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…DIMWIT JEWISH NEWS 'TN www.detroitjewishnews.com Back to school: Devorah Levine, 11, of Oak Park, takit ).1i*es in her 6th grade class at Yeshivas Darchei Torah. This Week: .'` / *•67 Sept. 3, 1999 Elul 22, 5759 Vol. CXIV, No. 2 1 DEPARTMENTS I SV This 6 Edifice Week Complex A $40 million construction boom for Jewish facilities. onununity 41 Row-. For Rent New apartment building will be home to seniors. Synagogues 67 Software To ...…

…Bringing It All Together THE JEWISH FEDERATION liv ho exactly is "Federation" and what do they do? The answer is really quite simple. It's you. And every other member of the Jewish community of metropolitan Detroit. The Jewish Federation was created to centralize and fund services for all members of our community. Working in partnership with its constituent agencies, Federation identifies needs and mobilizes human and financial res...…

…For Openers Tehotchkes For Israel's First Astronaut hen Israel's first astronaut boards a U.S. space shuttle in about a year, he will carry with him artifacts that "emphasize the unity of the people of Israel and the Jewish communities abroad." Col. Ilan Ramon isn't yet ready to reveal precisely what "things" he will take along, but he sees his two-and-a- half-week mission in space as a "good stage to proclaim that we [in Israel] need you, a...…

…This Week WC' \\ • Ts s- A • • HARRY KERSBAUM Staff Writer ••- • • , s, KRISTA HUSA Photographer 4 . ,set3asbMF.0 • &t.• nyone traveling through Jewish communal Detroit this summer has probably noticed that the roads aren't the only things under construction. Orange cones and yellow trucks decorate Jewish sites all over the area. Ten major projects are under way, at a cost of close to $40 million. The work, ranging from the con...…

…Edifice Comply A::. 4 . p.WAR111 14 C This summer has seen a $40 million construction boom for Jewish community facilities. the Jewish Vocational Service in Southfield, will provide day care services for clients with dementia disorders. Kosher lunches and activities will pro- vide respite for the families of 70 to 90 clients a week, a high priority with an aging population. The Brown Center in West Bloomfield was "funneled" into the norma...…

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…The 'Other' Issues Questions about schools and race simmer in Southfield City Council primary. ii. To promote understand- ing, the city, through its community relations depart- s in many ment, has co-hosted a num- Michigan cities, ber of multicultural events. the Sept. 14 pri- These include a series of mary for four city International Cafe nights council seats in Southfield featuring dinner, dancing includes debate over improv- and entertai...…

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…14. ":\ • • ,' ‘N. \ *Yr N\ In general, the focal point of a culture is its religion. Q1 While there are some exceptions, worship service tends to center on experiences familiar to individual culture and ethnicity. In addition, each culture seems to respect, trust and take direction from their religious leaders. The city of Southfield can use this relationship to work with these leaders to develop intercultural programs that do not conc...…

…The Jewish News asked the Southfield City Council candidates to answer two questions. Kevin Threatt and Marilyn Williams did not respond to the questions. Following are the questions and responses from the eight other candidates: Q1 Southfield is a culturally diverse city. During your term on council, what would you do in regards to multicultural relations? Q2 Some say that Southfield has a history of slightly contentious relations between th...…

…MASTERS OF COMPOSITION - H Broadway and Hollywood may never again see the likes of the gifted Jewish composers of musicals whose names have blazed from the marquee and the screen. Some of the earlier greats were Kurt Weill who gave us The Three Penny Opera and Street Scene, and Richard Rodgers of Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The Sound of Music and The King and I fame. Frederick Loewe produced My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot with lyricist...…

…errilsr k To Efr. Wt' . Returning to school, students take up their academic loads. The Way, We Learn DIANA LIEBERMAN Stag Writer G etting an education these days is heavy work. Just ask the students at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit. When the four largest Jewish day schools opened Wednesday for about 2,000 students, many had given up the traditional backpack. Instead, they were pulling canvas cases in wheeled luggage carts...…

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…IT 1:11MIA TO PIIIIVHIRI; A JEWISH EMTATION f011 YOUR 11111,11 DJECT... Bus Problems he Jewish Federation and all area congregations believe that we can help ensure our future through Jewish education. New routes and times for Southfield school buses vex Akiva and Yeshiva students. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer S \ _ ome parents at Yeshivat Akiva and Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will have to do more driving this year, as the Southfield Public ...…

…Left: Participants at Apples and Honey and Lots, Lots More stream through the activities area. Far le , top to bottom: Building her own edible graham cracker house is Julia Simon. Bracha Leeba gets a hand painting from IYQ2 the Clown (Peter Cooper). Susie Terebelo helps her daughter Jillian string an apple-shaped bead necklace. Cranking down on the apple press are Yonah - Pollack and Jacob Abramson. Taking a break from work at the event a...…

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…"IL Tait' Ai Archery helps kids learn the fine points of focusing. KRISTA HUSA Photographer R achel Roszler says she's into archery as "another way to beat the boys. The 10-year-old joined about 20 other like-minded William Tell wannabes, in signing up for a second week to practice her skills at an archery range in Bloomfield Township. The classes were an offering of the day camp held at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit...…

…Honesdale, Pa. S the students and staff. Together they created a nearly non-stop laboratory of what many referred to as "doing Jewish." That came in study sessions, diverse prayer groups, leadership class- es and an array of electives ranging from exploring the Jewish themes in Disney movies to "50 ways to use your shofar." After a typical day of activities — from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. — groups stayed up past 2 a.m. to sing Jewish songs un...…

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…national," said James Zogby, presi- dent of the Arab American Institute. "People are feeling very good about what the community is able to do," he said in an interview. American Muslim groups are indeed acquiring "political muscle and legitimacy,' said Steven Emerson, a specialist on terrorism. But Emerson said he believes the movement is led by groups that are largely "fundamentalist and pro-terror- ist." More moderate Arab Americans, such as...…

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…• Washington Watch State Still Has Role JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent ith Secretary of State Madeleine Albright finally off to the Middle East, after some last-minute jockeying by Palestinians and Israelis, the White House and State Department shift to preparing for the explosive "permanent-status" negotia- tions. Those talks, with the Wye Agreement conditions seemingly under way for now, will take up a host of volatile issues ...…

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…Getting Closer Barak hopes for final peace deal on all but Jerusalem by February. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem t sounds like a tall order, but Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak seriously intends to have the essential elements of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute wrapped up by February. With the practicalities of imple- menting the Wye accord squared away - - a deal on when and how to imple- ment the agreement was due to be...…

…Israeli rescuer dropped everything to save lives amid rubble in Turkey. Call Of Duty AVI MACHLIS Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Aviv 0 fer Pomeranz had just arrived in Baden for a serene Swiss vacation with his wife and three chil- dren when the phone rang. On the other end was his friend from Israel's National Search and Rescue Team. It was Aug. 17, just hours after the ground shook for 45 devastating seconds near Istanbul, Turkey, and Is...…

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…Remember When • Former Pistons star Mahorn encounters a di erent culture at training camp on a kibbutz. Ethiopian, Italian, German, Russian — it doesn't matter," he said. "Whatever you are, basketball is on another level." The camp was subsidized and also had a lot of corporate sponsors, including Marriott and Nike, said Tanya Mazor-Posner, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's senior community development associate. HARRY KIRSBAUM S...…

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…Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: w-ww.detroitjewishnews.com Values And Technology n less than a single generation, the Inter- net has become a massive, revolutionary new medium for communication, a force linking people and institutions around the world with almost magical speed and intimacy. Moreover, the medium has a special partici- patory quality unlike earlier mass media, such as radio and televi...…

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…SPECIAL COMMENTARY BIG KIDS STILL LOVE THEIR Protecting Citizens is been a long, hot, ugly sum- activities in the public schools. In courts mer. Synagogues torched. Chil- across the land, Christian holiday activi- dren shot. Orthodox men ties and prayers frequently were attacked. Jewish landmarks observed and led by publicly paid chap- defaced with swastikas. Hatred has lains. During the 1950s, at a time of marred the weeks leading up to ou...…

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…New High Holiday Services At The JCC. Spiritual. Warm. Informative. Friendly. Lively. Warm. Exciting. Warm. Free. Here's To... Aviva Robinson, a Bloomfield Hills artist who works primarily on paper, recently became a member of the board of the American Craft Museum in New York and the Michigan Humane Society Debra Darvick, a writer from Birmingham, has been awarded a residency at the Ragdale Foundation, an internationally acclaimed artists ...…

…. izAk k ‘.!. '`4 • kv,;., a ‘,..,„ ca ties communi Matt Prentice displays an entree at his restaurant Morels, A Michigan Bistro in Bingham Farms. SHELL' DORFMAN Editorial Assistant ith the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit already reserving dates for the newly renovated David and Marion Handelman Social Hall/Auditorium, its new caterer, Matt Prentice, is about to launch into the kosher-catering business. The president of t...…

…• visit our w a rehouse showroom! WAREII011S Spanning The Generations W hen Rena Meyers first began taking religious school classes to tour Ira Kaufman Chapel, a lot of parents wouldn't sign the permission slip. "Now, they ask if they can bring their children who aren't even in the class," Meyers said. A big part of this change in attitude was brought about by the insightful work of David Techner, a funeral direc- tor at the Southfield ch...…

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…N Building Bonds Dr. Aliza Shenhar, president of Emek Yezreel College in the Detroit Jewish community's Partnership 2000 region of the central Galilee, , visited 0 metro jDetroit last week, seek- ing to establish a Detroit- based Friends of Emek Dr. Aliza Shenhar Yezreel College. A for- mer Israeli ambassador to Russia (1994-1997), Shenhar gave a presen- tation to members of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Board of Governors. S...…

…Concert To Benefit Children of Chernobyl On the heels of the latest flight carry- ing Jewish children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to Israel for treatment, another family fund-raiser is in the works locally. Chabad's Children of Chernobyl rais- es money worldwide on behalf of chil- dren needing medical assistance as a result of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine (formerly the Soviet Union). The children suffer from ...…

…JCC Unveils. Fall Classes At Oak Park Facili ty / - /- / The Jewish Community Center's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building in Oak Park is offering a wide range of classes this fall for preschoolers and other children, pre- teens, teens and adults. Creative dance with Harriet Berg introduces young children to basic dance movement. The first class, from 10:15-11 a.m., is for 3 year olds. The 11:15 a.m.-noon session is for 4 and 5 year olds. Both ...…

…Learning to care for an elderly loved one just got easier. for nine weeks. The cost is $55 for members, $70 for non-members. A jewelry-making class teaches how to create simple, fun jewelry. The series meets Wednesdays for nine weeks. The fee is $60 for members, $75 for non- members. A $15 additional fee for mate- rials is paid to the instructor. Two series of bridge classes are offered for seven sessions. The morning class runs from 9:15-11:...…