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…DETROIT JEW= NEWS March 6, 1998 Vol. CXIII No. 2 Ilp Front 22 Divorced, With Children For stressed-out single parents, a Jewish home is a challenge. •ppleTree 71 Oy! What A Kidder! Purim is the time for hamantashen, jokes, kidding and foolishness. At The Movies. page 110 The Scene 80 Starter Marriages Unrealistic expectations often mean post-honeymoon disappointment. Close Up 84 Breaking Ranks When a rabbi divorces, it's not just...…
…Jewry's Role in Human Advancement THE WORLD'S GREAT PIANISTS Instrumentalists of Jewish descent have excelled in interpreting time- honored and modern classical music. The large majority of these outstanding artists were immigrants from. Central Europe in which Jewish emancipation enabled them to come into their own. During the early part of the century, the Continent harbored superb conservatories and teachers. In stellar performance, their...…
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…Planting For The Future Detroit Arabs and Jews come together in support of Middle East peace. Below: Terry Ahwal, one of the organizers of the hopes for Middle East peace. week's events, with her sister, Julie. Behind her as "Seeds of Peace allowed me to talk Steve Schanes, another organizer. more freely with my counterparts in the Jewish commu- s they mingled at Tribute nity," said Terry restaurant last Sunday, their Ahwal, a native of plat...…
…Up Front Left: Watching the presenta- tion: More than 100 attend- ed Sunday's event. Below: Congressman Joe Knollenberg, seated, listens to the speakers. governments based on their English skills and their potential to become future leaders. Seeds of Peace, which was recog- nized at the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords, has been endorsed by such leaders as Bill Clinton, Binyamin Netanyahu, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yassir Arafat. thi...…
…t Photo by G lenn Triest Green Li Expansion Dreams The Holocaust Memorial Center has ambitious plans for growth,- details are being worked out LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWiiter bile the Kahn Jewish Community Center firms up plans for major ren- ovations, its next-door neighbor, the Holocaust Memorial Center, is embarking on its own vision of the future. Details are still being ham- mered out, and the Jewish lerationaphpna e s dnroetnYoevtatg:o...…
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…Power Without Parity? Report finds that women hold a small number of board positions in Jewish communal organizations. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News o some, the numbers may seem staggering. Although women corn- prise more than half the American workforce and more than half the American population, they fill less than a quarter of the board posi- tions in American Jewish organiza- tions, holding the highest lay position in o...…
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…ri• COLORUJORKS STUDIO OF INTERIOR DESIGN Spiritual Journey Catholic and Jewish religious leaders pack for an interfaith trip to Rome and Israel. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer lthough they live and preach in the same commu- nity, Rabbi Dannel Schwartz and Auxiliary Bishop John C. Nienstedt never crossed paths. That is, until they were invited to travel to Rome and Israel together. - The Project Interchange trip set - for March 8-19 will...…
…Divorced, With Children For stressed-out single parents, creating a Jewish home can be challenging. JULIE WIENER StaffWriter Ili uth never expected to be spending Chanukah at a party for divorced Jewish parents. "This wasn't supposed to happen," she said, balancing her infant son on her lap while helping her 5-year-old daughter get a toy Fuzzles out of its box. Still on maternity leave when her marriage collapsed, Ruth (actual names are no...…
…This & That Rubbing elbows with the president; students teach the Holocaust. \ President Bill Clinton wowed a dele- ,9gation of 20 members of the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section with a speech last vices at Temple Israel in West Bloom- field recently. She's a 1972 Southfield High graduate. Many of her friends and relatives were among the congre- gants that weekend. week in Washington on topics near and dear to th...…
…A Capitol Jewish Family Service citizenship students celebrate their graduation in Lansing. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer KRISTA HUSA Photographer L ast week, a few dozen aspiring Americans took their first field trip. Students of the citizenship preparatory program at Jewish Family Service, the group got an out-of-the-textbook glimpse at the workings of state government in Lansing. In the students' class, the primary topics were U.S. histo...…
…Opposite page: Top: Graduates ronclude the ceremony by singing the national anthem. Below: Graduates gather for a group photo in the Senate. This page: Left: The class tours the State Capitol. Below: With Senator Gary Peters looking on, Mary Mattin expresses her joy at completing the course. Left: Julian Wod- niak shakes the hand of Rep. Patricia God- chaux. 3/6 1998 25 …
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…ditorials Lunch And Learn: A Satisfying Meal Separately, breaking bread and studying Torah are deeply rooted Jewish masorot (traditions). Together, they open stimulating, new vistas for participants. Enter Lunch and Learn, the popular prac- tice of learning together spiritually over lunch. Scan almost any synagogue newsletter, or almost any synagogue bulletin board, and you're bound to find an announcement of a lunch and learn. Some lunch an...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS Holocaust Denial Efforts Boosted By The Internet S far from making serious inroads, is eventeen years ago this month working hard for acceptance. The argu- I first discovered Holocaust ments are less confrontational, the pre- denial. Today this anti-his- sentation is smoother and the approach toric, anti-Semitic is more sophisticated. They movement, while still on the piously declare they are not margins at best, is stepping...…
…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Centennial Anniversary Of Detroit every Engenders A Spiritual Uplifting B eing Jewish means more than grant Orthodox Jews from Eastern Europe (Ostjuden) were fed, clothed being asked to contribute to and housed — and began to assimilate charity. It also means inter- to an American, but still Jewish, way of acting with others who share life. your spirituality and beliefs. Many of metro Detroit's 'As we've become assimilat- ...…
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…The World More Judaism, Less Coercion NECHEMIA MEYERS Special to The Jewish News 7, e decision of moderate rthodox Meimad to run in the next elections has been warmly received by my obser- vant friends, who will now have a party they can vote for. In the last elections they reluctantly supported the National Religious Party because they wanted to ensure support for the schools to which they send their children, but dismayed by the NRP's str...…
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…Community AJC Hosts Ray Tanter The American Jewish Commit- tee, Detroit Chapter, will host its annual "Con- versations with ...” series, wel- coming Professor Raymond Tanter at 7:30 p.m. Raymond Tanter Tuesday, March 10, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Dramatic styling with modern flair. . . Telegraph in Bloomfield Hills. The subject of his talk will be "Rogue Regimes: Terrorism and Proliferation." Professor Tanter teaches p...…
…COXIMIEUNITY A young artists concert will take s,... place 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at Temple Beth El. Shalom Detroit will hold a Purim party for newcomers to the area 9:30 a.rn. Sunday, March 15, at the Kahn JCC in West Bloom- field. For reservations, call (248) 642-4260. SEPUOILS The Congregation 13Af-IM seniors will host a speaker at a meeting 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 8, at the synagogue. There is a charge. Congregation Shaarey Zedek Se...…
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