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…GM security guards have been watching over Beth Olem since the 1980s, when the auto manufacturer acquired more land in the area, tore down buildings, paved a nearby road and renovated the entire site, creating the modern Cadillac assembly facility known as the Poletown plant. Many of our own plant employees don't even know the cemetery is here," said the GM official. "When they wander by and see the place, we have to explain what it is." At th...…
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…usic Maker William Davidson's major gifts allow symphony to continue touring. ALAN ABRAMS Special to the Jewish News 40 7 • 40.4,4„,47444-4- e, t +4.4 :1=3:tr 44444 4400 44.444' 4 4 44444, D E R MAPLE 9/22 2000 12 IRM INGHAM 248,258.0212 et there be music! The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is the latest recipient of a major finan- cial gift from philanthropist William "Bill" Davidson. The Oakland County industrialist last week...…
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…This Week One Stop Kosher's Benji Silverstein walks through Hiller's in Southfield with specialty foods representative Bill Nelkin of West Bloomfield. The Next Level One Stop Kosher will replace Hiller's Food Emporium this fall. AMY MINDELL Special to the Jewish News I t was fate." That's the explanation that manag- er Benji Silverstein offers for the explosive growth of his small, all-kosher grocery store, One Stop Kosher in Southfield....…
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…All In The Famil Federation lauds Hugh and Carolyn Greenberg as this year's Fred M. Butzel Memorial Award winners. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter • D "There couldn't be two more deserving people for this award anywhere in town. They're just wonderful citizens of our Jewish community, and they have displayed that over their entire lifetimes in so many different capacities. "Everything they do, they do with a sense of humor and light- ness, and...…
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…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs NOBEL LAUREATES IN ALL DISCIPLINES Hugh Greenberg's Service Record: • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, officer for 15 years • Federation Capital Needs Division, chairman • Allied Jewish Campaign, division chairman • Neighborhood Project, chairman, loan program • Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, board member • JCC capital campaign, chairman • Jewish Vocational Service, board member • Je...…
…Metro Detroit's Jewish Assisted Living Community Shelving Hatred The ADL and Barnes 6' Noble launch national campaign, "Close the Book on Hate." SHARON LUCKERMAN Editorial Assistant Sarabell Panter enjoys Elan Village's 2nd Annual Picnic with daughter Jill Eisenberg, grandchildren Stephanie and Adam. Elan Village's monthly rate includes: • 24 hour Personal Care Assistance • Three Kosher Meals Daily • Housekeeping and Personal Laundry S...…
…The campaign includes two more in-store pro- grams. Eight statewide Educators Nights are planned for grades K-12 teachers and staff. They will receive free classroom materials on anti-bias techniques for use in school settings, and a 20 percent discount on store purchases. Jacqueline Fox of Farmington Hills, an ADL volunteer, will staff most of these store pro- grams. At the events, the book Hate Hurts will be introduced and children's authors...…
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…Washington Watch Jerusalem Shift? What Indyk said; unilateral worries; right of return; Lieberman watch; unbuttoned Bush. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent D id Martin Indyk, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, signal a shift in U.S. policy on Jerusalem when he told the Hebrew Union College in Israel last week that Jerusalem "is not, and can- not be the exclusive preserve of one religion," and that "Jerusalem needs to be shared?" In Is...…
…Join Yeshiva Beth Yehudah as we honor our Golden Torah Awardee Newman Rudolph at our Eighty-sixth Anniversary Dinner Sunday, November 19, 2000 Marriott Hotel Renaissance Center Detroit General Chairperson The Honorable Avern Cohn Dinner Chairperson Selwyn Isakow Honorary Chairperson Emery Klein Dinner Chairperson Emeritus The Honorable David Hermelin For reservations, please call (248) 557-6750 CekOptit& are,&,9f) 9/22 2000 …
…Special Guest Speaker The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Andrew Cuomo was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate and sworn into office as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on January 29, 1997. Before entering federal service, Cuomo was the youngest Commission Chairman in the history of New York City, named in 1991 to lead the New York City Commission on Homeless. He has received many awards including the Ford Foundation/Kennedy Scho...…
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…Happy Warrior Lieberman hails tolerance, opportunity. STEVEN ROSENBERG Special To The Jewish News Boston A to negotiate without my opining on it. Ultimately they're the ones who have to live with it." merica is "a unique coun- Religion Of Action" try in world history," according to Democratic He was more open on the question of Vice Presidential candidate his faith. Joseph Lieberman, "because it's Referring to Judaism as the "the premise...…
…This eek House Divided Israelis back "secular revolution," but the rabbis don't. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem T he battle lines between Orthodox and secular Israelis were drawn more sharply than ever this week as the nation's two chief rabbis joined Orthodox politicians in the fight against Prime Minister Ehud Barak's recently announced "civic agenda." Dubbed by the press a "secular revolu- tion," Barak announced the ...…
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…Embers Of Discontent Feeling scorned, Israeli Arabs turn to militant Islamic Movement. GIL SEDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Umm el-Fahm, Israel he rally looked like it could have been held in downtown Tehran. Hundreds of cars, filled with bearded men and scarfed women, headed toward Umm el-Fahm, after Nazareth the second largest Arab town in Israel. It is also a stronghold of the Islamic Movement, a political group- ing that has a growing fo...…
…This Week Insight Auluio edaiiieS A. 3: Each Piece A Story HARRY KI RS BAUM Staff Writer A 1980 Shimon Peres, leader of Israel's opposition labor Party, was admit- ted to the hospital, complaining of chest and abdominal pains. our close ones," he said. "I felt this was the best way to memorialize. I started speak- ing at German clubs, and mold Shay is not 2,- collected and showed the your ordinary col- Hitler stamps from begin- lecto...…
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…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com A Jewish World Series T he World Series of Judaism is upon us. Late this Saturday evening, Sept. 23, begins Selichot, the unofficial beginning of the High Holy Days season. For some Jews, it is an unfamiliar observance. It falls on Saturday evening before the start of Rosh Hashanah and at midnight begin the moving, penetrating m...…
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…SPECIAL COMMENTARY The Friends Of Our Foes Philadelphia want a reliable indicator of the think- (sons of their famous namesakes), the s the weeks pass since the ing of the anti-Israel crowd. anti-Israel apple didn't fall far from the collapse of the Camp David One of the most noteworthy fea- tree. Middle East peace summit, tures of the magazine is an election- The Washington Report's favorite one thing becomes clearer: year report card on Co...…
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…SPECIAL COMMENTARY ber what unites us, and have an open heart for understanding the places where we experience conflict. So in this spirit, I came up with a few reminders of the things Jews share. They are the: • love of the history of our people — we are all part of a link in a chain of stories that has carried us through generations • pursuit of learning, including the study of Torah, of ethics, and of spiri- tual renewal • desire to celebr...…
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…Coin unity • Congregation Beth Ahm celebrates its rebirth on a grand scale. Coh-.2%egation Beth At mok% knew the idiom. They were wonderful musicians who had command of the Hebrew and the Yiddish — of a thousand years of Jewish culture in Europe. Cantor Montefiore can claim a rich musical heritage. His father, Zvi Yehuda-Hersch Leib, was chief chazzan (cantor) of the United Kingdom in 1940, before moving with his family to Boro Park, N.Y....…
…NATI Focus On Education Rabbi Popky, a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., most recently led two Boston-area congregations. He expressed enthusiasm for corn- ing to Beth Ahm "at this exciting time in its history. It's the beginning of what I think will be some wonderful things to come." Rabbi Popky is planning many fam- ily-oriented initiatives, with a special focus on education at all levels, for adults, families and children. At a Shabbat dinner ...…
…OFFER ONLY GOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 Joe Lewis Leads JPM Services Dr. Joe Lewis, a member of Congregation Beth Shalom, will lead High Holiday services at the Jewish Community Center's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building in Oak Park. Tickets can be purchased at the JPM reception desk. Cost is $25 for JCC members over age 64, $35 for non-members over age 64, and $45 for anyone 64 and younger. SIGN 8*--DRivE LEASE CHECK OUT AUDETTE'S Special E...…
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…Community Mazel Toy! A chance encounter in Israel results in a major family gathering. **, CART WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News S itting in shul on Shabbat in Jerusalem, I real- ized the stranger sitting next to me was a blood relative. That gave me goose bumps," says Dr. Larry Schwartz of Bloomfield Hills. "We were in Israel last summer celebrating my in-laws' 55th wedding anniversary with my wife Sharon's family, and there happened t...…
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…son of Dr. Murray and Linda Baruch and brother of Jeremy and Sarah. His proud grandpar- ents are Beverly Weingarden and Leonard and Ann Baruch. Adam is an honor student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills, where he is a member of the cross-country team. He enjoys playing guitar, basketball and bike riding. He attends summer camp in Israel and most recently returned from overnight camp at Kibbutz Shluhot. Noah Karb...…
