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…THE JEWISH NEWS UP FRONT Three Jewish Amigos Preserving The Past Left: St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church now boasts 2,000 members. Left inset: When Congregation B'nai Moshe was first completed, there was no school wing. Below: Unable to find a seat during High Holidays, children would line the steps to the balcony until ushers chased them away. Congregation B'nai Moshe's former home to be designated a historic district. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR S...…

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…May 30, 1997 1 1 OPINION Detroit A new memorial and remembrances. Still A Mitzvah Hero Jeff Lazar has grown up, but his passion for volunteer work is just as strong. TELL ME WHY Bows And Ties Judaism's view of nudity. 45 Daddies and daughters put on their dancing shoes for a night on the town. THE PULSE Organizations cut through the fat. 89 5 Off They Go But which singles trip to Israel will provide the most bang for the buck? ...…

…Join The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame On June 9th at the 7th Annual Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf and Tennis Invitational Tam O'Shanter Country Club — West Bloomfield, Michigan Dick Schaap Ralph Kiner - Join Master of Ceremonies Dick Schaap and Baseball Hall-of-Famer Ralph Kiner, this year's recipient of the Hank Greenberg Memorial Achievement Award in celebrating the courage and accomplishments of the legendary Hank Greenberg to ben...…

…tzvah Hero PHOTO BY DAN IEL L IPPITT JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER t age 14, Jeffrey Lazar was honored as a "mitzvah hero" by The Jewish News. The summer before entering ninth grade, while classmates were attending camp or play- ing sports, Mr. T a zar organized a back yard A carnival raising over $6,000 for muscu- lar dystrophy research. Seven years later, the 22-year-old is still a "mitzvah hero," working as a part-time coordinator for the Na...…

…Land For Care Jewish Family Service and Sinai Hospital receive a joint grant to provide services to aging Holocaust survivors. marketing and development at JFS, said part of the money will go to a program that provides home-based meal preparation, companion and housekeeping services to Holocaust survivors with little income. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER D r. Charles Slow has built a psychotherapy practice on counseling people who survived th...…

…Some of them dig antiquities Some of them dig music of them dig ALL Two summer programs sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and subsidized by individuals and foundations will ensure memorable Israel experiences for 46 Michigan students interested in archeology and advanced music study. They are participants in the David Hermelin Archeological Excavation at Zippori and the Ulpana Israel Academy of Music summer program....…

…Trekking For Trade 0. Gov. Engler traversed Israel on his first-ever trade mission to the Holy Land. PHOTO BY NEAL DUCHIN NEAL DUCHIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Gov. Engler visits Yad Vashem. ith entrepreneurial de- termination, Gov. John Engler enthusiastical- ly passed out his He- brew-English business cards to Israelis. Accompanied by a 15-member delegation from Michigan, Gov. Engler traveled the length of Is- rael on his first-ever t...…

…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CXI No. 14 /--' > Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Copy Editor Lynne Konstantin Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jill Davidson Sklar, Julie Wiener Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspond...…

…IMP VV 014. TREKKING page 10 porter in the United States. Most of the goods that leave the state are transportation-related, but the governor is hoping to open markets in high-tech areas. One of the delegation mem- bers, Steve Arwood, director of Michigan's International Busi- ness Development Office, not- ed that Michigan companies- are seeking new growth markets and that mid-sized businesses often benefit the most from the assistance of ...…

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…qk‘tie,\% Ls Right: Ariana Gerebelo, 3, jumps into the hula hoop contest. Below: Emily Kimmel, 10, dances elegantly with dad Robert Kimmel. Bottom: Otto Dube places a corsage on 5-year-old daughter Annie's wrist. . !•• CC UJ LLJ 4 ojittIrs op, pretzels and chips were there for the taking, but they remained virtu- ally untouched. The 100 or so fathers, grandfathers, daughters and grand- daughters at the Daddy-Daughter Dance at Shaare...…

…Far left: Jessica Weisberg and Arielle Nelson hoop it up. Left: Barry Weisberg pours a glass of pop for 8-year-old daughter Jennifer. Below: "YMCA" always gets people on their feet. …

…Running Unopposed Berkley's Jewish school board candidates share a commitment to public education. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER The biggest issues Ms. Berg- er White sees on the Berkley schools horizon are budgeting and schools of choice. Like oth- er districts throughout the state, Berkley schools face the chal- lenge of generating more rev- enue despite limitations imposed by the Proposal A referendum. B erkley voters are either ap- atheti...…

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…to ;A k. < From Majority To Minority JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER T welve years ago, when Joyce Zack was elected to the Oak Park school board, all but one of the board members were Jewish. Ms. Zack — whose children graduated from Oak Park High School before she joined the board — is retiring this spring, and the district she leaves behind is far dif- ferent demographically than the one she originally encountered. Once predominantly Jewish, ...…

…PHOTOS BY BIL L HANSEN lowed each vignette, with the au- dience adding personal anecdotes and questions. WDIV-TV reporter Lila Orbach moderated the event. Although she is getting married in about two weeks, she said, "People think I'm gay because I had lunch with Rosie O'Donnell when I was work- ing for Fox in Boston." A photo of the two subsequently appeared in Out magazine, claiming that Ms. Orbach "came out." "I would be happy to come out,...…

…• A Sad Passing Focus: HOPE became a leader in Harf said. "He gave people ferent backgrounds, religions improving human relations, throughout the metropolitan and races. reaching out to various segments area the opportunity to play a "In a way, he served as our con- of the community and science," he continued. "Even utilizing their resources. though he wasn't Jewish, David Gad-Harf, ex- he served as a reminder of ecutive director of the ▪ ou...…

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…Costly Care Parents complain, but the JCC defends infant-toddler tuition hike. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER I wo months ago, many parents were angered when the Jewish Commu- nity Center's Child De- velopment Center (CDC) an- nounced it would be raising tuition for its infant-toddler pro- gram. When the new rates go into ef- fect in September, parents will pay $975 per month plus the an- nual cost of family membership at the JCC, making the CD...…

…SUNDAY JUNE 811-1, 1:00 5:00 P.M. CAMP MARS - ORTONVILLE, MICHIGAN RAIN OR SHINE We're Kicking Off Our 95th Anniversary — And You're Invited! Bring Your Family And A Smile! Directions to Camp Maas: Take 1-75 North to exit 101- Grange Hall Road. Travel east on Grange Hall Road. When Grange Hall Road dead ends, make a RIGHT turn, which keeps you on Grange Hall Road. Make a LEFT turn on Barron Road. Travel 1.3 miles to the second Perryville Ro...…

…d Ground has been broken, and buildings are soon to rise on the site of the Lubavitch Campus of Living Judaism. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER T here is not much more than open fields on a 40-acre plot west of the Jewish Com- munity Campus in West Bloomfield — now. But if the bulldozers that are currently clearing weeds and woodlands keep up their pace, it won't be long before the Campus of Living Judaism starts to take shape. The Lubavi...…

…1! while it is Lubavitch-spon- sored, the college "is really an independent corporation run by a board of trustees." Ilya Kozadayev enrolled 7 JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM in the institute's computer 8 POST GRADUATE ACADEMIC BUILDING curriculum for "a lot of rea- 9 RETREAT CENTER sons. First, it's a Jewish in- 10 UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC BUILDING stitute, so I don't have any 11 STUDENT HOUSING problem with any Jewish 12 MARRIED STUDENT HOUSING schedul...…

…COLLEGE GROWS page 25 Classes are currently held at the Lubavitch Center on Mid- dlebelt Road in Farmington Hills. The building has been sold to the International School, so come August, it will take up temporary quarters at an unde- termined location until the new campus is completed. While the school will accept students of any religious back- ground, the institution provides a Jewish environment, Rabbi Shemtov says. Men and women are separ...…

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…AUDETTE 7100 Orchard Lake Rd. • West Bloomfield • 810-851-7200 UHS Official's Papers At U-M The University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library has ac- quired the papers of Bernard Isaacs (1882-1975), the first su- perintendent of United Hebrew Schools of Detroit. ing season are: President, Richard Harris; vice presidents, Ross Benchik, Howie Gerenraich, Mitch Lefton, Wayne Lusky; sec- retary, Mark Sperling, treasurer, Larry Schlussel;...…

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…• k‘ , Checking The Purpose Of The WZO Congress Vote Last week, The Jewish News used this space to urge our community to join the rest of American Jewry in taking part in the World Zionist Organization's Centennial Congress election. At stake is the disbursement of some $400 million to programs such as immigration and absorption as well as other important plans and programs within Israel. This is all supposed to be a positive happening. By ...…

…Community Views Editor's Notebook A New Memorial And Remembrances What Was Lost, What Will Remain RABBI SHERWIN WINE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR Franklin Delano Roosevelt's enemies were legion If Hitler had prevailed, we too Roosevelt was at The WASP establishment hated would have joined the Holocaust one time a Jewish him because they resented his "be- victims; the State of Israel would hero. That re-...…

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…■ EVERYONE SAVES AT the week, a Head Start school uses the space for classes. "It is a very active, very much alive congregation," said Bishop Hilliard Like the building at Dexter and Lawrence, most other synagogues in the city have become Protes- tant churches. Still more have been leveled to make way for parking lots as well as other de- velopments. The congregation, at one time known as the Hungarian Hebrew Congregation, began in 1911 wit...…

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…New President For Beth Shalom Calendar COMMUNITY Mark A. Goldsmith, a former chairman of the executive com- mittee of the Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, will be installed as the new president of Congregation Beth Shalom during Shabbat morning ser- vices on Saturday, June 7. Mr. Goldsmith is a former member of the Michigan Regional Advisory Board of Directors of ADL and has served on the Fed- eration's...…

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…weekdays 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 5 p.m. Please join the congregation for kiddush following services. BETH SHALOM TEMPLE BETH EMETH 2309 Packard Road, Ann Arbor, (313) 665-4744. Rabbi: Robert D. Levy. Direc- tor of music: Ann Zibelman Rose. Ser- vices: Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. 14601 W. Lincoln Road, Oak Park, (810) 547-7970. Rabbi: David A. Nelson. Can- tor: Samuel L. Greenbaum. Ritual direc- tor: Rev. Samuel Semp. Services: Friday 6 p.m.;...…

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…I-411 r4N 1,1 RAI The Bare Facts Does Judaism have anything to say about nudity? ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR /- Q: Since Adam and Eve were nude in the Garden of Eden, and since people are born naked every day, it would seem Judaism should endorse nudism, right? I mean, didn't God create people without any clothes? Yet you rarely hear about Jews at nudist camps, do you? Why is that? A: Oh, brother. My friend, a basic concept of...…

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…Weddings If its happening in music, next Friday's Jewish News will have it. Its "The Beat" with Gary Graff. The first Friday of every month in the Entertainment Section. Gal-Moshe Ariela Bracha Moshe and David Gal were married recently at the Southfield Michigan Inn. Rabbi Jacobovitz of Machon L'Torah, the Jewish Learning Network of Michigan, officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yecial Moshe of Yavne, Israel. The groom is t...…

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