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…September 4, 1998 Vol. CXIV No. 2 Stretching Out Young Israel of Oak Park launches a major expansion. Opening Closed Doors The Jewish community reaches out to victims of physical and emotional abuse. Community 46 Cyber Spot 116 Editorials 29 Marketplace 118 Easel Toy! 52 Obituaries 142 Remember When 28 Synagogues 60 This ii That 28 Torah Portion 64 The World 36 Candlelighting Friday, Sept. 4 69 Apple.Tree. page 99 Roots Of Renewal Detr...…
…ROSH HASHANAH GREETINGS ec./4.4. a 5 6 -2ficdi "Aaditiefrt! WISH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE ENTIRE JEWISH COMMUNITY A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Belt whites for a happy, health# (New (year #1 - NAME - 076 7,70 Y en) ;Year— $19.00 111t11`2 These are samples of the personal greetings available to you. To be published: September 18, 1998 May the comiv, s yenv- be filled to all au" Nen& and relatives. with health cold Since 1942, placing Rosh H...…
…For Openers... Words To Live By Or Laugh At at you? But when you take it in the * Plan to be spontaneous tomor- e have often heard that car, it sticks its head out the window. row. "A word to the wise is Steve Bluestone * Always try to be modest and be sufficient." But suffi- * Have you ever noticed? Anyone proud of it. cient for what? gong slower than you is an idiot, and * If you think nobody Many people are quite anyone going faster is a ...…
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…Stretching Out Young Israel of Oak Park has launched its first expansion. JULIE EDGAR News Editor I n another confirmation of Oak Park's revival as a center of Jewish life in metro Detroit, Young Israel of Oak Park broke ground Sunday for a $1.7 million addition that will include a new sanc- tuary and an expanded social hall and classrooms. The event at the 10 Mile Road syn- agogue attracted some 250 congre- gants and non-congregants who ...…
…• \-\ events and offer informal educational opportunities for children and adults, Greenberg said. "We really needed an updated sanc- tuary. It's 30 years old and it looks it and feels it. Last year, we had no women's seating during High Holiday services. This year, the demand will be even higher," he said, adding that the demographic shift in membership includes more children who need seats for services. Weil noted that the syna- gogue comp...…
…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs THEY SERVED WITH COURAGE - I Little is recorded of the gallantry and sacrifice of Jewish Americans in our military since the nation's founding. This and the next column will tell something of that story, citing a few by name and giving voice to the nameless many others who have taken up arms to preserve freedom and democracy. Jewish military figures have also worn the uniforms of other countries with distinction...…
…STATE OF ISRAEL BONDS ISRAEL'S FIRST 50 YEARS at a GENERATIONS FASHION SHOW presented by Linda Dresner & Kiddlywinks and a BUFFET DINNER & BOUTIQUES with Special Guest Sherry Margolis -Fox 2 News Anchor Sunday, September 13, 1998 Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road, Southfield FASHION SHOW BUFFET DINNER & FUN & PROGRAM To Follow 5:00 6:00 p.m. Groner Hall Adler Hall - COUVERT Adult: $40 • Kids 3 13: $20 • Kids under 3: No Cha...…
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…The Chai Riders like to spend their Sundays on the open road. Mt. Pleasant, Birch Run and Frankenmuth. Freilich said some of the Chai Riders have joined large ig-fw4 -1:„ he ten bikers idled their packs of bikers for trips to places as far engines es and waited for their away as Sturgis, North Dakota, and upstate New York. comrades by the Windsor On a recent hot Sunday, half of the Customs station across the 24 riders went on a 185-mile round...…
…abreast in the center lane — always smile at passing motorists who look at you, always wave to other motorcy- clists, and pull over when you get hungry. Only one accident has taken place during a group ride. Last October, Steve "Kindy" Kendler, 37, from Farmington Hills, "laid the bike down and went for a slide" when a driver of a sport-utility vehicle cut in front of him. He separated his left shoulder, bruised his spleen and ribs and suffere...…
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…Above: "Do I really have to go?" Zachary Nusbaum clings to his mom, Lori, as dad, Robert Nusbaum, looks on, his video camera turned off for the moment. Lois 0 Hillel Day School welcomes its kindergartners to the world of chalk and crayons. JULIE EDGAR News Editor 9/4 1998 22 Detroit Jewish News KRISTA HUSA Photographer n Thursday, Aug. 27, a day after its doors officially opened to students in grades 1 through 8, Hillel Day School of M...…
…Above: Melanie Greenspan and her daughter, Pam (in _pink), talk to teacher's assistant Elayne Miller. Max Brown stays close by. L .• From left, kindergartners Eden Adler, Jordana Plotnick, Hallie Berger and Rebecca Fishman make the best of their first day. Below: Kathy Sloan gives her son, Avishai, a good luck kiss. Above: Pam Greenspan clings to her mom, Melanie. 9/4 19%. Detroit Jewish News 22 …
…Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda Market hit by powerful bombs 7-30-91 Bombing, Jerusalem Central Bus Station, 6:48 a.m. within minutes Another Bus Bom bi ng Ashkelon Junction, 2-25-96. t Bomb Attack Outside Dizengoff Center in heart of Tel Aviv 3-5-96. , en David Ado nt was there!! Whenever disaster strikes,- vid Adorn is always there. • erie an Red Wtdtiesday, September 16, 1998 • tan „ 14104: ' Silent Auction.and Cocktails - 7:004010P,:, -...…
…BUY DIRECT & SAVE! EVERYDAY! SAME DAY SERVICE •FRAMES •SUNGLASSES •CONTACT LENSES A Clean Slate Hillel teachers get a new contract, but their old leader loses in arbitration. Association President Malka Littman was unavailable for inter- view, but in a voice-mail message said, "The association is shocked and very saddened at the outcome, and, in truth, we don't understand hclw the decision was reached." Ellmann said that while there is al...…
…JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT g (tatt (11(ulf The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit and the Detroit Maccabi Club would like to thank the 1,200+ host families and 1,000+ volun- teers who helped make the 1998 JCC Maccabi Games a reality. Without your generosity, the Games would never have been possible. You helped create a meaningful and memorable experi- ence for over 3,000 Jewish teen athletes. Again, we tha...…
…JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT We express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to the members of the 1998 JCC Maccabi Games Organizing Committee, Maccabi Games Staff and JCC Staff. These individuals dedicated many hours of their time and helped make the Games an exciting and memorable experi- ence for everyone, with true Detroit hospitality. Again, thank you and congratulations on a job well done! 1998 JCC Ataceai ca mezi...…
…Education alliance formed; Yeshiva U. is tops. The Jewish Federation of Metropoli- tan Detroit Board of Governors last week approved a proposal to form an 'Alliance for Jewish Education" in the next 30 days. A commission with approximately 25 members, the alliance will articu- late a broad vision for Jewish educa- tion in Detroit. It will oversee the Agency for Jewish Education, educa- tional planning initiatives and the Jewish Life Fund, a $...…
…Editorials IN FOCUS Honoring Jewish Education group effort. The artists come from three Buy a gift-quality calendar showcasing chil- Michigan day schools (Hillel Day School of dren's drawings from Michigan and the Cen- Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills, tral Galilee — and, in the process, show you Akiva Hebrew Day School in Lathrup Village care about Jewish education. and Hebrew Day School in Ann Arbor) and The "1998/99 Israel's Jubi...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS Terrorism, Fanaticism Require A Strategy T Afghanistan, the extremists are in errorism is terrifying no charge. Each of these places is a matter how many times it haven and training ground for terror- occurs. ism. The only saving grace is the The bombings of the intense hostility between Sunni American embassies in Kenya and Afghanistan and Shiite Iran and the Tanzania, with the wanton destruc- diminishing hostility between ...…
…PUBLISHER'S NOTEBOOK The Jewish News Keeps Pace With The Changing Face of Information Delivery in how we communicate with each he Jewish News has given other since the first issue of The Jew- birth to twins. Don't ish News arrived in your parents' or expect to find the names grandparents' mail slot. There's tele- of the joyous parents, vision, cable television and Cable jubilant grandparents and jealous News Network, oh my. Satellite sibling...…
…OPINION Our Disposable Parents informed me that it was time for her am the voice of my mother for to move to Michigan. I would be she can no longer speak for lying if I denied that I experienced herself. If she could, this is ambivalent feelings. So I said, "You what she would say: don't know anyone in Michigan "Where are the children? The ones except for our small family and our we nurtured and cared for and sur- friends." Undaunted, and wi...…
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…Global Digest f YOUR CHOICE 12 31E E C TrEIME U.S. Judge Frees Palestinian 1998 CATERA ti Stk. #210043 New York (JTA) — A U.S. federal judge released an imprisoned Palestinian man who has been on a hunger strike since February after refusing to testify about Hamas fund-raising activities in the United States. The judge ruled that Abdelhaleem Ashkar, who was nor a target of the fund-raising probe, was not likely to testify and that any ...…
…replaces Abdul Salam al-Majali, who was dismissed from the post by King Hussein because of his handling of domestic issues. Youths Clearing Camp Site New York (JTA) — Youths from across Europe are clearing the site of a long-neglected Nazi concen- tration camp. The Elrich camp, which held an estimated maximum of 8,000, sat for decades on no-man's-land between the border separating East and West Germany. Many of the camp's inmates were worked...…
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