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…WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY only one way: through uniquely Jewish actions. Simply stated, Jewish identity is fostered through the active performance of mitzvot: observance of Shabbat and Jewish holidays, adherence to the dietary laws, giving tzedaka, ongoing study, the avoidance of loshon hora (evil speech), and the practice of a host of other commandments. Without mitzvot there is no Jewish identity. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, an Orthodox rabbi in N...…

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…Who Gets It? • Gaucher disease occurs most often in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, but other ethnic and racial groups carry the disease as well • Anyone with the deficient enzyme can develop the symptoms of Gaucher disease (symptoms may appear at any age) Who Shoul Gaucher Di • Families of Jewish des tested for Gaucher di Jewish population, 1 of Gaucher disease • If you have the diseas increased chance that may have the abnorm • A simp...…

…Be Tested for ease? it should consider being se. In the Ashkenazi 10 people is a carrier r are a carrier, there is an her members of your family ,ene as well blood test can determine if iciency There is a wide range of support programs for families affected by Gaucher disease: The National Gaucher Foundation (NGF) was founded in 1984 to support medical research nd clinical programs that enhance the current understanding of Gaucher dise...…

…What Is Gaucher Disease and Who Can Be Affected? (pronounced go-shay) Gaucher disease is an inherited disorder caused by a deficient form of an important enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. This enzyme is needed for the breakdown of a type of fatty substance (glucocerebroside) that can build up in cells, especially in the spleen, liver, and bone marrow. People who have inherited a mutation (change) in the gene that produces glucocerebrosidase ...…

…On The Bookshelf: `Chosen By God' . . . . 88 \-\ ,\\\ x: \ k-;‘‘\\ \ \s‘ \‘\ \ -\ \\\ • \ IN* ‘r • s• \\\: At The Movies: `Girl, Interrupted' . . . 92 empner's film documenting Touch' triumphs of All Th $\•4;: s k , baseball great Hank Greenberg Bases comes to metro Detroit. STORY on page 78 1 / 1 4 2000 75 …

…KING OF THE BLUES Blues legend B.B. King — born Riley B. King in 1925, on a cotton plantation in Itta Bene, Miss. — has received presidential citations, hon- orary degrees and has even starred in commercials for Wendy's and Northwest Airlines. He was the first blues artist to enter mainstream American culture, influencing virtually every electric blues guitarist to follow and inspiring countless rock guitarists as well. King's technique is co...…

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…A film documenting the life and triumphs of baseball great Hank Greenberg comes to metro Detroit. DEBORAH WALIKE Special to the Jewish News E very-one knows the old joke, "Ask two Jews a question and you'll get three answers." But ask American Jews who were around in 1934, when the Detroit Tigers' Hank Greenberg chose to go to synagogue on Yom Kippur rather than play in a possible pennant-deciding game, what that moment meant to them ...…

…says in the film. "I wanted to be Hank Greenberg and I couldn't be, so I kvelled. I loved being part of the group that identified with him." Attorney and author Alan Dershowitz notes, "Hank showed us, the children of immigrants, that we were as American as anybody else." in comparison to the battles he faced as a Jew in Major League baseball. Fans screamed epithets from the stands, such as "sheenie," "kike" and "Jew-bastard," but it didn't st...…

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…Joining Hands A new book details Martin Luther Kinar. s relationship with the Jewish community. SATURDAY JANUARY 29, 2000 8 p.m. Featuring Music From Craig Taubman's New Album "FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE" $10 in Advance $8 at the Door SUN JANUAR*, 12:30 Craig 'N Co. Family Concert $5 in Advance $15 at the Door raig is a proven entertainer who has been writing and per- forming music for children and their families for more than ten years. His fami...…

…Ca among African Americans. The author calls upon previously unpublished material and interviews with those who marched with King in the 1960s to make his points. Stanley Levison, who graduated from the University of Michigan, is described as King's most trusted white friend. Levison, an attorney, became King's tax and business consultant, speechwriter and most important fund-raiser. "I think Dr. King had a universal message, a message of civ...…

…TA A4.4ttml 4441 ge4÷/1444 of the Jewish Home & Aging Services AN EVENING AT An Uneven Alliance IN ROYAL OAK Jcin us fcr an enjcyable evening of un and live entertainment at the enth Annual Millionaires Party! The night will be filled with excitement as we hold a Borscht Belt Silent Auction followed by dinner, dancing, music by Rennie Kaufmann, and headlining the hilarious and touching comedy of Kathy Buckley, direct from a one- woman h...…

…THE GEM & CENTURY THEATRES JAN. 5 — FEB. 13 Winner of 3 Drama Desk Awards, The Obie Award & The Outer Critics Circle Award! Topeka, Kan., instigated the law- suit Brown vs. Board of Education. That 1954 Supreme Court deci- sion put an end to legally mandat- ed racially segregated schools. Though the plaintiff named was a different person with the same sur- name, a black man named Oliver Brown, the whole effort began because Esther Brown res...…

…Have your party at The Importance Of Being Ernst This year's New York Jewish Film Festival highlights the films of renowned director Ernst Lubitsch. Detroit: 313-965-4600 400 Monroe in Greektown choose from this year," says Aviva Weintraub, director of media and public programs at the Jewish Museum and a ong before directing member of the festival's selec- Ninotchka and The tion committee. "There's a lot Shop Around the more work being pr...…

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…Now Thru ENS6- Jan. 23,2000 `Chosen By God' NEIL SIMON ' S "...Rochelle Rosenthal is a hoot" -Kohn, Free Press 114E PRISONER OF SECOND AVGENUE. Simon captures the hell of modern city life, while maintaining his signature "tickle of the funny bone". I • 11 ... Newsweek reporter Joshua Hammer's compelling chronicle of his brother's journey to fervent Orthodoxy, and their quest for reconciliation. Fine fun!" — NY Post Jr JCC • Aar...…

…Phoro by Co rrine Du fka traditional Judaism, was granted access own arrogance. He believes that, in to many in the community, and Tuvia part, the turbulence and pain in his and his wife shared their lives with brother's life — their parents' divorce him. and, within one year, the death of a Moreover, he brings his experience stepsister and two of his closest friends as close witness to his brother's child- — caused his brother to seek solace...…

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…Question of the Week: How old was Franz Kafka when he died? •n6 ui pap GH -SEDGA [17 AlUO col paN1 en6oJd 4o Gnuou siy 'AJoup.iooive uGG9 soLi ainToJapi uo Gouaniju! spljo)i Li6noLii U9AASLIV 141 Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor Cover Story How to chose the perfect Jewish name for-your baby — or yourself. I n the beginning there was Adam, also known as Ado(n, and Eve, also known as Chava. Today, you're more likely to meet up with a...…

…The BiG Story Step 1: Tradition, Tradition I Yes, it is a tradition among Ashkenazic Jews to 1 name children after relatives who have died, while Sephardim usually — but not always — prefer to name their sons and daughters after those still liv- ing. How did all this come about? The Ashkenazi system of naming began around the 4th century B.C.E. as la way of remembering those who had passed :away. When you think about it, this is a power- : fu...…

…The BiG Story ,......"""'""•• ■ •%\ (,00 0Y5 Marne) Avrahom f Abrohom • Yitzhaka after her late grandpa I Step 2: Don't Double Your Pleasure Yitzhak may sound lovely to you, 1 Since English versions of many pop- but it just doesn't work. It's like ! ular biblical names exist, you do not calling your son Melis instead of 1 need to provide your child with a Melissa, or Glor instead of Glo- separate Jevvish name if the given ria. Too weird. n...…

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…Livin Well Akiva Third In JV Tourney Yeshivat Akiva's junior varsity basket- ball team participated in a four-team tournament and Shabbaton in Brooklyn in December. The Akiva team finished 2-4, in third place, but had a tournament record 86 points against Moshe Aaron Yeshiva High School of New Brunswick, N.J. Other participants in the tournament were the host Yeshiva of Flatbush, and Ben Lipson Hillel Community High School of North Miami Bea...…

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