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…A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication $1.25 OCTOBER 19, 2001/CHESHVAN 2, 5762 in eth er Local fews and Muslims aim to strengthen bridges of understanding. …

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…DETROIT MIME NEWS Contents tio A 2001 Michigan Press Association II Newspaper of the Year JN www.detroitjewishnews.com OCTOBER 19, 2001 CHESHVAN 2, 5762 VOL. Oa, NO. 10 War On Terrorism 14 Coming Together Local Jews and Muslims aim to build bridges of understanding. 16 What's In Store? In aftermath of Sept. 11, U-M professor offers insights into the Mideast's future. 17 Who Rabbis Turn To In times of crises, rabbis find consolati...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Central To The Soul New York City is wrestling with core issues, like keeping pace with a growing membership, that threaten congregational har- mony. Still, Central Synagogue, at 55th and Lexington in a pleasant mid-town Manhattan neighborhood, is something special for American Jewry. Just over three years ago, flames, apparently ignited by a blowtorch as workers installed an air conditioning system dur- ing renovations, b...…

…LETTERS Make Israel Real To Americans The article on emigration to Israel was well worth noting ("And Still They Come," Oct. 12, page 20). However, I am concerned that readers could get the wrong idea about mov- ing to Israel — that it is only for the poor or for Russians (no offense meant, but the article clearly focused on members of the former Soviet Union) or only for people who have no alternative. Our daughter, Devra, recently become a...…

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…SCH UN.; Flouember 7-18, 2001 8 p.m Bruce Feiler, Walking the Bible: A Journey Through the Five Books of Moses Tuesday, Ilou. 13 10 a.m Ahuvah Gray, My Sister, The Jew 10 a.m Eric Kimmel, children's author, Zigazak: A Magical Hanukkah Night 1 p.m. Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., My Grandfather's Blessings 2 p.m The Jewish Community Center's 50th Annual Jewish Book Fair will be held at both JCC locations: the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Buildin...…

…Congregation Shaarey Zedek cordially invites you to a TRIBUTE DIN7\ER on behalf of State of Israel Bonds Development Corporation for Israel Richard D. Bleznak Edward I. Koch Guest Speaker Guest of Honor Wednesday, October 24, 2001 AT THE SYNAGOGUE 27375 Bell Road, Southfield DINNER CHAIRS Marvin Fleischman • Irving Laker Couvert 100 per person 29201 Telegraph Road — Suite 324 (248) 352-6555 Michigan 48034-7654 Alp* Southfield, ...…

…For Openers Thanks For The Memories ?'cba Don't ow ©2001 - N 0, I'm not going into a nostalgic rant about the "Good Old Days." Nor am I about to expound on how hard I had it when I was a child (though I am convinced that I did walk to and from school uphill both ways in snow — summer and winter). It is important to remember the people, places and events that make up our lives. This is what helps us to enjoy life, to share it with others, ...…

…Staff Notebook wrtete.Qualitti Out Wei* Coavegieueel El Al Names First Female Pilot Salon Scholarships Awarded 1 Al Israel Airlines has certified its first female pilot, 33-year-old Merav Schwartz. The Israeli Air Force veteran has been assigned to El Al's Boeing 737 jets, which are used for regional des- tinations around the Mediterranean and Europe. On her first flight, Schwartz flew from Tel Aviv to Nairobi, Kenya. Schwartz is a first ...…

…()N CALL We know you're busy Sunday, October 28, and you get too many calls from solicitors, but hundreds of community this is one call you really should volunteers will be placing answer. We don't ask for much. Just a thousands of calls on minute of behalf of your time and your consideration of our request. There are Federation's so many people in need locally and abroad. One gift to Annual Campaign. Federation's Annual C...…

…Cover Story/War On Terrorism Coming Together Local Jews and Muslims aim to strengthen bridges of understanding. RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News T he gymnasium at Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills has seen many oppos- ing teams vie for victory. On Sunday, Oct. 14, Detroit-area Jews and Muslims came together for a very different purpose: unity, communica- tion and the mutual desire to find and celebrate their common ground. T...…

…Clockwise from top: Brenda Rosenberg and Ismath Khan, both of Bloomfield Hills, chat during a discussion group. Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz speaks at an event that brought Jews and Muslims together. Salah Aboubkr of Sterling Heights, Dr. Allen Berlin and Shaan Baig, 13, both of Bloomfield Hills, Osama Hadid, 12, and Fayiz Hadid, both of West Bloomfield, participate in a discussion. Victor Be,o- is a Bloomfield Hills Board of Education member. ...…

…Cover Story/War On Terrorism What's In Store? In the aftermath of Sept. 11, U-M professor offers insights into the Mideast's future. HARRY KI RS BAU M Staff Writer It aymond Tanter is confident of the Israel Defense Forces' ability to protect Israel from another Yom Kippur War against Arab states, but he sees the day-to-day conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs as the real challenge. "The IDF will not be able to deter suicid...…

…Who Rabbis Turn To In times of crises, rabbis find consolation from various sources. DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York City tanding in the rubble of Ground Zero, Rabbi Avi Weiss found spiritual suste- nance, and a new cadre of religious mentors, in a place haunted by death. Listening to the stories told by res- cue workers and clergy who had come from distant points to help in the World Trade Center relief effort, "the...…

…Cover Story/War On Terrorism Eye For An Eye "Targeted killings" debate renews in wake of Israeli official's murder. MATTHEW E. BERGER tion against terror. The Bush adminis- tration is said to have prepared a new Mideast peace plan toward that goal. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said Ze'evi's death magnifies those concerns. "It does give urgency to the issue...…

…'Age Isn't a vaccine against HIV' The Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition and Congregation Shaarey Zedek invite you to hear Milic Jane Fowler murder," Sharon said, "and the responsibility is fully his." The Zionist Organization of America is sending a letter to President Bush, asking him to press Arafat to kick the PFLP out of the Palestinian Authority, shut down the organization's training camps and help bring the assassins to justice. ZOA ...…

…Israel Insight THE ISSUE In recent days, both President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have indicated support for a Palestinian state as part of a comprehensive solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. This has raised several concerns in Israel and in the American Jewish community. BEHIND THE ISSUE One concern about the Bush/Blair statements is that they would be seen by those Palestinians who sup- port using vio...…

…BUY DIRECT & SAVE...EVERYDAY! BIII Readies For A Long War 4WPar",: , We Have The Largest Frame Selection In Michigan!! ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor D an Mariaschin can easily link the events of Sept. 11 with the events of Aug. 31-Sept. 7. The terror attacks in the United States on Sept. 11 and the anti-Semitic attacks against Israel at the U.N. Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, are intertwined for the executive vice presi- ...…

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…Y UR CHILD'S This week, there were widespread reports that the administration will work with Senate Democratic leaders and Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., to pass a limited faith-based bill that will focus on using the tax code to help charities raise money to provide important health and social services. Gone will be all but a few vestiges of "charitable choice" controversial proposals that would reduce restric- tions on religious groups seekin...…

…News Briefs Trial Of Rabbi Begins New York/JTA — The trial of a New Jersey rabbi charged with arranging the death of his wife started Monday. Rabbi Fred Neulander, who plans to testify in his defense during the trial, has pleaded innocent to the charges. His wife, Carol, was found beaten to death at the couple's home in 1994. The rabbi, now 60, resigned his pulpit at M'Kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, N.J., in February 1995 amid reports that he ha...…

…Hacker was a prisoner in Auschwitz for 2 years. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison for high treason after he joined the German army and was caught spreading anti-war litera- ture to soldiers. During the mid-1970s, he served as director of the memorial at the for- mer Mauthausen concentration camp. Body Of Israeli Pulled From Rubble New York/JTA — A body extracted from the rubble of the World Trade Center has been identified as an Israeli...…

…LAW OFFICES GOURWITZ AND BARR Detroit Medical Center PROPESSIONAL CORPORTION Wayne State Un vers., OUR PROUD SPONSORS AND THE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS FOUNDATION Invite You to Share in an Evening with Detroit Hockey's Finest Atwistt SpasOs Monday, November 12, 2001 The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 17th Annual Induction Dinner 6:00pm Congregation Shaarey Zedek J oin Ken Daniels & Mickey Redmond as the Stars come out to Honor ou...…

…Insight Remember When • • Building Community Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan celebrates double-chili anniversary. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer ithout an Orthodox presence on campus, I wouldn't be at the University of Michigan," says Bryan Schon of Oak Park, a regular participant of the Ann Arbor Orthodox Minyan (AAOM). Begun in 1965 in the home of U-M Hebrew Professor Joseph Reif and his wife Sorah, the minyan is celebrating its 36th ann...…

…Story of the Fourth Litz* Z . sticks and S traw, Red bricks are fine, COMMUNITY Minyan Goings-On But nothing's as flexible As Equity F/exLines: As part of the minyan, students read Torah, lead services and prepare divrei Torah (Torah lessons). . Although Friday night, Saturday morning and holiday services are held at the Hillel building, weekday services are split between Hillel and the nearby Ann Arbor Chabad House. Other pro- gramming ...…

…inion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Teach 'Em A Lesson Dry Bones ive weeks ago, when the planes slammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and crashed into the Pennsylvania countryside, the first instinct for many of us was to want to punish the people who had planned this horror. The worse the punish- ment, we said to our secret selves, the better would justice be served. Wipe out the...…

…OTHER VIEWS Speaking To Generation X to seek solutions rather than con- New York City frontations. hen an Israeli official Not that there's anything wrong recently urged a group of with that, as any character on Hillel student leaders he "Seinfeld" might hastily point out. was addressing to become There is much to be said for rearing "our soldiers — our commandos — in young people to look for two sides to the public campaign" Jerusalem is ev...…

…How To Remember Baltimore he world returns to normality. Television networks are run- ning new episodes of prime- time shows rather than 24 hours of uninterrupted news coverage of the terrorist attacks on America. We've begun to talk about football again. Pundits are criticizing the president and some partisan lines are reappearing. Those hours and days following the single deadliest attack this country has ever weathered will forever haunt ...…

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…t. ROBERT A. SKLAR Editor I t was a time for hugs and tears — and for catching up on what was new in everyone's life and remembering times now long past. It was the reunion of the 1966 graduating class of James Vernor School, on Pembroke, near Schaefer, in northwest Detroit. From touring the classrooms to visiting the basement air raid shelter, from taking a group pic- ture in the original auditorium seats to looking :..x.ftt ma, out ove...…

…Community MEMORIES from page 33 Hoffman of Rockville, Md., one of the reunion organizers. "We decided to spend a day with some of our best friends since childhood," said Hoffman, who grew up on Littlefield. Another organizer, Huntington Woods' Susan Wauldron Jerris, called the reunion "a magical day." "We're connected for life," the former Lesure resident told the gathering. "Vernor was a very special place." In appreciation for all the goo...…

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…(Typical Swedes. No flashing lights. No confetti. just a great deal.) Shoah Survivor Speaks Sunday JWI Donors Hear Pianist Pianist David Syme will entertain at the Jewish Women International of Metropolitan Detroit Special Gifts Luncheon 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Congregation Beth Ahm. The luncheon, open to all donors of $100 or more, bene- fits the JWI Treatment Center in Israel and other JWI programs aimed at David Syme stopping dom...…

…\/ 0\ T PI OTO Monte Nagler began photographing seriously after studying with Ansel Adams. He is a noted writer, lecturer, and teacher of photography and the author of two highly successful photography books. Monte is a member of the esteemed Camera Craftsman of America and a recipient of the prestigious Artist in Residence Award from the Farmington Area Arts Commission. ATT \ T I O ALL SI L_,TT R-B ,C SI! 0 CO" JOI\ A One-on-One Workshop...…

…Community 2001 QX44 . $425 39 Month Lease $1990 Due at Signing Stk# 1W221397 2001 130 Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit SHABBAT SHALOM Temple Kol Ami — Friday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. Shabbat services followed by'an open discussion with Rabbi Norman Roman, "America Under Attack: How Do You Feel?" Temple Shir Shalom — Friday, Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m. Shabbat dinner to honor new member families, followed by family Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. $18, ...…

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…Celebrating Our Upcoming Ground Breaking You are cordially invited to the Holocaust Memorial Center's Seventeenth Anniversary Dinner Sunday, October 28, 2001 Renaissance Ballroom, Marriott Hotel Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres 5 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m. Couvert $200, Patron $300 DINNER CHAIRMAN Larry Kraft Musical renditions performed by Cantors Stephen Dubov, David Montefiore and Harold Orbach IF 0 1' 1? 1 n H a Day Free KEYNOTE SPEAKER ...…

…' • Zrf, tt rp Calendar CALENDAR from page 40 tures unless otherwise indicated. $8 mem- bers, $9 guests. Birmingham Unitarian Church, Woodward at Lone Pine. (248) 338-0105. • The Potato — Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7:30-9:30 p.m. From the book by Larry Zuckerman. • Buddha — Thursday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-noon. From the biography by Karen Armstrong. Frankel Center for Judaic Studies — Women and Cancer Show a gal pal how much you care. Tell Mom you...…

…(4t_Exus coP. The RX300 LVP BENEFITS Southfield Federation for the Arts — Saturday, Oct. 20, 6 p.m. Concert featur- ing pianist David Syme and fine arts auc- tion to benefit Southfield Centre for the Arts. $50 includes private art preview and preferred seating, $18 general admission for concert and auction. Southfield Centre for the Arts, 24350 Southfield Road.(248) 569-9420. Balfour Concert — Sunday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. Zionist Organization ...…

…Whimsical, Warm Menorahs Community Mazel Toy! by Noi Volkov Tradition Tradition! allthingsjewish.com Call Alicia... (248) 557-0109 New Arrivals for directions Oct. 8 Julie (Kaplan) and John Steffes of Walled Lake are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Brandon Michael. Sharing in the happiness are proud grandparents Sharon and Alan H. Kaplan of West Bloomfield, Patricia and William Steffes of Au Gres, Mich., and Florida, and ...…

…KEEP AMERICA ROLLING! Lewis of West Bloomfield and Linda and Steven Klein of Orchard Lake. Delighted great-grandparents are Evelyn Lipitz of Plantation, Fla., Marion and Louis Klein of Farmington Hills and Hy Neshkes of Southfield. Benjamin is named in loving memory of his maternal great- grandfather Barney Lewis and his paternal great-great-uncle Lewis Green. Aug. 27 Franci (Lewis) and Greg Hirsch of Walled Lake welcome with love the birth ...…

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…SIDUINC 191PLAIIK 2002 pieces from the party to Jewish Women International to be used for underprivileged children. In addi- tion, she volunteered at the Danto Family Health Care Center in West Bloomfield and at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, assisting with occupa- tional therapy. Samantha Erica Iovan (Yonit Eden) will be called to the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 20, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. S...…

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…A \ t taro _Stye the efTictie Sunday, November 11, 2001 J.C.C. Book Fair and Steven Weisberg and the sister of Madeline and Matthew. Proud and loving grandparents are Henrietta and Alvin Weisberg and Mary Schwartz. She is also the granddaughter of the late Joseph Schwartz. Jessica is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. She enjoys water sports, horseback riding, skiing, dancing and music. Her mitzv...…

…Engagements Xititaka, 40.0KN, ‘Ve, Left to Right: Tammy, Jeffrey & Sara Kahan, Hannah Miller, Evelyn Bloch, Douglas, Ilene & Michael Kahan, Judith Grant Granader, Terry, David & Rachel Kahan At the recent annual dinner of AMERICAN RED MAGEN DAVID FOR ISRAEL, John J. Mames Chapter-Michigan Region, the honorees, Terry and David Kahan gifted a fully equipped ambulance to the people of Israel in honor of their children and their grandchildren...…