…Contents 1111 A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year www.detroitjewishnews.com FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 2002 TISHREI 21, 5763 VOL. CXXII, NO. 7 DEPARTMENTS This Week • • • • 23 Collecting For The Hungry Yad Ezra's Yom Kippur food drive educates youth about the need to help others. 28 Founding Fathers Orchards Childrens' Services remembers its past as it celebrates its 40th birthday. Opinion 29 A Tale Of Two Countries Fra...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOE N 5 1. ONN 0 0.- N 1 5 5 kl Ik LightingThe Lamp Of Learning in the Jewish state during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. merican Jews are walking a spiritual tightrope as So there's resonance when he argues that we, the American they confront the threats of assimilation, intermar- Jewish community, rely on sending our kids to Israel "to riage and apathy. drink this well of Jewish identity because it cannot, or is not, These ...…
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…yEsilivA BEE YERUDAII Please join us as we pay tribute to Dr. Conrad ARMY DINNEn Dr. Lynda Giles and present them with the Golden Torah Award at our Eighty-eighthAnniversary Dinner The Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center Sunday, October 27, 2002 Reception 5:00 PM Dinner 6:00 PM The Honorable Avern Cohn General Chairperson Mandell Berman Penny Blumenstein Paul Borman Max M. Fisher Honorary Chairperson Dinner Chairpersons Doreen ...…
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…On Simchat Torah, we march with our Sifrei Torah, which collectively come from a multitude of origins but carry the same message. brate his 1999 marriage to his wife, Francee. At the time. s Detroit Jews celebrate the of the dedication, Rabbi Dannel Schwartz described how holiday of Simchat Torah, Ford attended a Jewish studies class at the synagogue and we open synagogue arks to "fell in love with where our Sifrei Torah came from, each revea...…
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…RINKE CADILLAC 85 Years And Still Delivering BREAK (S) THROUGH in our chapel, but on Simchat Torah it is in great demand." Newly Written While some Sifrei Torah read in our synagogues today are old and refur- bished, others were written and donat- ed when brand new. "Our newest Torah scroll was complet- ed in 1999," says Rabbi Elliot Pachter of Congregation B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield "It was a congregational proj- ect to honor our lat...…
…This Week internalizing Terror America still lags in its emotional acceptance of what Israel confronts YEHOSHUA HALEVI Jewish Renaissance Media Efrat, Israel ome of the starkest reminders of how far Israel has advanced in its war against terror are to be found outside preschools — heavi- ly armed guards who stand watch while toddlers frolic in the sandbox. They are a continuing reminder that, despite periodic lulls in attacks, Israelis mus...…
…Saddam Hussein or by America's not being able to topple the Baath regime in Baghdad. excuse to end the decade of relative tranquility that followed the 1993 Oslo peace accords. In the wake of last week's attacks, there have been renewed calls to augment pressure on the Palestinians. The Jerusalem Post went as far as say- ing the closures, curfews and incursions have now been proven a failure and that Israel must do whatever is necessary, incl...…
…a The Restraint Debate Should Israel retaliate if attacked? Rif looms as talk of war increases. MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington disagreement is surfacing between the United States and Israel over whether the Jewish state should retaliate if attacked by Iraq during an American-led war. For months, as talk of U.S. action against Iraq intensified, Israeli officials have said Israel can not hold its fire if attacked by I...…
…Limited Time Israel Insight said Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington. At the same time, Israeli officials note that the country is not on auto- matic pilot, and that decisions about retaliation will be made case-by-case. The calculation also would depend on the provocation: A different response would be considered if an Iraqi missile landed harmlessly in the Negev Desert than if chemical war- heads hit Tel Aviv. Some ...…
…Washington Watch Shoot From The Lip Claims To Be Paid House majority leader's conservative-vs. -liberal comments stereotype American Jews. JAMES D. BESSER Wishingto 72 Correspondent R ep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, the retiring House majori- , leader, has become a ty darling of hardline pro- Israel groups because of his enthusias- tic backing for the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. But Armey is getting swatted by some Jewish...…
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…This Week News Digest Call For Peace In The Sudan Washington/JTA — A Jewish group is calling for an end to slavery in Sudan. The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism held a vigil in Washington to protest genocide and government-facilitated slavery in the war-torn African nation. The group linked its call to this week's celebration of Sukkot, which commemorates the journey of the Children of Israel from slavery to free- dom. "We cannot ...…
…-Harvard President: Calls Anti-Semitic Boston/JTA — Harvard President Lawrence Summers said recent calls for the universities to divest from Israel were anti-Semitic. The divestment movement con- demns Israel for alleged human rights abuses against the Palestinians. How- ever, no school has yet announced plans to divest from Israel. Summers, who made his remarks last week, was the first university leader to speak out against the movement, acc...…
…This Week Insight Remember When . Founding Fathers Orchards Chi ldrens' Services remembers itspast as it celebrates its 40th birthday DIANA LIEBERMAN The pair, who now live in Novi, have three grown children and three grand- children. As the Orchards' founding president, Abramowitz had to build policies and procedures; interface with other agencies and social work professionals; work with residents and their families; and hire — and fire...…
…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com D A Tale Of Two Countries ess than 40 years ago, France was Israel's great friend and Germany was still subdu- ing the legacy of Adolf Hitler. My, how times have changed. Now it is France that can allow its ambassador to the U.S. to go unpunished for referring to Israel as "that shitty little country". and can let a notorious Nazi collaborator, Maurice Papon, a man ...…
…OTHER VIEWS Powerful Partnerships For Peace hey say that even in the most horrible, hideous things that happen to us, there is a gift. The bridges that are being built with my interfaith partners are the gift from the tragic ashes of 9-11. Detroit Jewish News Editor Robert Sklar wrote in his July 19 editorial that I was "chasing miracles" by creat- ing Partnerships for Peace. Recent events prove that miracles are happen- ing. On Sept. 10, Vi...…
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…TOBIN from page 31 jump to the conclusion that Barenboim's views on Wagner have influenced his opinion of the Arab- Israeli conflict, but that would be unfair. On this subject, both Barenboim and Said actually make a great deal of sense. Wagner's writings and beliefs about Jews were, as Barenboim says, "mon- strous." But he draws a correct distinc- tion between Wagner's personal anti- Semitism and "the things we have been forced to associate ...…
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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 43 Mazel Toy! 47 .try tntstvo of our Jewish heritage... obligatitm t(> cherill it, improve it gtlarti itt. future." M. Fisher -cad art rs .° Communities ms Max Fisher with daughter Jane Sherman, chairwoman-elect of the United Israel Appeal, after unveiling a plaque• of dedication to him at the Max M Fisher Headquarters of UJC. Ars E UJC headquarters in New York City named for Detroit Jewry's beloved Max Fis...…
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…PLEASE JOIN US... as we celebrate the Twelfth Anniversary of , , 4 the kosher food pantry feeding hungry Jewish families Balfour Concert Co-Chairs Named The Zionist Organization of America's annual Balfour Celebration Concert will be Sunday evening, Oct. 20, at the Millennium Theater in Southfield. Co-chair Joseph Savin, president of the ZOA Michigan Region, has served on the board of the Michigan Israel Investment Club and the Michigan I...…
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…Is limos' -tog Register For October Adoption Seminars Two adoption seminars will be sponsored by Alliance for Adoption, a division of Jewish Family Service. On Sunday, Oct. 6, Alliance for Adoption will host Shelley Sanders of the Philadelphia Jewish Family and Children's Service, 2:30-4:30 p.m., at the Providence Park Conference Center in Novi. Sanders will discuss international adoption. Two weeks later, Alliance for Adoption will host its...…
…Priceless Moments B'nai B'rith Honors Arnold. Michlin For Life-Long Interfaith Efforts Students join seniors with Alzheimer's disease to share a special timne of year. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer A s a celebration of Rosh Hashanah, 11 seventh- and eleventh-graders from Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield swept into the Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Care Program in West Bloomfield to spend time with 25 seniors who have Alzh...…
…427,6,K, Your children should know they have two histories. ; Axtv4 A < O 0W , Program Focus — Domestic Violence Shalom Bayit, a Jewish response to domestic violence and abuse, will sponsor an educational program 8:30-10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township. The program will feature a sur- vivor of domestic violence. Also speaking will be Ellen Yashinsky- Chute an...…
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…Calendar the Fran Aaron Players. Lunch. No charge members, $10 guests. The Fountains of Franklin, 28301 Franklin Road, Southfield. RSVP by Oct. 8: Fran Elson (248) 642-3281, Nita Lichtenstein (248) 538-0608. 1 Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit MEN'S GROUPS B'nai Moshe Men's Club — Sunday, Oct. 6, 9:30 a.m. Breakfast meeting. Guest speaker Michael Sturm, admin- istrator, Oakland County Emergency Response and Preparedness, will speak on "Terr...…
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