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…d Li W ADM AI Li W $1.00 MARCH 20, 1998/ADAR 22, 5758 Inside The Greening Of Fleischman A Special Section "Celebrates" With You Some Jews believe circumcision causes lingering physical and emotional trauma. …

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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS "TN March 20, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 4 Up Front 10 Back To The Garden A new program at Fleischman has residents seeing birds and bees. The World • Entertainment. page 84 31 Faint Praise, Condemnation Reaction to the Vatican's "apology" on the Holocaust is mostly negative. Maze!, Toy 45 Half-Century Of Love The key to a good marriage is great teamwork. AppleTree 57 Up Front. page 22 Mann On The Mountain How a J...…

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…For Openers... Evaluate Your Attitude Toward Kids In Shul E of Mr. Berman, known throughout his rabbi's well-crafted sermon. And they lliot. ELLIOT! Would you neighborhood as the man who adored stare into space as their little beloved please ... SHUT ... UP?!" children. One day he spent hours pour- slams paryerbooks to the floor. Those were my thoughts, ing and skillfully, even artistically, I sound like a curmudgeon? Do I not my words. Aft...…

…t tV '3 .."$Aam, .. The Detroit Friends of Bar-Ilan University cordially invite you to meet noted lecturer, author and renowned authority on the Jewish experience in the Far East Rabbi Marvin Tokayer on Thursday, March 26 7:30 pm at the KAHN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield (Room 310) • Rabbi Tokayer, who has led numerous trips to Asia, will brief you about Bar-Ilants historic friendship delegation to Augu...…

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…Goodman's Goodbye LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer Iff ay 1 would have marked Alan Goodman's ninth anniversary as executive director of Jewish Family Service. He will leave just one day short of that milestone to become executive director of the Educational Alliance in New York City. The ENs board rati- fied Goodman's hiring two weeks ago. "This was a fantastic offer that I just couldn't turn down," Goodman said. "New York was the only place tha...…

…Up Front Back To The Garden JULIE EDGAR News Editor T hey wanted to create a mini Eden, a place • where animals and plants could flourish amid the loving care of happy humans. Bloomfield Township residents Robert and Marge Alpern are fervent believers in the power of nature to heal, par- ticularly for older adults who often suffer from isolation and loneliness. So, they put their money where their hearts are and initiated the Alpern Life ...…

…Making A Difference - A local teacher revives an Anti-Defamation League program that aims to prevent bigotry. LONNY GOLDSMITH St4fTWriter n 1985, the Boston office of the Anti-Defamation League began the World of Difference Insti- tute. Two years later, Detroit followed as the second city to start the project. But grants ran out in 1993, forcing the ADL to charge schools for the program. And even though it's been up and running since then,...…

…(boys) are making their first appear- ance in Detroit as Maccabi sports. "The whole magnitude of the event is amazing with the number of ath- letes, venues and volunteers that will be involved," said Games Director Beth Kellman, citing the more than 80 boys' basketball teams that will participate. Friedman, the Detroit delegation head, got involved in Maccabi, like many of the volunteers, because of his children. His daughter, Emily, played in...…

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…Honorary Chairpersons The Honorable Dennis W. Archer Mayor. City of Detroit Phil Guarascio Vice President. General Motors Master of Ceremonies Ann Delisi 93 9 The River Remembering The Matriarchs Executive Committee Phillip DiMambro Committee Chairman The i Group Model & Talent Mgt. The Conservative movement's new prayerbook includes a new perspective in the Amidah. Boswell Brian Cheatham Clawson & Company Mary Gabriel Duffey, Ni...…

…Bnice® harclvvood floors (USCJ). Included in the decision were the prayerbook editors, the Rabbinical Assembly and USCJ leaders. The stan- dard, male-only Amidah comes first, followed on the next page by the new, modified version. "I don't think it sends a confusing message at all," said Epstein. "I've talked to a number of rabbis who've been testing this book, and I think many congregants have not even noticed. Because the rabbi says, 'We be...…

…Join Usl ■ co !1r2N 19113Si11 ltila 00 years of partnership The Michigan/Israel Connection of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is creating a database- of local Israeli residents so we may inform you of events during our community's Israel anniversary celebrations. Please fill in the form below and return it immediately to: Michigan/Israel Connection Attn: Laurine 6735 Telegraph, Suite 206 Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48301 Family ...…

…E R HA RD B MW former employer, Ellstein was allowed to come to work an hour early on Sunday night so he could leave early Monday to go to the court. The daily routine for Ellstein meant he had to get to the court at 7:30 a.m. to prepare for the arrival of the immigrants, and line them up to be checked in by Immigration and Naturalization Service clerks. When the clerks got to the court, he pointed the citizens in the right direction. Once th...…

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…EMU GREAT VALUES FROM American pressure on Israel; their citi- zens are frustrated with the leaders' incapability to force Israeli conces- sions. This could lead to domestic unrest. One Arab writer suggested that the Palestinians go to the streets, take Washington to the brink, and only then will the United States solire the Palestinian issue appropriately. In Israel, just beneath the delight that no missiles were fired, the mood was sullen. ...…

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…This & That Two Coopers are holding onto their seats; Haggadot for the blind and visually impaired. Judge Stephen C. Cooper has announced a second re-election bid for his seat on the 46th District Court in Southfield. Cooper, a former Southfield City Councilman, was first elected to the district court in 1986 and was re- elected in 1992. He is a board mem- ber of the Anti-Defamation League and formerly served as president of the Michigan Dis...…

…H ome Congregation Shir Tikvah members march the Torahs two miles to their first synagogue building. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer JOSHUA KRISTAL Photographer I t took 15 years for a small but vibrant Reform congregation to go home. Perhaps that is why the two-mile walk from their temporary home of 11 years, Northminster Presbyterian Church in Troy, to their brand new synagogue building a mile north of the Somerset Collection, was so exh...…

…Left: Shir Tikvah members reach out to touch the challah, as the congregation breaks bread for the first time at their new home. Below: Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg and Rick May blow shofarot to begin the farewell ceremony at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Below: Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg holds a mezuzah, picked out by Shir Tikvah teenagers in Israel two years ago. Right, middle: Nearly 200 Shir Tikvah members trekked two miles to the congregat...…

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…Editorials Allied Jewish Campaign: Part Of Our Community Fabric It's about people helping people. The most widely recognized annual event in the Detroit Jewish community, the Allied Jew- ish Campaign is a pivotal source of funding on behalf of Jews locally and around the world. Starting with Super Sunday last fall and closing with the Days of Decision, March 22 to April 6, the 1998 Campaign will prove a godsend for human-service agencies. It...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS The Jewish Ketubah: Art Vs. Document moment when the groom smashes lyiE y younger brother is the glass or lightbulb or whatever? getting married this There are plenty of options, ranging fall to a very nice from re-assembly in a sort of explod- attorney from a very ed pattern suspended in Lucite, to nice family, and may I say how very melting the pieces down and creat- happy we all are! ing a kiddush cup. Actually, I think I ...…

…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Femininity And Orthodoxy At A Key Crossroads A munal life. If it was primarily the men s a young girl, when I would who taught and modeled the observance awaken at my grandparents' of Jewish ritual and law, it was mainly house, I would love to lie in the women who taught the spirit. bed, listening to the deep, If it was my father who put on tefillin soothing voice of my grandfather, of every morning and went to shul regula...…

…or High School Students and Parents eet with College Representatives (over 32 colleges and universities COMMUNITY VIEWS KETUBAH from page 26 from around the county) Jewish College Fair Monday, March 23, 1998 7PM Jewish Community Center 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield *For more information, please call 248-355-3300 O An open forum discussion O Learn about scholarships and financial aid • Visit information booths and meet with c...…

…Jewry's Role in Human Advancement NOTEBOOK CROSSROADS from page 27 THE WORLD'S GREAT CONDUCTORS ;=) /- > ing on to the commitment to Halachah and to the values and teach- ings of our sages, and yet to some extent adapting to the times in which we live. Blu Greenberg, one of the foremost leaders in the feminist Orthodox movement, says, "Where there is a will, there is a halachic way." Certainly, there isn't room in Halachah for solu- • t...…

…Now they have a whole other reason to visit. LETTERS DETROIT JEWISH NEWS tiPTEWE R Inside: The Year 5757 In Review — Locally, internationally. Neighborhood Shifts To Improvement Loans. amount of land to be handed over to the PA is Israel's decision to make and is to be made on the basis of a reci- procity agreement that validates steps taken to change Arab attitudes vis-a- vis the destruction of Israel. It is no secret that these so-calle...…

…Faint Praise, Outright Condemnation Reaction to the Vatican's "apology" to Jews is mostly negative. JULIE EDGAR News Editor orally and nationally, Jewish reaction to a long-awaited statement by the Vatican on its role during the Holocaust ranged from scorn to faint praise. The 14-page statement, issued Mon- day by the Vatican Commission on Religious Relations With The Jews, addresses the horror of the Holocaust and calls for repentance by ...…

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…0000 THREE SENSATIONAL IN 8 la) R, fleeing with him were handed over to the Germans. In that second attempt to cross the Swiss border, Sprung and his compan- ions had false papers to mask their religion. But when they arrived in Switzer- land, they showed their real papers, thinking they would get asylum more easily as Jews. Handed over to the Germans, they produced their false papers to avoid detection as Jews. But German officials knew the...…

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…Genetics Lecture At Beth El / — /—' / -2 Physician and authority on medical ethics Dr. Fred Rosner will be the guest speaker at Temple Beth El's first Annual Milton M. Alexander Memorial Lecture 7 p.m. Sunday, March 29. Dr. Rosner will speak on "Genetics and Cloning from the Perspective of Dr. Rosner the Jewish Tradition." Dr. Rosner is a member of the professional advisory board of the Kennedy Institute for Ethics of Georgetown University...…

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