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…THE CAMPERS, STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FRESH AIR SOCIETY WISH TO THANK EDWARD LUMBERG FOR HIS HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT AS PRESIDENT OF THE AGENCY. You've been waiting, now it is here 95th Anniversary Camp Reunion!!! Saturday, August 16-Sunday, August 17 Sleep-over on Saturday night* 7 p.m. or Come on Sunday for the day 10 a.m.-3 p.m. *If you are 21 and over, or accompanied by a parent. If you were ever part of Fresh Ai...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS UP FRONT This Week's Top Stories City Kids Jewish students in Detroit public schools are a minority among both classmates and fellow Jews. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER etty Schenk likes to tell how her son Matthew, as a stu- dent at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, wrote an essay on "Why rm Proud To Be An African-American." Al- though white and Jewish, he got an A. When the essay was assigned, he asked if he should sel...…

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…August 8, 1997 7 14 OPINION Up Front Lebowitz ... Norm Lebowitz Families, love, isolation, acceptance. 31 A camera-shy private investigator reflects on a decades-long career of sleuthing. TELL ME WHY Splash And Sizzle Was Super Sunday here in 1895? 43 Sander Levin celebrates Emanu-El. page 6 Two dozen families are treated to a Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle lakeside barbecue. ANALYSIS The U.S. must pressure both sides. 96 THE PU...…

…Clockwise from left: Eric and Randy Silver enjoy the celebration. Rabbi Joseph Klein doubles as an entertainer. Lois Greenberg and Adele Brod prepare to cut the celebratory cakes. The first shovel of dirt, courtesy of Rabbi Joseph Klein, Temple President Glen Liebowitz, Cantor Norman Rose and Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum. After a year-long fund-raising campaign, Temple Emanu-El is about to reassert itself as a vital Reform institution. JULIE ED...…

…/-- Lebowitz • • Norm ,Lebowitz S /- /-' A private investigator reflects on a career of sleuthing. JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER he was just a toddler when her mom and dad bitterly divorced. She never saw her father again. But at the age of 35, with the assistance of pri- vate investigator Norman Lebowitz, she fi- nally began an all-out search and found her dad living on his farm in northern Michigan. He, it turns out, had been look- ing for...…

…Case Goes On A court hearing about littering is turned into a First Amendment battle by a rejuventated hate group. LONNY GOLDSMITH STAFF WRITER M ichelle Wilson and Tara Hopkins, ticketed in Huntington Woods for scattering anti-Semit- ic literature last month, took dif- ferent stances on Tuesday in Oak Park District Court. The tickets stemmed from a July 13 incident in which the pair was stopped for leaving anti-Semitic and racist litera- ...…

…A new assisted living facility will debut in late fall. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER T he deed has passed, but the building's not ready for oc- cupancy yet. The old Prentis Manor nursing home at Lahser Road and Civic Center Drive in Southfield was to open in June as a new Jew- ish assisted living facility, but be- cause of unforeseen circumstances Elan Village won't open until mid or late fall, said John Hamburger of Assisted Living Associates...…

…COMMON LANGUAGE page 9 meeting of their group, Fraylicha Friendt, was held in Arnold's West Bloomfield home. She couldn't have known how popular and enduring the group would become. Within months, it grew to 30 members. Mem- bership was closed to keep meet- ings manageable. Within years, it spawned the formation of four other such clubs, all sponsored by B'nai B'rith, which continue to meet today. "I never realized how many people felt the sa...…

…• THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CM No. 24 . 0-e" /--' Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs General Manager Marianne B. Taylor Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Arts and Entertainment Editor Gail Zimmerman Copy Editor Lynne Konstantin Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Lonny Goldsmith, Julie Wiener Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Cor...…

…U MOVING page 10 ground and contacts with Detroit educators. A native of Seattle, Wash., with a degree in Jewish communal service from the He- brew Union College, Locke di- rected school services at AJE for four years. To ease the transition, Locke recommended that Detroit native Blumenberg serve as interim principal. The former director of AJE's Midrasha (adult education) program, Blumenberg is fluent in Hebrew and has years of experi- ence...…

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…JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER KRISTA HUSH= PHOTOGRAPHER Top: Volunteer Jacqueline McKinney frolicks with Bubba the dog. Left: A perfect day at the lake. Below: Eva gets a boost from some friends. …

…Boat rides and a barbecue topped off a perfect summer day on Walnut Lake last week. The event was sponsored by the Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle, an organization that reaches out to isolated Jews and which serves some 50 families of children with special needs. The barbecue was underwritten by Andy Jacobs of Worldwide Financial and held at the home of Dr. David Kamins. The Friendship Circle maintains a cadre of volunteers from local high scho...…

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…Minority Within Despite the stance of mainstream black and Jewish leaders, pockets from both communities are forging an alliance for school vouchers. PHOTO BY K RI STA HU SA JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER Studio in Harvard Row M all keNut iq =The SPOT • Vertical Blinds • Pleated Shades • Levolor Blinds • Wood Blinds Free Professional Measure at No Obligation Free in Home Design Consulting verting public funds for use in pri- vate and paroc...…

…MNORITY page 17 volves meeting together to study the issues and plan strategy, net- working with other voucher sup- porters and going on fact-finding missions around the country to observe pilot voucher programs and meet with national leaders. This week, Rev. Edwards and Rabbi Freedman joined 30 other Michigan black and Jewish lead- ers on a trip to New York City to meet with Rep. Floyd Flake (D- NY), a black congressman who advocates school ...…

…Deciphering The Divine Rabbi Michael Berger is all for decoding the Bible, as long as it's done scientifically. SUSAN TAWIL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS W /—' haT's new tHat's evEn in HeBrew? A bIg- time BestseLler. ThE book's Claim: TOrah is De- signEr-made. Which book? Take the first "t" in the paragraph above, and skip every sixth letter. What you get is The Bible Code, the current in- ternational bestseller by Michael Drosnin. While thi...…

…A Time To Mourn Tisha B'Av recalls tragic times in the history of the Jewish people. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER T he ninth of Av has never been a great day for Jews. Both the First and Sec- ond Temples were de- stroyed on this day — first by the Babylonians, then by the Ro- mans. On the ninth of Av in 1312 B.C.E., God decreed that the Jews remain in the desert for 40 years. On this day in the year 135, the last Jewish fortress in the...…

…Michigan's First Congregation Continues Its Tradition Of Responding To Community Needs We Welcome All In The Community To High Holy Day Services Free Of Charge W e believe EVERY Jew should have a home for the High Holy Days. And so, we invite you to our home, Temple Beth El. We invite you to worship with us as we begin a New Year together. To all who need a place of safety and sanctuary... Come Home to Temple Beth El. To all who seek a ...…

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…TIME TO MOURN page 20 Men study and pray at the Wei on Tisha B'Av. 4 Amowis::. on Tisha B'Av and do not wear leather shoes. Tefillin and tallit are not worn during morning prayer, writes Rabbi Greenberg, because "these are glorious sym- bols, and all glory has been stripped from Jews on this day. "With the loss of the land of Israel, the whole tone of Ju- daism became more somber and sorrowful," he writes. "Before the exile all the holiday...…

…KIDS page 3 FORGOTTEN page 3 father doesn't have perpetual care, they said they may not be able to do anything," he said. David Techner of Ira Kaufman Funeral Chapel said Goldstein's decision to not pay for perpetual care was the right one; without a sprinkler system, regular flower planting and regular mowing, there's no reason to spend the money. "They have a burial, put dirt on top and a great big mound of dirt and then you return a month...…

…KIDS page 25 he said. 'They learned what my wife likes to refer to as 'survival skills' — learning their way around a very large, 3,000-student school ... fending for themselves, living in a community that's quite different from suburban commu- nities ... My older two [sons] have gone on to do quite well at the Uni- versity of Michigan and in their professional lives." In addition to the survival skills, Mr. Schenk speaks highly of the academ...…

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…RABBI page 3 study formed Tessler's master's thesis at the University of Mary- land school of social work. The rabbis who were surveyed ranged from 28 to 83 years of age, with just over half living in sub- urban communities. More than half had studied liberal arts, and 16.7 percent took mental health- related classes. In a national survey, "it was reported that Americans used the clergy as their primary source for personal problems," Tessler ...…

…Congregation Shaarey .Zedek and the Metropolitan Detroit Israel Bonds Campaign are proud to announce that to inaugurate the celebration of the State of Israel's 50th Anniversary Joel D. Tauber internationally renowned Jewish leader and philanthropist will be honored at a gala Tribute Dinner in recognition of his major role in shaping the history of the modern Jewish State Thursday evening, November 13, 1997 Congregation Shaarey Zed...…

….; , Tnirnrc, SON 4: • - ,v,,;•1*, \ , . • * Observing Tisha B'Av As A Day Relevant To Us All Jews judging the religious value systems of oth- er Jews. "Rikht wing" Jews vs. "left wing" Jews. Recent inexcusable Shavuoth scenes at the Wall. Tisha B'Av, which begins at sunset on Mon- day, Aug. 11, and ends the following evening, is a day that marks terrible tragedies in Jew- ish history. The destruction of the First Tem- ple by the Babyloni...…

…Community Views Reporter's Notebook Of Families, Love Isolation And Acceptance Elegy For The Shuk JOE KORT SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS JULIE WIENER STAFF REPORTER Of all the rela- tionships that we will encounter in our lifetime, our family ties are usually the most intense, tightly organized and consist of the strongest loyal- ties. We want to stay connected to our families and so we nurture and protect these relationships. There is comf...…

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…UMMER LEASE SPECIALS Hebrew national publication Hadoar titled "Neve Shalom — New Halutzim of the '80s." These unselfish people chose to live in harsh conditions in or- der to prove that peace between the two peoples is possible and for this, in my opinion, they de- serve to be called the modern- day halutzim of Israel. Rachel Kapen West Bloomfield Portrayals Are Insults ON TELEGRAPH I scanned your article regarding Jewishness in some t...…

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…AUGUST 8, 1997 Stars Of David Picnic Planned P The Stars of David, a sup- port and social group for ., adoptive Jewish V ' families, ' • will • hold its annual picnic 11:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at Camp Ruth in the back of the Maple-Drake JCC. There is a charge of $5 per adult, $2.50 per child, with a maxi- mum of $15 per fam- ily. Bring a dairy lunch; paper goods, drinks and desserts will be pro- vided. Single parents as well as t...…

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…Jewry's Role in Human Advancement BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION 2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, (313) 665-9897. Rabbi: Robert Dobrusin. Ser- vices: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.; weekdays 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 5 p.m. Please join the congregation for kiddush following services. BETH SHALOM 14601 W. Lincoln Road, Oak Park, (810) 547-7970. Rabbi: David A. Nelson. Can- tor: Samuel L. Greenbaum. Ritual di- rector: Rev. Samuel Semp. Services: Friday ...…

…"We Wanted Our Children Second Time Around To Believe In Themselves. I That's Why We Joined The Birmingham lemple Shabbat Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22; Isaiah 1:1-27. RABBI GILA RUSKIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS f I type the same word twice The Birmingham Temple teaches taking responsibility for your own actions. And that's some- thing you're never too young to start learning. 44 • THE BIRMINGHAM TEMPLE A Congregation for Humanistic Ju...…

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…ROSH HASHANAH Tradition! GREETINGS Continue A 55-Year Wish Family, Friends And _the Entire Community A Happy New Year Best willteA for a happy, healtlui (New Wear. — NAME — $17 00 #1 These are samples of the personal greetings available to you. May the. cornin g 13nDr1 7111Z i11 U) Peat~ be filled with health and happiness to- ailv otwoCven& anth(datioes. Please note that our annual Rosh Hashanah issue will appear on September ...…

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…Births their recent adoption of Benjamin Abrams Weinstock (Borach Avrum) from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Benjamin was welcomed home by many family members, including his thrilled grandpar- ents Shirley and Ray Abrams of Oak Park and Marty and Fae We- instock of Southfield. Great- grandmothers are Belle Wein- stock of Miami Beach, Fla., and Rose Klaper of Oak Park. Ben- jamin is named in memory of his paternal great-grandfathers Ben Weinstock an...…

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…n Today, Out Tomorrow atees body piercing, tattoos and cigars are all the rage , for now. LONNY GOLDSMITH STAFF WRITER I rends come and go all the a tattoo, she consulted a Conser- their initial disappointment of time. Some last a few vative rabbi in Atlanta about con- their son's tattoo, had the mark- ing inked onto his calf so that it months, and some a little cerns regarding Jewish burial. "He told me that no one would could be concea...…

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