…Detroit's Original Discounter LEVIN'S BEAUTY SUPPLY Music; Take 2(Be Careful — this Might Lead to Dancing)." Bring tapes and CDs for listening and discussion. (248) 545-0985. JEEEP (Judaic Enrichment Early Education Project) — Monday, Feb. 12, 6:45 p.m. For parents of preschool children. Rabbi Robert Harris on "What you Didn't Learn in Hebrew School — Parents and Childn -..ti: The Dysfimctional Biblical Family." Sp ,xial appearance by story-...…
…Community Mazel Toy! Baby Book Baskets New Arrivals Jan. 19 "T he Baby Gift That Will Last a Lifetime" Scott and Jody (Penfil) Rosenberg of Commerce Township are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Isabella Esther (Elisheva Haddash.) Ecstatic grandparents are Bob and Ginger Penfil of Brighton and Syd and Maxine Rosenberg of West Bloomfield. Isabella is named in loving memory of her maternal great-grand- mother Esther Levy. ...…
…Al` Bar/Bat Mitzvah Michael Seth Birnkrant will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Beth El on Friday, Feb. 9. He is the on at Caiol and Jon Biri.krant and th( older brother of ,Vlichael is :lie ()ici- est gratiachild proud gialidparents Bernice and Shei will Birnkrant and Sally and Harry Nosanchuk. He is also the great-grand- son of Marian Jacobs and the late May Nosanchuk, Max Nosanchuk, Lois Ettinger, Fred Ettinger, Saul Birnkrant and Ida an...…
…DINNER & A MOM TO THE MAX Community Mazel Toy! (NOT YOUR TYPICAL DATE NIGHT) Presented by the YAD Couples Committee for ages 21-35. Bring a date, friend, spouse or movie-watching partner! Attending Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield, where he is an honor student, Zachary enjoys hockey, basketball, football, tennis, swimming and the computer. His most meaningful mitzvah project was work- ing with the mentally challenged. Levi Y...…
…Metro Area's Finest Commercial and Residential Contractor BELEN-CURTIS Donna and Jack Belen of Commerce Township are delighted to announce the engagement of their son Daniel Adam to Jacqueline Suzanne Curtis, daughter of Ruth Small of Fayetteville, N.Y. Jackie earned her bachelor of science degree in psychology from Syracuse University, a mas- ter of physiology and biophysics degree from Georgetown University and recently graduat- ed from t...…
…Community The Jewish Community Center invites you to bring your shades and sunscreen and Mazel Toy! CELE Engagements at the ,TCC Summer Camps PE CALCATERRA-PEROV and party extravaganza Sunday, February 11, 2001 • 1-4 p.m. Jewish Community Center • D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 West Maple Pad • West Bloomfield Forget winter! Think summer as you explore our wonderful camp and party...…
…G OLDMAN-BEAVERS Andrea Lynn Goldman and Kenneth Dale Beavers Jr. were married recent- ly at Knollwood Country Club. Rabbi Joshua Bennett and Cantor Lori Corrsin of Temple Israel officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Arthur Goldman of Bloomfield Hills. The groom is the son of Mr. Kenneth Dale Beavers Sr. of Little Rock, Ark., and Mts. Molly Ann Jones of Eudora, Ariz. The bride's sister, Goldman, was maid of honor. Bri...…
…6925 Orchard Lake Road • West Bloomfield Sunday, February 25, 2001 • 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Join Federation's Young Adult Division women , (ages 21-35) for brunch and a chance to paint your own seder plate, Miriam's cup or matzah platter. You'll be getting ready for the Federation Women's eder on March 21 at Adat Shalom Synagogue. I'lease respond by Feb 19 to Rebecca Rosen. Cost: $15 (covers brunch and one pottery piece to paint) For informat...…
…TEMPLE BETH EL — SISTERHOOD'S 13TH ANNUAL PARTY PLANNING EXPO Dr. Jocelyn' Cohen, daughter of Dr. John and Miriam Cohen of Bloomfield Hills and the late Donna SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2001 9:15 AM - 3:00 PM Wisok Cohen, was recently wed to Dr. Daniel Soyer, son of Jane and David Soyer of New York City. Rabbi Ellen Lippmann offi- ciated at the home of the bride- groom's parents. Jocelyn is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received a...…
…Community Spirituality New rabbi at Young Israel of Oak Park will keep focus on Jewish unity. Rabbi Reuven Spolter Leadershi SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer hen Young Israel of Oak Park's Rabbi Steven Weil and his family moved to California last August, the congrega- tion was barraged with so many resumes from prospective successors they had to enlist outside help in sorting through them. "The resumes just kept coming out of the wood...…
…"He took them around town to show them the different Jewish age-i cies and schools, like Federation: Yeshiva and the Jewish Center,' she says. Making A Connection Her husband is one of a 20-mein- Rabbi Spolter and his wife Rena ber rabbinic search committee chaired by Esther Sherizen, Judah Isaacs and E Francc.s. Impressed with the couple Sandra Greenberg found them attentive and enthusiasitic. "Many people were struck by the partnership betwe...…
…ir Community Spirituality SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News Rabbi Mordichai Becher Ohr Somayach rabbi explores whether magic is kosher. ITN 2/9 2001 54 opular as it is, magic could lead to idol worship, an Ohr Somayach senior lectur- er told a lunch-and-learn crowd last week in Bloomfield Township. The only true power is God, he sad and belief in magic is belief in a power other than God. That makes magic a form of idolatry, said ...…
…The YAD Education & Culture Committee invites you to Programming Your Jewish Life: Day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year A Mg course for young adults TUESDAYS February 27-March 27 7:30-9:20 p.m. Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus West Bloomfield This 2-hour course is different than last year's, so be there! for information, call Rebecca Rosen, (248) ...…
…Community Spirituality CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz, Jay Strear. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 5:45 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 5:45 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Youth Shabbat. AHAVAS ISRAEL (GRAND RAPIDS) 2727 Michigan St. SE, Grand Rapids, 49...…
…SHAAREY SHOMAYIM CONGREGATION BETH EL TEMPLE ISRAEL 15110 W 10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 542 4444. Rabbi: Leo Goldman. Gabbai: Michael Weiss. Services: Friday at candle- lighting; Saturday 9 a.m.; weekdays 6:45 a.m.; Sunday 7:50 a.m.; daily Mincha- Maariv at sunset. 311 S. Park, Traverse City 49684; (231) 946- 1913. Rabbi: Jonathan V. Plaut. Cantorial soloist: Hannah Dietz. Shabbat services 8 p.m. bi-weekly. 5725 Walnut Lake, West Bloo...…
…Community 14601 West Lincoln Road Oak Park, Michigan 48237 (248) 542-1792 Fax: (248) 543-1793 Rabbi Chaim Moshe Bergstein Rabbi Moshe Polter M.A. Assistant Principal Director k,Akm:ZAZt;;40:7' The Torah recognizes that people are intelligent in different ways, as is evident from the verse, "Educate the child according to his way, so that even when he is old he will not budge from it" (Proverbs 22:6). The function of a good education is t...…
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…Question of the Week: One of TV's most popular game shows, first hosted by Richard Dawson, was "Family Feud," where families tried to guess how a group of individuals, sur- veyed by the program's staff, would respond to select ques- tions. Once, Dawson asked contestants to "Name a Jewish holiday, with four top answers. What were they? •HouousoH Lsod pup (aanossod) posed 'Jnddi>1 wok AR pemomoj `313MSUD isow aHt penieDal Holnuoid9 :119AkSLIV ...…
…Albert's younger son, Eduard, was a romantic. Witty, well read, and a highly skilled pianist with ambitions of becoming a psychiatrist (he kept a photograph of Freud over his bed), in 1929 he began the study of medi- cine at Zurich University. After a failed romance with an older woman, he was profoundly depressed. His behavior became erratic and unusual, and it soon became apparent that he was suffer- ing from schizophrenia. His disease may h...…
…Tell Me Why TELL ME WHY from page 61 ft 1;,—'111 6 Reform movement) that it was the Jews — and not Judaism — that needed to change. Unlike many of the tradition- , alists of his day, Rabbi Hirsch was comfortable incorporating the positive and beneficial aspects of gentile cul- ture into Jewish life. Thus, gentile attire was acceptable so long as it conformed to the Jewish laws of modesty. Working among and with gentiles in nontraditional oc...…
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…Join us for our SAJE KICKOFF EVENT! The Second Annual Shiffman Family Lecture featuring Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Noted author, lecturer and spiritual leader "The Silent Alef What Really Happened at Mt. Sinai?" Through his lectures, articles and books, Rabbi Kushner helps shape the present agenda for personal and communal spiritual renewal. His spiritual teaching will explore "The Mystical Revelation." Tuesday, February 13, 2001 • 7:30 p.m...…
…TUESDAYS, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAYS, 12 NOON-1 P.M. Lunch and LeamlOitlite) D Dan Betty Kahn Building ... A Tale of Two Rescues: Rabbinic Insights on Purim and Passover (S91) The Prayers We Sang as Children Can Inspire Us More as Adults (T06) Week 1—Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, Young Israel of Southfield Week 2—Rabbi Marla Hornsten, Temple Israel Week 3—Rabbi Charles Popky, Congregation Beth Ahm Week 4—Rabbi Norman Roman, Temple Kol Ami Bring a par...…
…TUESDAYS, 8:35 p.m. WEDNESDAYS, 7:30 p.m. . • . . . . D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building The Pathway to Jewish Mysticism (T16) Learn how mysticism can lead you on a journey into the self and the world around us. What is the purpose of man? What is the purpose of Creation? How does G-d interact with our physical creation? The Book of Music and Miracles (W23) Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, Bais Chabad-West Bloomfield The siddur (prayerbook) is a b...…
…WEDNESDAYS, 8-10 p.m. (Of The World Is a Narrow Bridge: Excursions in Jewish Spirituality (S93) Set in the cozy confines of the Birmingham Yoga Center, this course will explore some new-old Jewish pathways to the soul. Sitting on our "prayer mats," we'll employ three tools— meditation, guided imagery and niggunim (wordless chants)—to shed new light on the Jewish spiritual search. We will end up where Judaism begins, learning anew the central...…
…THURSDAYS, 8:35 p.m. Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment D. Dan 6. Betty Kahn Building Relating As Souls — Not Just Bodies (TH55) If you want to be treated as a soul and not a body, you must learn to relate to others as a soul. This course will teach you how. Rabbi Alon Tolwin, Aish Ha Torah Jewish Arts and Culture (TH56) Week 1 — New Times. New Media. New Jews? What does film mean to the emerging Jewish identity? David Magidson will s...…
…NEW TO SAJE THIS YEAR! LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES YOUNG ADULTS and YOUNG ADULTS with FAMILIES Tuesdays, 12 Noofi — 1 p.m. Tuesdays, 7:30 — 9:25 p.m. JCC D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building 6600 W Maple Road, West Bloomfield Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills A Tale of Two Rescues: Rabbinic Insights on Purim and Passover (S91) Wednesdays, 12 Noon — 1 p.m. Equal Measures: Business Ethics and Judaism (...…
…Marc Salem: I've always been sensitive to what's on the nzinds of others. I guess I just have an intuitive gift." Safe '1 aven' 66 `Another Antigone' 75 BILL:CARROLL Special to theJewish News eginning next week, Detroit audiences will be forced to use their minds. Then Marc Salem will appear to read right through them. Salem, a World-renowned "mind reader" who has been entertaining and baffling audiences for almost 30 years with Mind Ga...…
…Arts 11 Entertainment The Week's Best Bets CLASSICAL NOTES Dubravka Tomsic exhibits "the kind of playing not heard since the days of her great mentor, Artur Rubinstein," said a recent review in the New York Times. The Slovenian pianist makes her University Musical Society debut, playing works by Bach, Liszt and Prokofiev, 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium. $14-$40. (734) 764-2538. Pop/Ro c KI J Azz Jazz saxophonist Ra...…
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…its ntertainment Cover Story MOTI-IER v TH SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News "HAVEN," A TV MINISERIES, TELLS THE STORY OF JOURNALIST RUTH GRUBER, WHO HELPED BRING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FROM WAR-TORN EUROPE TO SAFETY IN AMERICA. 2/9 2001 66 …
…This page, left to right: Ruth Gruber por- trays a refugee in the miniseries "Haven'': "Being part of the miniseries was a very moving experience, but it also was fun once I got caught up Iwitn learning about filming," she says. L I Natasha Richardson stars as Ruth Gruber in "Haven." The ilm stays true to 1Gruber's personal sense of style. Always impeccably dressed, she wore a white suit when she traveled to Naples, similar to the one worn...…
…Arts I Entertainment Cover Story Star Twin Actress Natasha Richardson portrays Ruth Gruber in the miniseries "Haven." NAOMI PFEFFERIvLAN Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles Ilir hen Natasha Richardson starred in Paul Schrader's 1988 biopic Patty Hearst, she drew inspiration from a Holocaust- themed tome plucked off a shelf in her father's Los Angeles home. The book was If This Is a Man, Primo Levi's account of his time in Auschwitz, an...…
…Forever Grateful Local woman's parents found refuge in Oswego. was in intensive care in New York. Then she was required to shoot the sequence in which Ruth's beloved father falls ill and dies, which transported her back to the horror of her own father's death, in 1991, from AIDS. She recalled the weeks she cared for him, changing his soiled sheets and administering sponge baths. After his death, she immersed herself in AIDS volunteer work, i...…
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…Arts &Entertainment `Dark Days' Documentary goes underground to uncover human tragedy and spirit. AUDREY BECKER Special to the Jewish News T here's a fascinating story behind the story of Dark Days, Marc Singer's award-winning documentary showing at the Detroit Film Theatre on Monday, Feb. 12. Although the film tells an intimate tale of a group of homeless people living underground in a New York City train tunnel, Dark Days doesn't reveal...…
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…Ray's, will award $15,000 in scholar- ships to culinary students from across metro Detroit ... This is the third set of scholarships from the event, following $15,000 last year, and $11,000 the year before. The extravaganza name says wine, but there'll also be two restaurants known, too, for their award-winning beer ... Big Rock Chop & Brew in Birmingham ... and Local Color Brewing Co. in Novi. Over 800 are expected to attend. AFTER 22 YEARS, ...…
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