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…Contents DETROIT JEWISH MEWS rn A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association and American Jewish Press Association awards N www.detroitjewishnews.com April 20, 2001 Nisan 27, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 10 This Week 23 Commemorations Living Well 91 Financial Strategy Events to mark Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut. Professional advisers look at the long haul. 93 The Manager Opinion Brian Feldman's philosophy doesn't fit the agen...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com A Crossing The Line s a journalist, I cherish the press freedoms we enjoy in America. But that doesn't mean everything goes. The Detroit Free Press didn ' t hide behind the First Amendment in rejecting a comic strip that seems to push Christianity over Judaism. Laudably, it stood by its instincts. It's not unlawful to espouse one religion ove...…
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…This Week For Openers A Shull Paperclips paperclip is fairly easy to make, inexpensive and, in most cases, inconsequential. Yet, even the lowly paperclip can stand up and be counted. NBC News reported last week that a rural Tennessee middle school is trying to collect 6 million paperclips to represent the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. As of April 10, the school vas half way to its goal. The "Paperclip Project" a...…
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…Staff Notebook Mayor Archer And Detroit Jewry Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer has announced that he will not run for re- election this fall. David Gad-Harf, Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit executive director, said he hopes Archer's successor will continue to keep Jews involved in the city of Detroit. "Mayor Archer laid down the chal- lenge to the Jewish community at the beginning of his administration to do even more than it had...…
…Moved To Action Students at Methodist Albion College will dedicate a plaque in Poland next month identifying Schindler's factory. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer I Europe was struggling under — that Jews were Christ killers. "I proposed that we do a first-year seminar," Frick said. "Geoff Cocks asked if he could join me. We've '9. worked closely together on this." It's always been one of the first seminars to fill up, Frick said, but now, in ...…
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…This Cover Story RICAN JEWS, GERM ANY D THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY DEBRA ISAACS Jewish Renaissance Media and Esther Lippman represent two recent chapters in the chronicle of sh feelings about Germany. ar-old Manhattan entrepreneur who describes his religious orientation ests Germans and Germany almost as much as he disdains Jews who rite checks for Holocaust memorials and museums. American Jews, in a culture of forgiveness that has obscur...…
…REASON AND EMOTION COLLIDE AS JEWS TRY TO RECONCILE MODERN GERMANY WITH ITS HOLOCAUST PAST. Lippman is the kind of Jew who makes Kelsey uneasy, the sort who regularly attends Holocaust- related lectures, exhibits and films but doesn't allow them to poison her feelings about Germany. She typifies a paradox of American Jewish life that has been noted in surveys by the American Jewish Committee in 1999 and 2000. While American Jews consider Holo...…
…fklsyir-*€rmt Cover Story SURVIVORS REACT TO "You can't forgive somebody who did such heinous things. Those born during or after the war carry a certain amount of guilt "I wouldn't buy a German car. It happens sometimes that you buy something you really need and you find out it's made in Germany, but large items I wouldn't buy "I only went back to Germany for the dedication of a memorial, but I have no interest in going back." Marianne Wild...…
…ANEW GERMANY AMERICAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE VISITS TO A COUNTRY THEY SAY HAS ATONED. DEBRA ISAACS Jewish Renaissance Media Advising Caution Lower-level groups are also going. San Francisco's Jewish Federation sponsored a mission to Germany ewish leaders in the United States and in Israel this month; next month, a group of 15 graduate stu- are encouraging an openness to what they dents from Brandeis University will experience living...…
…Friends Across The Divide Teens from opposite sides of the Middle East conflict speak out for peace. DIANA LIEBERIvIAN Staff Writer T he neighborhoods where Aviv Liron, 18, and Amer Kamal, 19, grew up are only about 90 kilometers from each other. That translates into 54 miles, about as far as from Mt. Clemens to Ann Arbor. But Liron, an Israeli Jew from Bet Yitzchak, near Netanya, and Kamal, a Palestinian from eastern Jerusalem, would pro...…
…RINKE CADILLAC 84 Years And Still Delivering 'The Fusion of design and Technology" tain amid the current violence. The center has a calendar of activities. Now we have to erase them, day by day," Liron said. 2001 CATERA Long-Term Effect My view is the program is even more important in view of the present con- flict in the Middle East," said David Gad-Harf, executive director of the Jewish Community Council and an early Seeds of Peace sup...…
…Excessive Response events" in recent days, beginning with a cross-border attack by Hezbollah guerillas in southern Lebanon that killed an Israeli soldier. Israel, which holds Lebanese mas- ter Syria responsible for controlling Hezbollah, responded with an attack on a Syrian radar site in Lebanon, reportedly killing three soldiers. This was followed by the Palestinian mortar attacks and the Israeli response, which was a combined land, sea and ...…
…▪ Up A Notch Seeking to restore deterrence, Israel accepts risk of escalation. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency r Roed-Larsen, reiterated that Hezbollah's claim flies in the face of earlier U.N. decisions. Jerusalem or those worried about the credibility of Israeli deterrence, the Israel Defense Force this week delivered two unmistakable messages — to Syria and the Palestinians — that it is willing to fight. For those worried that...…
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…Community Commemorations Holocaust Memorial Center Shaaray Zedek Plans Sets Annual Commemoration Memorial Service Members of the U. S. armed forces, representing Selfridge Air National Guard Base, will present a color guard to open the annual Holocaust Memorial Academy at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in Handleman Hall at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. A highlight of the ceremony will be the kindling of candles by Holocaust survi...…
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…1 on Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: ww-w.detroitjewishnews.corn Judging Germany Today A s our cover story this week points out, you can't be Jewish and not have feelings about Germans and Germany. Perhaps we can talk about Japan or Italy or China and not let emotions inter- fere with judgment. But for most of us, the deeply shared memory of the Holo- caust colors our reactions from the very first moment when we hear Germ...…
…OTHER VIEWS Jewish Holocaust, Armenian Genocide 114, henever something of significance happens, most of us share the story with others. When there is a joyous event, we call friends and invite them to celebrate with us. When something sad happens, we inform those close to us and they ,comfort us. Sharing the experience changes our own experience and affects the way we feel. When others react as we do, it validates us and forges a connection....…
…American and Women's American 'Cordially invites you to join us 4or a special evening honotinq ANDREA & LAWRENCE WOLFE Ora Visionaries Dinner • Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Adat Shalom Synagogue • Farmington Hills 5:45 P.M. Reception 6:30 P.M. Program Dinner Following Guest Speaker Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Best selling author and "one of the 50 best speakers in the United States" (Talk Magazine) Honorary Dinner Chairs Ambassador David...…
…Watt Illake the rafferenee To the many volunteers who selflessly give their time, energy and expertise to the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit ("ciltank Your dedication allows us to enhance the quality and quantity of programs to meet the needs of our members and the community. Help repair the world. Share your life, your heart and your time. Waittateef! For volunteer opportunities at the JCC, call Elisa Freilich, (248) 66...…
…Hearts of Gold Two Jewish volunteers earn United Way's most prestigious award. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News F 6 44 ern Katz and Nathan . Shiovitz have only a few things in common. They both live in Southfield and are outstanding volunteers in the Jewish community who will be honored Wednesday, April 25, when they receive Heart of Gold Awards from the United Way Community Services. Other than that, Katz and Shiovitz are as diffe...…
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…sz islaers Lake Kinneret, 2001 Soon there won any water left to part. Touching bottom—the imminent death of Israel's major source of fresh, sweet water Lake Kinneret, 1992 The people of Israel are watching their most important source of fresh water die. Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) is at its lowest point in recorded history. It is a tragic drama that gives renewed urgency to Jewish National Fund's $250-million initiative to rescue ...…
…NCJW Honors Volunteers The National Council of Jewish Women program will host its volun- teers at a dessert reception at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 30, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. There is no charge for the dessert reception; Oakland County Circuit Judge Judge Sosnick Edward Sosnick will be guest speak- er. Volunteers should make reserva- tions to NCJW, (248) 355-3300. RoberD Co co ection s 'OW Friday, April 27 Noon to 7 pm In Fine Jewelry Robe...…
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…Author Addresses Woman's World 6rreater Detroit Chapter of 14ADASSA14 sends its heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers! Woman's World 2001 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek on Wednesday, May 2, will feature author Tova Mirvis, whose first novel is The Ladies Auxiliary. In this novel, the Memphis native focuses on many themes in Jewish lit- erature. Tova Mirvis Woman's World 2001 will begin with a continental breakfast at 10 a.m. and a collectio...…
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…Lecture Series Addresses Genes As part of the ongoing lecture series of the Hyman and Sonia Blumenstein Outreach Institute of Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center, Dr. Michael Tainsky and Robin Gold will speak on "Jewish Genes and Cancer" 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Torah Center, 5595 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Dr. Michael Dr. Tainsky is Tainsky professor of oncology and director of the program in molec- ular biology and genetic...…
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