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…S SEVENTY-FIVE CEN SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY • HAPPY MARCH 29, 1991 / 14 NISAN 5751 . …

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…CONTENTS PASSOVER Kashrut Conflict In The Gulf JAY LECHTMAN Chaplains and JWB are at odds over Passover needs of Jewish soldiers. Breaking Barriers 11 DETROIT AMY J. MEHLER Local agencies face budget cuts despite successful Campaign. Sharing matzah brings blacks and Jews together NOTEBOOK 56 22 The good ol' daze are coming back with a vengeance. 24 38 FOCUS Maxine Berman is leaving her mark in the state capitol. 50 SPORTS ...…

…EDITORIAL Exodus Miracles: Today's Passover As we celebrate the ancient holiday of Passover, marking the birth of the Jewish nation and the freedom to worship our One God, we reflect on the startling parallels between the original Exodus from Egypt and the current exodus to Israel. Each is a miracle in its own right, and the words of the Haggadah are as compell- ing, and relevant, today as in days of old. "This is the bread of affliction," w...…

…OPINION How We Can Help The Poor For Passover DANNY SIEGEL Special to The Jewish News I f there is one single holi- day that remains im- printed on a Jew's mind — it is Passover. No matter how dim a per- son's Jewish memory has be- come, no matter how far astray a Jew may have gone from his or her Yiddishkeit — somewhere in the circuits of the mind are recollections of a seder, of the taste (pleasant or unpleasant) of matzah and maror, of...…

…SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN CANCER DETECTION WERE MADE BYA RETIRED TICKETAGENT THE JEWISH NEWS ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz MANAGING EDITOR: Phil Jacobs ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITOR: Elizabeth Applebaum STAFF WRITERS: Susan Grant Kimberly Lifton Amy J. Mehler CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elie Wiesel WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: After 50 years of working on the railr...…

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…DETROIT Successful '91 Allied Campaign Will Leave Local Agencies Short ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor T he Detroit Jewish community's achiev- ement in raising near- ly $45 million in one year for the Allied Jewish Campaign and Operation Exodus will not be shared in full by local Jewish agencies. The Jewish Welfare Fed- eration recipient agencies were warned three weeks ago that an Allied Jewish Campaign shortfall would force them to decreas...…

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…DETROIT Holocaust Survivors From Poland Are Wary Of Walesa's Statements AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer R abbi Charles H. Rosenzveig re- members an 11-year- old boy with long, dark payot (sidelocks) who waited in the dead of winter at a train depot in the Polish town of Skarzysk. He was on his way to Bialystok, and needed to change trains. Suddenly, a Polish man walked up to the little boy and smacked him twice across both sides of his face. T...…

…He said Polish Bishops issued a document that was read Jan. 20 in parishes all over Poland that denounced anti-Semitic Christian theo- logy and apologized to the Jews of Poland. "It's clear that amazing and important events are happening in Poland today," said Rabbi Daniel Polish, whose synagogue sponsored the reverend's visit. "Most Jews can trace their roots back to Poland and "Walesa may have a checkered past and is far from guiltless, but...…

…I DETROIT The Wachter Family Christians Continued from preceding page wishes you & yours A Healthy & Happy Passover! May Israel be blessed with everlasting peace David Wachter & mains AWARD WINNING SINCE 1922 Downtown Birmingham 540-4622 Novi Town Center 347-1600 HOURS: Mon.-Wed., Fri & Sat. 10:00-5:00 Thursday 10:00-8:30 HOURS: Mon.-Wed. & Sat. 10:00-5:00 Thurs. & Fri. 10:00-8:30 when Jesus told his disciples the bread was his ...…

…Complete Auto Repair a • MR- . MECH Foreign & Domestic seconds because those who protested became violent," said Ann Arbor Police Cap- tain Gary Kistka. "This time, they did not want the large confrontation that had been standard in past years." Ten police officers in riot gear stood by during Satur- day's demonstration. The on- ly other spectators were a few members of the media. Added Capt. Kistka, "It was the police's idea not to let any...…

…FOREIGN CAR BROKER JOEL H. GOODMAN Lensmen Record Jewish Sites In Czechoslovakia "I will better any price you have been quoted." Save now! Buy or lease the following new imported cars • Mercedes Benz • Infinity • Ferrari • Lexus • Many • BMW others • Jaguar • Porsche Call 313-399-9075 Global Galler Inc. To all our friends and family HAPPY PASSOVER Prague (JTA) — A group of Czechoslovak photographers is carrying out an ambitious proje...…

…t>.# •cs ' Niekk Israel To Launch Spy Satellite Jerusalem (JTA) — Criticism of the performance of Israel's intelligence ser- vices during the Persian Gulf crisis produced a sur- prise announcement by Defense Minister Moshe Arens: He told the Knesset that Israel would soon laun- ch its own spy satellite. The disclosure was the first mention of the device in public by a senior Cabinet member. Israel has launched two experimental com- municat...…

…I NEWS mom IIMEM UJA's Chief Executive Resigns Effective July 1 A■ lo F1331W3 cA/Vhy is this T as sover different? * The Persian Gulf war has ended. * Over 2 million Russian Olim (immigrants) are due to arrive in Israel during the next 3 years. * 2/3 of them are interested in engineering and science careers. * The Arrow Missile (the advanced successor to the Patriot), hi- tech radars and other weapons used in the war were developed at...…

…FORMING A NEW MISPACHA 'Protocols' Tract In Australia Sydney, Australia (JTA) — The Adelaide Advertiser, the leading newspaper in South Australia, has been blasted in the federal Parliament for promoting the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" as a guide to current events. The advice was given in the context of its daily column, "What's Your Prob- lem?" which referred to the anti-Semitic forgery which originated in Czarist Russia as th...…

…NOTEBOOK I Reviving The Good Old Daze GARY ROSENBLATT Editor "Come Join Us" OTZMA (Now in its sixth year) 'It's a 10-month fellowship program in Israel for only $1,000.* •It's travel, study, work and exploration. •It's hard. It's fun. It's the best adventure you'll ever have. 'It's for outstanding young men and women, age 19-24. •It's easy to find out more. Contact Sivan Maas, Israel Desk ISRAEL DESK (313) 661-5440 *In Michigan, a p...…

…• ■■■ ••1 NEWS I Happy Passover lb Our Customers and Friends British Rabbi Wins $800,000 Religion Prize New York (JTA) — Lord Jakobovits, outgoing chief rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, has been awarded the 1991 Templeton Prize for Pro- gress in Religion, marking the first time that the prize has been given to a Jew in the award's 19-year history. Great Britain's Prince Philip will present the prize to the outgoing chief rabbi...…

…PASSOVER Kashrut Conflict Continues In The Gulf JAY LECHTMAN Special to The Jewish News I t would seem that the spiritual life of some 2,000 Jewish servicemen has been little affected by the war in the Persian Gulf. Despite living, working, and fighting in Moslem lands hostile to Jews and Judaism, soldiers had candles and dreidels for Chanukah, groggers and hamantashen for Purim, even lulavim and etrogim for Sukkot. On the eve of Passover...…

…During Vietnam, "the JWB had cases of kosher food which they made available to Jewish chaplains to supplement diets," said Rabbi Landman, the council's part-time depu- ty director. "Apparently they had a budget that made this possible." Jews who remained in uniform were most often in places where obtaining kosher food was relatively easy. Subsequent budget cuts and staff reductions left the council's skeleton, peacetime staff ill-equipped to m...…

…PASSOVER Kosher Meals Might Be Ready Next Time Keeping kosher during combat may soon be a minor war-time worry, if several rabbis and a diet products manufacturer get their way. Because of the conflict in the Persian Gulf, the military has exhausted its supply of MREs — Meals Ready to Eat, the stan- dard ration of the soldier in Saudi Arabia, which include pork. This gave Army Chaplain Mark A. Abramowitz and others the opportunity to pursue ...…

…The Jewish Welfare Federation, its Agencies and Beneficiaries of the Allied Jewish Campaign wish A Joyous Passover From Our Family to Yours May our Festival of Freedom bring peace and hope to all people, everywhere lr:\ yr% iCkv• ■■■■■■ .'+fa"Ilk.,. '1411.11111.1 4 ._ ■ Ni.:".;."1 ".; ■ :::1 • Agency for Jewish Education •Akiva Hebrew Day School • B'nai B'rith Youth Organization •Fresh Air Society • Hebrew Free Loan Association •Hillel Da...…

…PASSOVER WAITING FOR WOMEN'S EXODUS Now in its 15th year, the author's feminist seder celebrates mothers, grandmothers and prophetesses LETTY COTTIN PROGREBIN Special to The Jewish News N obody needs three seders. God seems to think two are enough. Yet I have come to feel that the holiday is incomplete without the all-women ritual that I have attended on the third night of Passover every year since 1976. Why is this night different from...…

…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 Martin Gene Dinner Chair Max Fisher Honorary Dinner Chair BENEFACTORS* Audrey and William Farber Beverly and Irving Laker ...…

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…BACKGROUND Foreign Correspondent W ithout warning, a small, black pistol materializes in the hand of Israel's most con- troversial cabinet minister. It rests naturally in his palm, a finger curled comfor- tably around the trigger. "No," he says, with just the suggestion of a smile touching his lips, "I am not concerned about my per- sonal safety. I am always prepared." Perhaps, but Rehavam Ze'evi is no Boy Scout. He is leader of the Moledet...…

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…I The Neighborhood Project invites you to a with 130,000 jobs in Israel. If we stop all this, which is ex- actly what King Hussein did, they will have to look for work elsewhere. They will emigrate." Unlike Rabbi Kahane, Mr. Ze'evi and his party draw the line at forcible transfer, except in the event of an at- tack on Israel's eastern border by a coalition of Arab armies. Security considerations are not the only factors that drive Rehavam Ze...…

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…YOU COULD BE A WINNER AT Your Storage Receipt Enters You In A Grand Prize Drawing July 20th! Arabs Featured In Vanity Fair What is Vanity Fair com- ing to? Two lengthy, serious ar- ticles in the current issue on Saudi Arabia's King Fand and the byzantine, murderous inner-world of the Palestinian leadership make this hyper-glossy, often frothy magazine ap- pear as if it is trying to become a popular version of Foreign Affairs. Writer Peter ...…

…PASSOVER I Handicapism. It's Thinking That People With Disabilities Are Different. People with disa- bilities are really like the rest of us—diverse, complex, each with different strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes. Sometimes they may need more help than you do. But they always need a smile, a hello, respect and dignity. Just like you. Treat every person you meet like a person. It's as simple as that. A Jewish Association for Res...…

…The Finest Expressions Of Love Come From . . Passover food." (Eastern European Jews traditionally do not eat peas or beans dur- ing Passover.) The elder Mr. Jacobs suggested that Max- well House coffee be certified kosher for Passover in 1923, which led to increased sales in Jewish neighborhoods during the holiday. Joseph Jacobs pursued the idea. "My father thought that a haggadah compiled by Orthodox rabbis and im- printed with the Maxwell H...…

…FOCUS POWER 7'he Al ax KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer L ansing — On a framed poster above Rep. Max- ine Berman's desk is a row of footprints. To the left is an outline of a large man's foot and to the right is a small silhouette of a woman. It is 45 minutes before a morning session, and Ms. Berman sips a cup of coffee, reads the morning Detroit Free Press and snacks on a small pack of crackers. Poin- ting to the poster, which carries the s...…

…State Rep. Maxine Berman is still fighting for the "causer red wool coat and matching hat to begin her short trek from the Roosevelt House of- fice building to the Capitol. She talks about issues; many issues. "Every hour you can talk about a different issue," she says. "This job is never bor- ing. It's a wonderful job. There are a lot of things you can do. I've had direct im- pact." Her unbending position on choice seems to be a constant pre...…

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…"mm•"1 NEWS I Le Pen Fined For Slur Paris (JTA) — A French court has imposed a $2,000 fine on Jean-Marie Le Pen, the leader of the extreme right-wing National Front, for insults he made three years ago about a member of the French government which included a slur on gas chambers. The court, in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre, imposed the fine for remarks Mr. Le Pen made in September 1988 in which he mockingly used the last name of Michel Dur...…

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…ON PERSONAL STYLE My style is quality. Furniture is very expensive. If you use quality pieces, good design is ageless. One should buy a few pieces and one should buy the best they can afford. ON CLIENTS & BUDGET'S to scan new surroundings in the same way U.S. agents scan the surroun- dings of a traveling presi- dent. Perhaps the sight of Scud missles raining down on a non-combatant Tel Aviv to the cheers of Palestinians will provide a more ...…

…" :N. - S:SS;S?SSS VOLUNFEER LINK e PROJECT SHEET The Hebrew word sherut means service. Project Sherut provides in-kind goods and services to community service organizations. Each week. we will publish requests for needed items. Persons interested in helping to meet these needs should contact Miriam !merman at The Jewish Community Council at 962-1880. Also, organizations or groups in need of in-kind services should contact The Jewish Co...…

…COMMUNITY Racism To Be Topic Of Oakland U. Talk Grant To Yad Ezra Will Help Emigres The Jewish Students Organization/Hillel at Oakland University, along with the Jewish Community Council, the NAACP-Detroit Chapter and 20 other organizations and academic departments at O.U. will sponsor the appearance of Daniel Levitas, executive director of the Center for Democratic Renewal, in Atlanta, Ga., noon April 8 in the West Crockery, Oakland Center...…

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…ISRAEL By The Grace of G-d The Safest Place in the World Baruch Hashem 477-8974. Rabbi: Craig Allen. Services: Friday 6:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Passover Services: March 31, 9 a.m.; April 4, 8 p.m.; April 5, 9 a.m., 8 p.m.; April 6, 9 a.m. (Yizkor). Wine. Services: Friday 8:30 p.m. There will be no service the first night of Passover. This is an evening for the family seder. SHAAREY ZEDEK T'CHIYAH 27375 Bell Rd., Southfield,...…

…!TORAH PORTION I The First Festival Of Freedom's Joy When we go away on vacation, morn prefers to stay at Georgian Bloomfield. She receives the medical attention she needs, visits other residents, and feels secure and comfortable. RABBI RICHARD C. HERTZ Special to The Jewish News I If someone you love needs short-term nursing care, visit Georgian Bloomfield and find out how both of you can enjoy better vacations. Georgian Bloomfield 29...…

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…SPORTS Lauren Wolfe puts a hold on an opponent. ROBERT ELLENSTEIN Special to The Jewish News auren Wolfe has all the attributes of a normal 14-year-old girl. She plays violin in the orchestra, is treasurer of her eighth grade class at Okemos' Kinawa Middle School and regularly attends Hebrew school. Lauren also plays basket- ball, soccer, volleyball, soft- ball and runs long distance. Since her bat mitzvah last June, she's been involved wi...…