…1 )1 "A'S I ti grandfather sits with pillows around him and begins the service. He blesses the wine and invites all who are hungry to come and eat. Are the Russian Jews hungry for matzah this year? I can hardly keep my mind on anything else. Benjy asks the Four Questions and we take turns reading the parts that answer him. We make the verses of dayenu last as long as we can. The grownups don't hurry us. Before the meal, Grandfather reads the...…
…Seder: A Model For Parent-Child Interaction By RON WOLFSON In a recent visit to the Detroit community, Ron Wolfson, Director of the Whizen Institute for the Family at the University of Judaism shared some important insights about parents as the Jewish teachers of their children. Below are his thoughts about the Passover seder as one of the most important teaching opportunities for parents. This and much more can be found in "The Hadassah Mag...…
…SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY • • • • and it s to make Pe fL b ationc Cl tic ice done al . rr e manuf. edhfrom ha otlkndestine hn'Ad tchi lAV nib nurse( the erpi; 0 if v tC os .en;;- Tu I xl • Leon Uris describes his recent visit to Moscow and why he feels Jewish life there is doomed. …
…PURELY COMMENTARY Farcical Diplomacy Misrepresents Exodus from USSR PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus W hen a movement to escue people from oppression becomes hate-mongering and subject to dispute in diplomatic circles, it must be judged much more than merely venomous. It is either ignorance or stupidity. In the case of the effort to pro- vide asylum in Israel for Rus- sian Jews seeking escape into freedom, it is both. Had the critics of t...…
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…UP FRONT Herzog Issues Passionate Plea; Peres To Form New Government Jerusalem (JTA) — Israeli President Chaim Herzog has assigned Labor Party leader Shimon Peres the task of forming a new government. Herzog followed his an- nouncement on last week with an impassioned plea on television to change a failing political system which, he said, had "no parallel in the democratic world." "The people are sick and tired of it," declared Herzog. Peres...…
…EDITORIAL Sharing The Load T he Allied Jewish Campaign completed a record-setting drive last night. Again this year, Detroit area Jews have given a record total — $25.5 million — to help those in need in this community, nationally, overseas and our brethren in Israel. Astounding as these figures are — an average of $291 from each man, woman and child in Detroit who claims any tie to the Jewish community - they also give pause because the nu...…
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…Leon Uris, whose novel, 'Exodus: stirred thou- sands of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel, describes his recent visit to Moscow and why he feels Jewish life there is doomed. …
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…Torah procession: Simchat Torah at the Moscow Synagogue. …
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…WE'VE COOKED UP A GREAT SALE! For Uris, A Need To Tell The Story GARY ROSENBLATT Editor L eon Uris thought that his recent month-long trip to the Soviet Union would be "a vic- tory lap of sorts" — the author of Exodus, the compelling best-seller about the birth of the state of Israel that inspired so many Soviet Jews, visiting the USSR for the first time. "What was dreamed of, a heartwarming trip, turned in- to a nightmare," says Uris, th...…
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…COMMUNITY Local Israel Bond Trustees To Honor Helen Zuckerman STEVE HARTZ Special to The Jewish News T he Jewish Community Center's Aaron DeRoy Theatre has been restructured. The remodeling cost about $15,000 and took three weeks to complete. Now, each succeeding row of chairs is on an eight-inch riser to improve sight lines. "Sight lines have always been a problem with that facility from the beginning," said Dr. Morton Plotnick, executiv...…
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…EDUCATION I Hillel Dinner To Honor Dorfmans Henry and Mala Dorfman will be the honorees at the Hillel Day School Annual Dinner, to be held at Con- gregation Shaarey Zedek on May 2. The Dorfmans have a long record of service to the Jewish communities in Detroit and Pesach" at the Torah Center. The lecture is part of a series on basic Judaism. For infor- mation, call the Center, 855-6170. Rabbi Silberberg of the Bais Chabad Torah Center will ...…
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…, • `b , • • • too P The Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit and The Jewish News present PROJECT CHAMETZ A Community-Wide Effort to Feed the Hungry Passover commemorates the celebration of our deliverance from hardship. In the spirit of the holiday, and its challenge to "Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat," Project Chametz will collect and distribute your parcels of food to the needy throughout the Detroit Area. Here's ...…
