…:11 171 1' c..*) THE SWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Day School Is Struggling For Community Support SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer D r. Margaret Eichner knew when she ac- cepted the job as headmaster at Yavneh Academy, the Reform Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, it would take three to five years to get the school off the ground. She was right. After its first year and an enrollment of 14 students, Yavne...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus Testing The Generation: Never Ending C onstantly recurring prejudicial outbursts against Jews in many parts of the world have aspects of such normality — if hatred can be granted such terminology — that preparedness to confront them should also be viewed as a normality. In the present decade, it seems to have grown to such extremes that what is needed is more than mere preparedness for de...…
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…■ ■ ■ UP FRONT SCA Buys Time To Settle Rift By Delaying Meeting With Pope IRA RIFKIN Special to The Jewish News looming confronta- tion between Or- thodox and non- Orthodox members of the Synagogue Council of America (SCA) has been temporarily averted by the postponement of a scheduled meeting at the Vatican bet- ween Jewish leaders and Pope John Paul II, it was learned this week. The conflict resolves around the composition of the SCA ...…
…EDITORIAL Local Denials There are two types of denial being prac- ticed among Detroit's Christian clergy. One type is spotlighted in our Close-Up this week on Page 28. A group of well- meaning clergy, concerned about human rights throughout the world, have stepped to center stage several times this year to complain about Israel, its treatment of Pa- lestinians, and their belief that Israel is the stumbling block to a solution to the "Palesti...…
…CONTENTS Critical Clergy Breaking Back Pain ALAN HITSKY Local Christian clergy have entered the Middle East fray, raising questions among Israel's friends. RUTHAN BRODSKY Detroiters give some tips on how to avoid the pain of back injury. 28 60 14 DETROIT • Yeshiva Beth Yehudah and Yeshiva Gedolah are undergoing construction. • Tuesday's elections have proven pretty dull for most voters. WASHINGTON 33 Reducing the deficit is a high-...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITORS: Elizabeth Applebaum Phil Jacobs STAFF WRITERS: Susan Grant Kimberly Lifton Richard Pearl CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elie Wiesel WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: James D. Besser FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Helen Davis PHOTOGRAPHER: Glenn Triest LOCAL COLUMNISTS: Danny Raskin Carla Jean Schwartz BUSINESS MANAGER: Marianne Tayl...…
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…DETROIT Yeshivas Give 10-Mile A Spiritual Facelift PHIL JACOBS Assistant Editor R abbi P e r e t z Rushnawitz's eyes light up when he talks about new dormitory rooms that are spacious enough to house three or four students of the Yeshiva Gedolah for boys. The dorms, which will be open in the coming weeks, are being built to fit within the goals of school officials, who want students to enjoy a total learning experience. Although just 45 s...…
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…I DETROIT I Site of the decomanos in Jerusalem. Jerusalem Expert Mixes Archeology And Tourism ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor itzhak Yaacobi does not expect a flood of tourists in Jerusalem as a result of his trip to the United States. But Jerusalem's preeminent historian, in Detroit this week for a series of meetings with Jewish and Christian groups, travel agents and the media, believes his visit will help Israeli tourism in the long term...…
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…UP FRONT James P Sheehy ck Meeting Delayed Continued from Page 20 [ Women Lawyers Assoc. of MI endorsesSheehy IV The Oakland Press endorsesSheehy Sheehy • The Detroit News endorses Sheehy Evr Oakland Bar Association endorses Sheehy g The Eccentric Newspapers endorse Sheehy g The Royal Oak Tribune endorses Sheehy Nr Sheriff John Nichols endorses Sheehy Nr L. Brooks Patterson endorses Sheehy • Michigan Education Assoc. endorses Sheehy Nr ...…
…VOTE NOVEMBER 6, 1990 . SANDER LEVIN U.S. Representative MAXINE BERMAN DAVID GUBOW State Representative State Representative JACK FAXON State Senator And the Southeastern Oakland Leadership Team: DENNIS AARON Oakland County Commissioner JOHN KINNEY LILLIAN JAFFE OAKS Oakland County Commission Candidate Oakland County Commissioner LAWRENCE R. PERNICK Oakland County Commissioner JAMES J. BLANCHARD Governor RICHARD H. AUSTIN ...…
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…The Committee to Re-elect 46th District Court Judge Bryan H. Levy urges you to support him with your vote on November 6th. Partial Committee List: Gary Ehlke Jeffrey Ehrlichman Brian Einhorn Martin A. Eisenstadt Jerry Michael Ellis Earle Endelman Donald R. Epstein William Ernst Michael H. Fabian Hon. Jack Faxon Sheldon A. Fealk Martin N. Fealk Jeffrey H. Feldman Stanley G. Feldman Stephen M. Feldman Robert Z. Feldstein Jerome L Fenton Arthur...…
…CLOSE-UP Critical. Clergy Socially-conscious local Christian clergy have entered the Middle East fray. Their trips to `the Holy Land' and their public perceptions raise questions among Israel's friends. ■ Reverend R. Stewart Wood led a controversial trip to the Middle East. ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor 28 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990 NV hen Rev. R. Stewart Wood signed a let- ter last spring com- plaining about a mosque burned near Nablu...…
…quick to ask how the PLO was chosen: with the ballot or the bullet? Rabbi A. James Rudin, na- tional director of inter- religious affairs for the American Jewish Com- mittee, describes the sources of clerical anti-Israel animosity. Some, he be- lieves, can't accept a Jewish state since their Messiah, Jesus Christ, already has come. Many Protestants, he says, have a viewpoint based on :150 years of missionary efforts in the Middle East. Protest...…
…I CLOSE-UP I Join us in supporting Denise Richman Alexander for State Senate. Vote Tuesday, November 6. David Potts Wendy Potts Sylvia Ravin Sidney Ravin Lori Resnick Magene Richman J. Leonard Hyman Paul Karr Susan Karr Barry Klein Cindi Korchak Sam Richman Susan Richman Anne Roberts Jerry Korchak Lorraine Kuhn Michael LaVoie Morton Robins Johanna Robins Charles Robinson Robert Lawton Andrea Lawton Alec Rogers Harriet Rotter Norman ...…
…standard. It's racism. It's racism against Arabs, and yet you hear this all the time from liberal Christians." Rabbi Rudin on the na- tional level, and Sharona Shapiro and David Gad-Harf in Detroit, are trying to counter the anti-Israel stances of some Christian clergymen. "Israel, with all its warts, is better than what has been shown" to these people, Rabbi Rudin said. Ms. Shapiro believes Rev. Wood has received a slanted, one-sided view of ...…
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…INSIDE WASHINGTON Huge Federal Deficit Is High Stakes For Jews JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent C ongress has finally fled Washington after weeks of squabbling over a plan to reduce the huge federal budget deficit — a high-stakes game for Jewish organizations. Concern centered on two areas. The first involved such major questions as Israel's $3 billion in foreign aid and millions of dollars in matching grants for Soviet emigres in...…
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…BACKGROUND Still The One Washington is forging new alliances, but the one with Israel will be the one that endures. HELEN DAVIS Foreign Correspondent T he Gulf crisis now ap- pears to be on the brink of its most critical, unstable and un- predictable phase. It is im- possible to know precisely where the chips will fall, still less to predict the future shape of the Middle East map. One thing, however, is cer- tain: despite the United Sta...…
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…RE-ELECT STATE SENATOR JACK FAXON State Senator Jack Faxon is a strong and effective leader. He has consistently fought for the residents of Oakland County. That is why he has earned the endorsement of so many local organizations and community officials: ORGANIZATIONS OFFICIALS Southfield: Congressman Sander Levin State Repesentative Maxine Serman County Commissioner Lillian Jaffe Oaks County Commissioner Lawrence R. Pernick Councilwoman...…
…LIFE IN ISRAEL An Israeli newscast with Russian subtitles. Moscow On Ben Yehudah The growing flood of Soviet emigres has already changed the sights and sounds of Israel, from Israel Television to the corner market. DEBORAH LIPSON Special to The Jewish News M any Soviet Jews now living in Israel jok- ingly claim that Israel's second language will shortly be Hebrew. For while no one can be sure how many Jews are likely to make aliyah from...…
…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND On Behalf Of SOVIET JEWS needs more than your sympathy. N F needs your dollars. Now. Not next week. Or next month. Now. Sympathy won't pay for clearing the Land for the 40,000 sites which are needed before the end of the year. Money will. Your money. The Israeli people are shouldering most of the financial burden. But they can't do it alone. Your help is vital. Thousands of Soviet Jews are arriving in Israel every we...…
…'1 COMMUNITY Jewish Survivor Of Incest Breaks The Long Silence SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer S usan Lasker's father was a model member of the Boston Jewish community. He wore a white shirt, wing-tipped shoes and he never swore. He also sexually abused his daughter. Ms. Lasker, who was in Detroit to talk about her ex- periences, remembers wak- ing up in her bed feeling cold and discovering her pajamas had been removed and her father in her bed....…
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…"Your Opponent (Debbie Schlussel) is a Zionist a Jew and our community wants to defeat her. If there is anything we can do to help you, let us know." Arab delegate - to candidate-Barbara-Dobb at the Michigan Republican State convention, Sept. 7, 1990 During the course of her campaign, Michigan House candidate Dobb received many large campaign contributions from an Arab PAC and members of the Arab community who are not afraid to voice their ...…
