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…=ram JEWISE NEWS 11 June 19, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 17 Merger Approved Beth Achim members support a new future with Adat Shalom. The Fabulous Fest Israel Fest '98 was a fabulous time at the Zoo for all ages. Community 44 Editorials 27 Marketplace 127 Mazel Toy! 52 Obituaries 154 Remember When 24 Synagogues 62 This & That 24 Torah Portion 66 The World 35 Candlelighting Friday, June 19 Food. page 111 76 People To People Partnership 2000 h...…

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…For Openers_ Celebrate TheQuestion Is What To Name The Baby? Our shuns!! • might accept his wife's family name as ble, not the third L. Oh, yeah, it IS nd so, we welcome this the third L, because there are two pre- his. And I've become acclimated to the child into our Jewish com- vious Ls in Fellman. You know, on proliferation of hyphenated choices munity, as we bestow upon second thought, can I just fax in this (though, frankly, I'm eage...…

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…'ft Merger Approved Beth Achim members vote to join Adat Shalom. HARRY KIRSBAUM StalfWriter T he members of Congregation Beth Achim in Southfield voted over- whelmingly this week to become a part of Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. On June 14, in a secret ballot, the congregation voted 360 for, 50 _ z, 0 against, with 159 not voting. The congregation will join the 1,150, members of Adat Shalom by the High Holy days. Beth Achim's...…

…KNOWLEDGE Is POWER '‘ 3 7* .;se. WI? • x:x4,4• inside: The Year 57571n Review — Locally, Internationally. Neighborhood Shifts To Improvement Loans. Waiting Game The Holocaust Memorial Center is in limbo while Federation ponders approval of its expansion plans. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer 0 n Tuesday, the board of the Jewish Federation of Metro- politan Detroit meets. It won't be discussing the pro- posed expansion of the Holocaust M...…

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…Pho to courtesy °A LL STAR SOUTHFIELD ANNIVERSARY THIS. WEEKEND CELEBRATE WITH STAR SMITHFIELD AND ENJOY CARNIVAL-LIKE ENTERTAINMENT WITH CLOWNS, FACE PAINTING AND MORE! Receive a Free small pop and popcorn along with one Free admission to anyone who brings in a Star Southfield ticket stub from opening day June 20, 1997. Hate Returns Farmington Hills is hit for the second time in two weeks by anti-Semitic graffiti. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff...…

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…Celebrating Patriotism The Jewish Community Center throws a party for new Americans. LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter s ince 1996, more than 200 Russian immigrants in the Detroit area have become American citizens. Most of them celebrated their accomplishment at a party on June 10. "It's an exciting moment for them because it gives them recognition," said Rivka Latinskaya, who works for the Russian Acculturation Department at the Jimmy Prentis...…

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…In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the State of Israel .. . The Attorney Division of State of Israel Bonds Development Corporation for Israel cordially invites you to attend an "Israel At 50" Tribute Dinner honoring Senator Carl Levin Congressman Sander M. Levin Special Guest Speaker Gideon Pact President and CEO, Israel Bonds Organization Tuesday, June 30, 1998 Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield Dinner...…

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…This years Walk for Israel took a different route. ver 3,000 people put their best foot forward Sunday in the 20th annual Walk for Israel. In a departure from previous Walks, the event began at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center and wound 3 1/2 miles through Oak Park and Huntington Woods neighborhoods to the Detroit Zoo. Awaiting the multi- tudes at the zoo was music by the Israeli Parparim Ensemble, a biblical scavenger hunt, a...…

…JULIE EDGAR News Editor BILL HANSEN Photographer .• • 2; 7 „.m.14 - Thiss page, top to bottom: Anna Mickel (foreground) and Florence Ashin pass out water before the 3 112-mile walk. . Johanna As.ztalos of Ann Arbor shows her spirit Asher Parr-Besemer of Rochester Hills gets a-round at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center. A game of tug-of-war ensues with the ribbon-cutting before the walk. 6/19 1998 23 …

…The Jewish Federation of Metropoli- tan Detroit announced that Judah Isaacs, its senior planning associate, will become the interim executive director of the Agency for Jewish Education, replacing Howard Gelberd, who left for a position in California this week. The Federation also announced the promotion of Marc Berke from Cam- paign associate to director of the Young Adult Division. He succeeds James Rosenberg, who has accepted a position wit...…

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…The meshing of Congregation Beth Achim and Adat Shalom Synagogue changes the equation not just for what have been two distinct mem- berships but for the overall Conservative movement in metropolitan Detroit. It is a hope- ful change. The new entity — under the Adat Shalom name — promises to be a stronger, more viable institution, better able to serve its members and their children than the two separate institutions. In the period after World W...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Being A Light, When Nations Seek Arms action. ll over the world, countries Choosing life is important because of different ideologies are nuclear war threatens all life. seeking ways to prevent The planet's entire life-support sys- nuclear war. tem, as well as millions of lives, may The nuclear tests by Pakistan, corn- be destroyed in a nuclear war. To initi- ing two weeks after India's ate a nuclear war is to own tests, have...…

…+4 70, NEWS EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK The Silence Is Dismaying the vandalism at the I 'm no longer surprised by the synagogue and Sunday's reticence of some of the organi- Israel Fest. zations we regularly write about. "I didn't want them Experience has taught that to think [the there is an unspoken taboo Israel Fest] against speaking publicly wasn't a safe about controversy, even if the place to be," public might benefit from he said. the informa...…

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…VIEWS NATION r from page 28 is absolutely evil. It is important to note what Hitler did, because nuclear war, if it comes, will be preceded by a popular hysteria. Public opinion will be manipulated and simplified by the use of myths. Jews are ideal candidates for m fication. Were Jews such as Albert Ein- stein and J. Robert Oppenheimer responsible for the Bomb? Did they ) let "the genie out of the bottle?" If there were a nuclear war, coul...…

…OPINION Recapturing That Community Spirit Of 1990 sleep, a little breakfast and an occasional' ow's this for a bumbling dinner. delivery: Add to that providing some kind of I was out walking the weekend Shabbat experience and you dog a few Sundays back have the total of "requirements" for the when I saw my neighbors. "How would hosts. you like to house some total strangers When my eldest son was partici- for a week at the end of the summer?"...…

…NOTE10011 Catastrophe Chic emember the late 1980s dhists were facing near genocide? The when benefit concerts were same place the world was only 10 years all the rage, from Live-Aid, earlier during the Holocaust: absent. A lot of money was raised at the which helped people starving concert, and many people who went in in Africa, to Farm-Aid, which helped search of purely a good time were edu- farmers stricken by a drought? It cated about the...…

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…Calls For Moderation Israel's National Religious Party is going through an internal ideological struggle. ership of the country," says Yisrael Harel, a former chairman of the set- tlers' council. "It believes that its for- mula is the only one that can cope he billboards of Jerusalem with the next millennium — the are plastered with stark future of Judaism, the future of the posters warning Prime Min- state and of its boundaries. The Likud i...…

…The Womilra Pro-Voucher Ruling Changes Future Debate JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent YOUR DulAilitIR HEADQUARTER .......... ATTENTION G.M., FORD & CHRYSLER OWNERS SAVE UP TO AN ADDMONAL $11000 ON SELECTED VEHICLES FOR YOUR BEST PRICE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Ca MIKE SCHLUSSEL DIRECT: 223-8516 6/19 1998 36 I 11L 1 TAMAROFF DODGE 24625 West 12 Mile (Just west of Telegraph) • Southfield, MI (248) 354-6600 Catca Me Best ...…

…44 111 1.7 GENERAL MOTORS LOYALTY FIRST REWARD ing and reporters aren't asking many questions. to all G.M. owners who currently own or lease a new G.M. vehicle State Department briefings in recent weeks, focusing on breaking issues like Serbian ethnic cleansing, have been notable for their minimal Mideast content. The U.S. Mideast peace team con- tinues working with Israeli and Pales- tinian officials, but at the White \I-louse and in th...…

…he World Trg our starter Vackage -Parents bElag onlg class Kids (5-13) from the peace process, he told an audience at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, but the Palestinian econo- my has gone in the opposite direction. "Simply put, Palestinians are earn- ing less, spending less, and growing even poorer," he said. "This situation must be reversed, and quickly." Eizenstat urged Israel to do more to ease the free flow of labor and goods from t...…

…• INTRODUCING of American Hebrew Congre- ' gations, Dr. D. „ . . 7 James Kennedy, a leading Christ- ian conservative, I and John Cardi- nal O'Conner of New York. Also on the list: Christian Coali- tion leader Pat Robertson and Family Research Council director i , bbi Eric Yoffie supports the Eck- stein appeal. Gary Bauer. "We are asking him to seriously and aggressively address the issue of religious freedom during his meetings in China,...…

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…›-1 ,1 when Elie Wiesel chastised President :Clinton about U.S. inaction in the face of "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia. Critics, who want the museum to be strictly a memorial to Jewish vic- tims, reject that function, but a major- ity of Holocaust scholars and many Jewish leaders say that the most important kind of remembrance is that which uses the martyrdom of the • Jewish victims to help prevent new • instances of mass killing. Museum offici...…

…The Jewish Community Center Proudly Announces The D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building. Realizing a great dream requires the cooperation of many good people, and D. Dan and Betty Kahn are an important part of seeing our dream of a renewed and revitalized. Jewish Community Center come true. For their contribution, the Kahns will forever be remembered as we dedicate the D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building. 6/19 1998 42 …

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…• 1PM.Events On Calendar The Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Corn- munity Center in Oak Park will host the monthly bingo at 12:30 p.m. Mon- day, June 22. There is a small donation. The Yiddish Culture Club will be >held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, facili- tated by Chaim Rosenthal. There is no charge. "Successful Aging" is a special pro- gram 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 24. Reva Klar, clinical nurse specialist in gerontol- ogy, will conduct the lectu...…

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…NLItNT paa. D NOS S 1 - , , Sefer Safari At The JPM The Agency for Jewish Education's Jew- ish Experiences for Families and the JPM Jewish Community Center will host "A Sefer Safari Extravaganza" 3-5 p.m. Sunday, June 28 at the JPM building. Participants will see the PuppetArt Company perform Close The Window, a Russian folktale, and create special Jew- ish book crafts. In addition, families with children of preschool age through second gra...…

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…Hebrew Classes Op en House This Father's Day, ask for Dad's keys Eilu v' Eilu, the adult Jewish learn- ing project, will host a summer Hebrew open house 7 p.m. Thurs- day, June 25, at Borders Books & Music, 34300 Woodward Avenue, Birmingham. No reservations are required. Open House attendees will receive a complimentary coffee or tea cour- tesy of Borders. Instructor Ahuva Newman will meet prospective stu- dents and discuss levels of study,...…

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