…Laughing... Together IT'S PURIM ~ • .• ‘1 D id you hear the one about the tourist and the waiter...?* For a Jew, life and laughter go together. And on Purim, that merriest of holidays, we can laugh as loud as we want — at our enemies and at ourselves. Why not? On this day nearly 2,500 years ago, our people escaped disaster at the hands of a wicked viceroy and went on to celebrate their deliverance. True, there've been many Haman...…
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…This Week T 60111RON 6pReial? Yiddish Limericks B'ham Brit he word "ham" will not be uttered at the new street-level Birmingham Aish Center at 555 S. Old Woodward in downtown Birmingham. British-raised intern Ovadia Safer has re- recorded the Jewish learning facility's outgoing voice mail message, replacing the Americanized "birming- HAM" pronunciation, so offensive to the Anglo ear, _O with the proper "BIR- 0 mingum" inflection. "When yo...…
…This Week The Center Of It All JCC Central Renovations- will help the Jewish Community Center connect as the central address for Detroit Jewry. One of the three outdoor pavilions at the JCC in West Bloomfield. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter I is not just about bricks and mortar; it's also about making the Jewish Community Center the "main address" for Jewish Detroit. Communal leaders had that goal in mind in 1998 when they launched a three-p...…
…0- a M Related editorial: page 37 As originally announced, half of the money raised was earmarked for the JCC and half for Federation's new Jewish Life Fund for Jewish education, Israel trips, synagogue initiatives and other Jewish life experiences. Phase I of the JCC improvements in West Bloomfield — Marion and David Handleman Hall and Auditorium, two kosher kitchens and three out- door pavilions for day camp — should be completed by mont...…
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…This Week LOOKING FOR AN ASSISTED LIVING? Constitutional Quandary National group shows no flexibility on a thorny school funding issue — at least not this year. plexity of the issue, said David Gad- Had, JCCouncil's executive director. . "When you look at the votes on he organization represent- this particular issue, it was primarily ing the country's major many of the national Jewish organi- . Jewish agencies and corn- zations that voted...…
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