…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 22, 1991 / 8 ADAR 5751 Sinai Launches Search For New Administrator KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer search committee met Wednesday to launch its national campaign for a new Sinai Hospital ad- ministrator. The six-member com- mittee, headed by trustee vice chair Marvin Novick, moved forward with plans to find an experienced hospital administrator a week after Sina...…
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…Remember what Amalek did to you... Deut. 25:17-19 In 1941, Hitler banned the reading of the Scroll of Esther and the observance of Purim in Poland. Later, that country's Jews were deported to the death camps. In 1991, the Jews of the free nation of Israel will celebrate Purim -- in defiance of the man who would destroy them with missiles. Our enduring partnership with the State of Israel ensures that the Amaleks, the Hamans, the Hitlers an...…
…CONTENTS Looking For Miracles GARY ROSENBLATT The stories of Haman and Saddam should have unique parallels. HOLIDAYS Purim Miracle YAACOV LURIA The shtetl's Queen Esther was always the wife of a VIP. 41 20 7 OPINION Two opposing views on the abortion issue. 29 BACKGROUND German guilt: Too little, too late. 37 ISRAEL CLOSE-UP Israel's peaceniks are mired in paradoxes. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM SPORTS Last Journey 53 Two ice da...…
…EDITORIAL Are We Missing Something? Are we missing something here? While the world expresses outrage that an allied bomb blew up an Iraqi air raid shelter, or command post, allegedly killing hundreds of innocent people, where was that same outrage when Saddam sent Scud missiles into residential areas of Tel Aviv? And while we regret and find sorrow with any civilian death associated with war, let's not forget that the Iraqis would un- doubte...…
…OPINION Pro Choice Jewish Groups Are Misinformed on Halachah ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor I magine a group called Jewish Women for Autopsies. Imagine they hosted rallies in support of autopsies and encouraged local congregations to hold pro-autospy gatherings. Imagine they even sent a statement to Israeli leaders insisting that all citizens in the country be allowed an autopsy on demand. Sounds crazy, doesn't it? After all, Halach...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN CANCER DETECTION WERE MADE BYA RETIRED TICKETAGENT ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz MANAGING EDITOR: Phil Jacobs ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITOR: Elizabeth Applebaum STAFF WRITERS: Susan Grant Kimberly Lifton Amy Mehler CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elie Wiesel WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: James D. Besser After 50 years of working on...…
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…UP FRONT Anti-Semitism Creeps Into Anti-War Rhetoric New York (JTA) — When Alisa Solomon, a Jewish writer who is opposed to the U.S.-led war against Iraq, decided to attend last mon- th's peace rally in Washing- ton, she was not altogether surprised to find anti- Semitic statements mixed with anti-war rhetoric. "What I've felt (in the anti- war movement) is a kind of Israel-bashing which is diff- erent from regular criticism," said the 34-ye...…
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…DETROIT B'nai Moshe To Hire Building Contractor SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer A fter months of reworking drawings, Congregation B'nai Moshe will begin the search for a contractor to build their new synagogue. in West Bloomfield on March 1. Although the congregation celebrated a ground break- ing for its new building on Drake Road south of Maple Road last September, actual construction has been delayed in part because of last minute changes in ...…
…ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Metropolitan Detroit District invites the community to sentative on the Police and Fire Civil Service Commis- sion, said he didn't believe the city had enough police to properly supervise the area. He also said he had little faith in the city's ability to secure the deck after dark. This also worried Rabbi Freedman, who is executive director of Yeshivah Beth Yehudah, the school in ques- tion. He maintained th...…
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…A RESOURCE CENTER Yavneh's kindergarten, said, she is "very pleased by the move. It will also make it more accessible to the com- munity. I've heard a lot of positive things from parents. There is a chance the enrollment will double at the very minimum." The move will not affect the educational quality of the school, said Mrs. Alter, who is pleased by her son's academic progress. "The only thing we will miss is the (JCC) swimming pool," she s...…
…DETROIT • ALYN HOSPITAL: Israel's only long-term orthopedic hospital and rehabilitation center for physically handicapped children. alcir) THE CHILDREN OF ALYN THANK THE DETROIT JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN PROVIDING US WITH AN INDIVIDUALIZED ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR PURIM. SAMEACH Ayoub, Kamran and Roza Zakaria. For tributes call: Helping New Emigres Settle In Detroit The Detroit Friends of Alyn 559-3644 25794 Concourse • So...…
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…NOTEBOOK EBEL Looking For Miracles On Holiday Of Purim the architects of time have increased their retail prices up to 20% as of February 15, 1991. GARY ROSENBLATT Editor Robert Alexander Jewelers has the largest selection of EBEL watches in the Detroit area AT THE OLD PRICES!! Which, at Robert Alexander Jewelers, have always been a bargain! Now is also the time to come in and talk about upgrading your existing EBEL- adding a new dia...…
…olmismol NEWS Unpaid Taxes Block Gifts Jerusalem (JTA) — Tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts and badly needed sup- plies, sent here by overseas donors for Israelis made homeless by Scud missile at- tacks, are piling up in the custom houses undelivered because the import tax has _ not been paid. The newspaper Yediot Achronot reported that 20 transistor radios, 15 tons of clothing, 3,000 blankets and toys valued at $30,000 had been fro...…
…CLOSE-UP At Ira Kaufman Chapel, death is recognized as a part of life. THE Jou 22 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1991 •■•■■•■ - ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor II) avid rIbchner's day begins at 4 a.m. with a suicide. Her name was Sarah. She was 46. "Please come now," the husband said when he called Mr. Techner. He had just found Sarah, shot through the head. Mr. Techner went to the family home to com- fort the husband and ar- range for a c...…
…Then they go downstairs to the morgue. Just on the right is the freezer. A security guard unlocks the door and the cold air hurtles out like a sharp smack to the face. Inside are rows and rows of jars filled with preserved body parts. They are multicolored, spongy. Mrs. Green's body is wrapped in plastic; only a crooked toe is exposed, bear- ing a tag with Mrs. Green's name. Her body is removed from the gurney and placed onto a stretcher. Her ...…
…CLOSE-UP David Techner: "Between seeing some of the things I see at the funeral home and the experiences I've had in my own life, I've gained an appreciation for living that I think is a real gift. I don't take anything for granted?' 24 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1991 socks still rolled up, one pair of underwear. The cousins decide to give the clothes, along with fur- niture and other items left in Mr. Z's apartment, to Mrs. Techner, who is work...…
…As he listens, he sorts through his mail, tossing out several catalogs. Then fu- neral home workers tell Mr. Techner the hospital where Mrs. Green died is on the line: the hospital wants $40 or the body bag in which she was taken to the chapel. "Pay the $40," Mr. Techner says. Next, he meets with the family of Sarah, the suicide. Sarah's children and hus- band gather in the small room of tissues and thank- you cards. At the same time, morti- c...…
…CLOSE-UP als)," Mr. Techner says. "But by trying to hide the pain, we only make it worse." Mr. Techner feels espe- cially strong about children and death because of his own experiences; when David was 9, his grandfather died. "He and I were close," Mr. Techner says. "But I didn't have any part of the funeral, and to this day I still feel that loss." Sarah's family leaves at 4:10 p.m. Mr. Techner is al- ready late to a funeral. He's in his car...…
…YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE GRAND o ppENING NEW CLEARANCE CENTER! George Bush: Zionist Hero M.J. ROSENBERG Special to The Jewish News I n Israel, the radio keeps playing a hit song called "Sugar Bush, I Love You So." This 1950s standard had been forgotten until disc jockeys in Tel Aviv dredged it up to serve as a statement of Israel's new love for George Bush. It's not surprising that George Bush is the man of the hour in Israel thes...…
…NEWS Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Make it a SURE BETS George Bush at The Jewish Community Center's Continued from preceding page Purim Cabaret INI - te • • • • • • IINIM•1 • ■ A Las Vegas Night with Entertainment Saturday, March 2 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight Maple/Drake Building (21 and over with a valid ID) • Wheel of Fortune • Roulette • floor Show with Andrew Dakota "The Manic Comic" • Black Jack embrace...…
…BACKGROUND German Guilt: Too Little, Too Late HELEN DAVIS Foreign Correspondent T he visit to Israel in. January by German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher provided a poignant moment in a week marked by death, destruction and profound trauma in the Jewish state. "I've come here to tell you that you can count on Ger- many and the German peo- ple," said the German min- ister, clutching his gas mask. "The very existence of Israel is n...…
…CELEBRATE A VICTORY IN THE PERSIAN GULF. 2,346 years ago in ancient Persia, the wicked Haman schemed to destroy the Jewish People. But through a miraculous se- quence of events, involving Mordehai and Queen Esther, the tables were turned; Haman and his henchmen were hanged on the gallows. Every year this victory is celebrated on the joyous Festival of Purim. And although the story of Purim happened thousands of years ago, its lesson of faith ...…
…Complete Auto Repair at: Foreign & Domestic Iraqi Scud Strikes Israel \/= N iJ \ 2' r \D N Tel Aviv (JTA) — Another Iraqi Scud missile was fired into Israel last week, causing neither injuries nor damage, an Israel Defense Force spokesman announc- ed. The IDF would not disclose the exact impact area. But it apparently landed in Zone 5, the civil defense's designa- tion for the central region. The area extends from Hadera and Beit She...…
…HELP HADASSAH HELP ISRAEL! Top Zionist Education Group Meets In Israel It isn't the first time, and won't be the last, that Israel is threatened by hostile neighbors. But this time it's much worse because a mad tyrant has launched unprovoked missile attacks and is determined to destroy Israel. Your contribution to HADASSAH could make the difference between life and death. Israel can take care of itself. HADASSAH supports that effort with m...…
…03C SS Exciting Brilliant Diamonds The Finest Expression of Love Conductor Apologizes London (JTA) — A well- known orchestra conductor has apologized for including an English translation of a 19th century Russian poem offensive to Jews in the pro- gram of a children's concert, which was held at the Bar- bican Concert Hall. Michael Tilson Thomas, who is Jewish, explained that the translation was of a poem, "Legend," by Alexei Pleshcheyev, w...…
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…The Haworth Center Supportive Care for Seniors Peyote Decision May Be Reversed Hmong tribesmen and American Jews have some important things in com- mon, according to Jewish groups promoting the Re- ligious Freedom Restoration Act. The bill, expected to be in- troduced in the next few weeks, would reverse a 1990 Supreme Court decision that expands the government's right to restrict religious practices. So where do Hmong tribesmen fit in? Li...…
…Community-Wide Shalach Manot THE GREAT PURIM PARCEL PROJECT THIS SUNDAY! ( 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 11 _AL ee0 3. / b ; a a a fit a . a •di dee i • m A" • e a _ , • 0411111 ‘ s't 4. Decorate many pretty plates. Include some fruit (dried or fresh), nuts, wrapped KOSHER candy, or small packages of Elite wafers or chocolates. At least two kinds of food should be included (no home-baked goods, please). Put each plate into a heavy duty zi...…
…ISRAEL 1 Peaceniks' Dilemma Faced with a war and the Palestinians' implacable hatred, Israeli doves find themselves mired in paradoxes. INA FRIEDMAN Special to The Jewish News I t's almost in the nature of things that wartime is the heyday for peace movements. Certainly this is true in Europe these days. But in Israel, quite the oppo- site has happened. And perhaps in this weird war, in which the population is under attack but the army ...…
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…NEWS I Ears Tuned To Missile Pitch Tel Aviv (JTA) — Confined to a room sealed with tape and plastic sheets against poison gas, yet still wearing gas masks, thousands of Israelis enduring the Scud missile blitz depend on their ears to let them know what's happening. Their radios are the source of official infor- mation and instructions. But after four weeks of intermit- tent missile attacks that have injured hundreds and damaged more than 7,0...…
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…HOLIDAYS ou say I'm a beautiful person, young lady? An old woman with a face like a frozen apple — beautiful? You have just earned a big mitzvah, for which you will be forgiven for telling a kind lie. So, your Hebrew teacher said you could learn some- thing in this old-age home. Not to let your teacher down, I'll tell you a story, from the old country. And since it's almost Purim, a Purim story. . . In America, Purim is a lit- , tle half-holi...…
…Purim Miracle Continued from preceding page SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1991 11:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Bloomfield Hills Middle School 4200 Quarton Road,Bloomfield Hills Free Admission Open to the Public •Door prizes 'Gift bags for each child • Overnight Summer Camps • Day Camps • Specialty Camps • Activity Programs • Teen Tours • Academic Enrichment • Student Employment Opportunities Here is your chance to meet representatives of local and national sum...…
…WHENEVER THERE'S A MARRIAGE, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE NEW COUPLE. newest technology, access to the latest medical research, and top-quality physicians. In turn, we pass this knowledge and expertise on to our patients. The formation of the new Grace Hospital has caused quite a bit of excitement in the greater Detroit area. Everyone is eager to know about the marriage and what they can expect from the new hospital. We w...…
…\ \ SzSSSS''';>SSS 9 1 1 SSS:SSSSSS:SS VOLUNTEER Q Q LINK 0 Q e Q 1 Q 0 PROJECT SHEET The Hebrew word sherut means service. Project Sherut provides in-kind goods and services to community service organizations. Each week, we will publish requests for needed items. Persons interested in helping to meet these needs should contact Miriam 'merman at The Jewish Community Council at 962-1880. Also, organizations or groups in need of ...…
…COMMUNITY New Israel Bonds Launches Emergency Campaign Town Hall Meeting On Disabilities A town hall meeting to ex- plore services for Jewish peo- ple with disabilities will take place 7:30 p.m. Mar. 14 at the United Hebrew Schools building. Titled "Apart From, or A Part of, the Jewish Communi- ty," the forum will include a discussion by persons with disabilities and family members about services they require from the Jewish community. Nora...…
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…Congregation Beth Shalom SPECIAL SHABBAT WEEKEND DANNY SIEGEL TEMPLE KOL AMI REFORM: TEMPLE BETH EL 7400 Telegraph Rd., Birmingham, 851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel Polish, Julian I. Cook, Richard C. Hertz. Cantor: Gail P. Hirschenfang. Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. Torah Study Class 9:30 a.m. Friday Brotherhood Shabbat: A Musical Memory of Jason Tickton; /— Rabbi Polish will speak on "Remembering the Music of Jason Tickton." Sat. Rabbi Cook wi...…
…TORAH PORTION SUNDAY THE PUR I M CA RNIVAL LUNCH GAMES FUN PRIZES The Light Illuminating Our Lives And World RABBI MORTON YOLKUT Special to The Jewish News T • • • • WEAR YOUR COSTUMES! • • • • t s1n1 MEGILLAH READINGS WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 27, 1991 Traditional Megillah Reading and costume parade at 6:30 p.m. followed by Children's Megillah Story Reading and Refreshments!!! y ' CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM Lincoln Boulevard at ...…
…'mil SYNAGOGUES 1 icv joio.14 VOW- XCITIN w uo t. old Turn our .N3N1clothes f y ones and help charity at the same time! Beth El Plans Purim The reading of the megila and performances by the Young People's Society and the Married Group will take place 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at Temple Beth El. Adults and children are asked to come in costume; the Married Group will pro- vide a prize for the best adult costume. Refreshments following the service ...…
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