…INSIDE: DETROIT/BUILDING BOOM AT HILLEL DAY SCHOOL; BUSINESS/AN ARENA-SIZE SPORTS BAR AIMED AT COUCH POTATOES. 15 - 7R711 E 1 750 ,aguismagemdrommainiam THE 13 ELUL 5755 / SEPTEMBER 8, 1995 Of 'No' Interest For 100 Years /- NEWS inviipopm Close Up: If The Trolls Only Knew What The JUPers Do ... A pillar of community stability, Detroit's Hebrew Free Loan Association marks its landmark centennial on Sunday. PHIL JACOBS EDITOR 13 o ...…
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…September 8, 1995 14 16 18 Detroit :Oat& War Building Boom Hillel Day School is taking shape. Travel Plan Closer ties through an endowment. By the shining Big-Sea waters. page 32 Unclear Fight No common theme in Southfield election. FAMILY FUN Good ol' mom and other activities. 25 CYBERSPACE The latest site for quality kibitzing. 70 32 FINE ARTS Gitche Gumee A little red wagon turns the tables. 98 Forgotten communities ke...…
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…Community Views A Student Re-Examines The Traditional Role Of Rabbi STACIE FINE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS As a rabbi in train- meaningful action. Rabbis will master classical Jewish texts, ing, I spend a good have to both do and teach this. but our training should also nur- deal of time think- Rabbis will need to increas- ture us as philosophic guides, ing about the ingly draw upon skills as facili- spiritual leaders, groupTacilita- future...…
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…elift In ngton Hills Hillel. Day School students return to a completely renovated building. n the first day of school, Hillel Day School students may have wondered exactly where they were. For starters, the school entrance didn't look a thing like it used to; it was airy and open. The color scheme in the hallways and classrooms was bright and cheery, the lights by which the students read were new — as was the carpeting in the hall- ways and ...…
…Left: Bob Cline of TEC Electric works on the new wiring in the lobby. Below: The gym as a storage room. working, security monitoring, upgraded lights and an office-classroom intercom sys- tem. Mr. Schostak said construction on the out- er walls and roof of the addition is expected to be completed by late fall. Work on the in- side of the new wing may be finished as ear- ly as Passover. During the construction, students will ex- perience a mi...…
…From Our JCCouncil Receives Endowment Donation STUART t JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER Fall Collection rlene Rhodes feels very ed Michigan congressional mem- strongly about the Jewish bers is slated for later this year. "This is truly a great gift and Community Council. As the wife of the late one which we appreciate and will Samuel J. Rhodes, she support- put to good use," Mr. Zemmol ed his efforts during his presi- said. The endowment...…
…JCC Director Calls It Quits The Bare Facts! If you're buying your furniture elsewhere, you're paying too much! JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER After six months as the Jewish Community Center's marketing director, Sandi Kline has decid- ed to leave her post. "I know that in the long run, this is not the kind of career I'm looking for," Ms. Kline said. "I'm used to being in a corpo- rate environment, and working in a nonprofit agency really doe...…
…FROM BABYDOLLS To BABY DOLLS Southfield Candidates Lack Universal Issues JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER T Sanchez Too Short Gown $60.00 Robe $86.00 RANNFIll •,.• -4'iry'ROSE WERE ALL GROWN UP Now. BLOOMFIELD PLAZA, MAPLE & TELEGRAPH HOURS: Mon. thru Sat. 10-6, except Thur. til 8 THE MASSAGE TEAM Is proud to announce a new service! In Home COUPLES MASSAGE Provided by Harris and Luanne Schneider, CMT's Cl) LU Cr) LU F- - C) CC ...…
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…THE L CHU' MEM I RIM. CENTER listed by the Detroit News and Free Press on July 28, 1995 as Michigan's "#1 top historical tourist attraction"* cordially invites the community to its 11TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER commemorating THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE CAMPS 11A111 THEIR SURVIVORS "Those of us who were born after the war will have to shoulder the responsibility that the survivors have carried for so long" Benjamin Netanyahu...…
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…COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLE Good Old Mom I Molly Picon, third from left, in the 1936 film Piddle with His Fiddle. Tidbits from Jewish history. S hneur Zalman Shazar was the third president of Israel. He was born in 1889 in Mir in Belorussia. His parents were dedicated Zionists, and ear- ly on their son became involved in Jewish defense groups and in sup- porting the Zionist movement. In 1911, Zalman spent the sum- mer in Eretz Yisrael, th...…
…W i se Street STYLE ORTHODOX: AGUDAS YISROEL — MOGEN ABRAHAM 15751 W. Lincoln, Southfield, 552-1971. Rabbis: Dov Loketch, Asher Eisenberg- er. BIRMINGHAM BLOOMFIELD SYNAGOGUE-CHABAD 357 N. Woodward, the Masonic Temple, Bloomfield Hills. Associate Rabbi: Dr. Shlomo Sawilowski , 541-6302 or 646- 3010. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. Kiddush follows services. Bold Fashions for Men Home Kitchens of Local Chefs Antiques for the Tabtetop Creat...…
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…*V. THE MOST OUTRAGEOU 1111N6Y011 COULD DO? For students entering 10th or 1 grades: Spend your second semester in Israel on Project Discovery. Let Israel become your hands-on classroom. We ran seconds before a shell hit our street. Bring your sense of curiosity and ad-venture along with your parents to the Project Discovery '96 meeting Tuesday, Sept. 12 It was terrifying. At Sarajevo's Jewish Center, we were put on a bus. Some- how...…
…' Above: Waves of Lake Superior wash up along the northern shore. JUPers say their home is spiritual in its beauty. PHOTO BY JERRY BIELICKI Far right: Stained-glass windows at the temple in Ishpeming were designed by the late Raymond Katz of New York City. When fewer than 10 congregants attend services, members count trees. PHOTO BY RUTH LITTMANN Right: The Mackinac Bridge was initially proposed by a Jew and later designed by Jews. It reach...…
…If The Trolls Only Knew What The JUPers Do ... By The S ore of Gitche Gurnee Forgotten communities, dotting Michigan's northern wilderness, keep the faith despite forces threatening their extinction. THROUGH THE GOOD YEARS, MICHIGAN'S FIRST JEWISH SETTLER roasted fowl over campfires near Mackinaw City, but times of scarcity forced him to survive on cheap pork. Ezekiel Solomon, a German-born trader, came to Michigan in 1761. More Jews fro...…
…34 1 t's a hazy afternoon in St. Ignace, a town just north of the Mackinac Bridge. On a wooden veranda overlooking Lake Michigan, 77- year-old Marvin Winkelman recalls his glo- ry days. Back in the 1950s, the city's only Jewish family tried to influence local politicians with the simple reminder that it, after all, repre- sented 100 percent of the Jewish vote. That clout diminished by half when Lawrence Rubin moved into town and became a key ...…
…•• • ..... • • • • • . • • "`, •■■ ...... OS' ..... Lett: Gilbert and Ginny Cymbalist of Sault Ste. Marie reflect on the paradox of UP Jewry. The less they have, the more they experience. The Soo Jews are hardly fossilized. PHOTO BY RUTH LITTMANN Where JUPers Live Above: Beral Cohodes in Iron Mountain attended cheder at this shul. Once upon a time, Mr. Cohodes led an Orthodox life style. He wonders why some people don't seem to care...…
…, DE TRO I T JEWIS H NEWS tr. w 38 Iron Mountain was, at one time, home to an Ortho- dox Jewish community. They had a mikvah. Mr. Co- hodes' mother kept a kosher kitchen. Many congregants walked to shul on Shabbat. There were brit milah, wedding and bar mitzvah cer- emonies. Women spoke Yiddish while preparing jello molds and gefilte fish for Passover seders in the base- ment. Mr. Cohodes remembers when Anshei Knesseth had a membership of...…
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