…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 20, 1987 / 21 SHEVAT 5747 Local Rally On Thursday For Soviet Jewish Refuseniks A two-hour B'nai B'rith vigil at Tel-Twelve Mall will include reading 12,000 refusenik names as part of a national effort DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer A rally for Soviet Jewish re- fuseniks, due to take place Thursday at Tel-Twelve Mall, is to be dupli- cated in communities around the Un...…
…T E JEWISH NEWTS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 13, 1987 / 14 SHEVAT 5747 Team Effort Evacuated 78 Patients At Prentis Manor Staff and rescue workers turned a near-tragedy on Sunday into an adventure for 91 Jewish Home For Aged residents ALAN HITSKY high winds were affecting the outside power line and electrical service in the facility. When it fell, electricity Two evacuation plans, fire de- from the line ar...…
…THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 6, 1987 127 TEVET 5747 Yeshivah Parents Ask Oak Park For Busing Round-trip transportation is sought for Beth Jacob girls school in the Birmingham School District DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer Should the Oak Park schools bus Oak Park children to private schools outside the district? Some Oak Park parents think so. During the question-and-answer session at a recent Oak Park school boa...…
…Black-Jewish Unity Urged THE JEWISH NEWS Page 11 FEBRUARY 28, 1986 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c The Wizard Of Amman American diplomatic envoy who dreams of making a "breakthrough" and then returning to Kansas. The travelers have a cominqn destination — the Wonderful Wizard of Jordan, King Hussein. They have ANALYSIS Yasir Arafat and King Hussein during closer times in 1983. BY ZE'EV CHAFETS Special ...…
…1 Nt, 1 "Y,1 I 3AV NO11111 1014 7 7 19:1 1 - 11r0 Nil 1 n A htf (1 0 11 T I FEBRUARY 21, 1986 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c CLOSE-UP Israeli Leaders Vow Action in Lebanon Peres says Israel "will exhaust every possibility." Tel Aviv (JTA) — A sailor aboard an Israel Navy patrol boat, was killed by gunfire from the Lebanese shore Tuesday morning as armored Israel Defense Force units fanned out of th...…
…HO .: ■ A Keeping In Shape I ltiNN -)N 1 -) tN;r1 I 1117 1014 A 'e-P.1 ?i c l I 1 ")=1 - 1101 NCI 1 N fo. 3 '3 k tib1 L11 Page 44 smio ■ •••• THIS ISSUE 50c FEBRUARY 14, 1986 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY Shcharansky Walks Bridge Of Freedom Will Anatoly's release signal an opening of the gates for Soviet Jewry? BY ARTHUR J. MAGIDA Special to The Jewish News As Anatoly Shcharansky walked across the snow-cove...…
…'11- r , H; HO 11 ,INNIJNI") 3Av NO17111) 1O1 A6VHH11 1931103 Noinir m320-nP 761L11 0,77Y? It's All In The Stars , I r4-6, THE JEWS • L lo i986 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c • '41 FEBRUARY 7, 1986 'Sheharahsky Shcharansky will be released to a claim by a Washington attorney that the entire incident has been orches- trated by the Russian spy agency, the KGB. According to this lawyer, the KGB had ...…
…[ Times Reporter Contrasts Lebanon, Israel • 14 Leon Charney: Camp David Accords 'Special Counsel' 40 Microwave Ovens Are Changing The World Of The Kitchen 80 New Sanctuary To Be Dedicated 12 THE JEWISH NEWS FEBRUARY 22, 1985 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 40• Arabs Selling `Protocols' at WSU 'Yes' Vote For Women Rabbis BY TEDD SCHNEIDER Staff Writer While the majority of Conserva- tive rabbis in met...…
…Josef Mengele Eluded Capture By Israel 12 First Stage of Lebanon Pullout Nearly Complete 32 A Romantic Electronic Banker's Love At First Byte 80 Ethiopians And Zionism: Brothers And Keepers SH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 40c Craig Terkowitz NOACH WEINBERG HAS THE ANSWERS And the American-trained rabbi, a founder of the `baal teshuva' yeshiva movement in Israel, is hoping people will ask him the q...…
…A New Plague: Shiite Terrorism 22 OF Cites Three With Hearts Of Gold 50 Confronting The Old Myth Of The Shiksa . 88 Local Sports Legend Morrie Moorawnick FEBRUARY 8, 1985 SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY Words Halting Saudi Arms? A letter from 62 U.S. Senators may have influenced Reagan's \ deferral on arms for the Saudis. Sens. Alan Dixon (D-Ill.) and Al- fonse D'Amato (R-NY) initiated the letter. Both of Michigan's D...…
…Landlord Lifts Restrictions On Retarded 10 Austria's Reder Affair A Slap For Jewish Leaders 34 Song And Action: Theodore Bikel Continues Jewish Activism 80 Sunday Morning Ethnicity On Ice 24 SH NEWS FEBRUARY 1, 1985 DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN •JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVING DETROIT'S THIS ISSUE 40c Israel Keeps U.S. Aid Options Open f Rabin ties aid request to future U.S. decisions on Arab arms. Washington (JTA) — Israel De- fense Minister Y...…
…Condemning Media Bias as a Necessity to Prevent Its Repetition THE JEWISH NEWS A WeekIN Review of Jewish Events Israel in Grip of Terrorized Universe With Mounting Obstacles Editorial, Page 4 Commentary, Page 2 Copyright c The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIV, No. 26 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, MI 48075-4491 424-8833 $18 Per Year: This Issue 40c February 24, 1984 Claims Its PLO Policies _Are Consistent...…
…lovy 4.00 0 , ;TD Community-Wide Phase Climaxes Campaign Allied Jewish Campaign volunteers will seek to reach all major contributors prior to March 4, the date of a report meeting and brunch with actress Tovah Feldshuh. The March 4 event, which opens the final phase of the 1984 Campaign, will take place 10:30 a.m. at Adat Shalom Syn- agogue. Jack A. Robinson, chairman of the Campaign, said that more than 2,000 workers will be intensifying t...…
…Hebrew U. Publications Outline History of Anti-Semitic Propaganda in Russia JERUSALEM — The widespreactdissemination of anti-Semitic propaganda in the Soviet Union represents a "terrible danger . . . to the Jewish people and the Free World alike," writes Prof. Samuel Ettinger, professor of Jewish history and academic head of the Center for Research and Documentation of East European Jewry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in his introduc...…
…Exclusion Leads Israel to Pull Smithsonian Exhibit WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Smithsonian Institution has canceled an Israeli ar- cheological exhibition scheduled to open next May after the Israeli government asked to be released from the undertaking. The Israelis objected because the Smithsonian decided to exclude 11 items from the Rockefeller Museum in East Jerusalem on grounds that their ownership is disputed by Arab governments. The museum, w...…
…Jewish Population Climbs in Sun Belt, Manhattan NEW YORK — While American Jews are continuing to migrate in large numbers to the nation's "Sun Belt," the number of Jews living in Manhattan has also increased dramatically, according to an article on "Jewish Population in the United States" in the just-published 1983 "American Jewish Year Book." In 1982, reports the article written by Alvin Chenkin of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfa...…
…Christian Clergyman Cuts to Root of Anti-Semitism in America gr ound , racist philosophers invented "Semites" and "Aryans." By REV. FRANKLIN H. LITTELL (Editor's note: Rev.-Littell is a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia and founder of the National Institute on the Holocaust.) PHILADELPHIA — What is anti-Semitism? Once in a while someone hostile to Jews will attempt an equvalent of the old-fashioned shell game. "Anti-Semitism" i...…
…Klarsfeld Corroborates WSU Prof. on U.S. Protection of Barbie 2 PARIS (JTA) — Serge Klarsfeld, the Nazi-hunter who was the first to locate Klaus Barbie in Bolivia in 1971, said Monday that the former Gestapo chief had been an Ameri- can agent in the immediate post-war years. Wayne State University Professor Erhard Dabrin- ghaus told NBC News Saturday night that as a U.S. intelli- gence agent in Germany after World War II, he transmitted mont...…
…Splits in Jewish Ranks Must Be Prevented in Confronting American Statesmanship THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Commentary, Page 2 Senator Hollings to the Rescue in Advocacy of U.S.-Israel Amity Apolitical 'New Zionism' on Jewish Age -ncy Agenda Editorials, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXII, No. 23 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35`...…
…r olimmier The Movement of Jews to the Sun Belt Is Slowing NEW YORK (JTA) — The movement of Jews from the Northeast United States to the Sun Belt — the southern and western part of the country — continued during 1981 but may have lost some of its momentum, judging from figures appearing in the just- published 1982 American Jewish Year Book. The Northeast and Northcentral states accounted for 68.5 percent of the total 5,921,000 Jewish popula...…
…When the TV Is Used to Distort Facts: Setting the Record Straight Commentary, Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Copyright VOL. LXXX, No. 25 of Jewish Events Saudi Gloating Over Sadat's Assassination and the Corporate Demoniacal Role in AWACS Editorial, Page 4 The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865., Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $1-5 Per Year: This Issue 35° February 19, 1982 Congress. Sentiments Grow...…
…- President Reagan Proclaims Brotherhood Week N EW YORK — President Ronald Reagan has cited National Brother- F' hood Week, sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, as a time to remind Americans "of the need for a national commitment to - brotherhood and to the elimination of all forms of prejudice and discrimina- -tion in American society." National Brotherhood Week will be celebrated Sunday through Feb. 20. In a messa...…
…Celebration of Tu b'Shevat Urged NEW YORK — The president of the Jewish National Fund, Charlotte Jacobson, is calling upon the American Jewish community to meaningfully celebrate Tu b'Shevat — the New Year of Trees — in the synagogue and home. Following up last year's Tu b'Shevat proclamation issued by JNF's National Rabbini- cal Advisory Council, Mrs. Jacobson pointed out that Tu b'Shevat has long been the traditional occasion on which Jews ...…
…The Facts Refute Arab Charges of 'Political Archeology' By NORMA GOLDMAN (Editor's note: Mrs. Goldman answers Arab charges, repeated in a recent nationally-syndicated Los Angeles Times article, that archeological digs in Israel are "political," or are destroying Arab ar- tifacts. A member of the faculty of Wayne State Uni- versity's Department of Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures, Mrs. Goldman participated last summer in the dig at C...…
….:;;IilainaiggWoNalffirilKiNtle stiAglinogiamitaR^ .30,1f1, War Veterans to Protect Jewish Institutions from Vandalism WASHINGTON — A national plan of action to work with local police to help prevent desecration of Jewish institutions has been announced by Irvin Steinberg, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. Citing the increasing numbers of acts of vandalism perpetrated against Jewish cemeteries, houses of worship a...…
…Pioneer Rebecca Gratz in Hall of Fame BERKELEY, Calif. — On March 4, the occasion of her 200th birthday, Rebecca Gratz will join a dozen other famous men and women who have been honored by the Jewish-American Hall of Fame at the Magnes Museum. Past inductees are Judah Magnes, Albert Einstein, Louis Brandeis, George Gershwin, Haym Salomon, Herbert H. Lehman, Gershom Seixas, Henrietta Szold, Touro Synagogue, Golda Meir, Levi Strauss and Jonas S...…
…Jerusalem Committee Backs Kollek Policies REV. HESBURGH Detroit Must Not Be Turned Into Suburb Of of Beirut or Damascus NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Recent threats by Arab leaders to liberate Jerusalem and withhold oil from Israel have drawn an unperturbed response from Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek. "It's not the first time," he said. "But Arabs in Jerusalem are the most civilized, best educated of any in the world, and they don't want to see their c...…
…Purim's Lesson For the Ages: Mah Yofis Submissions an Abhorrence to Self-Respect THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events VOL. LXXVI, No. 26 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c ElnID PURIM Greetings to Jewish Communities Everywhere February 29, 1980 PLO Highlighting, Munitions to Arabs Escalate as Issues Strained Budgets for Local Agencies and Israe...…
…Expulsion Possible RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Farid Sawan, representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Arab League Office in Brasilia have been warned by the Brazilian foreign minister that they face possible expulsion for publishing and distributing a pamphlet offensive to Premier Menahem Begin of Israel, in violation of Brazilian law. The pamphlet was titled "Menahem Begin: The Story of a Ter- rorist." Israel's Ambassador M...…
…Congregations Will Celebrate Federation Sabbath This Weekend Federation Sabbath — recognizing the role of the Jewish Welfare Feder- ation and its agencies in Detroit — will be observed this weekend in area congregations. This special Sabbath coincides with Shabat Shekalim, when the Torah portion deals with the responsibility of Jews to sustain Jewish life. Other congregations throughout the country will join in the observance, honoring their ...…
…Separation of Church and State: Is Basic American Principle Defied by Carter, Reagan? THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 I of Jewish Events VOL. LXXVI, No. 23 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 Sakharov's Nobility of Spirit a Book for All Mankind Editorial, Page 4 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c February 8, 1980 U.S. Report on HumanRights 'Scrupulously' Judges Israel A Jewish Presence in He...…
…McGovem's Message of Cheer from Israel Christians Must Reply to Israel's Enemies Commentary, Page 2 VOL. LXXVI, No. 22 THE JEWISH NEWS A Week1-v Review of Jewish Events Nazis and Limitations Danger Relating to Olympics Holocaust as Guideline Editorials, Page 4 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 - 424-8833 $15.00 Per Year: This Issue 35' Feb. 1. 1980 ADL Criticizes Church Group for Biased Packets on Israel The ...…
…t ' The Shocking Irresponsibility of Condoning Libel About Tortures in Israel THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events A Weekly Review Brotherhood in an Era of Evil Learning from the Past in Massive Crises - in Iran Editorials, Page 4 VOL. LXXIV, No. 25 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c Feb. 23, 1979 03 Americans Give Up Seats . to Save Last Israelis in Iran ...…
…Important Lesson From the Media: When Insistence on Facts Establishes Truth THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Second Camp David in Offing Lessons of Nazism and the Inerasable Past Editorials, Page 4 - VOL. LXXIV, No. 24 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30 Feb. 16, 1979 Savon's Plea to Iran's Jews: 'At Least Send the Children' Dayan PLO State...…
…New Mideast Peace Talks Expected Soon But U.S. Favors Egypt • WASHINGTON (JTA) — The State Department confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. has invited Israel and Egypt to a new round of high-level talks in an effort to resume the peace treaty negotiations that have been deadlocked since November. The State De- partment's chief spokesman, Hodding Carter, said the invitation was for a meeting "in the near future." Presumably it was extended by Pres...…
…Romania Chief Rabbi Demands Extradition of Michigan's Valerian Trifa for '41 Pogrom BUCHAREST (JTA) — Romanian Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen called for the extradition to Romania of the two men allegedly responsible for the January 1941 massacre of Bucharest's Jewish community. The two are Bishop Valerian Trifa who now lives in Grass Lake, Mich., and Father Vasile Boldeanu who is in Paris. The call was launched last week during a memorial service ...…
…• Begin's Defiance of Sadat's Unreasonable Distortions; Dayan's 'Fear Not' Admonition Commentary, Page 2 VOL. LXXII, No 25 THE JEWISH NEWS A ‘Veekly Review of Jewish Events 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30` Solving Refugee Problems: Realities Versus Myths Editorial, Page 4 February 24, 1978 Dulzin Wins Zionist Election, Lashes HIAS Drop-Out Help JERUSALEM (JTA) — The 29t...…
…WJC Leader Denies Backing U.S. Pressure Against Israel Sadat's Demands and the Israeli Role of Sovereignty and Absolute Right to Exist Israel Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan told the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that U.S. Jewish leaders must refrain from any attempts to act as go, between or mediator between Israel and Egypt. He said Is- rael's future and security can only be handled by Israel. Dayan also told...…
…) .4 Jewish Population Figures Updated . The Dignity of Israel: Envoy Dinitz's Reply to Distortions Regarding State's Pledges NEW YORK — The world Jewish population is estimated at 14,259,525, according to the American Jewish Year Book, whose 1978 edition is being published this month. This figure represents an increase of about 115,000 from the previous year. The U.S., with approximately 5,775,935 Jews, has the largest Jewish population ...…
…Anwar Sadat's 'Open Letter' to American Jews Politely Rejected NEW YORK (JTA)—Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in an open letter published acceptance of Egypt's full demands." Sunday has urged the American Jewish community to "contribute" to the peace process in Sadat's letter, copyrighted by the Miami Herald which had asked him to speak directly the Middle East and by implication support his demands for an Israeli-Egyptian peace to the Jewish ...…
…'Breira' and Quakers: PLO Backers Challenged • 60th Anniversary of Jewish Legion THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 • VOL. LXX, No. 25 of Jewish Events , ' 9 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 ,'1 - 'Reassessment' as a Moral Issue in Diplomacy • Prejudices as Challenge to Mankind Editorials Page 4 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30 4 February 25, 1977 Detroiters Establish Philanthropic High ...…
…The Nazi Crime in Modern Garb: Expose of Distortions by Hitler's Defenders THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorial Page 4 of Jewish Events VOL. LXX, No. 24.-S.7.19.- 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 - $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30 4 Help for Soviet Jewish Emigres: Outline of U.S. Role Edelman's Analysis on Page 56 February 18, 1977 M.E. Peace-nik at Quaker Meeting Insists Terrorists 'Accept' Israel ...…
…Speculated Observations on Israel Elections • Indelible Mark Left on Israel by Saul Bellow THE JEWISH NEWS VOL. LXX, No. 23 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 'Roots' , and the Facts of Life Editorials Page 4 f Jewish Events A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 Federal Aid for Haverim Homes • $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30 0 February 11, 1977 Vocal U.S. Human Rights Stance Re-Affirmed by President Carter ...…
…Goldmann the Maverick and the Jewish Journalists • Reporter's Israel Observations Commentary Page 2 Or 'VOL. 1.XX, tsio. 22 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review f Jewish Events '3611) 9.. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 Ir Jerusalem Reunification to Be Celebrated May 16 Carter and Palestinians • Poverty Amidst Affluerke • Human Reactions to Boycotts Editorials Page 4 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30 0 Fe...…
…Phono-Gift Drive Spurs Campaign The President's Religious Fervor and Principle of Separation • The USSR Whip Over the Panicked and PLO Barbarians paign-Israel Emergency Fund include a Pacesetters Eve- ning for the Food Division and Pharmaceutical Section leadership Wednesday evening, and the Metropolitan Divi- sion "Kick-off" at the new Jewish Community Center March 7. Both the Pacesetters Evening and Phonogift rally will be addressed by Pau...…
…NCJW, AJCongress, UAHC Restore Mexico Travel Programs NEW YORK — Three major Jewish organizations have announced that they will immediately resume their travel programs to Mexico as a result of Mexico's newly clari- fied position on Zionism. The three organizations are the National Council of Jewish Women, the American Jewish Congress and the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions, the parent body of Reform Judaism. The organizations based ...…
…Aliya LaRegel Lifts Israel Noted Historian Honored The eminent American Jewish archivist, Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, is being honored by the U.S. Jewish community for a life-time of historical and archival research on the occasion of his 80th birthday. His many contributions to Jewish historical scholarship includes a lengthy list of volumes on a multitude of Jewish topics. The eminent archivist's role in American Jewry, along with another in a se...…
…Bicentennial Features—Michigan and National The Bicentennial celebrations of America's fight for independence have been the catalyst for a wealth of material recall- ing the role of Jews in the American rebellion against tyranny which helped revolutionize the entire world. The role of the Old Testament in influencing the thinking of colonial America and the hope-filled immigrants to the New World is explained in a feature article on Page 7 of...…
…Detroit, Pontiac Conservative Congregations Ratify Merger Cong. Beth Moses, on Evergreen in northwest Detroit, and Cong. Bnai Israel of Pontiac have ratified a merger agreement, and plan to build a new synagogue on Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield Township. The newly formed synagogue will be called Adat Israel-Moses. A photograph of the new synagogue's board of directors is on Page 16. Arab Boycott Equates With Anti-Semitism Now the Arab...…
…Efforts for Syria Jews Planned This Weekend Tay-Sachs Screening Due Sunday at Beth Achim Jewish people who have not already been screened are being urged to participate in the Tay-Sachs screening 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday and March 2 at Cong. Beth Achim in Southfield. The simple blood test needed to find carriers of the fatal disease is being organized by Sinai and Ford Hospitals and area volunteers. See photograph, Page 46. 48. Spur 1...…
