…4 . twq RTv Prices Start at S1,425 t ..14 4q" World Briefs THE 9- 1ERITAGE Iranian 13 May Be Freed Teheran/JTA — All of the 13 Iranian Jews arrested last year and accused of spying for Israel and the United States will be freed soon, according to the sole Jewish representative in the Iranian Parliament. Manouchehr Eliasi told Reuters that Iranian officials "have promised me the case will be resolved in the near future. In 10 to 15 da...…
…This Week World Briefs Palestinian-ruled town of Bethlehem, also plans to visit sites in Israel and Jordan next month. • The agreement calls for "a special statute for Jerusalem, internationally agreed" to safeguard "the proper iden- tity and sacred character of the city and its universally significant religious and cultural heritage." Israel misinterpreted the deal, a papal envoy said. The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned Monsignor Petro S...…
…Johannes Rau spoke in German, a first for a Knesset speech. Several legislators stayed away in protest, including Danny Naveh from the opposition Likud Party, whose parents survived the Holocaust. Others, including Speaker Avraham Burg, whose father fled Berlin in 1939, said they had mixed feelings about hearing German spoken in the Knesset. Civil Marriages Are Recognized Jerusalem/JTA — Israel's interior min- ister said his ministry will re...…
…This Week Insight Akk„ „Wa rk .:6Y 4 ,W.. .l ogidamd i Ideas & Issues Expert says the question is not if, but when, a lasting peace will take hold in the Middle East. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer redicting the results of Middle East negotiations in the next year is foolish, but a wealth of opportunity does exist for lasting peace, an expert on the Arab- Israeli conflict said last week. "Never before have we been able to imagine negotiati...…
…JNEditorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: wwvv.detroitjewishnews.com A Civil Injustice IN FOCUS F lying the Confederate battle flag from public buildings is a public affront. Our freedoms protect it in a private setting, but the Rebel battle colors have no place in a public venue. A month ago, when we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of racial and ethnic tolerance, the simmering dis...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS A Christian's View Of Israel DAVID BLEWETT Special to the Jewish News R ecently, I led a group of Christian leaders on a fact- finding mission to Israel. The group was made up of members of the executive committee of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, a national net- work of Christian organizations and individuals committed to the security and well-being of the people, land and State of Israel. In org...…
…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Post-Birthright Buzz Israel); Oslo and the White House handshake; peace with Jordan; Yitzhak n a recent millennial Sunday Rabin's assassination; waves of terror- morning, I arose at 5:30 and ism; rise and fall of Bibi Netanyahu; drove down to the Dead Sea. Israel's Americanization; a high-tech Heading south from Jericho, explosion; high-level corruption; one the sun came up over Jordan, rising million Israelis living in po...…
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…VIVOMEMCMIROMMOMWMAM.Vta. China inasmuch as King Abdullah's secret pact with David Ben-Gurion stipulat- ed that the Arab Legion would go through the motions of combat but actually would remain uninvolved. In view of the bitter battles between Israel and the Jordanian forces along the Jerusalem front, Shlaim conveniently retreated from that position in a subsequent book, The Iron Wall. In a thorough review of the output of the new historians,...…
…For information, referral and access to services for ElderLink Older Adults Connecting People & Services For questions about: •Volunteering •Education •Donations •Services for People with Disabilities •Camps •Shopping •Congregations •Employment Call/ 248 559-3300 Call FEDERATION RESOURCE LINE 248-5594411 or TT 248-559-6146 A Jewish Information and Referral Service T bis is r—ecterration FIREPLACE BARBECUE ATTENTION! February Spe...…
…INSIDE Community Calendar Show Die The Yearbook! V : : s 's'•;; • "Think about it. A snapshot in time that captures forever your parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins twice-removed at the most important time of their lives. You can actually go back in time and visit with them. Read about their hopes and dreams, their outlook on their world and what they believed the future world would hold for them. You can spend some time ...…
…Community Photographs Memories Be true to your school: Donating your old yearbook could help preserve Detroit's Jewish past. DAVID SACHS Editorial Assistant A rtg 2/18 2000 42 Photos from the following high school yearbooks: 1-2. Central Centralite, 1945 3. Mumford Capri, 1959 4. Henry Ford Galaxy, 1968 5. Centralite, 1945 6 Centralite, 1943 7. Mumford Capri, 1959 8. Mumford Capri, 1960 Elaine Cohan Arnoid Cohen Carol Cohen Jassey ...…
…Central 1945 Central 1919 Sarah Levin Adelle Sherman Hyman Levy Sarah Levy Martha Shev Blanche Sonia Shulman Mumford 1959 Laurel Goldman Miriam Goldman Nancy Goldman Jonathan Goldsmith Beverly Goldstein Bruce Goldfarb Jeffrey Golden Irma Goldstein Groves 1974 =el Day 1974 Judy Gunsberg Lori Helman Southfield- Latkrup 1985 A sampler of student yearbook pictures from the past century. Andrew Goldberg Dana Goldberg Steve Gol...…
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…Shlomo Gazit Is Area Scholar Major General (ret.) Shlomo Gazit will be the scholar in residence Saturday, March 16, to Sunday, March 26, for the Labor Zionist Alliance, Na'amat USA and the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit. The national sponsor is the American Zionist Movement in cooperation with the World Zionist Organization Department of Information. Gen. Gazit was the first adminis- trator of the administered territories, h...…
…Community Who Wrote The Bible? Aish HaTorah held its flagship "Discovery" program on Feb. 13 at its new Aish Center in Birmingham. It drew by 20 community members who heard a variety of presenta- tions of "evidence" that the Bible could not have been written by human beings. The daylong event, featuring several speakers, was the first major program to be held in the new Aish Center on Old Woodward. Left, Jay Taffel of Baltimore, one of the s...…
…Attorneys and judges, please join your colleagues for breakfast with The IRP Hosts Spring Series Art and current issues will be the themes of the spring mini-series to be presented by the Institute for Retired Professionals on five consecutive Fridays, beginning March 3, at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. Morning sessions, which will focus on art, will begin at 10:30 a.m. and run to noon. The afternoon presentations are scheduled f...…
…Calendar Calendar Listings are updated regularly on JN Online: wvv-w.detroitjewishnews.com SHABBAT SHALOM! THE SHUL FAMILY SHABBATON Candle-lighting (6:05 p.m.) followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, at the Shul in West Bloomfield. $18 adult/ $30 a couple/ $36 a family. (248) 788-7131. SINGLE PARENT & CHILDREN LARGE PRINT `MEGILAT' Sunroof & Leather Package, Cold Weather Package and Metallic Paint VOLVO $ www...…
…Attention: CD Buyers 8.00% Annual Percentage Yield (APY) * Callable Certificates of Deposit ON CAMPUS CENTRAL MICHIGAN U. HILLEL For information or to RSVP call Hillel at (517) 774-2635. Heritage Ethnic Shabbat Dinner: Share stories of Jewish communities around the world. Candle-lighting service 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 25. $6. RSVP. EASTERN MICHIGAN U. HIT ,FI For information or to. RSVP, call Hillel at (734) 482-0456 Sout...…
…414 Calendar NIRIM: CREATIVITY WORKSHOP Dorit Edut presents "Calling All Teachers: Get Down and Make Games" for use with Judaic and Hebrew subjects 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at Southfield's Agency for Jewish Education. Free. 2 NIRIM units. RSVP: Madeleine Goldstein at AJE (248) 354-1050. **we* 44orgetoutava 0, CONVERSATION AT AISH CAFE' Aish HaTorah conducts topical discus- sion of spirituality and ethics for Jewish professionals in thei...…
…Community Mazel Toy! Charlotte and Ron Goldstein Build New Life CARL WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News W hen Ron Goldstein and Charlotte Berman sepa- rately turned to a docent program a few years back, their wounds were still fresh. At the time, both had lost their spouses and were in the midst of rearranging their lives. In a sense, becoming volunteer docents at the Holocaust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield was an outlet to occupy s...…
…9 erien e The ENBY ple4111e. .• of great bands, great,service Births Jan. 22 - ply the ;N i I ALE IGO ■ Y FtN 'ME KAUFMAN GELS BOULEVARD ERIC HARRIS DJ 25882 Orchard Lake' Suite L-1 • Farmington Hills, — MI 48336 Linda (Litberg) and Jason Ishbia of Farmington Hills are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Joshua Adam. Welcoming Joshua home is excited big brother Jake, 31/2. Sharing in their happiness and joy are proud gra...…
…Engagements Rotskoff-Goldfarb Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Goldfarb of West Bloomfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer Renee to Brian David Rotskoff, son of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rotskoff of St. Louis. Jennifer graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of arts degree in economics. She received her doctor of medicine degree from Albany Medical College in New York. Brian earned his bachelor of arts deg...…
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…Engagements Wittenberg-Winegarden Birmingham • 248 203 1313- M U-SieD d er en your V/elling, ear/gat \/ itzval, C orporate A-;i, Peter and Sherryl Winegarden of Toledo, formerly of West Bloomfield, are delighted to announce the engage, ment of their daughter Stacie Hope to Aaron Wittenberg, son of Judge Charles and Phyllis Wittenberg of Toledo. Stacie is the granddaughter of Ida Rosenberg, the late Irving Rosenberg, Meyer Winegarden an...…
…Golf Course on Site! See you at the I 1 th Annual Michigan Camp Fair! Personal interviews with Director Pete Thistlethwaite in Detroit Area Sat., Feb. 26th & Sun., Feb. 27th Call for a brochure & video 1-800-701-3132 Or in Michigan call Lori Pogoda 248-855-3181 Adler-Herman Sheldon and Lucille Adler of West Bloomfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their son Dr. Brent H. Adler to Dana C. Herman, daughter of Roberta Herman and...…
…Community S ibil Spirituality aria ■ • ' / IfIA, NtAtlitrleo r "' 4.4 * A 1W MI so vg II 1111 0.1ir so is al 9- I ag 11 a *kw 0, in a nalliaralk. Temple Beth El hosts the 58th annual Glazer Institute for education and ecumenical dialogue. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter hen Dr. David Ellenson prepared to speak to 200 local clergy on Feb. 11, he had to keep in mind that all but his three Temple Beth El hosts would be a...…
…BERNHARDT creates a distinctive visual statement for the way you live today. Now thru February 27th the entire BERNHARDT line is CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeri- tus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 5:45 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 6 p.m.; week- days 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. SH...…
…Community Spirituality GROSSE POINTE JEWISH COUNCIL BETH TEPHILATH MOSES 146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, 48043, (810) 465-0641. Services: weekdays 7:15 a.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. Services at Grosse Pointe United Church, 240 Chalfonte; (313) 882- 6700. Rabbi: Nicholas Behrmann. Cantorial soloist: Bryant Frank. B'NAI MOSHE 6800 Drake Road, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 788-0600. Rabbi: Elliot , Pachter. Cantor: Earl Berris. Sexton...…
…Seminarsfor Adult Jewish Enrichment CONGREGATION BETH EL TEMPLE KOL AMI 311 S. Park, Traverse City 49684; (231) 946-1913. Rabbi: Jonathan V. Plaut. Cantorial soloist: Hannah Dietz. Shabbat services 8 p.m. bi-weekly. 5085 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248) 661-0040. Rabbis: Norman T. Roman, Amy B. Bigman. Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. Friday Family Shabbat. CONGREGATION BETH EL 2...…
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…;111, :te a Question of the Week: Following the death of this president, his close friend Uriah Levy purchased and renovated his home, which he donated to the government to serve as a landmark for this outstanding leader. Who was he? Se, :114 1- 4, Interestingly, while FDR was extremely close with his mother, who financially supported him and his I family for many years, he never became the virulent: I antisemite that she was. FDR's son,...…
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…sense of humor. He needed it. In his term as president the country was just beginning to seriously grapple with the wrongs of slavery, was in the midst of a severe depression and was 1 facing the sensitive issue of Texas and whether it would join the union. To his great fortune, Van Buren had no sensitive Jewish issues to address, though chances are he might have been supportive of what came his way. Van Buren holds the distinction of being th...…
…The BiG Story ;children of Israel ... that continued I forty years in their different camps under the guidance and regulations o 1 the wisest general that ever lived." Washington's most notable associa- tion with Jews was his letter to the I Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. When the president vis- ited that congregation on Aug. 17, I 1790, he was presented with two let- 1 ters. In response he wrote to the syna- gogue, stating th...…
…New York Herald, "President Lin- ! coin is a joke incarnated ... The idea that such a man as he should be the President of such a country as this is a very ridiculous I I joke." • Yet today, most observers cite Lin- I coin as one of the best, if not the I very best, among American presi- dents. What is inarguable is Lincoln's I record in the Jewish community. I No sooner had the Civil War I started than Lincoln jumped into a controversy of ano...…
…We look forward toyour continued leadership and vision. — From the staff of the Detroit Jewish News • …
…INSIDE: wTiE)!imB1KM The Return Of David Brenner . . . .83 • ," rrol Morris steadfastly believes that Holocaust .deniers must be challenged, and he has done just that rough his latest film, Mr. ath: The Rise and Fall of Fr' A. Leuchter Jr.. . „ documentary filrnmak- er, w se newest work will be shown b. 25-27 at the Detroit Theatre, rolls his camera , to emonstrate the fal- lacks itt his bject's interna- ed The Leuc r ep rupts s n :5"Nt ...…
…its ntecta ~ nmen .4,VAVV4:65 '" • ,02 flowers and vignettes of scholars and maidens trace the evolution of Chinese painting from Actor Kevin Bacon, mar- the Southern Sung ried to Jewish actress Kyra Dynasty (1126-1280) to Sedgwick, is best known for the Chinese republic of his roles in such films as the early 20th century. Apollo 13, The River Wild, Large-scale exhibitions Diner and Footloose — as of Chinese paintings are well as the mov...…
…Best Bets CLASSICAL NOTES The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Brazeal Dennard Chorale perform works by Johnson, Mendelssohn and Ellington 8 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18-19, at Orchestra Hall; $19-$50. At 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, the DSO presents Mendelssohn Meets Ellington as part of its "Introduction to the Classics" series; $22-$30. (313) 576-5111. Balalaika virtuoso Gennady Zut performs classical, modern and folk music 3 ...…
…Members - Michigan Jewish Sports What Is The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame? JOIN 4 THE ivt IC \ A;Ns*".'A' The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (MJSHOF) was founded in 1984 to both honor Jewish individuals who have distinguished themselves as athletes within HANK GREENBERG MEMORIAL GOLF INVITAIONAL the state of Michigan, and to foster Jewish identity through athletics. It is patterned after the International Jewish Sport...…
…hip,j las It's ewards! HIGAN JEWISH SPORTS FOUNDATION THE MACCABI TEEN GAMES TAMARACK CAMP am :aw g.:4.2 zm 'Am kw Nal am,;.: Mi; a,- 7a au I Michigan Jewish Sports t HONOR THE PAST WITH A GIFT FOR THE FUTURE. JOIN THE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS FOUNDATION. HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS YES, I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT THE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS FOUNDATION. a THE 10TH GOLF & TENNIS MONDAY, jui E NBERG NAL, E ENCLOSED IS MY CHEC...…
…In all of his nonfiction films, Errol Morris reveals what it means to be human. ELLIOT WILHELM Special to the Jezvish News S cene: A little more than 21 years ago, I was planted in my seat at a press preview screening during the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. I was there looking for films to present at the Detroit Institute of Arts' Detroit Film Theatre series. Usuqlly such screenings are packed with working jour- nalists. Not on...…
…In Errol Morris' latest film, execution expert Fred A. Leutcher Jr. hangs himself and doesn't even know it DON COHEN Special to the Jewish. News Director Errol Morris outside the gas chambers at Auschwitz. a front-page article in the New York Times. Fred, in 1990, received an enormous amount of press talk- ing about one of my favorite oxymorons: painless executions. What's very interesting was that all these articles made either no or scan...…
…THE GEM & CENTURY THEATRES OPENING FEBRUARY 23 To A° 6‘141 O /411)1 Based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with an adoring fan, Always... Patsy Cline is a heartfelt comedy featuring over 20 of (line's most memorable songs. 1/2 PRICE PERFORMANCES THROUGH MARCH 5! The Purple Rose Theatre Company Production of Ate Otis 7;r. "Yoop it up for Escanaba, a Gem of a comedy." -Michael H. Margolin, Detroit News "Some comedies have...…
…I V/ - TP i/P- -- `MR. DEATH' BE NOT PROUD from page 75 effectively becoming a crusader for the cause of capital punishment. There is no discussion of capital punishment as policy, no mention of deterrence, vengeance, justice or injustice, yet there is plenty for opponents of capital punishment to take from these scenes. And we learn much about Leuchter that prepares us for his next career move. In 1988, Canadian neo-Nazi Ernst Zundel was o...…
…Arts Entertainment A PBS special SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News E nglish anthropologist Tudor Parfitt went on a long jour- ney to answer an ancient Jewish quthion with the help of modern science and is about to guide television viewers along his route. Starting out in Soweto, just outside Johannesburg, he moved northward across Zimbabwe, through war-torn Mozambique, up along the African coast to Southern Yemen on the Arabian p...…
…American Jews, after hearing about the Lemba, went to meet them and bring Judaic artifacts, trying to teach the people about the religion. Some Lemba people already were wearing tallit and yarmulkes, but those articles would have been introduced long after the tribes were dispersed because they came into use much later in Jewish history. Despite saying they descended from the tribes of Israel, the Lemba don't act like Jews for the most part in...…
…JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to the Jewish News 3 ust three years ago Marshall Mathers was still known to most people as Marshall Mathers, and Paul Rosenberg, Joel Bacow (a.k.a. Joel Martin), Jeff and Mark Bass — four Jewish guys with roots in Oak Park and Farmington Hills — were working their day jobs while dreaming of bigger things. Well, now, things are big, very big. For one thing, Marshall Mathers today is bet- ter known as Eminem, or Sl...…
