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…THE JEWISH NEWS 13 FRO T This Week's Top Stories A Final Settlement The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing and seeking claims by Holocaust survivors against the German government. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER ugo Princz spent three years of his life in Dachau and 40 years trying to win compensation from the German government for his in- ternment. When he finally grabbed the attention of a U.S. judge and then President Clinton himself, he ...…
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…. ,. . I I li U December 6, 1996 OPINION Detroit On being Jewish in "our" land. 23 7 Basket Case 10 Rabbi In Residence TORAH PORTION An honorary ball boy for the Detroit Pistons, Mark Kalisky came a step closer to his goal. The story of Joseph in Technicolor. 31 TELL ME WHY The Conservative movement's local scholar in residence helps break new ground. Something tells me I'm into something! 34 HEALTH Spanking vs. the time-ou...…
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…osh Kalisky's day starts like this: He opens his eyes, rolls out of bed and grabs the clicker. ESPN appears on the TV screen like a genie coaxed out of a bottle, pro- viding the 8-year-old with a dazzling array of sports scores from all the games he unfortunately missed the day before. Then he combs the sports section. '41u_ It's this kind of com- mitment that has made Josh something of an oracle to his friends. "People will call him up and as...…
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…Rabbi In Residence -The Conservative movement's scholar in residence breaks new ground for Jewish women. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER A lthough she doesn't have a long beard or a propensity to wander around the desert for any length of time, Rabbi Debra Orenstein is a lot like Moses. As one of the first women to be ordained into the Conservative rabbinate, Rabbi Orenstein is leading the members of her move- ment into a new age, where J...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CX No. 15 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs \ssociate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman — Senior Writer -- Julie Edgar Staff Writers Jennifer Finer, Jill Davidson Sklar Arts and Entertainment Editor Julie Yolles Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Howard Lalli, Neil Rubin - r I I Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis --H - D I...…
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…T e Last Mitzvah Left : Dr. Eric Ray, a Torah scribe from New York, with the quill he used to write the first line of Genesis in what will become Temple Israel's newest Torah. Above: Cantor Harold Orbach, Rabbi Harold Loss, Dr. Eric Ray and Rabbi Paul Yedwab. Below: Cantor Harold Orbach leads Temple Israel's junior choir. t42 ast week, Dr. Eric Ray, a Torah scribe who is based in New York, came to Temple Israel to begin scribing a new To...…
…See-Mores A club founded exclusively for Seymours is trying to find a niche for itself. t the first meeting of the Seymour Club in Au- gust, about 20 like-named men mingled and discussed the idea of having more than a first name in common. At the second one, held last week at Seymour Brode's Franklin Racquet Club, nearly 30 Seymours broke bread together but still hadn't decided on their direction as a group. At next month's meeting, club mem...…
…A NewPied Piper Jim Rosenberg takes over as Federation's head of young adult programming. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER B y the mere nature of his job, Jim Rosenberg knows a lot about what's going on around town. He knows who is new to the area and he is aware of the kinds of opportunities that are avail- able for those in their 20s and 30s who want to get involved in the Jewish community. As Federation's newly ap- pointed director of Campai...…
…Cause Specific When fund raising among young adults, it helps to have an issue. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER hile Ethiopian Jews in Israel are experiencing an identity crisis, so are some younger members of the American Jewish commu- nity. Their issues are diametrically distinct -- Ethiopian Jews are having trouble fitting into Israeli society, and American young adults don't feel much connection to Israel. The American Jews also prefer to d...…
…Speaking Of Israel Detroit teens tell CJF delegates how they were influenced by a trip. F PHIL JACOBS EDITOR first, Audrey Baker couldn't believe her eyes. Then she couldn't believe her ears. Last month at the Council of Jewish Federations General As- sembly in Seattle, the 17-year- old Birmingham Groves High School student talked to 3,000 delegates about the importance of teen trips to Israel. Confident, yet emotional, she hardly seemed s...…
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…ti „ ‘. , 01'41,A4kilet'k` Remember The Cause We Seem To Want To Forget THE PROMISED LAND Last Sunday, a small gathering participated in this disease than ever before. The American a memorial service. public, indeed the Jewish community, seems It wasn't for people killed in a war with bul- bored by it. Yet, like an underground fire burn- lets. It wasn't to remember the names of the vic- ing out of control, the last thing we need to do ti...…
…Opinion ommunity Views Seattle Showed Us Critical Times Are Now On Being Jewish In 'Our' Land GARY TORGOW SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS JEANNIE WEINER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I have just had a disturbing visit with cousins from Israel. Our cousin Miriam was born in the 1930s in Tiberias, the daughter of new pioneers from Russia. As a young woman, she was one of a handful of people who established a kibbutz about six miles from Gaza. She ...…
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…And The Cover Winner Is .. . AGE 10-12 CATEGORY Samantha Jane Dresser age 10, a resident of Bay City who attends that community's Washington Elementary School and Am Yachad Hebrew School. Samantha is a Chanukah Art Contest veteran, having won her age group a few years ago as well as several honorable mentions. Her mother Marilyn, also an artist, says Saman- tha has been "into trees lately," hence her cover design com- bining the biblical b...…
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