…Editorials Good-Natured Ribbing Primes Purim Spoof It's a time for peppering ourselves and roasting others in jest. It's a time for masquerading and revelry. It's a time where frivolity grabs the spotlight in comic plays called spielen. It's Purim. So it's curtains up on a tradi- tion laden with tomfoolery here at The Jewish News — our annual Purim spoof It starts on the cover and continues to our Close Up pages inside. The Purim holiday, wh...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS B'nai B'rith Unveils New Consolidated National Structure ing upon the resources of the nation- fter 150 years of service, al centers, while at the same time with more than a quarter being fully self-governing. of a million members in What once was the B'nai B'rith 56 countries, B'nai B'rith Michigan Regional Council, part of continues to fulfill its mission: to an eight-state district, has become promote the security and cont...…
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…Jewish community needs to understand the role that Germans today have in world issues and needs to interact with them." Germany is under constant scrutiny because of pockets of extremism there. So German diplomats who arrive in Detroit typically want to forge a rela- tionship with the Jewish community, Shapiro said. "The younger ones espe- cially have had little experience with Jews because there are so few in Ger- many," she said. The Italian...…
…In a World of Options the Bloomfield Hills School District is the Obvious Choice for Academic Excellence. Pine Lake Elementary, West Hills Middle School, and Andover High School are open to non-resident students on a tuition basis. For additional information, please call Student Services, (248) 645-4535. Pine Lake Elementary School Open House March 27, 1998 , 10 a.m. - noon and 1 - 3 p.m. Call (248) 932-6250 Andover High School offer...…
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…ommunity SZ Hosts Mauricefiarrish Rabbi Addresses Drug Abuse The Shaarey Zedek Cultural Commission will sponsor a special lecture and slide presentation by Maurice Parrish 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Shaarey Zedek Southfield campus. His topic will be "The DIA ... Serving the Entire Community." Parrish was the deputy director of the DIA from 1989 through August 1997. Then he was appointed as interim director replacing Samuel Sachs. Pa...…
…Community Dr. Papazian Gives Talk Dr. Dennis Papazian will address the Shaarey Zedek Men's Club breakfast seminar 10 a.m. Sunday, March 29, at the synagogue. Dr. Papazian is professor of history, director of the Center for Armenian Research at U-M Dearborn and a facul- ty member of the Russian Research Center in Ann Arbor. A complimentary breakfast will begin at 9:30 a.m. The public is invited. There will be an opportunity for questions. Sp...…
…SHIFT INTO "C11111" GEAR JPM ICC Slates Events The made-for-TV movie Samson 6- Delilah will be shown at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park 12:45 p.m. Monday, March 16. There is no charge. Socials are held every Wednesday at 1 p.m. at JPM. Music is provided by local entertainers singing a variety of songs including Yiddish. Call (248) 967-4030 to sing at the socials. Woodcarving meets Mondays through Fridays at 9 a.m. New mem- bers are w...…
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…Andrew Louis Serlin BRIT MILAN December 16, 1997 BLESSED BY Rabbis David Nelson, Efry Spectre, Michelle Faudern, Stephen Weiss and Greta Bernard Brown. Above: Miry and Dan Serlin with Andrew. mw. wm intimm o Right: The rabbis on hand give their blessing. A half-minyan of clergy makes for a very special bris. LONNY GOLDSMITH Sta Writer fter their son's birth, Miry Bernard Serlin and Dan Ser- lin planned a regular brit milah, hiring C...…
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…The Real Megillah Esther? Monica? Achashverosh? Bill? What's the difference? . A LAN H. Associate S o that we don't get sued by the Choose Your Own Adven- ture children's book people, we're going to call this little Purim exercise Mixin' Your Own Fic- tion. In the spirit of the holiday, write your own Purim spiel. And if you don't like the answer at the end of your story, start over: START HERE: Oh, once there was a wicked, wicked man...…
…Fr ont Purim Spoof! Despite protest, a group of mop-top rabbis is keeping its club exclusive. MERRY LIN CONE Specialist T club. The five members — Rabbis he most recent meeting Steven Weil, Danny of the Hair Club Nevins, Efry Spectre, for Rabbis Rabbi Michael Leonardo Bitra kicked up a little Moskowitz is David Nelson more controversy than aying usual. The follicly-chal- disc-rimirlati011. him away forcil;ly, em sizing that dub member len...…
…BRIEFS Due to overwhelming response last year, Temple Beth El is currently taking lunch orders for next Yom Kippur. "We were blown away by the stampede to the Gilded Social Hall last year when we mentioned that snacks were available," said Rabbi Don Corleone. "This year, we'll avoid the chaos by doing a sit-down lunch." The Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit has initiated a task force to study ways to improve the relationship b...…
…Mazel Toy Purim Spoof! Purim Spoof! Bad Grammer, Bad Faithe When the latest copy of The Jewish News arrived on my doorstep, late as usual, I was distressed by the content. In a story about the legalities of les- bian couples holding hands while dunk- ing in the mikvah, you forgot to add a comma after the introductory adverbial clause, three paragraphs into the story. This is not the first time I have had a problem with what I have found to...…
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