…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community Li i j 1 9 4 2 1 9 9 2 2 TAMMUZ 5752 /JULY 3, 1992 Court Reignites Abortion Debate Jewish groups on both sides are upset with the Supreme Court. Inside CLOSE-UP iltAi OWN.. No Prince Prince of peace is not the title for Yitzhak Rabin. page 7 JENNIFER FINER and KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITERS hether pro- choice or anti- abortion, Jew- ish groups and elected officia...…
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…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Associate Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Emeritus Philip Slomovllz Managing Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editor Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Staff Writers David Kotzen-Reich Kimberly Litton c(=1 Amy J. Mehler Contributing Editor Elie Wiesel Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis • Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman Larry Derfner Photographer Glenn Triest Lo...…
…EDITORIAL Take July 4th Personally When It Comes To Freedom Fifty years ago, one would be hard- pressed to find anything written about July 4th or Independence Day in the pages of The Detroit Jewish News. Instead, a red-inked, two-lined banner headline shouted in anger and grief that 700,000 Polish Jews were confirmed dead, murdered by the Nazis. Stories recounted how Jews were gunned down in their homes. Articles were written about acts of ...…
…OPINION Yitzh ak Rabin Is Not The Pr ince Of Peace GARY ROSENBLATT Editor A word of ca u- tion about th e Israeli elections: the voters did not move signif- icantly to the left; they care as much about their pocketbooks as they do about disputed territories, • and Yitzhak Rabin is not the prince of peace. The headlines and articles in the American daily press were euphoric, and dangerously simplistic, in describing last week's vote as sign...…
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…UP FRONT Residents Are Concerned About Rabin's Giveaways Residents of West Bank settlements are worried that, under a Rabin government, they will be far less of a priority. LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent lease explain to me Rabin's policy on Ariel, as people ask questions," read the fax from an active Canadian Jewish supporter of this set- tlement, the second-largest (pop. 10,500) in the West Bank. "What areas on his map are his 'give...…
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…I DETROIT West Bloomfield's Draur Criticizes Jewish GOP Leaders KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer W est Bloomfield Supervisor Sandra Draur has accused two Jewish Republican leaders of playing politics to charge anti-Semitism within the state's GOP. In a letter to 1,100 Oak- land County Republicans, Ms. Draur said county Republican chairman Jim Alexander and attorney Frank Mamat wrongly accused outgoing State Committeewoman Ronna Romney of anti...…
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…Kent Schiner and the fight to resuscitate B'nai B'rith International. Cj ON THE ROPES JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent 'nai B'rith International may be likened to an elderly relative: somewhat creaky, but with an honorable past and a future that — in the interest of good taste — is rarely dis- cussed. That's because 148 years after its birth, B'nai B'rith is an organization in serious cri- f* MiZ IMM :n1,7 M-a . sis. The problems ...…
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…CLOSE-UP B'nai B'rith from attracting younger members. The Schiner-Clearfield team has devised a complex plan for changing B'nai B'rith from the bottom up — a scheme that attempts to mix B'nai B'rith's fraternal past, which still appeals to many older members, with the kind of loos- er affiliation that has made groups like the Anti-Defama- tion League — the B'nai B'rith group spawned to fight anti-Semitism that today is largely independent of...…
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…NEWS I' 6, • 1' NA'AMAT/USA ( shoo Greater Detroit Council cordially invites you to attend our ANNUAL SPIRITUAL ADOPTION LUNCHEON — 12:00 Noon — Supporting Israel's Neediest Children Thursday, July 16, 1992 BETH ABRAHAM HILLEL MOSES 5075 W. Maple Rd., West Bloomfield honoring Charlotte Rothstein Former Mayor Of Oak Park "Celebration of Women Award" Modeling/ designs by: NaAmat Timon Students Luncheon: $17.00 Minimum Contributio...…
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…Affording the best is not the question Finding the best is. YOU'RE KING ATA LETHALwEAPON. Rebbe Schneerson Is Recovering New York (JTA) — Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneer- son, the Lubavitcher rebbe, underwent successful surgery last week to remove an infected gall bladder, and is said to be resting comfor- tably. The 90-year-old leader of the Lubavitch branch of Chasidim has also been re- covering from a stroke he suffered March 2. "The surge...…
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…OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE! Primary Election on August 48, Missile Talks Include Israel Washington (JTA) — The Bush administration has re- versed course and decided to include Israel in planned talks on a worldwide system of ballistic missile defense, to the relief of pro-Israel ad- vocates. "It is our hope and expec- tation that Israel will par- ticipate fully in this in- itiative" on "international cooperation on global defenses," wrote Secret...…
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…tional Jewish Coalition, a Republican think tank, and she has taken a leave of absence from the executive committee for Americans For A Safe Israel. Instead, Ms. King, of New York, is focusing all of her efforts on educating Ameri- can Jewish voters about Mr. Bush. She has been gather- ing support for the Jewish Election Committee, laun- ched to "reach out to other Jews whom I know have supported George Bush who would now publicly oppose his e...…
…EDUCATION Grand Finale AMY J. MEltER Staff Writer I Cheryl Blau's 5th Grade Graduates Leonhard Elementary School. n this basket, I have a gift for each of you," Cheryl Blau tells her pupils two days be- fore their June 10 gradua- tion from Leonhard Elementary School. "You may select the one you want as I vis- it your area, but you must not open it." Miss Blau strolls up and down the rows of the room in which she has taught since Sep- tem...…
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