…Graveside and Cemetery Chapel Services With S ub starrtial Savings ers-in-law, Sandra and Andrew Cohen of Houston, Loretta and Bernard Drzuch of Southfield; brother, F. Ronald of Dunedin, Fla.; mother-in-law, Rosamond Hammerstein; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Stanley Ham- merstein and Donna and Bob Buch. Interment at Adat Shalom Memorial Park. Contributions may be direct- ed to the Hospice of Southeast- ern Michigan, 16250 Northland Dri...…
…WE REMEMBER During the coming week Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends, with the traditional memorial prayer, recitation of kaddish and studying of mishnayos. Harry Averbuch se Bc sagraman Schwartz Edward Tarnopol Leo Barth Charles Drescher Ellis Friedman Bertha Glazer Rebecca Katzer Harry Raskin Rose Ross Bessie Rott Rachel Scherr Jack H. Schey Eva Shlakrnan Julius Wasserman Meyer Weisberg Sadi...…
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…THE JEWISH NEWS MARCH 8, 1991 / 22 ADAR 5751 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-UP WHEN DIVORCE SPLITS THE FAMILY JWF To Hire Lansing Lobbyist KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he Jewish Welfare Federation is just weeks away from hir- ing its first community lobbyist, expected to assist agencies in securing funds in the midst of massive statewide budget cuts. The Federation, with the assistance of Jewish Com- ...…
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…CONTENTS BUSINESS OPINION When Divorce Splits The Family Silver & Gold PHIL JACOBS Pawnbrokers today deal in a sophisticated inventory. • Laziness and guilt can help save Earth. 56 DETROIT The Jewish divorce rate is climbing alongside U.S. rate. 22 ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM • A statement supporting Israel. 14 • Teaching Judaism to the gentiles. • A rolling harvest for the hungry. SPECIAL REPORT Will War's End Lead To Peace? WASHIN...…
…EDITORIAL Stopping The Flight Out Of Southfield ,tt, It's a critical time for Southfield's Jewish community. The recently released Neighborhood Mobility study, whose data are drawn from the 1989 Jewish Welfare Federation demo- graphic study, identifies a troubling trend, continued flight by Jewish households to the "suburbs." Some of this movement is the result of upward mobility — buying that dream house on a lake. But a disturbing amount ...…
…OPINION Making A Statement In Support Of Israel ELIOT GOLDSTEIN I have come to a disheart- ening realization in the past few weeks. It is one that saddens me in one respect, yet fills me with pride and hope at the same time. In light of recent unprovok- ed attacks on Israel there has been a generous outpouring of Zionistic support for Israel that seems only to be shown in times of danger and need, but remains hidden when everything is okay...…
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…YOU'RE COVERED One Statistic Was In Error ► In his March 1 story on Jewish mobility in Detroit, Phil Jacobs quoted the figure of an annual net loss of 1,300 families in Southfield. He ob- tained this statistic from a draft of the forthcoming report on "Neighborhoods and Mobility: The Geography of the Jewish Community of Detroit," one of a series of reports presenting findings of the Detroit Jewish Population Study. Unfortunately, we made an...…
…UP FRONT Jewish Leaders Are Briefed By Top American Officials JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent s ome 250 leaders of Jewish organizations gathered in Washing- ton for first-hand briefings on the state of the U.S.-Israel relations from ranking administration and congressional officials. The event, the National Leadership Assembly of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, attracted an all-star list of sp...…
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…I DETROIT Gentile Class Meets In Detroit To Study Biblical Noahide Laws ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor A directive issued more than 800 years ago by Maimonides is becoming a reality today in Detroit, where an Orthodox rabbi is teaching the Noahide Laws to a gentile group. Once a month, Rabbi Meilech Silberberg of Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield meets with the group, all Protestant men, to study the seven laws the Talmud calls the min...…
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…The Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit and The Jewish News present PROJECT CHAMETZ A Community-Wide Effort to Feed the Hungry Passover commemorates the celebration of our deliverance from hardship. In the spirit of the holiday, and its challenge to "Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat," Project Chametz will collect and distribute your parcels of food to the needy throughout the Detroit Area. Here's what to do: Drop off your...…
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…CLOSE-UP When DIVORCE SPLITS THE FAMILY s baron had done everything the Jewish community want- ed her to do. As a young girl, she attended afternoon He- brew school. She was called to the bimah for her bat mitzvah. She went on to confirmation and academic summers in Israel. She later became a youth adviser for B'nai B'rith and like all "good" Jew- ish girls, she dated only Jewish men before marrying and settling down. Her master's degree ...…
…DIVORCE 4 didn't • want to make love to him anymore, I didn't want to -touch him. "He was more interested in compu- ters and machines than people and their feelings," she said. "Divorce hurts. It hurts you; it hurts your chil- dren. You live this life of second guess- ing yourself. I think the anger is part of the healing you go through." The central theme at last November's Council of Jewish Federa- tions' General Assembly was the Jew- ish ...…
…DIVORCE GIVING THE GET abbi Elimelich Goldberg tells a story about how he picketed a Los Angeles synagogue that was honor- ing one of its members. The synagogue honoree that evening had refused to give his wife a get, a Jew- ish writ of divorce. Rabbi Goldberg want- ed everyone to know about it. Unfortunately, according to the Young Israel Southfield rabbi, knowledge about gittin does not necessarily transcend the branches of Judaism. A rece...…
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…The Finest Expressions Of Love Come From . . . - social service agencies across the country, JFS offers a program for children to meet and speak about divorce. The groups are facilitated by clinical social workers Fay Rosen and Karen Rouff. "We want to know what is concerning the children," Ms. Rouff said. "The kids are very interactive with one another. They share a lot of human feelings with each other." The children are invited to express...…
…WAR'S E N D Israel's Backers Seek Clues To Bush's Mood r i . . • .7,1,,,,, • e.) ,.., .•,„.;: ! ,,,, • • rf '- :4'7 , J ;. • • ...1 - , /<,- ... X -1'''. 4 ',i, ry; :' ". • 3i .:z .is •-V.-(''' ' . With attention focused on settling the Israeli-Arab conflict, concern mounts over what route Washington will take. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Does War's End Mean Mideast PEACE? Special Report For Israel, ...…
…more importantly, his using the trip to sound out re- gional governments on their own view of the future, rather than dictating a new U.S. peace plan. "I'm heartened, to an ex- tent, that Mr. Baker sudden- ly decided to go to Israel," said Rep. Larry Smith (D- Fla.), one of Israel's most outspoken Capitol Hill sup- porters. "That could represent a breakthrough, because he will finally be able to see through his own eyes who the Israelis are an...…
…..%, W A R ' S E N President George Bush and Defense Secretary Cheney: Will the United States pressure Israel into a Middle East compromise? they want to live with their dependent Palestinian state, neighbors. But their at least for now. "We should focus all of our neighbors have to accept the reality of Israel — and that's energies to see if we can an area where our new broker peace between Saudi Arabia and -Israel, between credibility -c...…
…W A R ' E N D U.S. Aid to Iraq Would Encourage Democracy COMMENT An Arab-American leader says economic incentives may lead to a kinder, gentler Iraq. Southfield sitting in Plaza Deli IRA RIFKIN Special to The Jewish News resident George Bush compared Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler. James Zogby believes the more accurate parallel is between Iraq and post-World War I Germany. If Mr. Zogby, who is direc- tor of the Washington-based Arab-A...…
…zhak Shamir sitting in his bunker awaiting the arrival of James Baker. "To illustrate the situation now, you have to imagine a huge hornets' nest that the Americans have hit with a big stick, so that the hornets have begun flying about," quipped historian Meron Benvenisti. "I suggest everyone prepare for a serious a hang- over after the war. The eu- phoria will come to an end, a big headache will set in, and everyone will feel depressed becaus...…
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