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…THE JEWISH NEWS UP FRONT This Week's Top Stories 0 Rabid Radio? A Windsor-based radio station has picked up a call-in show that some allege is anti-Semitic. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER 0 W An About Face ti Yeshivath Beth Yehudah has solved its recent financial difficulties with a bustling student population. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER T he school had been staring a $1 million debt in the face. Although it was not exactly the scena...…

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…• November 29, 1996 7 CD 7 De Toil OPINION Staying Alive A new national study confirms the Conservative movement is on the rebound. Books are easy to borrow, hard to return. TORAH PORTION Standing On Principle Semi-retired? Rudy Simons is more involved than ever in political and social causes. Our daily struggles make us better. 34 TELL ME WHY Muzak — it's enough to make you proud. 36 Making recycling a lifestyle. page 85 'Tis...…

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…Staying Alive On Principle A new national study on the Conservative movement's vitality reflects its presence in the metropolitan Detroit Jewish community. Semi-retired? Not a chance. Rudy Simons is more involved than ever in social andpolitiCal causes. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER FRANK PROVENZANO SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS abbi David Nelson is breathing a sigh of relief. Although he has seen a slight increase in his mem- bership si...…

…0 STANDING page 7 He is a secular Jew and son of the famous orchestra leader and songwriter, Seymour Simons, who wrote "All of Me." Mr. Si- mons' grandfather, D.W. Si- mons, was a president of Congregation Shaarey Zedek and the first Jewish member of the Detroit City Council. The founder of Stone and Si- mons advertising agency in the mid-1950s, Mr. Simons is nev- ertheless the antithesis of a glib sloganeer. With each issue that he discusse...…

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…• Higher Ground Oakland Circuit Court judge is heading for the Michigan Court of Appeals. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER A t the Jewish National Fund dinner last week at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, the guest of honor all but announced that Oakland Circuit Court Judge Hilda Gage will become one of the state's newest Michigan Court of Ap- peals judges. But as of late last week, the of- ficial announcement hadn't been made by Gov. John Engler, wh...…

…DETROIT ▪ ] THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CX No. 14 • • MI Mr OP Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman . Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Jennifer Finer, Jill Davidson Sklar Arts and Entertainment Editor Julie Yolles Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Howard Lalli, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Dougla...…

…Counter Efforts Beth Shalom leads an effort to keep Jewish New Americans out of church. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER R abbi David Nelson was enraged when he learned Russian Jews from his neighborhood were at- tending a weekly Friday evening program at an area church. When a meeting with the church minister didn't change the situation, Rabbi Nelson de- cided it was time the synagogue did some outreach of its own. Earlier this month, Congre- ...…

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…S 1 II I PHOTOS BY JOHN DISCHER Clockwise from top left: Ann Brandman of Southfield grooves to the music. Elsi Bogorad, Beatrice Tapper, Evelyn Pevos, Belle Freedman, Dorothy Aaron, Fanny May, Bessie Kutnick and Ellen Moss share a table. Revelers at the party. Farmington Community Band conductor Paul R. Barber. II 2 J c ehw ai n su h kF a e h dpeara rt t y iow nit A hpa anam em en p t h sat s his roo w ns a diversity. is Classics 0...…

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…RADIO page 3 But their show has never de- generated into anti-Semitism, Jeff Kassouf insisted: "There are some people who will call it racist no matter what we say. That's their position, and they're not going to move from it. And yet, there are oth- ers who feel it is solely within the boundaries of civilized po- litical discourse. You need to look at the politics of the people making the charges. "It's quite clear to us that the Jewish comm...…

…• and a surprisingly meager 37 percent say they light Shabbat candles; only one-third of day- school students believe it's important to keep kosher; single and divorced families are, for the most part, not joining Conservative congrega- tions; and attitudes toward intermarriage among respondents "are far more casual than we would like to see." For a movement that's suffered a net loss of 110,000 members in recent years and includes a large nu...…

…Community Views Editor's Notebook Advice From A Bibliophile He's Kept Akiva Together Because Of The Students RABBI DAVID WOLPE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHIL JACOBS EDITOR D Should you lend one day, years later, you will find books? When I it at a garage sale, battered, was a teen-ager, mutely accusing you of neglect. we lived across Believe me, I know. the street from In high school, I loaned a friend an eccentric, in- (discretion for...…

…Avvliquiect estate Featuring items from Ilene Blaz, Time Piece Antiques and many others. WANTING page 22 Do we want peace? Of course we do, but not a peace that creates conditions rife with probabilities for the destruction of Israel. Lillian Rosenberg Hurwitz Franklin Oversight Is Noted there is a Christmas tree on the White House lawn. I feel Chanukah decorations fall into the same category. Keep religious objects off public prop- ert...…

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…0 NOVEMBER 29, 1996 0 Sermon In Song At Temple Israel Temple Israel will cele- C brate Chanukah Shab- bat in a family service 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6. The community is invited. Joining the Temple Is- rael clergy, Cantors Harold Orbach and Mikhal Shift' Matter will offer a sermon in song ti- tled "Light: The Symbol of Holiness." The Tem- ple Israel Choir and =c) Choral Group, directed by Benjamin Cohen, also will participate. Cantor Shiff-Mat...…

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…a LIFE IS WORTH BETH ACHIM 21100 W. 12 Mile Road, Southfield, (810) 352-8670. Rabbi: Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Max Shimansky. Ritual director: Joseph Baras. Rabbis emeritus: Ben- jamin H. Gorelick, Milton Arm. Services: Friday 7:15 a.m., 4:55 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 am., 4:45 p.m.; weekdays 7:15 a.m., 4:55 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m., 4:55 p.m. Shabbat class 4:15 p.m. Mincha 4:45. Bar mitzvah of Jordan Michael Gruber, son of Abraham and Abby Gruber....…

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…Beth Achim Hosts Scholar Congregation Beth Achim will host Rabbi Debra Orenstein, the Conservative movement scholar in residence, Nov. 29-Dec. 1. A Friday evening service will be held at 5 p.m., followed by Shabbat dinner at 6 p.m. Following dinner, Rabbi Oren- stein will speak on "New Per- spectives on Lifestyle, Spirituality and Gender." On Saturday, Nov. 30, Rabbi Orenstein will deliver the D'Var Torah on "Varieties of Jewish Prayer." Foll...…

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…Interfaith couples are urged to pick a religious path. Their strength is inevitably tested during the holidays. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER …

…0 • uring the eight nights of [11) Chanukah, a menorah burns in Grace and David Laverdiere's Troy home. Zachary Laverdiere, 7 112, brings out his hand- made Sunday school decorations and dis- plays them throughout the week. Then, just before Christmas, the Laverdieres decorate a tree and put up lights outside their home and Zachary's family from his fa- ther's side will come over for dinner on Christmas Eve. "Sometimes having a Christmas tre...…

…• O I don't mean that negatively. I just don't find it the ideal solu- tion. A lot of those marriages are among the finest marriages. What I try to say to couples when they come in is, Try to be aware of the problems you will face.' " In acknowledging the diffi- culties that will arise or may arise in the coming weeks, Mrs. Stettner offers several tips for interfaith couples. "It is important for each spouse to understand what the husband's ...…