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December 29, 1989 • Page Image 19

…THE WORLD'S FINEST DESIGNERS of Noriega's "Dignity Bat- talions" to assault the neighborhood, Dimmer said. They requested direct American assistance in their neighborhood, which is some 100 yards from the Vatican mission where Noriega has taken refuge. One tank entered the neighborhood for two hours, said Dimmer. He was among several New York Jews who called local members of Con- gress and the State Depart- ment, asking for help in the Jewish...…

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…sider is that he is straightforwardly lying to the people of Israel," Lerner said. The alternative theory, he said, is that Shamir "has been lied to, or fudged to, that the facts have been misrepresented to him by those who speak, or claim to speak, for American Jewry." Overall, Lerner said, a climate exists in the organized Jewish world in which Jews do not feel they can tell Shamir in "loud and clear voices" that his poli- cies are "destruct...…

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…NEWS) • Scratchproof titanium carbide links, interspersed with 18 Id. gold, form the band of the new Rado® Anatom. The anatomically- designed case top and crystal are scratchproof, too. The result: a watch that won't show the passing of time. But will, of course, measure each second with the precision of watersealed Swiss quartz technology. Available for men and women INC. JEWELERS 32940 Middlebelt Road • Farmin•ton Hills, MI • 855-1730 ...…

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…\\i‘ \ \•• . \\N , \ , - • '''`•\s\ V\ s `*•NA***, N, . \ \ 1 ‘, /4 \\\ Agsk, '` •• \ • ••• ‘,• • • `V \ a) 24 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1989 …

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…1=1 ■ 11111MININIIMM IM MIIIIIIIMIIII• MM.= - - - - - - The ROAD BEGINS In its controversial 34 years of twists, turns and dead ends, the recently opened 1496 has had a tremendous impact on Detroit's Jewish community. ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor This project was coordinated and edited by Kimberly Lif- ton. Art was directed and designed by Deb Branner. 1 9 5 5 - 1 9 8 9 •1 I • i t ormer Huntington Woods City Councilman Sidney Ale...…

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…Southfield officials recall a Jewish lan- cities under 30,000 (Huntington Woods) did downer in Lathrup Village named Salman, not. So when the final route was picked, it who complained to city leaders that their ac- went on the north side of Ten Mile (between tion would affect his property for years if the Rackham Golf Course and Coolidge) because highway department was not prepared to of the large chunk already going through buy his land immed...…

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…ME - - - - - - MI - - - NM NE U OM =I NM MI MI MI • MN MN • =M OM MI NM UM NM I - I= MN ME MI The LOBBYISTS hey were an unlikely group of rebels. In- stead of slicked-back, James Dean-style hair they wore kipot. In place of leather jackets they donned suits. And rather than a pack of cigarettes rolled up in a T-shirt sleeve, they carried plans and reports and schedules in black briefcases. Rabbi E. B. Freed- man, Rabbi Feivel Wa...…

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…sions — such as the decks over the freeway — Shabbat and the High Holy Days. Near com- the federal highway department agreed to pletion of the highway, workers sought the ap- grant the Orthodox community. proval of Orthodox leaders to work on Shabbat The Orthodox group, with assistance from to put the -finishing touches on the highway. Oak Park city officials, still had to battle Pres- In addition, the Teitel Federation Apart- ident Jimmy Cart...…

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…MIN111•• 1 Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center 2 This photo, taken in 1985, shows an area which today marks one of three decks over the freeway, enabling pedestrians to move north of the freeway to synagogues and other places along 10 Mile Road. y. 30 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1989 Temple Emanu-El. 4 ■ Federation Apartments. =111•IMIMIIMINMENIMINEMI 5 Congregation B`nai Moshe, 6 Former site of Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue, wh...…

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…NIMM=11====1EMIINIMEMINIIMMINIIIMINIMMIIIM=INIMINI== Th JEWISH CONNECTION ernice Handler was convinced 1-696 would be routed along Lincoln Road when she purchased a vacant 3/4-acre piece of property in 1955 near 11 Mile and Greenfield in South- field. One day she would build her dream house on it. But that dream died a few months later when state and federal highway of- ficials announced that the remaining 9.1-mile link of Mich- igan's east...…

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…In 1984, construction workers contracted by the state transportation department began demolishing several homes and businesses. Among them was this Oak Park apartment complex near 10 Mile Road. Photo by Bob McKeown. citizen quarters in front of the JCC. But, Steinhardt said, the temple was not as for- tunate. "They got to mow their lawn." By the 1980s, after years of steady growth as the only reform synagogue south of 14 Mile Road, the templ...…

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…- - - I=1 - MINMIM NM - - - - - I= Oak Park Mayor Charlotte Rothstein hopes 1-696 will bring even more apartments to the city. Although she expects the Jewish popula- tion to remain steady at about 40 percent, she believes the city's population will grow from its current 31,600 — in part because of the freeway. Rothstein hopes a high-rise apartment and some smaller apartment buildings will be de- veloped in the city now that the freeway ...…

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…I= I= MI I= MO MI NM ME NM IM Mil MN =I NM I= I= NM NM I= ME MIll I=1 MN MO MN MI NM MN MI MIN MN The ROAD TO RICHES? Oak Park's long-serving mayor has been anxiously awaiting the highway's arrival. Will her city prosper? KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer harlotte Rothstein sits in her office, thumbing through papers and sip- ping cup after cup of cof- fee. She has recently returned from a Na- tional League of Cities conference in Atl...…

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…I= I= =11 MI NM MI - - - I= MIN IM NM Mr OM MN I= I= NM OM OM II•11 INN MN didn't give up until we got what we were prom- ised." Now Rothstein says although she is a dreamer, she won't quit working until she is satisfied. "I always knew this highway would come through," she says. "I just didn't know when. It is fantastic for everyone. I always looked at the highway as a positive venture for our city." The city's losses from its tax bas...…

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…I INSIDE WASHINGTON DETROIT'S HIGHEST RATES Minimum Deposit of $500 12 MONTH CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT ••••• Artwork from Newsday by Anthony D'Adamo. Copyright . 1989. Newsday. Distributed by Los Angeles Times Syndicate. 8.000% 8.243% Effective Annual Yield* Compounded Quarterly. This is a fixed rate account that is insured to $100,000 by the Savings Association In- surance Fund (SAIF), Substantial Interest Penalty for early withdrawal fr...…

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…Double Discounts Double Discounts Custom Vertical Blinds Fast 7 Day Delivery * Plus an Extra % THAT 20 Washington director for the Council of Jewish Federa- tions, has been in almost daily contact with dissident Jews in Czechoslovakia. During the recent revolt of the Jewish community in Prague against the leader- ship of a Jew installed by the Communist Party, Talisman offered moral support and a little advice to the dissidents. The studen...…

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…NEWS) Japanese Christian Sect Sings Hebrew Songs BEN GALLOB Special to The Jewish News LOOKING FOR THAT PERFECT GIFT? But you're not sure exactly what it is? Merle Norman of Birmingham has $5-$100 Gift Certificates good for personal services • Manicure • Makeover • Facial • And all Merle Norman Make-up products 280 N. WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM 644-2236 Right in Your Own Driveway! I THE TUNE -UP 4 MAN 1.■•• • Certified by the National A...…

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…the U.S. last year en route to Israel and a much more ex- tended tour this year, which ended last month. The choir gave concerts in New York, Boston, Worcester, Mass., Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Tokayer said Otsuki's followers "were very early" in the practice of "praying for Jews, although they had never met a Jew." He said they were praying for the reunification of Jerusalem before they saw Jerusalem. Choir performances...…

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…MEDIA MONITOR DECORATE Will Jews Be Targets In USSR In 90s? ARTHUR J. MAGIDA Special to The Jewish News W ill there be a blood- bath of Soviet in- tellectuals, former Communist Party members — and Jews — in the USSR in the coming decade? That's the frightening scenario outlined by a Soviet screenwriter and published last June in Iskusstvo Kino, the official journal of the Soviet film industry, and which Time essayist David Aikman sees as...…

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…SOMERSET CLEANERS Same Day Service Monday thru Saturday No Extra Change SHIRTS BEAUTIFULLY LAUNDERED AND FINISHED REG. 900 Same day shirt service available at these two locations: In Southfield, Twelve Mile at Evergreen and Middlebelt at Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills. WITH ANY INCOMING DRY CLEANING ORDER OF $6.95 OR MORE OPEN: Mon. - Fri. 7am - 7pm, Sat. 8am - 6pm TROY 643-0807 LATHRUP VILLAGE 569-7440 2862 W. Maple (at Cooli...…

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…Chagime Jihad, Oppressed of the Ear- th and others — were formed to create a new dimension in religious terrorism: hijack- ings, assassinations, car- bombings and hostage- taking. Once again, the Western powers appeared powerless in the face of a-new threat as they fumbled and faltered for strategies and policies to deal with the fundamen- talists. Meanwhile, as the decade drew to a close, so too did the Gulf War. Within a year of its end Kho...…

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…Jewish Experiences For Families Presents Family Adventure In Israel August 5 - August 19, 1990 What makes the Family Adventure in Israel SPecial? •• THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY TRIP TO ISRAEL WITH MANY OF THE FEATURES OF OUR FAMILY WEEKENDS AND FAMILY CAMP. • Attention and concern for you and your family • Activities and trips designed to interest the whole family with outstanding Tamarack staff • Kibbutz guesthouse accommodations with ti...…

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…PROFILE QUEEN of the CMILE Davira Taragin, DIA's curator of decorative arts, heads the national Wendell Castle furniture exhibit. Davira Taragin seated on the "Bench" designed by Wendell Castle. CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ Local Columnist W hen Wendell Castle lectured at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1986, curator Davira Taragin couldn't believe that there was never a retro- spective exhibition of Castle's designs. It was a logical extensi...…

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…I COMMENT I Why Israel Can't Give Away The Store ERIC ROZENMAN Special to The Jewish News 0 Don't get left out in the cold. Come into Workbench. And warm up to some incredible buys. Bedroom furniture. Dining tables & chairs. Wallunits. Home office furniture. Sofas. Sleepers. Kids furniture. The works. SAVINGS OF UP TO 40% ON PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE STORE! Major credit cards and Workbench charge welcome. SOUTHFIELD BIRMINGHAM AN...…

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…FOUR DILLION FiriCMCIO1 •-• Rather than being attracted to an independent West Bank * and Gaza state, Israeli Arabs — increasingly identifying as Palestinians and a majority in the Galilee — will be the magnet for that statelet. Israeli Arabs might not go to "Palestine," but Arab politics •, could compel "Palestine" to ► come to them. Israel, many argue, is a regional military power •-- which can afford to trade most of the territories and ...…

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…LOOKING BACK • What Were The 10 Most Significant Jewish Events Of The Decade? GARY ROSENBLATT Editor • I A defiant Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered, and later defended, the Israeli air attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor in June, 1981. Life is messy. Decades don't have "themes" that begin and end on schedule, and they are impossible to neatly define. But any reflection on the 1980s and their impact on world Jewry calls to mind events...…

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…The pro-Israel lobby went to the wall with the Reagan administration in the fall of 1981 over the proposed sale of AWACS planes to Saudi Arabia. The administration won a narrow, bitter victory in the Senate, 52-48. The war in Lebanon, which began in June, 1982, met with military success but diplomatic failure, and split Jews in Israel and around the world over issues of Israeli security and foreign policy. The Israeli rescue of thousands of ...…

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…LOOKING BACK Jonathan Pollard, the American Jew arrested in November, 1985, and later sentenced to life in prison for spying on Israel's behalf, was seen as a hero in Israel but his case raised the specter of dual loyalty among American Jews. Pollard Arrested For Spying I n November, 1985, Jonathan Jay Pollard, a 32 year old American Jew working in Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C., was arrested, charged with spying for Israel, set- t...…

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…The intifada, the Palestinian uprising which began in December, 1987, defied the Israeli army and continues to foster violence — and damage Israel's image — as it enters its third year. Serious differences over religious status emerged as a major issue among Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jews, and helped fuel the bitter Who Is A Jew debate that followed the Israeli national elections in November, 1988. Arabs Launch Bloody Intifada `Who ...…

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…I NEWS CONTEMPORARY American Starts Housing Fund For Soviet Olim Jerusalem (JTA) — An American Jewish philan- thropist has given the Israeli government a hand toward solving one of the most troublesome problems con- fronting Jewish immigrants arriving from the Soviet Union — the lack of affor- dable housing. Joseph Gruss, 86, a New York investment banker described as a billionaire, has established a $20 million fund to provide qualified emi...…

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…TORAH PORTION Temple Emanu-El IT'S HAPPENING RABBI LANE STEINGER RABBI L. DAVID FEDER 14450 West Ten Mile Rood Oak Park, Michigan 48237 (313) 967-4020 JANUARY 3- 8:00 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous - 5- 6- 7- 12- 13- 14- 19- 20- 21- 25- 26- 7:30 9:30 10:30 9:00 p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:15 p.m. 9:30 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 9:00 9:00 9:00 10:30 10:45 a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. 8:15 p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. 9:30 10:30 9:0...…

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…the NEW BEAUTYREST ® I On DOC, BY How we answer this question shapes the character of our existence. When a person believes he has lost mastery over his life, he has abdicated his moral power. From a Jewish perspective as well as a psychological point of view, timidity is a worse sin than chutzpah. The person who believes he is helpless has made himself helpless. He who has declared he can do nothing has created a self-fulfilling prophecy,...…

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…I NEWS 1 ' THE OPENING OF SHERWOOD WEST BLOOMFIELD • Atlanta Jews Coping With Christmas Rues ELLEN BERNSTEIN Special to The Jewish News T We cordially invite you to visit our new state-of-the-art design studio in West Bloomfield featuring magnificent Bernhardt, Century and Nicoleffi Galleries. 2 convenient locations to better serve you... Southfield • Tel-Twelve Mall • 12 Mile & Telegraph • 354-9060 Daily 10-9, Sunday 12-5 West Bloo...…

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…If you want higher income from your assets, how about giving them away through... Friday, Jan. 5, 1990 8:00 p.m. Congregation Beth Abraham Hillel Moses West Bloomfield • increased current or retirement income :46 • • ly to study Jewish tradition, observe the holidays and view Jewish films. The congregation has a program for Soviet teen- agers to introduce them to American Jewish life. More than 100 Soviet Jewish families now attend serv...…

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…41. 1NEWS I THE GIFT OF BREAD Q: What is the difference between a slice of bread and a present? A: Both are gifts. The difference between them is a difference in World view. Most peo- ple look and see the slice of bread . . but the person who says a berakka looks at the same piece of bread and sees a gift. (The berakka teaches us to see the bread as if it were gift wrapped.) Bread is the staff of life. Its importance is reflected in the f...…

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…Our Instructor Their Instructor • • • • B.S., retail management varsity cheerleader five years of aerobics classes loves to dance If you're looking for an exercise program, the choice is clear. Many so-called health clubs employ instructors whose only qualifications are a trim body and a talent for exercising. But at the Wellness Program, a new program sponsored by Sinai Hospital and the Jewish Community Center, all exercise is supervised...…

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…I HEALTH ' 1 I belong to the Women's Health Club at the JCC. I go to the non- impact aerobics class two or three times a week. On the weekends I speed walk with my husband.) Margaret Eichner, Ph.D headmaster of Yavneh Academy. • ' '' 1 4 . (1 1 7", • .. . I try to play racquetball three mornings a week.) Susan Zaks, resident director Camp Tamarack. The way I stay fit is keeping busy and watching what I eat.) Shelley Milin, director...…

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…HEALTH VAN SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR SURGICAL PATIENTS The Nutrients You Need For basic good health, don't neglect the following top ten nutrients. EYE EXAMINATIONS & CONTACT LENSES CATARACT • GLAUCOMA • LASER SURGERY Donald S. Beser, M.D., F.A.C.S. Robert D. Beitman, M.D., F.A.C.S. Robert T. Clark, M.D., F.A.C.S. Amy B. Eston, M.D., F.A.C.S. Lawrence L. Stocker, M.D., P.C. W. Bloomfield 5813 W. Maple Bloomfield Hills Sinai Profession...…

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…Attr Ache 7711 - eng PAIN RELIEF OINTMENT THE ONLY FORMULA CONTAINING THE 30 MINERALS FROM THE WOLD FAMOUS MEDICAL MINERAL SPRINGS OF MT. CLEMENS, MICH. the blood can cause abnor- malities in the heartbeat call- ed arrhythmias, muscle cramps and muscle twitching. An estimated 75 percent of the population — and 86 per- cent of women — fail to meet daily requirements for mag- nesium. Sources include soy- beans and soy products, nuts, legum...…

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…I HEALTH Art By Scott Mattern Baker's Dozen: Health Facts BARBARA PASH most dangerous, 3 a.m. on Sunday morning 1. A Winning Smile Braces may be associated with adolescence but an in- creasing number of adults are choosing to undergo this or- thodontic treatment for poor- ly aligned teeth. In the past 10 years, the number of peo- ple over age 21 who wear braces has doubled. Of the four million Americans who currently wear braces, one in f...…

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…IT IS THE YEAR 1990 — and we at FOOTSTEPS PODIATRY CLINIC 13. Warning Signs Each year, more than 350,000 heart attack victims die before reaching the hospi- tal because they refuse to take their symptoms serious- ly. These victims, who waited an average of three hours before deciding to get help, make up nearly two-thirds of the nation's annual heart attack death toll of about 540,000, says the American Heart Association. Warning signs includ...…

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…I HEALTH GAME ROOM SALE FREE LAYAWAYS POOL TABLES • Custom • Antique • Contemporary From $779.95 - $10,000 MS OE yR i v N 1 GC E SOCCE • ABLES BUMPER POOL $3Y995 RECOVERING CLOTH BUMPER POOLS, BILLIARD LIGHTS, AIR HOCKEY 2 PC CUE STICKS 10%-50% OFF Mon., Thurs., La Baron s Sort p Fri. 10-8; 34711 DEQUINDRE, TROY • S. F 15 MILE • 585-3535 Wed., Sat. 10-6; Sun. 11-4; TC u l e o ss d ea dy A new choice for the frail elderly Indep...…

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…HEALTH * • 14 rp it e, Working: A Hazard To Your Health CAROL SORGEN Special to the Jewish News I s your job a pain in the neck? Literally. If so, you're not alone. More and more of us are finding that our jobs are not only our sources of income, they are often sources of aches and pains as well. You probably know some of the symptoms: splitting head- ache, stiff neck, clenched teeth and hunched shoulders. This "tension triangle" —...…

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…HEALTH I T ake your kids to court. Franklin's Junior Tennis Pro ram is open to members and non-members alike. Geare to those between the ages of 5 and 18, instruction is provided on an individual basis at all levels. Sessions fill up rapidly, so call and register today or stop by at 29350 Northwestern, just west of Franklin Road in Southfield. • Winter Session Begins cL. In January To register, or for more information, call: 352-8000 E...…

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