…THE BIG BANK ACCOUNT OFFICER REPLACEMENT MACHINE R emember when banking in your home town meant familiar faces and people who knew your name? If your bank has been gobbled up in a series of mergers and acquisitions, the account officer who served you last month could be helping someone somewhere else today. Assembly line personnel may be acceptable to the big banks, but at Franklin Bank, we prefer a different approach. You can always count o...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS UP FRONT This Week's T o d Stories A Home At Last Young Israel of West Bloomfield finds a permanent house of worship. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER faded memory of a for-sale sign on the front lawn of a West Bloomfield home lin- gered in the back of Renee Muchnick's mind. The recollection would prove helpful long after her congrega- tion, Young Israel of West Bloom- field, started looking for a permanent home for the 22-fam...…
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…tummft • %." October 18, 1996 OPINION Detroit 10 A Look At Your Past Will there be a disparity in care for our elderly? 23 Do you know where you come from? A local conference will help you discover who you really are. TELL ME WHY Super Sunday Dialing for dollars. page 12 Campaign workers tally up the donations from one of the most successful phonathons. TRAVEL Moscow synagogue: national monument. 76 Always Moving Forward Born ...…
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…We Lived to communities and communities to one people. Genealogy does have its chal- lenges, according to Mr. Kurzweil. "For one thing, Ws not easy. It really takes an effort. The average person doesn't know how to use a card catalogue in the li- brary. "But I also think people have some ambivalence about gene- alogy," he said. "They are inter- ested in finding out these interesting things, but they some- times worry about getting in- volved ...…
…LEARNING page 7 Seven Simple Steps To Tracing Your Roots 1. What facts do you know? List everything you know about your family. Start with yourself and your siblings, and then keep going back, generation by generation, to your parents and their siblings, your grand- parents and their siblings. What information should you collect? • Styles "Snug" and "Freestyle" shown • 6mm washable/ recycled felt InnerBoot • Water resistant nylon uppers •...…
…Amazing Congregation B'nai Moshe invites you to attend the 2" Annual Amazing Autumn Auction !'#)'.. .cs, )pr"' *1;;',•vottt „„ 2•47 „to:\ •Noolv- S? ‘."0 k .•Cl 0> ot; 4 io st<> • 4s**,$SN.14- liOrt "e '11:0k Non 4,30"itt, d \ Sunday - October 27, 1996 ,0$04.'\ ys, 4 i 4 9 . 04: Hebrew text that Mrs. Starkman found in Ilza, Poland. Silent Auction and Dinner begin at 6:30 p.m. LEARNING page 7 removed it from the ruins of her a...…
…Volunteers work into the night to get pledges. Super Sunday Campaign workers tally up the donations from one of the most successful phonathons. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, October 23rd From 1-4 p.m. He Will Personally Sign His Crystal Creations Purchased On The Day of His Visit *az., STUDIO — fine china, fine crystal and interesting gifts — Bloomfield Plaza • 6566 Telegraph Road at Maple • Bloomfield Hills 851-5533 •...…
…c--) THE JEWISH NEWS CASUAL OUTDOOR FURNITURE AT COMPLETELY RELAXED PRICES Vol. CX No. 8 /-- / — Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Staff Writers Julie Edgar, Jennifer Finer, Jill Davidson Sklar Arts and Entertainment Editor Julie Yolles Contributing Editor Michael Davis, Howard Lalli, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign...…
…others copy... °V; '3 ° -\°°°-*---- - Women on wheels! Rollin' Reunion On Sunday, 181 of last summer's Teen Miracle Mission participants attended the first reunion get-together. JOHN DISCHER PHOTOGRAPHER Diamonds by the yard! One of a kind, one at a time. Right: Karen Kushkin helps Lisa Cohen lace up her in-line skates. Below: Becky Wiener and Marissa Wengrow prove you're never too old for video games. ...fames designs ...JAMES DESI...…
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…AIPAC's Annual Community Event JUST DAYS BEFORE THE VOTE... AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THE 1996 ELECTIONS with Thilling' In At MSU MSU's Hillel takes on a new director and a fresh direction. SENATOR RON WYDEN Of Oregon JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER F out for him. The MSU Hillel, which has been without a per- manent executive director for the last year and a half, has experi- enced more than its share of prob- lems. Those involved with the...…
…ri n7 5 tu 1:31 L2tU n75 tu 1:1 11`7V 0 u i iding-aridg t: Between Jews term, Rabbi Cohen is also looking to the future. A long-term plan- ning committee will be convened soon to lay out direction for the next several years. Projects in the planning stages include Arab-Jewish, black-Jew- ish and Catholic-Jewish dialogues. Rabbi Cohen also hopes to hold a student retreat, subsidize Israel trips, host a multicultural crafts fair and bring...…
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…- - "and the night shall be filled with music" 4114 edllassosi, ler Childhood Taste The good old days weren't always the best, except in the case of the bagel. Balfour Concert CELEBRATING JERUSALEM 3000 PETER GREENBAUM I SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Once upon a time I lived in par- adise. When I was little, my father would take my older brother and me to breakfast at a small bakery — the Bagel Paradise. The bak- er, a huge man with...…
…THE PROMISED LAND by Jordan B. Garfinkel ISN'T THIS A WONDRIL/1- W40/NG,YA51.? A Chance To Firm Up An Important Connection The continuity that we have as a people is often measured in the information of our past. Arthur Kurzweil, the dean ofJewish genealo- gists, will be here Saturday night to talk on behalf of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan. The title of the talk is "Piecing Together Your Fam- ily History." Mr. Kurzweil, alon...…
…Community Views Editor's Notebook Recognition Of Relationships Could Replace Criticism We're Growing Old, But Not Gracefully ALAN HITSKY ASSOC ATE ED TOR JOE KORT SPEC AL TO THE JEW SH NEWS As human be- ings, we all long for contact and connection with one another. We yearn to be in lasting adult love relationships. Straight or gay, there is no differ- ence. As gays and lesbians we are told, however, that our commit- ted relationships a...…
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…American Jews And Politics LEONARD FEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Now and then we encounter illu- minating data on just where America's Jews locate themselves politically as compared to the rest ofAmerica. A recent survey by the 10 Israel Policy Forum, devoted pri- marily to our attitudes towards Israel and the peace process, asks one question that invites com- parison with the results of a still more recent poll by the New York Times and ...…
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…JPM (810) 967-4030 Maple/Drake (810) 661-1000 6600 W. Maple Rd., West Bloomfield 48322 Kick off the Julius Chajes Concert Series... HAVE A JCC BIRTHDAY PARTY Spend a special evening with Neeme Jarvi, conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Design your own Party around any of the activities below: • Toddler Gym (ages 1-3) • Obstacle Course & Relays • Tennis • Soccer • Wiffle Ball • Floor Hockey • Rollerblading • Basketball • Swimming...…
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…—J 6310. Rabbi: Paul Reis. Cantor: Sholom Kalib. President: Dr. Brian Beck. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.; week- days 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday and le- gal holidays 8 a.m., 6 p.m. Junior congregation services at 10 a.m. Saturday. Kiddush follows Shabbat ser- vices. Friday of each month. Services are at Cherry Hill United Methodist Church at Ridge Road and Cherry Hill Road in Can- ton. Visitors are welcome. Religious school avail...…
…Pictutre Your Ccosity in 4ADASSAU A Righteous Man Can't Be Satisfied Shabbat Noach: Genesis 6:9-11:32; Isaiah 54:1-55:5. RABBI ELIEZER COHEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS T Jean Rosen Elaine Sturman Julie Sturman Did you Know? HADASSAH affects the issues you care about here and in Israel Healing Teaching Research Social Action Youth Programs Education GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER JOIN HADASSAH (810) 683-5030 The Women's Zionist Organiza...…
…45th Annual Jewish Book Fair Celebrating Our Sapphire Anniversary 1951-1996 Thursday, November 14 Saturday, November 9 Abraham's goodness, mercy and love of his fellow man even induced him to challenge God, Himself, to spare the absolutely wicked people of Sodom—what a contrast to Noah! Abraham was well aware of the real challenge to the truly righteous and is quoted by his trusted slave referring to God as: "the one whom I go before" (Gen...…
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…Weddings 10 • - man •a ri (800) 9-EVENTS Randy Wertheimer The Ultimate in Bands and Entertainment Stern-Fink Barbara Michelle Stern and Steven Eric Fink were recently married at Temple Shir Shalom. Rabbi M. Robert Syme and Can- tor Harold Orbach of Temple Is- rael and Rabbi Michael Moscowitz of Temple Shir Shalom officiated. Barbara is the daughter of Judi Tann Stern of West Bloom- field and Gary Stem of Boca Ra- ton, Fla. Steven is the so...…
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…Kick off the Julius Chajes Concert Series... Spend a special evening with eme Yarvi, conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Monday, October 28 • 7:30 p.m. at the JCC Maple/Drake Building Neeme Jarvi This is an opportunity for music lovers to get up close and personal with one of the world's most beloved and charismatic conductors. The evening includes: A thirty minute chamber music performance by members of the Detroit Symphony Orche...…
…• Had Dinner With Gordie &Colleen Howe Lately? Here's Howe! Monday, November 4, 1996 4• Congregation Shaarey Zedek Cocktail Hour • Sports Memorabilia Silent Auction • Dinner • Induction Ceremony Join Master of Ceremonies GEORGE BLAHA In Honoring The Outstanding Contributions Of: MSU and CFL Football Standout 1940s Baseball & Basketball Star Ben Braun Don Berger Chuck Frankel University of California-Berkeley (1932-1995) High School...…
…Community Shabbat Dinner At MSU Hillel Michigan State University Hil- lel will have a Shabbat dinner Friday, Oct. 18, with services at 6:15 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday night, Oct. 19, will be a hayride. Participants will meet at Hillel at 7:30 p.m. Cost is a donation to United Jewish Appeal. At 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, will be a grad group bagel brunch at Hillel, with free bagels, lox and omelets made to order by Rabbi Phil Cohen. The...…
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…• JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER PHOTOS BY DANIEL LIPPITT Born in Iraq, Janette Shallal heads Kadima, a Jewish agency serving the mentally ill. Opposite page: In three years, Janette Shallal helped triple the size of Kadima. forwa rd anette Shallal is determined to rid her agency of a stigma. And to her surprise, success seems to be coming more quick- ly than anyone could have anticipated. People, she said, tend to shy away from Kadima be...…
