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…THE JEWISH EWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 31, 1992 / 26 SHEVAT 5752 Report Says Synagogues, Not AJE, Should Teach NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer Jewish Federation- sponsored report released this week recommends that the Fed- eration's education agency get out of the business of teaching elementary school- age children. The report will dramati- cally change the purpose of the Agency for Jewish Edu- cat...…

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…CONTENTS CLOSE-UP Power On The Potomac SPORTS Not Just A Vegetable JAMES D. BESSER Washington is replacing New York as the center of Jewish clout. ROBERT ELLENSTEIN At the JCC, you don't eat squash ... you play it. 22 45 11 UP FRONT The terror remains a year after the Scuds. 14 DETROIT • Israeli olah discusses the Ethiopians. • Actress to give the performance of her life. 32 BACKGROUND Despite posturing, Israel needs the guara...…

…EDITORIAL 'A Most Complex Issue' Jewish federations all over the country are coming to terms with the issue of what to do with the constituent agencies that govern their religious school programs. With numbers defecting to day schools and synagogue-based programs, the issue becomes larger than just maintaining enrollment. Now, with the walls of recession and assimilation closing in, federations are looking at other options to maintain educa-...…

…LETTERS Change Formula Or Use Reserves At a time of economic reces- sion, it would seem that the Jewish Federation should give its highest priority to the needs of members of the local Jewish community who are in financial need. Yet The Jewish News, in its edition of Jan. 17, quotes Robert Aron- son, executive vice president of the Federation, as suppor- ting a formula that sends 60 percent of Campaign funds to Israel and allocates 40 per- c...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz MANAGING EDITOR: Phil Jacobs ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITOR: *104 Elizabeth Applebaum STAFF WRITERS: Kimberly Lifton Amy J. Mehler Noam M. M. Neusner CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elie Wiesel WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: James D. Besser FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Helen Davis PHOTOGRAPHER: Glenn Triest LOCAL COLUMNISTS: Danny Raskin C...…

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…LETTERS Continued from Page 7 most immediate one that comes to mind is German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Frederic Morton, in his book The Rothschilds, notes that, by day, the Reich- skanzeller condemned Jews and Rothschilds to damna- tion, but visited them for din- ing and partying. In Germany Without Jews, author Bernt Engelmann states that the Nazis found out that Johann Strauss I (1801-1848) had a Jewish great-grandfather, and so note...…

…UP FRONT The Fear Of War Continues To Haunt The Scud Victims AMY.J. MEHLER Staff Writer S trips of masking tape stuck to the windows in the sealed room of Sharona and Moshe Kotzen's Jerusalem apart- ment long after the Gulf War officially ended. "No amount of cleaning, rubbing or scraping took that tape off," Sharona Kotzen said. "You could see it in everybody's cheder atum, (sealed room)." Not counting sets of gas masks Israelis continue...…

…UP FRONT Fear Of War Continued from preceding page Dr. Hoffman, a pediatric anesthesiologist. "We believed there weren't going to be any chemical missiles. After awhile, the Scud at- tacks became just a nui- sance." Michelle and Harold Platt, Mrs. Hoffman's parents, also returned to Israel during the Gulf War. A year ago, the former Oak Park residents were completing a month- long visit with a son, daughter and grandchildren who still live ...…

…IT RAINED, IT SNOWED, IT STORMED... BUT ISRAEL'S WATER CRISIS CONTINUES! CONSIDER... ( Emergency and Disaster Committee of the AAMA, encountered dire problems in children's health, wo- men's health, water, sanita- tion and public health. Dr. Dass said the Al- Qadissiya Hospital in Baghdad reported a 100 per- cent premature infant mor- tality during the aerial phase of the war, at which time the pediatric intensive care unit was shut down du...…

…DETROIT Education Report Continued from Page 1 responsibility for educating Detroit's Jewish youth. AJE would become a consortium for these schools. Teachers at religious schools could consult AJE on curriculum, teacher training and informal community- wide programs. AJE would organize transportation for students to religious school classes and disburse scholar- ships to needy parents. AJE's enrollment has dropped dramatically since 1968, w...…

…bat Actress Will Perform Classic Autobiography '92 900S CONVERTIBLE AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer G 01 ila Almagor, 50, named Israel's Ac- tress of the Decade, plays the most difficult role of her life next week. She plays her mentally ill mother, a Holocaust sur- vivor who never forgave herself for surviving. Ms. Almagor brings her biography live to Detroit Feb. 6 at the Agency for Jew- ish Education. She was in- vited to Michigan by Sylv...…

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…HOME SHOW HOME SWEET JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF FUN AND INFORMATION ON HOME IMPROVEMENT Sunday, February 9, 1992 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Southfield Civic Center Pavilion 26000 Evergreen Road (at 10 1/2 Mile Road) • 11:00 a.m. - "The How-To's of Home Improvement" Lon Grossman, Free Press columnist, radio & TV personality and home inspector • 12:30 p.m. - "Renewing Spaces" Barbi Krass, interior designer, of Colorworks • 1:30 p.m. - "Buy...…

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…one showing up at the marketplace would get two zlotys. If they brought an animal, they would get two more. "In terms of time, setting and place, it's set in a very realistic location," said Pro- fessor Todd Endelman of University of Michigan's Program in Judaic Studies. The movie, when it first appeared, signaled what is now called the golden age of Yiddish cinema. After being met with acclaim from Polish audiences, The Dybbuk, another classi...…

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…1301111E11 ON THE powromitc Washington is replacing New York as the center of Jewish political clout. 1•■•■•■ JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent • ,;('N .\;u . `.!' .44:1 4 ;= …

…wenty years ago, Hyman Bookbinder, the long- time Washington repre- sentative of the Ameri- can Jewish Committee, helped create "First Iliesday," an infor- mal, monthly gathering for lead- ing Jewish activists working in the nation's capital. The idea was to enable them to share common concerns. "In those first years, we'd have maybe seven or eight peo- ple at our meetings," recalled Mr. Bookbinder, now retired. But over the years, the gatheri...…

…POWER Council of Jewish Federations represents the needs and interests of Jews on a na- tional basis — but they can't go in and lobby for Illinois," said Joel Carp, the Chicago federation's associate executive director. "That's what we're interested in. We want to increase the state's piece of the economic pie, which potentially increases the share of funds available for the Jew- ish community here for things like health and social services, ...…

…POWER flung regional network into its profes- sional lobbying operation in Washington. The result was a kind of intensive politi- cal education for thousands of Jewish ac- tivists around the country — as well as a reaffirmation of the central place of Washington in the Jewish agenda. But the Washington presence of Jewish lobbyists who also focused on other issues has also enhanced the pro-Israel effort. "The fact that we have built political ...…

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…NEWS Chill At Peace Table Equals Moscow Weather QUALITY CONSTRUCTION 4 P1 1111.• A DESIGN OF THE TIMES Palestinians fail to show on opening day after refusing to abide by the agreed upon ground rules. STAFF REPORT COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL T DESIGN ■ BUILD DESIGN/PLANNING Residential or office, were experts at expressing form and function artistically. From simple additions to dormers and even roofing, we have the experience to do t...…

…MR. MECH 'I AUTO SERVICE CENTER should be allowed to par- ticipate in that working group. The suggestion was im- mediately rejected by Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy. "If those whose par- ticipation we object to do ar- rive and if this runs counter to the agreement, they will meet by themselves," he said. The Palestinians also re- jected the compromise as not going far enough. At press time, the issue was still outstanding. Also at pre...…

…N EWS 1 Sweet Music of Harmony in celebration of our cooperative spirit TEMPLE ISRAEL and The WILSHIRE BLOCK ASSOCIATION on the east side of Detroit join together in a concert dedicated to ROSA PARKS honoring U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS and WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BERNARD PARKER SUNDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 7:30 p.m. at TEMPLE ISRAEL 5725 Walnut Lake Road West Bloomfield featuring The Second Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir...…

…ISRAEL State of Disunion? There is an uncertain future ahead for the Shamir government. AMY J. MEHLER and NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Members of the 12th Knesset Loss Of Confidence Party: Likud Leader: Yitzhak Shamir Seats: 40 Party: Labor Leader: Shimon Peres Seats: 39 Party: Shas Leader: Yitzhak Peretz Seats: 6 The Jan. 19 resignations of Yuval Neeman of the Tehiya Zionist Revival Movement and Rehavam Zeevi of the Moledet (Homeland) Party set th...…

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…SYNAGOGUES • ANNOUNCEMENT Focus On Family Is Program Topic Adat Shalom Synagogue will offer a "Focus on the Family" series 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 and 12 at the synagogue. The topic for the Feb. 5 pro- gram is "The Mommy Track: Fact or Faction." Carol Fogel will lead a panel who will pre- sent the options and obstacles women encounter when they combine motherhood and a career. Carol is a Family Life Educator who has led support groups for childre...…

…• I NEWS 1.1"' The Social Action Committee Council Announces: Firm Finances Olims' Ideas The Helping Hand Drive For New Arrivals Can you imagine trying to pack your life into two suitcases? Russian families arrive in our community with 2 pieces of luggage per person. You can help provide our new Americans with basic living needs — join the Social Action Committee of your synagogue or temple. From February through June, the Helping Hand ...…

…SPORTS Not Just A Vegetable Anymore Out here, you don't just eat squash. At the Jewish Center, you play it. ROBERT ELLENSTEIN Special to The Jewish News .■■ he Maple-Drake Jewish Communi- ty Center is put- ting a new twist on an old sport. After years of domination by the Detroit Athletic Club, the JCC now sits atop the local squash scene. The typically East Coast sport has found a se- cond home in the Midwest. Michigan has approximately...…

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…mmmmul NEWS Fewer Consider West Bank • Tel Aviv (JTA) — Despite the availability of cheaper, more spacious housing in the West Bank, fewer than 1 percent of householders in the Greater Tel Aviv area, Israel's most densely populated region, would con- sider moving there, accor- ding to a new survey by Marketest, a marketing research firm. The survey coincided with new studies showing that Israel is building housing for Jews in the West Bank...…

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