…$1.00 JUNE 16, 2000/SIVAN 13, 5760 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Inside: Rabbi Steven Weil Leaving The Community Dorfman Unveils Plqns For Northwest Chapel www.detroitjewishnews.com In honor of here's a collection of facts, tantalizing tidbits about Jewish 41 …
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…www.detroitjewishnews.com June 16, 2000 Fatherly Ways braham lived 2,000 years before Jesus. But his imprint on Judaism remains. This "father of multitudes" (Av- Rah am) from Mesopotamia was the first patriarch to discard idol worship for the belief in one God. Through the Covenant of Abraham, the people ROBERT A. who became known as Jews (derived SKLAR from Yehudah, which means praise- Editor worthy) struck a partnership with God. They agr...…
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….4" For Openers Annual Fundraiser SEE THE BEST Surviving The Nazis Yiddish Limericks Rome A pious old man known as Tuckel Complained, "Doc, my legs lately buck- le." He said, "I suggest Your knee joints need a rest. When davening mincha,* don't shuck- ler ** — Martha Jo Fleischmann WITH THE * saying the midday prayers ** rock back and forth in worship (literally) shake coeoclore oiRel V idqler R Pof T he Tempel Synagogue in Krakow...…
…. . -A ACAMMMUMMWEWMAIWaM:MINAMKOMMWZMUM:;::c SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer I The Rabbi's Infl uence Under Rabbi Weil's leadership, there are now 260 member families at Yl- Oak Park, an increase of 50 or 60 6/16 2000 6 Outside their Oak Park home, Rabbi Steven Weil stands with wife Yaeh holding 3-year- old son Benjy. In front are their children Malky, 10; Kayla, 8; Rachel, 4, and Josh, 6 families since he arrived. "He has done e...…
…Greenfield/Oak Park-Southfield com- munity. Freedman said the program's focus is to help bridge the three movements, with families from YI-Oak Park, Congregation Beth Shalom and Temple Emanu-El corning together for projects at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Building of the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Projects have included preparing and delivering Purim packages and Rosh HaShana apples-and-honey bags to Jewish Apartments and Services' apart...…
…' \ 4j,k,,,, , ,,V, N, ' s.,,,,, ,,, , .,,,,,, X,,,,, _ , • , . ,...M.i,...' .;• . ,- ,:.,„ ..., \'rKi .‘f DETROIT JEWISH NEWS www.detroitjewishnews.com PUBLISHER Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com GOM • • • Freedis Has Got The Look EDITORIAL: Editor Robert A. Sklar rsklar@thejewishnews.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Alfred N. DeRusha Associate Editor ADVERTISING SALES: Alan Hitsky ahitsky@thejewishnews.com Chairman Adv...…
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…This Week ••• • ▪ . • gi - = OE 0 MI At gNiti fa Ur. tv. r sx Farmington Hills is the site of the first new Jewish funeral chapel in 36 years. DAVID SACHS Staff'Writer sually when father and son funeral directors Alan and Jonathan Dorfman draw people together under an open-air tent, it's for a solemn graveside farewell. But on a recent Sunday afternoon the mood was upbeat, even jovial. This time, the large canopy was staked...…
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…This Week NEW GROUND from page 10 When he started, Dorfman attempted to build a chapel in West Bloomfield, but was thwarted by anti- development forces, he said. Circumstances forced him to become innovative. Having no chapel, he focused on offering graveside funerals, promoting them as a lower-priced alternative to conventional services. His son Jonathan Dorfman, 30, also a licensed funeral director, holds a master's in psychology and has s...…
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…1 Complicity Found ti Metro Detroit's Jewish Assisted Living Community CMU professor's book shows Gestapo had help from the "ordinary" German citizen. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer :BE Ron Coden, family member with mother, Evelyn Sipher "I love coming to Elan Village to hug one of my favorite gals!" Ron Coden Family Member Elan Village's monthly rate includes: • 24 hour Personal Care Assistance • Three Kosher Meals Daily • Housekeepin...…
…Imes Gross Domestic Product What's behind the surge of Israel's GDP to $ .100 billion? The global success of Israeli high-tech industry. Who's behind that historic surge? The graduates of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, who generate nearly a third of the GDP. Technion graduates make up most of Israel's scientists and engineers. And the entrepreneurs behind its 2,000 start-up. companies. THE FUTURE OF A SECURE AND ECONOMICALLY...…
…BOOK from page 14 In The Heart Of Your Neighborhood JCC Sammer Membership Special JUNE • JULY • AUGUST JCC Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit dismissed, as long as they weren't part of the target population — the Jews. Johnson said he was told by some German citizens, "For us, Dachau was for criminals." Although a few token Gestapo local chiefs were brought before the courts, most of those in charge of the Jewish desks (which...…
…This Week The Journey Within A landmark new study shows American Jews increasingly looking within for meaning. J.J. GOLDBERG Special to the Jewish News T hree in five Jewish adults report that their level of Jewish involvement has changed substantially over the course of their adult lives. Remarkably, their involvement is nearly as likely to have increased as to have declined. What's constant is change. American Jews continually adapt and...…
…Washington Watch Argentine Apology President of Argentina formally apologizes for his country's acceptance of Nazis. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent tY 6/16 2000 18 Washington resident Fernando de la Rua of Argentina was in New York and Washington this week for some fence-mending with a Jewish community concerned about the still-unsolved 1990s bombings of a Jewish community center and the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aries. At a ...…
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…This Week Death Blow Assads death may sound the end of Israel's peace coalition. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem T 0114 6/16 2000 20 he coincidence could hardly have been lost on Ehud Barak: As President Hafez al- Assad was laid to rest in Syria, Israel's Shas Party appeared to lay the premier's "peace coali- tion" to rest. The Orthodox party's Council of Sages, headed by spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, sounded w...…
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…o Talk Key Dates For Assad Following are some key dates in the career of Syrian President Hafez Assad: June 1 967 — A former army general, Assad serves as defense minister during the Six-Day War, during which Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria. Nov. 13, 1970 — Assad seizes power in a blood- less coup. March 12, 1971— Parliament elects Assad president. October 1973 — Syria and Egypt jointly launch a surprise attack on Israel to reca...…
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…Russian Turmoil Russian Jews mull the arrest of one leader and the supplanting of another. LEV GORODETSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency Moscow scalating tensions in the Russian Jewish community exploded this week as government authorities arrest- ed Vladimir Goussinsky, the media tycoon who serves as the president of the Russian Jewish Congress. The arrest on June 13, reportedly on charges of fraud and embezzlement, came just hours after 26 Lub...…
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…This Week Insight Nearly Goodbye to NCSY, he has worked in more for- mal Jewish education, including teach- ing Jewish history courses to high school students through the Michigan Jewish Institute in Oak Park. Since coming to Detroit, his family has expanded to include sons Aryeh, 3, and Elie, born April 21. Rabbi Tzali Freedman, NCSY Central East Region director, said he feels "real strong, mixed emotions" about the Burgs leaving the area....…
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…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com A Political Travesty S enator Spencer Abraham's stonewalling of Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Helene White's nomination to a federal appellate judgeship is an example of - politics at its worst. Abraham's treatment of White, politically speaking, is a travesty of justice, especially since the post she would fill has been open s...…
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…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Glad He's Gone change his bargaining stance with Israel Unlike His Father... Egypt, Jordan, the PLO and most of for 20 years. He wanted all the Golan His son and successor Bashir al-Assad, the other active Front members ing dong, the witch is dead. can't possibly embark on a policy of Heights in return for non-belligerency — already had bowed out by either opt- When Syrian President not peace. Assad would not agree to comp...…
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…• A couple who are giants in the Jewish community earn Hillel Day School's top plaudits. Heroic rmeli Rabbi Irwin Groner presents the Dream Maker and Rabbi Jacob Segal awards to Doreen and David Hermelin. - . al a la to .Ata : fi ; g The Hermelins have been parents, grandparents, leaders and benefactors over their 30 years of affiliation with Hillel Day School — but they also are beloved throughout the Detroit Jewish communi...…
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…Ninety Years Young Celebration pays tribute to a community matriarch. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer W hen the guests at a May 23 celebration in honor of Sarah Laker sang, "Happy Birthday" to her, the voic- es were 500 strong, but the wishes were infinite. "Family life and community were always a staple with my parents," Dr. Gerald Laker said of his mother and late father, Harry Laker. It is not surprising that, in turn, the community...…
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…\ RINKE CADILLAC Adat Shalom Honors Youth Adat Shalom Synagogue presented awards at the congregation's June 3 Ronnie Posen Youth Luncheon. The Madelon and Louis Seligman Youth Education Award went to Eric Ceresnie and Jessica Leeb. The Louis and Lena Linden Memorial Award for the greatest aptitude shown for leadership in Jewish life went to Zachary Boorstein and Jessica Betel. The Ronnie Posen Youth Award for distinguished service and devoti...…
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…IN HONOR OF PEARLENA & DR. JASON BODZIN JCC Slates Golf Outing The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit will hold its annual Send a Kid to Camp Golf Classic, a fund-raising golf outing and silent auction, on Monday, July 17, at Tam O'Shanter Country Club, 5051 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. The event also includes a car raffle. Funds raised at the outing provide scholarships for children to attend the JCC summer day camps. Th...…
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…410 ' Local Film Earns Emmy BROOKDALE THE HERITAGE A Detroit-produced film for Jewish audiences — From Generation to Generation: Jewish Families Talk About Death — has received a local Emmy for Outstanding Single Topic program. The film, which is designed to help Jewish families talk honestly about death and dying, received the award from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on May 20. Nominees were...…
…Community JCC Hosts Annual Meeting Tikvah Group Installs Board The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's annual meet- ing is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, in the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The meeting will be preceded by a dessert reception at 7. The evening will include the elec- tion and installation of officers and board members and the presentation of the Susan Alterman JCC Leadership Award to ...…
…NUtRT M NiltS6 Mission to Israel. He plans to attend medical school in the fall. FRIDAY, JUNE 23 Michelle Berris of West Bloomfield, a Massachusetts Institute of • Technology 1999 graduate in mechanical engineering, was named a finalist in the 2000 MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition. Berris' team entry was AMTEK (Appropriate Medical Technologies), a company that will design medical devices for the developing world. /0 AM to 11 PM!! Su...…
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