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….111111, DETROIT JEWISH NEWS aN Jan. 30, 1998 Vol. CXII No. 23 Up Front 8 Spending To Grow The JCC keeps spending to chip away its deficit. AppleTree 65 Entertainment. page 95 Barney Rests On Shabbat So do Lion King, Lamb Chop and others in observant homes. The Scene 80 Realty Check Young adults are scrambling to own a little place called home. Births 50 Business 133 Community 42 Editorials 34 Engagements 52 Food 138 Marketplace ...…

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…• UNITY January 30,1998 ATION TO THE ENTIRE JEWISH COMM Congregation AN OPEN INVTT We are pleased w serve as Honorary Chairs for the fund-raiser benefiting in Troy. We request your att endance and support for the Detroit Premiere nner of the Pulitzer Prize and the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical Slur Tikvah ma performance of RENT, at the Fisher Theatre. Wednesday, April 8, 7:45 p .m. on outstanding community leaders, developers of Troy, ar...…

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…• Spending To Grow The Jewish Community Center is moving forward, despite its deficit. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer hree years ago, the 70-year- old Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit found itself in a new position: in the red. Up until then, the JCC was operating with a surplus, albeit a small one, as a result of hosting the Maccabi Games in 1990. "In 1995, nothing exciting was hap- pening, and that money [$100,000 in excess...…

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…On Hold Hillel teachers await board's response. JULIE WIENER Stag Writer espite the proposal that it make a decision within a week, the executive corn- mittee of Hillel Day School has not yet responded to a Jan. 13 letter from the Hillel Day School Teachers' Association. The letter, which followed the Hillel board's dismissal of veteran /teacher Shula Fleischer, urged the board to have an independent corn- • mittee review the issue of teac...…

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…ront • A Female Calling More women are becoming bat mitzvah in adulthood. Staff Writer A lthough it's been 14 years since she became a bat mitzvah, Faye Ullmann remembers every minute of program of inten- sive study, which culminates in a group aliyah on the bimah. Regardless of location, each class usually becomes cohesive and close, Pearlman says. While the partic- ipants are mostly women, Rabbi Harold Loss says some men who never had...…

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…A Day At The Fair Kids Fair '98 provided fun Super Bowl pre-game activities. LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter KRISTA HUSA Photographer 1/30 1998 ore than 5,000 kids and adults came out to the Palace of Auburn Hills last Sunday — not for a Pistons basketball game, but for fun and games nonetheless. Kids Fair '98, organized by the Jewish Community Center and co-sponsored by nine other major organizations, allowed children to go to booths set up...…

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…ditOr laIS -.1.1;4771.1. N. 1. N Photo AP/Sergei Grits Mk\ Shabbat's Glow: Truly Stronger? How successful have we, the Detroit Jewish community, been in rekindling Shabbat? That's a question we invite you to help us answer by re writing a letter to the editor. With fanfare and promise last fall, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit teamed up to usher in a very special pro...…

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…/- COMMUNITY VIEWS We Are Living The Sandwich Generation penalized for it forever? We have no s a social worker by training intention of abandoning our roles as and temperament, I have nurturer or wife, mother, loving daugh- learned many important ter, tax paying citizen, homemaker, lessons. Social service profes- breadwinner." All members of the fam- sionals, like me, have had much experi- ily are affected in one way or another by ence deal...…

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…MI Conversion: The Final Battle Chairman Resigns From jubilee Jerusalem (JTA) — The chairman of the organizing committee for Israel's 50th anniversary celebra- tions resigned after two months on the job. Yitzhak Modai'i was said to have stepped down over differ- ences with Tourism Minister Moshe Kat7av and frustration that not enough money was being allocated for the celebrations. Those planning the celebra- tions have confronted numerous o...…

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…The World I CALLED MOM FOR LUNCH ON TUESDAY, BUT SHE WAS GOING TO A BOOK REVIEW IN THE LIBRARY. I DROPPED BY ON THURSDAY, BUT SHE COULDN'T COME BECAUSE SHE WAS BUSY IN THE ACTIVITIES ROOM WORKING ON HER NEW EXERCISE PLAN. I INVITED MYSELF TO LUNCH WITH HER ON FRIDAY, AND THE FOOD WAS TERRIFIC. I TOLD MOM TO CALL MY BROTHER AND LET HIM KNOW HOW SHE LIKES HER NEW HOME AT THE HEATHERWOOD. I HOPE SHE CAN FIND TIME TO CALL. the ATH...…

…WHO CARES? F or 4,000years, Jews have come together to form communities to care for one another. Through good times and bad, the Jewish people has always found a way to connect members of the community, to be sure that no one was isolated or left out in the cold, no one went hungry, was left alone or uncared for. That has been our tradition. Today, that rich tradition continues. Through a diverse network of communities spread across North...…

…The Department of Michigan Jewish War Veterans recently made a presentation of prayer books and tallit to the downtown V.A. Hospital Jewish Chapel. Shown are Past Post Commander Marvin Revich making the presentation to hospital Chaplain Don Duford with Department Quartermaster Harmen Thom and Post Senior Vice Commander Joseph Weinman assisting. Musical Event With Cantor Since 1986 STEVEN TARNOW, C.R. (248) 626-5603 . PREFERRED I BUILDIN...…

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…Introducing Ltuninetter" Privacy Sheers ''" Community All the light of classic sheers. All the privacy of soft draperies. All the possibilities you can imagine. IRP Hosts Winter Gala The Institute for Retired Professionals Social Committee will kickoff 1998 with a winter gala, 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at the JPM Jcc. The festivities will feature a pizza- pasta party and a magic show. Michael Jacobson, master magician, will entertain. For in...…

…draperg uer,c. since 1969 ki4fik.Ar , r A P11,4114E YOUR -Sat-Sun-Mon-Jan. 31st-Feb. 2nd- Book Club, Tour With Kol Ami The first meeting of the Temple Kol Ami Book Club will take place 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the home of Adele and John Seymour in Farmington Hills. The book to be discussed is As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg, available at local bookstores. Call the hosts to make reservations, (248) 478-8154. The Temple Kol Am...…

…Com m un ity AS PART OF OUR REGULAR AFTERNOON PROGRAM FOR SENIORS invite you to fe For Your For more information, please call: TEMPLE ISRAEL (248) 661-5700 Tu B'Shevat Fruit Sale Thursday, February 12, 1998 1:30-3:00 pm at Temple Israel presented by 5725 Walnut Lake Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48323 Robert "Bob" Littky who will entertain us with an afternoon of fun, enjoyment, motivation, inspiration, and even a little exercise! (Don't...…

…How Often DoYou See A Car Company Bragging About Being BelowAverage? When J.D. Power and Associates recently evaluated vehicle dependability, they looked at reported problems among vehicles at five years of ownership. And, ..*:•••• • after calculating the results, they found that not only did Lexus owners report far fewer problems than average, they reported fewer than owners of any ofher nameplate. A fact that led them to rank Lexus...…

…Community an. author & VII) INNER COMMUNITY from page 46 JWV Auxiliary Holds Meeting The Department of Michigan Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans will conduct its meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the JWV Memorial Home. President Florence Weber will discuss fund raising and the coming visit of the national president. Refreshments will be served by the hostesses of Bloch-Rose Auxiliary before the meeting. Machon Hosts Camp...…

…MSU Plans Week's Events Joy c orzki Lo ENTERTAINMENT The Freshman Group will have a sleepover, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Hillel. Cost is free. February 1998 will be Jewish awareness Month at Michigan State University Hillel. TEVA and the Grad Group will go rock climbing 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1. Meet at Hillel. Cost is $10. United Jewish Appeal will sponsor Shabbat dinner, 6:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at Hillel. Dinner is free with a donatio...…

…Milestones A Successful Approach To Personal Growth & Family Development Presented by Rabbi Laibl Won Founder & Director of the Institute for Jewish Development. Melbourne, Australia Recently invited by the Dalai Lama for a private audience. Guest lecturer at the International Convention on Transpersonal Psychology. HARNESSING THE POSITIVE IN ANGER Learn practical meditative exercises for: • REDUCING INNER STRESS RESOLVING TENSION IN ...…