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…THE JEWISH NEWS RONT 11F1 This Week's Top Stories lieepihg It Kosher Controlling what is kosher and what is not, certifying agencies vary around the country. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER hey make the decisions in this country when it comes to deciding if something is kosher or not, for they provide the necessary supervision. They collect the fees or fines from the shop or business owners. Ultimately, they can make or break a kosher bu...…

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…February 28, 1997 7 21 OPINION Detroit Never underestimate the power of words. 27 A Man Of The Book Temple Israel's Rabbi Yedwab has turned his poetic sensibility to liturgy. Big Apple Bound Temple Emanu-El's interim rabbi is taking a group of students to sample New York Yiddishkeit. TELL ME WHY Why a rabbi wanted a "free" synagogue. 30 Education in a new light. page 12 THE PULSE- Dealing with sibling rivalry. 01 SPORTS A Word ...…

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…0 k Rabbi Paul Yedwab of Temple Israel has turned his creative sensibility to liturgy. JULIE WEINGARDEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS abbi Paul Yedwab used to write poetry. Now he's writing prayers. Come June, members of Temple Israel will see original writings of the rabbi in Shema Yisrael — Here 0 Israel, The Tem- ple Israel Siddur, a new prayer book he wrote and edited in an effort to of- fer a siddur that uses slightly different language...…

…Wondering If The Dog Will Bark Most cautiously agree that the Tenenbaum affair won't give rise to an anti-Semitic backlash. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER T he Jewish community tends to cringe when one of its own is accused of any- thing resembling criminal behavior, as if it will inevitably unleash a tide of anti-Semitic rage. Such was the case with Jonathan Pol- lard, the U.S. Naval Intelligence officer who was sentenced to life in prison 11 ...…

…understand them as we do, and draw a velopment Engineering Center at case between Israel and American Jew- TACOM. Dr. Zackheim believes the FBI, which ry," he says. The Pollard case, with very few excep- is investigating, seems to be acting pru- tions, had no impact on the ability of Jews dently. "It seems to me if the man spoke him- to serve in high-level, sensitive govern- ment posts, adds Dov Zackheim, a Pen- self, they obviously had someth...…

…A Profile Of Honesty Rabbi Weil, the spiritual leader ofYoung Israel of Oak Park, men- tioned that Mr. Tenenbaum is also involved in Matan B'Seter, a local charity that provides clothing, food and utilities expenses to needy families. "All expenses are incurred by David and other members of the group," said the rabbi, who ex- plained that the recipients and givers do not know each other. "He's modest about his charity work, his learning. He's...…

…\---> THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CX No. 26 /— /— Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jill Davidson Sklar Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents Ina Friedman, Larry Derfner Photographers ...…

…Learning Continuum I t was early Sunday morning and a light snow swirled , around the cars parked outside Temple Israel in West Bloom- field. In the sanctuary, with the cold winter light softened by ribbons of stained glass, hundreds of Jew- ish educators gathered for the fourth annual NIRIM conference intently watched an interpretive performance by dance midrash specialist Nancy Mellan. E _,,, Beth Greenapple of the Jewish g Community Center...…

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…The Kosher Scene KOSHER page 3 Rabbi Yosef Wilder, publisher of Kashrus Magazine. A look at the industry shows exponential growth in the past 20 years. With nearly 18 times the number of products, 10 times the number of buyers and four times the number of companies supervised, the American kosher scene has changed sig- nificantly in the past 20 years. Integrated Marketing Communications Inc., a New York City firm that sponsors the Intern...…

…he Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit provides supervi- sion to the majority of local retail kosher establishments, including four independent butcher shops, three su- permarket butcher shops, three bakeries and nine food service businesses, includ- ing caterers. Formed in the 1930s in Detroit, the first objective of the group was to provide kosher supervision. According to Sidney Bolkosky's book Harmony and Dissonance: Voices of Je...…

…KOSHER page 15 MKC Supervises Dairy, Pareve Items R abbi Jack Goldman be- gan his kosher supervi- sion business with a bakery in Philipsburg, Pa., a one-shul town where he served as the rabbi. When he moved to Jacksonville, Fla., then to Memphis, Tenn., then to De- troit, he built his client base to include organizations in sever- al states. An entrepreneur with a doc- torate in English, Rabbi Gold- man heads an organization that provides k...…

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…W Kosher Attraction Hillel of Metro Detroit's kitchen draws Jews and gentiles with its combination of unique food and cooperation. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER hen it comes down to between 20 and 40 meals a day. the bottom line, the "We get a lot of people who kitchen at Hillel of aren't Jewish," said Mr. Jarcaig. Metro Detroit's Wayne Mr. Cartagena works closely State University branch is a los- with Mr. Jarcaig and Jason er. Roskind,...…

…• The ADL's annual audit of anti-Semitism shows a decrease in the nation but an increase in Michigan. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR / M ichigan's regional Anti- Defamation League office in Southfield recorded 23 anti-Semit- ic incidents in Michigan in 1996. That marked an increase of eight over the 1995 total. The jump in reported incidents in Michigan flies in the face of a two-year trend nationally. ADL offices nationwide recorded 1,722 ...…

…Jewish civilians saw American POWs in the camps. Justice Delayed Fifty years after the war, an American survivor files for German reparations. JULIE WIENER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS hen he was deployed as a machine gunner in Europe during World War II, it never oc- curred to Sid Goodman th a t he would become personally entan- gled in the Holocaust. "I felt the Germans wouldn't be that stupid to send American sol- diers to concentration c...…

…Big Apple Bound Temple Emanu-El's interim rabbi is taking a group of students to sample New York's Yiddishkeit. JULIE WIENER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS F or four jam-packed days, 20 Temple Emanu-El students will sample the excitement of the city that calls itself the "Capital of the World." With its metropolitan area home to almost one-third of the American Jewish population, New York is also the capital of Diaspora Jewry, and that will be...…

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…' 'Ttk‘NNV, v;v\‘ , ‘*'• &kW. Keeping An Eye On The Public's Opinion It was in September 1991 that former President George Bush angrily banged his fist on the table proclaiming he was one little guy up against a thousand lobbyists on the other side of Capitol Hill. What he was referring to was the effort by or- ganized Jewish leadership to get the president to reverse his stance against loan guarantees for Israel. History will show us th...…

…Editor's Notebook Community Views Never Underestimate The Power Of Words Holocaust Education Must Start At Home PHIL JACOBS EDITOR PETER GREENBAUM SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS watching the rest of the movie There it was. to his wife's philandering, with me, told me that we'd As a video and cot," for example, a young boy blind Schindler. film director, I must pass an entrance examina- looks after the children she pro- I've done my "own" it....…

…irresistible combinations EMPHASIS page 26 be a true one, not one that mag- nifies the kosher establishments as dirty and unhealthy. At least then you will not be giving those who are looking for reasons to ig- nore our basic tenets yet another rationale for eating treife. Will we see this article before or after you change the name of your newspaper to the Detroit N Anti-Jewish News? Cherna Kowalsky Southfield Our channel set bands an...…

…c.- weetheate9t o a ale Generalizing Is Unfair /- /--- It was with great surprise and disappointment that I read your publisher's notebook titled "Thank the Docs for Adminis- tering CPR" in the Feb. 14 issue of the The Jewish News. As a Jewish physician, I resent your misrepresentation of "Jewish doctors" as unpleas- ant people for Federation fund- raisers to deal with and as uncharitable and selfish when it comes to giving money. Physicia...…

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…FEBRUARY 28, 1997 Rabbi Lectures At Adat Shalom Rabbi Burton Visotzky will visit Adat Shalom Synagogue 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, when he will take a look at the dysfunctional families in Genesis and see what we can learn from them. Rabbi Visotzky, associate pro- fessor of Talmud and rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Semi- nary, holds the Nathan and Janet Appleman Chair of Mid- rash and Interreligious Studies at JTS. He served as dean of th...…

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…Cantor: Max Shimansky. Ritual director: –1 Joseph Baras. Rabbis emeritus: Benjamin /– H. Gorrelick, Milton Arm. Services: Friday 7:15 a.m., 6 p.m.; Saturday 8:45 am., 6:05 p.m.; weekdays 7:15 am., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m., 6 p.m. Shabbat class 5:35 p.m. Haftorah, Harry Ellenson. BETH ISRAEL G-5240 Calkins Road, Flint, (810) 732- 6310. Rabbi: Paul Reis. Cantor: Sholom Kalib. President: Dr. Brian Beck. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.;...…

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…A. A. FA TT Uniqu e Boutique YOUR FITTING SOLUTION •03torewide care Lauren Grushoff \;) Lauren Grushoff of Farmington Hills will be bat mitzvah at Tem- ple Beth El on Friday, Feb. 28. Rabbi Daniel Syme and Cantor Stephen Dubov will lead ser- vices. Participating in the ceremo- ny will be Lauren's parents, Ter- ry and Kerry, her sister Erica and her brother Dylan. Grand- father Jerry Grushoff of Holmes "Beach, Fla. will attend. A party w...…

…(IA 6 41Juz. Hank Greenwald, Tina Farentino c7- and Jeff Reiter of A New Beginning. IJ-1 The temples each began their >- o wn 'version of the exact same ser- Lg. vice: Temple Israel's Beshert Con- i) nection launched last fall, while Temple Beth El's started just last month. It seems to some that it would be wise to pool efforts — to in- crease the number of potential dates for members. But thus far, that idea has yet to take flight. The ...…

…Relationships: The Rules of Dating, Part II of a three-part Sunday, March 2 Planning meeting for Profes- $" sional Jewish Singles. 4 p.m. Bloomfield West Club House. For information, call Susan Dines, (810) 626-7246. Monday, March 3 `Abortion, Kevorkian and Ju- daism," discussion with Rabbi Avraham Jacobowitz. 12 noon, Oakland Community College. Free deli lunch. Contact: Sharon at Hillel of Metro Detroit, (313) 577-3459. Relationships:...…

…FIND ME A DATE page 48 Right: Sue Ellen Simon of Temple Beth El's Michigan Jewish Singles Network. Career Confused? Consider These Options Far right: Kari Provizer of Temple Israel's Beshert Connection. Below: JoAnn Miller of Lunch For Two. JENNIFER FINER Bottom: A New Beginning's computer system. SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Roger Herman of North Car- olina is a business futurist who concentrates on workforce trends. He paints a futuri...…