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…II \ A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication DETROIT JEWISH NEWS $1.25 DECEMBER 7, 2001/KISLEV 22, 5762 S r.1 1 rc tl ; 5'4 " ;. FESTIV Chanukah, th rededication of the ancie for religious freedom against the backdrop of I sT s, celebrates 7.1. mple anq. victory elebrate it today . _,.. s str ..,...,...„...,.., ..-, ,.-., , ... -..: ailSt. . .,..... . co ..,....., --, . .,. . , . 4 ._., , .:..i. ,-- P r! I I TI.-/F 1. - .._ .....…

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…SHAAREY ZEDEK SOUTIVIELD, 11,11C.H. Contents ithout a Jewish state, there is no Jewish future. And make no mistake: Israel will dispose of the terrorism threat at its doorstep. "And the only way to defeat terrorism is to defeat the ter- rorists," said Binyamin Netanyahu, for- mer Israeli prime minister, speaking from Netanyahu the pulpit before a capacity crowd at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield on Tuesday night. He was the headline...…

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…1 Book Fair Open To Suggestions In response to a recent letter ("Book Fair Missed Two Great Books," Nov. 23, page 6), we have checked on the books mentioned. Moose aw e ' Old Wife's Tale: My Seven Decades in Love and War, by Midge Decter, ,had a publisher's date of September 2001 and was on the cusp of our ordering deadline. Additionally, it gave no indication of being written by a Jewish author or having Jewish content requirements for be...…

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…For Openers At Meyers And Curtis, Two Worlds Unite I never went to the Jewish Community Center when it was on Meyers and Curtis. By the time I had moved to Detroit 23 years ago, the building had been taken over by the city and renamed the Northwest Activities Center (NAC). A few Jews still had mem- berships there. Some played sports or used the steam room. But Sharing memories are Melba Winer of West Bloomfield; Irwin Shaw, past exec- as th...…

…THE RUMORS ARE WRONG RUMOR #1 Staff Notebook REGENT STREET ASSISTED LIVING is the most expensive assisted living in the area. WRONG. Accommodations at Regent Street begin as little as $3265.00 per month for a private room with private bath. RUMOR #2 REGENT STREET ASSISTED LIVING charges addi- tional fees for all services. WRONG. All prices include assistance with bathing, grooming, dressing, medication management, inconti- nence care, as...…

…Happy Hanukkah sundown December 9-17, 2001 / 25 Kislev to 2 Tevet, 5762 VON The Festival of Lights is a joyous time. May your days and nights shine brightly with the light of the season. NORDSTROM 12/7 2001 13 …

…This Wee Day Of Infamy Sixty years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the memories are still fresh. GEORGE DILA Special to the Jewish News D Top: Iry Marshall shows o j5 a Japanese samurai sword from World War II. Above: Larry Stern displays a commemorative medal 12/7 2001 14 ecember 7, 1941. As the empire of Japan launched the unprovoked, hellish, two- hour attack on the United States at a place idyllically named Pearl Harbor in the ...…

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…this Week Locals Frustrated By Violence In Israel I n the wake of the bombings in Israel, the Detroit Jewish community voiced its frustra- tion about the never-ending violence. Here are three differing views: "Israel has reached a point where it might have to go in and take out Arafat. Either Arafat cannot control the terrorists, or he can and he isn't interested in doing it. Either way, the present situation is intolerable. "It looks like ...…

…Jerusalem/JTA — The weekend suicide bombings that claimed the lives of 25 Israelis are but the latest chapter in a long series of terror attacks launched by Palestinians against Israeli targets. The following timeline lists terror attacks since the latest Palestinian intifada (uprising) began in late September 2000: Oct. 26: Israeli soldier killed by bomber on bicycle in Gaza Strip. Nov. 2: Two people killed by car bomb near Jerusalem's Maha...…

…War On Terrorism Showing The Flag Despite fears and fog, Detroit Mission goers show solidarity with Israel. DAVID SACHS Senior Copy Editor Jerusalem fter a delay-riddled journey of more than 26 hours, a weary but determined Detroit delegation finally hit the highway from Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv for Jerusalem. Two dozen strong — in the face of terrorism and turmoil worldwide —. they came to make personal statements of support for ...…

…The weekend attacks in Israel have changed the rhetoric coming from Washington. MICHAEL J. JORDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York City ince the Sept. II terror attacks on the United States, Israelis and their American Jewish supporters have tried to impress upon Washington that "your war is our war." They've had little success until this week. The bloodiest terrorist attacks in Israel in the post-Sept. 11 world — assaults that specificall...…

…War On Terrorism Yahrtzeit Akiva students pray for terror victims. DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor T he suicide bombers who struck a Jerusalem pedestrian mall Saturday night targeted an area popular with teens and young adults. In the face of this attack on young people their own age, and the deaths of bus passengers in Haifa, students at Yeshivat Akiva prepared their own response. Seventh-12th graders resolved to read tehillim (psalms) and p...…

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…5 5: War On Terrorism The Detroit Medical Center Salutes MISSION from page 1 8 The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation For Its Generous Support of The Lawrence and !dell Weisberg Cancer Center Detroit delegates Harlene and Henry Appelman at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Also scrubbed were a tour of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City and a daytime visit to the Western Wall. On the journey into Jerusalem from the airport, the Detro...…

…BUY DIRECT & SAVE...EVERYDAY! wets% I 0/ General Consul Changes View Last week, Moshe Ram-, the new gen- eral consul of Israel for the Midwest, posed the question "How many rounds will it take?" to 130 people at Young Israel of Oak Park during his first visit to the Detroit area. He was referring to the number of times that the Israelis and Palestinians have failed to reach an agreement. "In the short run, I really don't see a solution," h...…

…Differing Tastes Paul Kohn's Quality Kosher Catering breaks from Vaad, takes on new supervision. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer A Dec. 1 break by Paul Kohn's Quality Kosher Catering from a local kosher certification agency has led to a first for a kosher business serving Detroit Jewry — certification from an international service. "In the history of the Vaad, this had never happened," says Rabbi Joseph Krupnik, kashrut director of th...…

…Washington Watch here from 10 minutes before the chef gets here and stays until closing." Rabbi Mordechai Katz will serve as kashrut administrator, while retaining a 12-year-old position as a rabbi and secular studies teacher at Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in Southfield. "What he brings to the table for me," Kohn says, "is the trust of the Orthodox community who know • hi m . " "We're inventing the role," Kohn says. "The mashgiach here will not be j...…

…News Digest FATHERS OF THE SILVER SCREEN - II Within a decade after film theaters called nickelodeons opened their doors, Americans flocked to them by the tens of millions. Few existed before 1904; about 9,000 spanned the country only four years later. And by 1910, 26-million weekly patrons attended an hour of films for a nickel or dime. An industry created by Jewish vision and dynamism was to become our nation's first global enterprise. Even...…

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…This Week Insight Profiles 1•>: Wo4 • Newist Jewish Ambassador Ann Arbor businessman will serve his country as ambassador to Slovakia. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News ith some advice from Doreen Hermelin and a University of Michigan kippah (skullcap) as a gift for the chief rabbi, Jewish businessman Ron Weiser left to be U.S. ambassador to Slovakia at the end of November. Weiser, 56, of Ann Arbor was appointed by President Geor...…

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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn The Statehood Nonsense 1p the right to succeed to the power that Yasser Arafat is rapidly losing as chairman of the Palestinian Authority. In the claims that Islamic Jihad and Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine make for "credit" for terror strikes, it is easy to see the faces of feudal warlords trying to impress the masses with their capacit...…

…OTHER VIEWS Israel Has Captured My Heart people are getting shot by the Palestinians." Wednesday, and I am Despite these warnings, I sitting on the terrace came anyway. The last time of my hotel room in I was here was in December Eilat, Israel. A stiff breeze is 1972 for my bar mitzvah. I blowing past me as I look was told that the country is out toward Jordan over the much different now: Red Sea. Lights flicker in vibrant and cosmopolitan, ...…

…Why All Americans Should Celebrate Chanukah At CLAL — The National Jewish New York City Center for Learning and Leadership — n the nights of Chanukah, we gathered a team of rabbis and Dec. 9-16, Jews around the scholars from different streams of country will remember a lit- Judaism to create specific ways in de pitcher of olive oil. In which Jews can dedicate each night of particular, we will recall a moment Chanukah to an act of heroism. We ...…

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…INSIDE: A Loving";Tome Alyn Hospital pays tribute to those who understand caring for children. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer or David and Ilene Techner, being honored by the Detroit Friends of Alyn Hospital also meant honoring David's longtime friend Debbie Groner, who died last March. A special tribute was accepted by Rabbi Irwin and Leypsa Groner, in memory of their daughter who died this year from myositis ossificans progressiva. ...…

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…Teacher Award Sponsors Named Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt and his Jewish Life Network foundation have joined as a partner in sponsoring the annual national Harold Grinspoon Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education. The Grinspoon-Steinhardt partnership takes effect in year three of the project (2001-2002); the official name of the award has been changed to the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education. The awards are...…

…unity Hot And Ileimish Schlock Rock keeps the faith with a syncopated beat. D on't expect to hear. "Nava Nagilah" or "I Have A Little Dreidel" at a concert by Schlock Rock. Instead, the Israeli-based group performs original Jewish rock songs, along with its own arrangements of American oldies. No more "Under the Boardwalk" — with leader Lenny Solomon at the keyboard, you're dancing to "Under the Chuppah." Another remade classic is "Born in...…

…YAK B'YAD 41111 HAND IN HAND MTH ISRAEL Yad B' Yad — Hand in Hand with Israel is a program of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) providing grants to Israeli grassroots organizations that focus on literacy, educational development and enrichment programs for at-risk and disadvantaged children and families. This year, Yad B'Yad has awarded grants to twenty-one organizations that work with the needy populations of all ethnic and reli...…

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…Who will keep the flame burning bright? JCC Outing Shows Photos The Jewish Community Center in Oak Park will host a trip to the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery at the JCC in West Bloomfield to see "Portraits of Honor: Detroit's Holocaust Survivors." The documentary exhibit by psy- chologist Charles Silow, featuring por- traits and stories of 250 survivors, will be seen Wednesday, Dec. 12. The tour of the exhibit is free; the transportation co...…

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…for ()Li COWIMUNI Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit Harry Hovakimian, Seniors; Rabbi Lauren Berkun, Chanukah; Cantor Sidney Resnick, Oak Park JCC; Rabbi Arnie Sleutleberg, Singles. SHABBAT SHALOM Temple Beth El — The Ellin & Harold Lawson Youth Institute presents Dr. Sanford M. Shapero, gerontologist, rabbi, administrator, lecturer and author. (248) 851-1100. • "Aging isn't for Sissies" — Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. • "Gerontology Survival Ch...…

…Calender CALENDAR FROM PAGE 43 Congregation Beth Shalom — Sunday, Dec. 16, 6:30-8 p.m. "Hanukkah 2001 Lights Gala Celebration & Magic Show" features Jeff the Magician. Bring your menorah and candles. Charge. (248) 547-7970, ext. 260. CONGREGATIONS Congregation B'nai Moshe — Thursdays, Dec. 13, 20, 10-10:45 a.m. "Mocha Moments," an informal discus- sion group with Rabbi Pachter. (248) 788-0600. Congregation Beth Shalom — Thursday, Dec. 13, 12...…

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