…T U E' it THIS ISSUE 60cP SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY DECEMBER 23, 1988 / 15 TEVET 5749 Is Israel Treading A Perilous Path? Washington's decision to talk with PLO leader Yassir Arafat has thrown the Middle East, including Israel, into a paroxysm of indecision. And it escalates the danger for Arafat, too. HELEN DAVIS Special to The Jewish News After all the media hype has sub- sided over Washington's decision to open a dialogue w...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY Renewed Commit ments, Increased Action PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus R eversal of the U.S. State Depart- ment policy on negotiating with the PLO and its demands for the establishment of a Palestine state emphasize the Israeli and world Jewry commitments for absolute securi- ty for the Jewish state and unlimited adherence to mobilizations of tasks in all areas for an unmenaced Jewish statehood. Israel's leadership is c...…
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…UP FRONT Shaliach: Olim Seek Pride Not Washing Machines ELIZABETH KAPLAN Staff Writer H Robert Weiss and Liz Greenberg of B'nai B'rith Youth Organization address a press conference at the Jewish Community Center. BBYO members will canvass area merchants to see what Israeli products they sell and encourage them to import from Israel. Federation Is Considering Enhancement Proposal members are not expected to make recommendations on the ma...…
…EDITORIAL Lurching Toward Unity After seven long weeks, it appears that a coalition government has finally been patched together in Israel. During those weeks, newspapers in Israel and America detailed how the Labor and Likud parties dickered, haggled and bluffed with each other. Simultaneous- ly, they flirted with the religious parties that demanded changes in the Law of Return — a prospect that galvanized the American Jewish community as n...…
…OPINION I CONTENTS 14 FRONTLIN ES TORCH Drive CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ A local group wants to bring Christmas back into the schools. 22 CLOSE-UP The Crisis In Aging KIMBERLY LIFTON People are living longer, leaving more problems for government and Jewish leaders. Sharansky with Shimon Peres: How to prevent a vacuum of faith? Voting In My First Free Election Raised Disturbing Thoughts NATAN SHARANSKY V oting in the elections — my first...…
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…Robert J. Gordon, local president of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai Brith (ADL) noted, "Several of the TORCH members made statements which suggest that they are going to active- ly try to replace those board members, particularly the Jewish Board members, who disagree with them in next year's election." Added Woody Sandweiss, executive director of the Detroit Chapter of American Jewish Committee, "We are not anti-Christmas, but we want t...…
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…Huron Valley Hospital's Physicians Referral Program. based on an unequivocal rec- ognition of Israel's right to ex- ist in peace behind secure borders? Middle East observers be- lieve it is unlikely that, in the final analysis, the Syrian- backed, hard-line factions within the Palestinian move- ment, led by George Habash, Naif Hawatmeh, Ahmed Jibril and Abu Mussa, will abandon their collective political baggage and accept a compromise with Is...…
…I NEWS 1 Are you between the ages of 18 and 24? Continued from preceding page was briefly caught up in a traffic snarl, the momen- tary expression of fear that touched his face was un- mistakable. The need to surround him- self with a retinue of heavies; to keep constantly, unpredict- ably on the move; to sleep in car OT Z 11 You may qualify for a fellowship to P ROJ Spend a year in Israel . • • Experience . . Between the Israeli rig...…
…- DOUBLE YOUR CLOSET SPACE MARV SAYS with Soviet Jews THE CLOSET SYSTEMS CO. Continued from Page 1 fers the same services for up to 18 months — although most refugees haven't needed assistance for more than 10 months, JFS officials said. The new refugee status interpretation is from At- torney General Richard Thornburgh and the Im- migration and Naturalization Service. Lerner said some refugees now are granted parole status, which doesn...…
…CLOSE-UP Caring for the elderly has left government and Jewish leaders struggling to find answers. Crisis In Aging KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer erman Kaufman, 78, sits strapped in a wheelchair next to his bed in the Livonia Nursing Home. With cloudy eyes, he stares at a flickering television screen and mumbles. The television is his only compa- nion. In his younger years, Kaufman played cards, read newspapers and oc- casionally went to th...…
…CD Bessie Chase visits with Herman Kaufman at th Livonia Nursing Home. I he Detroit Jewish community Association of Jewish Homes, Housing provides some housing — insti- and Services. tutional and non-institutional More than other groups, adds — and a myriad of program- Cleveland State University's Dr. Boaz ming for senior members. But Kahana, who has conducted most agree that more services are sociological studies of elderly Jews in needed ...…
…CLOSE-UP "There are groups like the elderly who have real needs that have to be ad- dressed," Solomon says, adding that such groups must lobby for themselves. This year, the social services budget could be cut by 17 percent. embers of the Jewish com- munity have repeatedly voiced concern over the issue of providing for the elderly. A reader survey conducted for The Jewish News last May by Scar- borough Research Corp. found that car- ing for ...…
…it accept only privately insured in- dividuals — thus excluding the Medicaid clients. Other problems abound. It is not uncommon for The Jewish Home For Aged to have separate waiting lists for its 312 beds at two nursing homes — Borman Hall and Prentis Manor — and for 106 beds at Fleischman Residence. The Home for years has been trying to prove to the state that it needs to serve the Jewish communi- ty where it lives, which means putting more ...…
…A Little Assistance Continued from Page 23 home. She has been there about four months. Her mon- thly costs average $3,000. If her money runs out, she will be forced to move into a non- profit home — probably the Jewish Home For Aged — which accepts government- assisted residents. Fortunately for Weber, she has money to choose a place to . live. She would like her own apartment, but that is not possible. Her daughter says the home is not a ma...…
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…I SYNAGOGUE SERVICES Gary Weinstein wishes you a HAPPY HOLIDAY Don't Forget .. . "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of the low price is gone." .„17 Weinstein BETH EL: Services 8 p.m. Rabbi Julian Cook will speak on "The Night Before Christmas." Services 11 a.m. Saturday. Rabbi Cook will speak on "Bless the Children." BETH JACOB: Services 8:30 p.m. today. Rabbi Richard Weiss will speak on "One of Our Boys M...…
…AIM A otico 721 B.C.E., they are captured and those who survive assimilate among their cap- tors. About 135 years after, the Southern Kingdom is also attacked, the Temple destroyed and the people driven into exile. The Ju- deans, however, do not assimilate. (Where does the word Jew come from?) Even in exile, Judah remains intact: Judah keeps the inner fire alive, a flame that dreams of returning one day to the ancestral homeland and restorin...…
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…I LOCAL NEWS 5he Unhelievrihie Specialty Gifts Our Specialty.. ial A : \ 4- Anne Gonte Silver, an honorary vice president of the Zionist Organization of America, was in Israel recently where she attended the 90th ZOA convention and dedicated the Dr. I. Walter Silver and Anne Gonte Silver Family Woodland. It was established under the auspices of the Jewish National Fund in the Temple Israel Forest in Safed, Israel. Do You Go South For T...…
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