…A Jewish Renaissance Media Publication $1.25 FEBRUARY 8, 2002/SHEVAT 26, 5762 DETROIT JEWISH' NEWS Inside: Local Couple's Adoption Halted By INS Action Ford Fund Grant To Enrich JCC Learning Opportunities www.detroitiewlshnews.corn Three American Jews and five Israelis are ready to reach for Olympic medals in Salt Lake City. …
…JEWELERS 3294() Middlthelt al 14 Mile Road • Farmington Hills, MI • 248.855.1730 toll free 888.844.3916 • www.greis.com …
…Contents A 2001 Michigan Press Association Newspaper of the Year This Week 14 Let Our Baby Go INS probe halts Cambodian adoption, leaving local couple in limbo. O Opinion 27 Making Amends Ford Fund gift to JCC inspires new opportunities for giving. Community 31 Interactive Learning West Bloomfield JCC to house Ford Center for Exploration and Discovery. Spirituality Orna and Reid Willis, with a photo ofKoun - Nga, who is now 7 mon...…
…tlbOtAAEL 41 W IA rn The American Technion Society CAMPAIGN FOR THE TECHNION "(Technion) Scientists Turn Stem Cells Into Insulin Producers Wall Street Journal 7/31/01 Stem Cells Are Used To Produce Insulin (at the Technion) New York Times, 8/1/01 Technion Israel Institute of Technology Named Eligible by Bush Administration for NIH Funding Detroit Free Press, 8/28/01 Wouldn you like to meet fille of the doing this life-saving work? ...…
…111** * **** EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK -44 Nature's Way T heir generosity will help children appreciate and protect one of God's greatest gifts: the animal kingdom. And it's yet another example of the Jewish community reaching out to enrich the cultural jewels of Detroit. In the vastness of giving opportunities, Mandell "Bill" and Madeleine "Madge" Berman have chosen to endow something that brings people from all social and economic classes toget...…
…2002 QX4 LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com $429 39 Mo. 12,000 miles per year $3,379 Due at Signing Stk.# 2W253710 Every $1000 finance equals $27.78 up to 36 month on financing. 2002 QX4s, Q45s & G20s also available at HUGE SAVINGS. Large selection & Michigan's most experienced Infiniti staff. Call Kevin Tierney at: 248-645-5930 = F CA) INFINITI 34574 Woodward S. of Maple • Birmingham 2...…
…?1" * c*A7 Z7 77".* "1 " 1771 7";T::-.t ' j""2 "7-' %n "" 71 :51, • 4). 41ti '-' 13' 2 L.-4 •&4 ,diF" lir Ern MI - pion 411. 111** fanall thi 416.& 1111b.:. ic 3 k , immimmomor ititl!a,2a. um 481M111.111711 ii i.3061*.17020 , 4Ie acS University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Colloquia Calendar * February-April 2002 FEBRUARY 4 Negative Theology and the Meaning of the 18 Commandments in Mode...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS vvww.detroitjewishnews.com PUBLISHER Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com Associate Publisher David M. Neill dneill@thejewishnews.com Custom Tail° Vent—ZO% ADVERTISING SALES: Sales Director Jim Cohen Choose from a great selection of fabrics in our custom shop. Ask for details offer valid through kb. IL Great Selection on this Made-to-Heasure[yen Unparalleled Pricing Prompt Delivery Sales Coordinators Kristen...…
…instaniZgag*A., w • - TENZ INT IZ E ZE It air • N • • E V i;;;NNi7 A II W Z ; N n ,wsNlAnt t Z ' • R S • A st Price • L • E :.:Atr.,?gmegotoosogx.z..xmo r, A.10%- a10 , 0ivoszeas .10,,,u,wmo.m.warows%garo . '.V., ..xwKozvozoosoftfor.r We made a yeat buy on this European contemporarypedroom and you get a great price :phile the stock lasts. Dresser, mirror, Armoire, 2 night stands and bed. 4CONTEMPORARY E OF THE CONTEM...…
…• . . ..o„• . `V:"' • . • • • • , „ • • We Are Looking For A Few Good Men & Women to be immortalized in bronze with Greenberg, 'Callen, Greenblatt & Krickstein The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame located in the • halls of The Jewish Community Center (JCC) West Bloomfield is recruiting a few good men and women to join the ranks as inductees of the class of 2002. The Michigan Jewish Spor...…
…For Openers Queenie: A Love Story ost mornings when Esther Winer leaves for work, she takes her files, her purse, her keys — and her dog. Winer, community outreach coordinator for Jewish Apartments and Services in West Bloomfield, shares her after- office hours with a 7-year-old female mixed breed who lives, by day, in a recep- tion office at the Lillian and Samuel Hechtman Jewish Apartments. Queenie, named by Hechtman II resident Ella Baker...…
…The Great Purim Parcel Project zoo Staff Notebook Women In The Arts Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. hen I wanted to be accepted at the University of Michigan as a music composition major, my father said, 'Whoever heard of a girl composer?' "'Well', I said, 'you're hearing of one , ,, W ways that YOU can "Repair fReVorld" now. fty MAKE Mishloach Manot Parcels at home! • BRING your completed Mishloach Manot! MAKE Mishloac...…
…B ce hardvad floors 0 The Natural Choice ml rnstrong We're the wood floor specialists, featuring a great selection of the most fashion- able patterns and colors available. Great prices abound during this Fall sale, so don't hold out any longed The lasting character of wood, a European feel or perfect in country to contemporary themes. Today's colors and selections could surprise you. This event is the time to save. Every floor is on sale...…
…This Week Let Our Baby Go INS probe halts Cambodian adoption, preventing Commerce couple from bringing home their baby. HARRY KIRS BAUM StaffWriter . T o Orna and Reid Willis of Commerce Township, the photographs of the 3 72- month-old girl named Koun Nga hang- ing on their refrigerator are pictures of their new baby. This month, if things were on schedule, they would be on their way to bring Koun Nga, now 7 months old, home from a Cambo...…
…Arden Courts Alzheimer's Assisted Living... "It seems like Arden Courts was especially designed just for my wife." Just ask Frank Faga... licensed child placement agency was founded in 1975. Congressional staff members scheduled a meeting with the INS for Feb. 7 to gather information. The Willises have contacted U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R- Bloomfield Hills, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and others to get things resolved. Christopher Close, R...…
…Unity Meeting Five arms of the Conservative moment will work on working together, boosting numbers. • moonroof • leather • cd player • power driver's seat • 0 side impact airbags e inflatable side curtain heated seats and more! 39 months including 332500 refundable security deposit. Tax, license is additional. Offer ends 2/28/02. AND SONS VOLVO 248-624-0400 On Maple Rd., West of Haggerty — OPEN SATURDAY 10-4 — Since 1986 STEVEN TAR...…
…has spoken recently with the heads of numbers of religiously observant or the Rabbinical Assembly and the Jewish committed Jews." Theological Seminary of America to dis- Conservative synagogues, she said, cuss how the groups can work more require more background knowledge of closely, and that all acknowledged the Hebrew and liturgy than Reform ones, need for change. although in recent years, Reform syna- "Neither debated the fact that the gogu...…
…This Week Summit Agenda Bush and Sharon to discuss Iran, Palestinians. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent "OrAt. 2/8 2002 71P 111U .S. outreach to Iran is on hold — and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, due in Washington late this week for meetings with President George W Bush and his top foreign policy aides, wants to make sure it stays that way. That has emerged as one theme for this week's Sharon-Bush summit. The meeting co...…
…Palestinian people and all of these Palestinian organ- izations that they are destroying the vision of a Palestinian state by violent acts." And he repeated the U.S. demand that Arafat pro- vide an explanation for the massive shipment of smug- gled arms intercepted by Israeli forces on the Red Sea. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice termed Arafat's journalistic foray as "not helpful." Sources say Arafat's lobbyists in Washington played...…
…This reek News Digest Police Disrupt Suicide Bomber Jerusalem/JTA — Israeli police nabbed a suicide bomber en route to Jerusalem. A bus driver stopped Wednesday at a military checkpoint on the outskirts of the city and told police he had spotted a suspicious-looking man on board, according to a police spokesman. "There was some sort of a struggle on the bus," the spokesman said. When the police took the suspicious man off, they found an exp...…
…Ghetto Doctor Dies At 87 Warsaw/JTA — Dr. Arnold Mostowicz, who treated fellow Jews in the Lodz Ghetto during World War II, died Feb. 3 at 87. Mostowicz, who chronicled his expe- riences in several books, died in a Warsaw hospital after a long illness. Mostowicz played an active role in the Resistance and was deported to Auschwitz after the Lodz Ghetto was eliminated in 1944. The Fusion ,0 Design and Technology Imo. with $3,285 due at signi...…
…Once sanxen • Includes Kin * 66 66 At 46 44 46 40 46 40 • •'• AO AO 40 AD 46 46 46 At •6 AO • * • 41! 'z Bed 2 Ni htstands 1 Triple Dresser, Annoire, Minor Regular Retail Price $13,836.00 NOW... $4,999.00 DININ MOM .**„... Includes Table, 6 Chairs, Buffet (inset) Regular Retail Price $9,638.00 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IP • 41 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • NOW... $3,999.00 …
…• • .ampronw,meMow Arawarammaya.: . 1 .1.11.0".• • • 0041ec - • 11WOMINK arise • DES GNS BVIERTAIN ENT CENTER gf, 44 4 4- 4 4: 4 ...10% • * 4t * • 31- *, 4, a • * 4 • _'"2"=_ Regular Retail Price $7,816.00 0 • IP • • • 0 40 • 40 0 41 41 • 4P 41 4P 41 41 0 0 4P 40 40 • 4P 40 40 • 4k 41 0 0 0 4P 0•41 0 0 411 lk 41 Qt * 4k 4W 41 $1 • 41 41 NOW... $2 999 00 12 Months Same as Cash 04 Sherwood Studios MI Pay Your Limited Q44...…
…This Week 'fi" Jews Admired In MS. Survey Improve your home and your loan. New York City/JTA —Jews are consid- ered by other ethnic groups to be hard working, intelligent and strongly com- mitted to family, according to a new study for the American Jewish Committee. Between 27-30 percent of non-Jews have contact with Jews at work, school or in the community, the report says. Fifty-eight percent say they know a Jew, and 28 percent feel clos...…
…This Week Insight am i k:afiga The Next Level From the Jewish News pages 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. West Bloomfield's Erin Konheim has a date with Michigan State. MIKE ROSENBAUM Special to the Jewish News got to not only meet Jewish girls who play soccer around Michigan, but around the country. So it was a good experience." Coach Hicklin says Konheim is "technically a very good player. She's really good going forward, taking playe...…
…Our Best Wishes to * Professional instructions * Classes for all skill levels - beginner to expert * Special program for the younger skiers. (ages 6 10) * Small classes * Adult classes too! * Charter buses Saturday & Sunday The Jewish News - For A Speedy Recovery Teathing Kids to Ski is Our Business Celebrating our 27th season! And *A, b iumbuiiik t Shopping Centers Boulevard featuring Leslye Sklar Call Leslye at Fenby-Stein Ente...…
…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: Dry Bones www.detroitjewishnews.com Making Amends For The Past ne of America's great industrialists, Detroit's Henry Ford, is remembered almost as much for his disdain of Jews as his manu- facturing savvy He died in 1947 at age 83. Ford, who more than anyone is responsible for Detroit's prominence on the national industrial stage, was the quintessential enigma. He befriended two of ...…
…OTHER VIEWS Seat Of The Soul Los Angeles he hardest part about writ- ing about brain radiation is writing the words "brain radiation." I assure you that I'm OK. It's my fingers that are typing these words on my computer. It's my thoughts that are deciding which of the Yip Harburg lyrics from the Scarecrow's song, "If I Only Had a Brain," I should use later in this piece. After 14 sessions in which I received 250 rads each, I've met some grea...…
…A Giant Of Spirit I to Israel were opportunities to expose n the early hours of Shabbat his students to great thinkers, holy per- morning, Saturday, Feb. 2, sonalities and uplifting encounters. His Detroit suffered the tragic loss bus trips to Boro Park with Russian of a true giant. Rabbi Avrohom Abba Freedman, teacher, principal and immigrants each yom toy (holiday) pro- vided the uninitiated with a taste of spiritual guide to hundreds of f...…
…never There's so much to enjoy at THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN offers extraordinary, independent retirement living in a vibrant suburban setting. Our Southfield location has great views and is convenient to all of the cultural events that Detroit has to offer— everything from theater to arts to shopping and fine dining. Choose from spacious one- and two-bedroom apartments with a wealth of amenities. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with know...…
…INSIDE Community Calendar 38 Maze! Toy! 40 interactive ❑ U'DD r West Bloomfield JCC to house theplanned Ford Motor Company Center for Exploration and Discovery. ‘otioNtatemetweivmeNZOSINANCIPIL Miningrmw le m o g i n er\ : , A $2 million grant from the Ford Motor Company Fund will bring a multimedia Jewish education center to the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. The contribution toward the Ford Motor Company Center for E...…
…Community Outreach Jewish Fund approves health and human service grants totaling $2.1 million. "Helping the community's elderly is one of the top priorities of the Jewish community and of the Jewish Fund." N ineteen programs providing health and human services in metro Detroit have received $2.1 million in grants from the Jewish Fund. The majority of the funds will be used to serve the Jewish community's frail elderly, including $674,000 f...…
…4 PUT AWAY THE PLUNGER! If your toilet will not • Siphon jet action to assist perform- flush or you have to ance for efficiency. flush it two or three • Designed for commercial and resi times to clear the bowl, dential installations. you are a victim of the The toilet you Jeffrey Moss is new 1.6 gallon per flush select should be able vice-president of toilets. There is a solu- to perform flawlessly. Advance Plumbing lion. A You OW; Supply Co...…
…BUY DIRECT & SAVE...EVERYDAY! WM; ro, ,"- ty 0/ SAME DAY EYEGLASSES & CONTACT LENSES Endorsed by: • FRAMES • SUNGLASSES • CONTACT LENSES We Have The Largest Frame Selection In Michigan!! c • • Chuck Gaidica and the Breakfast Club 100.3 Jay Towers and the Morning Revolution 93.1 • Mojo in the Morning 95.5 • Kevin O'Neill on the First Shift 99.5 • The New DVD 96.3 DISPOSABLE CONTAC T EYEGLASSES;.., v ,,, __...,, (COMPUTE -INCWDES FR...…
…Upward Boun County commissioner to run for state representative. 3, akland County Commissioner Shelly Goodman Taub, R- Bloomfield Township, has announced her candidacy for the Michigan House of Representatives, District 40. The district consists of Bloomfield and Southfield townships, the cities of Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor and Orchard Lake Village and the villages of Beverly Hills, Franklin and Bingham Farms. T...…
…Q\DAC U RA Leather, Bose CD Changer, Loadect#UA5662 Au* 260 HP, Sportshift, Auto, Leather, Heated Seats, #YA4262 MSRP $30,810 $26,969* Dolores and Andy Schlesinger Schlesinger Trust ids Communi ty V. PL, ABS, Alloys, CD, Cruise, Pwr Root, Auto & More! #DC5482JW 36 mo. lease 42 mo. lease 48 mo. lease 2 49 88 I 2 3988 $2500 ttl due $2500 nt due Pwr, Telescopic Steering Wheel, Onstar, Bose CD Changer, Moonroof, Complete Luxury #KA9...…
…p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at JARC's Paul and Louis Katzman Administration Building, 30301 Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills. Gift bags with cards, crayons, candy and other treats will be assembled for donation to the children served by the Children's Immune Defense, a local shelter for mothers and their children who live with AIDS or are HIV posi- tive. All youth groups and individual teens are welcome. For reservations, call Leslie Cohen, ...…
…Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit SHABBAT SHALOM Temple Beth El – Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. Brotherhood Shabbat, "Men and Shabbat" features Doug Barden, executive director, North American Federation of Brotherhood speaking on "Brotherhood in the 21st Century." • "Education, Spirituality and Religion in Brotherhood" -- Saturday, Feb. 23, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon and discussion. $10. RSVP by Feb.14: (248) 851-1100. • "Visions and Programming for Bro...…
…Have more fun. Save more money. Here's how to keep both Alotowfk,„: 4 144,, New Year's resolutions. Lease a 9-5 Sedan SUPPORT Cancer Caregivers' Spiritual Support Group -- Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 12, 7-8:30 p.m., 6 weeks. Faith-based group for family and friends of cancer patients. Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Oakland Regional Office, Southfield. RSVP by Feb. 8: (800) KARMANOS, (248) 354-4188. '334 Per mo*/36 mos. AUDITIONS...…
…Mazel Toy! New Arrivals • y and me LAYETTE INFANT AND CHILDREN'S 6718 Orchard Lake Rd./West Bloo "el " 248-855-3214 CANTOR SAMUEL GREENBAUM Certified Mohel — — Hospital Trained — Topical Anesthetic — Follow Up Visit Your baby's comfort is important to me. (248) 855-A BOY (2269) JEREMY JOSEPH BERGER WITH BIG SISTER SAMANTHA Office: (248) 547-7970 perfectnow@excite.com SCAC2Jt,/,6 •UNIQUE BABY GIFT BASKETS• Cheryl Grand 248.737....…
…grandparents are Nathan and Edith Roth and Edward and Joyce Welford. Honored grandmother is Eva Weinberger of Beachwood, Ohio. Mindy is an honor student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Her interests include attending summer camp at Camp Ramah in Canada, music, books, water skiing and snow skiing. Mindy enjoys expressing her creativity through many forms of dance, including jazz, hip-hop and ballet. Her mitzvah...…
…Events and Entertainment 0 0 CLUB (The NEW, Hotted Hangout For Kids) Mazel Toy! , 14 introduces For 5th-8th graders NO parents! Every OTHER Friday Night starting February 8th Food! Fun! Music! Engagements 3-D Simulator! 7-10:30pm $15 per night includes 1 food/drink ticket Dancing! Games! Prizes! Drinks by "The Cappuccino Man" Feb. 8th & 22nd, March 8th & 22nd, April 5th & 19th CLUB-E Location 24156 Haggerty Rd. Farmington Hills,...…
…ELARA An exciting new shape in diamonds Exclusively at Tapper's PRUPES-FREILICH S y and Diana Freilich of White Lake and Gerald and Marilyn Witt of Novi glee- fully announce the engage- ment of their son Jonathan to Rene Prupes, daughter of Roslyn Prupes of Plano, Texas and the late Richard Prupes. The couple met in Dallas, where Jon is a photographer and Rene is a college administrator. They were engaged in Israel and plan to wed in Dalla...…
…Mazel Toy! Attention Cold Weather Alert!! S & M Heating has qualified, factory-trained, service techni- cians ready to serve you. We are proud to be both a Bryant and Lennox Furnace dealer. We carry a good selection of humidifiers, air cleaners, programmable thermostats as well as maintenance contracts. S & M Heating has been serving the metro area for over 40 years, offering 24-hour service, from our Southfield location. We have financing a...…
…Fenby Stein is proud to announce..., Mikki Has Returned From Broadway's "The Producers" --- Let Her Produce A Great Party For You! FENBY STEIN 01111117,4 Mikki Weinstein 4460 Orchard Lake Road West Bloomfield, MI 4:1) 0 0 7 goo Drake Rd. lust South of Walnut Lake Rd. New Ye ar Cleara nce! Inside U.S. Blades West Biomfields Neighborhood Pro Shop DON'T DRIVE io MILES, WE ARE THE AUTHORITY created especially • The Best Selection o...…
…In these troubled times... Where does your support for Israel stand? Now, as never before, ISRAEL NEEDS US. Thousands of men, women and children, new immigrants as well as sabras, have had their lives upended by events of the past year. With the need to redirect social service funds to ever-increasing defense needs, the poor, the sick and the vulnerable are in danger of falling through the widening cracks of Israeli society. How can you he...…
…Musical Memento Grant funds music teachers and CD for Jewish Parents Institute students. DIANA LIEBERMAN Copy Editor/Education Writer T rying to keep 40 children from coughing, scratching or breaking out in giggles is a Herculean task. But it was vitally important on Feb. 3, as the fourth- through seventh-graders of the Jewish Parents Institute (JPI) cut their first CD. "Don't rattle paper," warned teacher Judy Hudspeth of Southfield. "Th...…
…THE LAST TIME YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS WERE THIS LOW, ROCK HAD JUST STARTED ROLLING. Cantor Najman Gains Doctorate IFATSet , 0 1 ,.:N W A r Fifth Third Equity F/exLine: Borrow $10,000 for just... 40 - a month* - Of/ 2/8 2002 48 33 Women's Seder On March 14 Call 1 888 797 5353, stop by your nearest Fifth Third Banking Center or apply online at www.53.com . - Cantor Chaim Najman received the degree of doctor of music, honoris cau...…
…No deposit fees. No checking fees. No transfer fees. No bull. You've never seen a bank like this! Paramount Bank waives the usual fees for these services, and we refuse to nickel and dime our business customers for things like deposit slips or "teller transactions." B'nai Moshe Focus: Literacy Many customers tell us they save $500 and more a month. Check the chart to see how much it can save you. If you're fed up with the charges your cur...…
…Spirituality Synagogues Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 a.m., 5 p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 7 p.m.; Sundays and Civic Holidays: 8:15 a.m., 5 p.m. Boy Scout Shabbat. BETH ISRAEL (FLINT) G-5240 Calkins Road, Flint, 48532, (810) 732-6310. Rabbi: James R. Michaels. Cantor emeritus: Sholom Kalib. President: Leonard Meizlish. Services: Saturday 9:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday and legal holidays 8 a.m., 6 p.m. Ivriah religious school...…
