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…DIPPROILT JEW =NEWS 4IN April 24, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 9 Up Front 20 Sort-Of Retirement Sylvia Barr scales back her b'nai mitzvah tutoring at 85. The World 39 The Pain Lingers A suicide bombing victim is on the long road to recovery. Up Front. page 20 AppleTree 73 Best Foot Forward What you should know before buying shoes for your child. AppleTree. page 73 Close Up 87 The Scene Worlds Apart Parents say life is harder, easie...…

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…Eighty - Somethings Jewish Federation Apartments again recognizes eight outstanding individuals over the age of 80. KRISTA HUSA Photographer WALTER FIELD inety-six-year-old Walter Field of Bloomfield Hills speculates that he may be the oldest per- son operating a Web site. The site (www.dorledor.org ), main- tained with technical assistance from Field's daughter, highlights the achieve- ments of Jews in world history. Among the pages on th...…

…Up Front "Even when I was in Florida, I spoke with my patient every week," he said. "I get enjoyment from weekly visits, and hopefully I can continue as long as I'm able." Bielfield began working on the Allied Jewish Campaign in 1934, when the goals were consid- erably different than today. "Our goal then was to raise $225,000. Now it's around $28 mil- lion." Bielfield also serves as president for the House of Shelter, which was a home for Je...…

…JC/t `ASS, USA GARFIELD & MARKS ethnic communities in the Detroit area. The Malins have been members of Temple Beth, El for half a century, and were charter members of the tem- ple's Married Group. On his 80th birthday, Malin received a special brotherhood award and the President's Cup Award from Beth El. He is also a life- time member of B'nai B'rith, and a recent past president of Bloch Lodge. During World War II, he served with the U.S. M...…

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…INTRODUCING... culated that members of the Clinton administration feel their role in the peace process is "hopeless." "What we are trying to do is encourage the administration to keep going because of the importance of the United States in achieving peace, and to do it privately in terms of dis- closure of details," Levin said. He sent the letter to Albright in hopes of get- ting a commitment on both counts. Albright's response, Levin noted, ...…

…A Just Soul At a ceremony at the Holocaust Memorial Center, Israel recognizes an Austrian woman who risked her life to save Jews. Rosa Schreiber during a visit to Detroit in 1995. HARRY KIRSBAUM Special to The Jewish News I n December 1944, Andrew Braun had to make a decision. His father, who was among 200 Jewish prisoners working in a slave labor camp in Neuhaus, Austria, had fallen victim to an outbreak of typhus. Along with other starv...…

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…Teacher Extraordinaire: Barr None Sylvia Barr was all smiles on the bimah. Temple Shir Shalom recognizes Sylvia Barr on her 85th birthday and a semi-scaled back b'nai mitzvah tutoring schedule. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN StaffWriter A t Shabbat services April 11, Temple Shir Shalom hon- ored Sylvia Barr, who has tutored more than 2,000 b'nai mitzvah students and is entering semi-retirement. Forty years ago, Barr lost her 12- year-old son in a t...…

…---1,you(ale\cordially invited to a fundraiser for Assistant Prosecuting Attorney not knowing anything, and I started they do well, very well, because they out a little bit late. [at the age of 12], are my sons on the bimah. "As long as God wants me to do his so we had to cram in everything," work, I will never retire, and as long as Levin said. "She taught me how to relearn everything. She encouraged me He keeps me well." to practice every n...…

…Up Front c sci) EGRKIKIE You SfacLenf's Roman Is Honored success Wit) cm act Ill 7 )e Temple Kol Ami rabbi will receive the Dove Award. r LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter ewt'sh hews Cap E GOWD 'Special Secti- oni SIZES/ PRICES ISSUE DATE: Jvag 15, 1998 AD DEADUNE: Mug 6,1998 SAMPLE AD Colmns x 2": 11.5.00 2 Columns x 3": $65.00 2 Columns x if": $85.00 2 Columns x 5": $100.00 Law School Grad 1997 • University of Detroit Mercy Congra...…

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…At Kiwi Moshe, a group of women and their teacher have been studying together more than five years. JULIE WIENER StafrWriter Above: Nathan Roth: "They're the greatest bunch of ladies I've been associated with." Right: Anne Rottman and Marge Charnes listen as Nathan Roth explains a con- cept. Below: Dolores Greenspan, Marsha Trimas and Leba Rautbort enjoy a lighter moment in class. I t started out as a 10-week crash course in Hebrew liter...…

…shul called Beth Eliyahu. In 1928, its first building was constructed in Detroit. A school wing was added in 1951. B'nai Moshe, under Rabbi Moses Lehrman, became Conservative in 1948, a phenomenon typical of syna- gogues redefining themselves after the war, Pachter said. In 1959, the congre- gation moved to Oak Park. When the congregation relocated to West Bloomfield, membership sky- rocketed — from 275 families to 425 the first year. Membersh...…

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…Kicking Up Their Heels At Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, a group of girls practice their Israeli dance steps. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer 4/24 1998 28 KRISTA HUSA Photographer c J …

…Opposite page: Top: Laura Langberg joins the circle. Bottom: Nira Alphont leads her dancers. B eth Abraham Hillel Moses's religious school has a uniquely Israeli flavor. Religious school director Cantor Ben-Zion Lanxner is Israeli, as is his entire staff of teachers, and the school even pipes Israeli tunes into the parking lot as students arrive. Adding to what Hebrew teacher Nira Alphont calls "a little Israel in West Bloomfield," is the ...…

…This & That A local surgeon is on standby for VPs visit; Jewish multiculturalism is on tap at U-M Hillel. Dr. Steve Tennenberg has been tapped to serve his country, albeit in a surgeon's gown. Tennenberg, past president of Young Israel of Oak Park, will be one of a half-dozen physicians who will stand by for potential medical traumas during Vice President Al Gore's visit to Detroit May 8. Gore will be in town for the renaming ceremony of the...…

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…Editorials Federation, Synagogues Wisely Explore School Partnership Should synagogue schools receive Federation funding, just like day schools? Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit ]leaders think so, and so do we. As Federation President Robert Naftaly stresses, there won't be much of a Jewish community anywhere without a lasting commitment to Jewish edu- cation. Religious schools don't have broad-based taxing power. So school funding i...…

…C011111111117 MEWS We Must Be Alert When Democracy Is Threatened resignation from office. he creation of the Office of The Watergate break-in and its ulti- Independent Counsel has mate cover-up really went to the core of wrought an extraordinary our democratic process and sense of fair change on the political land- play. Those events sought to alter the scape of American society. How this election outcome by tinkering change affects the Jewi...…

…OPINION Yom Hazikaron: It's A Solemn Day To Salute Israel's Fallen Soldiers B Everyone serves in the Israel Defense eginning at sunset on April Forces and everyone has lost a family 29th, the 4th of Iyar, we in member or friend. On this sad day, the Detroit community will the country pauses to turn inward, to unite with the Jews of the remember. The names and faces of world to begin the celebration of a each and every one of the fallen sol-...…

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…The Pain Lingers On Photo by AP/Zoom 77 . Vatican Criticizes Church Teaching Rome UTA) — Pope John Paul II's Easter message criticized the Christian teaching that Jews bear responsibility for the death of Jesus. The pope also criticized the Israeli policy of building Jewish settlements in eastern Jerusalem, saying peace is being threatened by "dangerous political decisions." A prayer read by a speaker on Good Friday in the presence of the ...…

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…ERHARD BMW Israel has agreed to return $50 mil- lion of its economic aid, but is trying to work out a formula that would off- set part of the cut with an increase in military assistance. The Clinton administration and congressional lead- ers have made it clear they expect Egypt — the second biggest recipient of U.S. aid after Israel — to also accept an aid reduction. On the Mideast peace process, Boutros-Ghali said that the lost eco- nomic op...…

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…Community COLORUJORKS STUDIO OF INTERIOR DESIGN B'nai ffrith Honors Olson Zager/Stone/Tucker/Granr Unit of B'nai B'rith will honor Jerry Olson at a Roast & Toast banquet 6 p.m. Sun- , day, May 17, at Laurel Manor Ban- )quet Hall in Livonia. Mr. Olson is being honored for his 40 years of service to B'nai B'rith. Pro- ceeds will benefit the B'nai B'rith youth serving agencies. For infor- mation regarding this event, call Fran White, (248) 855...…

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