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…=MOM ZINO= SIMS Contents m M. A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association ' and American Jewish Press Association awards N ww-w.detroitjewishnews.com March 30, 2001 Nisan 6, 5761 Vol. CXIX, No. 7 This Week Community 22 A Personal Touch 31 Passover Paintings Matzah Factory allows guests to mix, roll and bake for Passover. Bridging age and ability to create beautiful seder plates. Spirituality -55 The Inside Story Beth Shalom hos...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: WWW. detro itj ewish n ews. co m A Why Children Shoot Children nother headline ... another school shooting. But where's the outrage? Littleton, Colo., Mount Morris Township, Mich., and now San Diego — with -dozens of other reports of students shooting class- mates over the past two years. Isn't one of the Ten Commandments, "Thou Shalt Not Kill?" Is the catalyst for th...…
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…For Openers T Why Is This Year Different? his Passover, not only will the nights of the seders be different from all other. nights, but the hours leading up to them will include deadlines and preparations not seen every year. "Because the first seder takes place on Saturday night, every ritual is a little different," says Rabbi Joseph Krakoff of Congregation Shaarey Zedek. "The last time this happened was in 1994." All preparation for Passo...…
…DETROIT JEWISH NEWS SSANCE PUBLISHER Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com www.detroitjewishnews.com EDITORIAL: Communiry Advisory Board Editor Robert A. Sklar rsklar@thejewish news.com Marc Bakst Marion Freedman Mindy Soble Kaufman Sally Krugel Lila Lazarus Steven Schanes David Techner Gary Torgow Jeff Weingarten, M.D. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Steilman • Teen Flo • Votre Nom • Peter Nygard • ,fax • Mexx • Olsen Alfred N. DeRusha...…
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…Cover Story Making History Shula Reinharz's fervent Jewish identity leads to the first international institute to study Jewish women. SHARON LUCKERMAN Editorial Assistant B oston. November, 1995. Three women have little idea of the historic -outcome of their slim report on Jewish American women called "Voices for Change." They work hard and smart to be among presenters at the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations from Nor...…
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…We've been making house calls for more than 100 years chodesh (new month) group of bat mitzvah-aged girls. The institute makes a statement," says Brandeis librarian Bessie Hahn. "People can no longer ignore the importance of women and Jewish his- tory." Now, in one building, women learn the importance of networking and peer support. Also important, Hahn says, is how Reinharz spearheaded a different approach to doing research on women's issues...…
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…HANDS-ON MATZAH FACTORY ALLOWS GUESTS TO MIX, ROLL AND BAKE FOR PASSOVER. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff 10-ite A mong the 1,200 children signed up to tour the Barbara and Douglas Bloom Matzah Factory this year are two of the Blooms' grandchildren. "Passover is Barb's and my favorite holi- day," says Douglas Bloom of Bloomfield Hills. "We enjoy it so much with our chil- dren and grandchildren that when the Jewish Center developed a list o...…
…Tactics And Victims Arafat flounders, Sharon ponders and children die. ERIC SILVER Israel Correspondent Jerusalem y asser Arafat is floundering. His 6- month-old intifada has achieved noth- ing for his people. More and more openly, Palestinians are questioning whether their suffering is worthwhile. The world is in no hurry to intervene. Arab leaders, gathered in Jordan this week, were long on sympathy, short on substance, military or fina...…
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…Insight Remember When • • Shoah Remembered 7AT Staff Writer 1981 Detroiter Judith Laikin Elkin's The Jews of Latin American Republics was nominated for a 1981 National Jewish Book Award. Detroiter Mike Must was named chairman of Congregation B'nai David's membership breakfast. D espite a few protesters and a brief out- burst, a moving Holocaust remembrance service was held at the church where Father Charles Coughlin made anti- Semitic ...…
…N kdon Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones A Shrine To What? EC is is one of the best-known names in the annals of Detroit Jewry — sadly. Just as Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler was whipping up the Aryan masses against Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and other perceived scourges of society, Father Charles Coughlin of Royal Oak drew a national radio audience to his anti-Jewish rants, fueled in part...…
…OTHER VIEWS The Publishing Of Hate Demands A Response E ow do we, as a body politic, respond when the nation's anti-Semites have sufficient funds to period- ically publish hate-filled Holocaust denial ads in university student news- papers throughout the country? We respond with silence that is deafening. Not only -that, but some Jewish organizations even, inaccurately and somewhat disingenuously, defend the ads on the principle of freedom ...…
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…- . 10 "-minOL • mareur artists erased the lines of age and ability last week to create 17 handpainted seder plates. The March 18 program joined together 15 students from the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit, 15 residents of the Lillian and Samuel Hechtman Jewish Apartments, both in West Bloomfield, with 15 residents of various Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC) group homes. All the groups had an opportunity to learn abou...…
…Passover Pleasures pRE . West Bloomfield, $10.95. 0 A Reggae Passover. Get in the mood with a tape of traditional Passover songs arranged by Alan Eder and friends to reggae music. At Spitzer's, S 16.95/CD; 510.95/cassette. Bedikat Chametz kit, com- plete with feather, candle and ceramic dustpan. This will help with your pre-Pesach chametz search-and- destroy mission. At Tradition! Tradition! in Southfield, 520. By appointment, (248) 557-010...…
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…JCCouncil Names Slate The Jewish Community Council announced its slate of officers and candi- dates to fill board of directors seats. The election will be held at the council's annual meeting Mar 10 at Temple Beth El. Ann Zousmer was been nominated to serve For her first year as council pres- ident. Vice presidential candidates are Jim Alexander, Wendy \'Vagenheim and Steve Silverman. Arline Gould was nominated as secretary and Richard Nodel ...…
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…Were You Forced To Work For The Nazis? Perfectionism: A Woman's Issue The Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit will host a free educational forum exploring "Women and Perfectionism." This full-morning forum supported by the Temple Beth- El Sisterhood, will take a multidisciplinary look at a pressing and common issue for women, 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, April 26, at Temple Beth El. Brenda Rosenberg will discuss how she personally put...…
…Why we're in Israel now Photographed atop Masada (in the world's oldest functioning synagogue), March 18, 2001 "We came to Israel to celebrate our son's Bar Mitzvah. We knew it would be an unforgettable experience for the whole family. But considering all that is happening right now, this trip will mean a great deal more. "We could have had our son's Bar Mitzvah back home. But it would never be as meaningful. Especially now. You have to be ...…
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…Community Mazel Toy! Sharin The A bar mitzvah pairs with Shoah survivor. oment SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer F or Jeremy Sweet, a simple discussion with his grandmother added a new dimension to his Saturday, March 31, bar mitzvah ceremony at Congregation Shir Tikvah. Shirley Sweet told her grandson about a time when American kids often "twinned" their b'nai mitzvah with youth in the Soviet Union unable to cele- brate their own. ...…
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