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…ontents DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ri all A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association and American Jewish Press Association awards N www.detroitjewishnews.com March 2, 2001 Adar 7, 5761 - Vol. CM, No. 3 This Week . Community 10 Mitzvah Match 31 Stitching In Time Temple Israel hosts drive in search of marrow donor. 14 Destination Israel Country's attractions, security make this a perfect time to visit. Women find camaraderie in Judaic n...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com In The Spirit Of Purim S he risked her life by entering the king's inner court without being asked, then summoned the courage to beg for mercy on behalf of Per- sia's Jews, already in exile and their Temple in ruins. Never forgetting her Jewish roots, Queen Esther got King Aha- suerus to reverse his decision to sign off on Haman's plan to kill...…
…LETTERS Gay Bashing Misses Mark Breaking Down Gay Barriers In his letter ("Reform Challenged On WOW WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Registration Seder and festive meal All women age 12 and older are welcome. Dietary laws observed • No solicitation of funds Send check for '36 per person, payable to Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, along with your name...…
…This Week SliPTALY DF7)071 For Openers & ligAkty S . Cornerstone Comes Some A cornerstone from Temple Beth El's second building, origi- nally placed 130 years ago, was discovered in, of all places, the Detroit Public - Library "We got a call at the Archives last April that someone in the library found the stone upside down and flipped it over and saw what it was," says Holly Teasdle, archivist of Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives at Temple...…
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…Mitzvah Match Temple Israel hosts drive in search of bone marrow donor for member Gary Weiss. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter jr odi Mills of West Bloomfield has given blood numerous times without ever knowing the effect her donation might make on someone else's life. "It is such a good feeling to be able to do it when you know the need is so strong," Mills says. Now Mills is praying a blood test will turn up a bone marrow match for her...…
…with an ache in his hip bones, somewhat "like pulled muscles in my lower back," he says. "Looking back at what I went through, it was no big deal when consid- ering a day or two off from work could save someone's life. I would do it again." Planning to be at Sunday's drive, Linda Newman, administrative assistant at Temple Israel, says, "I pray and hope I am a match." Newman was a pheresis donor in 1991, undergoing a procedure that removed stem...…
…This Week Shaarey Zedek's Southfield preschool gets another chance. PARENT Shaarey Zedek Beth Heyeled students climb up to the bimah in a mock Shabbat service. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer ip reschool classes will take place at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield this fall, just as they have since the building opened in 1962. However, it was a close call for the Beth Hayeled (House of Children) school. Only prompt action by preschoo...…
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…Destinatio JONATHAN FRIENDLY National Editor T Jerusalem ourism in Israel is being hammered. The Al-Aqsa uprising that began Sept. 28 has prompted a flood of trip postponements and cancella- tions, particularly by Americans who saw no need to put them- selves or their children at risk when stones and bullets were fly- ing in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the last three months of last year alone, tourist revenues slumped $700 million...…
…Israel mental display of new glass artistry was mounted there. Now it seems to get fewer than 200 daily visitors, so dawdling is easy. The museum relies on replicas rather than original arti- facts, but the stories of the different periods of the city are told with a nice verve. Whether by design or oversight, the tour brushed against the periods of Muslim and Ottoman rule hardly at all. But history had other outlets. Farther north, with neit...…
…A ■ MACCABI GAMES maim- TRYOUTS & MEErING '4,17 The 2001 Maccabi Youth Games will be held August 19-24 in Monmouth, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the following sports: boys baseball, boys basketball, girls softball, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls basketball, girls volleyball, in-line hockey, table tennis, bowling, chess, dance, golf, gymnastics, rac- quetball, swimming, tennis and track and field. The games are for Jewish...…
…Vart Staff Notebook Adat Shalom's Yost Marks 20 Years For many synagogues, the job of exec- utive director can mean a revolving door. Not so at Adat Shalom Synagogue where Alan Yost soon will mark 20 years in the post. The anniversary will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10, during the synagogue's annual Purim Party Plus, which is open to the community. The evening will feature an elaborate catered dinner Alan Yost plus music and...…
…This Week Washington Watch Mideast Connection Powell's trip; unity at JCPA; rights report scores Israel. That changed in September with the renewed Palestinian violence and the intensified effort to por- tray Israel as the culprit. Rights Report Despite kind words from Secretary of State Powell during his visit to Israel, his State Department issued a punch to the solar plexus Monday in its annual well enough to speak very candidly back....…
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…DIFFERING VIEWS Mired In The Intifada Birmingham Temple hosts debate on Israeli-Palestinian crisis. For ordinary Palestinians, violence has been economic disaster. E. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter N o minds were changed, but the discussion was lively. Speaking at the Birmingham Temple in A small truck is stuck along the Gaza beach Sunday. Israeli Army bulldozers blocked the main road in the Gaza Strip after two bombs exploded in the are...…
…died. They include squalid living conditions in the Gaza Strip and the refugee camps, economic differences between Palestinians and Israelis and Israeli settlers encouraged to live in occupied land "in contravention of the Oslo peace accords" while many more Palestinian homes have been destroyed. A large part of the responsibility for the surface tensions lies among American Jews, he said. "We have taken such pride in the world's only Jewish s...…
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…Insight Ideas & Issues Jesus And The Jews Jewish biblical scholar discusses the importance of a Jewish interpretation of the New Testament. SHARON LUCKERMAN I n many Jewish homes, a "conspiracy of silence" persists about Christianity and, in particular, the New Testament, said Temple Beth El's scholar-in-resi- dence Dr. Michael Cook. But a Jewish approach to the New Testament and Jesus can arm Jews against proselytizing Christians. It al...…
…Fleischman Residence/ Blumberg Plaza 6710 W. Maple West Bloomfield THE YAD VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE invites you to prepare and distribute •• Suggested donation $5 at the door •• • • Pizza dinner MISHLOACH MANOT • • • • (Traditional Purim food packages) Volunteer Committee Chairs Debbie Berger and Ethan Gilan to Fleischman residents Program Chairs while dancing and socializing David Cohen and Mindy Baker at a festive •• • • Questions...…
…JNOpinion Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Economics 101 At Middle East U. S ecretary of State Colin Powell is get- ting off on the wrong foot in the Middle East in suggesting that Israel move first to back off from the cur- rent confrontation by easing its economic blockade of the West Bank and Gaza. After a visit in Gaza City with Yasser Arafat last Sunday, Powell said the "siege," imposed after ...…
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…One Happy Camper Fair's organizer is true believer in fun, educational summer experiences for kids. LYNNE SCHREIBER Special to the Jewish News E laine R. Sturman has been a camper all her life. It makes sense, then, that she would enjoy running Super Summers For Kids, an annual fair to advertise available camps and activities to area families. A dozen years ago, when her kids attended Camp Walden in northern Michigan, camp director Neal Sc...…
…Com m un ity Weiss Directs Nursery School Jordana Weiss, social worker, Jewish educator, Federation professional and mother of two pre-schoolers, will become director of Adat Shalom nurs- ery school and kindergarten in July. She will succeed Dottie Levitsky, who retired after launching the school and directing it for most of its 31 years. Weiss earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Jordana Weiss Maryland and a second...…
…ACCLAIMED AUTHOR AND WATERGATE SCANDAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2001 • 6:30 P.M. For more information, contact Lisa Cutler at (248) 203-1458 or cutler@jfmd.org . Visit us on the Web: www.thisisfederation.org The Jewish News is lookin for a few ood recipes. For . ASS() that is! Please send us your one favorite recipe in any of these categories; soups, side dishes, entrees and desserts. They may be traditional, ava...…
…Community Jewry's Role in Human Advancement SALUTING TWO JEWISH MEN OF THE YEAR! How does our country fare today? By all counts the U.S. is flourishing. For the most part we are enjoying the most buoyant economy ever, perhaps the healthiest of any nation in history. Productivity is up, and last year's wage levels climbed by over 4%, the largest rise in two deCades, allowing for inflation which holds steady at a mere 2%. What's more, unemploym...…
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…Mazel Toy! New Arrivals Feb. 10 Stephen and Jennifer (Cutler) Rebori of Royal Oak announce with great love the birth of their son, Max Robert (Noach Raphael). Welcoming him home is big sister Morgan Erin, 3. Proud grandparents are Phil and Aida Cutler of Oak Pak and Nick and Pam Rebori of Farmington Hills. Max Robert is riamed in loving memory of his great-grandfather Max Guyer, his uncle Robert Geauvreau and his great- aunt Norma Sobesky. ...…
…C o m m un i ty SHALOM OUR COMMUNITY ' S NEWEST RABBIS To Join the American Jewish Committee for a special welcome reception and program 8:00 PM Tuesday, March 6, 2001 Jan. 2 Max M. Fisher Federation Building, Bloomfield Hills Kevin and Debbie (Mell) Copley of Buffalo Grove, Ill., are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Lillian Clare. Welcoming her home is excited big brother Jacob, 4 1 1, , and big sister Molly, 2. Proud...…
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…Karen Ally- se Rosen will be called to the Torah Saturday, March 3, at Temple Kol Ami. She is the daughter of Roy and Robin Rosen of Farmington Hills, younger sister of Katie and older sister of Kelli and Corey. Her proud grandpar- ents are Adele and Harold Samuels of Southfield and Evelyn and Fred Rosen of West Bloomfield. Karen is a seventh-grade honors student at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills, where she partici- pates in many int...…
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…Attention all 8th and 9th graders BBYO Membership Open House presents... Sunday, March 4th 1:30-3:30 pm West Bloomfield JCC (Maple and Drake) Meet Members of Michigan Region AZA and BBG. Learn about opportunities in various chapters. Discover why so many Jewish Teens are getting involved. A special parent meeting will be held simultaneously For more information call BBYO at 248-788-0700 or e-mail us at MIBBYO@JUNO.COM Since 1986 STEVE...…
…dzonJ. Engagements Gold-Lev S ara Gold and Ori Lev were recently married at Meadowlands Country Club in Blue Bell, Pa. Rabbi Dayle Friedman officiated. Sara is the daughter of Karen and Lewis Gold of Jenkintown, Pa. Ori is the son of Nira and Dr. Amos Lev of Southfield. Judith Gold, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Ron Lev, brother of the groom, was the best man. Sara and Ori were honored to have Sara's grandfather Milton Gold ...…
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…Here are 4 ways you can "Stick your neck out and be a Mitzvah Hero" at Great Puri Pared Project The Sunday, March 4, 2001 1. MAKE Shalach Manot parcels at home Decorate several plates or baskets. Include fresh fruit, or certified 0 kosher packaged dried fruits, wrapped candy, or packages of cookies or crackers. Anniversaries Please include at least 2 kinds of foods. Use 0 kosher products like: EIC Schwartz 55th oward and Marjorie Sch...…
