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July 04, 2003 • Page Image 101

…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK All Things Jewish "The JCC — more than any other agency more than any other organization — has the opportunity and the ability to affect and permeate the lives of every person in our communi t y. " — Sharon Hart, immediate past president I is Detroit Jewry's central address — a place to learn, advocate, mingle, work out, dine, relax and grow culturally, whatever one's Jewish upbringing. But is the Jewish Community Center ...…

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…LETTERS Wneereseyrve the right ws ge eet w t eisrh Njte ers. 0 es inedth. eLj e t jos ea oc rti .c.1 tt thatBrelatty We prefer e r lettleers reject one letter per 4-6 week period, space permitting. Letters must contain the name, address and title of the writer, and a daytime telephone number. Original copies must be hand signed. Mail to the Jewish News at 29200 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax to (248) 304-8885; or e-ma...…

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…For Openers Lending An Ear T eens and telephones: The mix might be every parent's night- mare, but not for Robert and Nancy Levy of West Bloomfield. Their daughter, Alanna, decided to collect old cellular telephones as her mitzvah project for her bat mitzvah at ALAN Temple Israel in West Bloomfield last HITS KY April. Associate Collect old phones? Not wear them Editor out? Nancy Levy saw a notice for donatea- phone.com , an Ann Arbor-based ...…

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…OPEN JULY 4TH 9-91 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS JEWISH RENAISSANCE WWW. detroitjewishnews.com l i PUBLISHER Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com Associate Publisher David M. Neill dneill@thejewishnews.com ADVERTISING SALES: Sales Coordinators Kristen M. Komlen Mina Vickers Washtenaw Account Executive Kristen Wargelin Staff Writers Shell Dorfman sdorfman@thejewishnews.com RE DAILY & SAT. 9-6 THURS. - FRI. 9-9 SUN. 12-4 blocks to FR...…

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…IMPORTANT DIAMONDS News Digest BEST PRICES GUARANTEED! Girl Wearing Star Attacked Egypt's Anti-Semitism Reported Down Berlin/JTA — A teen-aged girl wear- ing a Star of David necklace was attacked in Berlin. Several other teen-age girls report- edly attacked the 14-year-old in a case initially reported to the police on June 27. Police spokesman Hansjoerg Draeger told the JTA that the victim, who comes from the Ukraine, board- ed a city bus...…

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…This Week RINKE CADILLAC 86 Years And Still Delivering BREAK: 100- .4try NEWS DIGEST from page 9 THROUGH GMAC Pull Ahead Program Is Back!!! If your current GMAC SmartLease expires between July 1, 2003 and January 2, 2004 Please Call for Details. ! 2-YEAR GM EMPLOYEE SMARTLEASE 2003 CTS $ 299 M MO O . with 52,722 due at signing• *No security deposit required. 2-YEAR NON-GM EMPLOYEE SMARTLEASE Stk. # 172556 $34 9 MO. with 53,0...…

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…Something Extra Covering The World merica's major newspapers and news- magazines gave significant coverage to the Iraq war, but whether they did enough to prepare and enlighten readers about terrorism and related issues before 9-11 is a legitimate concern. A top Los Angeles Times editor hammered on this theme in his greetings at an awards banquet of 80 Jewish journalists last week in California. The ban- quet, the highlight of the four-day a...…

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…Summer Shabbat Services Friday Services at Temple Israel Begin at 7 ugust August 22 Simone Wale ga August 29 Royal Garden Trio Summer Shabbat Picnics 2003 Fridays at 6:00 p.m. July 4 & 25, August 15 Please join us for this wonderful, joyful experience Enjoy a reasonably priced buffet supper or bring your own picnic dinner. We provide paper goods, plastic ware, candles, wine or juice, and challah for Shabbat blessings. Please call Liz...…

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…TaMEIFICIFF DODGE Energy's Impact Oil deters peace, says expert. he problem is not just about running out of oil or who is providing it," said former Clinton administration Chief of Staff John Podesta. The problem, he said, is "we are running out of environment." Podesta, now a senior fellow at the National Resources Defense Council, gave the 2003 Milton M. Alexander Memorial Lecture at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township before 350 peopl...…

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…phis Week Analysis What's Next? Just getting to the cease-fire was hard enough. LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency • Palestinians say is taking their land? The cease-fire declaration coincided with a visit to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the White House's national security adviser. Her main purpose was to make clear to both sides what the United States expects of them, and to signal the U.S. determi- nation to push the road map. ...…

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…TIT/ missioning illegal weapons. The Americans also are exerting heavy, and apparently successful, pressure on European and Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia, to clamp down on fund- ing for Hamas as part of the struggle to strengthen the Palestinian Authority and weaken the fundamentalists. But what if the Palestinian Authority is unable to impose its authority on all factions, and the shooting continues? On June 30, the day after the c...…

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…Ihis Week MORTGAGE at a ANK you can TRUST our 'ASE OFFER Conventional and Jumbo ADJUSTABLE and FIXED RATE MORTGAGES Some American media are reporting that the recently announced "cease- fire" by Palestinian terrorist groups is a response to the growing strength of Mabmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority; a recognition that the violence brought no politi- cal gains and a decision to join with the Abbas government in the renewed negotiations...…

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…All In The Family The Lichter brothers teach the healers. never wanted to do anything else. We both set our sights on that goal and we Staff Writer were both fortunate enough to get there." Ann Arbor When Paul started college in 1956, at the kvells uena Lichter Allen was only in fifth grade, so they thought of her two boys. weren't very close. Retail Prices "They're both wonderful "I don't remember him growing up. sons to me and I can't do a...…

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…Insight Remember When • • Flash Point From the pages of the Jewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Farmington Schools adopts international affairs course, despite community objections. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaffWriter semester. Also voting against the half- credit course were trustees Linda Enberg and Jack Inch. Voting for adoption of the course for fall 2003 were trustees Priscilla Brouillette, Gary Sharp, Frank Reid...…

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…This Week Insight INSIGHT The Heritage, Southfield's premier retirement community has been providing Exceptional Senior Living for nearly four years. The Heritage offers a choice of: • Independent and Assisted Living • Outings and/or events daily • Spacious studio, one and two bedroom apartments • Restaurant style dining • 24 hour staff available Call for details and to reserve your spot in our CELEBRATION SERIES For more informat...…

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…OpE'on Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Still In The Dark Dry Bones he U.S. Supreme Court last week pro- vided a terribly disappointing decision on affirmative action, one that ratifies the status quo, but does almost nothing to resolve the larger question of how America is to deal with the persistent educational inequality plaguing blacks in our society. Writing for a 5-4 majority, Justice Sandra ...…

July 04, 2003 • Page Image 118

…OTHER VIEWS Documents Of Life ur friend from Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Jack Ginsberg, was in the process of opening a non-profit, all-encompassing resale shop on Eight Mile Road called Knightsbridge Charities. People brought in all kinds of stuff Someone evidently left, in error, a thick brown folder with old documents. Jack decided to seek help in finding the rightful owner and called me. I was intrigued, both as a Zionist and as a minor ...…

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…Hitler On America New York Ci t y generally unknown sequel to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf will soon be published in English, according to a recent article in the New York Times. Written in 1928, Hitler's Second Book as it is known, includes revela- tions about Hitler's global strategy, including his determination to wage war against the United States. Yet the book also reveals that there was something about the United States that Hitler liked —...…

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…• 31 www_z'Sn , * State-of-the-art library planned with future growth in mind. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News T ITN 7/ 4 2003 24 he new Southfield Public Library building, described by some as the "Taj Mahal" of city libraries, has opened its 185,000 books to the public. When proposed, the library's size divided the city politically. It took three millage votes before the struc- ture was approved in 1999, but once the archit...…

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…2003 LEXUS L13430 4.3-liter, V8, Leather, Moonroof, HID Headlamps, Premium Sound System Jewish Women's Foundation Names Grant Recipients The Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit (JWF), which enhances the lives of Jewish women and girls through philanthropy, announced its 2003 grant recipients. Foundation trustees awarded $8,500 to JCare Women's Health, $7,500 to Healing Waters, $7,000 to Opening Windows for Widows, $6,800 to Si...…

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…Com unity n,. OFFICIAL BALLOT 2003/2004 It's time for the 2003-2004 JN SourceBook's 2nd Annual Readers' Choice Awards. Tell us your picks for Jewish Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor! Complete this ballot and mail, fax or submit online to us by July 11. We'll publish your picks in this year's JN SourceBook arriving the week of Sept. 22. For your ballot to be considered: • Vote for only one choice per category. • Submit only one ballot per pers...…

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…Together. One Community. Going to Israel. Here's To .. Mary Fisher, a 1966 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood gradu- ate, and a writer and founder of the Family AIDS Network, and Dr. Joel Cohen, a 1961 Cranbrook graduate, and a professor of popu- lations at Rockefeller University and Columbia University in New York City, have been named Cranbrook Community Schools' 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. Rabbi Marci Rayna Bloch, forme...…

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…Community I get the Jewish News at school because it lets me know what's going on both here and at home. Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit - Stephanie, U of M - A2 SHABBAT SHALOM Congregation B'nai Moshe — Friday, July 11, 6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat with musical instruments and contemporary and traditional melodies followed by 7:15 p.m. Mediterranean dinner. $15 adults, $18 guests; $7.50 ages 4-12, $9 guests. RSVP by July 7: (248) 788-0600....…

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…Mazel Toy! TRADITION! TRADITION! Athingsje•ish.com New Arrivals June 21 Julie (Lesser) and Patrick Smyk of Farmington Hills announce with much love the birth of their first child, Hannah Morgan. Sharing in their excitement are grandparents Dr. James and Joani Lesser of West Bloomfield and Dr. Tony and Joan Smyk of Troy. Proud great-grand- mother is Elaine Lesser of Bloomfield Hills. Hannah is named in loving memory of her maternal great-gr...…

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…Community Mazel Toy! NEW AftRIVALS from page 31 New Arrivals April 8 Cheryl (Megdall) and Dr. Mark Silverman of Farmington Hills are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Benjamin David (Zovel Berel). Welcoming Benjamin home are proud big sisters Samantha Marleigh, 4, and Laya Rachel, 22 months. Sharing in he excitement are grandparents Dr. Stuart and Adele Megdall of Birmingham and Allan and Mary Silverman of Southfield and great-...…

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…FADER-SATZ F arina ' s S uzanne and Sheldon Simon of West Bloomfield and Bob and Loretta Satz of Farmington Hills are very happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Julie Satz to Lee Fader, son of Leslie Fader-Silver of Ventnor, N.J., and the late Jack Fader. Julie earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a doc- torate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University in New York. She is in private practice in Ne...…

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…Ask The Orthodontist Community Save That Smile One out of three boys and one out of four girls will experience a dental injury by the time they finish high school. An• Illinois hospital study says that almost 10% of all dental injuries are sports related. In collision sports, such as football, hockey and boxing, the risk of injury is obvious. Athletes who participate in these sports are required to wear protective gear. However, in contact...…

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…INSIDE: Synagogue List 44 Torah Portion 45 0 Rabbi Wine, with students at the Birmingham Temple. THE POWER OF MAN Retiring Rabbi Sherwin Wine, founder of Humanistic Judaism, weathers controversy to leave a worldwide legacy. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer fter a congregational career highlighted by the founding of a Jewish movement, Rabbi Sherwin Wine retires from the Birmingham emple confident its new leaders are well- prepared...…

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…Cover Story THE POWER OF MAN from page 37 Celebrations Rabbi Wine, 1963 Rabbi Wine at the 1971 dedication of the Birmingham Temple building. receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in Hebrew letters. Following ordination, he served as a U.S. Army chaplain in Korea, was assistant rabbi at Temple Beth El in Detroit, then was founding rabbi of the Reform Congregation Beth El in Windsor. "While I very much enjoyed being a rabbi, I was not c...…

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…because we were in the neighborhood, but because they believed in what we were creating," he said. "It solidified us with the result of the battle proving what Humanistic Jews believe — in solving the problems of life through people." Though they met in various cities, the congrega- tion retained the name Birmingham Temple, even through their final move in 1971. It was to a seven- acre campus in Farmington Hills, now housing the temple, the 19...…

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…Spirituality THE POWER OF MAN Cover Story from page 39 Susan Citrin 11' 7/ 4 2003 40 Rabbi Silberberg Rabbi Nevins Rabbi Cohn-Sherbok Deborah Rose with Rabbi Wine at the retirement celebration. Temple involves a presentation on an admired figure from Jewish history. "Why should they be reading some- thing that they don't understand that is chosen because it coincides with their birthday?" Rabbi Wine said. "This way, they choose so...…

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…maintain his position as dean of the movement's rabbinical school. He also will continue to lead and expand public discussions at the Center for New Thinking in Birmingham, which he founded in 1976 as a com- munity forum for new ideas in the arts, science and philosophy. He will, no doubt, continue to be a fixture in his Birmingham community, where he begins most days early, with a three- to four-mile walk, followed by hours at a table in the ...…

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…444444444014444444444444 a Spirituality Cover Story TEMPLE ISRAEL'S a FAMILY LIFE CENTER a a a a lig In Conjunction with The Ca ring Community Committee & the Temple Treasures, Presents: THE POWER OF MAN from page 41 Our Monthly Senior Adult Program 1111111aMS c Jews presents a sil While secular Jewish groups have been around since the mid-19th century, Humanistic Judaism celebrates its 40th anniversary this year "In terms of philo...…

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…Spirituality CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851- 5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m., 9 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. B'nai mitzvah of Adi Hod, son of Nava and Ze'ev Hod; Shugmi Shumunov, son of Nailya and Mais Shumunov. AHAVAS ISRA...…

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…Synagogues/Torah Portion CONGREGATION BETH EL TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM TEMPLE BETH EL Remo 2525 Mark Ave., Windsor; (519) 969-2422. Rabbi: Jeffrey Ableser. Cantor: Marci Shulman. Services: 5:45 p.m. the first and last Friday of the month; 8 p.m. intermediate Fridays. 7400 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township, 48301, (248) 851-1100. Rabbis: Daniel B. Syme, David Scott Castiglione. Cantor: David Montefiore. Services: Friday 6 p.m. Saturday 10;30 a.m. ...…

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…N. • Aging Gracefully Modern lifestyles are changing the definition of old age. RUTHAN BRODSKY Special to the Jewish News B aby boomers are creating a demographic shift so enor- mous that people in their 50s or even in their 60s are no longer defined as old. Born between 1946 and 1964, boomers are breaking all sorts of myths about aging. For instance, the feverish demand for Viagra by men age 55 and older should dispel the myth that the l...…

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…Red, White And Jewish In honor of Independence Day: surprising, fun and downright weird information about Jews and the United States. ove over, Clint Eastwood. Eat your heart out, John Wayne. America's first really big Western star came around long before anyone had even heard of those two His stage name was Gilbert Anderson, and he was Jewish. (More on this in a minute ...) `I , Wive-hundred Westerns — now that's a real man. Today, not t...…

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…iippleTree RED, WHITE & JEWS from page 47 O in the middle. Eastern-European Jewish immi- grants brought the bagel to the United States. An American Jew brought them to Israel. Gary Heller, a native of New York, began his bagel - business in Jerusalem by importing frozen dough from Manhattan's H&H Bagels, founded in 1972 by brothers Helmer Toro and Hector Hernanadez. He then cooked up the bagels in Jerusalem and soon had plenty more cus- tom...…

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…~ oo At Co oni.al erican Jews • • . . • . g T4e . 1, 44 A,. it), Passion For Pewabic Metro Detroit Jews maintain a love a air with a 100-year-old Detroit institution. CINDY FRENKEL Special to the Jewish News I rene Walt had no idea when she emigrated from South Africa in • 1961 that she would help rescue a Detroit institution. Pewabic Pottery, the Midwest's only historic pottery, is celebrating its cen- tennial this year, after endurin...…

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…Best Bets CLASSICAL NOTES FAMILY FUN The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin and conductor Ion Marin, performs The Romance of Rachmaninoff, featuring the composer's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Berlioz's Le Corsaire and Symphonie Fantastique, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 11-12, at Meadow Brook Music Festival. $9-$55 advance/$14-$60 at the door. (313) 576-5111. The city of Oak Park's Funday includes activities at She...…

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…PERSONALS CHARMING, Attractive educated, modest restaurateur seeks customer with a taste for good food. Jews In The News NATE BLOOM Special to the Jewish News Dylanesque Notes In a funny coincidence, Bob's oldest son, JESSE DYLAN, 36, directed Levy in the third installment of the smash American Pie films — American Wedding, opening Aug. 1. Bob's youngest son, JAKOB DYLAN, 33, the leader of the big sell- ing band The Wallflowers, contribut...…

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…Arts & Entertainment PASSION from page 49 University District, Sherwood Forest and Palmer Woods all have such homes. Several apartments on East Jefferson also are filled with Pewabic tiles, as are older homes in Indian Village, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Huntington Woods. The eminent Jewish architect Albert Kahn worked closely with Pewabic's founder, Mary Chase Stratton, and incorporated the pottery's work in many build- ings he desig...…

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…charming book on Pewabic's history, writ-- ten by Marcy Heller Fisher of Bloomfield Hills and illustrated by Marjorie Hecht Simon of Huntington Woods, takes us through the life of a young girl named Angie. Designed for both children and adult readers, Fired Magic (Wayne State University Press; $21.95 cloth/$14.95 paper) begins with Pewabic Pottery's inception and ends with a fictitious class tour of greater Detroit landmarks that include Pewab...…

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…Entertainment Left to right: Dr. John de Sequeyra was appointed doctor in charge of the first public hospital in America. Reverend Gershom Mendes Seixas led the first Jewish congregation in America, Shearith Israel in New York, for 46 years, and served as clergyman at the inauguration of President George Washington. Founding Fathers/Mothers Moses Myers, who developed a lucrative import- export business and at one time was considered one o...…

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