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…6 7 Detroit OPINION Unwitting allies erode liberties. 41 Sweet As A Rose Temple Emanu-El's membership honors its cantor's 25 years of sweet leadership. The Old School Marcy Feldman and childhood classmates reunite Pasteur grads and plan for the future. 22 SPORTS Double Vision Six-pointed star in Tiger stripes. 91 A psychiatrist combines her "gift"of psychic powers with her skills at traditional medicine. THE PULSE Parents on mis...…
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…LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER PHOTO BY DANIEL LIPPITT Temple Emanu-El members recognize their cantor's 25 years at the Oak Park congregation. Cantor Norman Rose: Chanting at Emanu-El for 25 years. or Cantor Norman Rose, a May 3 tribute honoring his cantorial career was a long time coming. But after 40 years of chanting Judaic melodies — 25 in Michigan — the vocal leader of Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park just wants to keep on singing. "As l...…
…PHOTO BY BI LL GEMMELL The Old School Marcy Feldman and childhood classmate Debbie Elston reunite Pasteur Elementary School grads and plan for the future. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER M arcy Tatken Feldman had no idea what she started when she ran into Debbie Blocker-El- ston at Shopping Center Market in Southfield last fall. The two had been tight at Pasteur Elementary in Detroit, but like many friendships be- tween whites and blacks in the...…
…somebody brought his Joe Cornell I do sing her praises. She has award from when he was 13. It worked the livin' stuff out of all was a screaming, crying, hugging the committee members. I told affair." people Sunday that if a little lady A few weeks after her fateful comes up to you in the market encounter with Ms. Elston, Ms. and calls you by your maiden Feldman gathered together name, keep walking," she joked. schoolmates from Mumford High If...…
…Lost And Found A new book tells of the Nazis' methodical pillaging of French art. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER I n a way, it is Hector Feliciano's personal story. A Sephardic Jew who is half French, half Puerto Rican, Mr. Feliciano gave a lecture May 15 at Cranbrook's Art Museum on his book The Lost Museum. He be- gan his research with a little timidity — which abated when he saw how willing the French were to speak to him. Between 193...…
…DETROIT 63® THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CXI No. 13 N — ,-- /— /— Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Copy Editor Lynne Konstantin Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jill Davidson Sklar, Julie Wiener Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Is...…
…Cautious Support Grand Rapids rabbis now join the campaign to protect religious expression. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER D espite their initial opposi- tion, two Grand Rapids rabbis have decided to sign on to a campaign to protect religious expression in the pub- lic schools. Launched by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Jewish and Christian Values, the campaign — based in five target cities, in- cluding Grand Rapids — aims to educate the...…
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…Jewish Federation Apartments celebrates its 30th anniversary and honors eight senior hall of famers. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER Above: The exterior of Jewish Federatio BILL HANSEN PHOTOGRAPHER Below: Eight Over Eighty honorees, back row, Julius Spielberg, Milton Rose, Herman Canner and Charles Fink. In front are Mary Fink, May Nosanchuk, Marian Mann and Bess Krolik. B THE DETR OIT JEWISH N E WS ack in 1967, Jewish Federation Apartments d...…
…4 /— Left: Josh Rubin and Matt Spicurzi show their art to teacher Cindy Stegman. Above: Josh Rubin colors in his Beanie Baby. n e Bonanza A West Bloomfield doctor and third-graders send to and cards /- to hospitalized kids. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER TIM FITZGERALD PHOTOGRAPHER T o adulth they are just beanbags, but among those too young to remember Trolls or Cab- bage Patch Kids, Beanie Babies are valu- able collectors toys. As a ...…
…PHOTO BY JOHN M. DISCHER Holy Dunking Converts, brides and grooms dip in Temple Israel's miwah, the only Reform ritual bath in the United States. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER T hey come when they are ready to become Jewish. And increasingly, they come for a dip before they get married. They are Reform Jews, redis- covering the mitzvah of mikvah (ritual bath). Temple Israel's mikvah, built in 1994-95, is the only Reform rit- ual bath i...…
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…Learning The Way The idea of instructional services is catching on in Detroit area synagogues. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF.WRITER' A ccording to Jewish law, , Rabbi Nevins held a six-month you're not supposed to course called "Service of the work on Shabbat — but Heart," an evening introduction you can learn. And if it's to Jewish liturgy. learning about Judaism, that's On Saturday, the Conservative even better. synagogue in Farmington Hills...…
…ple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield, Temple Beth Israel in Jackson, Con- gregation Kehillat Israel in Lansing and the Bais Chabad Torah Center in West Bloomfield. "It's too soon to tell what effect these programs are having on Jew- ish continuity, on the promise that Judaism, the Jewish community will become stronger, more educated," Ms. Notkin said. The key to keeping people's in- terest is follow-up. "If somebody is invited to one of these le...…
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…It Can your future success be measured by your IQ? Why do most geniuses fail in life? How can you maximize your success quotient? Find out the JEWISH SECRETS TO SELF IMPROVEMENT "How To Boost Your IQ" Michelle and Elliot Globerson are happy to see their son, Adam, after his two-week trip to Poland and Israel. With Noted Lecturer Rabbi Shmuel Irons A Warm Welcome Tuesday, June 3, 1997 • 7:30 p.m. Students return from the Teen Unity Mi...…
…PHOTO BY BILL HANSEN Introducing The ALL NEW 1997 , --1,00,11 1 ASYSMIORS, by Oldsmobile. West Bloomfield school board candidates Beth Danto Borson, Robert Lieberman and Sharon Bader Lipton. Across The Board In the West Bloomfield schools race, all the candidates are Jewish. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER F or years, many Jews have held positions on local school boards. But in this year's election in West Bloomfield, all three school boar...…
…Lag B'Omer is considered by some to be the central day of the Kabbalistic calendar. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER of preparation to Shavuot." He says each com- munity has the op- tion to determine during which 33 days of the Omer marriages cannot be performed. "Everybody agrees, however, that on Lag B'Omer you are permitted to Many Orthodox Jews bring their 3-year-old sons to have weddings," Rabbi Mount Meron on Lag B'Omer for a first hai...…
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