…CONTENTS We Need To Face What Is .Real PHIL JACOBS Saddam Hussein filled the role of distractor. 7 EDUCATION Helping Hands Artwork by Giora Carmi. SUSAN GRANT UP FRONT Jewish high school students have to break through a cool reception to befriend teens. 14 • Federation approves move to the suburbs. • West Bloomfield delays approval for Shir Shalom. Mapping Out The Middle East 22 NOTEBOOK ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Izzy's a master at...…
…EDITORIAL Rough Road For Baker As Secretary of State James Baker travels to the Mideast for the third time in five weeks, it seems clear that he will be turning up the heat on Israel and her Arab neighbors in his effort to convene a re- gional Mideast peace conference. Mr. Baker has been referred to as the "Secretary of Stealth" because he has been so secretive with his game plan for peace. So secretive, in fact, that even diplomats close to...…
…OPINION Sometimes We Need To Face What Is Real 0- PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor R 0". ecently, while driving home from the air- port, I caught a couple of radio talk shows. I was hoping to- hear some discussion on what the United States role should be concerning some million dy- ing or dead Kurds in the hell on earth that we're calling the Iraq-Turkey border. That particular day, on a one-day round-trip excursion to Chicago where magazine ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS New Spring arrivals! The latest colors and styles! ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz KOSINS AND EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz MANAGING EDITOR: Phil Jacobs ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITOR: Elizabeth Applebaum STAFF WRITERS: SPRING FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA HURRY! FINAL DAYS! CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elie Wiesel WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: James D. Besser FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Helen Davis PHOTO...…
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…OPINION I THE UNBEATABLE DEALER THE UNBEATABLE DEALER THE UNBEATABLE DEALER T H E THE UNBEATABLE DEALER — JOE PANIAN'S 10th ANNUAL 00 VEllICLES AV AILABL 41; 1E LL.A. ZR ( 0,,,,,,„ VW\ BRATION Electoral System U N B E Continued from Page 7 A ed in a virtual dead heat between the hawks and the doves. Israelis who disparage the electoral system for creating gridlock confuse cause with effect. When the collective will of the coun...…
…UP FRONT Did The United States Make A Secret Deal With Syria? JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent D id the Bush ad- ministration make secret promises to Syria in return for President Hafez al-Assad's token sup- port in the Gulf war? In recent days there has been a renewed rumbling of concern on Capitol Hill as some legislators see new signs of an American tilt towards Syria that seems reminiscent of administra- tion policies that fav...…
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…A TASTE OF MEXICO Occupied Jerusalem r President Bush has de- clared Jerusalem's Old City and its suburbs to be Israeli "occupied territory," while Secretary of State James Baker pressures Israel to halt all Jewish "settlement-build- ing" there. Most of the media supports the Administration position and are persuading the public that Jews are living in land that does not belong to them, suggesting it is illegal, even criminal, for Jews to l...…
…DETROIT Federation Board Approves Move To Bloomfield Township AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer T he Board of Governors of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit voted last week to move the bulk of its offices and ser- vices from its downtown headquarters to suburban Detroit. The board reached its deci- sion a week after both the executive committee of the Federation and the board of United Jewish Charities voted unanimously to move from the B...…
…I Do...I Do. Township Commission Tables Temple Proposal SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer emple Shir Shalom of- ficials must wait three weeks to hear whether the West Bloomfield Township Planning Com- mission approves the con- gregation's plans to build a new facility. After more than two hours of discussion, commissioners voted 8-1 April 23 to table the temple's proposal to build a synagogue on the southeast corner of Walnut Lake and Orchard Lake ...…
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…moved to Detroit from his post at the German Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, said German reunification should be viewed as a positive step for Israel and Jews worldwide. "A whole Germany can heal and continue to repair the past," Dr. von Berg said. "The Federal Republic can begin exerting its influence and policies over the GDR (East Germany — German Democratic Republic)." In addition, the defeat of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian...…
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…You're invited to our CHRISTINE JONSON TRUNK SHOW German-Israel Continued from Page 19 give the Germany of today a lot of credit. "The Germans are at least attempting to come clean," he said. "Not like the Austrians who sit content with Waldheim ruling their government." Jeannie Weiner, vice pres- ident of the Jewish Com- munity Council of Detroit, said she's worried by Ger- man reunification. "We'd been concerned, yet watchful," she said ...…
…NOTEBOOK Join your family, friends and community Israel's 43rd anniversary celebration WALK FOR ISRAEL Sunday, May 5, 1991 Jewish Community Campus Maple/Drake Roads, West Bloomfield Registration: 10:45 a.m. Walk: 11:30 a.m. • Walk the entire 3.5-mile route. or take a mini-walk RAIN or SHINE • Bus transportation available for a small charge from the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center in Oak Park Er United Hebrew Schools i...…
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…MAPPING OUT International maps and atlases show little congruity when portraying the Middle East. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor tudents of cartogra- phy must be confused. Everyone knows where the United States is, right? And every high school pupil learns the Soviet Union's borders, that Italy is shaped like a boot, that Ireland lies just off the coast of England. But deciding what land constitutes the State of Israel appears to be ...…
…THE MIDDLE EAST and students. From 1967, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) maps showed the West Bank, including Jerusalem's Old City, as Jordanian ter- ritory. This contradicted both U.S. policy and the U.N. par- tition plan. (See map 1). In 1971, the State Department also asked the U.S. Board of Geographical Names to officially label the 2,200 square miles on the west bank of the Jordan River "The West Bank." One man, Martin Miller of Maryla...…
…Numerous maps showing "the Holy Land" have ap- peared since the inception of cartography, the science of map-making. Four maps of Eretz Yisrael survive from classical times. Of these, only the Madaba map is in original form. A mosaic taken from a church in Madaba, Jordan, the map also shows Egypt, the Sinai and southern Syria. Throughout the Middle Ages, Eretz Yisrael was the chief subject of map makers. World maps, created by monks, were base...…
…most hospitable people in the Middle East." Persons interested in visiting Israel might be tempted to consult a 1984 Traveller's Guide to the Middle East. Don't bother. The guide, published in London, makes no mention of Israel. It lists only Arab states. (See map 4). A more recent and popular publication, Fodor's, from 1989, includes the West Bank as part of its guide to visiting Jordan. The West Bank is marked "zone oc- cupied by Israel." ...…
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…National Jewish Book Awards New York (JTA) — Twelve authors and one illustrator have won the Jewish Book Council's 1991 National Jewish Book Awards, widely considered the highest rec- ognition in American Jewish Literature. The council and awards are sponsored by the Jewish Community Centers Associ- ation of North America. The winners include: Nava Semel, recipient of the best children's literature award, for Becoming Gershona; Chaim Potok, t...…
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…BACKGROUND HELEN DAVIS Foreign Correspondent A mid talk of a crisis in relations between Washington and Jerusalem, a senior Israeli political analyst this week expressed alarm about Washington's apparent rush to secure a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian question. Professor Asher Susser, who heads the prestigious Dayan Center for Middle East Studies at Tel Aviv University, warned that a premature peace conference ...…
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…........................................... SW, exposure. When groups such as this are exposed as the racists that they are, the American body politic and individual Americans repu- diate them." The Arlington, Va.-based National Alliance, an outgrowth of the Liberty Lobby and the American Nazi Party, was able to get a proposal urging the tele- communications company to "phase out all sales of AT&T products and services to the State of Israel...…
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…TERRY ROBES & WRAPS with "FREE" embroidered names or monograms Special Eye Care For New Israeli Settlements Bashed The sudden rush of new settlements in the West Bank, especially for in- coming Soviet Jews, has raised the ire of the Bush White House and much of the press. One of the more caustic commentaries on the new settlements came from the Buffalo News' editorial cartoonist who goes under the single name of Toles. One panel depicts a ...…
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…Careers Wachter Continued from preceding page ical Seminary to become a rabbi. He said he was seeking a higher level of personal sat- isfaction than his legal ca- reer afforded him. His lifelong interest in Jewish studie, coupled with a master's degree in Talmud, made him feel more comfortable about his deci- sion to change professions. Uprooting his family from Massachusetts to New York, however, was traumatic. And although he received a f...…
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…PLAN ON THE BEST IN LANDSCAPING delegation of business leaders could well be a wise move. About 250 Israeli companies will participate in a Projects Fair, promoting the latest ideas and innovations in these fields. Many of the presentations will be made by newly arrived ohm. Moreover, the conference will include the participation of other groups, such as the Israeli Forum, the North American Jewish Forum and the European Jewish Forum. Creatin...…
…PURELY COMMENTARY An End To Condoning Inquisition Horrors PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus F or some 500 years the vilest of bigotries were condoned in corrupted religious ranks inhumanly inspired by hatreds which were primarily anti-Jewish. They were the demented hatreds which stemmed from, and were embedded in, the Spanish Inquisition. The beastly minds of Queen Isabella and her husband Ferdinand were the most responsible for the introd...…
…Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit Please join Hillel Day School for its Annual Dinner Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Adat Shalom Synagogue Special guest speaker Bernard Kalb Cocktails 6:00 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Couvert $150.000 per person For reservations call: 851-6950 Bernard Kalb David Harold Dinner Chair BENEFACTORS* Anonymous Audrey and William Farber Beverly and Irving Laker Emma Schaver Judith and Max Stern EDUCATOR PATRONS*...…
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…A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE . . . NOT TO DE MISSED Come to Israel with the people who know it best .. . The following is a response from Dr. Pool: Mr. Philip Slomovitz, Editor My dear Mr. Slomovitz: I have read with interest and appreciation the Rev. George W. Pare's letter about my review of Isabella of Spain. Nothing would be gained by entering into any discussion as to Isabella's character. Whether or not those who in- vestigate and l...…
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…COMMUNITY Fund-raising Reception Sunday To Help Establish Archive Associate Editor Ann Daniels Sondra Nathan NCJW Will Honor Two Past Presidents The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section, will present the Hannah G. Solomon Award to two of its past presidents, Ann Daniels of Southfield and Sondra • Nathan of Birmingham. The awards will be given at the section's installation lun- cheon May 7 at Congregation Shaarey Zede...…
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…TORAH PORTION JERUSALEM DAY CELEBRATION (YOM YERUSHALAYIM) A Celebration of 24 years of a Reunified Jerusalem Thursday, May 9, 1991 UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS 7:00 p.m. 21550 W. 12 Mile, Southfield cooperation with the Jewish Educator's Council will sponsor an art exhibition by students. The theme will be the celebration of Jerusalem. STUDENTS MAY SUBMIT THEIR ENTRIES IN PROSE, PAINT. OR ANY OTHER ART FORM. Deadline to enter: Thursday, May...…
