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…11111111 THE JEWISH NEWS A Toast To Jewish Living Opening Our Hearts, Minds To The Child Unable To Ask Seder Inspires Freedom For All No Questions Go Unanswered By RABBI BRUCE D. AFT By RONELLE ROSENTHAL GRIER Each year as we gather for our Pesach seder, we recite the passage "In every generation, each Jew should regard himself or herself as though he or she personally went forth from Egypt." The seder represents an opportunity for us t...…

…Seder Inspires Freedom For All Continued from Page L-1 needs because of learning disabilities, mental illness or emotional problems. But this story was written long before such diagnoses were understood, and its message still holds true. We must rise above our own expectations, and help our children find the answers to their own questions, in ways that are meaningful to them. This is sound advice for any parent, but, for parents of handicapp...…

…Moses And Those Jewish Babies By DANNY SIEGEL We all know it. Moses had a speech impediment. He wasn't born with it, but, as the story goes, he put a hot coal in his mouth, causing burns that would have left him damaged. That story — too long to re-tell here — seems to be one of the three most well-known in most kids' Jewish education, along with Abraham breaking his father's idols and the angel that slaps you on the mouth at birth when you ...…

…Special Children, Special Parents, Special Programs By BAYLA LANDSMAN Once, a friend asked me a question which I know has crossed the minds of others. "Why do you teach those kids? Can they really learn anything, anyway?" A few weeks later I had an answer. I visited one of my new students in her public school class. Knowing the child's limitations, I was certain that she would be oblivious to my presence. As I entered the room however, she i...…

…Family Violence Creates Special Needs By SANDRA JAFFA Every day in America, 1,849 children are abused or neglected. "Most children who are abused or neglected live through it. The question is, what kind of life do they have? Jill is the adopted daughter of a military man who started sexually abusing her when she was 12 years old. 'It started out every Sunday and then, pretty quickly, he started climbing into bed every night.' She eventually ...…

…Special Needs Community Resource List This resource list was compiled by Carol Kaczander, director of the Jewish Information Service, an information and referral service run under the auspices of the Planning Department of the Jewish Welfare Federation, 967-4357 Voice, 976-0460 TDD. This list is in no way a complete listing of available services and may not cover all of the services provided by the agency, but is meant to be a starting place ...…

…for blind people to operate vending stands in federal and state buildings. The Independent Living and Rehabilitation program provides services to seniors who are legally blind. The services include mobility and orientation, adaptive daily living skills, low vision services, adjustment counseling, family counseling and peer support. There are monthly support groups in various locations. The Commission for the Blind has a comprehensive live-in r...…

…Being Special In The Eyes Of God By DAN GROSSMAN and JOEL GRISHAVER The Cast: Narrator Isaac — A blind old man Jacob — A middle-aged man limping on a crutch Moses — An aging man with a speech problem Aaron — A priest who serves as nurse and receptionist at Mishkan Medical Group A Stranger The Seeing Eye Sheep Narrator: Once in the land of Agadah, three of the patriarchs went to the Mishkan Medical Group, each in order to deal with a personal...…

…brag about the victory. And, Moses — God made you stammer. Moses: W'W'What s's's'stam'm'm'mer? Isaac: (SOFTLY, FALLING BACK TO A NO-ENERGY LEVEL) Well, it doesn't matter. Narrator: At this point, Nurse Aaron re-enters the waiting room. Aaron: Is everyone comfortable? I want everyone to feel good. Here Jacob, let me fix the pillow under your leg. Isn't that nice? Jacob: (A GROWL). Aaron: And how is everything for you, Moses? Moses: 1'1'1'1'1_ A...…

…Hava Nedeber Ivrit: Feeling Comfortable With Ruth By NIRA LEV Nira Lev is associate professor of Hebrew language and literature at the Midrasha College of Jewish Studies. Kol Pesach, when we sit at shulchan ha'seder reading in the Haggadah about the arba-ah banim, I recall the night of the seder when we first met Ruth (not her real name). Ruth became our krovah when her achot married into our mishpacha. We were told that Ruth, who was twelve...…

…st Oil' Ridding Ourselves Of False Notions By MARY KORETZ Vocabulary Mary Koretz of Oak Park has taught both children's and adult classes in Yiddish at the Workmen's Circle. neies veil mentshn veib eingenemen por kukn oif vunderlech frei vu nitst hob gebitn I was watching the neies on television veil on a recent visit to Los Angeles. The two anchor mentshn, as it happened, were husband and veib. They were competent, eingenemen and an unus...…

…ate • 1404/010 4 A Seder Feast Without The Fat By LESLYE MICHLIN BORDEN Given the difficult food rules of Passover, not to mention those of kosher, it isn't easy to come up with an exotic Passover menu. And, if your family chooses to follow a low- fat, low-cholesterol diet, the difficulty is compounded. For example, eggs are probably the highest cholesterol food. Yet they are used almost exclusively in Passover baking where no other rising...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS MARCH 8, 1991 / 22 ADAR 5751 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-UP WHEN DIVORCE SPLITS THE FAMILY JWF To Hire Lansing Lobbyist KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he Jewish Welfare Federation is just weeks away from hir- ing its first community lobbyist, expected to assist agencies in securing funds in the midst of massive statewide budget cuts. The Federation, with the assistance of Jewish Com- ...…

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…CONTENTS BUSINESS OPINION When Divorce Splits The Family Silver & Gold PHIL JACOBS Pawnbrokers today deal in a sophisticated inventory. • Laziness and guilt can help save Earth. 56 DETROIT The Jewish divorce rate is climbing alongside U.S. rate. 22 ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM • A statement supporting Israel. 14 • Teaching Judaism to the gentiles. • A rolling harvest for the hungry. SPECIAL REPORT Will War's End Lead To Peace? WASHIN...…

…EDITORIAL Stopping The Flight Out Of Southfield ,tt, It's a critical time for Southfield's Jewish community. The recently released Neighborhood Mobility study, whose data are drawn from the 1989 Jewish Welfare Federation demo- graphic study, identifies a troubling trend, continued flight by Jewish households to the "suburbs." Some of this movement is the result of upward mobility — buying that dream house on a lake. But a disturbing amount ...…

…OPINION Making A Statement In Support Of Israel ELIOT GOLDSTEIN I have come to a disheart- ening realization in the past few weeks. It is one that saddens me in one respect, yet fills me with pride and hope at the same time. In light of recent unprovok- ed attacks on Israel there has been a generous outpouring of Zionistic support for Israel that seems only to be shown in times of danger and need, but remains hidden when everything is okay...…

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…YOU'RE COVERED One Statistic Was In Error ► In his March 1 story on Jewish mobility in Detroit, Phil Jacobs quoted the figure of an annual net loss of 1,300 families in Southfield. He ob- tained this statistic from a draft of the forthcoming report on "Neighborhoods and Mobility: The Geography of the Jewish Community of Detroit," one of a series of reports presenting findings of the Detroit Jewish Population Study. Unfortunately, we made an...…

…UP FRONT Jewish Leaders Are Briefed By Top American Officials JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent s ome 250 leaders of Jewish organizations gathered in Washing- ton for first-hand briefings on the state of the U.S.-Israel relations from ranking administration and congressional officials. The event, the National Leadership Assembly of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, attracted an all-star list of sp...…

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…I DETROIT Gentile Class Meets In Detroit To Study Biblical Noahide Laws ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor A directive issued more than 800 years ago by Maimonides is becoming a reality today in Detroit, where an Orthodox rabbi is teaching the Noahide Laws to a gentile group. Once a month, Rabbi Meilech Silberberg of Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield meets with the group, all Protestant men, to study the seven laws the Talmud calls the min...…

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…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 what to do: Drop off your...…

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…CLOSE-UP When DIVORCE SPLITS THE FAMILY s baron had done everything the Jewish community want- ed her to do. As a young girl, she attended afternoon He- brew school. She was called to the bimah for her bat mitzvah. She went on to confirmation and academic summers in Israel. She later became a youth adviser for B'nai B'rith and like all "good" Jew- ish girls, she dated only Jewish men before marrying and settling down. Her master's degree ...…

…DIVORCE 4 didn't • want to make love to him anymore, I didn't want to -touch him. "He was more interested in compu- ters and machines than people and their feelings," she said. "Divorce hurts. It hurts you; it hurts your chil- dren. You live this life of second guess- ing yourself. I think the anger is part of the healing you go through." The central theme at last November's Council of Jewish Federa- tions' General Assembly was the Jew- ish ...…

…DIVORCE GIVING THE GET abbi Elimelich Goldberg tells a story about how he picketed a Los Angeles synagogue that was honor- ing one of its members. The synagogue honoree that evening had refused to give his wife a get, a Jew- ish writ of divorce. Rabbi Goldberg want- ed everyone to know about it. Unfortunately, according to the Young Israel Southfield rabbi, knowledge about gittin does not necessarily transcend the branches of Judaism. A rece...…

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…The Finest Expressions Of Love Come From . . . - social service agencies across the country, JFS offers a program for children to meet and speak about divorce. The groups are facilitated by clinical social workers Fay Rosen and Karen Rouff. "We want to know what is concerning the children," Ms. Rouff said. "The kids are very interactive with one another. They share a lot of human feelings with each other." The children are invited to express...…

…WAR'S E N D Israel's Backers Seek Clues To Bush's Mood r i . . • .7,1,,,,, • e.) ,.., .•,„.;: ! ,,,, • • rf '- :4'7 , J ;. • • ...1 - , /<,- ... X -1'''. 4 ',i, ry; :' ". • 3i .:z .is •-V.-(''' ' . With attention focused on settling the Israeli-Arab conflict, concern mounts over what route Washington will take. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent Does War's End Mean Mideast PEACE? Special Report For Israel, ...…

…more importantly, his using the trip to sound out re- gional governments on their own view of the future, rather than dictating a new U.S. peace plan. "I'm heartened, to an ex- tent, that Mr. Baker sudden- ly decided to go to Israel," said Rep. Larry Smith (D- Fla.), one of Israel's most outspoken Capitol Hill sup- porters. "That could represent a breakthrough, because he will finally be able to see through his own eyes who the Israelis are an...…

…..%, W A R ' S E N President George Bush and Defense Secretary Cheney: Will the United States pressure Israel into a Middle East compromise? they want to live with their dependent Palestinian state, neighbors. But their at least for now. "We should focus all of our neighbors have to accept the reality of Israel — and that's energies to see if we can an area where our new broker peace between Saudi Arabia and -Israel, between credibility -c...…

…W A R ' E N D U.S. Aid to Iraq Would Encourage Democracy COMMENT An Arab-American leader says economic incentives may lead to a kinder, gentler Iraq. Southfield sitting in Plaza Deli IRA RIFKIN Special to The Jewish News resident George Bush compared Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler. James Zogby believes the more accurate parallel is between Iraq and post-World War I Germany. If Mr. Zogby, who is direc- tor of the Washington-based Arab-A...…

…zhak Shamir sitting in his bunker awaiting the arrival of James Baker. "To illustrate the situation now, you have to imagine a huge hornets' nest that the Americans have hit with a big stick, so that the hornets have begun flying about," quipped historian Meron Benvenisti. "I suggest everyone prepare for a serious a hang- over after the war. The eu- phoria will come to an end, a big headache will set in, and everyone will feel depressed becaus...…

…AR ' S E N D Brian Galison 14, ninth grade, West Bloomfield High School "I think Saddam Hussein achieved a major goal of getting his name out. But his own people and soldiers hate him. I hope he's tried as a war crimi- nal when they find him." months, it may have failed to notice the growing con- tradiction between global expectations and regional realities. The task of resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict, always daunting, has been made mo...…

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…Student Feud On In Britain London (JTA) — Jewish students at Leeds University in northern England were forced by the student union to removed a poster pro- claiming Jerusalem "the eternal capital of Israel." The constraint was impos- ed after Palestinians on campus complained that East Jerusalem should not be designated part of Israel. The poster had been mounted at an exhibition on Jewish Cultural Week. The episode took place within the cont...…

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