…Learning The ROPES EMU's Jewish students get an exercise in community building. JULIE WIENER StaffWriter BILL HANSEN Photographer A s a member of Eastern Michigan University's Hillel steering committee, Beth Ansell has watched the small Jewish student organization get off the ground in the past year. Last Sunday, she watched Hillel literally get off the ground at a high ropes course at Camp Tamarack. Ansell, a senior from Farmington Hills...…
…Opposite page: Top right: Instructor Craig Charnas helps Amy Kraft into her headgear. Bottom left: Brant Friedenberg makes sure his safety gear is secure. This page: Left: Rivka Rosenblatt does her tightrope routine. Below: Dayna Greener demonstrates the usefulness of safety gear. …
…HAVE YOU HEARD -THE LATEST? ........... I'm throwing a party and found wonderful caterers, florists, entertainers and more... all in THE JEWISH NEWS CELEBRATION CONNECTION DIRECTORY in the Amazing Marketplace Pre-Holiday Offer For Grandparents & Seniors* (*and those who accompany them) 15% OFF Practically every item storervide Sale Extended Through Nov. 1 A New Nosh Classic Dolls, Toys, Trains & Learning Activities. The new cafe...…
…can supply pizzas any day but Shabbat. The wood grandfather clock in the corner that doesn't work was already there when Levy began renovating the space. A poem by Malka Neuman, "Only to be Born a Jew," is taped to the glass. Elijah's Cup sells Snapples, pop, Nantucket Nectars, Arizona drinks and different flavors of Gatorade, and a Good Humor freezer sits against one wall. Jewish music — Israeli, Hebrew, big band — keeps up a lively beat in t...…
…MICHIGAN'S #1 LEXUS DEALER #1 in Sales, Service & Selection Holiday Cheer THE 98's ARE HERE We have over 100 vehicles available for sale Largest selection of new Lexus in the state logo LS 1100 MB GS 1100 A local temple remembers Jewish soldiers in time for Chanukah. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer F 1991 LX 11511 or the sixth year, the social action committee at Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park will be funding care packages for Jewish sold...…
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…HELP CELEBRATE A DETROIT TRADITION YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH BOYS BUILDING DEDICATION In the summer of 1996, with increasing enrollment, and an out-of- date facility, the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah made a decision to remain in its current Southfield location and embark on a complete renovation and rehabilitation of its Boys facility. With the help of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, and a dedicated core of Yeshiva friends, the institution...…
…HELP CELEBRATE A DETROIT TRADITION GUEST SPEAKER ROBERT E. RuBIN U.S. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Robert E. Rubin was sworn in as the 70th Secretary of the Treasury on January 10, 1995. From January 20, 1993 to January 10, 1995, Mr. Rubin served in the White House as Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. In that capacity he directed the activities of the National Economic Council. Prior to joining the Administration, Mr. Rubin sp...…
…Editorials Answering The Call On Super Sunday Every year at this time we write an editorial This year, there's an added bonus. Every about Super Sunday. We're not talking the contributor to the 1998 Allied Jewish football variety. We're referring to the Jewish Campaign will have their contributions Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's very real matched by the Blumenstein/Hermelin need to make contact with the community and Campaign Challenge...…
…PUBLISHER'S NOTEBOOK Walking A Necessary Tightrope Mission Statement: e Jewish News aspires to communicate news and infor- mation to our community that's useful, engaging, enjoy- able and unique. We strive to reflect the full range of diverse viewpoints, while also advocating positions which strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoy- able work environment which encourages creativit...…
…LETTERS TRADMON page 34 Minhagim Yisroel Torah hee, the Jewish customs are as precious as the whole Torah. We have become aliens to so many aspects of our heritage. It takes more than an article in the paper to give us the depth and appreciation of what these customs actually do for us (and for the chickens, too). For Michael Egren, I'd like to invite you for a stroll in the Detroit Zoo, which we are members of, so that we can discuss more ...…
…1 105 S. Adams Birmingham, MI 48009 sure, more than a lot of other aged Jews have also. Unfortunately, she had no other family and thus she was put into a local nursing home which was over- crowded, with little attention to her needs other than what was necessary. According to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, there are more than 96,000 Jewish people in southeast Michigan. Certainly there is a great need for a Jewish nursing home...…
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…ft im; .4, _o >-. O Will mission trips be curtailed? NECHEMIA MEYERS Special to The Jewish News S upporters of religious plural- ism in Israel are at wit's end. Unable to ensure the defeat of the Conversion Bill and the Religious Councils Bill -- both designed to disenfranchise Reform and Conservative Jews — they hope that their brethren in the Diaspora will come to their rescue. The passage of those bills, they argue, would not only b...…
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…Community Page Magazine Editor Slates Talk Ms. Magazine editor and feminist organizer Gloria Steinem will be the guest speaker at VOICES '98, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. The event is sponsored by Business and Professional Women of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit on behalf of the 1998 Women's Allied Jewish Campaign. A writer, editor, lecturer and orga- nizer, Ms. Steinem helped found and serves as a bo...…
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…lac Community Heart Fitness Is Addressed The Men's Club of Adat Shalom will host a program on heart problems 10- 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at the syn- agogue. Dr. Barry Lewis of the Botsford Hospital Department of Cardiology will provide practical pointers for cardiac fitness. Refreshments will be served. There is no charge. Reservations are not required. Stars Of David Plans Panel The Stars of David, an international support, social, an...…
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…Religion •VID EOGRAPHY The Holy City 'Lacks Tolerance GARY ROSENBLATT Special to The Jewish News he poet Yehuda Amichai once wrote of a couple searching for a place to make love in Jerusalem. Their effort was in vain because every site was suffused with sanctity, every stone a battlefield for holiness. Jerusalem is a city of powerful passions — political, cultural and religious — and that is why there is so much strife over physical and e...…
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…Photos by Krista Husa The Scene Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz leads a lunch-and-learn discussion as Ethan Gilan and David Nederlander listen. Finding My Religion Why young Jews are rediscovering the power offaith. RICHARD REGEN Special to The Jewish News F or years I had this running gag. When talking to other Jews, I would ask them • whether they were brought up Reform, Conservative or Orthodox. Naturally they would ask me the same. Then, l...…
…service in the basement of Ohab Zedek, an Orthodox synagogue with a large twentysomething membership. Wildes, 28, attracts a young, single, well-dressed crowd, evenly divided between men and women. "These days," he says, "synagogues, thank God, are seen as an alternative to bars for meeting other Jews." Wildes offers a variety of courses in religion and culture. In order to engage people who are attempting to come back to Judaism, the rabbi sa...…
