…r LOOKING page 9 ❑ '23r The next New Leaders Pro- ject will start in July. To ob- tain an application, call the Jewish Community Council, (810) 642-Z393. Jewish Secrets PHOTO BY GLENN TR IEST lished at the beginning "fizzled" by year's end, he said. "This thing has potential as long as [the organizers] redefine the goals and go about it a dif- ferent way. If [this program] is about grooming new Jewish lead- ers [or building ties with the...…
…- /- /— • • • / /— THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CXI No. 5 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Copy Editor Lynne Konstantin Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jill Davidson Sklar, Julie Wiener Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Cor...…
…Faith In Diversity Religious leaders and public schools come together for a day of cross-cultural learning. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER wo-hundred fifty people, many of them Jews, took their shoes off and were wel- comed into the Bharatiya Temple in Bloomfield Hills on Wednesday, March 19. Mass conversion? No, these community leaders, parents and public-school personnel from over 15 districts in Oakland County had converged upon the Hindu pla...…
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…A fledgling Canton Township congregation holds its first annual Purim party. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER PHOTOS BY JOHN M. DISCHER B et Chaverim in Canton Township is coming into its own: last Satur- day, about 50 revelers turned out for the congregation's first Purim party at a subdivision clubhouse. Bet Chaverim, to which 26 families be- long, does not yet have a building of its own but has started a building fund. Un- til the congregation...…
…Above: Jenny and Laurie Leveille make masks together. Top right: Andrew Malkowski decorates a Purim plate. Right: Sarah Jaslow constructs something really noisy. 0 my a few of the 275 revelers who showed up for a Purim ball last weekend at the Jewish Community Center donned cos- tumes. That didn't dampen the festive spirit. Every- body danced to the strains of the Israeli jazz fu- sion band Esta and local band RH Factor until well after 1 ...…
…PHOTO BY B ILL HANSEN From Assimilation To Rebirth Rabbi works to bring Jewish life back to Poland. JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER abbi Michael Schudrich says he's always up for a challenge. So it's no sur- prise that the native New Yorker — formerly the rabbi of Tokyo — would opt to work in Poland, not exactly the hub of late-20th-century Diaspora Jew- ish life. But there are more Jews liv- ing in Poland than many people think. As executive d...…
…Rabbi Schudrich recalled a 52- year old man who came to him several years ago and is now an active member of the Jewish com- munity. "The previous day his mother had died, and after the funeral the neighbors told him it wasn't his mother," explained Rabbi Schudrich. "He was a Jewish baby given away. The woman who risked her life to save him never wanted to tell him that he wasn't really her own, so the neighbors kept a secret for 52 years." De...…
…zx nikko 41 r. Celebrating On Campus High School Yearbook '97 The Jewish News will hon- or Michigan's brightest Jewish high-school seniors in our "College Bound" sup- plement May 16. Deadline for nominations is April 17. Area high schools have been asked to distribute our nominating form to their eight Jewish students with the highest unweighted grade-point averages (min- imum 3.6 required). If you feel you qualify but have not been conta...…
…16141 kg I ktk 4•1% ht.04‘, `Meme-Nazis' As Nazi analogies proliferate on the Internet, a cyber- crusader launches a counteroffensive. ADAM KATZ STONE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS - I n a recent Internet discussion, a disgruntled Canadian argued that the leaders of the French- speaking population in Quebec are "nothing but a bunch of Nazis in sheep's clothing." Someone who supports the use of animals in medical testing as- serted elsewhe...…
…vNti. 1,tift ib luct `IVIEME-NAZIS' page 19 ethical questions, he notes. If it is possible to combat a "viral meme" on the Web, he asks, "is there any moral imperative to do so? When we see a bad or false meme go by, should we take pains to chase it with a counter- meme?" Godwin's Law And Corollaries odwin's Law of Nazi Analogies .. As an on-line discussion grows longer, the probability of a com- parison involving Nazis or Hitler approac...…
….00 ...along with a choice selection of bouti que items. Tickets sold at the door: $3per person or become a patron for $25 and come to the elegant Art Fair Opening Reception 8 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 1997 In addition, The Temple Israel Sisterhood welcomes internationally renowned Israeli Artist who will be showcasing his original bronze limited edition sculptures beginning 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12 th prior to the start of the FAIR...…
…After two years of pre-Purim bombings, Tel Aviv residents didn't want to slow down, but there was a nervous edge. LARRY DERFNER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT T he mood at the Apropos restaurant in Tel Aviv at the beginning of the week was "so-so," said assistant manager Moshe Odiz. "Some- times the waiters and waitress- es are full of energy, and then one of them will just stop what they're doing and cry." On the sidewalk outside the restaurant's co...…
…The Tel Aviv mayor moved his office to the cafe. "We have to keep building on Har Homa until it's finished," he said. How had he felt about it be- fore the terror attack? "I never paid any attention." Coming out of Apropros, a rabbi in his 50s who only gave his name as Adi said, "This hasn't changed my views. I still believe that peace is inevitable." And his opinion of Yassir Arafat? "He's a puppet," Adi replied. "A puppet of this whole situ...…
…Is your destiny set? Will you be rewarded for good behavior? Can you change your luck? HEIMISH ATMOSPHERE page 3 Find out the: JEWISH SECRETS TO SELF IMPROVEMENT "How To Change Your Luck" By Noted Lecturer Rabbi Shmuel Irons Tuesday, April 1, 1997 • 7:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center Janice Charach Epstein Museum/Gallery Maple/Drake Building There is no charge for this program. Refreshments well be served. Call (810) 661-7649 for more...…
…EARTHLY DELIGHTS DIAMOND COLLECTION. the building was to be included in the sale of Sinai to the secular health-care organization. "I feel very protective of the building," she said. DMC, however, recently ap- pointed Ms. Kellman to sit on the board of the clinical women's health center, an entity that con- trols the use of the building named in her honor. In addition, she has heard so many stories of women who have received treat- ment at th...…
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…The 100% Resolution A Statement of Partnership Between Our Congregations and The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit We, the congregations of metropolitan Detroit, join our Jewish Federation in calling upon all of our members to support the Allied Jewish Campaign. As signatories to this 100% Resolution of support for the Allied Jewish Campaign, we pledge the commitment of our membership to the strength and future of our community. As...…
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…S LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER PHOTOS BY DANIEL LIPPITT Right: Memphis Smoke: Smoky atmosphere but great music and dancing. Bottom: The R&J Coffee Shop: Royal Oak's top spot for atmosphere, chow and personality. C/) Lu (JD LU CC F- LU C.) LU 50 The best undiscovered places to hang out off Woodward in Ferndale and Royal Oak. almost tripped over the R&J Coffee Shop on my way across the Fourth Street railroad tracks in Royal O...…
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…ed a ,a. , :,:, ,M •,, 4....r• .... m ,,,,,• ,Nk,,,,.:\-- •„, ,,, JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER DAY ONE: Mom called me at work to tell me to hurry up and decide what kind of wedding I want — big or small. Co-workers fire questions: Proposal? Ring? Date? Dress? Big? Small? I fear I have re- gressed into a Barbie-toting pre- teen because I dutifully answer them all, with a smile. DAY Two: We can't do it in mid-June be- cause of my nephew'...…
…Chicago Bound The first JCC-sponsored Midwest weekend conference for singles attracts available Jews from across the country. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER B "40% of the food from food banks helps to nourish children" The Food Bank of Oakland County pays only for the shipping of wholesome but unmarketable food donated by the food industry. Each dollar you contribute will provide 8 meals for a needy neighbor. GIVE TO THE FOOD BANK OF O...…
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…PHOTO AP/RUTH FREMSON Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks with a reporter during an interview in her office at the State Department in Washington Monday, Feb. 3, 1997. Madeleine ecretary of State right's tragic family MICHAEL DOBBS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS short, plump woman with closely cropped black hair and pale blue eyes sat in the front row of a news conference in the American library in Prague, staring intently at Madelein...…
…J in her direction and smile. But then again, she seemed to be smiling at everybody. The journalists in the room knew Ms. Albright as an articulate spokeswoman for the world's sole remaining superpower. Her official biography was a classic emigre story: Czech native flees Communist dictatorship and enjoys success in the United States as a diplomat. In con- trast, Ms. Simova knew Ms. Albright as a figure in a far more intimate and tragic famil...…
…Wrenching PARTINGS, Broken CoNNEcTioNs Korbel helped organize radio broadcasts via the British Broadcasting Corp. to occupied Czechoslovakia. There were four broadcasts a day, including a half-hour news program at 6:30 every evening that was widely listened to in Czechoslovakia. "He had good journalistic instincts," says Ota Ornest, one of the editors on the Czech language service and now a well-known theater director in Prague. "He knew ever...…
…records. His daughter Margareta — Madeleine's aunt and Dagmar Simova's mother — died the following Feb- ruary, one of many victims of a typhoid epidemic that swept the newly created ghetto. The internal administration of the ghetto was the responsibility of "Jewish elders." They also were required to select groups of 1,000 people at a time for transporta- H tion to Auschwitz. An air of menace hung over these • transports. Most people refused t...…
