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…February 21, 1997 Detroit OPINION The issue of money: Maguire vs. Heschel. 27 Strung Up 7 A teen-aged violinist gets TELL ME WHY the chance to perform solo with the Detroit Symphony. Rock on with Trevor Rabin. Shalom, Yeladim 38 THE PULSE Beth Hayeled and Weatherby Elementary students spend a morning making friends. Getting older and eating better. 73 SPORTS West Bloomfield is holding its own. 107 Don't Eat That! ISRAEL On ...…
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…BetrOlitrung Up A teen-aged violinist gets the chance to perform as a soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. SUZANNE CHESSLER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTO BY DANI EL LIPPITT "; arely 3 years old, Jannina Barefield want- ed to play the bass. Her curiosity was stoked by the frequent jazz sessions her father's band held in their Detroit home. Barbara and jazz guitarist A. Spencer Barefield soon encouraged their daugh- ter's interest...…
…O PHOTOS BY DAN IEL LIPPITT Never Too Soon Parents who choose more costly JCC child care say it can help teach kids an early sense of identity. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER H ow much would you pay to leave your young child under skilled su- pervision, where the facility might provide diapers and wipes and food, but maybe not? Would you pay more for a couple of kosher bites? It seems many parents would. The waiting list for the Jewish...…
…Some teachers say even at a young age, religious learning does sink in. "I think it would probably even make a difference at age 1," says Vickie Tali- aferro, director of Sunny Skies. "We have Santa Claus come in, and we have some Jewish children here. It probably does make [their own religion] stronger for them if they're in a religious day-care cen- ter." Ms. Schneider notes that the JCC pro- gram is not merely babysitting but a cur- riculum...…
…• Sold! A school building changes hands at the completion of a land contract. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER A former Yeshiva Beth Yehudah school building in Beverly Hills recently changed hands after the completion of a land contract sale begun in 1992. The buyer of the building, Kensington Academy, was pleased to complete the $800,000 sale of the 55,000-square-foot building. "We are thrilled to have a home of our own," said Debbie Tro...…
…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CX No. 26 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jill Davidson Sklar Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman, Larry Derfner Photographers Daniel...…
…Detroit Teaches Israel About Pain Control PHIL JACOBS EDITOR T Dr. John Finn sees a way to help Israel's problem with pain control. 64;V: hey have learned about medicine together, politics together, agri- culture, science, journalism and civics. Now they're learning how to make dying a less painful experience ... together. Partnership 2000, the Jewish Feder- ation of Metropolitan Detroit's project to link Israel's Central Galilee with De-...…
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…Shalom Ifeladirti in.dergartners at Shaarey Zedek's Beth Hayeled re- cently welcomed first- and third-graders from Detroit's Weatherby Ele- mentary School for a morning of travel, snacks and song. The Shaarey Zedek young- sters presented sequined "Sha- lom" caps for their visitors before everybody "boarded" an El Al flight to Israel. When they got there, everybody sang Hebrew Beth Hayeled and Weatherby Elementary students spend a morning get...…
…/— Rise Strauss helps out Josh Klein and Ben Resnick. Rooted In Tradition /-- Childre-n in the JCC's child development center celebrate nature and charity at a Tu B'Shevat celebration. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER BILL HANSEN PHOTOGRAPHER L Keishi Kinoshita is star-struck. v<\M1 he intensity was palpable: 85 chil- dren and hun- dreds of Magic Markers got to- gether in the Jewish Commu- nity Center's child de- velopment center for a celebr...…
…A Child Dies; Another Presses On -• PHIL JACOBS EDITOR L ast June, some 8,000 De- troiters joined thousands and thousands of others around the world in an at- tempt to save the life of two little children. Lauren Cohn, 4, of Hunting- ton Woods and Coby Levi, 3, of Teaneck, N.J., needed life-saving bone marrow transplants. Months and months have passed since the Match For Life program, for a day, turned the Rock Financial building on Tele- ...…
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…Eye-Opening After a two-week jaunt to the Jewish state, some students start to consider observing more mitzvot. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER A trip to Israel can change you. And it often does, especially for Amer- ican Jews who want more of something Jewish in their lives but are not quite sure what, how or why. If a Machon L'Torah journey to Israel opens a student's eyes to a new side of Judaism, Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz won't mind a ...…
…have sent in the weeks since they returned. Two weeks ago, the Jacobovitzes "received this beautiful tray of kosher candy." With no simcha to celebrate, they wondered who sent it. Turns out it was the parents of a boy who went on the Decem- ber trip. The Jacobovitz home is al- ways open for Shabbat — es- pecially to students. "They form a connection with us, come back co the States, call us up and ask where to find books in the li- brary ... T...…
…PHOTO BY DANIEL LI PPITT Morris Weiss, owner of Zeman's Bakery in Oak Park and part owner of Zeman's Bakery in Southfield, recently received a gift of a Bible inscribed with his name from the Botsford Continuing Care Corporation. Mr. Weiss has been donating baked goods each week to the Farmington nursing care center for the past 28 years. Here, he is flanked by Linda Mlynarek, CEO o _ f Botsford Continuing Care Corporation, and Oscar Korobkin...…
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…is!4 kat , Compensation Liberalized The German government has expanded compensation criteria for victims of the Nazis. STAFF REPORT months or longer, and who live in difficult economic conditions. Due to standing German pol- icy, current residents of Eastern Europe and persons who were citizens of a Western country (other than Germany) at the time of persecution are not eli- gible for the fund's payments. T he German government has agre...…
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…\ /-- Community Views Editor's Notebook On The Issue Of Money: Maguire Vs. Heschel Remember The Most Important Inspectors RABBI HERBERT YOSKOWITZ SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHIL JACOBS EDITOR Like so many of you, I sat in a crowded theater to watch Tom Cruise portray Jerry Maguire. The film depicts a short span in the life of a cocky, successful, high- -. powe , greedy sports agent. Unlike the rest of his col- leagues, Maguire is portr...…
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…TH E DETROI T J EWI SH NEW S • Jelmisli Life 50 Getting to the bottom of singles-event phobia. PHOTO BY DANIEL LIPPITT lthough I hate to admit it, I hesitate to attend any event that has the word "singles" attached to it. As The Jewish News' "singles" reporter, I have an excuse: I could say that I'm not really there for myself; I have to go — it's my job. . Still, it makes me ner- vous. And I know Pm not alone. An old friend who has lived...…
…• Landau, if you get a date out of it, "it's icing on the cake. It's better than being a couch potato, right?" On that point i'm not so sure. But she's right about choosing an event based on a topic you find interesting. Meat market: no way. Intellectually enticing event: OK Example: Earlier this month, Federation's Young Adult Divi- sion sponsored a Monday night • /- event (Feb. 3) with Rabbi Steven Well of Young Israel of Oak Park. The topi...…
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