…ch.on L Tor _h Learning rietworls. w .* \ •%:\ ..„ years of ren-, ,ark:kble actliex,enAer)ts be honoring er .v. •!4,0 ,k, t • The banquet will a so rettlIgn Pillars of isra •P I A R Dr. Larry L.oewenthal rI Oren Ca on : 6/9 Ii Noah Stern Jordan Scharer , ,s‘ VA**, -6, 2000 38 ktk• - k. 'k&,a …
…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com A National Birthright T he Michigan school vouchers proposal no doubt will be this fall's hottest election issue. So Jewish voters, who influence elections far beyond their population percentage because of a greater ten- dency to vote, should take heed. Jewish education — whether rooted in preschool, day school, synagogue classro...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS The Good Fence C out a special permit, he always used to sit on the bus reading a Hebrew newspaper. Nobody ever bothered him because he didn't look Arab. Of C course, he assured me, being law-abiding, he always had a permit, but this is a time he would rather forget, as would all Israeli Arabs. As promised, Rafik took me early the next - morning to see the Good Fence in action. We saw a convoy of IDF military trucks deliveri...…
…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Is It Kosher To Boycott Dr. Laura? Studios even has a Dr. Laura television show in the works. few years ago, someone said Interestingly, Laura is also an obser- that if the great poet Walt vant "traditional" Jew. The daughter of Whitman were writing a Jewish father, she formally converted today instead of 150 years to Judaism as an adult, as did her hus- ago, he would have written that he band. She is unapologetically hear...…
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…Commtitilt3r Calendar ez, elebritsr- And Slimuley Can hungry-for-fame Rabbi Shmuley Boteach bring- Judaism to the masses, or is he simply "master of the Jewish sound bite?" D SUSAN JOSEPHS New York Jewish Week wring a cross-country tour to promote his best-selling Kosher Sex, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was booked on the Los Angeles- based Dr. Susan Block Show. When he arrived on the set of the cable television program, the volup- tuous sex the...…
…Community divorced, "non-Jews nursed my mother through a difficult period. That's when I began to see that everyone is a child of God and that non Jews are like my extended family," Rabbi Boteach says. Non Jews comprise some of the rabbi's biggest fans. "Shmuley demysti- fies religion," says Cory Booker, a city councilman in Newark, NJ., who served .as president of Oxford's EChaim Society while a Rhodes Scholar there in 1993-94. "Our generati...…
…Wind Beneath Her Whip Young woman inspires cancer awareness through local Relay For Life and a national honor. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter W hile more than 100 family members and friends of Alex Graham were mak- ing plans to participate next weekend in a local relay event in her memory, word came that a video she helped create was an award winner. Both happenings show the good coming from her shortened life. Alex, just 17 when she ...…
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…Alterman Award Winners Named The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit has named Mindy Soble Kaufman and Todd Sachse this year's recipients of the Susan Alterman Jewish Community Center Leadership Mind Soble Awards. Kau an The awards will be presented at the Jewish Center's annual meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, at the Janice Charach Epstein Museum/Gallery in the West Bloomfield JCC. The meeting will include the elec- tion and in...…
…Community Lawful Encounters Leigh Do nes Moss heads Womens Bar Association; Michael Hohauser honored. Judge Cooper akland has twice been County's honored by the women American Bar lawyers group Association. One installed a new president of the national and executive board and recognition. honored an Oakland awards honored County judge on May LAWFAIR, which 22. he founded in Leigh Dones Moss, of 1987 to educate the West Bloomfield law the pu...…
…Israel Bonds Honors Gerson Dorothy Gerson will receive the Reflections on Golda Award from the Metro Detroit State of Israel Bonds Women's Division in recognition of her support of the State of Israel, the community and the Israel Bonds Campaign. A Diamond Trustee/Prime Ministers Club dinner reception will be held 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 22, at the Dorothy Gerson Bingham Farms home of Doreen and David Hermelin. The event, chaired by Vivian B...…
…Community Needlework Guild To Meet Marilyn Feingold, Gail Gilman and Mechelle Bernard work on a Pomegranate Guild project. The Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the Pomegranate Guild creates Judaic heirlooms in needlework. They revive Jewish traditions through work with textiles. The Sunday, June 11, meeting will be at Adat Shalom Synagogue for a kippa project. For information about the guild, call Nadine Eder, (734) 434-2827, or Marilyn Fe...…
…Beth El Sisterhood Elects Leaders Jo-Ann MacWilliams-Wolf will assume the presidency of the Temple Beth El Sisterhood on May 25. She is a direct descen- dent of the Cozens family, founders of Beth El. Her volunteer corn- mitment to temple extends back to her teen years when she served as vice Jo-Ann president of the MacWilliams-Wolf Young People's Society and rep- resented the group on the temple board. She has been actively involved in sis- ...…
…• Community Sin ai Guild Names Officers ooseitalnej ift The Sinai Guild, now headquartered in Bingham Farms, installed new officers and awarded gifts for special projects to the Detroit Medical Center at its recent annual meeting. In addition, the Sinai Guild Award for Distinguished Services was pre- sented to longtime guild board member and volunteer Rhoda Rosin, who has volunteered for Rusty Rosman more than 25 years in the family wait-...…
…Calendar LOOKING FOR''; Calendar Listings are updated regularly on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com SHABBAT SENIORS TEENAGERS LEAD SERVICE Graduates of Congregation Shir Tikvah's high school program write and lead Shavuot Shabbat service, 7:45 p.m. Friday, June 9. (248) 649-4418, ext. 11. TREASURES' ANNIVERSARY Temple Israel Treasures celebrate 17th anniversary, noon Wednesday, June 21. Cantors Harold Orbach and Lori Corrsin entertai...…
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…Larry Topor holds some of his famous product line. C GEORGE DILA Special to the Jewish News ome on up," a voice calls from the top of the dark, dungeon-like stairs. "Larry, is that you?" I call back. Cautiously, I start up the chipped concrete steps. "Am I in the right place?" I had become lost trying to find it — an ancient red brick hulk of a building sur- rounded by a wasteland of trash-filled empty lots, tumble-down structures and weed ...…
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…Community ESTHER ALLWEISS TSCHIRHART Copy Editor F ive of us met in September 1983, part of "Miss Sandie" Landau's Friday morning mother-toddler class at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. The following year, three more moms joined us in classes taught by "Miss Bessie" Levin. One of the first group's friends, Margaret Alperstein, moved to Florida and another, Judith Magid, suc- cumbed to breast cancer — all before we jelled enough as ...…
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…kr- T A _ After you see Tevye or Anne, take the time to see Erla and Sheldon Births May 25 Joshua and Kathy (Buell) Lunsky of Chicago are delighted to announce the birth of their beautiful daughter, Devin Ann Lunsky. Excited big brother is Bryce Buchanan, 2 1/2. Sharing in their happiness are the proud grandparents Harold and Doris Menk Patrick of West Bloomfield, Lester Lunsky and Joan Beck of Northbrook, Ill., Barbara Buell of Chicago ...…
…COM MOS Maze! Toy! and Julius Bello and Betty and Earl Shipper. Zachary is a stu- dent at Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield and enjoys baseball, football and basket- ball. His bar mitzvah projects include visiting Jewish Association for Residential Care homes and playing bingo with Danto Family Health Care Center residents. 32940 Middlebelt at 14 Mile Road .• Farmington Hills, MI 248.855.1730 toll free 888.844.3916 • www.greis.com Ma...…
…W NDOWS WALLS MORE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Genevieve and John Dombrowski. Lindsey is a stu- dent at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills and is active in band, soccer, ten- nis and volleyball. She also enjoys attending Camp Walden. As mitz- vah projects, Lindsey volunteered at a nursing home and at Yad Ezra. Jessica Rachel Hull was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 3, at Temple Beth El. Jessica is the daughter of Karen...…
…Congratulations Dr. Daniel Krauss On your graduation from Wayne State University School of Medicine and your acceptance as a Resident Doctor in Radiation Oncology at William Beaumont Hospital. mother is Mary Weingrad. Mariel found it particularly meaningful, as part of her mitzvah projects, to collect toiletries for dis- tribution when Temple Israel housed the homeless. A Bloomfield Hills West Middle School student, Mariel is involved in for...…
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…Kramer-Owen Michael and Zina Kramer of Bloomfield Hills are pleased to announce the engagement of their son David Kramer to Anessa Owen, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Randy Owen and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hockenberry. David is a graduate of the University of Michigan and George Washington University Law School. He is an attor- ney with the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Washington, D.C. Anessa graduated from Michigan State University an...…
…Community • Are you battling with your child over food? Mazel Toy! • Is your child sneaking food? • Is your child gaining too much weight? Engagements The Center for Childhood Weight • Do weight problems run in your family? CC WM For more information about classes and locations, call: Center for Childhood Weight Management Attenson-Gurfinkel 1T's T;tv)e To Tve =MIMI LI V I N G (ti Mrs. Marilyn Attenson of Bloomfield Hills and Mr...…
…Anniversaries 74. A rkliw.tptm .,A Naimark 50th Norman and Helen Naimark of Farmington Hills celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 4. In honor of the occasion, they are taking their children and grandchildren on a cruise. Joining them will be Judith and Robert Sullivan, Rosie and Joey, all of El Jebel, Colo.; Michael Naimark of San Francisco; Susan Naimark and John Rowse, Ben and Jesse, all of Boston; and David Naimark of Chicago. 470...…
…Community Spirituality Sonia Glaser leads the Hechtman Apartments' oneg Shabbat committee. •Wa., 3.)ArtZ, O 0 .-.2W:2:ktAAMMINSIMitat SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter T falky 6/9 2000 72 he abundance of wooden benches and flowering trees outside the Hechtman Jewish Apartments in West Bloomfield might give the appearance that only leisure activities go on within its walls. But Sonia Glaser describes another scenario. "In spite of...…
…Community Spirituali under Communist-rule, most of the . addition, we had 35 adults at o_ur Jews living in the former Soviet Friday-night oneg Shabbat. Union have forgotten what being Throughout the three-day yom Jewish is all-about., tov [holiday]; various people frot-n Ten years .ago a group was the community stopped by to formed to Meet the urgent need for inquire about different aspects of Jewish education in the former how Judaism is pr...…
…Community CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 9 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Bar mitzvah of Alexander Schostak, son of Lillian and Lee Schostak. AHAVAS ISRAEL (GRAND RAPIDS) 2727 Michigan St. SE, Grand Ra...…
…SHAAREY ZEDEK 610 Giles Blvd., Windsor, Ontario, (519) 252-1594. Rabbi: Joseph D. Krupnik. Services: Friday evening; Saturday 9 a.m.; and Jewish holidays. SHOMREY EMUNAH 25451 Southfield Road, Southfield, 48075, (248) 559-1533, 557-9666. Rabbi Shaiall Zachariash. Services: Saturday 9:15 a.m.; weekdays 7:10 a.m.; 10 minutes before sundown. THE SHUT-LUBAVITCH 6211 Quaker Hill Drive, West Bloomfield 48322; (248) 788-7131. Rabbi: Kariel Shemt...…
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…Community Torah Portion Heeding Torah In Everyday Life Creates A Tear-Round' Shavout al, is commanded instead (Leviticus 24:22): "And when you reap the har- vest of your land do not deplete the corners of your field when you harvest and the gleanings of your harvest do not gather; to the poor and to the stranger leave them; I am the Lord Your God." This verse, at first glance, seems out n this Shabbat, we celebrate of context. But if we thi...…
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…Ann Arbor Summer Festival Preview On The Bookshelf: "The Human Stain" Hollywood's 100 Funniest Movies With a new album, book, photography exhibit and international tour that stops in Detroit, "Godfather of Punk" Lou Reed remains one of rock's most creative forces. STORY on page 84 6/9 2000 79 …
…Delilah to Placido Domingo's Samson. until 1993 that Goodman returned to the In her only concert in Michigan figure in a series of self-portraits, followed before that debut, Mishura will perform two years later by a series titled "A Song for In the season finale of the Detroit Symphony 7 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at St. Regis My Mother," that merged the figurative Orchestra's 1999-2000 season, Neeme Jarvi will con- Church, Lahser Road between 14 ...…
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…PAUL KOHN'S La Difference SILVER STREAK Sunday Brunch Bu e iI:00 am - 2:00 pm Includes: Assorted Juices - Cranberry • Orange • Pineapple • Grapefruit • Apple Assorted Cold Salads - Tuna • Vegetable • Cucumber • Pasta Smoked Salmon • Smoked Fish • Bagels with Cream Cheese • Caviar • Capers Hot Dishes (including) - Pastas • Blintzes • Potato Latkes with Sour Cream • Fish Fresh Steamed Vegetables • Potatoes or Rice • Omelettes Pancakes or Fre...…
…We are proud to acknowledge the support of our Exhibition Underwriters, Patrons, Friends and Donors Patrons Mrs. Louise Adray Mr. & Mrs. Ardash V. Apigian Gene & Marcia Applebaum Robert P. Aronson Mr. SE Mrs. Irving Baker Mrs. Morris D. Baker Judy & Jerry Balan Max & Renah Bardenstein Mr. & Mrs. James R. Barrons Silvio Benvenuti Michael & Sherill Berman & Family The Staff of Michael P. Berman, P.C. Prudence Bernstein Eric & Doris Billes Dr. ...…
…Arts I Entertainment ou'd think, at some point, life would slow down for Lou Reed _ . At 58, he has led a famous band, battled drug and alcohol addiction, created a social and musical phenomenon and re-cre- ated his image time and again. While many musicians of his era have either over- dosed or disappeared into obscurity along with the genre that made them famous, Reed continues to thrive. This year alone, he accelerated his professional pho...…
…rebellious and sexually suspicious son, his parents forced him to see a psychiatrist who prescribed a long regimen of shock treatments that caused Lou memory loss and insomnia. "You can't read a book because you get to page 17 and you have to go right back to page one again," he once said as he recalled the experience. "If you walked around the block, you forgot where you were." Reed continued the nightmare while graduating from high school an...…
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…Arts Entertainment '6:4104 C N'Vrt 0 M A new executive director crafts an exciting lineup of performers for this year's Ann Arbor Summer Festival. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News vy Warshawski can look back and laugh at her most stressful experience as an arts presenter, but at the time, the situation didn't seem very funny at all. Late in the afternoon before a sold-out performance, the star, whose name she protects, announ...…
