…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP MARCH 22, 1991 / 7 NISAN 5751 Diplomatic Overtures Have A Very Familiar Ring SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer A COMING FULL CIRCLE Once the bastion of immigrants and socialism, the Workmen's Circle is reaching out to new, young members. PAGE 24 cease-fire has ended the hostilities in the Middle East. Sudden- ly, there is a flurry of diplo- matic activity in the ...…
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…CONTENTS CLOSEUP Coming Full Circle ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Workmen's Circle reaches out to a younger generation. 24 SPORTS High Scorers! HOWARD ROSS These avid keglers really attack the pins. 51 OPINION 7 Security borders vs. political borders for Israel and Arabs. UP FRONT 11 Can Israel solve terrorist problem? BUSINESS 48 Detroiters seeking change in Israel housing industry. ENTERTAINMENT 67 An Oak Park native focuses his ...…
…EDITORIAL The Luster Of War Is Quickly Fading The gloss is beginning to fade. For 100 days, all of us were caught up in this CNN-infused high called the Persian Gulf war. We were easily hooked as television reporters scrambled on the air, talking us through air raid sirens, Scud missile at- tacks and Patriot responses. How many of us watched in awe as Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf narrated video of air- launched missiles entering the front door of...…
…OPINION Security And Political Borders Can Be Different For Israel SHLOMO GAZIT A t every stop along Sec- retary of State James A. Baker's Middle East tour, local tutors of all persuasions instructed him in "Lessons of the Gulf War." Many of these new lessons ac- tually are old litanies repackaged. Here, the lesson is said to be that Israel's freshly demonstrated vulner- ability proves that we must hold onto all of the West Bank forever. I...…
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…UP FRONT Can Israel Solve Its Terrorist Problem? The answer, from exclusion of all Arabs to Israeli withdrawal from the territories, offers a wide range of unknowns. NECHEMIA MEYERS Special to The Jewish News T here is only one polit- ical issue on which Amnon Rubinstein (leader of the center-left Shinui Party) and Rehavam Zeevy (head of the ultra- right Moledet Party) agree: Arabs from the territories should not be allowed into Israel. ...…
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…DETROIT Town Meeting On Disabilities Airs Grievances And Plans RONELLE GRIER Special to The Jewish News I t's about time." These words, spoken by Dr. Conrad Giles, were echoed by most of the 80 people who came to hear the report of the Jewish Welfare Federation-sponsored Task Force on Services for People with Disabilities last week. The Thwn Hall meeting, called "Apart from, or a Part of, the Jewish Community?" was sponsored by Federatio...…
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…Rena Amit helps Rebecca Klein with the computer during Sunday school classes at Workmen's Circle in Oak Park. 24 FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1991 …
…I CLOSE-UP RI" CIRCLE Once the bastion of immigrants and socialism, the Workmen Circle is reaching out to new, young members. . judged as Jews, where they don't see money as an issue. "It's personal there," says Mrs. Magid, who lives in Huntington Woods. "We're not lost in a crowd. It's small. It just works." Originally formed in 1900 as a socialist fraterni- ty for new immigrants, Workmen's Circle con- tinues to offer benefits like health...…
…Students in the popular Workmen's Circle nursery school gather around their teacher. 26 FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1991 grant population to the Jewish people as a whole. Children's education became a priority. Since the 1960s, when half its members were American-born, the Workmen's Circle has been searching for a way to in- corporate old world values with modern reality. Not only are younger Jews English speakers, they rarely turn to the organiza- t...…
…late at night, she felt ex- cluded. Her husband, a Detroit native, was raised in a Reform home. He once brought his wife to a ser- vice at his temple. "I was uncomfortable with the organ, the choir, the whole grandeur of the place," she says. Mrs. Green was seeking "a sense of community and belonging" when she stumbled across Workmen's Circle. She participates sometimes, not often, in Branch 1088 activities. Work and caring for her family take...…
…Bob Kaplan: "Where we've made a conscious effort to adapt our basic philosophy to younger people, it works." Michael Barge drops David off at school. 28 FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1991 do we keep it that way? We emphasize the Jewish am- biance. When you enter one of our schools, it's clear it's a Jewish school. And when parents enroll their children, it's clear their purpose is not to diminish the Jewish content." Mr. Kaplan oversees the organizati...…
…computers need to be repaired, teachers have to be paid, children's pro- grams need new crafts. Yet sipping a cup of her- bal tea, Mrs. Bates- Brackett appears anything but flustered. Maybe be- cause, despite the obstacles, she loves this Appointed last April, Mrs. Bates-Brackett is the local Workmen's Circle's first director in 10 years. A new director has just been hired in New Jersey, and the Workmen's Circle in Los Angeles is looking for ...…
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…BACKGROUND HELEN DAVIS Foreign Correspondent W hen Secretary of State James Baker left the Middle East last week, he trailed doubts in the slipstream of his departing jet about his de- termination to commit the time and energy that are necessary to resolve the Arab-Israeli dispute. Mr. Baker's diplomatic counterpoint to Gen. Nor- man Schwarzkopf's Desert Storm has indeed focused at- tention on the urgent need to find a settlement to the ou...…
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…NEW FROM THE B'NAI B'RITH MEMBERS' INSURANCE PROGRAM case from the communities. It's hard to tell where the grass-roots is on this one." (The committee has been asked to join Mr. Lasson's amicus brief, but so far is on record as only giving its support to "full, open and fair hearings, before ap- propriate tribunals" concer- ning Mr. Pollard's legal claims.) Pollard supporters — some of whom regard Mr. Pollard as a modern Jewish hero who put ...…
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…"This year we're taking ► separate va tions:" NJCRAC Move Sparks Washington Turf Battle Several months ago, the National Jewish COmmun- ity Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC) hired a part-time consultant to help out with its chores in Wash- ington — a decision that did not sit well with some of NJCRAC's major consti- tuent agencies. For several years, NJCRAC has been serviced in Washington on a rotating basis by three member agen- cies with...…
…? ? ? ? ? S '"\. - N. "%.. .N... 1. '"\.. 1.1.1. '"%. %"%.%"%.. "\- '"%.1...11C1. 4"%. " ■ =%. "\.. "\- 's... 1 .1.. "\- %N... '"\-. 1.. "%.,. '"%...1.1. :SSSS ."SSSS 1 1 1 e e e e 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 Mi...…
…COMMUNITY Annual Holocaust Academy By Shaarit Haplaytah April 14 Miller, and in memory of all deceased members of Shaarit Haplaytah by Sam Seltzer. Cantor Chaim Najman, of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, will chant memorial prayers, accompanied by Cantor Sholom Kalib. Greetings will be extended by Leon Halpern, president, Holocaust Memorial Center; Henry S. Dorfman, chairman executive committee, HMC; Mark Schlussel, president, Jewish Welfare Fed...…
…SYNAGOGUE SERVICES Uhe pleasure of your company is kindly requested at the twenty-seventh Anniversary Baguet of Alva Hebrew Day School ORTHODOX: BAIS CHABAD OF BIRMING- HAM/BLOOMFIELD HILLS honoring 646-3010. Rabbi: Moshe Potter. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. Joan 6-) Leon MoskNitz and Phyllis ~ ' Morris Novetsky BAIS CHABAD OF FARMING- TON HILLS 32000 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills, 855-2910. Rabbi: Chaim Bergstein. Services: Friday...…
…BIRD BLOWS THE WHISTLE Andy Griffith song traps nutty thief Associate Rabbi: William Gershon. Assistant Rabbi/Director of Education and Youth: Charles Diamond. Cantor: Chaim Najman. Associate Cantor: Sidney Rube. Services: Friday 6 p.m. Saturday 8:45 a.m. Bat Mitzvah of Jaime Ray, daughter of Marsha and Fredric Newman. Prayer for the Country: Sarah Meyers. REFORM: TEMPLE BETH EL 7400 Telegraph Rd., Birmingham, 851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel Pol...…
…TORAH PORTION PROJECT ACHIM "How pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together" Project Achim is proud to announce that we are again pro- viding the community with Hebrew-Russian Haggados for all families who will be hosting New Americans at their seder. Please call Mrs. Grinman at our Achim office 967-5888 be- tween now and Thursday. We have also made this service available through JEFF and Yad Ezra. We wish to extend our great thanks to ...…
…NEWS I •• •• • • • • • •• ••• • • 10th Annual •• • • • • • • • • • SPRING FILM FESTIVAL • • • • 1991 Neo-Nazis Nix AT&T In Israel New York (JTA) — The National Alliance, a neo- Nazi group that owns 100 shares of stock in the Ameri- can Telephone & Telegraph Co., has called on AT&T to stop providing products and services to Israel. In a shareholder proposal put forward in a proxy statement, the National Al- liance calls upon the phone com...…
…EDUCATION REFINING THE P'tach wants to expand beyond the yeshiva, and combat a stigma within the Orthodox community, hen Yudi Hoc- iser was not ready to leave for Shabbat services with the rest of the family, his mother attributed it to the typical dawdling of an 11-year-old. That is, until Yudi asked her to wait while he finished reading another chapter in his book. Since Yudi had never so much as looked at a book before because of a learn...…
…/- Above: Yudi Hochheiser works under the supervision of teacher Shawna Kleiman. Opposite: Manis Davidovich reads his workbook. One of Dr. Rosenfeld's more radical ideas is the notion of opening P'tach to children with handicaps other than learning disabilities. Other board members believe that P'tach already has its hands full servicing learning disabled children, given its limited financial resources. But Dr. Rosenfeld believes the idea i...…
…EDUCATION F GUS she said, when often these children simply require more time to process information and formulate an answer. "They need special teachers who understand that these children have to be unlocked." Another issue that many feel has contributed to P'tach's troubles is the confu- sion over its identity. "By be- ing where we are, we are aligned with the right-wing Orthodox community," said Michael Hochheiser, one of P'tach's founding...…
…OVERCOMING THE STIGMA F or centuries, Jews have proudly called them- selves "The People of the Book." But what happens when young Aaron can't read the book because he has a learning disability or other handicap? According to several parents and professionals, many Jewish families con- sider any disability a shanda (shame) that must be hidden to avoid a potentially damag- ing label. Dr. Hillel Rosenfeld is a strong advocate of identifying a...…
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…IN BRIEF THINK SPRING! ANDREW HALPERIN has joined the staff at Providence Hospital in Southfield. He is an obstetrician/gynecologist. DR. WILLIAM S. GONTE has joined the staff at Pro- vidence Hospital in South- field. He is a specialist in general internal medicine. YATES OFFICE SUPPLY is opening its second Detroit location in the Fisher Building. Attending the recent Council of Jewish Federations Cam- paign Directors and Endow- ment Pro...…
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