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September 20, 2002 • Page Image 21

…One Bedroom Summer Special Only $1440.00 per month! entrepreneurs called Israel 21C, and poll- sters Stanley Greenberg, Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi and Frank Luntz. The ads show such images as Israeli newspapers and Israel's Parliament. A narrator in the ad says that in "Israel, unlike in other coun- tries in the region, all people — Christians, Muslims and Jews — enjoy freedom of religion, press and speech. Israel and America — shared values, sh...…

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…Remember When • • Rebuilding Shattered Lives From the pages of the Jewish News for- this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Three Hillel teachers introduce local organizations to Israel's 'One Family' organization. 1992 DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor/Education Writer 0 n March 27, 2002, a 26- year-old Israeli named Tomer Oshrat drove to the billiard club at Rishon L'Tzion to pick up a friend and drive him home. That was the moment a...…

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…JNOphdon Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Learning From Our National Tragedies e are marking two mournful anniver- saries — two years since the Palestinians began their current intifada (uprising) against Israel, and a year since Islamic fundamentalists attacked New York and Washington, D.C. It is a time to look back and consider what has been learned in this time of vio- lence and terror...…

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…OTHER VIEWS Observations In Israel mil y wife and I were in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Safed, and in Judea, Israel, dur- ing July and August. Prior to our departure, we were told not to ride buses, not to go to the Jerusalem Shuk (market), the Jerusalem Cannion (the Malka Mall) and to the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall. We rode the buses, went to the Shuk, the Cannion and the pedestrian mall. We rode the buses in Jerusalem and to Tel Aviv, Tiberias an...…

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…The Sukkah's Link To Craft, Creation New York T here are two ritual acts at the end of Yom Kippur that transform feelings of guilt, loss and despair into hope. The first requires a ram's horn. The final blast of the shofar, declar- ing the unity and transcendent power of God, is a moment of heav- enly and earthly elation. The second ritual act requires a hammer. Hammering the first nail into the frame of the sukkah (temporary hut), accordi...…

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…LOOK FOR THE NEW 2002/2003 JN SOURCEBOOK in your mailbox soon! 1 k lo ur Complete Guide ToJewish \\, h Metropolitan Detroit Filled wi everythin need to know about th Detroit Jewish community, this keepsake edition also includes special JN 60th anniversary section and the Reader's Choice Awards for Jewish Detroit. 9/20 2002 28 To order a Detroit Jewish News subscription for yourself or as a gift, call (248) 865-6320 OTHER VIEWS S...…

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…Jewish Federation and United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit GROlt Olgt Se ECTIOD 13F1R Ain 13qc Miz3vAbs! Simcha Scroll A lovely keepsake printed on "Tyvek" parchment, personal- ized in calligraphy with the name of the honoree, occasion, and date. Olivewood case, lucite stand and velvet bag included. • $90.00 Hebrew Name Necklace A great gift. Spell the recipient's name in Hebrew. It's personal and it's fun. Sterling cubes o...…

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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 40 Mazel Toy! 42 Brickner takes on incumbent Shulman State Rep. Marc Shulman for 39th District state House seat another round in their families' political match-ups. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News hile the Brickners easily defeated the Shulmans in the opener of a family political doubleheader in August, the Shulmans have the advan- tage in the second contest in November. But Democrat Stuart Brickne...…

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…Where will the dream take you next? r'fr"•• •: :,.. • . shortfalls and Michigan is nowhere near any of them in their financial problems," ShulMan said. "With the Proposal A tax relief, our state always has, and will continue to, weather the storm on financial matters." Shulnian declared he prefers to wage a "positive campaign, and I'm running on my record and proven experience, including my chairman- ship of the appropriations commit- tee. B...…

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…Community Prices are Fall At Marty Feldman! ,.00399 pre apy Financing Am available up gilP to 60 months Netae. Rebate $4:43 3t° 00 Adding Jewish Flavor 2003 MALIBU SEDAN STK. #17655-66009 General Public Lease For Supplier Lease for GMS Lease for $219/mo.* 209/mo.. s189/mo. Farmington Hills Inn staff and Jewish agency help former Elan Villagers find Yiddishkeit at new home. * General Public Lease For SALES HOURS: Mon-Thurs ...…

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…and accesso Lillian Brook played colleague, program coor- the piano. She and dinator Shirley Jarcaig, Rosalie Carroll were consult with administra- among the first to move tor Norman and activi- to Farmington Hills ties director Vicki Thuer Inn. Sarabel Panter is to find "the best ways another Jewish resident for enhancing the lives who shares her piano of our Jewish older playing with others. adults," Jarcaig said. "Our staff has Rabbi Polte...…

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…C omm u ni ty *,-*** *kw11010.0,.* ************ .%,,00kto.sofo., 2002 1.3=35:51=USEI ! Cancer Group Honors Stellar The Israel Cancer Association of Michigan (ICA) will honor Frank D. Stella, a business and civic leader, and his son, Dr. Philip J. Stella, an Ann Arbor oncologist, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Westin Hotel in Southfield. Frank Stella is chairman and CEO of the F.D. Stella Products Company in Detroit, which desi...…

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…Check out the advantages: B'nai B'rith Plans Cablecast "B'nai B'rith Presents" will air, as part of its "Enlighten America" pro- gram, portions of the eighth annual United We Walk celebration at West Bloomfield High School on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2002. The hour-length program includes highlights of music and songs by the West Bloomfield and Allen Park high school choirs, readings by students and remarks by U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-M...…

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…REWARD THEIR COURAGE. THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM The bomb that struck at the heart of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on July 31st, killing nine people and wounding scores of others, intended to inject a sense of terror into a University that is famous for championing open dialogue and coexistence. THE COURAGE TO PREVAIL If you were at the University today, you would see that its students, faculty and staff are determined to pre...…

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…B'nai Moshe Plans Classes, Lectures Under the rubric of "New Year, New Beginning -- 5763," Congregation B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield is offering a variety of fall programs for adult Jewish learning, including a number of 10-week courses and a guest lecture series. Classes are held at B'rtai Moshe and open to the community. • The Power of Seven is a seven- month series. Different speakers will teach a self-contained topic on the first Monday...…

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…. Throughout the year, including Tot Shabbat for 3- and 4-year-olds and Shabbat Shelanu for grades K-1. For students in second grade and up, Junior Congregation from 10:20- 11:10 a.m. every Shabbat. Sharlene Ungar, (248) 788-0600. Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit SHABBAT SHALOM Congregation B'nai Moshe — Beginning Saturday, Oct. 5, 8:45- 9:30 a.m. Shabbat morning "early bird" Torah portion study group with community educator Barry V. Levine....…

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…F■ 11 ■ .1t ) ,.. sukkah. No charge. Dinner — Wednesday, Sept 25, 6:15 p.m. Adat Shalom Synagogue will sponsor dinner in the sukkah. Shabbat Services and Dinner — Friday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m. RSVP by Sept. 25. University of Michigan — 1429 Hill St., Ann Arbor 48104. For information or to RSVP: (734) 769-0500. Grads and Professionals — Monday, Sept. 23, 6 p.m. Potluck picnic at Burns Park. Bring veggie dish. American Movement for Israel-AMI and I...…

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…Community Peopte Photography LLC Weddings Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Home Portraits „ Co Kissing - - Geging Laughing — — Maze' Toy! Celebrating Photographing Life New Arrivals Sept. 2 Huntington Woods, Mi. 248-543-3637 Craig Singer M.D. Certified Mohel: I nto Aug. 27 Home: (248) 626-6868 Pager: (248) 317-0417 Visit My Website vvww.brismd.corn Henry Andrew Freeman 514-BRIS (2747) 618790 24 HOURS CANTOR HOWARD GLANTZ Certified Mohe...…

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…cv cE•Aii•ANAIA4A6A.B.A0A4•AmAiiAkiAgAelAid Celebrating 50 Years 11 In honor of our named in loving memory of his maternal great-grandfather Emanual (Manny) Ettinger and his paternal great-zayde Hyman Aaron Blackman. July 26 Caryn (Dorfman) and Aaron Weitzman of Bloomfield Hills are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Ethan Scott (Moshe Sander). Sharing in their happiness are first-time grandparents Jenny and Lazer Dorfman and S...…

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…Community Mazel Tov! Happy 50th Anniversary! May 25, 2002 THANKS FOR BEING THE BEST PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS EVER! Love, Your Kids and Grandchildren, Cathy, Steve, Lizzy, Emmie Jill, Jim, Katie, Ali Jane, Avery, Anna, Joshua Bill, Laura, Stephanie & Brooke VOTED #1 CRAINE'S Detroit Business Mel Ball Colours and 248-851-1992: MAYER VIDEO PRODUCTIONS capture your special memories Bar/Bat Mitzvahs I Weddings Special Events I Corporat...…

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…cOe a ,,v&et maliazgyoem wad kyis„ . Exceptional videotaping for: Weddings, Anniversaries, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Seminars, Speeches, Award Banquets 1 11WM1111VIDIO,INC David Newman ing and hockey. As part of his mitzvah projects, he found it particularly mean- ingful to volunteer in Temple Israel's library. Mallory Soffin (Miriam Bayla) of Oak Park will become a bat mitz- vah at Congregation Beth Shalom on Saturday, Sept. 21. Participating i...…

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…Community Engagements Purveyors of the Worlds Finest Linens Please join us in Celebrating Our 15th Anniversary Now thru September 30th 20% Off DUNSEITH-ZAGER g ene and Mirilynn Zager of Farmington Hills and Susan Hopps of Southfield are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Kimberly Zager to Michael Dunseith, son of Joe and Brenda Dunseith of Huntsville, Ala. Kimberly is a travel consult- ant at Traveleaders in Southf...…

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…▪ Visit our newest location... no strings nCELLNET attached COMMUNICATIONS CELLULAR Engagements Applegate Square- DAUS-NIDA Southfield 29963 Northwestern Highway C harles and Nancy Nida of Bloomfield Hills are delight- ed to announce the engage- ment of their daughter Felice, to James R. Daus, son of the late Alan and Ellen Daus of CleVeland, Ohio, and Teton Village, Wyo. Felice earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science f...…

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…t41 ,bb, N ,••,b Mazel Toy! Engagements Weddings GREENBIATT-MCCALLIE RUTHEISER-KUSHNER EIE bby Sue Rutheiser and Eric Jason Kushner were recently married at Dearborn Inn. Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz and Cantor Howard Glantz of Adat Shalom Synagogue officiated. Abby is the daughter of Ellen Rutheiser of Troy and Barry Rutheiser of Birmingham. Eric is the son of Roger and Carrie Kushner of Bloomfield Hills. Amy Berlin, sister of the bride, ...…

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…Synagogue Listings ... 54 Torah Portion 57 So Generations w ill Reme mber Adat Shalom Synagogue names its social hall in memory of its founding rabbi, Jacob Segal. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jethish News T he social hall at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills always held special meaning for the late Rabbi Jacob E. Segal. It served as a sanctuary for the overflow crowd at High Holiday services every year — when part of the...…

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…ADMIRAL OPTICAL- known for its prices & service $99 FRAME $59 FRAME & Progressive no-line bifocal. SCR & & Single Vision LASTIC LENSES* *offer expires September 30, 2002 WESIWIND LAKE VILLAGE SHOPS • 248 Haggerty Rd. & Pontiac Trail • W. Eli Left: Cantor Emeritus Larry Vieder Ultimate Party Call A cal Party Band r 20 Yep Below: Jeremy Segal, the late Rabbi Segal's son, with Adat Shalom Rabbi Daniel Nevins and syna- gogue presiden...…

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…NEED TO GEr ORGANIZED? Hire a professional oewl. specializing In: Yom Kippur Message if Rabbi Groner, slowed by ailments, announces six-month sabbatical to work on personal projects. Helping You! • Home & Office Organizing • Moving • Downsizing • Time Management • Clutter Control • Packrats • Chronically Disorganized • Attention Deficit Disorder the synagogue and available to "assist and counsel the synagogue's rabbinical team."...…

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…S iri HUGE SELECTION OF DRESS AND CASUAL FOR CHILDREN! GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! Adat Shalom Plans Learning Sessions STA.RTIINIG INICOVV SAME 40" 0/* /0 OFF Rabbi Daniel Nevins will launch the first of Adat Shalom Synagogue's lunch and learn sessions noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7. Titled "Mitzvot HaTeluyot B'Eretz — Commandments that Depend Upon the Land," the series discusses legal top- ics that affect Jewish life in the State of Israel. ...…

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…Further your Jewish education with Hebrew and Judaic Studies Classes at the Agency for Jewish Education 4 4, fluency for Jewish Education 'e‘ Lifelong Learning Fall 2002/5763 semester begins week of September 30, 2002 agency or Jewish education 2 For more information contact Marion Bronstein at the Agency for Jewish Education at (248) 645-7860 Email: bronstein@ajedetroit.org www.ajedetroit.org Ask about our early lease termination...…

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…40' CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., 7:15 p.m.; week- days 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Bat mitz- vah of Cassandra Shanbaum, daughter of Melody and Herbert Shanbaum. Aufruf of Elinor Eldan and lshai Ross. Sun...…

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…Country Woods® Collection The Country Woods' collection their sukkah; call (313) 366-0292 for directions. RECONSTRUCTIONIST CONGREGATION OF DETROIT 1010 Antietam, Detroit, (313) 566-5412. President: Matthew Schenk. Services: first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. (248) 752-6669. Cantor: Stephen L. Dubov. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. at Green Elementary School, 4500 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Religious school pre-K through 12th grade...…

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…Torah Portion Mitzvah Of The Four Species Welcomes, Includes Every Jew Shabbat Sukkot (First Day): Leviticus 22:26- 23:44; Numbers 29:12- 16,• Zechariah 14:1-21. learning nor good deeds, and what does God do? He said, 'Bind them together The Talmud (Sutea 34B) concludes that: "Each (of the four) species is indis- pensable for the performance of the mitzvah." Thus, according to the midrash, the Jewish people not only must be bound together ...…

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…Making decorations for the Jerusalem family sukkah are Orly, 2; Elad 5; and Noa, 10. ■.■ YOUR SUKKOT "HOME AWAY FROM HOME" AT ITS VERY FINEST. E veryone loves his veggies at Temple Emanu-El Nursery School in Oak Park. Not that these are vegetables chil- dren actually have to eat, which might explain why not a single com- plaint arises when the subject of squash and tomatoes and onions comes up. Instead, the children are making vegetables ...…

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…4 s Cover Story Jacob Shulkin, 5, ofWest Bloomfield shows off the paper lantern he made for his family's sukkah. favorite project completed last year: a to form a chain. You'll also need some sign reading, B'rachim Habaim for cutting out shapes of fruit. ("Welcome ). Her family plans to use While at the craft shop, be on the the sign every year. lookout for multicolored packets of lit- Dorya works with her siblings, tle beads, which can be ...…

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…DOUBLE YOUR CLOSET SPACE Call now for FREE estimate & counseling appointment Good Closet Keeping Systems but Froot Loops are wonderfully color- ful). These would be hung from the top of the sukkah and along the sides. She also likes using Indian corn, and lately has noticed more than a few families bring a rather original floor to their sukkah: Astroturf. An idea that has become popular among many families in recent years is hanging chains ...…

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…in online in advertisers online JN Digest Selected news and feature stories from the Detroit Jewish News. wvvw.detroitjewishnews.com/news www.detroitjewishnews.com/advertisers LANDSCAPDIG ART Portraits By William Aksel . www.williamakselartcom www.dumouchelles.com DuMouchelles www.dkgallery.com David Klein Gallery AUTOMOTIVE www.suburbancollection.com Suburban Collection . www.cauley.net Cauley Chevrolet www.tamaroff.com Tamaroff Aut...…

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…INSIDE: Primetime With Yiddishkeit 68 The Joys Of The Juilliard. 74 At The Movies: `The Power Of Good' . .80 The Little Theater That Could JETS 2002-2003 season: A continuation of Campaign Stop Hate. STORY on page 72 EEN EARNING KUDOS FOR ITS INNOVATIVE AND WELL-STAGED PROGRAMMING, JET CELEB S A BAR MITZVAH. HE …

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…Entertainment Best Bets CLASSICAL NOTES Sept. 23, with restored orchestral soundtrack. $8. Call for show times: (734) 668-8640. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra per- The Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA forms Mahler's Symphony No. 3 8 p.m. shows Son of the Bride, Argentina's Academy Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20-21; Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, 7 and and pianist Alexander Toradze joins the 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 a...…

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….REMEMBERING 7HE TRAGEDY F Virnai Writh 1,\ AR SHIFT 1, , , The Sopranos star JAMIE LYNN AL PACINO is set to poke fun at was dining out with friends in SIGLER on stage in New ADOLF HITLER Long Island when she was invited to a York and he's invited a handful of his real meeting of the Mafia. star friends to join him. Sigler, who plays Tony Soprano's The actor will play the lead in a new daughter Meadow in the hit show, adaptation of BERTOL...…

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…courtesy of NBC Arts is Entertainment Ready For Primetime Networks offer new TV season with a healthy dose of Yiddishkeit. GERRI MILLER Special to the Jewish News his TV season, 34 new network shows fill the vacancies left by the departure of their pink- slipped predecessors, and several feature Jewish actors, Jewish characters or both. Joining the ranks of Jewish actors in regular series are such familiar faces as Carol Kane, starring in...…

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…NEW SHOWS IN-LAWS NBC Tuesdays, 8-8:30 p.m. Premieres Sept. 24 For Elon Gold, life really is a sitcom. The Bronx-born actor, stand-up comedian and producer turned his real- life living situation into TV fodder, particularly his rela- tionship with an intimidating father-in-law, a la the Ben Stiller-Robert DeNiro dynamic in the hit film Meet the Parents. Gold plays Matt Landis, a struggling would-be chef who moves with his new wife Alex (Bon...…

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…its &entertainment COMMON GROUND SANCTUARY ART IN THE PARK 2002 READY FOR PRIMETIME from page 69 ended up converting because at heart I'm an agnostic and I thought that it wouldn't be right to go from an agnostic WASP to an agnostic Jew. "I figured the things that I like about the religion I could just incor- porate into my life anyway," he says, admitting that a factor in his initial interest was romantically inspired. "To this day I hav...…

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