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…SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 21, 1992 / 17 ADAR 5752 Jews With AIDS Find Little Help AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer N SPINOZA Simi () ews that Mary Fisher, daughter of multimillionaire in- dustrialist Max Fisher, tested positive for the AIDS virus, sent waves of shock and sympathy throughout metro Detroit last week. Debra Beck of Westland felt them and, for a brief moment, was elated by Mary Fisher's cour...…

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…JOIN US1 for the 77th ANNIVERSARY "YESHIVA DINNER" Dr. & Mrs. Phillip Friedman Rabbi Leizer Levin Memorial Award Mr. Alex Saltsman Sunday, March 15, 1992 The Westin Hotel Torah Pioneer Award Detroit Renaissance Center • • Dinner Chairmen Harold Beznos Spencer Partrich David Holtzman I. WilliaMirriligiv r Ivan Bloch Mickey Shapiro Founders * Honorary Chairmen* Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meer Mr. and Mrs. Norman Adelsberg Mr. and Mrs. ...…

…CONTENTS CLOSE-UP EDUCATION Hidden Detroit Report Cards ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM A strong Jewish presence remains inside Detroit. AMY J. MEHLER These 5th graders say it's not as painful as it looks. 24 54 UP FRONT 11 Tension increases on Israel's border. DETROIT 14 • Road warriors like Federation's new home. • Candidates have their say by proxy. BUSINESS 46 Botsford Hospital CEO is ringing up profits. SPORTS 49 EMU is struggling...…

…EDITORIAL Dignity For AIDS Patients By now, we've all had a chance to learn about Mary Fisher's tragic positive test for HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS. Be-. cause she is the daughter of Max Fisher, a man beloved in the worldwide Jewish community and a man known for his multi- millions and his political clout, Mary Fisher's story was reported extensively. There are those, however, whose stories will end in an inner city nursing home wi...…

…LETTERS Discrimination Just One Way? I am appalled that the University of Michigan, with its carefully delineated policy on discrimination and discriminatory harassment, would allow Dr. Leonard Jef- fries a forum for his vicious, racist attacks against Jews. Why is it that discrimina- tion and harassment at my now politically correct alma mater only applies to students of color? If Leonard Jeffries is welcomed by the university, why not invi...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS IN 1912, 35 JEWISH NEIGHBORS BANDED TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TB. '-roi;•50 00,0 1.g4-1,0'. Lil I LE DID THEY KNOW THEY'D BE HELPING TO FIGHT CANCER IN 1991. It was with a deep commitment to human life that our founders pledged to build a hospital and care for anyone suffering from tuberculosis nearly 80 years ago. Today, as a world-renowned medical and research center, City of Hope continues to uphold that ideal by pr...…

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…UP FRONT Fundamentalists Seek Retaliation Tel Aviv (JTA) — The Shi'ite fundamentalist Hez- bollah, retaliating for the assassination last week of its leader, Sheik Abbas Musawi, has hurled a bar- rage of Katyusha rocket fire at northern Israel and the Israeli-controlled security zone in southern Lebanon. About 40 rockets fell in Upper Galilee and the security zone on the weekend and scores more followed Monday night and early Tuesday. Many r...…

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…"1'1 NOTEBOOK U.S. economy down? American workers suffering? Israel Continued from Page 6 question the sovereignty of east Jerusalem. So what happens now? If the U.S. continues to strong-arm Israel about halting new settlements, Israel will stiffen its resolve. The result: no loan guar- antees, increased economic woes for Israel and espe- cially the new immigrants. In addition, the flow of Jews from the former Soviet Union will continue to...…

…DETROIT Road Warriors No Longer NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer O n an average day, it takes Charlotte Dubin about 15 minutes to get to work. Not bad, by Detroit standards. It wasn't always this easy. Mere months ago, Mrs. Dubin, who is the director of communications for the Jew- ish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, spent close to two hours a day behind the wheel. Driving from her Farmington Hills residence to the Butzel Building downto...…

…OLDSMOBILES FOR LESS SAABS FOR LESS Women's State Caucus Names Marcella Stein KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer M arcella Stein of Southfield believes 1992 will be the year of the woman. "If we can't get going this year, we never will," said Mrs. Stein, 55, executive secretary for the Metropolitan Detroit Optical Society and newly appointed Democratic co-chair for the Michigan Women's Political Caucus. "When you look around and see how many m...…

…DETROIT Let Us Entertain You Jews And AIDS Continued from Page 1 Ellis Island March 7, 1992 The Rothchilds February 29, 1992 Starring: Starring: Bernie Dean The Award Winning Broadway Musical covers the history of Western Europe over the past 150 years. Champagne Reception 8:00 p.m. Inner Circle Reserved Seats: $25.00 Reserved Seats: $15.00 Senior Reserved Seats: $12.50 The Montreal Yiddish Theatre An English - Yiddish Revue A cast...…

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…• Obe fa° ett Ot PP° tit *tva' %es G Israel seeks `an antidote to fear' as-icaask pars 4scr VrabCk ISR411 44 St4(i*CS ONE YEAR AFTER THE SCUDS STOPPED FALLING, THE WORLD IS A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE. HOW WILL THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL MAP AFFECT ISRAEL IN THE 21ST CENTURY? A Community Forum Fea turing: Major General Aharon Yariv * Head, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies * Former Member, Israeli Cabinet * Former Director, Israe...…

…Affording the best is not the questionwfinding the best is. Mary Fisher Confronts Myths Of AIDS Stigma Committed to the Happiness, Health, Security & Well-Being of each of our Residents PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor A first ... Apartment living in a Skilled Nursing Facility For the discriminating person requiring an elegant environment Bortz Health Care Family owned and operated for over 33 years Medicare approved Overlooking two beauti...…

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….•• ■ •••• 11=1. RI DDE R I While most Jewish people no longer live in Detroit, a strong Jewish presence remains. .00 ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor 24 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1992 arning: This is not the kind of tour you can find in any guidebook. You're not going to hear about big buildings or parks. There are no museums. No quaint shopping districts. No music halls. And don't ask if you can stop to pick up a souvenir of the tour....…

…ing the world functioned according to natural law. He saw the Torah as a purely human, historical writing. Excommunicated by the Jewish community in 1656, Spinoza left Amsterdam and subsequently lived in Rijnsburg, Voorburg and The Hague. He spent most of his life teaching and writing. His books included Treatise on the Rainbow, Tractatus Theologico- Politicus, Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well Be- ing and Ethics. The latter, Spinoza's m...…

…HIDDEN DETROIT city, it features a number of stained glass windows — the largest of which is a six-pointed star. Visitors frequently in- quire about the star, accor- ding to the Rev. Leo Reilly, associate pastor at St. Anne's, who gives tours of the facility. He believes the star was incorporated on the window because of its association with religious tradition. The six-pointed star, Magen David ("Shield of David" in Hebrew), was considered a...…

…O interred underneath the altar at St. Anne's on Lafayette, not far from the Star of David window. TEHILLIM CHURCH Another Detroit church bears not a Jewish symbol but a Jewish word, tehillim. While Hebrew words like Zion and mes- siah make frequent ap- pearances on churches, the Tehillim Church of God in Christ seems to be one of a kind. Tehillim's spiritual leader, Pastor Michael Hollis, came up with the name. "I looked through a Bible di...…

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…He wears a turban made of a red kaffiah. In broken Hebrew, he identifies himself as a Kushi Ivri(Black Hebrew); he calls the Jews of Oak Park Yehudim levan, white Jews. Affixed to walls, shelves and counters are handmade, wooden Stars of David, and several Israeli-made brass knick-knacks with religious themes: seder plates and Torah scrolls. WHERE IT STARTED More than 950,000 Jews followed in the footsteps of a man named Chapman Abraham. A ...…

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…BACKGROUND How Israel treats its Arab citizens may offer an important model for Mideast peace. Towards a 'Shared Civility' NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer A s negotiators wran- gle over the nitty- gritty of Middle East peace talks, several organiza- tions are trying to alert American Jewry to a not-so- insignificant part of the puz- zle — Israeli Arabs. Although citizens in every legal sense, Israeli Arabs have not shared in the en- ...…

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…BERNHARD For the foundations, money spent on Israeli Arab- Jewish coexistence is crucial. The intifada, or Arab uprising, in the West Bank and Gaza has polarized both communities. Plus, the Persian Gulf War reiterated for many Israeli Arabs their split loyalties — while they shared Israel's fear of an Iraqi chemical at- tack, in a poll, about two- thirds of them supported Iraq days after it invaded Kuwait. "The attitudes of Israeli Arabs towa...…

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…COMMUNITY Temple Emanu-EI To Sponsor Sephardic Presentation, Classes Each clas will be an hour lecture and a half hour of questions and answers. In ad- dition to Temple Emanu-El's Rabbi Steinger and educator Ira Wise each teaching one class, Reverend Oscar Ice, director of Interfaith Pro- grams, Greater Detroit Inter- faith Round Table, will also lead a class. The last session, "Muslim Reflections on Judaism Th- day," will feature Imam Ab- d...…

…SYNAGOGUE SERVICES Sally Allan Alexander Bais Yaakov High School proudly presents A Musical Production Nn2•41 17“) "Chazak V'Ematz" ORTHODOX: BAIS CHABAD OF BIRMING- HAM/BLOOMFIELD HILLS Rabbi: Dovid Potter, 646-3010. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. BAIS CHABAD OF FARMING- TON HILLS 32000 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills, 855-2910. Rabbi: Chaim Bergstein. Services: Friday sun- down, Saturday 9:30 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Weekdays 6:50 a.m. S...…

…CONGREGATION B'nai Mitzvah of David Noah and Debbie Michelle Leib, son and daughter of Vickie and Dr. Burton Leib. Prayer for the Country: Sheryl Leib. Prayer for Israel: Jennifer Leib. SHAAREY ZEDEK B'NAI ISRAEL CENTER 4200 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 681-5353. Rabbi: Dr. Sherman P. Kirshner. Services: Friday 7:15 a.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., Weekdays 7:15 a.m. Sunday 9 a.m. REFORM: TEMPLE BETH EL 7400 Telegraph Rd., Birmingham, 851-110...…

…TORAH PORTION League of Jewish Women's Organizations of Greater Detroit cordially invites you, your family and friends to our 47th ANNUAL YOUTH AWARDS PROGRAM An Opportunity to Honor Our Outstanding Young People RABBI ERIC KROHNER SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1992 at 1:30 P.M. Special to The Jewish News A CONGREGATION B'NAI DAVID 24350 SOUTHFIELD RD., SOUTHFIELD Speaker/Former Award Recipient JOANNA ABRAMSON Special Presentation BETTY SILVERFAR...…

…too would be expected to live at his level. Instead, the Jews rebelled and sought a more physical substitute expressed through the calf. The calf or ox represented a new physical intermediary between man and God's natural world (Ramban, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi). The Jewish people did not, as a whole, worship the calf; only 3,000 Jews of 3 million actually worshipped the calf, but the Jews did try to find a physical substitute for Moses in order to...…

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…I SPORTS I A Different Kind ft: Victory Ben Braun's Eastern Michigan Eagles may be struggling on the court, but they're winning in the classroom. STEVE STEIN L Special to The Jewish News ast season, Coach Ben Braun and his Eastern Michigan University basket- ball team were the darlings of the NCAA tourna- ment. They were the embodi- ment of why the annual post- season extravaganza is called "March Madness?" Only the most rabid college ba...…

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