…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS AUGUST 24, 1990 / 3 ELUL 5750 New Address For Federation? PHIL JACOBS Assistant Editor or 38 years, 163 Madi- son has been the address most synony- mous with the Jewish com- munity's identity and rela- tionship with Detroit. But at an executive com- mittee meeting scheduled Aug. 24, Jewish Welfare Federation President Mark Schlussel was scheduled to Mark Schlussel: F...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus When U.S. Had Socialist Congressmen I n a brief item about obituaries in "Purely Commentary" of July 6, attention was called to the following: The obituary often reveals a forgotten name. This is the case with the obituary of Ephraim Lon- don in the New York Times of June 14. We read about the achievements of this very courageous lawyer and find toward the end that he was the nephew of Me...…
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…UP FRONT U.S. Praises Israel For Support As Middle East Crisis Worsens The United States is prais- ing Israel, some foreign parents are pulling their children from Israeli schools and former Iraqi Jews are recalling their desperate lives under Saddam Hus- sein. These were among the re- cent developments in the growing Middle East crisis triggered by the Iraqi presi- dent's takeover of neighbor- ing Kuwait in a dispute over oil prices. In Was...…
…EDITORIAL Glow Of The Games Yogi Berra said "It ain't over till it's over," and he's right about the Jewish Community Centers North American Mac- cabi Youth Games. While several sports will be completing the medal rounds today and Sunday, the thousands of athletes, coaches, volunteers and host families must be looking forward to Shabbat as a time to relax, slow down and assess a wonderful week of athletics and camaraderie. The success of the...…
…OPINION I CONTENTS Who Is A Jew' Needs Common Agreement MIRIAM S. BERRIS D aniel Elazar, in his Aug. 3 article, " 'Who is a Jew' Issue May Be Solvable" correctly asserts that this issue has not gone away. He contends that the Orthodox Jews have separated themselves from Reform and Conservative Jews by insisting on halachic conversions. He conveniently forgets that it is not the Orthodox who have changed or broken away — they still abide b...…
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…salute our Detroit Jewish community on the occasion of Bar-Man's and proudly honor its past Detroit Chairmen and Honorees on Tuesday, October 2, 1990 Mat Shalom Synagogue Doreen Hermelin General Chairman Bernard H. Stollman General Chairman Cocktail reception: 6:00 p.m. / Dinner: 7:00 p.m. / Dessert reception: 9:15 p.m. HONOREES Abraham Borman* Honorable Avern Cohn Irwin I. Cohn* Dr. Leon Fill* Max M. Fisher Donald Fox Morris Friedman Sa...…
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…Detroit's Maccabi delegation, over 200 strong, finds it difficult to sit still during Sunday night's electrifying opening ceremonies at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Maccabi Games Open With Palace Extravaganza RICHARD PEARL and PHIL JACOBS Staff WrztPrs B eth Robinson believes a good hostess gets to sit down with her guests. So after 18 months of planning, Ms. Robinson, the coordinator of the Jewish Community Centers North American Maccabi ...…
…cialization — created an at- mosphere of klal Yisrael (the peoplehood of Israel) that was readily apparent from the heartfelt applause. One crescendo of cheers followed another. While the big delegations such as Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia were given their due, special cheers rang out for a few others. There was, for example, Amy Goldman of Charlotte, N.C., and Justin Kaplan of Memphis, Tenn., their states' only representati...…
…The Lithuanian delegation, the first Soviet Maccabi team to compete in the Games, received a rousing reception from the Palace crowd of over 14,000. Detroiters Smitten By Foreig Charm PHIL JACOBS Assistant Editor harlie Rothstein got off the proverbial merry-go-round last week. And when he did, the area businessman and coach of the Detroit Maccabi tennis team gained a new perspective as to life's more valuable priorities. Scheduled to go t...…
…3.4 4 having time for all of this, forget it.' " Mr. Rothstein said that there is one day in these Maccabi Games, however, that he isn't looking forward to. The day he has to say goodbye to Shalon. Shalon Jacob is part of a 20-person Lithuanian con- tingent that came to Detroit largely through the efforts of Arcadij Reitblatt. Sitting in the comforts of Mr. Robinson's living room following an exhausting flight from New York and Lithuania, Mr...…
…Maccabi Games Detroit Boston's '88 Champions trounce Detroit Girls RICHARD PEARL Staff Writer etroit's girls' basket- ball team heard the wake-up call but never got to smell the coffee as Boston's defending gold medal champions trounced them, 57-8, Monday in open- ing-round action during the 1990 Jewish Community Centers North American Maccabi Youth Games. The taller, more experi- enced Bostonians, with two players returning from the 1988 ...…
…Photo by Glenn Triest o-o JCC Maccabi Cage Results Monday, Aug. 20 (G) — Girls' Game Left: Scott Zack of Detroit guards Baltimore's Jack Beniashvili in an opening round game. Right: Three members of the Detroit basketball team line up for practice. Cincinnati 54, San Antonio 28 North Jersey 85, Houston 43 Long Island 79, Toronto 65 Israel 73, Los Angeles 61 Columbus 75, Montreal 72 Boston 42, Pittsburgh 21 (G) Washington 68, Seattle 36 L...…
…Maccabi Games Detroit Table Tennis, Tough Competition STEVE WHITELEY Special to The Jewish News T he pace was fast Aug. 20 at the Rosenberg Recreation Complex of the Detroit JCC, as approx- imately 50 players from around the world entered the first day of competition at the North American Mac- cabi Youth Games table tennis championships. Many cities brought small contingents. Baltimore had Detroit won six medals on the first day of compe...…
…(59.72), and also qualified for the consolation heat in the girls 15-16 400 134 but was scratched from the race. The other Detroit qualifier was Linda Goldstein, who struck gold with her first place finish in the girls 15-16 400-IM (4:47.29), arguably the toughest swimming race in these games. Amid the exciting corn- petition, officials poolside were hampered by recurring computer problems, and the results of the preliminary races were slow to...…
…Maccabi Games Detroit Soviet Emigre ol i t m m sa O cn cabi Det S rw Team KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer F or the past few months, Ruslan Yakubov, 14, matter of factly packed his swim suit and towel into a plastic shopping bag for his twice weekly trip to the pool at the Maple-Drake Jewish Community Center. There, he met young chi- ropractor Ron Freed, whose job was to coach the recent Soviet immigrant for the Maccabi Games. It was a hard ...…
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…014.00**0•~4**0** Maccabi Games Detroit Detroit Tops D.C. Team, Goes 2.0 In Volleyball RICHARD PEARL Staff Writer D etroit spikers rallied Tuesday to shut out 1988 gold medal winner Washington, D.C., bringing its record to 2-0 in the preliminary round of the 1990 Jewish Community Centers North American Maccabi Youth Games volleyball competition. On Monday, the all-male Detroit team — believed the first non-coed team in recent Detroit Mac...…
…to host the girls has been are important part of the entire Maccabi experience. "It's a fun thing to do," Mrs. Sitron said. "But you also have to make sure that everyone is taken care of. The kids have to be at cer- tain places for competition, so you are never stopping." If the Sitrons were busy pulling out of their driveway to get their athletes to an event on time, chances were that their end of the street was crowded with Maccabi participa...…
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…LOCAL NEWS Mark 'Em DO Move 'Ern CI LIT! Operation Exodus Seeks Pledge Funds So that the Detroit Jewish community can make its se- cond $2.5 million advance to the United Jewish Appeal for Operation Exodus, an inten- sive cash mobilization effort is about to get under way. The emergency effort to fulfill Operation Exodus pledges has been brought on by the growing Soviet-Jewish immigration to Israel, accor- ding to newly appointed Jewish We...…
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…CLOSE-UP Today just a handful of Jewish merchants remain at Detroit's Eastern Market, a place ith $20 and credit from wholesalers for his hard work, young Polish im- migrant Morris Dorn in 1928 opened what be- came a pro- sperous fruit and produce business at the Eastern Market in Detroit. At the time, the market was flourishing with Jew- ish merchants — mostly wholesalers who would start their weekdays_ over breakfast at 4:30 a.m. at the ne...…
…where many young businessmen learned the art of the sale. dren of many of the founders still operate within the market. Among the Jewish-owned wholesale meat companies still present are Marcus Rothbart's Eastern Market Beef, Sy Ginsberg and Robert Fenkell's United Meat and Deli, the late Dave Fenster's Utica Pack- ing, Jerry Hershkovitz's Mr. Food and Murray West's Detroit Beef. Other Jewish businesses on the market are Rafal Spice, founded b...…
…Ihisessillimmil there, Mr. Wall learned the art of selling fruit at age 19 from the Feinberg family, who ran small food stores in the old Jewish neigh- borhoods along Elmhurst and Livernois, Chicago and Livernois and Joy and Holmer. At the market he met another produce wholesaler, Charlie Snitz. Soon after, Mr. Wall started selling his pro- ducts. He also worked for The Harry Silverman Co., a dry foods business, as well as Abner Wolf, a groce...…
…Rain or shine, customers frequent the market's open-air produce section each Saturday. During the week, Rabbi Gruskin frequents Rafal Spice, where he purchases spices for his besumin box used for the weekly Havdalah service. He switches among cloves, cinnamon stick, lemon peel and a few other aromatic flavors. Don Rafal tells a customer about the many blends of coffee sold at Rafal Spice at the Eastern Market. …
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…I NSIDE WASHINGTON I JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Housing Loan Promises For Israel Put In Limbo W here are the $400 million in housing loan guarantees to help Israel build housing for newly arrived Soviet Jews? Apparently the loan pro- gram, a top priority for pro- Israel activists a few months ago, has gotten lost in the shuffle as the ad- ministration focuses all of its attention on the unfolding crisis in the Persian Gulf. ...…
…BACKGROUND I THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Metropolitan Detroit District Who Is A Jew' A Sticky Issue For Ethiopians THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED MUSICAL EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON PLAN NOW TO ATTEND: Sunday, November 4, 1990, 7:30 p.m. Masonic Temple Auditorium FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 569-1515 or write to the ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Zionist Cultural Center 18451 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075 Rabbi M. Robert Syme, Presi...…
…Christian antagonists," E- thiopian Jews say, "he could often find refuge in a Chris- tian-Jewish village." To further complicate matters, some Ethiopian Jews who reached Israel via Sudan during Operation Moses were from converted families. Thus, many of the Christians of Jewish descent already have family mem- bers in Israel. In addition, at least one large Christian-Jewish clan now in Addis Ababa, from the village of Dembia, is said to have ...…
…INSIGHT The Jewish Community Center with Nancy Gurwin Productions presents the musical Directed and Choreographed by Michael D. Pion Music Director: Rochelle Barr OPENS SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1990-8:30 P.M. Saturday, September 8th, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, September 9th, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 15th, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, September 16th, 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 22nd, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, September 23rd, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, September ...…
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…Ida Rose Feingold, known as "Skipper," shares her new songs and dances for preschool students. s Rejuvenatin Jewish Education A conference brings new life to Jewish teachers, administrators and the classroom. SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer ith six Soviet chil- dren enrolled at Yavneh Academy this fall, Dr. Margaret Eichner came to the four-day Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education seeking answers. Dr. Eichner, headmaster of Detroit's o...…
…s Rabbi Dan Syme lectures on youth suicide. If it is a priority on paper, we must translate that paper to fact. "The greatest challenge we face today in Jewish edu- cation in the United States is why be Jewish in a society where we are offered a number of choices," she said. "We must make being Jewish a source of pride, a source of pleasure," said Mrs. Cardin, who believes education is the only tool Jews can use toward that goal. Among the ...…
…!EDUCATION I THE CANTOR'S COUNCIL OF DETROIT IN COOPERATION WITH Rejuvenating PROJECT EXODUS AND THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Continued from preceding page PRESENT workshops or purchasing materials for the classroom from exhibitors, for some the highlight of the conference came at night. Peter Yarrow, a member of Peter, Paul and Mary, and singer Debbie Friedman performed together during a Monday evening concert. Those who saw the concert sai...…
