…pioneer camp in the Ukraine. Not all of Mr. Astrachan's village life is frightening or dismal. While fear and suspicion hang over villagers like an execu- tioner's blade, there's also relief in the film's love, warmth and bawdy humor. Motl's wife, round and pink-faced with a dirty ker- chief matted to her sweat- dripping face, crouches on porch steps plucking feathers off her sticky chickens and swollen, red fingers. Returning from a business ...…
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…500 REASONS TO REJOICE With hearts full of joy, Children of Chernobyl, Michigan Region celebrates the arrival in Israel of the fifth planeload of children from the contaminated Chernobyl area of Russia. The number of youngsters evacuated thus far under Chabad's Children of Chernobyl program has now reached 500. These Jewish children, rescued from under a life-threatening cloud of radiation, are afflicted with a variety of illnesses as a resul...…
…CLOSE-UP COL, Sollethin Spending their first Rosh Hashanah in Israel, thousands of Jews who Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the ends of the earth, among them will be the blind and the lame, pregnant and birthing mothers together; a great congregation shall return here. (Jeremiah 31:7 Haftorah for Second - Day of Rosh Hashanah). clung fiercely to their religion in Ethiopia are learning a "new" form...…
…that while all Jews were observant in Ethiopia and had the Tanach — the Five Books of Moses, the Pro- phets and the Writings — they lacked the Mishnah, or Oral Law, as well as the ear- ly commentaries, the Midrashim, Rashi and other bodies of writing. As a con- sequence, there is a large gap between Jewish obser- vance in Ethiopia and that of mainstream Judaism in Israel and worldwide. Now, Mr. Zagai says, the gap must be filled in. To help ac...…
…Soat UJA Press Serv ice/Shai Zakai New immigrants Ishimatet, left, and Nau send Rosh Hashanah greetings in Hebrew, Amharic and English. Below: An Israeli volunteer and Ethiopian Jew at an absorption center. continue to listen and to learn Torah and observe the mitzvot," Rabbi Hadana says of those who attend the seminars. According to Mr. Zagai, two problems are associated with teaching the im- migrants who came on both Operation Moses in 1...…
…Sue din O Speaking to Ethiopian immigrants, Yitzhak Zagai explains modern observance. "In Ethiopia you make the gravy and that's all, I add the spices, to make the gravy tasty." The Lucky 13 thank God, the whole coun- try stops and they will see that the whole country keeps it," Mr. Harel says. Among the new elements of observance the ohm learn is the shofar. According to Mr. Zagai, in Ethiopia only the passages on sounding the shofar are r...…
….ftli.1160111. Photo by Lesley Pearl DETROIT Im°"•••"mmim""' Natalya and Igor Moldayskay under their chuppah. Soviet Couples Remarry In Religious Ceremony AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer W. BLOOMFIELD 5731 W. Maple 855-3400 FARMINGTON 31205 Grand River 476-0730 BERKLEY 2109 N. Woodward 543.4046 For Additional Savings Please refer to Jewish News Coupon Book (7/26 Issue) E OPEN iz 1 1101J SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. ADMISSIO...…
…ecutive director of F.R.E.E. "All Jewish life springs from it. This is a new beginning, a life of freedom, including the freedom to be a religious Jew." About 60 Soviet Jewish families, including the Brevermans and Mr. and Mrs. Pogach, have taken ad- vantage of the opportunity to learn more about Judaism. They are regular members of a special Shabbat minyan at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jew- ish Community Center in Oak Park. Rabbi Yosef Mishulov...…
…Y E A R IN R E V I E W THE MAJOR EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR he Jewish calendar year 5751 had everything: the reality of war (in the Persian Gulf) and prospects for peace (between the Arab world and Israel); tragic violence in Jerusalem and Brooklyn, and a heroic rescue of thousands of Jews from Ethiopia; verbal sniping between government leaders in Washington and Jerusalem, and symbolic solidarity as American soldiers protected Israeli citize...…
…E A R R E V I E W IN Israel's Unique Role In The Persian Gulf War n Israel they called it milchemet luxus, the luxury war, because while Americans protected them, Israelis were holed up in their sealed rooms, wearing gas masks and listening to radio instructions. Despite some 40 Scud missiles launched by Iraq at Israeli civilian population centers during the course of the six-week war, only one Israeli was killed from direct attacks, a fac...…
…Y E A R IN The Dramatic Rescue Of Ethiopian Jewry I n a 21-hour period in late May, Israel did what it does best: rescue Jews in peril. With one extended swoop, nearly the entire community of Ethiopian Jews remaining in that war-plagued African country was plucked to safety in a top- secret operation conducted with military precision under the tightest of security nets. Some 34 aircraft, packed with humanity, made a succession of round tri...…
…EAR IN R E V I E W • • Israel's dramatic rescue of more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews buoyed spirits in the Jewish state. Here, an elderly blind woman is carried from the plane upon arrival in Israel. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 33 …
…Y E A R IN R E V I E W The Greatest Exodus Continues, Part II F or much of the year, the continuing emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union to Israel was so commonplace that, despite the large numbers, it was almost taken for granted — until the _ attempted coup in the USSR last month. Despite the difficulty in leaving one's homeland for an unknown future, despite widespread reports of housing and job shortages in Israel, even despite th...…
…R E V I E W E A Relations between Washington and Jerusalem were tense throughout most of the year, as Secretary of State Baker applied pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Shamir to agree to participate in the Mideast peace conference. The Tortuous Path Toward Peace f Israel's leaders want to make peace, an uncharacteristically petulant Secretary of State James Baker told a Congressional committee earlier this year, they know the White House...…
…E E V 1 E W A Modern-Day Pogrom In Brooklyn ensions between blacks and Jews have been discussed and debated for years across the country, but a worst-case scenario erupted in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn in late summer. The issue was not affirmative action or quotas or Israeli trade with South Africa; it was alienation and despair and raw anti-Semitism. And when the bloodshed and carnage was over, at least temporarily, one was le...…
…Y E E V I E W IN Rabbi Meir Kahane: a violent end to a militant life. The Violent Death Of Meir Kahane abbi Meir Kahane aroused strong emotions in people, be they fervent supporters or bitter opponents. His murder, allegedly at the hand of an Egyptian-born American on a cold New York night in early November, rekindled the controversy over the rabbi's legacy of Jewish militancy in the United States and Israel. A charismatic man and fiery s...…
…I N Y E A R E V I E Tragedy At The Temple Mount erusalem, the City of Peace, was the subject of violent disagreement between Arabs and Jews this year, with its holiest shrines the scene of a fatal confrontation during the holiday of Sukkot. Tens of thousands of Jews had just prayed at the Western Wall on a sunny morning in early October, when rocks and bottles rained down on the remaining crowd from the site of Al Aksa Mosque above. Not su...…
…Y E A R The Fear That Jewry May Not Survive Here F or the first time in decades, serious Jews worried about the survival of American Jewry into the 21st century, largely based on the findings of a major study this year that found assimilation and intermarriage increasing at an alarming rate. The study, by the Council of Jewish Federations, also noted that culture and ethnicity have replaced religion as the prevailing basis for Jewish identi...…
…Y E N R E V I E W Thousands rallied at Shaarey Zedek to support the United States and Israel against Iraq. A Night In January A Year To Remember PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor ometimes the dynamics of a situation are unforgettable. How many of us remember where we were during an event of major consequences, such as the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated or Martin Luther King Jr. or Robert Kennedy? S For several hundred Jew at...…
…Y E A R and Chaldean teen-agers from the nearby Chaldean Community Center. The program, calling itself Building Bridges, brought teens together at a Ronald McDonald House to cook a meal for those stay- ing there. Temple Israel also an- nounced that it will shelter and feed Oakland County homeless people for a week next summer. Shaarey Zedek will construct a parenting facility, a unique concept that will seek to bring synagogue- based values t...…
…ic y iNc740€02)7 The place to be for adult education. Temple Israel welcomes adult members of the Metropolitan Detroit community to develop their understanding of Jewish issues and concerns. Temple Israel's Center for Lifelong Learning in cooperation with the University of Michigan University of Michigan Professors Dr. Todd Endelman Dr. Anita Norich Dr. Miriam Bodian Dr. Elliot Ginsberg Dr. David Schoem William Haber Professor of Mo...…
…BACKGROUND HELEN DAVIS Foreign Correspondent A s Israel prepares to embark on a new year, the reverbera- tions of the trauma from the Persian Gulf War are still being felt and their conse- quences continue to dominate the regional agen- da. The defeat of Iraq, the demise of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the United States as a super- power manifestly prepared to exert its muscle have combined to radically change the political map of...…
…BAC KG ROU N D WZPS/Zion ist Arch ives Best Wishes for a Healthy and Happy New Year The Zionist Conference in London, 1920, at which Keren Hayesod was founded. Keren Hayesod Builds The Nation hillside SIMON GRIVER Special to The Jewish News A FURNITURE Woodward &. Square Lake Rd. In Kingswood Square 334-4745 Haggerty & 14 Mile Rd. In Newberry Square 669-0100 • • • • • • • • • BOB SAKS TOYOTA : • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...…
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…INSIDE WASHINGTON Imm. "1"."" THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Metropolitan Detroit District THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED MUSICAL EVENT OF THE FALL SEASON PLAN NOW TO ATTEND: Sunday, November 3, 1991, 7:30 p.m. Masonic Temple Auditorium FABULOUS STAR-STUDDED SHOW Honoring RABBI M. ROBERT SYME of Temple Israel who will receive the ZOA's prestigious 'Justice Louis D. Brandeis award. MOTI GILADI, internationally acclaimed tenor, impressi...…
…Complete Auto Repair a MR. MECHANC. I Foreign & Domestic AUTO SERVICE ENTER 14 ) Sephardics Brief Government A top State Department of- ficial heard last week from a Jewish group with a slightly different perspective. A 20-person delegation from the American Sephardi Federation met Thursday with John H. Kelly, Under Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Af- fairs. Originally, the group was scheduled to meet with Deputy Sec...…
…INSIDE WASHINGTON l'imimm"'"m THE TALK OF THE TOWN Jamie & Marc Benovic David & Arline Bittker Sharon & Gerald Corlin WE ARE B'NAI B'RITH. Martin & Bobbie Levine Tammy & Bruce Gorosh WE ARE FAMILY! Sarah & Irving Pitt Phillip & Hilda Neuman Congress Gives Mixed Signals On Guarantees Members of Congress are sending up conflicting signals about how they will deal with Israel's impending request for $10 billion in loan guarantees. Som...…
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…great value and needs to be known. Here is the syn- agogue historiography as provided for us conceptually by Dr. Birnbaum: The synagogue, as a place of congregational prayer and public instruction, had come into existence long before the destruction of the Second Temple and the cessation of the sacrificial worship. It is generally assumed that the -syna- gogue had its beginning during the Babylonian captivity in the sixth cen- tury before the...…
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…Please Join Us for the Yeshiva Gedolah 1991 Annual Event Honoring Robert Harris Orley The Scroll of Honor will be presented to Robert Harris Orley for his personal commitment to Torah study and to the advancement of Jewish education. Monday, November 18, 1991 7:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center Maple/Drake Campus The Scroll of Honor will commemorate ,Robert's achievements and incorporate the names of friends, family and associates who wish to...…
…POLITICS The Call oldie Wild Virginia's Gov. Douglas Wilder has strong ties to the Jewish community. But will Jews support him in a '92 presidential bid? JAY LECHTMAN Special to The Jewish News A Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, in his executive conference room, is a thoughtful, contemplative man: To Democrats, he is a welcome contrast to the often strident Rev. Jesse L. Jackson (opposite). t first glance Virgi- nia's Gov. Lawrence Douglas Wilde...…
…Home Security together to bring about an end to injustice and discrim- ination. They marched arm- in-arm together, demon- strated together, protested together. The Civil Rights movement was not monochromatic." Gov. Wilder is a deliberate, contemplative speaker, often pausing —hands clasped in thought — to ensure that his rhetoric is as meticulously tailored as his gray herringbone suit. Some Jews and blacks say they consider the governor a "c...…
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…TORAH PORTION] Torah Tradition Is Available To All RABBI MORTON F. YOLKUT Special to The Jewish News "For this commandment which I command you this day, is not too hard for you, neither is it far off It is not in heaven . . . neither is it beyond the sea . . . For it is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart to do it." (Deuteronomy 30:11-14). M North Oakland Medical Center, Pontiac General Hospital Division a leader in laser ...…
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…SPORTS MARVIN GLASSMAN Special to The Jewish News M any professional athletes start think- ing about retiring at 35. But not professional golfer Amy Alcott. She seems to be blossom- ing with age. Just 13 days prior to her 35th birthday, she sunk only her third ca- reer hole-in-one during the $500,000 Phar-Mor Classic in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. "I didn't see it (the ball) go in," Ms. Alcott explained. "I tried to hit the ball lightly into the ...…
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…BUSINESS Affording the best is not the questionwfinding the best is. I Israel Industry Welcomes Outside Investors CARL ALPERT Special to The Jewish News 0 nce upon a time it was extremely diffi- cult to set up private business or industry in Israel or to invest in existing con- cerns. The socialist establish- ment looked upon private capital with proletarian suspicion and hedged the economic potential of the country with a maze of red t...…
