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…DETROIT 75¢ THE JEWISH NEWS 10 SIVAN 5754/MAY' 20, 1994 Police, Governor Thrill Students State police post brings Engler to Beth Jacob and police presence to Oak Park. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER ova Shapiro, Naomi Weisberg, Shifra Singal, Gittel Ishakis and Rochel Kraus are excited about the prospects of their school's new neighbor. These students think Wednesday's announcement of the proposed Michigan State Police Post across the stre...…

…750 DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS 3 ELUL 5753/ AUGUST 20, 1993 Sinai Physicians Ponder New Care Option Sinai's Physician Hospital Organization will ready the facility for impending health-care reforms, officials say. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER drafts its plan of health-care reform, doc- tors and hospitals want to attract the business of those the government promis- es to insure. Through a system called "managed competition," the government is...…

…75¢ Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community HE JEWISH NEWS 24 CHESHVAN 5753/NOVEMBER 20, 1992 National Reaction Bias: Still Significant than the United States. Mr. Foxman pointed out that there has been a steady rise in ac- ceptance over the last 28 years in the notion that Jews have too much power in the U.S. — from 11 percent in 1964 to 31 percent in 1992. "It boggles the mind that in 1992 a significant segment...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MARCH 20, 1992 / 15 ADAR 2 5752 Food Stamp Policy Shift Angers Elderly Emigres Staff Writer ike the majority of Soviet Jewish immi- grants who live in senior housing, Tilya Polskaya, 73, anxiously awaits the monthly arrival of two envelopes: A $436 government subsidy and a $28 book of food stamps. Because of a policy change at the Jewish Family Ser- vice, Mrs. Polskaya...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP SOUTHFIELD: AT RISK? `Duke For President' Riles GOP Activists Second part in a series NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer D avid Duke's presiden- tial bid is giving local political activists fits — and not only because of his Ku Klux Klan back- ground. Both Republican and Democratic leaders are upset that Mr. Duke was put on the ballot for the Mich- igan Republ...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Guarantee Battle Widens Rift Between Israel, U.S. CLOSE-UP ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor B S Ho WHERE THERE'S THERID E'S ernard Epel had never seen anything like it. A Knesset member stood up last week in Israel's Parliament and delivered these words: "Let's do without the loan guar- antees." The speaker's comments are representative of many Israelis angere...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS a SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JULY 20, 1990 / 27 TAMMUZ 5750 Shir Shalom To Purchase Land In West Bloomfield SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer I n the next few years, Temple Shir Shalom offi- cials expect to have a new home. Subject to congregation approval, the temple will ,D buy an 8.5-acre parcel at the southeast corner of Orchard Lake and Walnut Lake c- roads in West Bloomfield for $675,000, said R...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 75cP APRIL 20, 1990 / 25 NISAN 5750 Will Labor Replace Peres With Rabin? erusalem (JTA) — The Labor Party seems to have lost confidence in its longtime leader, Shimon Peres, since his at- tempt to establish a new coalition government was thwarted last week by the 11th-hour defections of two ultra-Orthodox Knesset members. Although the prime min- Sen. Dole Turns On Jerusalem ...…

…THIS ISSUE 60cP SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 20, 1989 / 21 TISHREI 5750 Temple, Yeshiva Eye B'nai Moshe ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor The Jewish Welfare Fed- eration is considering several options for the use of Congregation B'nai Moshe, including the possible resale of the building to Temple Emanu-El or leasing of space in the facility to Yeshivath Beth Yehudah and other Jewish organizations. Federation offered last week to...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60(P SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 20, 1989 / 14 SHEVAT 5749 The Rehabilitation Of An Aide To Bush JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent The story exploded in the middle of the 1988 presidential campaign and instantly sent shock waves up and down the Jewish community: Fred Malek, a top official of the Re- publican National Committee and a close associate of candidate George Bush, was accused of...…

…THIS ISSUE 60r SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY The Arab Americans' Street Smart ACTIVIST James Zogby MAY 20, 1988 / 4 SIVAN 5748 Home For Aged Faces Reduction In Beds ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor The Jewish Home for Aged could be forced to reduce its number of beds, slash services and sell one of its three facilities if the Michigan legislature approves cuts in the proposed state Medicaid budget. The cutbacks, proposed by Michiga...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE ar SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 20, 1987 / 28 CHESHVAN 5748 Arab, Jewish Debators Address Audiences DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer T he ground beneath the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield did not tremble in revelation, nor did it open up in ARABS- - ?2 HOMELANDS Irvin Schlussel demonstrates. retribution when Hyman Bookbinder and and former Senator James Abourezk addressed a Book Fair au...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS MARCH 20, 1987 / 19 ADAR 5747 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c Kashrut Director Selected By Rabbis Brooklyn, N.Y. rabbi will help oversee, reorganize kosher supervision in Michigan Staff Report The Council of Orthodox Rab- bis of Greater Detroit has named a Brooklyn, N.Y. kashrut adminis- trator as it director of kashrut. Rabbi Mordechai Walmark has been named to the new position, ef- fective after Passo...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 20, 1987 / 21 SHEVAT 5747 Local Rally On Thursday For Soviet Jewish Refuseniks A two-hour B'nai B'rith vigil at Tel-Twelve Mall will include reading 12,000 refusenik names as part of a national effort DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer A rally for Soviet Jewish re- fuseniks, due to take place Thursday at Tel-Twelve Mall, is to be dupli- cated in communities around the Un...…

…SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c CLOSE-UP JUNE 20, 1986 / 13 SIVAN 5746 Israel Intervenes In Religious Schism Desecrations and violent clashes between religious Jews and secularists shock the nation Jerusalem (JTA) — Prime Minis- ter Shimon Peres called on the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora last Monday "to mobilize to extinguish the blaze" of religious-secular strife and violence that has engulfed Israel in rec...…

…THIS ISSUE 50c SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY Technology Transfer Had U.S. Approval U.S. continues probe into Israel aquisition of secret tank gun data. Jerusalem (JTA) — Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin informed the Cabinet Sunday that he met Friday with U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering about an investi- gation by American authorities of a Connecticut company suspected of exporting classified U.S. military technology to Isr...…

…! . .1".: :77 J 1 y 141%? - ' , 1 •:Ni,1,11 Averting The Severe Decree 3 Max Kampelman: A Man With A Mission 33 'Tam O'Shanter Shows Some Fashion Flash For Fall 44 Lew Matlin Knows the ; Tigers' Score 88 E JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c SEPTEMBER 20, 1985 Blue-Ribbon Study: Local Jewish Identity . Federation unit could change the focus of Detroit's Jewish agencies BY ALAN HITSKY News ...…

…Detroit seniors send suitcases to Ramla 9 Jesse Jackson calls for unity, reconciliation 26 Never Again? Rabbi points to Afghanistan example 28 Scores ; stars for Eli Zaret 80 THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 40c SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY Illustration by Ray Driver A Special Report on the Israel elections, with analysis of who's running, where they stand, and who's leading in the polls. Stories begin on Page 13 Miiiiesnoi...…

…A look at the other' Israel 14 Bus hijacking leaves Israelis wondering 32 Prager asks, Where have all the young Jews gone? 44 Christians, children, aged mark Passover 25 THE JEWISH NEWS 40c PER COPY Jackson won't shun ;I- crony on Hitler remark New York (JTA) — Democratic presidential hopeful Rev. Jesse Jackson has refused to publicly dis- associate himself from his militant supporter Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Chicago-based Nati...…

…Increasing Numbers of Jewish Poor in Detroit Area By HEIDI PRESS Jews in Detroit were not exempt from poverty in 1983, and according to Jewish Family Service figures, among the hardest hit were younger families and the Orthodox. Sam Lerner, executive director of the Jewish Family Service and Resettlement Service, said that more than 177 cases, comprised of families and individuals needing direct financial assistance, were served in 1983. Citi...…

…Harvard U. Students Blast Nam ' NEW YORK (JTA) — A spokesman for the Jewish Student Association of the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government appealed Sunday to the American Jewish community to "impress" upon the uni- versity to remove the name of John McCloy from a new, $2 million German-American scholarship program financed by Volkswagen Foundation. McCloy, 88 years old, is a partner in the New York City law firm of Milbank...…

…Pace Set for Unimpaired Solidarity Community Embarks With All-Time Record-Setting Generosity on Unified Effort to Meet Israel's Needs Israel's Envoy Arens Defines Critical Issues, Inspires Kick-Off Rally 411 ‘ - etting an all time high for philanthropic generosity in this unity, with leadership in time of crisis for Israel on a na- ti ,al scale, while demonstrating solidarity with the embattled Jewish state, the 1983 Allied Jewish Campaign ...…

…Exposing the Fand Proposal as a Scheme to Liquidate State of Isradl THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 Copyright VOL. LXXX, No. 12 of Jewish Events .'sj The Jewish News Publishing Nobel Prize Winner Elias Canetti: An Authoritative Evaluation Feature Essay By Guy Stern, Page 72 co 17515.W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35° November 20, 1981 Prejudice Links With...…

…Ambassador MUM Will Open Campaign on Tuesday Yehuda Blum, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, will ad- dress the annual dinner meeting of the Allied Jewish Campaign - Israel Emergency Fund on Tuesday at Temple Israel. The dinner will be pre- ceded by a cocktail reception at 6:15 p.m. (Due to unforeseen circum- stances, plans announced earlier have been changed). The Detroit Jewish community is invited to attend the event. Reser- vation...…

….:;;IilainaiggWoNalffirilKiNtle stiAglinogiamitaR^ .30,1f1, War Veterans to Protect Jewish Institutions from Vandalism WASHINGTON — A national plan of action to work with local police to help prevent desecration of Jewish institutions has been announced by Irvin Steinberg, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. Citing the increasing numbers of acts of vandalism perpetrated against Jewish cemeteries, houses of worship a...…

…Day of Anguish for Jewish Media Friday the 13th Credibility for PLO Multiplies Challenges to Presidential Aspirants and U.S. Public Opinion By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday the Thirteenth was a gloomy day for the Jewish media, and it emerged as a chal- lenging time for world Jewry in its concern for Israel's very existence. It was a day when the representatives of the English- Jewish press had met with government of- ficials, w...…

…`Crisis in Confidence' as Challenge, to the Nation • Romanian Jewry , and the Decline - of Communities Commentary, Page 2 Critics and Defenders in Middle East Crises, and Resistance to Pressure THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Editorials, Page 4 VOL. LXXV No. 20 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c July 20, 1979 _ U.S. Energy Plan Applauded; Oil Crisis -Escalati...…

…Two Memorials Sunday in Tribute to the Victims of the Holocaust The Detroit area will have two major programs on Sunday in conjunction with international events next week marking Tuesday as Yom Hashoa - Holocaust Remembr- ance Day in Israel and ceremonies and memorial services throughout the U.S. being sparked by the President's Commission on the Holocaust. At noon Sunday, Shaarit Haplaytah (Survivors of the Holocaust) will sponsor their annu...…

…Project Renewal' Launched at Regional UJA Conference The three-day United Jewish Appeal East Central Region conference, held here last weekend at the Sheraton Southfield Hotel, assumed national significance. Inaugurating "Project Renewal" as a major addendum to obligations to be fulfilled in behalf of 40,000 impoverished families in Israel whose needs demand urgent immediate action, the 300 delegates from scores of communities set into motion...…

…Jews Mourn for a Strong Friend: Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey By JOSEPH POLAKOFF rs WASHINGTON (JTA)—Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, ever thoughtful of the concerns of the Jewish people, left a legacy to them in the form of a statement prepared shortly before his death. He died Friday night at his home in Waverly, Minn. of cancer at the age of 66. Humphrey serval in the Senate from 1949 until he was elected Vice President under President Johnson ...…

…Triumphant Likud Leader Menahem Begin Opens Multi-Party Negotiations to Organize a New Coalition Government for Israel Detailed reports on Israel election on Pages 5, 18 and 19 Truman and Ben-Gurion Incident: Statesman Moved to Tears by Israel's Redemption Commentary, Page 2 OL. LXXI, No. 11 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review f Jewish Events 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 .$10.00 Per Year ; This Issue 30 ...…

…200 Jews; 533,800 Arabs, Christians Israel's Population: 3,493,200. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new official booklet re- ports that 3,493,200 persons — 2,959,400 of them Jews — were living in Israel at the end of 1975. The remain- ing 533,800 were Moslems and Christians. The figures in "Israel in Figures — 1976," to be Political Figures in Limelight • 9 published soon by the government's Center of Infor- mation, apply only to Israel proper. An esti...…

…NCJW, AJCongress, UAHC Restore Mexico Travel Programs NEW YORK — Three major Jewish organizations have announced that they will immediately resume their travel programs to Mexico as a result of Mexico's newly clari- fied position on Zionism. The three organizations are the National Council of Jewish Women, the American Jewish Congress and the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions, the parent body of Reform Judaism. The organizations based ...…

…A Daily Tale of Terror: A Syrian Jew's Rebuttal three By ALAN HITSKY An annonymous Jewish escapee from Syria, who is hiding his identity to protect his family there, told The Jewish News this week that much of the material presented on the CBS "60 Minutes" program on Feb. 16, and re-broadcast June 8 after a formal protest from the American Jewish Congress, is grossly inaccurate and "lies." The Syrian, who was sent to prison without trial fo...…

…:01 Ur4 4 Menace to Christianity by Growing Anti-Semitism HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper ;DL. LXVI, No. 15 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c Duty to UJA More- Serious Than Ever .Israel's Faith and Indestructibility Civilians' Murders Worse Than War Editorials Page 4 December 20, 1974 VAgreement: Egipt, Syria?io...…

…Arthur Howard Richard Sloan May You Be THE JEWISH NEWS Inscribed in the Book of Life for a A Weekly Review Good and a Happy 5735 VOL. LXVI , No. 2 z Iznzn innnnn of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper oliiiRa• 17515 W. 9- Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30' S eptember 20 ,1974 YOM KIPPUR 5735 …

…Arab-Jewish Welcomes Anticipated for Waldheim Middle East Visit; Egypt's Interest in a Palestinian State Denied by Spokesman PARIS (JTA) — Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat declared here Monday that Egypt "welcomes" the coming visit of UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to the Middle East. At the same time, he denied that Egypt had suggested the creation of a Palestinian state. Plea to Senate: Adopt Genocide Convent...…

…The Score Is High! Allied Jewish Campaign Now at $12,063,211 Mark From 17,242 Contributors Factors for Concern in Poverty War Israel's 25th Year: Basis for Programing The challenge is even greater than the reality . . . With 8,000 more prospective donors yet to be accounted for, the campaign must raise an additional $2,000,000 to oversubscribe last year's total gifts . The campaign closes officially on May 9 . . . During the coming three we...…

…UJA Officials Confer With Israeli Leaders TEL AVIV—Commencing the celebration of Israel's 25th anniversary, the 300 members of the United Jewish Appeal mission to Israel, including n ny Detroiters, participated in a program here at- Mann Auditorium. Prior to the curtain rasing, Paul Zuckerman of Detroit, general l'JA chairman second from left), who headed the mission, conferred with (from left), former Israel Prime Minister David Ben Gurion ...…

…Influx of Afro-Asians Negates Claim Israel is Being Isolated TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban declared Friday that "all the attempts to isolate Israel have not been effective." This, he said, is the political significance of the arrival in Israel this week of 175 prominent guests from 63 African, Asian and Latin American nations to attend the Sixth Rehovot Conference. The guests include vice presidents from two African states...…

…Important Role for Youth in U.S. Jewry Excerpt From "Youth, College Students and Faculty" Resolution Adopted by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds Young Jews should have a role in shaping the future of the Jewish community. Such a role should be assured by giving them the opportunity for participation in the decision-making processes of Jewish. commu- nities—that is, on survey, planning, budgeting and fund-raising committees...…

…SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Section B THE PATRIOTIC VOICE OF AMERICAN JEWRY VOL. 1, NO. 1 JEW: ifeLlINS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN AND LADIES AUXILIARY 21561 W. 8 MILE ROAD, DETROIT, MICH. 48219 — 255-4743 DIAMOND JUBILEE THE OLDEST ACTIVE VETERANS ORGANIZATION IN THE U.S.A. MARCH 20, 1970 7:th PEAR CP SERV ICE Mural painting for Jewish War Veterans Memorial ...…

…Jewry's Rights to Israel: History's Verdict Affirmed THE JEWISH NEWS Conscience of Mankind at Munich • Henrietta Szold and Youth Aliya Waiting for Just Spark From USSR Michigan Weekly Editorials Page 4 Vat. LVI, No. 23 A noted columnist turns back pages of history questioning Jewry's rights to statehood ... Allusion to New Left's antagon- ism to Zionism ... Christian attitudes and Jewish historic rights —Commentary Page 2 analyzed. Re...…

…Arabs 'Moderately Pleased' by Pompidou % Elee BOSTON (JTA)—The Christian Science Monitor reported from Beirut Tuesday that Arab capitals "appear moderately pleased" by the election Sunday of Georges Pompidou as president of France. The Monitor quoted the indeendent Beirut news- paper Al Jurida, as saying that while Pompidou was not another de Gaulle, the European leader most widely admired in the Arab world, "he is better than the other Cand...…

…'Museum to Hitler' Stymied Israel Boycotted During Holidays (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) JERUSALEM—Israeli authorities reported a heavy volume of applications from West Bank Arabs for permission to cross into Jordan for the coming Moslem and Christian holidays but very few from Arabs wishing to enter Israeli-held territory. Moslems are preparing to celebrate El Fitr, which marks the close of the holy month of Ramadan, while...…

…JEWISH NEWS NSW/ Pliit - itarzn r• MICHIGAN • A Weekly Review E of Jewish Events A Happy New Year • to Detroit, Michigan, _ Border Cities and World Jewish Communities Michigan's Only Er\glish-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol, "LIV, No. 1 4 • ,,,,, • • • , • • z4 17~ 00 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235—VE 8-9364—September 20, 1968 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c Rosh. Ilashana 5729 …

…Historic Anniversary Honors Two Great Leaders 0.40 ' rrbi..yrt Marking the 50th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Israel is issuing these two new stamps—of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel, and Arthur James Balfour, author of the historic declaration for the establish- ment of the Jewish National Home. The Balfour Declaration was issued Nov. 2, 1917. The 50th anniversary of the declaration also marks the 15th memorial ye...…

…Allied Jewish Campaign Sets Another High Record id. Gifts of $2,369,500 Made at Initial Leaders' Gathering Hopes Sustained that '67 Drive Will Reach Goal of $6,000,000 - Aar" Aimina at a high goal of $6,000,000 to be raised in this b Jewish Campaign, a group of about 60 large year's Allied contributors, meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hamburger, 27881 Lakehills Drive, Franklin, as members of the "Pace-Setters" gro...…

…The Jewish News dedicates this issue to our youth who have consecrated themselves to Jewish studies, with the hope that they will rededicate themselves to uninterrupted links with Jewish learning. We Salute Our Confrmands, Consecrants and Graduates Shavuot, Festival of Youth List of 1966 Confirmands, Consecrants and Graduates on Pages 24 and 25 JEWISH E Good Will of 'New Germany' and World Jewry CD M 'TR C> I "r MICHIGAN A Weekly Revi...…

…16% of Jewry in Israel Current World Jewish Population Is Reported Now Totaling 13,121,000 Terrorism in L. A. End to National Shame HE JEWISH NEWS M OI r Echoes of Tragic Era of Nazism Editorials Page 4 - :■611.11.3 VOLUME XLVII—NO. 26 JERUSALEM (JTA) — The number of Jews in the world at the end of 1964 was 13,121,000, according to figures released here by Israel's Cen- tral Bureau of Statistics. Of the total Jewish population, 16 pe...…