…LONNY GOLDSMITH SttqfWriter I t is about a quarter to three in the afternoon on Dec. 30, a regular mid-week day on which kids across the country are logged on to America Online. Tucked away in one of AOL's many \_ ,-'. ' 4 corners is the Jewish Youth Chat. On this particular Tuesday, as many as 44 Jewish kids, ranging from third grade to 18-years-old, are talking junior high school basketball, music and trivia. -„,.• One of the online chatt...…
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…I FINAL CLEARANCE I 1 0. 0 '/ o OFF ALL SEASONAL SHOES & 130015 Shticks, Business Humorist Allan Lieberman brings his parodies to West Bloomfield. JULIE EDGAR News Editor A Ilan Lieberman's religious awakening came a few years after he began to celebrate, in his own quirky fashion, his Jewishness. The singer-songwriter spent 15 years selling real estate before he left behind the daily grind and began recording some of the parodies tha...…
…-songs. The recordings are available in Judaica and synagogue gift shops, some Jewish community centers and in one smallish record store chain. Back in '89, Lieberman was remar- ried to Ellena. A few years later, he slipped a disc in his back and ended up in bed for a few months. "I started reading a lot of spiritual writing," he ----id. "There was a book on the best- seller list and I started reading it and got a third of the way through the ...…
…Pedicure Specials by Jackie $24 Mondays Only Pillar Of Torah A local rabbi will be honored Tuesday for his promotion of Torah study. social contract is unraveling in Israel," he says. "I believe I'll discuss what we can do to prevent the col- lapse of the social contract in Israel." Tolwin, the educational director of Aish HaTorah in Detroit, will receive the first "Pillar of Torah" award from the 11-year-old Orthodox day school Darchei Tor...…
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…Turning The Page Resolutions for 1998 range from the lofty to the mundane. OWEN ALTERMAN Special to The Jewish News KRISTA HUSA Photographer olks at the Jewish Community Centers in Oak Park and West Bloomfield obliged us in our informal survey of New Year's resolutions. Answers ranged from the usual — losing weight — to the not so usual — catching more fish. Here are some of your goals for —` 1998: Below: To take my calcium pills every mor...…
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…[COMMUNITY views Curbside Judaism Is Not To Be Perpetuated RABBI AMY B. BRODSKY Special to The Jewish News At the Book Fair held at the Jewish Community Center buildings last November, I was priv- ileged to hear author Gil Mann's presenta- tion. His discussion dealt with the ever- important question, "Why be Jewish?" Mr. Mann shared his own thoughts about the "state" of being Jewish in America today. He also told stories \ gathered from foc...…
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…Why Did Levy French Leader Is Convicted London (JTA) --- French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been convicted for saying that the Nazi gas chambers were "a mere detail" of World War Le Pen, 69, was not present when a court in a suburb of Paris ordered him to pay about $50,000 to finance publication of the judg- ment in 16 newspapers. He was also ordered to pay symbolic amounts to 11 different human- ts and anti-racist organizations. ...…
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…Community ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY For the election of the Board of Directors will take place on Thursday evening, February 12, 1998, at 8:00 P.M. at their building, 26640 Greenfield Road, Oak Park, Michigan. The following names have been placed in nomination: ** HILLEL ABRAMS HENRY S. BAUM MICHAEL BAUM DAVID N. COHEN MILTON DUCHAN BARRY EISENBERG ** MEREL EPSTEIN SY FINKELSTEIN SIDNEY FORDONSKI SOL FRANKEL JEFFREY G...…
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…COLLEGE CAMPUS: CROSS-CURRENTS OF CULTURE Rich Kirechen Rabbi, Assistant Director, University of Michigan Hillel THE JEWISH TRAVELER: FINDING THE FAMILIAR IN FAR AWAY PLACES Efry Spectre Rabbi, Mat Shalom Synagogue IF NOT SOONER SEX IN THE YEAR 2000 Sylvia Hacker, Ph.D. — Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing TALKING TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT DEATH David Tech ner WHAT'S UP DOC? A PEDIATRIC PANEL Drs. Robert Blum, J...…
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…The Waif Is Over! with the religious education of younger students at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Rachel Wettenstein Rachel Pearl Wettenstein will observe her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel on aturday, Jan. 10. She is the daugh- ter of Miriam and Gary Wettenstein, sis- ter of Zachary and grandchild of Roselyn and Ben Wettenstein and Charlotte Gorman and the late Seymour Gorman. Her most meaningful mitzvah project revolves around working with y...…
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…HAPPY from NEW YEAH all of us at TONE S ynag o gue s BETH SHALOM 14601 W. Lincoln Road, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 547-7970. Rabbi: David A. Nelson. Cantor: Samuel L. Greenbaum. Ritual director: Rev. Samuel Semp. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m.; Sunday 9 a.m., 5 p.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Bat mitzvah of Olga Sverdlov, daughter of Yefim and Irina Sverdlov. Aufruf of Jeffrey Klein and Randee Carp. TONE-e Creative Video Production...…
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…Truce Exclusive Report: A deadline looms, but there's progress in the religious pluralism battle. Seekers ERIC SILVER Israel Correspondent wo members of the Israeli commission seeking to sal- vage Jewish unity from the wreckage of the controver- sial conversion bill were invited in early December to a militantly secular Hashomer Hatzair kibbutz. It was not the first appearance by the two rabbis, the ultra-Orthodox jurist Simcha Miron and t...…
…and lead prayers? As rabbis, they're clowns." Ne'eman, an Orthodox Jew general- ly respected for his moderating role in the talks, compounded the damage by lashing out at an American Reform ketubah (marriage contract) from the wedding of a couple who were not only of the same sex, but were of dif- erent religions. "These and other recent comments are both distorting the reality of Reform Judaism in America and are totally out of place with reg...…
…in the past month, could yet derail the negotiations. The Conservative and Reform movements insist on main- taining the option of their own con- versions and marriages — outside the emerging framework of common stan- dards and jurisdiction — even if these still will not be recognized by the state. The Orthodox reject this out of hand. "Trying to preserve an organization- al bailiwick outside the unified approach is bound to undermine the whole...…
