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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 126

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 127

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 128

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 129

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 130

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 133

…RECEPTIONIST Part-time position available immediately for individual with high school diploma, excellent organiza- tional and communica- tion skills, some experience with com- puter word process- ing and a desire to work with the elderly. Hechtman Apartments in West Bloomfield Please call Jane or Andrea Mon. -Fri. 9-5 248-661-5220 CLIENT/ VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR PRINCIPAL for K-8 Hebrew Academy of Toledo Part timE. Fast pacEd charity. C...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 134

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 135

…THE OAKLAND PRESS CLASSIFIED Classified Ads Online — www.theoaklandpress.com To Advertise in The Oakland Press expanded coverage in the Detroit Jewish News, please call (248) 745-4500 or (800) 686-2754 MEDICAL RECORDS CLERK Part-time afternoon posi- tion available in Auburn Hills area hospital. Recor- dex Services, a national correspondence manage- ment company, seeks de- pendable, conscientious worker with medical records exp. Competitiv...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 136

…g1G How To Advertise To advertise to almost everyone in our community in this amazing classified section, simply call 354-5959 by 10 a.m. on Tuesday. These advertisements may be charged over the phone to your MasterCard or Visa credit cards or you may mail in your ad with a check to The Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, Michigan 48034. We cannot bill for these ads. Our classified "liners" cost $1.60 per word; there is a $16.00 mi...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 137

…REAL ESTATE •V L_L-1 ._. s\• \ • • • ,••• ' • • • WAILED LIKE AREA HAWK LAKE APARTMENTS Farmington Hills • 1,600 sq. ft. 2 bedroom Garden Apartments • Washer/Dryer in every unit • 2 baths with walk-in closets • Covered parking 1 & 2 Bedroom Lake privileges • Fishing Balconies • Central air Now accepting applica- tions for brand new townhouses. 1,200 sq. ft. All major appliances, includes basement. RENT FROM $1015 OPEN WEEKENDS ...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 138

…HUNTINGTON WOODS OPEN SUNDAY 1-4 -qc::..-kr e,r4 "Tr • wmp- - - for this spacious Colonial, fabu- )e setting on huge double lot. 9 z:Net y kitchen, large master bedroom wifh two good sized closets, hardwood floors, great 3 seasoned room opening to deck. All new windows, central, air 1998, newer high efficiency furnace. Close to schools. $254,900. . 1 HUNTINGTON WOODS Brand new using -- first time on market. Over 1,500 'sq. ft.„ 4 bedroom...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 139

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 140

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 141

…32961 MIDDLEBELT RD. FARMINGTON HILLS COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR WEST BLOOMFIELD Final Phase Now Available WEST BLOOMFIELD'S best wooded and walk-out sites available from the $400,000's. . Open Daily 12-5 pm 248-788-3355 248-788-9595 lignamigMtgaf, Located between Maple & Fourteen Mile, East of Halstead -Huntley, MJC West and Biltmore Building Co. • HE UNIQUE STYLE OF HERMAN FRANKEL WILL WABEEK PINES TOWNHOME! Elegant 2 story condo wi...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 142

…PREVIEW OPENING SUNDAY 1- 4 1- N Now Available ---- A limited Number of Exquisite Sites in the 23 residences on over 19 rolling acres studded with pines. On the pres- tigious Pontiac '11-ail corridor at Mirror Lake Dr. with Oakland County's most impressive addresses. \Vest Bloomfield schools. 9 exciting home de- signs flom 3,400 sq.ft. Like diamonds in the rough, five new luxury homes are just getting dressed out for a mid-April Grand Ope...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 143

…GREAT HOMETOWN MOVING? VILLAGE SQUARE offers everything your family is looking for in a wonderful community including West Bloomfield's • exemplary school systems. Here, you will find beautiful homes, thriving parks and the charm of a traditional small town. To ensure uninterrupted service, please take a few moments to fill in your new address. Please allow 2-3 weeks. Name Address City State • Zip Discover Herman Frankel's design mas...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 144

…The Real Estate One Family of Companies ■ Johnstone & Johnstone ■ The Michigan Group ■ Ralph Manuel Associates Real Estate One is ranked Michigan's #1 Real Estate Company by: • National Relocation and Real Estate Magazine • Real Trends • Crain's Detroit Business • The Real Estate Professional BLOOMFIELD HILLS. LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION! Wooded walk-out Chalmers Lake lakefront building site. Bloomfield schools and mailing. Southern exposu...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 145

…EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY BLOOMFIELD HILLS 2 Lone Pine Rd. 647-0100 WEST BLOOMFIELD COI1D0 Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2.5 both, walk-in closets, skylights, marble fireplace in living room overlooking wooded setting with brick courtyard. Appliances, basement, 2-car garage. Pool and tennis. 5149,900. FRANKLIN 32440 Franklin Rd. 626-8700 Cranbrook ASSOCIATES, INC REALTORS 4 bedrooms, 2 full, 2 half baths, hardwood and ceramic floors throughout,...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 146

…y Obituaries are updated daily and archived on JN Online: www.detrohjewishnews.com DR. ABRAHAM J. ALPER, 97, of Southfield, died Feb. 22. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Alper; son and daughter-in-law Dr. Bernard and Candace Alper of West Bloomfield; daughters and son-in-law Paula and Issac Katz of Oak Park, Barbara Alper of New York City; grand- children Edith and Matthew Kamins, Leonard and Sarah Katz, Reva and Yisroel Safrin, Jeffre...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 147

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February 26, 1999 • Page Image 148

…WE REMEMBER During the coming week, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends with the traditional memorial prayer, recitation of kaddish and studying of mishnayos. ADAR I FEBRUARY 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 MARCH 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Bessie Cohen Golda Guttman Sam Mendelsohn Bess Osborn Risha Benjamin Esther A. Bolton Louis Daniels Clara Eisenberg Lena Farber David Gr...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 149

…PROVIDING TBE MOST PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL SERVICE AT THE MOST REASONABLE COST Our guarantee during your time of need HAROLD SHER, 87, of West Bloomfield, died Feb. 17. Mr. Sher was a self-employed owner "--) of Four Aces Cafe-Bar and Restaurant. He was a past president of the Pine Island Chapel of B'nai Kith and was a 32nd Degree Mason. Mr. Sher is survived by his sons, Robert Sher of West Bloomfield, Lawrence Sher of California; daughters ...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 150

…\ tzla :•Ng fic•bert Ka111111(711 Jacob Feldman P erhaps there is no greater symbol of Kavod Ha-Met (honoring the dead) than the Shomer, the religious watchman who prays for the soul of the deceased. From the first family we served 57 years ago, to the present, our chapel is staffed with a Shomer 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our legacy is serving Detroit's Jewish community with dignity and adherence to tradition. THE KAUFMAN CO...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 151

…Not An Imitation...The Real Thing! Tommy Peristeris and Rick Rogow invite you to join us for lunch or dinner Y days a we our award winning Tommy Salad, Michigan's finest Iamb chops and other favorite Greek specialties. Our complete carry-out service, banquet rooms accommodating up to 250 people and our catering perfect place to plan your special affair. eddings, Showers, Bar/Bat Every Thursday E Friday "NOTORIOUS" new band...new ...…

February 26, 1999 • Page Image 152

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February 19, 1999 • Page Image 1

…$1.00 FEBRUARY 19, 1999 / ADAR 3, 5759 graocumnSH NEWS Hillel Unveils Plan For Growth Young Couples Class Studies The Three C's www.detroitjeic Holocaust Center Expands Exhibit space for pre-war Jewry, "Righteous" heroes are focus of $8 million plan, Rabbi Rosenzveig says. …

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…www.cletroitjewishnews.co m February 19,1999 Adar 3, 5759 Vol. CXIV, No. 26 DEPARTMENTS 6 • HMC To Expand Torah True. This Week page 14 New wings will examine pre-war European Jewry and the "Righteous." 26 Sinai Closing Nears Planning body tells DMC Sinai should merge into Grace. Business 64 Pain Relief Will remedies, regulations and strategies mean big business? its tertainment Appian() 57 Anniversaries 51 Bar/Bat Mitzvah ... 45 B...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 4

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…How The Jewish People Left The Wilderness Zoning had been achieved in actual he Torah tells us that our practice during the past 39 years. As a ancestors wandered in the result of this study, the Commission wilderness for 40 years after finds the Mishkan to be in violation on the Exodus before entering the following counts. the land of Canaan. 1. Unscheduled re-siting of the According to ancient documents, Mishkan has disrupted established ca...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 6

…New View Of Shoah T i 1// ...., l 5 t•-''-'-'' ' A i 1'1 IL : ' 44; a1 r;5r *-4‘ car = *fge4t4A- 1, . I - Pre?‘"; is tG • " r iolokt eV+ ■••■• ••• • • ••••-•"...."••• ■ *,.... New wings will examine pre-war European Jewry and how "Righteous" people have saved others. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter T he Holocaust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield, where millions of visitors have confronted the evi- dence of unmitiga...…

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…Taking The Tour History Of The Center HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer DI elissa Johnson of New Baltimore enters the dark hallway of the Holocaust Memorial Center on a beautiful sunlit Sunday for the standard 90-minute tour. She and two dozen classmates in a comparative religion class at Macomb Community College, are led down a narrow descending hallway, stopping briefly at maps and pictures as a docent speaks of thousands of years of persecuti...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 8

…the ATHERWOOD sa 11, The Ileatherwood Ras Got Something To Brag About! vvww.detroitjewishnews.com PUBLISHER Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com INTRODUCING our new Food Service Director, Cedric Bailey and his staff! He has brought together a collaboration of experience from some of the Metro Detroit area's finest restaurants. Now it's time to check it out! Call to schedule a tour of the Heatherwood and see for yourself that g...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 9

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February 19, 1999 • Page Image 10

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February 19, 1999 • Page Image 11

…ATTENTION Museum Roles Vary New interest in the Holocaust challenges centers to rethink their purpose. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff- Writer A s the number of Holocaust museums around the coun- try has grown in the past 15 years, their roles have diverged. Some are memorials to the dead, others teaching tools for future generations. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, says the reason is sim- ple: "N...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 12

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February 19, 1999 • Page Image 13

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February 19, 1999 • Page Image 14

…rad of Oak Park makes celebratin their new Tirah a community event, Donor Morris Ratt carries the completed Torah toward its new home. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant BILL HANSEN Photographer he scribe took the quill from Morris Flatt. He then accept- ed Flatt's request to write the Hebrew letter lamed on his behalf And a Torah that had traveled from Israel to New York and then to the Anna. and Meyer Prentis Jewish Apartments in Oak Par...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 15

…Rabbi Avraham Cohen, Rabbi Steven Weil and donor Morris Flatt prepare for completion of the Torah. Prentis Apartments resident Shulamith Filler shows a 50-year-old, family-owned megillah. Celebrants and Torahs pack the Young Israel sanctuary. Cantor Emmanual Mittleman chants while Morris Flatt holds the Torah. Rabbi Avraham Cohen fills in one of the Torah's final letters. 2/19 199c: 1 5 …

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 16

…Pho to by !3i11 Hansen JULIE WIENER Staff'Writer E illel Day School, which has become the elementary school of choice for many of Detroit's most influen- tial Jews, has unveiled an ambi- tious five-year plan. The plan touches virtually every aspect of the 41-year-old Conservative day school, which has experienced a decade of solid enrollment growth. With 718 students in grades kindergarten through eight, it is second in size, among Detroit ...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 17

…appropriate for an institution at our stage of educational maturity," states the plan. More and more Conservative day schools are building major endowments, said United Synagogue's Abramson. Not only would $50 million be a large endowment by day school stan- dards, it would be one of the largest endowment campaigns launched by any Detroit Jewish institution. In April, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit launched a $50 million millen-...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 18

…Shaping Modern Orthodoxy This we know: brewing five blends of coffee every single morning might take more of our time and space, but what else is your ride to work about? Morning Commutes from Einstein BroW FOOD FOR A MIND BAGELING WORLD' Call 1-800-Bagel-Me for the location nearest you. www.einsteinbros.com bagels and cream cheese are great on the ride, too. WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING ANTIQUE JEWELRY SILVER COINS POCKET WATCHES GOLD COINS CO...…

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…The current struggle to attune Orthodox Jewish belief with secular society is opening a window into the deepest meanings of Judaism for the 21st century. The reports here and the 1 Editor's Notebook (page 29) outline different dimensions of the issue. ritual roles for women, was heard in many workshop sessions. The diversity of dress provided an obvious illustration of the ideological span found at the conference. Some women covered eve...…

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…Seeking A New Understanding Water brings life to our people, to the earth of Israel, yielding the bounty of the land of milk and honey Every drop counts. Israel is counting on us. Together, we can help keep Israel's water flowing in the next century. Green Sunday is Jewish National Fund's Pledge Day! New York conference struggles with Israel's dilemma. RONA S. HIRSCH Special to The Jewish News New York erusalem's standoff between religio...…

February 19, 1999 • Page Image 21

…Get Off the Road Get In the Club enforced," Rabbi Riskin said: "That has to be understood as a fundamental principle of civil law in Israel. Coercion and religion can never come together. Ms. Shakdiel, however, called for Israel to forgo liberal democracy and its stress on individual rights and free- dom, in favor of a republican democ- racy in which citizens focus on various subgroups. "It opens up the possibility to dis- cuss the dignity of...…

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…Israel's haredim sent poken and unspoken m in a mass rally a the Supreme Court. LARRY DERFNER Israel Correspondent Jerusalem n the fight for Israel between theocrats and democrats, the con- ventional reasoning had the secu- _ liar side winning. That reasoning counted a batch of Supreme Court rul- ings and the influx of nearly 1 million secular Russians in the last decade. Now, after an unprecedented one- quarter million haredi (fervently ob...…

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…New Horizons In Beauty Tradition meets innovation by design attained over the last decade. It had worked its influence on the thing most sacred to the Orthodox: Shabbat. Even in Jerusalem, on Shabbat restaurants and cinemas were now open, as were giant shopping centers at various kibbutzim. The haredim could scream, but they were losing and they knew it. All every- one else had to do was sit tight and let the Supreme Court and the economy ta...…

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