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…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Contents Winner of eight 2003 MPA writing, www.detroitjewishnews.com FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2004 A/rte I° design and advertising awards MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION IYAR 16, 5764 • Vol_ CXXV, No. 13 COVER STORY 22 Reflections On Israel ARTS & LIFE 41 Film Financier Mission-goers soak up history, culture and new experiences. Gary Gilbert brings a sneak preview home to benefit JARC APPLETREE 35 Dishing It Up Favorite recipe...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTES 0011 Sanctity Trumps Barbarity Tel Aviv 33 is leading a change in the Muslim orientation, mouse chased by a cat has no chance he said. of winning unless it somehow con- Well, maybe. vinces the cat that it's a tiger. Similarly, Israel is at peace with Egypt and Jordan. And Israel can't act like a mouse trying to Libya suddenly decided to rid itself of nuclear • dodge the pursuit of Palestinian terrorists. It must weapons. But...…

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…PO RE 6 1 1 PROFILE Make A Joyful Noise ASHLEYGOLDBERG City: Farmington Hills Kudos: Running Against Cancer A bone cancer survivor and student at Indiana University (IU) in Bloomington, Ashley Goldberg, 20, helped establish the school's first American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life, raising $40,000. How did you get -wa.sAlid61 - , 14 involved in organiz- ing the April 3-4 marathon? "I've attended the West Bloomfield High Relay and my...…

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…The Larkins called it their "Manhattan apartment"—an optimist's view of living full-time on the second story of their 6,000 sq. ft., Bloomfield Hills colonial while Gittleman remodeled the entire first floor and lower level. And it was worth it. Extending the roofline, rearranging the interior walls and, most importantly, adhering to their budget, Gittleman created precisely the floor plan they envisioned, one boasting a formal dining room, el...…

…The Graying Of Jewish America As the Jewish community ages, some hope to tap the elderly as a resource. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency Philadelphia ernice Bricklin has retired as a family law attorney, but at 75 she remains active on several organizational boards and attends Mishkan Shalom, a Reconstructionist synagogue. But there's a problem: When Bricklin attends Torah study classes with her daughter, people all but ignore her. ...…

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…GRAYING from page 17 members, with the aim of getting people to mix. "These two poles of the communi- ty were focused on their own inter- ests, but we're starting to see them as part of a whole," Rabbi Ridberg said. Anita Steiner, 61, has seen that bigger picture. Steiner is about to graduate from the RRC and plans to return to her adopted hometown of Ashkelon, Israel, to work in hospice care. While in Philadelphia, Steiner worked with one w...…

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…SHARON LUCKERMAN • StaffWriter DEBBIE HILL • Photographer 1,11 tom our rooms at the King David Hotel, we see the long jagged outline of the holy city of Jerusalem — gleaming stone punc- tuated by the golden Dome of the Rock — resting on the Judean Hills. On Friday evening, as we head into the Old City by foot and passersby call out "Shabbat shalom," there's a sense of being part of one large Jewish family. Buses take us through the desert o...…

…Opposite page: Jerusalem and the Old City This page (clockwise from top left): Wendy Wagenheim of Birmingham, com- munications director of Michigan's American Civil Liberties Union, in the courtyard of the Israeli Supreme Court. husband Jonathan Trobe, in Safed. Detroit Federation CEO Robert Aronson with an Israeli policeman" in the Israeli Arab district northeast of Caesaria. Linda Glass ofWest Bloomfield shows a child at the well-baby cli...…

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…ver 144,' REFLECTIONS DERN MILLIE E FULL MONTY HAN TOM THE OPERA • THE KING AND I DF EY'S THE RECORD ITTLE SHOP • OF HORRORS n 5/ 7 2004 26 Standard Federal Wealth Management Group from page 23 Detroiter Irwin Green, now of Florida, and his son Don of Canada at the dedi- cation of the Green Soccer Field for Arab and Jewish children in Nazarath by Martha Graham and Batsheva de Rothschild, and a tour of the Cameri Theatre of Tel...…

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…Thank You! To all the agencies and congregations that participated in Federation's Annual Campaign - Campaign Countdown 2004 Lorne B. Gold, Dan Guyer, Mark Milgrom and Melinda Soble, Co-chairs, Campaign Countdown 2004 Michael Horowitz and Marta Rosenthal, Co-Chairs, Federation's 2004 Annual Campaign Congregation Beth Shalom Jewish Community Council for outstanding outreach, solicitation and participation Jewish Family Service Birmingham...…

…Jewish Apartments & Services is pleased to announce the honorees for THE 2004 EIGHT OVER EIGHTY SENIOR ADULT JEWISH HALL OF FAME: Alfred D. Bricker Julius Harwood Jack Caminker Belmont Kershenbaum Nena Dillick Sylvia and Harry Granader Phyllis Newman Bea Sacks Sunday, May 16 Inside Handelman Hall at the Jewish Community Center 6600 W. Maple Rd. on the Eugene and Marsha Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield Open to th...…

…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones Separation Strategies T he world is watching as two democracies struggle to find sensible exit plans. For Israel, it is the settlements — with the Gaza Strip first and then some parts of the West Bank to come. For the United States, it is Iraq. The Gaza settlements have been a mixed success. They have clearly helped establish the principle that Israel has ...…

…OTHER VIEWS DANN from page 31 Sharon's plan assures that it "will lead to improved security." It provides no expla- nation for how this will be accom- plished. What will happen when terror- ists attack Israel? Who will be responsi- ble? With whom will we negotiate dis- putes? The plan asserts a vague intention to include some areas of Judea and Samaria into the State of Israel, but it does not give specifics. What will happen to the rest? Th...…

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…@ r- wish famili Dishing It Up Some favorite recipes from a favorite person: Mom. MOM'S BEEF STROGANOFF ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor N igella Lawson, Alton Brown, Julia Child, Mario Bataglia, Rachel Ray — mere novices compared to Mom. • Whether she was busy making her famous five-hour chocolate-coconut cake, or just cooking up a bowl of oatmeal, her food was the best. In honor of Mother's Day, we honor some terrif- ic moms with...…

…dvertisins T t Just ask Susan Bozell, Marketing Manager for the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor. To Every Thing There Is A Season "The University Musical Society advertises in the JN because it provides an affordable and effective means of targeting people interested in arts and culture, delivering them to a destination as far as 50 miles away." The counting of the Omer: a time of joy, and memories of grief: ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM A...…

…MSU Hill& monthly Rosh Chodesh program has become popular on campus. PHOTOS BY JASON BROOKS 1 ewish women at Michigan State University have created a monthly group that is bringing them closer through dis- cussions and programs. The Rosh Chodesh program is an outgrowth of a 2003 body image and Jewish culture work- shop. Plans for next year include speakers such as feminist Letty Cottin Pogrebin and sex columnist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a women's...…

…Comm unity JCC Entrance To Close V;&.xVNA.1' The Maple Road entrance to the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield will be closed for con- struction for about two weeks. The construction will add passing lanes to both sides of Maple Road in anticipation of increased traffic due to the Jewish Family Service building. Road construction began on the south side of Maple Road this week and is expected to move to the north (JCC) side the foll...…

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…Film Financier Producer Gary Gilbert brings a sneak preview - of his first movie home to benefit JARC Gary Gilbert, left, on the set of "Garden State," with Natalie Portman, right. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News 191 ormer West Bloomfield resident Gary Gilbert worked in the mortgage business for many years with his older brother, Dan, chairman and president of Quicken Loans Inc. and Rock Financial. But five years ago, Gary Gilbe...…

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…FILM profession out the natura l; color and gloss marble. Our ex patented pro fit e proprietarys sl restore the v alue marble floe vanities an ta FINANCIER-from page 41 Gary Gilbert in front of the Camelot Pictures office in Tribeca: "You can save about 25-30 percent by filming in Canada, but I would rather stay here and help the U.S. economy." and selling it to Miramax. and Fox for $5 million, plus 15 percent of the gross receipts. "The 1...…

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