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…Pho to by De bbie Hill Contents 1:11 A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year I This Week www.detroitjevvishnews.com FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2002 S1VAN 27, 5762 VOL. 00(1, NO 17 Spirituality 65 Barrie 's Team' 28 Grunt Work For A Cause Michigan college students spend time on an Israeli army base. 31 Heartbreaking Close Israeli family shattered by suicide bombing once lived here. Opinion 33 Trust In Education Pooling resou...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK A Teacher, A Thinker t was a nice evening in Jerusalem, so Rabbi Berel Wein and his wife, Jackie, a former Detroiter, decided to walk home after visiting some friends on March 9. , Parents to four and grandparents to 29, they were within 90 yards of where they live when they heard the boom, then the wail of sirens. A suicide bomber had struck once more, this time at the Moment Café. The toll, like that of so many other sava...…

…• LETTERS Intifada: It's A Religious War JIB' 6/7 2002 6 11.hrgq. We prefer letters that relate to articles in the Jewish News. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Brevity is encouraged. Letters must contain the name, address and title of the writer, and a daytime telephone number. Original copies must be hand signed. Mail to the Jewish News at 30301 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; fax to (248) ...…

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…This Week For Openers Celebration Time y ou don't have to break out the balloons and paper hats, but it's nice to know that there are some really great "holidays" out there worth not- ing. There are many governmental legal- ly declared holidays, but sometimes there is a long break in between. For SY those of us who are party animals or MANELLO just like to have something special to Editorial look forward to, here are some cele- Assistant b...…

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…FOR SHAME! U.S. State Department Whitewashes Yasir Arafat's Bloody Hands In May 2002, the U.S. State Department issued two reports on terrorism in the Middle East and around the world. Both reports whitewash the overwhelming evidence that Yasir Arafat has been the leader of the ongoing Palestinian Arab terrorist campaign. This whitewash undermines President Bush's declard policy of zero tolerance for terrorism. Whitewashing Arafat's Role in...…

…This Week Rabbi Marla Hornsten L Cover Story Rabbi Amy Ruth Bolton Rabbi Tamara Kolton L L F r 1 Rabbi Miriam Terris r 1 L E A El E S hree years ago, a building- wide announcement of "The rabbi's on maternity leave," made visitors to Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit stop in their tracks and rethink what they'd just heard. While the guests were caught unaware, the Farmington Hills school's students went about their normal...…

…zr Cantor Lori Corrsin j. rtabbi Michele Faudem Rabbi Marla Feldman Rabbi Lauren Berkun A cantor and seven rabbis share how they fulfill their obligations as clergy who just happen to be women. Conservative, Humanistic and Reform movements, include three who are homegrown, five who are par- ents and two rabbis married to other rabbis. "I don't think the women in our community who are clergy went into their fields because we are women," ...…

…This Week Cover Story Who Are Our Women Clergy? Rabbi Lauren Berkun Midwest rabbinic director of Jewish Theological Seminary of America national program, Kollot: Voices of Learning. Ordained at Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. She is married to Rabbi Jonathan Berkun. Rabbi Amy Ruth Bolton Chaplain for Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network. Ordained at Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at University of...…

…decision to attend rabbinical school and hearing her- self finally say, 'All right, God, I'm going. I'm going." Cantor Corrsin's inspiration for her chosen piofes- sion came first from her grandfather, Hyman Rottenberg, who had been a lay cantor at Congregation B'nai David. As an adult in New York City, Cantor Corrsin worked as a cantorial soloist in a small Brooklyn synagogue. "I loved it," she says. "So, after consultation with my husband, I...…

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…and expansive ways to work, other than as congregational rabbis. "My sense is that many women are choosing alternative paths," Rabbi Feldman says. "I think women may define success differently. They may not see being a senior rabbi at a large congregation as success anymore." Yet congregations seem more eager than ever to hire women rabbis. "In my graduating class, women had the pick of the litter of pulpit posi- tions," says Rabbi Berkun, ord...…

…This Week What To Decide? Racquetball and squash players continue to push their case for saving the courts at the JCC. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer *IN 6/7 2002 20 ith all their courts slated for demoli- tion this summer, the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center's squash and racquetball play- ers are not giving up without a fight. Lisa Woerdeman, 41, a racquetball player from West Bloomfield, said more than 40 players picket- ed o...…

…The Birmingham Temple in cooperation with ( Detroit's Jewish Future, said Steve Becker, a begun in 1998, has health and physical edu- grown to $58 million, cation and recreation $33 million of which is consultant for the Jewish earmarked for the JCC. Community Centers Association, the New York-based umbrella A Balancing Act agency. "It's a shame, but Lis said there is prece- [racquetball's] popularity dent for the Center to is waning." reall...…

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…Doldrums sending 100 teens, compared with 450-650 before the intifada. The movement's Camp Ramah is sending 70, compared with 230 in previous years. • The Orthodox Union is sending 80 teens — most of them day school students who will be studying, rather than touring most of the summer. It worry that even if the situation in . has cancelled its Israel touring pro- Israel improves, it will take a long gram — which used to send more time to rebu...…

…Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:00 am - 2:00 pm at city. It also is allowing participants to bring cell phones so their parents can reach them instantly. One bright spot, at least for now, is that registration for more inten- sive Israel experiences — such as year-long, post-high school pro- grams -- that attract youth from highly committed Jewish families is holding steady or even growing. Young Judaea has 140 people reg- istered for its year cou...…

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…Grunt Work For A Cause . 9. 6' 0 0 0 Michigan college students spend two weeks on an Israeli army base, volunteering their bodies and souls. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News to pl States an agun West BloomfieleZ Oakland Community College --- cleaning a pipe on the •4 all 6/7 2002 28 Tiberias, Israel early 30 college students from Michigan who followed their hearts to Israel to get their hands dirty proved the truth of a major con...…

…expressed sympathy for it. They wanted to know about the Jewish community, and what people were saying about Israel,".he said. Politics was a regular topic. "Everyone is real frus- trated with what is going on," Sklar said. "I asked if they are afraid or extra cautious. They say, 'No, this is our lives.' Most agree with the Israeli response so far, but think it will take a war to root out all the terror." Rivka Garver, 19, a U-M student from B...…

…Help For Day Schools Newly created Jewish Education Trust offers tuition aid. DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor/Education Writer A s the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit com- pletes its second full year as a multi-stream Jewish day high school, it looks forward to a new kind of financial assistance. Along with other local day schools under the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit umbrella, the JAMD now can offer its students tuition a...…

…— "1411 1111111111111111111111111111.11111•111•11111111111111Nwirmak Insight Updates UV & From the Jewish News pages for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Heartbreaking z, Close Israeli family shattered by suicide bombing once lived here. DEBRA ISAACS Special to the Jewish News C hen Keinan rem-embers herself as a serious girl, a teenager who felt "deaf and dumb" as she struggled to learn English during her stay in America....…

…Insight HEARTBREAKING from page 31 Lior and Chen (Peled) Keinan with their daughter, Sinai. Chen lived in West Bloomfield with her parents and siblings from 1982-1985. YOUR SLICE OF THE AT THE PIE IS WAITING FOR YOU HEATHERWOOD IT'S A GREAT TIME TO MAKE YOUR MOVE TO A RETIRE- MENT LIFESTYLE WITH FEWER CHORES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND MORE TIME TO DO WHAT YOU LOVE BEST. PLUS, FOR A LIMITED TIME, WE'LL MAKE YOUR MOVE EVEN "TASTIER". ...…

…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: wwvv.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Trust In Education etroit Jewry is $10 million along toward a $50 million endowment for Jewish day school education — a bold initiative that serves as a national model for endowing the operation of day schools and assuring that cost isn't a barrier to such an education. The Jewish Education Trust is rooted in the belief that this special blend of ...…

…OTHER VIEWS 6/7 2002 34 Planting Seeds Of What? Spreading Seeds Of Understanding 0 nce again the camp, Seeds of Palestinian human rights and human life. All these goals are right out of Yasser Peace hits the news and who Arafat's manifesto!.. can argue with "peace?" Unfortunately, this incident is not our Unfortunately, the con- first revelation relative to Seeds of Peace. cept, more particularly the sponsoring Listed among the internati...…

…Israel Unfairly Treated Six Days Of War Philadelphia he bombs have begun to signs. They have never said anything, helpful information for answering explode again, but fear is not and I have never asked them for he most overwhelming vic- them. Here are three key ones. the emotion the visitor to thanks. In my mind, it's not expected." tory in the annals of war- • Why did the war take place? Israel encounters most often; fare took place in June...…

…OTHER VIEWS PIPES from page 35 JN SourceBook READERS' CHOICE AWARDS for Jewish Detroit Here's your chance to tell us what you like best about our community. Jimmy Choo Robert Clergerie Sigerson • Morrison Alberta Ferretti Henry Cuir Miu Miu TENDER Use official ballot on page 106 -or- vote online: www.detroitjewishnewsnews.com 271 WEST MAPLE jig 6/7 2002 36 DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM 248 258-0212 Ballots due June 20 victory over Is...…

…To y! •• OOOOO *** • • Jewish community puts best foot forward for . > Wilkes s stretch the day before the Avon walk, clockwise from left, Site Aaronson, Sharona Shapiro, Judy Goldsmith and Miriam Berzy Seagle. finishing Sunday afternoon at the William Costick Activities Center in Special to the Jewish News Farmington Hills. Putting in 60 miles over three days, ooking forward to what she the walkers were focused on drawing called "a chal...…

…JN SourceBook READERS' CHOICE AWARDS for Jewish Detroit Here's your chance to tell us what you like best about our community. Use official ballot on page 106 -or- vote online: www.detroitjewishnewsnews.com g'd 6/7 2002 38 Ballots due June 20 usual gauge of recovery "Because I am a survivor, I made this a project of mine," said-Aaronson, who registered for the walk in December. The weeks of walk- walking with her friend Nancy Pasm...…

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…Join in our Bar Mitzvah Celebration • 13th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival • Matthew Lazar, Founder and Director Sunday - Thursday, July 21-25, 2002 at the Nevele Grande Hotel, Ellenville, NY featuring * Daily Community Sings conducted by some of the greatest talents on the Jewish musical scene * Special presentations "For Listeners Only" and for accompanying children * Evening Concerts performed by ♦ Beatachon, New York, ...…

…❑ x•w MmanDmalaam.. RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News ORT campaign concentrates on providing students with hot meals and trauma counseling. E ope comes in many forms and, for many Israeli stu- dents, it's as simple as a hot meal or a sympathetic ear at the end of another war-torn day. Trauma counseling and hot meals for more than 100,000 students affected by the recent violence in Israel are part of the current worldwide O...…

…SCHLIJSS I have bden traveling to Israel since 1977. My first visit was an art tour with clients to support the Israel Philharmonic and its conductor Zubin Mehta. I visited many places north to south, from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, to Haifa and En Hod, and to several kibbutz. I was taken with the vibrancy of the country and its people. Israel is like no other place on earth. Since that time I have made close to 50 trips to Israel and am proud...…

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…Attorney Alan Vosko Eyes District Court Judgeship "Justice for Sure" is the slogan of Alan sions on legal precedent, he said, Vosko, a candidate for judge in the unless there is discretion within the 47th District Court. The court vacan- law to apply it to specific circum- cy in the district covering Farmington stances of the case. and Farmington Hills is a non-incum- Terming himself the "people's can- bent, open seat due to the retirement di...…

…vol p"nommw mpspo Alumni Sought For Tutoring The Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy (DJCL) is recruiting alum- ni of Winship Elementary School in Detroit for a new volunteer tutoring program. The Friends of Winship School will hold its first planning meeting 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building in Bloomfield Township. The group is developing on ongoing literacy program for students in grades k-3 in partner...…

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…Y ou are coroliaffy ineifeof fo ge our yues/ for Q .. . Israel Bonds Hosts Political Analyst Lenny Ben-David, internationally recog- nized political analyst and media expert, will address a June 12 Israel Bonds gath- ering honoring Melba Winer for her sup- port of the State of Israel, the communi- ty and the Israel Bonds campaign. From August 1997 to August 2000, prior to becoming a consultant to gov- ernment and industry, Ben-David served ...…

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…a. Temple Israel Treasures — Wednesday, June 19, noon. Luncheon will honor Evelyn and Cantor Harold Orbach. Charge. Ethel Traurig (248) 682-7232. ChaZaKaH/Young-at-Heart — Thursday, June 20, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon will feature artist Esther Tarnoff Cooper speaking on "Magic and Superstitions in Judaism." $9 members, $10 guests. Mail check by June 13 to: Alice Cohen, 29325 Lancaster Drive, #210, Southfield, MI 48034. Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmin...…