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…August 21, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 26 Claims Conundrum Survivors have difficulty filing for restitution. 18 From Pulpit To Piano Craig Allen leaves Beit Kodesh concerned about his synagogue. NEsg@elE 22 Entertainment. page 90 Motown Showdown JCC Maccabi Games: From the opening to the competitions. Adoption Option Jewish sources are contradictory about adopting children. Business 136 Community 48 Editorials 33 Food 130 Marketplace 138 lana...…

…In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the State of Israel... The New c=ct,dership (irision of State of Israel Bonds Development Corporation for Israel cordially invites you to attend its King David Society Summer Gala honoring Cheryl and Steven Schanes Recipients of the State of Israel 50th Anniversary Independence Issue Award Thursday, August 27, 1998 - 7:00 p.m. Couvert: $75 per person Kingsley Inn Hotel and Suites 1475 N. Wood...…

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…HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer LI C F 1 1 1,7 (1 Holocaust survivors find it difficult to file and collect on claims made for restitution. artin Lowenberg is frus- trated. The 70 year-old _ survivor of a Latvian iconcentration camp, a man who lost his parents and twin brothers in Auschwitz, said he has filed numerous claims with Germany since restitution payments started, but has received a small fraction of what he'says he is due. "I ha...…

…P. . `The hell with it.' They wear you out." Ester Moncznik, 82, of Southfield, and Lola Kwasniewski, 72, of Oak Park, close friends and workout partners at the Jimmy Prentis Morris branch of the Jewish Community Center, had to fight to get pensions. Both grew up in small Polish towns, were forced into slave labor factories making ammunition for Germany, and fled to Israel after the war. They were paid pensions in Israel, but once they emigr...…

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…MR.ALAN'S Closing West Bloomfield Forever community members affiliated with Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit or the Conservative movement. No Reform Jews sit on the board yet, although the school's marketing consul- tant, Cindy Eggleton, said greater diversity will be sought when a more long-term board is created. Many other details about the school — such as religiou's policy, recruitment of faculty and lay leader- ship — will not...…

…JULIE EDGAR News Editor s a member of the Dutch Underground during World War II, Jenny Vander Kamp hid Jewish schoolchildren in her family's home, including an 11- year-old girl named Lisha. A decade later, Vander Kamp and her husband packed up their children and their belongings — including an antique menorah that had belonged to Vander Kamp's parents and a thumb- nail photo of the dark-haired girl in _ pigtails — and headed for America. The...…

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…ron andsli e At Hillel Teachers and board of the day school reach a tentative contract agreement. the pOssibility of striking because, "We hope it's not going to be an issue and that our proposals will be taken seri- ously. ne week before the first day of school and two weeks "We'd like to start the year in the before their contracts right way without any drama," expired, Hillel Day Littman added. "We'd like to School of Metropolitan get on...…

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…Tke JEWISH NEWS 1 , (//urvvs Ycrkt Durt:t- l&navvi 1 k 199B-199915759 Ecition Federation Mensch our Jewish Living In Bob Naftaly leaves after three years of service. forming the Commission on Jewish Eldercare Services (COJES), an orga- Staff-Writer nization that brings together once-dis- parate Jewish agencies and programs ou don't expect a 60-year-old that serve older Jewish adults. high-level executive to be sep- "It got away from t...…

…GREAT SELECTION OF THE FINEST OUTDOOR & INDOOR CASUAL FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES SUMMER First Lady CLEARANCE Key West Sling PATIO FURNITURE Federation elects its first woman leader. In 1996, Blumenstein shared the Federation general campaign chair- manship with Bob Slatkin, president IND of the United Jewish Foundation, fcer decades of work in the Federation's banking arm. trenches at the Jewish "Now we're partners again," she Federation ...…

…From Pulpit To Piano Rabbi Craig Allen leaves Congregation Beit Kodesh sure of his plans but concerned about the synagogue's future. BY LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Special to The Jewish News the U.S. Army School of Music, where he composed military works. Allen, who studied music with Detroit Symphony Orchestra mem- 0 bers while still in high school, has per- formed original music with various groups, including the Israel Philharmonic Chamber Ensem...…

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…a sabbatical beginning Nov. 1 but will stay on until Gershon gets back to work. This Rabbi on the mend; press releases galore. Local Jewish educators are being invit- ed to travel south of the border next weekend. The Michigan-Ohio border that is. The Columbus Jewish Community Center and that city's Kol Ami Com- munity Hebrew School are hosting a Judaica/Hebrew Expo on Sunday, Aug. 30 from 1-4 p.m. Attractions include interactive workshops ...…

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…accabi Greetings Extended Parade and pa&eantry, gee the Maccabi 'Came; under way. •;, The Israeli team led the parade of athletes onto the Palace floor. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer T he 3,700 athletes eagerly took their marks at 6 p.m. Sunday for the opening of the 1998 Maccabi Games, but the starting gun didn't sound at the Palace of Auburn Hills until nearly four hours later. By the time the torch lighting and fireworks closed out t...…

…Top left: The Detroit delegation were the last athletes to enter. Top right: Leaders on the dais: Bob Slatkin, president of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit; Bob Aronson, executive vice president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, and Herman Frankel, of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit. Left: The JCC Dance Troupe per- formed at the opening ceremony. Bottom left: Bill Davidson, one of the...…

…Training Camp Five Maccabi delegations got a pre-games workout at Camp Maas. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer E yen though it was the weekend after summer sessions ended at Camp Maas, there was no shortage of activity there on Aug. 14 and 15. The 330 teens from the Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Mexico and Hartford delega- tions used the Ortonville camp as a training center prior to this week's Maccabi Games. Paul Delson of San Fr...…

…Top of page: Breanne Cohen of Oak Park practices her beam routine. Above left: Esther TuckLapper of the Maccabi Club of Metropolitan Detroit sells T-shirts. Above: Abby Adams tapes the foot of Chicago teammate Whitney Simon. Left.. Taking a piano break are Lauren Sondel and Becca Bradley of Hartford. Right: Detroit's Howard Dworman gets the ball over the net. 8/21 1998 Detroit Jewish News 25 …

…• _ __,,,, accab l -,\ P Clockwise from top left: Detroit's Jennifer Schanes battles St. Louis' Sara O'Hara for the ball. Ayla Godelsky, age 7, from Washington, watches her brother compete. Gary Rosenberg is surrounded by Detroit teammates after hitting a homerun against Baltimore. GREETINGS from page 22 Australian athletes killed and hurt when a bridge collapsed at the Maccabiah Games in Israel last year. The memorial tributes were...…

…Clockwise, from top left: Chicago's David Rose tips the ball against Ottawa. Pam and Alan Witt of Chicago film son Kenny's beach volleyball game. Detroit's Scott Duschinsky pitches against Baltimore. Jake Kaufman of Detroit surroun Greater Washington's Ariel Ginzburg. 8/21 1998 Detroit Jewish News 27 …

…Top of page: Alyssa Trotsky of Farmington Hills battles an opponent. Above left: Great Britain's Eli Barty was fast-moving. Above right: David Silberman of Farmington Hills makes his move. Right: Amy Meisnei; right, of Huntington Woods, taps over the net. 8/21 1998 28 Detroit Jewish News …

…: Always busy, Ai/7mm butl,never flirt]. AMY MINDELL Special to The Jewish News T ake 60 cases of tomatoes, slice, add 200 cases of chopped lettuce, 25 cases of cucumbers, - and 300 pounds of onions and you get fresh garden salad for a week at the JCC Maccabi Games. And that's just the first course. While the lunches at the Kahn JCC in West Bloomfield for the 3,700 Maccabi athletes and coaches was fresh and tasty, Sperber Catering may have ...…

…Clockwise, fom top left: Sam and Diane Orley, part of a Bloomfield Hills host family, check out the monkeys at Zoo Night. Athletes and friends join the Kass family for a picnic at the Zoo. Rebecca Berent and coach. Marty Medina of Rochester; NK, check out Detroiter Alana Grunspan's collection of pins. Beth Isenberg, Lori Shapiro and Emily Feldman pose at the Detroit Zoo. FEEDING AN ARMY from page 29 Cy Servetter, who retired after 40 ye...…

…P.r.ireAt. EDE.4 , ~ er P°Aollte' Allied Jewish Campaign ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE The Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will take place on Monday, September 28, 1998, 7:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. The following business will be conducted at the meeting: 1) In accordance with the bylaws of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the Nominating Committee has met and designated the following list of nominees...…

…a:3SM. RE LAX! The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit salutes the athletes and host families of the 1998 Maccabi games and invites you to Rekindle Shabbat. If you haven't already "rekindled Shabbat," join us and discover the beauty of the celebration. For more information, call Kari Grosinger, (248) 203-1470. TEMPLE KOL AML (248) 661-0040 TEMPLE BETH EL: (248) 851-1100 CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK: (248) 357-5544 FRIDAY, AUGUST 21: F...…

…Editorials Pausing For Shabbat spirituality. His love for sport and faith in kids have virtually willed the Games — which inspire camaraderie, sportsmanship and Jewish identity — to the lofty level internationally they enjoy today. Robinson felt that a Shabbat experience would unite highly impressionable Jewish teenagers — deepening their understanding of, and appreciation for, their Jewish heritage. "It puts the Games into context," said Ra...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Reaching Out With Toys LENA MASS Special to The Jewish News T ime and time again, I am disheartened by the image of 8-year-old Alvin. He is dying of cancer and undergoes chemothera- py regularly, which has not only resulted in the loss of all of his hair, but the loss of his childhood as well. Fortunate enough to have made it thus far, Alvin, along with the hundreds of other children who face the fatal disease, hope to sur...…

…EDITOR'S WATCH Redefining Its Mission Will Help To Keep The Jewish Community Center Relevant raisers, the JCC has eased lingering tensions with those organizations while instantly legitimizing its effort. To demonstrate its support, Federa- —Rabbi Chayim of Tsanz don has asked two top officers — chief operating officer Mark Davidoff ithout a sharper, more and executive vice president Bob enticing Jewish focus, Aronson — to assist the two-cam...…

…Nothing less than E BEar at the JC.C. The Jewish Community Center offers over 500 classes, all taught by highly qualified instructors. We invite you to meet some of them: Lori-led* received her bachelor's degree in social work from Eastern Michigan University in 1990, She has worked and volunteered in the recreation. field since 1986 in various capacities such as day camp counselor and director and teachers aid for childcare. Lori has als...…

…WATCH JCC from page 35 4■ Tui 4 more prudent. Renovations will include a new Jewish Discovery Area, a spruced-up cultural hall, more navi- gable corridors, expanded child devel- opment facilities, and enhanced fit- ness and recreation facilities. The 42-year-old Jimmy Prentis Morris Building in Oak Park will get a face lift, too — basic building improvements estimated to cost $1.5 million. Hugh Greenberg, whose legacy of Jewish communal le...…

…ATTENTION HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS STATE OF NEW YORK BANKING DEPARTMENT WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION SWISS FUND FOR NEEDY VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST/SHOA The Swiss Fund for Needy Victims of the HolocaustIShoa was established by decree of the Federal Council of Switzerland as a humanitarian gesture to aid needy victims of the Holocaust worldwide. This is a humanitarian fund, not reparations or restitution of assets deposited in Switzerlan...…

…Timetable Uncertain An historic agreement with Swiss banks still leaves many questions. MITCHELL DANOW Special to The Jewish News E stelle Sapir had mixed emo- tions. "My heart is very happy," the 73-year-old Holocaust survivor said in a slight voice outside the Brooklyn fed- eral courthouse where Switzerland's leading commercial banks had just agreed to a $1.25 billion settlement of Holocaust-era claims. But at the same time, Sapir, who f...…

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…OMP IN A CELEBRATION Crime On Israel's Mind Wednesday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the beautiful Detroit Orchestra Hall LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent 0 n Sunday, the "Tel Aviv Serial Rapist," who has the city's women looking over their shoulders in fear, evi- dently tried to commit his 10th rape in the last six months, but police say he let his pleading victim go and ran off. On the same day, Police Minister Avigdor Kahalani advised...…

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…THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE Distracted Policy Scary To Activists JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent T he possibility that the nation- al preoccupation with sex, lies and grand jury testimony is crippling the nation's for- eign policy apparatus has Jewish activists in Washington worried. That concern mushroomed this week in the wake of President Clinton's dramatic confession of a "not appropri- ate" relationship with White House int...…

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…Community Sec t et ss e`" , To Self Improvement Rabbi Steven Weil Tuesday, September 1, 1998 7:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Rabbi Barunch Levin, Executive Director Chesed Shel Emes Hebrew Benevolent Society There is no charge for this program. Refreshments will be served. Sperber's North Kosher Restaurant, located inside the JCC, will be serving dinner until 8:00 p.m. For the hearing impaired, an Inf...…