…Our Heartfelt Condolances to the Families We have Served MARTIN HAROLD, 88, of Southfield, died March 18. Prior to retirement in 1972, he was the produce supervisor of all locations of Borman Foods, having started to work for them at age 12. He was a member of B'nai B'rith Pisgah Lodge and cap- tain of the bowling league. Mr. Harold is survived by his wife of 61 years, Anita Harold; daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Susan Harold and Martin Harold ...…
…YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH School for Boys • Beth Jacob School for Girls • Early Childhood Development Center 15751 W. Lincoln Drive • Southfield, MI 48076 • (248) 557-6750 "The entire world is sustained by the Torah study of young children" Obituaries During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily minyan. Nissan 11 / March 24...…
…D ETHEL NISKAR, 95, of West Bloomfield, died March 13. She is survived by her grandchildren, Lisa (Robert) Mazzola, Amanda Niskar; daughter-in-law, Joanne Niskar. She was the beloved wife of the late Max Niskar; mother of the late Marvin Niskar and Sharon Faust Niskar (Lynn Krayle). Graveside services were held at the Hebrew Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Ethel Niskar Scholarship Fund do the University of Michigan-Sc...…
…When a child feels a loss, our goal is to make the funeral Obituaries Let us help you help your child." Awid Nathan Stone; sister-in-law and brother- in-law, Linda and Harold Dudley. He was the loving son of the late Irving and the late Dorothy Ruby. Interment at Clover Hill Park . Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Pan Can-Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Inc., P.O. Box 1010, Torrrance, CA 90505. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. C...…
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…A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication $1.25 FEBRUARY 22, 2002/ADAR 10, 5762 Jewish Federation Grants Emergency Israel Support Purim Celebrates How Jews Survived Evil Haman's Wrath Northwest Airlines' Andrea Fischer Newman was a key player in creating Detroit Metro Airport's new terminal. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS …
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…Contents A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year Alefik41044 George Levin, a resident of Teitel Apartments hi Oak Park, gives Sarah Richaiyl, 9, and Rachel Barth, 11, both of Oak Park, some coins as thanks r delivering a Purim parcel. Wes a holiday of fun and frivolity, *perhaps Judaism's most joyous. But Purim has a deeper meaning. Queen Esther risked her life by entering the king's inner court,„, without being asked. She...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK When Pages Talk eries, fish markets, butcher shops, laundries, liquor n 1932, my father, Joseph Sklar, lived at 1610 stores, pawnshops, clothing stores and synagogues, even Hazelwood, a block from the Taylor Street Shul, on as congestion and disease struck the overcrowded tene- Taylor at Woodrow Wilson. He was 28. ment houses. It was home to most of Detroit's 10,000 The reason I know he lived there then, in the Jews in the ...…
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…auff glp Sz, &k4 For Openers 'cha t IOW Lonely No More © 2002 0 n Jan. 4, the Jewish News published Devra Wanetik's guest editorial, "I'm An Israeli." Wanetik, a 22-year-old Michigan native who Stuart and Helene Weiss with Devra Wanetik made aliyah in October, said she had few friends in her new home of and Netanya Weiss at a kosher Thai restaurant in Jerusalem. Jerusalem and her job prospects were slim. But she was happy to be 1 and too...…
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…N A NUTSHELL ndrea Fischer Newman was helping pave the way for the midfield terminal project Feb. 24, 2002 OPENING DATE even before the first OWNER TENANTS bulldozer hit the ground. Wayne County Northwest Airlines and its partners are the pri- mary tenants. International carriers, including KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa Airlines, will have a presence. The $1.2 billion domestic and interna- Approximately 30 million passengers...…
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…Balancing Act Jewish community leaders debate civil liberties vs. security in the fight on terrorism. SHARON LUCKERMAN StaffWriter A 2/22 2002' 20 ation of the American Civil Liberties Union, he added. In addition, Jews are especially sensi- tive to the issue of racial and ethnic pro- filing by government because of the centuries of anti-Semitic persecution in Europe, culminating in the Nazi regime and its occupation of much of the con-...…
…the ones who work with us and whose children go to school with our chil- dren." Rabbi Wine sees these obligations from a moral standpoint. He cautions Jews from allowing their fears to over- come their moral obligations. "We real- ly must discipline ourselves to avoid stereotyping," he said. "It's hard, but it's a moral obligation, and most moral obligations are very difficult." He also doesn't shy away from spelling out how he would handle ma...…
…This Week 'Z4741;i7. 44' Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, center, speaks to the press, as Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, second left, listens, during the weekly cabinet meeting Feb. 17. Feeling Of Despair Israelis ponder the future under an onslaught of terrorism. DAVID LANDAU Special to the Jewish News T Jerusalem DE 2/22 2002 22 he new editor of Ma'ariv, Amnon Dankner, best summed up the mood of Israelis: "It can't car...…
…Sarraj, Bir Zeit University political scientist Salah Abdul jawad, and journalists Tawfiq Abu Bakr and Daoud Kuttab. The controlled Palestinian press is nervous about printing their opinions, which could bring the cen- sor or worse on the editor's head. One dissenter, whose article was rejected by the east Jerusalem daily Al Quds, posted it on the Internet. When the paper's editor saw that no harm ensued and everyone was Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Maze...…
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…MACCABI GAMES A ve. * TRYOUTS & MEETING ..41FAA 21/g 2yriAteEditio.146 re/ Refei! The 2002 Maccabi Youth Games will be held August 11-16 in Baltimore, Maryland and August 18-23 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for the follow sports: boys baseball, boys basketball, girls softball, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls basketball, girls volleyball, in-lin-hockey, table tennis, bowling, chess, dance, golf, racquetball, swimming, tennis, track and field. ...…
…This Week Insight Updates Enter, The Land Of Milk & Honey Remember When From the Jewish News pages for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. WWW •?".. Gourmet vegetarian, kosher restaurant debuts at the West Bloomfield JCC. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer INT ith a name like "Unique" Restaurant Corporation, one would anticipate its presi- dent and CEO Matt Prentice would be involved in something distinctive. But for the fo...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones The Price Of Learning n the wake of a sagging economy, and con- tinuing demand for strong dual programs in secular and Jewish studies, Detroit Jewry's day schools anticipate hiking their tuition. That's the price of an intensive, high-quality Jewish education. Or is it? Both Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit and the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan De...…
…VIEWPOINT/RESPONSE Why Invite Ambassador Indyk? W hat a delicious don't want to be in a war to phrase — "cogni- defend their own country. In tive dissonance" the United States, they would as presented by be either tried for treason or Professor Gerald M. Steinberg thrown out of the army under of Bar-Ilan University in Haifa the too kind designation of (Other Views, "Fit The • "conscientious objector." Prejudice," Feb. 8, page 28). Sedan als...…
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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 38 Mazel Toy!. 40 Courtney's Legacy The Cantor family deals- with Courtney's death and moving forward. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News C ourtney Cantor was only 18 when she died in 1998, but the circumstances of her death made news across the country. Her fatal fall from a sixth-floor dormito- ry window at the University of Michigan brought attention to the conduct of sororities and fraterni- ti...…
…Community the feelings of his wife, Sherry, who has become very active with Temple Israel, and his older daughter, Jaime, who is about to complete her law studies at Harvard. The Courtney Lisa Cantor Memorial Scholarship Fund is a further tribute established by the family and adminis- tered by Temple Israel. It sends recipients to Israel in the same way Courtney chose to travel, with a group of people she did not know before the trip. "A few ...…
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