…The Culture of Adoption FACES from page 12 Comprised of 35 to 40 families, the group also invites people who are con- sidering adoption to join them. The Adoption Maze "I had no idea the infra-structure around adoption was so daunting," says Alice Audie-Figueroa, wife of David Hecker. "Yet every time things got tough, someone popped up who opened their heart to us, like doctors or travel agents." When the Heckers realized the dif- ficulty ...…
…What country comes closest to Silicon Valley in developing fligh- ted' start-up companies? Israel. The driving force behind that achievement? Graduates of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a world-class university celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Technion graduates make up most of Israel's scientists and engineers. And of the entrepreneurs behind its many successful companies on the U.S. stock exchanges. For six d...…
…The Culture of Adoption FACES from page 14 Albanian orphanage before he was adopted. Though the nuns were very loving, his mother Jacqueline Fox explains, they never disciplined the children. That made adjustment at school here difficult for their son. "Jonah didn't know about lining up or circle time," she says. "Let alone how to hold a pencil," Frank Hoffman adds. A few months after Jose Hecker arrived here, he and his new family visited ...…
…f f 1 " 8 =" What's Eating arry .47 k,. Shoah survivor seeks to reunite with his sister. Above: Harry Praw's father, Shaja Mordecha Praw, 1929. Below: Harry Praw's oldest sister, Basia Jakubowicz, 1939. HARRY KIRSBAUM • Stair Writer alking a mile in Harry Praw's shoes the last few weeks has been part David meets Goliath and part Yossarian in Catch-22. And it's far from over. Praw, a Holocaust survivor who thought he lost his whole ...…
…to us looking for someone, but then on the other end of it, the other person becomes a client also. We have to respect both wishes. We weigh whether or not we should tell him or keep it from him." O'Neill said it has happened before. According to the Red Cross, more than 900 people have been located by the Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center in Baltimore since it began in 1990. About 20 percent, which include very distant ...…
…Out Of Lebanon Jubilation, confusion and fear as Israel calls its troops home. NAOMI SEGAL Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem s its Lebanese allies crumbled and its guerilla opponents cheered, Israel this week withdrew its forces from the nine- mile wide "security zone" in southern Lebanon that it has occupied for two decades at a cost of millions of dollars and thousands of lives. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said the action fulfill...…
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…World Briefs Of - child, a daughter. "When I had this child," she said, she wondered "how I was going to answer the questions, Is there a God?' and, 'Why can't I go to church with my friends?' "God didn't ever enter into it," she said. "I just wanted to see answers." Newmark investigated many reli- gions in search of those answers, but opted for her own in the end. "I fig- ured I might as well remain Jewish. As for Newmark's original ambiva-...…
…This Week Preaching Or Teaching? Co r music curriculum divides Walled Lake Schools. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer popular Walled Lake Middle School teacher will not be returning next year, and the dis- trict's Jewish parents hope his dismissal . won't make life difficult for their children. Administrators in the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools have not renewed the contract of middle school choir director Tom Stokes. The reason given for t...…
…World Briefs a on 4 Red Cross Pluralism Draws Applause American Airlines Israel Bound New York — The American Jewish Committee welcomed the decision of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to vote on creating a third, religiously neutral, protective emblem. The move may lead to Magen David Adom gain- ing full membership in the federation. AJC has been involved in advocacy for equal treatment of Israel in in...…
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…This Week Bhenrn Schools ,, . Candidates for the Birmingham school board favor Holocaust education and oppose school vouchers. ensfisr a a ..tlslgggISRtSME4MM'MSMNBlklrg•ANPAMN:dslgIBEMSESWIMVNMMZMZ'M'atMgan'M;RMNRPZ'WAVXMV:Mggti.MMMIVESZ yr ......... Three candidates to fill two board seats. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to the Jewish News jr ewish voters in the Birmingham school district will have a tougher time deciding at the po...…
…6 MONTH CD MULLER from page 30 and culture is a large part of that. You cannot teach about Judaism in - Western civilization without an hon- est and thorough discussion of the Holocaust. Q2 The people of the state of Michigan, on two separate occasions, have made it clear that they oppose this approach. People are frustrated with the pace of educa- tional reform and advancement and this seems like an easy way to jump- start reform, cloaked...…
…) by AP/). Sco tt Applewhite This Week "In recent times, Washington has tried to make Israel conform to its own plans and timetables," Bush told more than 1,700 conference attendees. "But that is not the path to peace." Chiding Arafat Vice President Al Gore gestures. AIPAC President Lonny Kapland, left, and AIPAC President-elect Tim Wulligen applaud! Your Best Friend Presidential candidates tout their pro-Israel positions at AIPAC. SHAR...…
…applause and reaction of the audience, Bush is still No. 2 to Gore. Perhaps this isn't surprising. Despite recent inroads for Jewish Republicans, American Jews still over- whelming vote Democratic. Gore At Ease Gore, who has spoken to many Jewish audiences, did his best to show his con- nections to the American Jewish corn- munity by extending greetings to AIPAC board members and acknowl- edging personal friends in the audience. He received ...…
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…mitzvah ceremony at the Kotel," said one of the Women of the Wall petition- ers, Anat Hoffman of Jerusalem. But Orthodox legislators denounced the decision and vowed to initiate legis- lation that would circumvent the ruling. In Jerusalem, Cabinet Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior, who is spearheading government efforts to resolve religious pluralism conflicts, said, "We cannot resolve the central problems of our soci- ety through forcing one si...…
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…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detrohjewishnews.com Death With Dignity S kepticism helps guard against over- confidence. And it's hard to believe a group of Detroiters can shape a home hospice-care service in Israel, half a world away. The distance issue remains, and so does the test of time, but make no mistake: we're begin- ning to believe. The Milton and Lois Shiffman Home Hos- ...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS One Mom's March women] is teaching. They are march- I is Friday night, May 12, and ing for both their students and their I'm packing my last items in children. One woman confides in us preparation for the Million that she grew up in a house full of Mom March in Washington, guns and that, when she was 12, her D.C., when my son Andrew, 11, dad held them hostage and pointed a bursts into my bedroom in tears. gun at her head. It ...…
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…Mazel Toy! Mi PS Ot a AZ igg ..sw.aRgal New book, TV mini-series document Ruth Gruber's orts on behalf of European Jews in World War II. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News ournalist Ruth Gruber recently traveled to Michigan with two important documents — a proofreading copy of a book being updated for new release and a script for a TV mini-series based on the book. In Troy to accept the Woman of Achievement Award at the Midwest ...…
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…„amosi mpummumpuipallilk AJC Hosts Annual Meeting Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the American Jewish Committee will host its 55th annual meeting, starting with a kosher Israeli-style dinner, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the Max M. Fisher Jewish Federation Building in Bloomfield Township. The program at 7: 1 5 p.m. includes elections, a busi- ness meeting and presentation focus- ing on international relief agencies. The American Jewish C...…
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…JWV Holds Memorials The Michigan Jewish War Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary will be joined by the Canadian and Russian Jewish War Veterans in international Memorial Day services at two cemeteries on Sunday, May 28. Services will begin at 10 a.m. at Machpelah Cemetery, 21103 Woodward, Ferndale. A second service will be held at 12:30 p.m. at Hebrew Memorial Park, 21503 E. 14 Mile Road, Clinton Township. Rabbi Herbert Yoskowitz of Adat Shalom Syna...…
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…Vachon L"Torah elvish Learning Network Craig LaBan, formerly of Bloomfield Township and Philadelphia Inquirer restaurant crit- ic, has won a James Beard Foundation award. LaBan was recog- nized for excellence in the newspaper restaurant review or critique category for three reviews published in the Inquirer in 1999. To mark this milestone in our history we will be honoring Recipient of the Crown of Torah Award Dr. Jeff Spinner-Haley, form...…
…The Senior Adult Jewish Hall ofFame holds its seventh annual induction ceremonies. "It's an honor not :}N only to those u A being hon- halom Ralph, one of .SMEM k eight new inductees to ored, but to the entire the Senior Adult They're active, Jewish Hall of Fame, community," they're over 80 — was a little shaky when he said audience member took the podium on May 7. and they're still Beverly Apel, "I'll tell you a secret," he volunteering. sai...…
…The Green Connection Jewish environmental movement brings message of awareness to southeast Michigan. SHIRT RIVAL BILIK Special to the Jewish News jr oining 11 other Michigan chap- ters, an Ann Arbor-based Jewish environmental group became the most recent affiliate of a national movement dedicated to advanc- ing ecological awareness and action. Catherine Greener, who co-chairs the Southeastern Michigan Coalition on the Environment and Jewi...…
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…BROOKDALE Auxiliary Hosts Brunch THE HERITAGE The Auxiliary for the Jewish Home and Aging Services will host its Diamond Installation Brunch 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1, at the Fleischman Residence at Blumberg Plaza, 6710 Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Following the brunch, the speaker Linda Solomon will be photojour- nalist Linda Solomon, who spe- cializes in photographing celebrities in the fields of entertainment, poli- tics, business and ...…
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…Come Celebrate a Year of Teaching and Learning! . Adat Shalom Honors Youth Adat Shalom Synagogue will honor its confirmation and grad- uation classes of 2000 at the con- gregation's annual Nosh 'n Drash Shabbat on Friday, May 26. Confirmation students will lead a Shabbat service beginning at 6 p.m. A Shabbat dinner will follow. Beginning at 8:15 p.m., the synagogue's high school graduates will present a program on the importance of Jewish e...…
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…CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Granader Earns Service Award Brian Granader will receive the Community Service Award at the anniversary dinner for Machon L'Torah, the Jewish Learning Network of Michigan 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at the Ramada Hotel in Southfield. The Royal Oak resident has been Brian Granader active with Machon since his college days at Central Michigan University, where he was president of the Jewish Students Organization. In a...…
…Calendar Calendar Listings are updated regularly on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com SHAVUOT IDEAS, SONGS & BLINTZES Congregation Beth Shalom invites adult members to a program, "Shavuot: Standing at Sinai—Ideas," with Rabbi David Nelson and Cantor Sam Greenbaum, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the synagogue. $5. RSVP by June 6: Ms. Jackson (248) 548-6998. WOMEN'S GROUPS SISTERHOOD HOUSE TOUR Temple Israel House Tour 2000 of six home...…
…Mazel Toy! Caitlyn and Amanda CARI WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News I t takes a mouse call, not a house call, to see the daily doings of this Farmington Hills family. Online 24 hours per day, you can catch Amanda eating Cheerios or Caitlyn getting ready for a nap. As a 21st-century diary, two Web sites for these biological sisters tell a remark- able story of four people who went through a lot to become a family. Since 2-year-old Amanda ...…
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…Notice of ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER .OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT Mazel Toy! The Jewish Community Center Annual Meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 21, 2000, 7 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus, West Bloomfield. The following business will be conducted at the meeting: In accordance with the by-laws of the Jewish Community Center...…
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