…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 75( MAY 18, 1990 / 23 IYAR 5750 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Home For Aged Move Is Approved By State KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer M ichigan Department of Public Health Di- rector Raj Wiener brought a special gift to the Jewish Home for Aged's an- nual meeting on Monday, where she was the scheduled guest speaker. Before the meeting began, Wiener handed a long- awaited, signed certificate of need (CON) fo...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus Eternal Vigilance E ternal vigilance as the price of liberty keeps gaining importance in the growing prejudices, in the spreading anti-Semitism. With the avenues paved by hatemongers against Jews in universities on a par often with the racism against blacks, battles against them become apparent. Indifference to evil minded who keep spreading the lie that the Holocaust and the murder of ma...…
…NEWS LET DR. GLASSMAN Protestants Want End To U.S. Aid To Israel ELENA NEUMAN Special to The Jewish News M ore than 100 church activists descended on Capitol Hill this week to lobby for a sovereign Palestinian homeland and a halt to U.S. aid to Israel be- cause of its recent set- tlement activity in the ad- ministered territories. Known as Washington Advocacy Days, the three- day lobbying effort is thought to be the first public campaign...…
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…UP FRONT A Plague of Desecration Jewish cemeteries in Israel and France have come under attack by unknown forces. Authorities suspect anti-Semitic groups or Jewish extremists. STAFF REPORT T he desecration of five Jewish cemeteries in little more than a week has united much of France against bigotry and anti-Semitism while increas- ing the tension between Arabs and Jews in Haifa. Between 100,000 and 250,000 people, including French Presid...…
…I EDITORIAL Breaking Faith Reports that the United States is negotiating with Arab governments on a United Nations resolution criticizing Israel is worrisome. The text has not been completed, but is said to deal with Israel's role in settling Soviet Jews in the occupied territories. This is disturbing on several levels. First is the fact that the Bush administration chose to deliver its message through the United Nations, well known for its ...…
…CONTENTS Politics Or Religion In Christian Quarter? ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN T he move of 150 Jewish settlers into a hospice in Jerusalem's Chris- tian quarter during Holy Week had understandably prompted criticism from all concerned about preserving coexistence among the city's divergent religious groups. Provocative as the action was, it does not justify some of the exaggerated responses and condemnations accusing Israel of gross violations of ...…
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…longer be the Irish and Italian "padres" so familiar to the American Jewish community. The new priests will come from those areas of the world with either small or non- existent Jewish com- munities. For these Catholic clergy, the Holocaust is an event that took place on an- other continent, Europe, and in another time, a half- century ago. 5. Much of the new vitality of the Roman Catholic Chur- ch in the next decade will emerge from a part of...…
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…DETROIT Local Jews Join In May 20 AIDS Candlelight Vigil ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor A s a volunteer with the Wellness Networks, a local clearinghouse for information about AIDS, Peter Cooper hears ques- tions ranging from the ridiculous to the tragic. One woman wanted to know if she could catch AIDS from men's pajama bottoms. Another asked if she should have her daughter tested for the disease; the girl had just been sexually mo...…
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…CLOSE-UP woman whose husband had abandoned her went to a Rebbe to find out whether he would return. Since the Rebbe was busy elsewhere, she spoke to the Shamus (sexton) who wrote a kvitel, a note describing her prob- lem. The Shamus disappeared, showed the kvitel to the Rebbe and the Rebbe wrote his response. The Shamus returned and told the woman, "The Rebbe says that your husband will return, but I assure you he will not return." She replie...…
…trade. I hear they picked a bride for me: I hope she's pretty." The daughter declares, "Who does mama teach to mend and tend and fix, preparing me to marry whoever papa picks." But those songs are not all in the family today. The Papa lbday's Papa is not the master of the house nor does he want to be. We hear his complaints. He has been sucked into the vortex of career, profession or business. Papa feels driven by some ubiqui- tous force tha...…
…CLOSE-UP The Jewish Family Continued from preceding page family has become excessive bag- gage. Americans move a lot — an average of 14 times in a lifetime. With Papa away most of the time, Mama becomes the sole companion of the single child exercising her control. But the control is not that of other ethnic families from abroad. There is no beating, no smacking of the Jewish child. In its place is something more intimidating. No physical p...…
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…YOUR STORAGE NUMBER COULD BE A WINNER Israel To Open West Bank Universities Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel has announced its decisidn in principle to reopen the Arab universities in the West Bank that authorities shut down as trouble spots when the intifada began 29 months ago. Shmuel Goren, coordinator of government affairs in the administered territories, said the first university would be reopened "within days or a very few weeks." He did not s...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY A NEST EGG THAT WON'T CRACK. Jewish Jerusalem Continued from Page 2 Marc Tannenbaum gave it substance in his syndicated column entitled "Jerusalem Means Different Things to Jews, Christians and Moslems." He recalled the declaration he made to the congressmen in this portion of his column on Jerusalem: In testimony that I was invited to present on Jerusalem before the House Foreign Affairs Committee some years ago, I made ...…
…PEOPLE ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor C all it one giant leap for mankind, and an even greater leap for frogdom — 30 feet to be exact. Former Michigander Andy Koffman is the owner of the biggest and probably the longest jumping frogs in the world. These curious critters, Conraua Goliaths, have been known to cover 30 feet in a single jump. They've been seen hurdling creeks. And in 1991 they will join the rich and famous in The Guiness...…
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…COMMUNITY Leon Uris To Speak June 4 For Operation Exodus Campaign Leon Uris Uris' writing talents led him to Hollywood where he created screenplays for Battle B'nai David Hosts Bond Tribute Dinner Congregation B'nai David's 29th annual Israel Bond Tribute Dinner will honor Miriam and Fred Ferber 6 p.m. June 7 in the synagogue. The theme will be Opera- tion Aliyah, an effort by the Israel Bond Organization to Sephardic Group Honors Chicor...…
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