…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SEPTEMBER 7, 1990 / 17 ELUL 5750 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JCC Breaks Ground For Charach Art Wing KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he Jewish Community Center this week broke ground for an $850,000 art wing to be built at the Maple-Drake JCC in the name of the late artist, Janice Charach Epstein. Expected to open this spr- ing, the 7,200-square-foot, three-story art wing will be funded by a $1 m...…
…I PURELY COMMENTARY I PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus Elie Wiesel 0 f the many debts of gratitude we owe the University of Michigan, the presently add- ed one is extraordinarily im- portant. On Sept. 25 com- mences the series of annual lectures in honor of the hero in the rescue of tens of thousands from the Nazi ovens, Raoul Wallenberg. It is the 45th anniversary of his incarceration by the Russians upon their entrance into Budapest. T...…
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…UP FRONT Israeli Museum Helping Computerize Ellis List HUGH ORGEL Special to The Jewish News T here's an old joke they tell of the weary im- migrant who has just arrived at Ellis Island. When asked his name by an English-speaking immigra- tion official, the exhausted new arrival replied, "Shoyn fergessen" ("I've forgotten" in Yiddish). "Shawn Ferguson," the overworked officer repeated, mistakenly inscribing the newcomer's name in his regi...…
…EDITORIAL Neighborhood Test Within the city limits of the city of Southfield, 29 buildings are for sale or lease that would accommodate the space needs of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. The lease prices range, according to a re- cent survey by Burland, Reiss, Murphy and Rembiesa, Inc., from $9 a square foot to $25 a square foot. If someone were interested in constructing a new building, Robert Burland believes, "with ...…
…OPINION CONTENTS Americans' Support For Israel Is Constant MITCHELL G. BARD 0 ne of the constant re- frains of the last two years has been that American support for Israel is eroding. Every time a public opinion poll contains a result that represents a decline from a prior survey, the Chicken Littles begin to shout that the sky has indeed fallen. The truth is, however, that American sympathy toward Israel today is at about the same level ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS ROSH HASHANAH GREETINGS PICK ... THE GREETING OF YOUR CHOICE Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year. May the coming year be filled — NAME — '16,00 #1 with health and •tariDn rvalz rian happiness for to all our friends and relatives. all our family ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITORS: Elizabeth Applebaum Phil Jacobs STAFF WRITER...…
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…tators took years to build up their arsenals and to li- quidate all opposition. Then, like Hitler, Saddam Hussein tried out his war machine on Iran in an unprovoked eight- year war, resulting in enor- mous casualties and with the use of chemical gas. were leaders Both adherents of National Socialism — "Nazism" and "Bathism" — thus all appeal- ing to all segments of society. Both dictators advocated national unity under their sovereignty. "One ...…
…OPINION 1 YOU'RE C t VERED With Our T-Shirt! Support . Continued from Page 7 - homeland (whatever that means). Americans believe in dialogue, so they have approv- ed of the U.S.-PLO dialogue. At the same time, polls have consistently shown that Yassir Arafat is among the most disliked foreign leaders, and the the PLO is still view- ed as a terrorist organization intent on destroying Israel. But polls are not the only objective evidence o...…
…The Friends of Bar-Ilan University salute our Detroit Jewish community on the occasion of Bar-Ilan's 35th Anniversary and proudly honor its past Detroit Chairmen and Honorees on Tuesday, October 2, 1990 Mat Shalom Synagogue Doreen Hermelin General Chairman Cocktail reception: 6:00 p.m. / Dinner: 7:00 p.m. / Dessert reception: 9:15 p.m. Bernard H. Stollman General Chairman HONOREES Abraham Borman* Honorable Avern Cohn Irwin I. Cohn* Dr...…
…OPINION I Disturbing. Defeat Continued from Page 12 groups like the skinheads and black supremacist groups like Farrakhan's Nation of Islam to start clubs of their own in the schools. One despairing school board in Long Island, faced with an overwhelming de- mand by a variety of cults and other groups for classroom space, has recommended the elimination of all extra- curricular activities, lest it be accused of discrimination if it accepte...…
…DETROIT Jewish Army Reservists Wait For Their Orders SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer I f it weren't for a quirk of fate, Bruce Plisner would be on his way to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin with the rest of the 5064th Army Garrison. A member of the United States Army Reserve for 22 years in New Jersey, Illinois and Michigan, Major Plisner ended his service Aug. 22, a few days before his ad- ministrative unit based in Detroit was called up for ac- tive d...…
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…Jewish Experiences For Families and THE JEWISH NEWS present Apples & d i Honey an Lots, Lots Morel A FREE Celebration Of The Fall Holidays THIS SUNDAY 12:30 p.m. Pi 3:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center/Maple-Drake Building West Bloomfield Featuring Concert By: International Recording Star Craig Taubman 'Craig Taubman has been called one of this decade's unique Jewish voices. His energetic program of music and stories strives to r...…
…AT ■ THE TOP Bob Aronson, representing a new breed of Federation leader, takes the Detroit Jewish community through critical times and into the 1990s. F fifteen years ago, Bob Aronson broke into federation work in a blaze of glory.. He was hired as a secretarial assistant, which in more common terms is spelled g-o-f-e-r. And his employer, the Jew- ish Federation of Milwaukee, paid him the princely annual salary of $4,000. In retrospect, ...…
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…the executive directorship of the CJF. Detroit, Mr. Aronson says, was an overwhelming experience early on. What he doesn't say is that corn- ing here was like being called up to the major leagues. His predecessors, Mr. Kraar and Wayne Feinstein (now the Los Angeles Federation exec- utive director), were highly regarded both nationally and internationally. Many applicants as qualified as Mr. Aronson received strong consideration for the post. B...…
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…INSIDE WASHINGTON 1111111111111 ■ 11111111111•11 JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Arms Sale To Saudis Jars Israel Supporters W hen the administra- tion announced a $2 billion emergency arms sale to Saudi Arabia last week, it left pro- Israel activists here with an in- dustrial-strength headache. The proposed sale includes some of the weapons most feared by Israel's supporters, including Stinger anti- air- craft missiles and uran...…
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…PRESENTING A SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW OF 1990 EVAN PICONE SHOES A group of the hotel's workers and other members of Local 2, which with 10,000 members is San Francisco's largest union, have been picketing the Parc Fifty Five since July. In the meantime, other delegates to the General Assembly will be housed at the San Francisco Hilton, the main conference hotel, as well as the Grand Hyatt and Handerly Union Square —all union hotels. The Genera...…
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…Celebrating 40 years of leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, sh 'lita Remember to Join Us for the Annual Lubavitch Foundation Dinner honoring Phyllis & Martin Abel Vivian & Dr. George A. Dean Emma Lazaroff-Schaver Miriam & Jack Shenkman For their leadership role in establishing the Synagogue Campus of Living Judaism, Detroit's most ambitious and exciting Jewish Project. Clustered around the main synagogue h...…
…BACKGROUND Gulf 'Aftershocks' Worrying Israel Has the Persian Gulf crisis damaged its alliance with the United States? "Tell him to stick'em up!" HELEN DAVIS Foreign Correspondent ong after the Gulf crisis has been esolved, whether by war or diplomacy, the after- shocks will continue to re- verberate through the Mid- dle East, with far-reaching implications for the United States and its traditional re- gional alliances, not least its all...…
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…FALL COLORS OF BENETTON. General Book Publishers Turn To Jewish Content SOL H. MARSHALL Special to The Jewish News UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON. Our Fall Collection, Informally Modelled In An Elegant Setting Monday September 10th • 12:30 pm. - 1:30 pm. The Restaurant, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Dearborn R.S.V.P. 441.2000 Lunch will be served at Guest expense THE BOARDWALK LAUREL PARK PLACE 737-3737 953-0500 West Bloomfield Orchard Lake Road • ...…
…EDUCATION Dennis Littky: "The job of a school isn't to get kids to spit back information but to use their knowledge." WHAT'S UP, • A new concept in education, that's what's up, and it's all the work of a former Detroiter named Dennis "Doc" Littky. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor ennis Littky be- lieves in the three Rs: Read- ing, wRiting and Relating to stu- dents about issues like the environment and finding jobs. And together wit...…
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…A We Invite You to Be Part of a "Once in a Lifetime" Happening... The Ground Breaking Celebration on the 15 Acre Site of Congregation B'nai Moshe 6800 Drake Road South of Maple Road West Bloomfield "Under The Big Top" Sunday, September 30, 1990 Celebration begins at 2:00 pm Clowns Magician Balloon Making Child Care Service Live Klezmer Band Ceremonial Souvenir Dignitaries Refreshments Sharlene Ungar, President Sylvia P. Ross, Chairman ...…
…COMMUNITY Yeshiva Gedolah Scroll Will Honor W.B. Doner ii Randy Friedman W.B. Doner Yeshiva Gedolah has created a memorial fund in honor of the late W.B. Doner, founder of the Southfield advertising agency. Names of founding con- tributors to the fund will be inscribed on a hand-painted Scroll of Tribute com- memorating Mr. Doner's achievements in advertising and in the Jewish communi- ty. The scroll will be presented to the Doner fami- ...…
…SYNAGOGUE SERVICES The DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE 1457 Griswold (corner of Clifford) announces HIGH HOLYDAY SERVICES ORTHODOX: ROSH HASHANAH Evening services will be held at the synagogue building, 1457 Girswold. They will take place at 6:30 p.m. on both Wed. evening, Sept. 19 and Thurs. evening, Sept. 20. Morning services will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Veterans Memorial Building, 151 W. Jefferson. They will start at 8:30 a.m.on both ...…
