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…DETROIT 'zings NEWS JN www.detroitjewishnews.com junc 4, 1999 Sivan 20, 5759 Vol. CXV, No. 15 DEPARTMENTS Voices For A Community Jewish Community Council leaders seek to change with the times. 41 We're Better Together' Community to cap off centennial of organized Jewish philanthropy. 58 Miracle Of Max A couple reaps the benefits from two tiny lives. _J 1,94tw 72 As World Turns A look at Jewish teachings on how to treat the planet....…

…The Attorney Division of State of Israel Bonds Development Corporation for Israel cordially invites you to attend the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award Dinner honoring Judge George Caram Steeh Judge Deborah G. Tyner Special Guest Speaker John Loftus Noted Author and Former Justice Department Prosecutor Tuesday, June 15, 1999 Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield Dinner Chairmen Julie A. Nelson-Klein Leonard B. Sc...…

…Join us for the Fit For Workout, Fit For A Laugh and only one shouting.. here is an interest in health An elderly Jew saw an ad in a and fitness that is running magazine that said, "Lumberjacks rampant in society today. needed in the Canadian North (Running rampant is simi- Woods." lar to the 100-yard dash, He flew up and reported only slower.) for the job. The 6-foot-3 Here are some humorous foreman, looking down at looks at sports and fitn...…

…ts - ting LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer Pace Heads of Jewish day schools anticipate more room by the fall. As this academic year draws to a close, the administrators of three of Detroit's four largest Jewish day school are looking forward to h-aving some breathing room next fall. Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, Sally Allan Alexander Beth Jacob School for Girls and Akiva Hebrew Day School expect new facilities to open in the fall. The fourth school,...…

…Akiva Hebrew Day School When the school year ends, staff and 250 students of Akiva Hebrew Day School will bid farewell to the Lathrup Village building they've occupied since 1980. And their principal isn't too sad to see the old building closed. "It puts us in a Jewish community and we can be a real communi- ty school," said Rabbi Karmi Gross, Akiva's principal since 1996. "The move is on course, and we're set to go on July 12. All that's le...…

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…ENGINE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS Voucher 'Victory School-choice advocates see gain in Ohio court ruling, DANIEL KURTZMAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washinvon S chool voucher proponents are claiming victory in an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that upholds the controver- sial practice of giving low-income stu- dents taxpayer-funded scholarships to use at parochial schools. Although the court last Friday struck down a Cleveland voucher pro- gram bec...…

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…Assessing The Mission Jewish Community Council leaders HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff - Writer It he Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit has long called itself the voice of the Jewish community. At its inception in the 1930s, it organized small Jewish groups and businesses to fight anti-Semitism, evolving into a lobbying agency in Detroit and Lansing for laws to protect minorities against discrimination in hiring, education and housing. ...…

…seek to change with the times. David Gad-Harf addresses the Town Hall meeting in Royal Oak. Council, and is it still effective? Council Executive Director David Gad-Harf said need is hard to under- stand and effectiveness not easily mea- sured — but the straight answer to both questions is yes. "Much of the work that we do rep- resents laying the foundation for the future," he said. "When there's a crisis, that's not the time to start buildi...…

…Assessing The Mission involved itself with African American/Jewish relationships and with support for Israel in the non- Jewish community, but there was also internal strife within the Jewish com- munity. In his history of the Detroit Jewish community, Harmony and Dissonance: Voices ofiewish Identity in Detroit, 1914-1967," author Sidney Bolkosky described the early competition between the fund-raising oriented Jewish Federation of Metropolit...…

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…■ ■ national organization of all. Jewish community Councils, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. The direc- tor of that network, Larry Rubin, says the Detroit Council has been a national leader, because of the large local population of ethnic groups. "The entire field is concerned with that overriding question of how do we live with our non-Jewish neighbors, " he said. In Detroit, in some ways its a laboratory for that. You have a large Ar...…

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…Quiet ceremonies honor the valor and sacrifice ofMichigan Jewish soldiers. DAVID SACHS Editorial Assistant DAN LIPPITT Photographer E Top to bottom: A solemn moment at the Machpelah memorial in Ferndale. Saul Bernstein of Windsor salutes the fallen. Frank Blase, 69, of Southfield, poses in front of a 155 mm howitzer, as Bernard Feldman, 66, of Southfield, takes his picture. Anna Bunin of Oak Park stands at the grave of Lt. Raymond Zuss...…

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…Training Grounds Schools, social service network help propel Shas'politicalpower. AVI MACHLIS Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem hen the 24 first-graders in black kip- pot (skullcaps) and curly peyot (side curls) chant the traditional grace after meals at Talmud Torah Habayit Hayehudi, their elementary school in downtown Jerusalem, they speak in one voice. Their parents, said Rabbi Shlomo Sharabi, the school's 30-year-old principal, also ...…

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…Russian Increases Jerusalem (JTA) — Russian immigra- tion to Israel is up by 116 percent dur- ing the first quarter of 1999, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel. Some 7,933 Russian Jews immigrat- ed to Israel in the first three months of the year, compared with 3,673 during the same period in 1998. Some 31 percent of the 1,054 immigrants surveyed by the Jewish :,Agency cited anti-Semitism as one of •the main reasons for their move, an i...…

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…main power broker in Lebanon. Barak would seek an Israeli withdrawal as part of an overall agreement with Syria. However, Syrian President Hafez Assad may give Hezbollah the green light to keep launching strikes at the IDF. That move could force an Israeli redeployment — that is, an Israeli defeat — outside the context of any agreement on the Israeli-Syrian negotiating track. Lahad warned this week that if Hezbollah used Jezzine as a base for ...…

…"She had to leave every day at 6 a.m. for the one-hour bus ride to Jerusalem," said Lillian Gold of her daughter. "Having a cooperative hus- band and living on kibbutz all helped." • 5.• From the pages of The Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Promises, Promises An Ordination Fulfills A Dream When the Union of American Hebrew Congregations held its annual meeting in Israel in March, a Detroiter com- pleted a lifet...…

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…itorial The Virtual Voter Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com VOTE Pipe Dream Or Pipe Bomb? r or too lon ba , teachina teaching Palestinian children to hate Jews has been a key component of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's propaganda mill. On a political level, he unceasingly touts the 1947 U. N. partition plan calling for a Jewish and a Palestinian state. Al...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS Finding Family Graves In Romania JEANNIE WEINER Special to the Jewish News A s a child, I always thought it both peculiar and rather magi- cal that the members of my family, with the excep- don of my sister and some cousins, had been born across the ocean in a place called Austria-Hungary This meant that the lan- guage my parents first learned and the places familiar to them were com- pletely foreign to me. Had my grand- pa...…

…• 1. OPINION SAVE THE DATE! A Threat To My Little World Q 1P FORtsCZA eStC CRIBES OF iCSC A real life Indiana Jones story DEBRA LANGER BERLIN )1 _ Special to the Jewish News I am a nice Jewish girl, who grew up in a nice Jewish neighbor- hood. I am now a mother, rais- ing my child in the same house, in the same neighborhood, in which I was raised. Sure, times have changed, but I never imagined that my little world would be threatened ...…

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…- IN HONOR OF DAVID & ILENE TECHNER Please join us in celebration as CHAI LIFELINE/CAMP SIMCHA honors sidered the accords flawed in many respects, he was committed to ail fili- ng the Oslo obligations assumed by the previous aciminis•zrations. He signed the Hebron and Wye agree- ments, but has made further territorial concessions contingent on Palestini- ans' reciprocity and accord compli- ance. Where Netanyahu stumbled was in the realm of...…

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…Community Calendar . . MIS/1111 011 tuttl. 1 1111*1111111111 gr"V"IMU . Iil fI I II * lg iittitiaEggitet 1 C3 Better Together . page 56 Community to cap off celebration of 100 years of organized Jewish philanthropy. hether you'll be wear- ing boots or sandals, sneakers or dress shoes, it's time to get ready for the Walk for Israel, which honors the partnership between Israel and Detroit's Jewish community. The annual walk — Sunda...…

…will gather at an outdoor barbecue and Israeli entertainment in Rothstein Park until 6:30 p.m. The 100-year celebration marks the creation in 1899 of the first cen- tral Jewish organization in Detroit, the United Jewish Charities, under the aegis of Rabbi Leo Franklin of Temple Beth El. Sponsors of Sunday's festivities are the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit, Jewish Community Center o...…

…AJC Honors William Ford The American Jewish Committee (AJC) will honor William Clay Ford Jr., chairman Ford Motor Company, at a dinner at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. Ford will receive the committee's National Human Relations Award. Robert K. Kraft, chairman the Kraft Group and owner the New England Patriots, presidenr of Rand-Whitney Group and the International Forest Products Group of Companies, will serve as ...…

…1 National Council of Jewish Women c-/ Greater Detroit section • Gerald Levin Honored Posthumously The late Gerald Levin, former presi- dent and CEO of Orchards Children's Services, has earned 4' the Community House of Birmingham's annu- al Community Service Award. The posthumous award was presented to his widow, Randie Levin, on June 2. Levin's dedication to helping children Gerald Levin gave the Southfield- based Orchards Children's Ser...…

…It's the end of our Centennial Celebration. It's the start of our new loo years together. JOIN US FOR ISRAEL FEST AND KOS ER FOO 01 ON SUNDAY, JUNE 6th. 4 -1 Ow■ We have a lot to remember and even more to look forward to. Let's bring our Centennial Celebration to a spectacular close, rejoice in our partnership with Israel and mark the start of our next loo years... together. Make your plans now: Kosher Food Fair 1-4 p.m. Israel Fest 1-6 p...…

…Adat Shalom Youth Recognition David Boorstein, Samuel Brickman, Benjamin Brown, Lisa Buch, Jordan Bushman, Jeffrey Colvin, Steven Colvin, Cara Duschinsky, Benjamin Feldman, Daniel Feldman, Aaron Freedman, Heather Gale, Lindsay Goldfaden, Allison Goldin, Amanda Golsky, Sari Gordon, Eric Guttman, Elyse Handelman, The Madelon and Louis Seligman Youth Bradley Hantler, Scott Hantler, Ashley Herbst, Education Award: Ryan Vieder and Ari Breshgold; H...…

…■A ik,_ SAVE THE DATE FOR... * Opening Night as Bar-Ilan University's Detroit Friends host Adat Shalom Houses Homeless Adat Shalom Synagogue's Social Action Committee will host 30 hor-:,.eless guests of the South Oakland Shelter the week of June 6-13. The con- gregation will provide trans- portation to and from the Royal Oak facility, 21 meals during those seven days and hospitality. Special to Adat Shalom's project is the opportunity for ...…

…Notice of ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT The Jewish Community Center Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday, June 17, 1999, 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building, West Bloomfield. The following business will be conducted at the meeting: In accordance with the by-laws of the Jewish Community .Center, - the Nominating Committee has met and designated the following lis...…

…EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST EVERY DAY. A BILL YOU CAN IGNORE FOR 6 MONTHS. Bonds Reception Hears Berk Professor Stephen M. Berk, professor of history at Union College Schenectady, N.Y., will speak at a reception hosted by Marlene and Paul Borman ar 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, in advance of the June 29 Israel Bonds Professional Health Services Division tribute dinner honoring Dr. Mark L. Rosenblum and Stephen Berk Gail L. Warden. A former chair...…

…SZ Sisterhood Elects Balkin Debbie Balkin will assume the presi- dency of Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood. A sisterhood board member for 14 years, she served as sisterhood fund-raising vice president, treasur- Debbie Balkin er and budget/auditor chairperson; she is currently Woman's World treasurer. ",\:;•.4.*.es5 It's a blessing your children have given you grand- children. But you've got big responsibilities. Here's one: Give the parents a subsc...…