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…THE JEWI SH NEWS I) FRONT This Week's Top Stories A reparations conference for Holocaust survivors is set for May in Southfield. PHIL JACOBS EDITOR ran Victor thinks of the old couple in the little house in Oak Park. What a difference $100 a month extra would mean, added on to their modest fixed income. The couple Ms. Victor thinks about are Holocaust survivors. She met them while chronicling their story on video as part of the Shoah Visu...…

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…March 21, 1997 OPINION Detroit Getting down to Jewish basics. 31 . Civic Pride The Neighborhood Project rang in its 10th birthday with a little bit of magic and lots of cake. TELL ME WHY Forever blowing Jewish bubbles. 40 Cold, Dark Simchah Without electricity or heat, two b'not mitzvah at Adat Shalom persevere at services. THE PULSE Your personality and your siblings. 74 Births 50 54 B'nai Mitzvah 51 Empty Seats Few young Jews...…

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…III II he children who sat in a semi-circle around magi- cian Michael Jacobson were enraptured by his sleight-of- hand tricks and the other il- lusions that passed before their wide eyes. Then they hovered over a cake the size of a small swimming pool, waiting for a chunk of the purple and white frosted confection. Despite the magical atmosphere, Sunday's event celebrated the 10th birthday of a program whose tangi- bility is the cornerstone o...…

…PHOTOS BY BILL HANSEN Scattering Blessings Adam Milgrom's bar mitzvah. party was pretty corny. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER A dam Milgrom knew it would be fun, but he had no idea if his friends would think so. At least they were curious: Very few turned down his bar mitzvah party invita- tion. Last Saturday, 55 friends, plus a smattering of parents, boarded a rented bus and headed for Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit, where they sort...…

…Above: Adam's father, Steve, and bar mitzvah guest Alex Barnett get into the packing act. Top left: Volunteer coordinator Sheri Noah demonstrates the proper way to pack. Bottom left: Ruby Robinson packs corn with Adam's sister Tedi and mother, Susie. COLORWORKS STUDIO OF INTERIOR DESIGN TOTALLY CASUAL Robert Stewart Photography If you're considering building a new home we invite you to inquire about our New Construction services: from pr...…

…w Church-State Boundaries A controversial new campaign worries Grand Rapids rabbis. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER T he debate over religion in pub- lic schools is back. The politically con- servative Center for Jewish and Christian Values is launching a $185,000 campaign to "increase the protecL tion of religious ex- pression in our public schools" in five cities nationwide, including Grand Rapids. Asserting that "students are often denied th...…

…DETROIT I THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CXI No. 4 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Copy Editor Lynne Konstantin Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jill Davidson Sklar, Julie Wiener Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents ...…

…CHURCH-STATE page 10 When Rabbi Al Lewis of Tem- ple Emanuel and Rabbi Krishef met in Grand Rapids with the center's field director in early March, they were told the pre- vention program would proba- bly be dropped. But the rabbis fear the program might be rein- troduced in the future. "We de- cided we can't sign onto something when we're not sure where it's going," said Rabbi Lewis. Even if the center drops the prevention program and focus-...…

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…Youth leaders of Habonim-Dror lead a program of fun (and serious) gaws-far their fatilies and friends. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER BILL HANSEN PHOTOGRAPHER sraeli dancing and singing topped of an afternoon of serious fun at the Jewish Community Center, where youth leaders of the Zion- ist youth group Habonim-Dror treated friends and family to dis- cussion and debate. Students staged a "values auction" at which they debated the significance -...…

…Left: Eve Weiner conquers a tunnel during the long journey to the Promised Land. Above: Sarah Waldbott and her mother Barb Zabitz listen to the harrowing story of Russian Jewish immigrants making their way to British Mandate Palestine in the 1930s. Below: Lonnie Sussman of Habonim-Dror's Camp Tavor chats with Vicki Salinger. Mira Samet, Olga Semenova, Sandy Gross-Samet and "Aunt Rivka" decide on a good family name to use on their false pass...…

…i L PHOTO BY DANIEL UPPITY It Was A Cold, Dark Simchah Without electricity or heat, Adat Shalom's b'not mitzvah persevere. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER B eing nervous about reading from the Torah was not the first thing on Randi Jaffa's mind last Shabbat. Staying warm was more likely the priority. Despite the fact that a March 13 ice storm knocked out most of the electricity at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farming- ton Hills, Ms. Jaffa ...…

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…A New Unity Akiva is honoring the head of the Detroit Medical Center for his efforts to maintain Sinai Hospital's Jewish heart. EMILY SENDLER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS F 'David Campbell: Akiva honoree. or 33 years, Akiva Hebrew Day School has recognized Jewish individuals who have made outstanding contribu- tions to the Jewish community. This year, Akiva is switching gears. On April 6, the school will hon- or David Campbell, CEO of the D...…

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…Expanding Its Reach Hillel of Metro Detroit opens doors to Jewish students at Eastern Michigan University. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER H illel of Metro Detroit is expanding its reach into Washtenaw County, adding the Jewish students at Eastern Michigan University to its roster of campus con- stituents. Previously, EMU's Jewish student population of between 900 and 1,500 could look to Ann Arbor's U-M Hillel for program- ming, but a De...…

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…PHOTOS BY BILL HAN SEN An Early Passover About - 250 Christians experience a model seder at Temple Emanu-El. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER I n a three-fold increase in the number of par- ticipants over last year's event, about 250 Christian educators, clergy and their con- gregants filled Temple Emanu-El's social hall Thursday, March 13, to experience a model Passover seder. Led by Rabbis Bradley Bleefeld of Temple Emanu-El and Marla F...…

…Clockwise from top left: Sally and Frank Maisano peruse the Haggadah. Kim Liebowitz lights the candles at the start of the meal. The seder plate. Sandra Harris dips the bitter herbs as her mother, Verda Harris, tastes them. High School Yearbook '97 The Jewish News will hon- or Michigan's brightest Jew- ish high-school seniors in our "College Bound" supple- ment May 16. Deadline for nominations is April 17. Area high schools have been aske...…

…Jewelry Stores Targeted ing ski masks and gloves walked into the store at approximately 1:45 p.m. and announced a holdup. All the people in the store were ordered to drop to the floor as the robbers fired their guns — an AK-47 automatic assault rifle and a .45 caliber handgun — into a display case, shatter- ing it. The thieves then emptied the contents of the case into.bags and escaped in a red Chevy Cav- alier, said Officer John Harris of th...…

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…COMPENSATION page 3 Memorial Center, Shaarit Hap- laytah, Albert Einstein Lodge of B'nai B'rith, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Temple Israel, Ruth and Irwin Kahn and The get older, there are more health problems that surface as a result of the Holocaust." The conference is free of charge and is open to the corn- Jewish News. Jewish Life in My 20s Happenings: A listing of events for singles of all ages Investment Advice for Twentysomethings...…

…tkh4k, •&kk Were rolling back Equity Line rates to as low as prime: 8.25% APR: Pass(over) Your Diet During Pesach ERICA MEYER RAUZIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS The days of Passover are no time to diet, but since I've been diet- ing since Rosh Hashanah, I'm sort of on a roll. Unfortunately, we can't have any rolls Passover week, but I will make do. Actually, there is nothing to eat in my house at all during Passover, unless you count seder ...…

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…Jewish children attending day schools especially develop a fine appreciation for the art of fund raising because they are repeat- edly reminded that "tzedakah be- gins in the school, not at home." Tuition paying parents of Jewish day-school students already know that. In American Jewish communi- ties, where schnorring is no longer _ a fine art but a science, holders of • Jewish federation pledge cards concur that the same people show up year i...…

…ti •k, • wakk ' \ a; Zzf Compensation For Survivors: A Critical Issue To Be Learned We write this editorial almost two months ahead of the event. Chances are we'll repeat it in the weeks ahead. On Sunday, May 18, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Michigan's Holo- caust survivors and their loved ones will have an opportunity to learn how to cut through the red tape to collect almost any form of compensation or restitution...…

…Community Views Editor's Notebook Getting Down To 'Jewish' Basics By 'Hanging Out,' We Might Become Friends STACIE FINE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHIL JACOBS EDITOR My class is on the final leg of the rabbinics portion of our seminary training this year. We are wrestling with contemporary thinkers' concep- tions of Judaism, Jewish history and culture. Many of the writers seem to try to boil things down to "the essence of Judaism. They m...…

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…FRIENDS page 31 \= Th get Jews to stop calling one an- other names, to stop questioning the validity of another Jew's Jew- ishness. It's got to be: reach out, not push away. This spring, Detroit will be sending some 60 of its Jewish kids — some of them are Ortho- dox, some are Conservative and some are Reform — to Poland and to Israel to visit the ovens of Auschwitz and then recover their senses in the cradle of our ne- shamas. And last week...…

…MARCH 21, 1997 4 11" Mr. Leikin Addresses PNAI PNAI (Parents of North American Israelis) will present Ezekiel Leikin, speaking on "A Century of Zionism, 1897- 1997: Progress and Problems," 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at the Max Fisher Building. Mr. Leikin lived in Palestine from 1936 until his World War II army service. He returned to the United States af- ter the war and held a professional leadership role with the Detroit ZOA until 1981....…

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…The Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah In celebration of the 100thyear of Zionism presents Dr. Zvi Gitelman Professor ofJudaic Studies at the University of Michigan ORTHODOX AGUDAS YISROEL- MOGEN ABRAHAM 1575.1 W. Lincoln, Southfield, 552-1971. Rabbis: Dov Loketch, Asher Eisenberger. March 26, Aprif 2 & April 9 7:00 p.m. - coffee 7:30 p.m. - lecture Sarah and Ralph Davidson Hadassah House 5030 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Marc...…

…Friday 7:15 a.m., 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 a.m., 6:30 p.m.; weekdays 7:15 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m., 6 p.m. Shabbat class 6 p.m. Haftorah, Steven Schostak. BETH ISRAEL G-5240 Calkins Road, Flint, (810) 732- 6310. Rabbi: Paul Reis. Cantor: Sholom Kalib. President: Dr. Brian Beck. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.; week- days 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday and le- gal holidays 8 a.m., 6 p.m. Kiddush follows services. BETH ISRAEL CONGREGAT...…

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…Coming .. . Saturday, April 5 & Sunday April 6 Saturday, April 12 & Sunday April 13 Adat Shalom Marks Purim Adat Shalom Synagogue will mark Purim with events begin- ning Saturday, March 22, through Saturday evening, March 29. The congregation is invited to Adat Shalom's traditional megillah reading, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22. Synagogue teens will lead the readings. There will be a costume parade and groggers and haman- tas...…

…AS "Our Credentials Stack High Above the Competition" 1996 Emmy Award Nominee 2 1996 Multiple Telly Award Winner Tremendous Births 3 State of Michigan's Official Video Company 4 Official Video Company Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame FEB. 17 — Franci (Podoisky) Selection of and Michael Singer of Bloomfield Hills, who have recently relocat- ed from New York City, are de- lighted to announce the birth of their daughter, Annabel Lo...…