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…Moved To Action Students at Methodist Albion College will dedicate a plaque in Poland next month identifying Schindler's factory. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer I Europe was struggling under — that Jews were Christ killers. "I proposed that we do a first-year seminar," Frick said. "Geoff Cocks asked if he could join me. We've '9. worked closely together on this." It's always been one of the first seminars to fill up, Frick said, but now, in ...…

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…This Cover Story RICAN JEWS, GERM ANY D THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY DEBRA ISAACS Jewish Renaissance Media and Esther Lippman represent two recent chapters in the chronicle of sh feelings about Germany. ar-old Manhattan entrepreneur who describes his religious orientation ests Germans and Germany almost as much as he disdains Jews who rite checks for Holocaust memorials and museums. American Jews, in a culture of forgiveness that has obscur...…

…REASON AND EMOTION COLLIDE AS JEWS TRY TO RECONCILE MODERN GERMANY WITH ITS HOLOCAUST PAST. Lippman is the kind of Jew who makes Kelsey uneasy, the sort who regularly attends Holocaust- related lectures, exhibits and films but doesn't allow them to poison her feelings about Germany. She typifies a paradox of American Jewish life that has been noted in surveys by the American Jewish Committee in 1999 and 2000. While American Jews consider Holo...…

…fklsyir-*€rmt Cover Story SURVIVORS REACT TO "You can't forgive somebody who did such heinous things. Those born during or after the war carry a certain amount of guilt "I wouldn't buy a German car. It happens sometimes that you buy something you really need and you find out it's made in Germany, but large items I wouldn't buy "I only went back to Germany for the dedication of a memorial, but I have no interest in going back." Marianne Wild...…

…ANEW GERMANY AMERICAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTE VISITS TO A COUNTRY THEY SAY HAS ATONED. DEBRA ISAACS Jewish Renaissance Media Advising Caution Lower-level groups are also going. San Francisco's Jewish Federation sponsored a mission to Germany ewish leaders in the United States and in Israel this month; next month, a group of 15 graduate stu- are encouraging an openness to what they dents from Brandeis University will experience living...…

…Friends Across The Divide Teens from opposite sides of the Middle East conflict speak out for peace. DIANA LIEBERIvIAN Staff Writer T he neighborhoods where Aviv Liron, 18, and Amer Kamal, 19, grew up are only about 90 kilometers from each other. That translates into 54 miles, about as far as from Mt. Clemens to Ann Arbor. But Liron, an Israeli Jew from Bet Yitzchak, near Netanya, and Kamal, a Palestinian from eastern Jerusalem, would pro...…

…RINKE CADILLAC 84 Years And Still Delivering 'The Fusion of design and Technology" tain amid the current violence. The center has a calendar of activities. Now we have to erase them, day by day," Liron said. 2001 CATERA Long-Term Effect My view is the program is even more important in view of the present con- flict in the Middle East," said David Gad-Harf, executive director of the Jewish Community Council and an early Seeds of Peace sup...…

…Excessive Response events" in recent days, beginning with a cross-border attack by Hezbollah guerillas in southern Lebanon that killed an Israeli soldier. Israel, which holds Lebanese mas- ter Syria responsible for controlling Hezbollah, responded with an attack on a Syrian radar site in Lebanon, reportedly killing three soldiers. This was followed by the Palestinian mortar attacks and the Israeli response, which was a combined land, sea and ...…

…▪ Up A Notch Seeking to restore deterrence, Israel accepts risk of escalation. DAVID LANDAU Jewish Telegraphic Agency r Roed-Larsen, reiterated that Hezbollah's claim flies in the face of earlier U.N. decisions. Jerusalem or those worried about the credibility of Israeli deterrence, the Israel Defense Force this week delivered two unmistakable messages — to Syria and the Palestinians — that it is willing to fight. For those worried that...…

…T•ohni n Students Call for Psalm" and Cooperation A sign posted around the Technion campus -- signed by Israeli and Ar,40,,, - L students - shows the no ,D1 irra crininn ir131 3 ornal ,nunnit nwp nwinn 04311100 )030 "ITA n3111 minat BM 111111333 mon tin nrnIt Two, lily 0111130 )3) O' II IIN mem •A13 1110 nil 0 1710111) lin) 'Win gym Ir71 Sala fin3W3, 0 1 'n iu cooperation and solidarity between the groups despite recent hostilities. ...…

…Community Commemorations Holocaust Memorial Center Shaaray Zedek Plans Sets Annual Commemoration Memorial Service Members of the U. S. armed forces, representing Selfridge Air National Guard Base, will present a color guard to open the annual Holocaust Memorial Academy at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in Handleman Hall at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. A highlight of the ceremony will be the kindling of candles by Holocaust survi...…

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…Insight Remember When • • • Special Places An Unlikely Place From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. The Holocaust is remembered every year by students in a small -Uji_per Peninsula community. 1991 Rabbi Eliezer Cohen, sixth-grade teacher at Akiva Hebrew Day School, received the _1991 Schochet Family Outstanding Teacher Award. Toyota Motor Corp. became the first major Japanese company to come out...…

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…1 on Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: ww-w.detroitjewishnews.corn Judging Germany Today A s our cover story this week points out, you can't be Jewish and not have feelings about Germans and Germany. Perhaps we can talk about Japan or Italy or China and not let emotions inter- fere with judgment. But for most of us, the deeply shared memory of the Holo- caust colors our reactions from the very first moment when we hear Germ...…

…OTHER VIEWS Jewish Holocaust, Armenian Genocide 114, henever something of significance happens, most of us share the story with others. When there is a joyous event, we call friends and invite them to celebrate with us. When something sad happens, we inform those close to us and they ,comfort us. Sharing the experience changes our own experience and affects the way we feel. When others react as we do, it validates us and forges a connection....…

…American and Women's American 'Cordially invites you to join us 4or a special evening honotinq ANDREA & LAWRENCE WOLFE Ora Visionaries Dinner • Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Adat Shalom Synagogue • Farmington Hills 5:45 P.M. Reception 6:30 P.M. Program Dinner Following Guest Speaker Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Best selling author and "one of the 50 best speakers in the United States" (Talk Magazine) Honorary Dinner Chairs Ambassador David...…

…Watt Illake the rafferenee To the many volunteers who selflessly give their time, energy and expertise to the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit ("ciltank Your dedication allows us to enhance the quality and quantity of programs to meet the needs of our members and the community. Help repair the world. Share your life, your heart and your time. Waittateef! For volunteer opportunities at the JCC, call Elisa Freilich, (248) 66...…

…Hearts of Gold Two Jewish volunteers earn United Way's most prestigious award. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News F 6 44 ern Katz and Nathan . Shiovitz have only a few things in common. They both live in Southfield and are outstanding volunteers in the Jewish community who will be honored Wednesday, April 25, when they receive Heart of Gold Awards from the United Way Community Services. Other than that, Katz and Shiovitz are as diffe...…

…oommunity women to be active in politics. Katz also is active in several education organizations, and when the school voucher issue was on the general elec- tion ballot last November, she made the rounds of communities speaking out against vouchers. Katz said the turning point in her career of activism occurred in the mid- 1990s, when she represented the NCJW by attending two World Conferences on Women sponsored by the United Nations in Beij...…

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…sz islaers Lake Kinneret, 2001 Soon there won any water left to part. Touching bottom—the imminent death of Israel's major source of fresh, sweet water Lake Kinneret, 1992 The people of Israel are watching their most important source of fresh water die. Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) is at its lowest point in recorded history. It is a tragic drama that gives renewed urgency to Jewish National Fund's $250-million initiative to rescue ...…

…NCJW Honors Volunteers The National Council of Jewish Women program will host its volun- teers at a dessert reception at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 30, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. There is no charge for the dessert reception; Oakland County Circuit Judge Judge Sosnick Edward Sosnick will be guest speak- er. Volunteers should make reserva- tions to NCJW, (248) 355-3300. RoberD Co co ection s 'OW Friday, April 27 Noon to 7 pm In Fine Jewelry Robe...…

…If your bones ache, it could be arthritis. If you're Jewish, it could be Gaucher Disease. Gaucher (pronounced "Go-Shay") Disease is the most common genetic disease affecting Jews of Eastern and Central European descent. One out of every ten carries the Gaucher gene — it is far more prevalent than Tay-Sachs. Gaucher warning signs include: • Fatigue • Anemia • Bone pain • Easily fractured bones • Bleeding problems and easy bruising • Low pla...…

…Author Addresses Woman's World 6rreater Detroit Chapter of 14ADASSA14 sends its heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers! Woman's World 2001 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek on Wednesday, May 2, will feature author Tova Mirvis, whose first novel is The Ladies Auxiliary. In this novel, the Memphis native focuses on many themes in Jewish lit- erature. Tova Mirvis Woman's World 2001 will begin with a continental breakfast at 10 a.m. and a collectio...…

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…Zionism Isn't Dead. {It may, however, like a lot of us, have grown old.} while more and more American Jews may look at Zionism as something that -Ls pages in a history book, the -fundamental core values are still relevant toda y, over 100 years after the First Zionist Congress and 50 y ears after the founding of the Jewish State. Zionism means more than making ali yah. It is the affirmation of the centrality of the State of Israel and the ...…

…Lecture Series Addresses Genes As part of the ongoing lecture series of the Hyman and Sonia Blumenstein Outreach Institute of Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center, Dr. Michael Tainsky and Robin Gold will speak on "Jewish Genes and Cancer" 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Torah Center, 5595 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Dr. Michael Dr. Tainsky is Tainsky professor of oncology and director of the program in molec- ular biology and genetic...…

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…Eighth in a year-long series exploring Jewish Family Education and the ways in which your family can experience Judaism together. "May the Lord bless you from Zion; may you share the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life, and live to see your children's children. May all be well with Israel."- - Psalm 128:6 Bubbes and Zaydes, do not turn the page! This one is for you... Rest stops: As a grandparent, create an environment in yo...…

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…Co m u nit Mazel Toy! Act 0 0 ■ . ., _ ra SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer T hirteen-year-old actor Harley Adams of New York learned some unexpected lines and stood on the most unlikely stage April 10 when a group of Detroiters planned an impromptu bar mitzvah cere- mony for him. In town to play Edgar, "The Little Boy" in the SFX Theatrical Group Inc. produc- tion of Ragtime at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, Harley abandoned plans f...…

…EXTRA, REAR ALL ABOUT IT! Arthur Horwitz, While on the road, Harley's family always makes time for what is most meaningful to them. "In each town, we take someone Nye meet on the street out to dinner," Rahael Adams says. Harley also has donated one week's pay to a charity in each city where he has per- formed. And every Friday night, no matter where they are, the family acknowledges the start of Shabbat by lighting candles and reciting the b...…

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…Want to know a secret' • It takes quite a lot to become a Certified Pre-owned BMW but quite the opposite to afford one. Center, participating in synagogue holiday activities and at the Jewish Association for Residential Care Berlin Group Home. Benjamin Walter Brown will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 21, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. He is the son of Elissa and Robert Brown and brother of Michael. Benjamin is the gr...…

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…The First Sign Of Spring... Engagements HALPRIN-GABA tanley and Shirley Halprin of West Bloomfield and Oscar and Adele Band of West Bloomfield are pleased to announce the engagement of their children Brian Halprin and Miriam Gaba. Miriam is the daughter of the beloved late Leonard Gaba. Miriam graduated from Michigan State University and received her master's degree in social work from Wayne State University. She is employed by the state of...…

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…What is friendship? Learn from the experts! L!Ze-R. Mazel Toy! AAR. c)/ti tricia. ) GREENBERG 50TH C arolyn and Hugh Greenberg celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 9 with a surprise visit from Amy, Rae and Eli Draizen and their other children and grandchil- dren, Illana, Danny, Nathan and Matthew Greenberg and Lisa, Ned, Sam, Talia and Bennett Greenberg. Co-authors of I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendships ...…

…Spirituality 500 synagogue and church members come together for Temple Beth El's gospel seder. SHARON LT JCKERMAN Editorial Assistant a nticipation hangs in the air. Rabbis Daniel Syme and David Castiglione hand the microphone to the Rev. Kenneth J. Flowers. It's his turn to con- tinue a story they've heard before — the Jews' exodus from Egypt. In a clear voice, the pastor takes the audience back to the Red Sea as the Jews begin to cross. ...…

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…Sperber's Executive Chef Scott Gabriel tends to ve ies and burgers on q huge Passov ere Kosher for Passover barbecue is like manna from heaven. Above top: Barbecue organizer Naomi Levine peruses the summertime fruits at the barbecue's dessert table. Above: Caterer Alan Linker replenishes the summer slaw while Judy Blustein of Southfield plate lled, is about to enjoy the barbecue dinner her daughter, Naomi Levine, planned. DAVID SACHS Copy...…

…Spirituality CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz, Jay Strear. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 8:15 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. B'nai mitzvah of Benjamin Brown, son of Elissa and Robert Brown; Jacob Schostak, son of Elise and Dav...…