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…Personal connection. Opinion page 36 www.detroitjewishnews.com April 16, 1999 Nisan 30, 5759 Vol. CXV, No. 8 6 Alternatives For Tots Private homes, Emanu-El offer infant t are options. 73 AppleTree Bar/Bat Mitzvah ... 58 58 Births 51 Calendar 118 Carla Schwartz 93 Crossword 14 Building. Identity In Poland and Israel, 42 local teens seek the Jewish experi- ence firsthand. Crossword Answers ..... Director's chair. The Scene page107 its...…

…April-May SPRING FORWARD WITH LIFE-LONG JEWISH LEARNING LATTE EC LEARNING 'The Jews of Syphon:2W 1999/ 5759 (IP A. with Rabbi Aaron Bergman Eilu v' Ellu joins with Adat Shalom Synagogue - in offering this five-part history series with Rabbi Daniel Nevins—April 14-May 12 Wednesday nights @ 8:00 pm • Borders Books & Music 30995 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills Mondays @ 10:00 am Each session is self-contained and can be attended in...…

…Learning A Lesson About Impressions D SARA GOTTLIEB Special to The Jewish News id you ever try to make a good impression on some- one special in your life? Why is it that every time I meet that someone, I am caught off guard? Perhaps I'm late for a carpool and did not take the oppor- tunity to look myself over quickly in the mirror; or my car is in the shop and I am driving a neighbor's old jalopy. It might happen on one of those days when ...…

…Photos by Krista Husa Saving The Day(care) Temple Emanu-El agrees to run infant program at Oak Park Kr LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer A Reform synagogue has agreed to lease space to continue running the endangered infant-tod- dler day care program at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Temple Emanu-El, next-door neighbor to the JCC's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building, reached an agreement with Center leadership at a meeting on Tuesday, wit...…

…Opposite page clockwise from top left: Fania Goldvekht relaxes Jack Blackwell. Jack Blackwell, 13 months, peeks out of his crib. Michelle Marakhen, 4, jumps over the rope that Tanya Ilyasova holds during exercise activities. Clockwise from bottom right: Fania Goldvekht feeds the babies one at a time, while the older ones enjoy lunch at their tables. Tanya Ilyasova teaches the children counting and the alphabet. They are singing the "A, B,...…

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…JULIE WIENER Ste' Writer ith rising enrollment and rising Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit allocations, times are good for Detroit's Jewish day schools. Many of the News afternoon Hebrew Analysis schools — the tradi- tional venue for American Jewish edu- cation — wish they could say the same. With a reported 6,000 students locally and an estimated 60 to 70 per- cent of Jewish students nationally, Hebrew schools, also known as congre-...…

…/kJ 'NI H E RWOOD /-- Shalom Synagogue. "He wants his kids be in the larger school system, and a lot of people feel that way. " In addition, said Congregation Shir Tikvah Education Director Janet Moses, day schools are not even an option for many Reform Jews because no local day school reflects Reform beliefs and practices or recognizes the Reform belief that the child of a Jewish father and gentile mother can be considered Jewish if raised...…

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…44,, .‘‘A \';• tV Living Memories (01- [571,7 A Detroit-area survivor makes history real for March of the Living youths. SHIRR TRAISON Special to The Jewish News t was a peaceful spring day in Poland, the golden sun setting, mild clouds decorating the clear blue sky when the Holocaust finally became a reality for us. 0 0 to . 9 U Jewish students and their tutors pass by a guard's tower at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz a...…

…HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer Participants And Affiliations Id ark Tapper wasn't quite sure what clothes to pack last week to take to Poland and Israel, but he knew he had to make room for a camcorder. "In a few years, the survivor genera- tion will be gone," said Tapper, an 18- year-old senior at Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills. "It's my responsibility as a Jew to be able to explain it to the generation after mine." "I don't k...…

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…presents Tragedies Remembered Mayor Archer, others speak at annual Holocaust memorial event. HARRY KI RS BAUM Staff Writer /- Holocaust "makes us shudder." He called the Holocaust "a unique tragedy in human history" Angrily pointing his finger, Rosenzveig said, "Yes, there are abuses in war. But the attempt to denational- ize the Holocaust — to make every event in history a Holocaust — makes the Holocaust non-existent, and clears the Germ...…

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…Binding The Wounds 7-ZZ JULIE WIENER Staff Writer /—` IV hile Detroit Jews debated from the corn- fort of suburban Passover tables over whether or not the plight of Kosovar Albanians can be compared to the Holocaust, Dr. Sheri Fink skipped her family seder alto- gether to volunteer in the refugee camps. A recent Stanford University Medical School graduate, Dr. Fink, 30, had promised her parents, Herschel and Annette Fink of Bloomfield Hil...…

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…mac, t * twizarchy, tSr Of Alyn expelled from their homes, of fright- ened faces peering out of rail cars, of children who lost their parents. 'As Jews, we have a special respon- sibility to remember, to understand and to act." The refugees will learn Hebrew and have the opportunity to work. After the six months, they will be given the choice of obtaining Israeli citizenship or returning to their homes. Accompanying the refugees on their f...…

…WE WANT YOU TO KNOW RENEE MAHLER Itosovo Fallout U.S. role in NATO action is affecting Jewish interests. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Renee Mahler is the person you want to talk to about Regent Street of West Bloomfield assisted living. As social worker and gerontologist, Renee has worked with older adults and their families for over twenty years. She can tell you all about Regent Street and how our residents appreciate Regent...…

…Washington Watch oor Model Clearance Taking on the CIA; roll back at Agriculture; `Ship of the Dammed.' JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Washincton ewish leaders urged caution this week after a resurfacing of longstanding complaints by a Jewish employee of blatant anti-Semitism at the Central Intelligence Agency. The charges, which first came to light last June, involve Adam Ciralsky, a 27-year-old CIA lawyer suspended in October 1...…

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…"I can't leave Harry by himself. He's just not safe." "Jewish peoplehood" with Jewish ritu- al and Jewish knowledge. And work- ing relationships should be pursued with non-Jewish organizations and any other Jewish group that "supports our mission," including private phil- anthropies often viewed as competi- tion for donor dollars. Many of these points emerged in dis- cussions among the federation representa- tives as they reviewed the results...…

…Center Cannot Hold Despite initial fanfare, Yitzhak Mordechai's Center Party is running a distant third. C\ O 0 ERIC SILVER 0 Israel Correspondent Jerusalem N o doubt to Yitzhak Mordechai's dismay, park- ing was no problem Sunday night near the Jerusalem Theater, where the new Center Party launched its assault on the hearts and minds of the capi- tal's voters. "Only Mordechai can win big," pro- claimed the banners and posters of the ...…

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…RP* World Digest c--\ Without You, The Suruiuors' Stories Might Neuer Get Told She comes from Przemysl, Poland. She is among the 10% of Polish Jews who survived Nazi Occupation. Now she is in her 80's. Her family's graves are overgrown and crumbling. Her experiences have gone untold. Remembrance and Reconciliation, Inc., an Ann Arbor non-profit, is working to restore Przemysl's Jewish cemetery and to publish the stories of survivors like he...…

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…1m This That ;WIPsZe 70 Akk• •NAtkre,&e Remember When • • From the pages of The Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 1989 01' Changes at Kol Ami; searching for what?; recycling the prayers After a year of searching both nation- ally and locally for an education direc- tor, Temple Kol Ami has hired one of its own members, Andrea Liberman. Liberman, formerly Akiva Hebrew Day School's supervisor of special education,...…

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…\ "kki.VM %; 'AVftA 4 •.s'Q 'Webb Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Rewards For Excellence A $5 million gift that will provide tuition help for students in Detroit's Jewish day schools should be a wel- come incentive for our congrega- tional schools as well. The grant from Lois and Dr. Milton Shiff- man, whose generosity toward education has long been exemplary, is a ...…

…• 4 TOM HAMAR COMMENTARY Holocaust Memorial Day, 5759 A survivor and the child of a survivor were among the speakers at the Memorial Acad- emy hosted Sunday at Congregation B'nai Moshe, sponsored by Shaarit Haplaytah of Detroit and the Holocaust Memorial Center. Their comments are reprinted here. The Academy was a tribute to the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust and to Israel's victims of terrorism. HMC Director Charles Rosenzveig ...…

….EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Myopia Extends Beyond The Serbs memory of the Six Million. We dishonor our own humanity, the Judaism we 0 0. supposedly profess and the God to whom we pray. If Jewish martyrs are the only ones who matter, then we have crossed over. We have A radical, independent validated the rationale of the Listen to a few quotes Kosovo could be a hotbed Serbs, the Nazis, the Khmer gathered over the last week for radical fundamentalists ...…

…gd2blaarrnY.7teNilr'"Iiririt8 SPECIAL COMMENTARY P hoto cour frightened boy with his hands in the air, wondering why these men with rifles want to hurt him and his family. A man at the last moments of his life. Both pho- tographs I've seen many times before, but only recently did I learn that my grandfather recov- ered them at the JOSHUA close of World War PAUL CANE II. IN Online I am fortunate that Web Producer my family has been very voca...…

…OPINION • REGE N T PLUS Tales From The American Talmud A special prog ram for older adults with memor y impairments RABBI RICH KIRSCHEN University of Michigan Hillel I f you are going to be in herein (ex-communication), it's nice to have company This is the way I felt after five days at one of the more powerful rabbinic retreats I have attended. Set in Newport, R. I., in a small hotel, 20 rabbis, approximately a third Conserv- ative, a ...…

…National Council of Jewish Women notional council of jewish women GREATER DETROIT SECTION . „pgag. 3 , the . fishes to thank our volunteers mho touch the lire's of thousands in our community every day through their tireless devotion to our programs and projects: ADVOCACY/PUBLIC AFFAIRS Championing issues of concern to JEWISH FEDERATION APARTMENT BUS-Providing transportation for residents. women, children, and families, and keeping ...…

…Mazel Toy! West loom rad wo realizes sugar- ,oated page 56 Iordyn Waterstone, 7, and Alanna Cohen, 7, I create edible art. dream\ saing\ 1. Carrie Waterstone displays Sandy Candy. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant t first Carrie Waterstone didn't believe the caller. He told her his name was Rich Moscato and he was creative director of Woman's World magazine. He wanted to know if he could fly her to New York for a makeover and photo sho...…

…WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN & EDUCATION DEPARTMENT JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT 1999-2000 CONFIRMED NOMINATIONS President Beverly Liss Education Vice-President Margie Krasnick Susie Pappas Cheryl Schanes Business & Professional Vice-President Nancy Glass Campaign Vice-President Paula Glazier Corresponding Secretary Diane Perlman Recording Secretary Linda Zlotoff Designates to Board of Governors Rose Rita Goldman Cheryl Guyer ...…

…Remember when a movie ticket was 25 cents? IJTS Speaker At The DIA \ _ Benjamin Gampel will discuss the background of the documents corn- prising the "Treasures of Jewish Cultural Heritage from the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary," an exhibit on display through June 6 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Benjamin Gampel Gampel will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25, on "Judaism, Christianity, Islam: Confrontation and Cooperation" in ...…

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…al Inventory Reduction - IDE SALE April 30th of our entire of stunning nd time pieces n sale at East, West Join At Kibbutz An Israel Independence Day barbe- cue will bring together visitors from Michigan and their Israeli partners in the Central Galilee when Michigan Miracle Mission III visits Kibbutz Ein Dor on April 21. Although Americans from all over settled the kibbutz, the greatest number came from Detroit. The first kibbutz to be ...…

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…ATTENTIoN /-- /— GM EMPLOYEES & FAMILY MEMBERS Israeli Court Subject Of Talk Boston University of Law Professor Pnina Lahav will speak on "The State of the Israeli Supreme Court" at a lun- cheon noon Thursday, April 22, at the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse in Detroit. The talk is sponsored by the Pnina Lahav Detroit chapters of the American Jewish Committee and the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists. The lun...…

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…HIAS Sponsors Poster Contest HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, will hold a poster contest for new immigrant youth. This year's theme is "This Land Is Made for You and Me," from the song by Woody Guthrie. The contest is open to youngsters between the ages of 4 and 15. There may be only one entry per contestant and it must be on paper no larger than 20"x24" (50x60 cm), in any medium. Submissions gill be divided accord- ing to age groups:...…

…Shabbat Service AIDS Memorial Yiddish Club Marks Birthday Lev b'Omer, an international Jewish AIDS Memorial Day, will be observed at 7:45 p.m. Friday, April 23, at Congregation T'Chiyah's Detroit location. The service will include a memor- ial Kaddish for loved ones who have died from AIDS, the Mi She-beirach (prayer for healing), a panel display from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, discussion and light refreshments. Jeff Stern and Pe...…

…Institute Plans Camp Weekend The Sholem Aleichem Institute will sponsor Tamarack '99 on April 30, May 1 and 2, at the Butzel Center in Ortonville. The featured speaker for the weekend will be Dr. Brian B. Schmidt, associate professor of Near Eastern studies at the University of Michigan. An archaeolo- gist, linguist and Middle East scholar, Professor Schmidt will discuss: "Searching for Our Ancestors: 100 Years of Archaeology in the Holy Land...…

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