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…$1.00 SEPTEMBER 18, 1998/ELUL 27, 5758 Rosh Hashanah Spiritual Renewal liticians, Rabbis Reoond To Clinton …

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…AIWA ■■ JEWISH Innis September 18, 1998 Vol. CXIV No. 4 Up Front 10 Wait And See Religious leaders, politicians give Clinton mixed reviews. L'Shanah Tovalg 44 Renewing Our Selves Ways to make the High Holidays a time of spiritual renewal. 62 I Resolve To ... Establish some personal goals for the coming year. Entertainment R1 R6 Out & About Sustenance For the Soul A roundup of books that nourish the spirit. R8 R22 Attractions Dan...…

…1998 ANNUAL DINNER COMMITTEE Dr. Joseph N. Epel* Chair Carol & Ricky* Blumenstein Toby* & Alex Etkin Lucille & Hiram* Dorfman Nancy & Stephen Grand* Marta* & Benjamin Rosenthal Eli Saulson* AN LIZIC AN TE_a N ION 60CI LT)/ DE_TIZOIT COAPTLIZ 16 PLEASED To INVITE_ You To Associate Chairs DINNER COMMITTEE James Bellinson Dee & Seymour Brode Rhea & Robert Brody* Barbara Dechter James Deutchman Frances & Kenneth Eisenberg Carol Weintraub ...…

…For Openers... Don't Go Gently On Yom Kippur TED ROBERTS Special to The Jewish News L eah was old and Leah was sick. That's why she lifted her head from the pillow and called out, in her heart, to God. To be more specific, she called out for the Malech Hamoves, the angel of death. With her entire being, she pleaded, "Take me. Take me." God and His angels heard. After all, this was Leah Rizenberg. A seven- candle soul on the ethical scale...…

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…Rabbis Responses Mixed Helping Local rabbis are both for and against President Clinton's ousting. awry- r Rabbi David Nelson: Disgusted with Ken Starr. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer also politically motivat- ed." Bergman, who also has ith the life of a problem with Clinton's the presidency actions, isn't sure if oust- of Bill Clinton ing the president is in the hanging in the nation's best interest. balance, some local rabbis "This is deali...…

…"I told Mrs. Clinton how much I respected her and admired her courage and strength," Syme said. "I told the president I felt the atti- tude of fairness and the reservoir of forgiveness would see him through this. "His eyes misted up, he took my arm, and said 'thank you, rabbi."' Although his past as a political prognosticator is admittedly poor, Syme feels Clinton's resignation is not in the cards. "It's a profoundly Jewish ideal that the gate...…

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…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs THEY SERVED WITH COURAGE - II instead on holidays, bible stories, his- tory, life cycle events, modern Israel and contemporary Jewish values. Club leaders (JPI's term for teachers) and students are on a first-name basis and questioning is encouraged. "What I've always been drawn to about JPI is the fact that kids are allowed to question and the program doesn't give pat answers," said Wolfe. Although JPI is secul...…

…Worship What? A push for a Michigan law to broaden HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter involves exempting prisoners from the law's coverage. Correction officials say they fear being inundated with frivolous he fight for a new state law claims or forced to sacrifice safety. assuring religious freedom in The Michigan Coalition for the Free Michigan hit the usual speed Exercise of Religion — a group of 20 bump in Lansing on Tuesday. organizations, incl...…

…SOLOMON SON Worship When? religious protection stalls in Lansing. safety issues, said Matt Davis, the department's spokesman. Prisoners do not have the same con- stitutional rights of citizens as far as property owned, books read, and what gets printed in the prison newspapers, he said. They are allowed to practice estab- lished religions, with some limits, Davis said. "There are holidays observed, and we offer kosher diets and meatless di...…

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…Bais Chabad's members come from Shabbat afternoon minyan, held at a all over the religious spectrum — private home; Shabbat morning ser- religious from birth to secular and vices were held at Ealy Elementary everywhere in-between. School for six years. Mindy Soble still dabbles — join- Three years ago, Silberberg super- ing family at Temple Israel, davening vised the creation of an eruv, enclos- at Congregation Shaarey Zedek and ing the neighb...…

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…YOUR CHOICE IIE rabbi until retiring in 1941. He was rabbi emeritus until his death at 78 in 1948. Wine, now 70, says, although his family was affiliated with Congregation Shaarev Zedek, "we used to go to Beth El to listen to Rabbi Franklin at ser- vices. The "reformed" Judaism that Franklin spoke about — today what we call Classical Reform — preceded the Holocaust. It essentially was part of the German Jewish world," Wine said. "In that wor...…

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…JULIE WIENER Staff Writer BILL HANSEN 9/18 1998 24 Detroit Jewish News Photographer n Sunday morning, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah completed the writing of its new sefer Torah and welcomed the scroll into its sanctuary. Over 400 people joined in the celebration. While a scribe in Israel wrote the vast majority of the new scroll, he left the final letters hollow and incomplete so that men in the Beth Yehudah communi- ty could fulfill the mitzvah ...…

…/— Yeshiva Beth Ye•hudah gets a new sefer Torah. Opposite page: Rabbi Avraham Cohen fills in the last letters. Far left: Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz dances with an old sefer Torah. Top of page: Children and adults dance on the way to the sanctuary. At center is Mordechai Katz. Middle of page: Young and old dance in the sanctuary. Above: More dancing: At center is Rabbi Avrohom Fishman, the yeshiva's new dean. 9/18 1998 Detroit Jewish New...…

…Q9 ACURA of TROY wishes our customers and friends a most 14APPY NEW YEAR Error Acknowledged A Maccabi Games volunteer apologizes for letting her profession and volunteering mix. LONNY GOLDSMITH this year's 1,300 host families got the letter, adding that she had simply selected names at random from the list. local real estate agent who Wolfe said he was not aware of the helped find host families for letter "until I got one at home becaus...…

…oh :" WASHINGTON from page 22 probably won't have any major votes on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, thanks to the intervention of a Capitol Hill rabbi and a House member from New York. Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Washington director of American Friends of\ Lubavitch, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) were concerned because of the likelihood that critical votes would keep members from celebrat- ing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with their families. Bo...…

…This space contributed as a public service. "YES,THERE IS LIFE AFTER BREAST CANCER. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT:" —Ann Jillian A Somber Capital JAMES D. BESSER Special to The Jewish News I n Washington, it's difficult to avoid a sense that the world has changed in some fundamental, anxiety-provoking ways in recent weeks. The changes undoubtedly add up to something less than the apocalyptic visions of the Christian fun- damentalists; advo...…

…wanton violence will follow through on their promises. The economic contagion that start- ed in the Far East and has already engulfed Russia is still spreading. Markets in this country are in tur- moil; Wall Street has become a thrills- and-chills theme park. Doom-sayers predict depression; incumbent politicians predict just a few bumps along the road. Sensibly, ordinary Americans don't know what to think. The growing feeling that we have ente...…

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…Rise and Shine with The Oakland Press every day. Reach for Hope suicide prevention program, which she chairs. It will meet at Temple Beth El every other Tuesday starting in November. Dorit Silver, a therapist, is volun- teering as facilitator. "I've had several patients in this sit- uation, and out of that came my belief that a support group could be helpful because people often go through simi- lar emotions," she said, noting that suicide su...…

…Should restitution payments be taxed? A cartoonist skewers some sacred cows. This That How much should the state of Michi- gan collect in taxes from Holocaust survivors who receive restitution from Swiss banks? None, says Milton J. Nieuwsma, author of Kinderlager: An Oral His- tory of Young Holocaust Survivors. The former Wayne State University professor, signing copies of his book in Holland, Mich. on Sept. 19, will be sending a letter to G...…

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…From the clergy, staff and members of Congregation B'nai Moshe D 11 )311)5 iinpr) May you be inscribed for a good and sweet year To our fellow Jews throughout metropolitan Detroit, Israel and communities around the world with whom we share a common destiny as members of Klal Israel, "the one Jewish people ', liana & Cantor Earl Berris, Doron & Leore Nate Berman Bernice & Maurice Betman & Family Dennis and Anita Blender Pearlena & Jason Bo...…

…Editorials T Striving To Better Our Community o our readers: "The Jewish News strives to be a supermarket of information and views, where readers of all ages andfi-om all religious and economic back- grounds can congregate in the midst of our pages and find something— every Friday — that will enlighten, enrich and entertain ... In the coming year, we remain committed to working with all who seek to foster cooperation and under- standing bet...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Living In A World Of Rampant Brokenness problematic relationships cannot be hen a Jewish New Year is solved with quick fixes. Perhaps they about to begin, we face can be repaired or slowly nursed back its prospect with varying to health over the long haul. That, in degrees of fear and hope, itself, should be a cause for happiness. dread and love. In a world not yet redeemed, we must We can judge the quality of the work for th...…

…EDITOR'S WATCH Synagogue, Funeral Home Partner To Help Elderly Visit Cemeteries Since the idea included partnering n the spirit of communal out- with a funeral home, Tisdale, through reach, Temple Israel and The Ira Temple Israel's Family Life Center and Kaufman Chapel have teamed Social Action Committee, approached up to perform a "mitzvah of a The Ira Kaufman Chapel. lifetime" — helping the elderly visit "We were delighted to participate,"...…

…OPINION WATCH The Spirituality Of Rosh Hashanah VISIT The judgment on Rosh Hashanah s Jan. 1 approaches, it is can be compared to a company that common to hear about ceases operations for a few days on the individual New Year's reso- anniversary of its opening to take lutions. We know the usual inventory. It makes sense to take time ones: "I'm going to start an exercise once a year to analyze the past year's program," "I'm going to lose 10...…

…OPINION Ushering In The New Year With Awe, Determination These Jews Face Life Of Terror BINYAMIN NETANYAHU Yechiel Leiter told us he believes the Special to The Jewish News Oslo Accords will lead to war, not peace and, given the Israeli experience since s we approach Rosh the agreement, who could dispute him? ere we were, in the middle Hashanah 5759, I want to More Israelis have been killed through of the Gaza strip settled by wish you a go...…

…OPINION Historical Society Touches The Past Taut Cicchitti jor 4,..714en Suits • Sportcoats Tuxedos • Slacks • Shirts Topcoats • Raincoats Shoes • Sweaters • Socks Ties • Cuff Links Custom Buttons At the Rabbi Leo Franklin monument are Historical Society members James Grey, Hugh Broder, Judy Cantor, Milton Marwil, Irwin Shaw and Joan Braun. JUDITH LEVIN CANTOR Special to The Jewish News ASK FOR SHEILA BLUM- FASHION CONSULTANT Taut ...…

…OPINION Teen Mission 2 Israel: It Was A Dream 'Come True young people and let them dream il hen I arrived in Detroit together of a better Jewish future. No a year ago, I knew that classroom, no Hollywood feature one of the main reasons movie, no pictures in another's album • I was sent here was to could teach this, only their personal bring as many teens as possible to experience. Israel and to help create experiences Each an every day was b...…

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…RABBI ARTHUR WASKOW and PHYLLIS BERMAN Special to The Jewish News s summer began, we stood at the heights of Sinai, hearing God's voice on Shavuot. As summer ends, we stand at the birthday of the world, the renewal of our lives, at Rosh Hashanah. In the sacred Jewish calendar, there lies between them a day of mourning and despair. We do not move from one peak to another. Only by descending into burning guilt and thirsty sorrow — Tisha B'Av, t...…

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…0 4 41' THE !i-C9PMFAI,Y-C° LENDER COMP AN Y the sense of recovering or recounting the past, but in the sense of compas- sionately reconnecting the dislocated, disjointed, dismembered limbs of the body-soul into a wholeness; * Shofarot is about the transforma- tion that comes when the shofar is blown in joy and hope. To celebrate Yom Teruah (the day of shofar-blowing, as the Torah calls what we call Rosh Hashanah), put yourself in each of t...…

…04 , from All of us af Audeffe Cadillac... Come in and test drive the all new 1999 Cadillacs ries of Abraham and his two sons: how he sent Ishmael with his mother Hagar into the wilderness, where they almost died; and then took his son Isaac up the mountain, there to slaughter him as an offering to God. On behalf of both sons, God inter- vened at the last moment. These stories are rich with many meanings. But especially this year, as we co...…

…Free Prostate Cancer Screenings Friday, September 25 9 a.m.-12 noon work for joint Israeli-Palestinian eco- nomic development. Or publicly, as well as in sermons, urge the American Jewish community and the Arab-American community to work together to revive the peace process that seemed so promising five years ago. Two of the traditional Haftarot (Prophetic readings) for Yom Kippur speak with great strength to issues of society. One of them, ...…

…How To Survive Synagogue A step-by-step approach to make High Holiday services more meaningful. Shitnon Apisdorf ces High Holy Day servi spend "people who usually pay attention: 1 the ceiling tiles will sit up and counting 9/18 1998 50 Detroit Jewish News -Baltimore Jewish Times RABBI SHIMON APISDORF Special to The Jewish News The following are excerpts from the 1997 revised and expanded book, "Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Survival Kit."...…