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…$1.00 April 2, 1999 / Nisan 16, 5759 Inside: Kosovo: A Jewish Viewpoint Ethnicity, Law And A Handshake Shul in the Surrounded by neglect, the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue is a tenacious outpost of spirituality. …
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…Wilt= JEWISH NEWS JN Days of memory Apple T-ee page 61 www.detroitjewishnews.com April 2, 1999 Nisan 16, 5759 Vol. CXV, No. 6 This eek COVER STORY Shul In the City 6 The Downtown Synagogue is an island of spirituality. 22 Necessary Response Lessons of Kosovo. This Week page 22 Scholar wrestles with Jewish perceptions about Kosovo. 31 Families Helping Families Volunteers make Yad Ezra's Passover food distribution smooth. rts tert...…
…Join the Galleries of New Pontiac on Saturday, April 10 as they host opening receptions for their newest shows 7-10 pm V Ruth Coulson Karen IVIeDa vitt Judy Shields One of the 75 Artists included in the 27th International Glass Invitational Subtitled: A Shared Passion March 31-April 30 Opening Reception Saturday, April 10 7-10 pm April 10-May 8, 1999 LAWRENCE ST. rigGaLLery 40 6 N. Saginaw (248) 334-6716 www-lawrencestreetgaller...…
…One Size Does Not Fit All Haggadah Humor For The Holiday group, here is the Dr. Seuss-like ver- sion of the Four Questions: Why is it only on Passover night I is that time of year again. The We never know how to do anything right? recipes were dusted off; We don't eat our meals in the corners were the regular ways, searched for chametz The way we do on all other and the desire to bring a days. new note to the seder pro- On all other nights w...…
…This Week An Enduring Institution • S1 11 ItUll II In The CA Surrounded by neglect, the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue is a tenacious outpost of spirituality. JULIE WIENER Staff- Writer O n a gray downtown Detroit block where the vacant store- fronts are covered with graffiti and the cracked sidewalks overgrown with weeds, the only bright spot is the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue's fire engine red doors. Save for the doors, this sh...…
…magnifying reading lamp that hangs on a swiveling post over the bima. Often it takes some waiting for a minyan to gather, with the clergy and rit- ual committee members peering anxious- ly around the room, silently counting. But by the time the thick, rust-col- ored curtains of the Ark are opened to take out the sefer Torah, about 15 peo- ple, mostly men older than 40, have gathered. Some sit alone, following the Hebrew of the worn 1960s praye...…
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…An Enduring Institution SHUL IN THE CM' from page 7 Today, membership dues do exist but are a modest $60 per year. While those who can afford to give more are encouraged to do so, the dues are quickly lowered for anyone who says he or she cannot afford them. "If you have the means you give more and if you don't, at least you can say you're a member of a syna- gogue," said Felsot, the synagogue president. Its nice to say you belong and if you...…
…Booking The Halls LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter n a couple of weeks, con- tractors will move in to begin tearing out the carpet at Shiffman Hall in the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Five months later — if all goes according to plan — the center will unveil a sparkling new meet- ing room that can be an effective competitor in a crowded field of experienced players for hosting anything from a board meeting to a bar/bat mitzvah part...…
…Without You, The Suruiuors' Stories Might Neuer Get Told She comes from Przemysl, Poland. She is among the 10% of Polish Jews who survived Nazi Occupation. Now she is in her 80's. Her family's graves are overgrown and crumbling. Her experiences have gone untold. Remembrance and Reconciliation, Inc., an Ann Arbor non-profit, is working to restore Przemysl's Jewish cemetery and to publish the stories of survivors like her— in Poland, where they...…
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…A month ofpreparations gets us set or Passover. echnically, we have just embarked on a celebration of religious freedom that is merely eight days and eight nights long. So why have we had matzah meal cake loaves and Passover candy-fruit slices in our homes for weeks? In actuality, we've had Passover on our minds since about the time the spe- cial five-pound packages of matzah crept into the supermarket in February. Since then, everything in o...…
…Opposite page, top to bottom: Jahra Michelle McKinney belts out "Let My People Go" at the Detroit Women's Forum Seder. Harriet Berg sings along at the Detroit Women's Forum Seder, where her dancers also performed. Randi Goode, 3, of West Bloomfield was a reluctant singing star at the Jewish Community Center preschool seder in West Bloomfield. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant KRISTA HUSA and BILL HANSEN Photographers Clockwise from top ...…
…NEWER Red Ink At JCC isn't Always Center cuts $200,000 from projected $750, 000 in deficit spending. BETTER LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter T he announced closing of the child development program at the Jimmy Prentis Morris building of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit was triggered by the need to cut at least $200,000 from a budget in which spending was outpacing income by $750,000, according to the JCC's chief adrilinist...…
…GLuGLu' presents cuts at least until then. When news J leaked to a parent, Sorkin said, he told the child development director to talk with all the Oak Park program parents. "This is one of those difficult cir- cumstances when mission and margin butt up against each other," said Mark Davidoff, Federation's chief operating officer. While he's concerned with the termination of the child development center at the JPM building, Davidoff said Fed...…
…The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit is proud to present... :Zen-Zion Co en One of the founders of the State of Israel, a leader in the "Irgun" Underground and a Commander in Jerusalem. Born, raised and fought in Jerusalem! Building Akiva Construction for the school has started at the former Beth Achim. JULIE WIENER Staff Writer A .97Cr. GoA'en miff oisif from gsraef anolAsonor kiva Hebrew Day School is rapidly preparin...…
…ENGINE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS whose families belong to Young Israel of Southfield. The $1.8-million renovations at the former Beth Achim are being funded primarily through the $1.35 million expected from the sale of Akiva's cur- rent building in Lathrup Village to developer Jeffrey Surnow. Although Surnow is still trying to obtain zoning approval to demolish the 71-year-old building and construct a shopping center on the site, both Surnow and G...…
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…Jewish Lessons In Kosovo Necessary Response Scholar Michael Berenbaum wrestles with the perceptions and misperceptions about Kosovo through Jewish eyes. 4/2 1999 22 Detroit Jewish News MICHAEL BERENBAUM Special to The Jewish News C onsciousness of the Holocaust is at an all-time high, and yet the greater the consciousness the greater the confusion. Over the past few weeks we have heard many comparisons between Kosovo and the Holoc...…
…Fleeing Serbia )4 C. a . 2 U 7.5 0 0 Yugoslav Jews find refuge from bombings in Budapest. MICHAEL J. JORDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Buda test n other circumstances, there would be nothing unusual about busloads of Yugoslays visiting the capital of their northern neigh- bor, Hungary. • But with NATO's daily assault on Kosovo and other locations through- out Yugoslavia, these are no ordinary tourists." Roughly 200 Yugoslav Jews — some ...…
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…eicatom &mad, lac. WHERE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE! Division In Israel NATO bombing of Serbia gets approval and condemnation. NECHEMIA MEYERS Special to The Jewish News Jerusalem I sraelis are split over Kosovo, with the Left, in general, sym- pathizing with NATO attempts to curb the Serbs, and the Right, again in general, sympathizing with the Serbs. The Israeli government, for its part, has expressed its opposition ...…
…Choices in mikva'ot; doing the AJE shuffle; Hearts of Gold. In the past few months, four people have entered the nation's second largest Reform temple only to exit as Conservative Jews. Since Congregation Beth Achim closed its Southfield building in the fall, draining the only mikvah, or ritu- al bath, under Conservative auspices, prospective Conservative Jews have been going to Temple Israel for the final step in their conversion process. Bu...…
…JIITEditorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com / Inviting Public Scrutiny I is hard to judge the merits of the deci- sion to close the programs for infants, toddlers and preschoolers at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. But - it's clear the process of reaching the decision and announcing it wasn't as sensitive to the needs of the 21 families who depend on those se...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS Learning From Each Other JEFFREY FRANK Special to The Jewish News L ast summer, my wife Julie and I were selected to go on a very special trip. The Jew- ish Federation of Metropoli- tan Detroit sponsored a trip of 30 young couples to tour Prague and Israel for 10 days in November. The trip was to consist of young leaders from the Jewish community and include 10 Reform couples, 10 Con- servative couples and 10 Orthodox coupl...…
…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Know Thy Neighbor ously — greet the 21st century in he emotional and complex the name of Jesus, such words set an arena of Catholic-Jewish important tone of tolerance. As a relations has been hitting Jewish century of triumph and new strides in recent tragedy closes, Jews should welcome months, with more expected, as the a Catholic Church that seeks Jewish groundwork is quietly laid for a criti- perspective on such mat- cal...…
…COMMENTARY Ascension In Jewish Leadership Speaks Of Money, Apathy JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent lmost beyond the Jewish public eye, the recent contro- versy that brought billionaire Ronald Lauder to the head of organized Jewish leadership has cast light on the intriguing — and at times disturbing — world of Jewish politics. It speaks of the big money of a few, the indifference of the majority and how personal agendas can dwarf co...…
…T SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant he shortest distance between two points is a straight line. So if point "A" is a snowy parking lot outside Oak Park's Yad Ezra ware- house, and point "B" is a distribution site inside the building, several turns and paperwork sta- tions away, and the line is 1,100 Yad Ezra clients long, more than a simple geometric equation is necessary. For the past seven years, the kosher food pantry Yad Ezra has joined...…
…`I'd like my Sarah to hve a home, but I don't know if I can ee this u much Ion The Jewish Community Adult Day Care Program can help. Older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders will benefit from: • A safe, caring environment • Therapeutic activities and socializing • Personal care and health monitoring • Kosher meals and snacks Family members will receive respite and support. For information, call Peter Ostrow, (248) 559-5...…
…NC W NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN GREATER DETROIT conflict were to spill over into Macedonia, or into the borders of Greece and Turkey. • Hillary' Senate run — "My guess is that she will back away from running, . for a few reasons. The most important is that she will realize she can do more good for the nation she cares about from outside the Senate, rather than as junior senator from the state of New York. She's in a unique place as a ...…
…*PtN, K*Plr-K wPir.K"Pit4-K PLtA.-K "Pir-K"Pti-K "Pe-K THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER of Temple Israel in conjunction with The Temple Treasures and The Caring Community AS PART OF OUR REGULAR AFTERNOON PROGRAM FOR SENIORS INVITES YOU TO HEAR OUR VERY OWN ENTERTAINING CANTOR HAROLD MACH Thursday, April 15, 1999 1:30-3:00 pm Temple Israel Zinc Shaykhet, accompanist Rabbi Bennett will be there to greet and chat with us. PLEASE JOIN US FOR COFFEE...…
…Tennis Swimming Gymnastics JTS Names 3 Reception Chairs Taekwondo Where Kids Learn Sports Dance enny Dorfman, Bluma Schechter and David Schostak will chair the 1999 Jewish Theological Seminary Patron Reception. The Tuesday, April 13, Jenny Dorfman event at the Detroit Institute of Arts will focus on the exhibition "Treasures of Jewish Cultural Heritage from the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary." This year's honorees are David ...…
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…reffM ne Ws:WW) 7,, , Scholar Visits Shir Shalom Gregory S. Mahler, provost at Kalamazoo College, will be scholar in residence at Temple Shir Shalom beginning Friday evening, April 9. Mahler will be the guest at an adult Shabbat dinner at 6:30 and services following at 8. Speaking on the topic "Israeli Politics: What the Future Holds," Mahler will address the Israeli electoral process and where the non- Orthodox community fits into the Isra...…
…Fun hands-on projects about the Omer, a 7-week period lasting from Passover to Shavuot. 30 p.m. Sunday, April 18 b. b;ii,frr & Betty Kahn Building,„ sBloomfield anc Jimmy Prentis Morris Budding, Oak Park Pho tos by Bill Ha nsen From Pesach to Shavuot: Countdown to Receiving the Torah • Exciting new family activities Make and take your own exodus game • Create an ice-cream sundae • Chance to win free family admission to the David Syme con...…
…5 the VOW' MOM, A0111, O rclin,ary. to , ) viiriaorclin,aryi Torah Team Leader Chosen Rabbi Avraham Dovid Feuer has been appointed the director of the newly inaugurated Torah Team program. The program, a one-to-one learning project, was established in Nov. 1998 by Machon L'Torah. It was limited tt- women only and will now expand to offer a men's division, which will meet 8 p.m. every Wednesday starting April 28, at the Machon L'Torah Lear...…
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…AT A Cohn-Haddow Hosts Professor The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies' George M. and Pearl A. Zeltzer Annual Lectures on Women and Judaism will sponsor two presen- tations by Professor Deborah Dash Moore, Vassar College. She will speak on Sunday, April 11, at Congregation Beth Shalom. Her lecture will be on "Beyond the Golden Door: Jewish Women in America." There will be a discussion of the creation of the two- volume work Jewish Women ...…
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…Mazel Toy! Celia Paskovitz gets a birthday wish from roommate Dorothy Vranich. LINDA BACHRACK Special to The Jewish News C elia Schwartzberg was entering grade school in New York City when the century last turned. Today, at age 105, Celia Schwartzberg Paskovitz may have the rare opportunity of experi- encing the dawn of yet another century. And she'll likely greet the new millennium with a song. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" is one of her early-mor...…
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…Births March 12 Rhonda (Rhotbart) and Glenn Kline of Durham, N.C., lovingly announce the birth of their son, Spencer Gabriel (Tzar Gabriel). Welcoming Spencer home is 6-year-old big brother Ian. Sharing in their happiness are proud grandparents Mona Roth of Boynton Beach, Fla., Marcus and Beanie Rhotbart of Bloomfield Hills and Harvey and Eleanor Kline of West Bloomfield as well as great-grandmother Minnie Kline of Chicago. Spencer is named i...…
…Bar/Bat Mitzvah Marissa Efros cele- brated becoming a bat mitzvah on March 26, at Temple Emanu-El. She is the daugh- ter of Barry and Kim Efros of Farmington ,Hills and Caren Moran of Farmington Hills. Marissa is in the seventh grade at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills. She enjoys sports, reading and playing bassoon in the school band. Kimberly Casey Coden celebrated her bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 20, with Workmen's Circle/Arbete...…
…Maxie Collision, Inc. Jim Fleischer Archivist Acknowledged "Since 1987" Joel E. Jacob, past chair of the Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archives, and Susan Citrin (right), incoming chair, acknowledge the contributions of Sharon Alterman as archives direc- tor for the past eight years. Alterman helped establish and develop the Jewish Federation's com- munity archives in cooperation with the Jewish Historical Socie t y of Michigan. She i...…
