…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS A 2000 w inner of Michi g an Press Association and American Jewish Press Association awards WWW. d e tro tj ew ishn ews c o m March 23, 2001 Adar 28, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 6 Arts & Entertainment This Week 69 Melting Pot Music 10 Controversial Words "Ragtime" chronicles early 1900 changes, turmoil in America. Display on Father Coughlin adds dispute to Holocaust service. 20 Matter of Interpretation Living Well Ref...…
…2001 Marks the 60th Anniversary of Temple Israel & The Ira Kaufman Chapel We are proud to share a partnership in the strength and vitality of the Detroit Jewish Community "Yashir Koach" Herb & Babs Kaufman David & Ilene Techner Otto & Patty Dube THE IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL Bringing Together Family, Faith & Community 4 …
…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com To Tolerate, To Accept e need to be tolerant of another's faith or customs if they differ from our own, or so goes the conventional wisdom. Tolerant? . I know what's meant by the word tolerant, but I've never liked the condescending implication. To tolerate something in conflict with our own beliefs is more an act of indulgence than acceptance...…
…aTTERS LETTERS from page 5 LISA JENKS that Jews were defenseless during the Nazi regime does not apply here. Marj Jackson Levin president, Michiga n Citizens for Handgun Control Group Birmingham Weapons Controversy Deserves A Look A special representative from Lisa Jenks will be available to assist you in your jewelry selection. Thursday, Friday March 29-30, 2001 ILC71 & SII-11E Bloomfield Plaza 6536 Telegraph Road Bloomfield Hills...…
…1.ta , k •.#16 ,14 , For Openers "gal (hat eezi Cud= Ciaihier As I Heard It A phorisms, words to the wise, old sayings they all have something to say. Why don't we try a bit harder.to understand what is being said so that when we say these things, we say them correctly. Top on my list of misquoted quotes is, "You can't have your cake and eat it, too." Why not When said that way it states that you can't have something and use it; and I...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS MHss-A&E ere Fashion Feels So vv-ww.detroitjewishnews.com Dan Orman PUBLISHER EDITORIAL: Community Advisory Board Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com Editor Robert A. Sklar rsklar@thejewish news.com Marc Bakst Marion Freedman Mindy Soble Kaufman Sally -Krugel Lila Lazar - us Steven Schanes David Techner Gary Torgow Jeff Weingarten, M.D. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Alfred N. DeRusha aderusha@thejewish news. com ...…
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…Controversial Words Shrine of the Little Flower's display on Father Coughlin adds dispute to Christian Holocaust memorial service. HARRY KI RS BAU M StaffWriter r or the second straight year, an ecumenical group will host a Christian Holocaust remembrance service for the community in the same Catholic church where the controversial Father Charles E. Coughlin preached his anti-Semitic sermons 65 years ago. While remarks made weeks ago by t...…
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…Cover Story SHELL!, Li F -1---- AN DOR FM AN St,- fr ''rerlIrrrrrfrie-----aar'rMs the blessings of a bar mitzvah this; abbat, his voice wilitriumph over the haunting his mother heard w 5 en he was a baby. wo as told Danny woul< never talk," says Linda ith Down syndrome. • of her son She re embers a rtrse looking at her premature infant, rn b Cesarean s tion in Friedman's 29th week of preg- I were you, I would pull the plug,'" y..-1 She sai...…
…EOM, NEED: Lit DANNY FRIED& 2 1. 0" T A T e s A - 0 t STOP r • A -c. ""s, " e L • Danny Friedman in a quiet moment during a rehearsal for his bar mitzvah. • ; •",," ' -•••••• , • ' • •- • - • • 3/23 2001 15 …
…kids come to my house. You've got to make things happen. "As Danny gets older, the gap gets bigger between him and the other kids," Friedman says. At age 13, "he wants homework and wants to change his clothes in gym class like the ocher kids." Friedman takes pride in Danny's social skills. "In school, he learned to raise his hand and to sit in his seat." Outside of school, she says, "I never hid him. Everybody knows Danny. Even to this day, th...…
…MEDICAL NEWS BULLETIN She also has spoken to college students planning to become teachers. When Danny was 3, she also became involved with the JARC (Jewish Association for Residential Care), now based in Farmington Hills, a provider of programs and servic- es for people with disabilities and their families. "I wanted to make sure Danny would have all the resources when he gets older, too, she says. Friedman says her family always has been the...…
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…Matter Of Interpretation Reform movement president takes on crusading philanthropists over synagogue renewal. HOWARD LOVY "Close to 100 percent of the Orthodox go to day schools. How many Orthodox kids date non Jews? How many non-Orthodox Jews are willing to dedi- cate their lives to the Jewish people? "I tend, in my dourest moments, to consider both the Reform and Conservative Jews as historic acci- dents in the 21st century and suspect be...…
…$0 DOWN DAYS AT AUDETTE CADILLAC of the Reform movement, American Jewry remains in crisis because younger Jews do not believe their Jewish identity has any relevance without state-spon- sored anti-Semitism to define them. "I'm trying to stir up the pot," said Bronfman, who was criticized by Rabbi Yoffie for calling synagogues boring. "I'm trying to get people to say, 'Hey, this is a problem. Let's do something about it.' I find Rabbi Yoffie's...…
…Washington Watch Rallying Point AIPAC meeting sees past divisiveness dissappear. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent I r was just like old times at this week's policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby. Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was once again a blood enemy, not a peace partner, anti-Israel sentiment was rampant on college campus- es and suddenly all the ambigui...…
…Writing On The Wall ICC officials doubt anti-Semitism was a factor. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer ome time on Saturday, March 17, vandals defaced the exterior north wall of the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Anti-Semitism did not appear to be involved in the graffiti, JCC officials say. "We believe it's a minor incident, probably some local teenagers playing with spray cans," said David Sorkin, JCC executive director. "When police look...…
…Testing Time As Sharon returns from Washington, Israelis expect moment of reckoning. Islamic Jihad members burn Israeli flags at the end of a rally protesting Israel's travel restrictions. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem srael seemed to be holding its breath this week in the wake of three Palestinian attacks. The reaction wasn't born of fear, but rather a sense that the moment of reckoning is at hand as Prime Minister Ari...…
…High-Tech Fall Israeli firms mirror the NASDAQ. AVI MACHLIS Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem hen Amir Aharoni quit his job as a senior executive at the Israeli high- tech firm Optibase to establish a start- Illir up called Mobixell Networks, being a technology entrepreneur was a far more promising endeavor than it is today. True, share prices on the NASDAQ stock exchange, where Optibase trades, already were falling last December, and d...…
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…News Digest cp SUBURBAN ACURA'S #YA4261 Putin's Rabbinic Choice Clear Foxman Regrets Rich Support Moscow/JTA — The Lubavitch move- ments chief rabbi in Russia was named Tuesday to a high-profile Kremlin advisory panel that includes leaders of all the religions officially recognized by the Russian government. While Berel Lazar was appointed to the council, the other chief rabbi of Russia, Adolph Shavevich, was excluded from the body, which...…
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…Insight Remember When • • Above The Fray From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Politics aside, Israeli and Palestinian scientists are working together for a common cause — water. Denise Alexander of Southfield was appointed executive director of the Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Division of the Michigan Department of Social Services. Detroiter Marla Chadwick Scafe was named director ...…
…These are the eyes of a newly divorced mother, who wants to give her young son with special needs a day school education and instill a love for Israel in her teenage daughter. additional critical needs ▪ ■ Making day schools affordable for every Jewish family will require increased com- munity support for the six local day schools. Increased dollars would enable the Agency for Jewish Education to provide more edu- cational resources for c...…
…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn Dry Bones The Price Of Unity A s a nation, America often suffers from an anguishing inability to deal with com- plexity. American Jews are not exempt, as the current about-face on what used to be called "the peace process" demonstrates. Only last year, the finest minds of the leading pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), w...…
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…INSIDE: Festival Dancers Artistic Director Harriet Bug, talking to IRP members about "Dance in Detroit-Past, Present and Future" on March 9 at the JCC in Oak Park. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News W hen Ed Chalom sold his businesses and retired 10 years ago at the relatively young age of 57, he figured he really had to take on a lot of activities to keep busy. So he joined the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) and hasn't slo...…
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…(941/2001 The Clergy, Staff and Members of Temple Israel- proud-Cy celebrate our 60th Anniversary. Raboi Harold S. Loss Raboi Paul M. Yedwao Rabbi Joshua L. Bennett Raboi Mark:: D. Ho. nsten Dr. M. Rooert Syme, Raobi Emeritus Harold Oroach, Cantor Lori Corrsin, Cantor David M. Tisdale, Executive Director Nickie Glasser, Chief Financial Officer Frances B. Pearlman, Director of Education Bryna L Leio, Director of Nursery/Kindergarten Alan Elli...…
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…JWV To Honor Local Leaders Michigan Jewish War Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary will pay tribute to three outstanding community leaders at the annual Brotherhood Night program 7:30 p.m, Tuesday, March 27, at the JWV Memorial Home, 16990 West 12 Mile Road, Southfield. Speaker-honorees for the evening will be David Gad-Harf, executive director of the Jewish Community Council; Rabbi Marla Hornsten of Temple Israel; and Frank Stella, com- munity ben...…
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