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…Contents A 2002 Michigan Press Association General Excellence winner www.detroitjewishnews.com Friday, Nov. 29, 2002 Kislev 24, 5763 Vol. CXXII, No. 16 Chappy Chanukah! T he annual Jewish News Chanukah Art Contest is a delightful way to begin the Chanukah holiday. We always look forward to seeing the work of hun- dreds of talented young artists and we work dili- gently to select a repre- sentative sampling of the great art for this Cha...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Touched By Her Soul H "She and her mother were put into concentration camps and she literally and figuratively shlepped her mother along with her until the end of the war. Two times, they were with- in minutes of being murdered by the Nazis, but were saved both times," Dr. Millstone says. She made a vow to dig deep into her soul and never leave a child in distress. After the war, she married Zeev Birger and immigrated to I...…
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…For Openers Making Her Mark S hoppers at the annual Temple Israel Book Fair will come away with a bookmark created by one of the synagogue's own students, 9-year-old Rebecca Glasser. Rebecca, daughter of Allen and Lynda Glasser of Orchard Lake, won the Grand Prize in the synagogue's recent book- mark design contest for religious- RONELLE school students GRIER Special to the in preschool Jewish News through fifth grade. The winning bookmark ...…
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…RINKE CADILLAC 85 Years And Still Delivering BREAK Pearl was given the group's Tzedek Award for outstanding leadership in the pursuit of justice. Judea Pearl told the gathering that "hatred killed my son, and hatred I will fight for the rest of my life with vengeance." With his last words, which pro- claimed his Jewishness, Daniel Pearl meant to tell his Islamic extremist killers that he respected Islam and wanted their respect in return, Ju...…
…Staff Notebook Far left: The new Cyrano boat. Left: Brenda Rosenberg with Arab friends. Birthday Adventure la ost 21-year-olds head off to the bar to cele- brate their coming of age. Justin Hiller's dad has a better idea. Jim Hiller of Franklin, owner of Hiller's Markets, and eldest son, Justin, will celebrate Justin's Dec. 15 birthday with a month-long sailing adventure off the coast of Mexico. The two will leave from southern California...…
…We cordially invite you to attend our . 1st Annual Family Chanukah Party/Dinner with the soldiers of the Navy Unit of the IbF. We will be lighting the seventh candle of Chanukah Thursday, becember 5th, 2002 5:30 p.m. To Purchase Tickets, please call Anat at 248-203-2060 or make checks payable to The Friends of the Itf P.O. Box 999 • Walled Lake, Michigan 48390-0999 Tickets may be purchased at the door PATRON ticket/s $180 per person inc...…
…Back To The Drawing Board Parents object to planned closing of Shaarey Zedek's Southfield nursery school. DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor/Education Writer r deficit of more than $750,000. for the current fiscal year, which ends in March. "The ways and means committee gave a report at the Nov. 5 board meeting," he told the Jewish News. 'A discussion ensued, with deliberations focusing on ways to cut expenses. A motion was made to close the Sout...…
…We are pleased to announce the opening of Volvo her and the teachers." Karen Cohen of Franklin, whose kindergartner graduated from the school last spring, said the Beth Hayeled Southfield staff is exemplary. "If it was just some average child care center, well, things come and go," she said. "But this is really some- thing special." Committed To Southfield family's reduced dues by participating in our new 'double dues' campaign. Others wi...…
…Not By The Numbers From Bodies To Minds Medicare report tells only a partial story about care at Danto, says administrator. Loewenstein of Gleaners is joining Cranbrook. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer T he public release of nursing home information on the Medicare Web page has focused attention on the Marvin and Betty Danto Family Health Care Center in West Bloomfield. The report states that 33 percent of Danto's 96 residents suffer from i...…
…raisaRDFF HUIC K A M T HE ER I S CPAI RN I TSTYLE The `Allergist's' Shut Touring Fisher Theatre actors cast a little stardust upon the Downtown Synagogue. repeating the gist of an e-mail she for- warded from Detroit member Louis Nino to the Fisher Theatre in advance he Isaac Agree Downtown of the just-concluded touring produc- tion of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. Synagogue has the dubious honor of being located And one thing more: th...…
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…Wrestling Match Federations grapple with budgeting between local and national systems. RACHEL POMERANCE Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York City n undercurrent of tension pervaded last week's annual gathering of the North American Jewish federation system over the relationship between local federations and the national sys- tem. Beyond the workshops and plena- ries in Philadelphia that drew 4,000 people to address topics of Jewish concern, d...…
…funding its overseas partners, includ- ing the Jewish Agency and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which runs programs such as relief and welfare for Jews in the former Soviet Union and the absorption of Ethiopian Jews in Israel. And it "will fall significantly short" this year, according to the national G.A. chair, Richard . Wexler. The Israel Emergency Campaign, which has tallied $326 million to date, is separate from the ONA...…
…DISORIENTED from page 23 I roped I VLitaag TEE ISSUE Celebrate Jewish Love Songs Craig Taubman a me. of traditional and A colle contem ary songs that will passions and stir your imagination! cap . an. U I a 1 _sr _at I I.Ukv115.111_ UPI/ r katft:1 ed A World Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller r 1. t „,,, As professor of cantonal p,r - t L iori" l ert.,00 Hebrew Union Col p elstanding o Benjie brings a contemn rR c and traditional ...…
…Washington Watch Chanukah List? Israel presents its aid request to Washington. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent A s expected; Israel has requested a massive new package of American aid, to . include both outright mili- tary assistance and loan guarantees. Israeli newspapers have indicated that the Bush administration and Congress are all but certain to approve the deal; pro-Israel activists and con- gressional sources say getting ...…
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…THANK YOU... FOR HELPING TO MAKE OUR 51ST ANNUAL JEWISH BOOK FAIR A SPECIAL EVENT! WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU! Members-at-Large To our Annual Jewish Book Fair leadership, steering committee, corporate sponsors, day underwriters and patrons, we extend a hearty Todah Rabbah! Bob Benyas, Cis Maisel ,Kellman Linda Lutz Ropa Rones Reva F 6sen,`Rdialie Rosen Irwin SO* f• Co-Chairs . Dire Teri Sinkoff, Sandy Stark Fla Box Office R...…
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…Insight Remember When • • in2,1>.,s1VERUL.A Target: Gas Guzzlers accelerate the process." The issue of fuel economy has a far-reaching effect on U.S. foreign policy. "Every minute of every day, $200,000 is being sent outside the United States to purchase oil," said Jacobs. "Fifty-two percent of our oil is imported, and that percentage is grow- ing. The only way to deal with the sit- environment and the health of all RONELLE GRIER uation is...…
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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: wvvw.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones rit1ves- ft6AmmG 56? 11.11-, SNORLocK 2 . A Host Of Challenges he challenges facing the new headmaster of Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit will mirror those facing other Jewish day schools locally and around the nation. They are challenges that leaders of the Solomon Schechter-affiliated day school in Farmington Hills no doubt will take ...…
…OTHER VIEWS You Light Up My Life his morning, I looked out my window and saw the dusting of the first snowfall of this winter season. The first thing that went through my mind was, "Wow! Look how beau- tiful!" The second thought that crossed my mind was, "Oh, my God. It's here. Winter. That gray, cold, gloomy time of the year." Approximately 2-5 percent of Americans suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. This is an appro- priately named mo...…
…Naming The Enemy Philadelphia as anyone noticed the dif- ference in the way America's two wars are approached? When the subject is Iraq, the U.S. government is proactive, articulate and specific. But when it comes to militant Islam, officialdom is reactive, awkward and vague. Take the issue of preventive security. To stop Iraqi sabotage and terrorism, the New York Times recently reported, Washington tracks thousands of Iraqi citizens and Iraq...…
…OTHER, VIEWS How many bites will Uncle Sam take this year? My Love For Israel Understanding the Jewish Arad, Israel people in this way comes his Chanukah will be from being in our homeland, my first Chanukah in as opposed to experiencing Israel. life as an American Jew. For the past six The experiences I have had months, I have been studying both in and out of the class- Hebrew in an ulpan, taking room in Israel have elevated classes in Jew...…
…CERTIFIED PRE - OWNED LEXUS BLOOMFIELD from page 33 community took a pass." It's primary concern, he said, was "ensuring Jewish survival, not with challenging evil." To a great extent, South Africa's Jewish establishment refused to take sides in the war against apartheid and shunned the Jewish activists — most of whom never had ties to the formal community. Some of the leaders for social justice in the country — like the courageous Helen Lei...…
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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 44 Mazel Toy! 47 A Sliver Of Hope Bobbie Gottsc In the shadow of war, Seeds of Peace holds its second annual dinner. 0 0 DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor/Education Writer Israeli negotiations at the U.S. Department of State, said the world has entered "a valley of darkness and n Sept. 10 of last year, despair." the day before a cadre of Dr: Miller, who said he hopes to hijackers blasted away leave his current po...…
…For A Cause Two Jewish activists inducted into Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. 4460 Orchard °Poke 92oad, (West (Bloomfield 91i 48323 C PhOnC.' or moral ... I think many politicians would have done well to have had Staff Writer my mother," she added. As a state senator and now presi- n Oct. 30, nine women dent of the Michigan Environmental were induct- Council (MEC), which ed into the works with 65 different Michigan organizations including...…
…On A Mission Federation hosting Miracle Mission in spring 2004. The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will host its fourth Michigan Miracle to Israel April 18-28, 2004. For many in our community," says Lawrence Jackier, Federation president, "the current situation in Israel has produced a tremendous pent-up desire to get there. We're undertaking this mission as a means of responding to those needs in a thoughtful and highly organized...…
…• 1 ' BBYO Heritage Night Is Sunday Michigan Region B'nai Kith Youth Organization will host Jewish Heritage Night 6:45-8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Cong. Beth Ahm. All Jewish high school- age teens are invited. There is no charge. The program will feature Josh Friedman, musician and songleader from Josh Friedman Columbus, Ohio,. who has worked at BBYO Summer Leadership Programs and at Camp Maas in Ortonville. New and tradi- tional Hebrew song...…
…Is•THE•SEASON 12th Annual OLIDAY WALK-THROUGH!" 'TURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 10 A.M. - 2 P.M. IN THE MALL-WITHIN-THE-PLAZA Temple Beth El Cablecasts Concert FREE BLOOMFIELD PLAZA HOLIDAY MUG! Our 12th Edition! DISTRIBUTION BEGINS AT 10:00 AM! Temple Beth El Productions of Bloomfield Hills will cablecast "Those Were the Days," beginning the weeks of Nov. 24 and Dec. 1 on local-access cable channels throughout Oakland County, Ann Arbor and Toledo. ...…
…moult Wishing You Health and Happiness in the Coming Year JFS Announces Staff Changes After 18 years of service to Southfield-based Jewish Family Service, Sandra Hyman announced her retirement. She began her JFS career as a gradu- ate intern in 1984, moved from part-time caseworker to full-time social worker and then was appointed director of Resettlement Service in 1989. She was Ellen named director Yashinsky- of Children, Chute Adults a...…
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…gis rig; .0 0; ; 0 4 0 :a; Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit Menorah, Chanukah; Zvi Gitelman, Hillel; Rabbi David Castiglione, Seniors; Days of Awe, Congregations. - SHABBAT SHALOM Congregation Beth Ahm — Friday, Dec. 6, 6 p.m. "Chanukah, Hummus and Crafts," holiday Shabbat services and dairy dinner. Charge. (248) 851-6880. Jewish Cultural Society — Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. Family Shabbat gathering includes candlelighting, songs and "Jewis...…
…Dec. 2, noon. Up and Out program will feature Chanukah party with entertainment by Cantor Stephen Dubov and his daughter, Alexsandra. $15 lunch; transportation provided. (248) 355-3300. Beth Elders of Temple Beth El — Rabbi David Castiglione will speak on "Sex in the Bible" at luncheon. $10 members, $12 guests. RSVP by Dec. 12: Doris Kushner (248) 352-5882, Hermina Leib (248) 354-9569. YOUTH Congregation B'nai Moshe — Saturdays, 9:30-noon. To...…
…• • It's a go! FEDERATION'S MICHIGAN MIRACLE MISSION"' • „dal April 18-28, 2004 7 „ITN Co-sponsored by We have a date. For the Israel trip you've been promising yourself, call Sally Krugel, Mission Director 248.203.1485 or krugel@jfmd.org DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 11/29 2002 46 This is Federation Visit us online: www.thisisfederation.org …
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…We've Got... 7HAE1 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Jason Marc Berger will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 30, at Temple Israel. He is the son of Donna and Stewart Berger and brother of Rebecca. His grandparents are Lillian Berger, the late John Berger and the late Rose and Harry Silverman. Jason is an honor student at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills. He enjoys hockey, tennis, water- and snow-skiing, sum- mers at Tamarack Camps and watc...…
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