silently, you both shook your heads, despairing the disability abs...…
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…Chose na Silbergleit has few memories of Warsaw before the war, but she will never forget the oranges and the larvae. Her mother, Rena Rajchman, believed firm- ly in the power of Vitamin C. She insisted her two children — Ina and her older brother, Richard — eat an orange every day and get as much sun as possible. The jar of larvae was one of Richard's science projects. It is virtually all Mrs. Silbergleit remembers of Richard who perished, a...…
…Ina Silbergleit Holocaust Observances LLI Cf) UJ CC I- LL w 40 A number of organiza- tions, both in Detroit and nationwide, are holding observances to mark the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. These include: * Shaarit Haplaytah of Metropolitan Detroit and the Holocaust Memorial Center, together with the Greater Detroit Interfaith Round Table of Chris- tians, Jews and Muslims, the Ecumenical Division of the Archdiocese of...…
…The Heroes children. I loved those Russian soldiers? Rena's brother, Abraham, had settled in Ohio in 1940 and opened a lumber business. Rena and Ina joined him there in 1949. Abraham took care of his sister and niece, even paying for Ina's college education. A few cousins survived, but most of the family per- ished in the war. Rena Rajchman died 10 years ago, leaving her daughter only sad scraps of memory about her family before and during th...…
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…011 01111 Without Palestinians I Israel's closing of the territories gave the Jewish state a much-needed respite from terrorism. LARRY DERFNER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT t was a lovely Passover holiday, not having the Palestinians around. I never thought I'd write something like that. It's not a very liberal or humane sentiment. But that's the way it is, and I think I speak for just about all the Jews here, except for a few hard- core, hard-he...…
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