…This Week PALESTINIAN MANDATE The New Face Of Israel from page 18 The best we can hope for is some sort of pragmatic peace where the Arab side concludes that they cannot destroy Israel, but that for their own purposes they have to come to terms with the fact that Israel exists." The question is whether the Palestinians, after four months of violent confrontation, are ready to settle for so much less than they rejected from Barak. The Labor...…
…VOICES "The nature of the politics in that region has remained uniformly unstable for decades now, and I don't foresee this particular turn hav- ing any significant impact [on doing business with Israel], but time will tell how this government is going to function." — Michael Traison, head of the Detroit-based American-Israel Chamber for Economic Development "Hopefully, the change in government will get a better result, and it sounds like th...…
…The New Face Of Israel CHANGING THE RULES United States leadership. Smerling predicted Sharon will attempt to soft- en his public image, much as he did while campaigning the last few Months, from that of a military leader responsible for Israel's engagement in Lebanon to that of an elder statesman. For its part, the Arab world, say Arab analysts, will be watching the United States' interaction with Sharon, and will be looking to see if the B...…
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…join us for our Open House ly trM . The New Face Of Israel CHANGING THE RULES wisdo „to e The Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit invites you to attend our OPEN HOUSE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Program begins Promptly at 2:00 P.M. and conthrues to 4:00 P.M. The Academy is accepting 9th, 10th and 11th graders for the 2001-2002 school year, so now is the time to: • LEARN ABOUT THE ACADEMY • MEET OUR FACULTY • TOUR THE CAMPUS Marion a...…
…News Digest Earthquake Victims Need Our Help Bloomfield Township — The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is seeking contributions for the relief of earthquake victims in India. Checks from the Detroit Jewish community will be forwarded to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), which, in turn, will ensure that donations reach their intended destination. On Jan. 26, the most powerful earthquake to strike India in a hal...…
…First Union Securities is please to announce that The Gildenberg Investment Group Alan A. Gildenberg Managing Director — Investment Officer Sheri Gildenberg Financial Advisor Edward R. Gildenberg Investment Associate has joined our Birmingham Office N® F Wabeek Building 280 W. Maple Road, Suite 202 Birmingham, MI 48009 1-800-342-6280 SECURITIES Private Client Group First Union Securities, lnc. , Member NYSE and:51PC is a registe...…
…News Digest NEWS DIGEST from page 25 Open late Mon & Thurs till 9pm w:? AUTO SHOW SPECIALS Includes second set SNOW tires • Makor Merging With Nearby Y New York/JTA — A Manhattan cul- tural center designed to be a national model for outreach to Jews in their 20s and 30s is merging with a nearby Jewish community center. Makor, which offers arts programs and classes targeting unaffiliated young Jews, will become part of the 92nd Street ...…
…This Week Insight Still A Birthright After convincing the skeptics, Israel _program faces challenges. JULIE WIENER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem B irthright Israel, the splashy and ambitious international partnership to bring young people on identity-strengthen ing Israel trips, has had to prove itself quite a few times. When Birthright was first announced, many Jewish leaders suggested the money pledged to the program could be be...…
…• Florin' Mark (top kit). President and Chairman of the fk)ard. the Weight Ifittchers Group. Mc. Farmington Hills. Mt with her husband. Dr her kughler, Lisa Lis So,!-inkr. Hannan Lis and granddaughters. Ariella and Lint Ross (bottom Iejl) Right now, Israel suffers from its worst drought in 80 years. A dwindling water supply threatens not only trees, but farming, housing, immigration and move forward on critical reservoir the peace process ...…
…Jewish Federation's Young Families Committee invites you to learn How to Raise a Mensch Inspired Jewish Parenting with Rabbi Scott Bolton Director of Community Learning at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit ssiE "C J Seminars /or Jewish Enrichment Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:20 p.m. March 1 - 29 at the Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building 6600 W. Maple Road on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus $...…
…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: wvvw.detroitjewishnews.corn Chapels Of Life tribute to the enterprise — and patience — of is something we all use — sooner or later. the Dorfmans. In the throes of grief, it reminds us Some wondered whether the Dorfmans, operat- about the miracle of life and the goodness ing from a small office in Berkley, would survive of people — and the legacies that death against their established competit...…
…OTHER MS , a10-11111413111011146 401111!!!" Talking Back I sat across from a Reform rabbi who had come to my parents' house to make a shivah (mourn- ing) call. I crowded into the din of conversation of friends and family sharing sorrow over my grandmother's death. He sat on a leather couch; I sat on a chaise against the wall, wrapped in thought, concerned with memory. "Lynne," he called across the room. "Do me a favor. Before you shave of...…
…SPECIAL COMMENTARY BUSH: UNITER OR DIVIDER? from page 31 Religious Coercion President Bush's plan would allow pervasively sectarian government con- tractors to discriminate in hiring for government-funded programs based upon religious belief. Under current law, houses of worship and certain religious institutions are granted an exemption from the prohibi- tion on religious discrimination in hir- ing, allowing them to discriminate in favor o...…
…Happy Valentine's Day from the fine stores of Lincoln Center • Ashley Stewart • Baskin Robbins • Bread Basket Deli • Discount Uniform • Dollar Castle • Dots • Sherman's Footcare • Eyes Right • Fashion Bug • Glory Jewelers • Kmart • Lincoln Barber Shop • Magic Touch Beauty Salon • Metropolitan Dry Cleaners • Nora's Fashions • Payless Shoesource • Radio Shack • Rainbow Apparel • Rite Aid • Soul Food Bar-B-Q • Strickley Kosher Meats • The Book...…
…t takes a lot of peanut butter to glue together a relationship between a West Bloomfield syna- gbgue and a Detroit church. But the families of Congregation B'nai Moshe are willing to make the effort. Every Monday and Thursday, Central United Methodist Church on Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit serves lunch to the homeless. On one Monday, Jan. 15, that lunch was provided by B'nai Moshe congre- gants. This was the third time the syna- gogu...…
…Community IT'S OUR BIGGEST SALE WITH OUR LOWEST PRICES! Save as much as ZiC? Ytt OFF ORIGINAL PRICES throughout the store by taking an EXTRA 50% OFF ALREADY- REDUCED PRICES. Going on now orful lunch bags. On Sunday morn- ing, Jan. 14, about 60 people, old and young, showed up at the synagogue for parallel learning sessions on the values of kindness and on doing mitzvot. Then, the messy work began. In assembly line fashion, each bag was ...…
…3 42 mos S1.326.65 due at signing Don Cohen Receives Honor For his personal efforts to build bridges between people of all back- grounds, former Michigan Anti- Defamation League Director Don Cohen received a Rainbow Recognition Award from the Farmington/Farmington Hills Multicultural Multiracial Community Council at their Awards Celebration Breakfast on Jan. 25. Cohen was still in Israel following his participation in the Michigan Unity Mi...…
…Community vampish F SIDNEY BOLKOSKY Special to the Jewish News S er ra ion o the city's trz-centennial. Top: Tom Tannis of Southfield expresses his view that its important for young people to be involved with a synagogue and learn about Jewish history. Right: Michigan State University Professor Kenneth Waltzer makes his presentation as local historian Judy Cantor takes notes. Right: Walter M Stark of Huntington Woods tells of working ...…
…Tuxedo World & DAVID'S BRIDAL Presents BRIDALWORLD Free Engagement Sittings From Rawlinson Photography Register to Win A4 Night Stay @ SUPERCLUBS From Directional Strategies The Jewish Imprint My contribution centered on the "Varieties of Secular Experience." Cantor and Waltzer addressed a unify- ing theme — the theme — of Jewish life in Detroit: the question of Jewish identity. It dovetailed with my own thoughts on Jewish secularis...…
…A t. . tar - ,. Our February Savings program has one drawback: only 28 days. - , _ _ <.i.,',..41 1, *iiii k. 4" \i„,.._ e February Lease a 9-3 5-door Say rigs $33 9 Per mo:1 36 mos. Amount due at lease inception $2,482.86 (includes down pmt., sec. dep., acq. fee & first mo. pmt.) Buy a 9-3 5-door - Turbocharged engine standard I In-dash CD I OnStar® is stan- dard on every 2001 Saab — I Traction control system I Saab Acti...…
…Enrichment Early Education Project Judalc li A project of Federation's HermelirVDavidson Center for Congregation Excellence and the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, Jewish Theological Seminary invites you to find out WHAT YOU DIDN'T LEARN IN HEBREW SCHOOL Sephardim To Dedicate Torah The Sephardic Community of Greater Detroit, in celebration of the dedication of their new Torah, will sponsor a Shabbaton weekend Saturd...…
…„IE andles Upcoming Events in Metro Detroit Trendy- Beauty Aceessori es" BEA.britoiBrAS1 " h.114,5,r,VA, All at , r eat prrees. Store Float*: Tues, W 9arn-6pm Th u rs 9am-7pm Sat 10am-5pm SHABBAT SHALOM Beth Shalom — Saturday, Feb. 10. Youth 6243 Orchard Lake Rd. West Bloomfield 48322 (248) 538 -4330 (248) 538-4329 Fax Shabbat with participants from United Synagogue Youth, Kadima, Chalutzim and Yachad. Free luncheon following ser...…
…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...…
