…September 16, 1994 14 15 Detroit OPINION Laurence 'merman frowns on "religious consumers." Apples & Honey A fun way to start the New Year off right. Sukkah Show Shirlee Bloom at Shirlee Bloom's Kosher Catering and Carry-out. page 28 Designers give new expression to building a sukkah. Business 28 TORAH PORTION Rabbi looks to the future with renewed spirit. 22 Sol's impossible mission turned to law and order. 26 Kosher Carry-Out ...…
…StMURPrriA4e;.acktr.4: Golan Gamble Challenging Faith Of Israeli Nationalism Are there no sacred cows left in the land of Is- rael? More to the point, is the 450-square-mile Golan Heights sacred to the people of Israel? And if so, why? Such are the questions that, with renewed intensity, have shot to the forefront of Israeli political discussions in the last two weeks. Recent statements on Syria by Israel's prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, hav...…
…Community Views Editor's Notebook How To Handle Religious Consumers Everyday Acts Of Greatness LAURENCE !MERMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS EUZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR agogue that his attitude is all too pervasive. Steve regards the synagogue not as a congregation of friends, family and fellow Jews, but as yet another faceless organization. There is no personal stake in the institution, no feeling that be- longing brings with it a...…
…Jewish Support Services For Adults With. Mental Illness DI JEWISH RESIDENTIAL & SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OFFICERS Kenneth A. Nathan President Gail Stewart President-Elect Richard Herman Kadima Funds Summer Intern Kadima was pleased to have Abby Eisenberg, a summer intern, for eight weeks as part of the Jewish Occupational Intern (JOIN) program administered by Jewish Vocational Services. Abby is a senior at Yesh...…
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…KILLING FIELDS page 1 covered top to bottom with mosquito netting. Goma itself is "a dusty town with modern buildings and con- crete everywhere," Dr. Zingeser says. 'There also are roundabouts (traffic circles) every place you look; I guess it saves them the trouble of putting up traffic lights." Flanking the city is a volcano "which was constantly threaten- ing to erupt. At night, you could see the silhouette of a mountain and a ring of brig...…
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…Brand New 1995 Corvette PEACE page 1 Haifa Fakhouri, vice president of the National Association of Arab-Americans, agreed that the peace process, which was sealed Sept. 13, 1993 with a handshake on the front lawn of the White House, has had a profoundly pos- itive effect on the local commu- nities of Arabs and Jews. because of the signing of the ac- cord, but it is not a state of peace as long as our people are being killed," Rabbi Bergste...…
…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CV! No. 2 Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum Alan Hitsky Staff Writers Jennifer Finer Ruth Littmann Jill Davidson Sklar Steve Stein Contributing Editor Elie Wiese! Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman Larry Derfner Photographer Glenn Triest Local Columnists Danny Raskin Carla Jea...…
…fi • • COMPILED BY STEVE STEIN AST ite tAS RFD ii0/1/ORY d ews across America were nine-year growth. Earlier this asked by their rabbis to year, Mazon awarded emergency give the money they grants totaling $105,000 to feed- would have spent on food during ing programs in Rwanda and the the Yom Kippur fast to an orga- former Soviet Union. nization which helps feed the hungry in the United States, Israel and other countries. The annual appe...…
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…PHOTOS BY GLENN TRIEST Honey The annual New Year program attracted hundreds to the AJE. Juggler Danny Rothenberg greeted visitors at the door. Dance City dancers backstage. fit wasn't Menschy the Clown who got the children's attention, it was Rabbi Ahron Davison drilling out shofars. And if the children wanted to learn how to blow that newly made High Holiday instru- ment, they could go inside the Agency for Jew- ish Education and get som...…
…Artistic Interpretations Local artists and designers are asked to create their own sukkahs. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER he painter made hers by cutting up one of her paintings and then weaving it back to- gether. The architect who helped design the soon-to-be-built Lubavitch Synagogue Cam- pus in West Bloomfield used trees taken from the site of the future buildings. 11111 The artist who works in fabrics designed silk panels for hers. More ...…
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…INFINITI° of FARMINGTON HILLS 1994 Q45 1994 G20 Hebrew Literacy Classes Planned Men and women are invited to sign up for Hebrew literacy class- es sponsored by the Adat Shalom Synagogue Men's Club. The fall program will begin Sept. 25 at a continental breakfast and open- ing session from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Classes will continue from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on 10 Monday evenings from Oct. 3 through January 19. Classes will not meet on Oct. 31,...…
…Why Flip A Coin When It Comes To Choosing Nursing Home Care For Your Parents? Bloomfield Employee Challenges Policy •rna ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR w hile Steve Rochman was observing Yom Kippur yesterday, his fellow workers in Bloomfield Hills Schools were ob- serving Employee Appreciation Day. After seven years of following that routine, Mr. Rochman complained. Loudly. Mr. Roch- man, a grounds- keeper in the department of plant facilit...…
…A MUST SEE ENTERTAINMENT SERIES! The Kleztnatics • Saturday, October 8, 1994 • 8:00pm tance of a peace agreement be- tween Israel and Syria. "The president realizes there is a lot of work to be done, but he feels once Israel and Syria can reach an agreement, there will be comprehensive peace in the Middle East," said the rabbi. During the course of break- fast, Rabbi Steinger had a chance to talk one-on-one with the com- mander-in-chief. Dur...…
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