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…Contents A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year www.detroitiewishne Friday, July 5, 2002 Tammuz 25, 5762 ol. CXXI, No. 21 This Week 12 After Losing- Their Home Elan Village closure saddens, disturbs residents 20 Celebrating Success Yad Ezra honors Meers, volunteers, board at dedication. Opinion 33 Strengthening Identity Apathy and assimilation versus moral values. 44. Community 40 Century Pharmacist At 100, Bir...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK A Sweet Goodbye Up To The Challenge U In the latest Temple Israel Messenger, the cantor wrote: "I nder a canopy of sunshine in the outdoor gar- wanted to dedicate my life to -the perpetuation of our dens, the sweet singer of Temple Israel was bid Jewish musical heritage and to the establishment of an a fond farewell at Shabbat services on June 28. ongoing creative contemporary musical tradition." Harold Orbach, 71, was re...…
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…This Week Beth El Hires Montefiore Staff Notebook Candidates Forum Monday lose to 20 candidates in local state House and he June 30 departure of Cantor Stephen Senate races are confirmed to speak at a can- Dubov from Temple Beth El has led to the didates' forum next week. July 1 entrance of David Montefiore. Sponsored by the Jewish Community Council of The cantorial change came in the midst of Metropolitan Detroit and National Council of J...…
…44 Marcia Mittelman, Elan Village executive director, hugs resident Gert Broudy. After Losing Their Home Elan Village closure saddens, disturbs residents. a DEBRA ISAACS Special to the Jewish News dN 7/ 5 2002 12 ert Broudy had earned her- self the title of one-woman welcoming committee at Elan Village in Southfield. No wonder: She clearly has a natural ability to immediately put others at ease and to show them the lay of the land w...…
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…Cover Story LAND merica has been a land of opportu- Jewish immigrant experiences lead from hardship to fulfillment as Detroiters find their dream in America. nity for so many immigrants from around the world. They come here to flee persecution, to enjoy reli- gious freedom, to pursue the American Dream. At various historic times when the world seemed turned against them, Jews have been drawn to our shores for all three reasons and f...…
…• •,,,,,•.•• £>, Raya Goldenberg and Avraham Gontovnik: Living the American Dream Sonia Pittman: Booster of the American way of life, but who remembers her past HARRY KIRS BAUM BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News Staff Writer A vraham Gontovnik, born in a Berlin dis- placed persons' camp in 1947, sits on the backyard deck of his Huntington Woods home sipping coffee on a beautiful mid- summer morning before heading to work. An explos...…
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…_ This Week Celebrating Success Kosher food bank honors the Meer family, hard-working volunteers and board members at building dedication. Clockwise from top: Aharon and Reuven Meer and Rabbi Dov Loketch watch as Edward Meer affixes the mezuzah to Yad Ezra's new home. Yad Ezra co-director Elaine Ryke presents the Diane and Emery Klein Volunteer Recognition Award to Erwin Robinson of Farmington Hills. 47W 7/ 5 2002 20 Event co-chair ...…
….S ty, five years in the planning, is four times larger at 10,000 square feet. Zack recognized some of Yad Ezra's original members in the crowd. They included past president Mickey Eizelrnan of Oak Park, and his par- ents first executive director Jeannette Eizelman and her husband Seymore of Oak Park, an early warehouse volun- teer; past president Howard Zoller of Huntington Woods; and Rabbi A. Irving Schnipper, rabbi emeritus of Congregation...…
…I 5 0 % This Week OFF Fatah Denies Issuing Threat Ramallah/JTA —Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement denied any connection to a leaflet calling for attacks on American and Israeli targets. The denial came after groups affili- ated with the movement called on all Palestinian organizations to strike at the targets in response to U.S. opposi- tion to Arafat's leadership. The Palestinian news agency later put out a statement in which Arafat distanc...…
…And the phone's not bad either the combination angered the Pakistan Sports Board, whose director said the player could face sanctions, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The director said that while Qureshi is playing as a private individual, Pakistan has no ties with Israel. Australian Census Totals Released Sydney/JTA — There are some 84,000 Jews in Australia, according to the latest census. The actual number may be higher because the ce...…
…This eek Friendlier Face in Congress Anti-Israel Congressman is dumped in Alabama with the help of:Jewish contributors. LARRY BROOK Jewish Telegraphic Agency donations — the vast majority of which came from Jews across the country, especially in New York. Hilliard raised about $600,000, with less than one-third coming from individuals. Reports to the Federal Election Commission leading up to the runoff showed that 28 of 35 individual donor...…
…Bias Battle Jewish groups consider strategies to battle anti-Semitism. MICHAEL, J. JORDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency' New York City he new strain of anti-Semitism that has broken out around the world, couching itself in anti-Israel rhetoric, requires a global strategy in response, Jewish and Israeli leaders agree. Yet six months after the strategy's creation, the most high profile of several different initiatives launched to combat this "ne...…
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…On-Star standard on every 2002 SAAB 1 year free service `What's Eating Harry Kirsbaum?' last August that the column was going to be lighthearted — just general topics about popular culture," Harry said. "And then when Sept. 11 happened and all the trouble in the Middle East, it got serious. I try to lighten things up as much as I can, but sometimes, it's inappropriate for me to write light- hearted stuff when so many bad things are happening....…
…Insight inn\ sicsi • Remember When • • Future riles Shabbat In Space From the Jewish News pages this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. 0,04 Israel's first astronaut wants to represent the Jewish homeland and its people. SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News R www.rabbifinman.corn Now in its fifth year, the hour-long variety show features interviews with topical guests, news from Israel, Jewish music, Chasidic stories and i...…
…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Strengthening Our Identity Jr ews are facing attacks on two fronts that could reshape who we are as a people. So said Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz last week at the 22nd annu- al dinner of Oak Park-based Machon ETorah, the Jewish Learning Network of Michigan. And he's right. In many ways, we face a world" infected with the collapse of moral values as well as u...…
…OTHER VIEWS Boycott Gas-Guzzlers To Help Israel o my friend says: "I would love to visit Israel, but I just can't do it. I keep thinking of the risk and my family. I'm frustrated because I want to do something." I respond: "Your decision'is regret- table although understandable. But there is something you can do. And it would be much more meaningful than a visit to Israel, which in the end, while important, is still symbolic. "Sell your SUV,...…
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