…For Openers USY Memories Revisited clut K now © 2003 9 LORI WEISS Special to the Jewish News D ozens of Metro Detroiters made their way April 4-6 to a United Synagogue Youth reunion they had dreamed about for years. Former Detroiter Karen Moss Hale coordi- nated the gathering in Cleveland that drew more than 70 people from around the world, all former members of USY's Central Region. The weekend began unofficially on Friday in the Holid...…
…SWISH E DETROIT JEWISH NEWS RENAISSANCE www.detroitjewishnews.com „:„. , IT ....„ PUBLISHER EDITORIAL: Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com Editor Robert A. Sklar rsklar@thejewishnews.com Associate Publisher David M. Neil dneill@th ejewishnews.com ADVERTISING SALES: Sales Coordinators Kristen M. Komlen Mina Vickers Account Executives Kathy Johnson Tina Lee Sue Maniloff Heidi Martin Rick Nessel Stephanie Vicari Melissa Wolf-...…
…News Digest U.S. Soldiers In Israel To Get Tax Breaks Washington/JTA — American soldiers stationed in Israel are expected to receive the same tax breaks as others serving in the Middle East. The Pentagon is expected to rule soon that the close to 800 soldiers manning Patriot missile batteries in Israel are par- ticipating in U.S. military action against Iraq, and therefore eligible for wartime tax breaks for servicemen. Rep. Gary Ackerman, D...…
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…4...1.1.12S.4.27.111111.011,64 Staff Notebook The printout details how to check labels to assure items are kosher for Passover and informa- tion on products that may be used without special "kosher for Passover" certification. For questions regarding products not on the list or for a copy of the Koshergram, contact the council at (248) 559-5005 or (248) 968-3057, or send an e - mail to: cordetroit@hotmail.com A list of many of the medication...…
…Rained Out Federation's rainy day fund to help Detroit Jewry is nearing its discretionary limit; legacy endowment fund to be developed. HARRY KI RS BAUM StaffWriter A n economic downturn exac- erbated by declining invest- ment returns has corn- pressed Detroit Jewry's "rainy day fund" and caused the com- munity's oversight umbrella agency to announce a round of layoffs among budget reductions. Faced with a $6.2 million shortfall in unrestr...…
…Analysis Trailing Downward Why Federation's General Fund reserves dropped so dramatically. HARRY KIRS BAUM StaffWriter Ziff ichigan Jewish Conference Director Susan Herman, who operates from Lansing, represents the public policy concerns of the Detroit Jewish community. Supported by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the Conference rented office space across the street from the Michigan Capitol. "You need to have quick access t...…
…English Classes Cut For New Americans Cooler Runnings? Israel's first-ever bobsled team trains for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Bobsled Federation. That brought support from the Israel Olympic Committee, giving an air of authen- Special to the Jewish News ticity to the bobsledders' aspirations. Bobsledding isn't easy, says David. "It's physically Calgary, Alberta demanding. A brakeman takes most of the abuse in anadian David Greaves and Americ...…
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…Increasing Hostility IDF claims "peace activists" harass, provoke Israeli troops. harm's way when he was shot in the back of the head. While the IDF has expressed sorrow at the chain of injuries, it claims ISM activists increasingly cross the line of neutrality. One example occurred on March 27, when IDF forces launched a manhunt for a top Islamic Jihad terrorist in Jenin. Intelligence information led the IDF to believe that Shadi Sukia was ...…
…In The Background Chalabi's status with Iraqis and Bush may determine future attitudes toward Israel. MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Counter-Productive? Some observers worry that a public relationship could work against the interests of Jewish groups and the Iraqi opposition. Michael Amitay, executive director of the Washington Kurdish Institute, said Jewish groups might run into problems by working only with Chalabi and Entif...…
…CAN PAIGN Mil Aiv This Week Outpouring Of Grief Calls of condolence, support for Marine's mother come from around the world. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency tographer whose picture of Cpl. Evnin shortly before he died ran in the New York Times, also called. Though Takahashi only knew Evnin for a few hours, the call meant a lot to Mindy Evnin — as did the final photo of her son, who was seen preparing to join a convoy toward Bagh...…
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…Caring, Helping, Mental Illness. MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT, MERLE SCHWARTZ KADIMA OFFICERS Merle Schwartz, President Michael Kratchman, Vice President Sissi Lapides, Vice President Perry Ohren, Vice President Jim Miller, Treasurer Barbara Eisenberg, Secretary BOARD OF DIRECTORS Karen Amber Michelle Appel Janet Aronoff* Leonard Aronovitz, M.D. Jerome Bookstein Lisa Bronstein Gary Dembs Marla Gorosh, M.D. Dean J. Gould* David Gubow Bruce Gur...…
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…This Week MJAC's Doubtful Future After 12 years, Detroit's Jewish HIV-AIDS organization faces a funding shortfall. to Detroit. And, with MJAC's uncertain future, planning has been delayed for the annual Celebrate Life raffle, gen- erally held in late spring. Grants had been a way of sustaining MJAC's pro- gramming. In 1993, a $15,300 grant from the Max M. Fisher Community Foundation allowed MJAC to hire Davis as its first paid staffer, and ...…
…41 ' Leave it to Paramount to do a number on the competition. 2.00% "HIV-AIDS education is vital to our youth, and the messages of ECHO are necessary to assure that gay and lesbian Jews know that there is a place for them in the Jewish community," Sorkin said. "I hope that these programs will be able to continue since they have the potential to improve the quality of life." The community cannot afford to be complacent, Roth said, pointing o...…
…his Week Washington Watch Syria Sanction War drums likely to be replaced by U.S. economic sanctions. to talk to [Colin] Powell and [Deputy Defense Secretary Paul] Wolfowitz about my bill in the next few weeks." Engel also raised the sanctions issue 1 ewish groups are gearing up in a recent meeting with Defense to support economic sanc- Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "He tions on Syria in the wake of agreed with everything I said about the Iraq...…
…Jess Hordes, Washington director for the Anti-Defamation League, praised the Bush administration for its strong stand at Geneva. U.S. officials, he said, are now trying to recruit "more democ- racies to be part of the commission, rather than having some of the worst human rights abusers putting them- selves on the commission to thwart any real effort to deal with the problem." WRFA Again One of the longest running legislative melodramas is b...…
…Insight Remember When • • From the pages of the Jewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Heart To Heart Three Israeli visitors convey their hopes, fears to West Bloomfield students. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News 0 strive for. That is the message in my heart," she told the students. briefly explaining about the Six-Day War in two sentences. "My dad left for war and never came back. He was killed on the Gol...…
…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: ewis hnews . co m WWw detroitj Dry Bones Helping The Seeds Grow r. Aaron Miller brings career diplomatic credentials to his new job as president of the international coexistence program Seeds of Peace. With 25 years of service to the State Department, he has advised six secretaries of state, including Colin Powell. He helped formulate U.S. policy on the Mideast and Arab-Israeli ties...…
…OTHER VIEWS Ghetto Uprising Remembered t was exactly 60 years ago, at the seder night, that the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising erupted, a fate- ful event that was to become an example for the ultimate in man's struggle for freedom and dignity. But unlike the ancient Hebrews under the great leadership of Moses, the heroic figures of the Warsaw Ghetto could not hope for freedom, not even for mere survival. For them, the redemption of Jewish honor and ...…
…Stealth Changes In Church-State Fight u Washington, D.C. nder cover of a foreign war, the Bush administration has quietly escalated the battle for its faith-based agenda at home. Even more ominously for Jewish guardians of church-state separation, the White House has altered the bat- tlefield — outflanking a balky Congress and opening up multiple fronts that could overwhelm opposing forces. For liberal Jewish activists, the shift threatens t...…
…• OTHER VIEWS Striking Against Themselves Haifa must confess that only a couple of weeks ago, I had a feeling of great elation that the number of tourists in Israel is so small. I would have been ashamed to have more of them witness Israel's side- walks and public squares in all cities piled high with garbage and the mis- cellaneous rubbish that normally gets collected regularly and carted away to municipal dumps out of town or to recyclin...…
…INSIDE: Community Calendar 42 Mazel Toy! 44 Lost Connection Persistence andIN article led to reunion for siblings who never knew of each other's existence. Lastfag after exhausting all considered eon's in the search for her husband's cousin, former Detroiter Dr. Arnold Jacobs, New Yorker Diane Jacobs contacted Jewish News Staff Writer Shelli Liebman Dorfman for help. Within hours of the appearance of an article highlighting known deta...…
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…Community Yoga Chi heads West Sisterhood Plans Education Day Congregation Beth Shalom Sisterhood Education Day will be 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, at the synagogue. Esther Tarnoff Cooper will present a slide show and com- Cooper mentary titled "Synagogues Around the World." Cooper was a founding member of Congregation Beth Shalom. She has been involved wit the Speakers Bureau at the Detroit Institute of Arts for 25 years. Reservations ar...…
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…Calendar The Jewish News weaves the individual pieces of CLUBS & AFFILIATES Workmen's Circle-Arbeter Ring, Michigan District — Saturday, April 19, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Public commemo- ration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with music, readings and speaker. Workmen's Circle Educational Center, 26341 Coolidge Road Oak Park. (248) 545-0985. Sholem Aleichem Institute — Saturday-Sunday, May 26-27. Tamarack weekend at Butzel Conference Center with guest ...…
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…Community Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Women's Campaign and Education Department 2003-2004 SLATE Mazel Toy! BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Nancy Grosfeld Education Vice Presidents Leah Davidson Mindy Soble Kaufman Abbe Binder Sherbin Kathy Wilson-Fink Campaign Vice President Nancy Jacobson Associate Campaign Chair Susie Pappas Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary Debbie Balkin Sissi Lapides Weddings BERGER-ROCHL...…
…INSIDE: Synagogue List 52 Torah Portion 55 On Track For LEARNING Adat Shalom revamps its religious school. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaffWriter/Copy Editor S chool choice has come to one of metropolitan Detroit's largest Conservative congregations — and the parents couldn't be happier. Beginning in September, Adat Shalom Synagogue, home to more than 3,300 Detroit-area families, will offer two separate tracks for its supplementary school stu...…
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…nm 171 kll kwish artments &services CONGREGATION T'CHIYAH 404 S. Pleasant St., Royal Oak, (313) 366-0292. President: Mary Ellen Gurewitz. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. led by Rachel Kornfeld. Following services, Judith Kerman will offer a poetry reading. RECONSTRUCTIONIST CONGREGATION OF DETROIT 976 E. Jefferson, Detroit, (313) 393-1818. President: Matthew Schenk. Services: first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. REFORM BET CHAVERIM P.O...…
…Spirituality .s. Synagogues The Jewish Theological Seminary Metro Detroit Gala Celebration Thursday, May 8, 2003 Congregation Shaarey Zedek SYNAGOGUES from page 53 JEWISH PARENTS INSTITUTE Guest speaker: The Honorable Governor Jennifer Granholm JCC, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 661-1000. Director: Marilyn Wolfe. Alternative cul- tural Jewish celebrations; secular bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies; adult programming; cultura...…
…Torah Portion Jewry's Role in Human Affairs SUPERSTARS OF THEIR DAY Walk In God's Ways With Compassion And Kindness celebration in the beauty of nature. Pesach symbolizes God's redemption of our people from Egypt in an act of love and promise for the future. On both of these holidays, we revel in. the unique traditions of our people and the close relationship with our creator and deliverer that the covenant offers. n the Torah reading for...…
…Cover Story New York Gold Former Detroiter Daniel Doctoroff embraces the Big Apple and an Olympic dream. COLIN MINER Jewish Renaissance Media New York City aniel Doctoroff is standing in a private room on the fourth floor of the 21 Club in midtown Manhattan, telling people for what must be the millionth time about how someone thought he was crazy. "He was very quick to put me in my place," says Doctoroff, New York City's deputy mayor for ...…
