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…--- warposimtworsor• Sibuirg'PlOgir JEWISH SEWS 'TN July 3, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 19 8 Federation Announces Allocations Education is the winner in this year's round of distributions. 97 Happy Birthday, America! Fun ideas to celebrate America's independence. Food. page 118 Community 36 Editorials 27 Easel Tool 45 Obituaries 147 Remember When 24 Synagogues 54 Torah Portion 58 The World 32 Candlelighting Friday, July 3 -Fr.11-1@ gggEE...…

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…• Education Gets A Boost Federation focuses on education in its allocations from this year's Allied Jewish Campaign. ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor Jr ewish education was a winner this year in Federation's Campaign sweepstakes. At its meeting last week, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's board of directors approved 1998 allocations, giving local educa- tional agencies 13 percent more than they received last year. Other local Fe...…

…Scholarships Rise Congregational schools reap a sizable increase in Federation dollars. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer C ongregational schools — many of which are strapped for funds and have com- plained of neglect at the expense of day schools — have won a 145-percent increase in Federation scholarship funds. The $300,000 allocation this year — a $178,000 increase over last year's $122,500 = comes at the same time Federation is launching a $2...…

…Ike g r WISH 4 NEWS Don fowl Nkt,tt- Ycrfrt ,-(-- 1-kurvv. 1 Source Jewish Living In Metrop Vatican Criticism Priest, rabbis and ADL aide say Holocaust statement was too little, too late. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer 'Doti't let left ott of the ((mow." I 1T-1- Hfrqz.f) TO PHONE KNOW EvEKYTHirvG. CALLr, DI"PEP-r FETwEEN mEETrivGr AND AND DEADLINES, iT) r DiepiCuLT TO P-EmEmBER. ouP- . 1)^11...Y rCHEDuLEr, MUCH Les's' WHATr GOIN...…

…Please loins racial anti-Semitism grew from Christianity's religious anti-Semitism, and the Nazis justified their genocide by citing ineffable racial differences. Wine noted that at the beginning of the 20th century, church propagan- da accused the Jews of four sins: Secularism, modernism, capitalism and simultaneously, communism. "We were undermining society. Then the war came. Bolshevism was the great enemy and the Jews were perceived as pa...…

…Fi & %PAIL 4IW County Issues Loom Two Democrats wait in the wings while six Republicans duke it „oat" outfor seats in the 18th and 19th District County Commissioner races. , HARRY KIRS BAUM StaffWriter A s six Republican candidates vie for two county commis- sioner seats in the Aug. 4 primary, two Jewish Democratic candidates without politi- cal opponents will wait in the wings. Among the chief points of difference between the whole p...…

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…Care- Giving, Con Brio Fleischman Residence driver lifts his voice to brighten residents' lives.. Harold Taylor helps Elsie Silverman onto the van for the ride home. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer n arold Taylor had earned his reputation around the Fleishman Residence as a bus driver, who on occassion, breaks out into song. On June 18, he got a promotion to singing while not moving. After watching fellow Fleischman staffer Antonina Zaderey...…

…p susnsuslisususnsTonsnsusiksusususlis, 41 di g 04 0 g 141 " • , who was very abusive to blacks at And I'm a people person. home," he said. "I thought if I He has had a .fair share of experi- could be a police officer, than ence working with older people — could eliminate one position of including an active 87-year-old someone being abusive." mother and several relatives who Taylor still sings, and has been lived more than 100 years. wi...…

…Taking Excitement and a few tears filled the airport as 216 Michigan teens departed for Israel. David Brown gives his father, Emery, a goodbye hug while his mother, Carol looks on. IMIC ichelle and Lou Elkus weren't nervous as they watched their daughter, West Bloomfield High School student Rebecca, leave for Detroit's "Teen Mission 2 Israel." They were envious. "If you could turn the clock back about 30 years, I'd be right with them," said...…

…Off JULIE WIENER Staff Writer This page, top to bottom: GLENN TRIEST Photographer Rebecca Hyke, Rebecca Shaw and Brett Hyke wait to board the plane. Terry Greshoff wipes away her tears as she says goodbye to her mother, Erica Grushoff Kathy Harnish peers in the window to watch her son, Jodi, check in. Parents were not allowed inside the terminal. Teens check in at Berry International Terminal. A,14004,› Erica Rossmoore of L'Anse Creus...…

…VIPIPIPENEKNomormt 9 BUNK JUNK • .1.• • Outside, Looking In We Have Everything Your Camper Wants • Beanie Babies • Tie-Dye Towels • Key Chains • Chupa Chupas Candy • Tie-Dye Body Pillows • Diaries • Tie-Dye Laundry Bags • Wizard Candles • Tie-Dye Sheets • Games • Squirt Bottle Fans And Much, Much, More!! NCSY trip to Israel targets 50 unaffiliated teens. JULIE WIENER StaffWriter NE Camp Packages, Free shipping any item over $15. One...…

…• A R E) 5 !TF INN1 i> H RTS ,11,R :ACK E Shabbat dinners and holiday celebra- tions and running Israel culture clubs in public schools. The outreach appears to have worked for Gregory — the only Jewish student in his high school — who said he hopes to study Hebrew when he returns from Israel. Last week, as he prepared to depart for /Jt • A R „ %.„„, , . A L. -F.. F, V.,./E A R 11'4G }EFTS 0 TERS Z. §w. si Es omEr - c)UTE K /CHE ...…

…A Shabbat Timeout Maccabi Games athletes and host families will be treated to special Shabbat celebrations. LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter things we do during the week of the Games. The athletes get cheated of that during the shorter Games." or the first time in six years, Kellman's father, Jay Robinson, Shabbat will be a part of the who died in April, agreed to bring the Jewish Community Center Games to Detroit in January 1997 Maccabi with th...…

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…Enchanting Readers A puppet show and crafts on Sunday kicked off a summer's worth of great reading. • This page, top to bottom: Raizel and Dovi Young inspect the puppets after the show. Puppeteer Igor Gozman shows the magic behind his art. (from left) Yonah Pollack, Yehuda Pollack and Yitzhak Applebaum are enraptured by the puppet show. 7/3 1998 22 =/\ …

…Left: Sam and Lisa Tencer concentrate on their art project. Below: Robert Axelrod is pleased with his bookmark. JULIE EDGAR News Editor JOSHUA KRISTAL Photographer r or the next six weeks, par- ents and children will enter new worlds together. On Sunday, Jewish Experience for Families kicked off its Sefer Safari Reading Program with an afternoon of puppeteering and craftsmaking. The program is meant to encourage read- ing as a bedtime ri...…

…You've heard from friends, from neighbors, maybe even from members of your family that the Michigan Miracle Mission is a wonderful. way to experience Israel. You've heard about the direct flights from Detroit, about the five-star hotels and air-conditioned buses. What you may not have heard is that we will have different itineraries for first-timers and for repeat vistors. All this and more for $2,995 per person! And, if you pay before Octob...…

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…Editorials >-0 Here's To An Uplifting Mission Swimming in the Dead Sea, rafting on the Jor- dan River, camel riding in the desert and disco- ing on a boat promise fun times. But observing Shabbat in the Old City, praying at the Western Wall, hiking to Masada and visiting the Israel Museum are bound to spawn more lasting impressions. That's why we think teen travel to Israel should focus more on Jewish education than on popular excursions an...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Special Trip To Israel: Serving In The Israeli Army T COOKIE KOBLIN Special to The Jewish News his is a very special year. The State of Israel is turning 50 and, in Septem- ber, I will celebrate my 60th birthday. I decided to combine these two special events. In the last 25 years I visited Israel 17 times, and in six of the previous times I had volunteered to work in the Israeli army. I found this work fulfill- ing becau...…

…EDITOR'S WATCH Rabbi Jacobovitz: An Inspiration To The Detroit Jewish Community ers and volunteers for a variety of Jew- ish learning experiences. A Tel Aviv native who has lived in the U.S. for 28 years, Rabbi J is wide- ly respected for spanning the streams of Judaism to help bind us as a people. He's as comfortable chaperoning eople relate to people. In Reform, Conservative and Rabbi Avraham unaffiliated college students Jacobovitz' case,...…

…OPINION Jewish Unity Reliant On Conversion-Crisis Compromise conversion crisis, which arose anew he 170 Reform leaders the week of June 8 when the govern- from North America who ment decided to resubmit conversion arrived in Israel recently to legislation to the Knesset. celebrate the state's 50th Finance Minister Yaakov Neeman anniversary found themselves in the gave them a passionate plea for dia- middle of the country's religious logue am...…

…CHAMEQHME 0 COMPANY JEWELERS and ANTIQUARIANS But the "compromise" proposal now being considered says not a word about the Chief Rabbinate working with the Reform and Con- servative movements. No mention is made of the lenient spirit that was to be adopted in conversion courts. Mentioned is the one element of the original recommendations that the Chief Rabbinate was happy to accept: affirmation of its right to be the sole authority to conduc...…

…Weizman Strikes Again LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent 4:e&<4 ‘4" ,., "14‘411i ,isvas, fef,54 I srael President Ezer Weizman, holder of a non- partisan post, is now being called the "true leader of the Israeli opposition." In calling for new elections this week because the peace process is dead in the water, Weizman put life into the peace movement, threw down a challenge to Prime Minister Binja.mM Netanyahu and shook the political sys...…

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…SPECIAL SHIPMENT with the way he framed his argu- ment. Two weeks ago, the Holocaust Council reaffirmed its selection of Roth even as additional essays surfaced that included criticisms of Israeli poli- cy toward the Palestinians and addi- tional Holocaust comparisons. The Council also unanimously blasted crit- ics for what members agreed was a campaign of personal vilification against Roth. But Roth's cause was damaged when he was blasted by...…

…ommunity Families... Here's To... Eugene M. Mondrusov, son of Mark and Zivaida Mondrusov of Livonia, was awarded a president's medal by Kettering University. ■ Yad Ezra provides kosher food packages to 1,000 families every month. The families helped by Yad Ezra include: the elderly working poor disabled • single parents new Americans those in emergency situations. With your help, all families in our community can enjoy a nutritious and sa...…

…Sallen Chapter Hosts Picnic The Men Friends of Na'Amat/Sallen Chapter will host its annual family and friends picnic Bar-B-Q, 5 p.m. Thursday July 16, at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills. Proceeds will go to support child day care centers in Israel. After the picnic, Concert in the Park will start at 8 p.m. The $9 charge per person includes everything. To reserve, call Sallen Chapter, (248) 669-9451 or (248) 553-9123. Listen to this: Energi...…

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…JPM Events Are Varied ;=-Th The Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center will host the Yiddish/Jewish film series. The movie Two Sisters will be shown at 12:45 p.m. on Monday, July 6. (There will be no Sunday evening showing.) There is no charge. The second of Oak Park summer concert series will feature Ron Coden at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, at Rothstein Park; bring a blanket. This program is free of charge. In case of rain, concert ...…

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