…E ■ ■ Ethiopian Art At Temple Fair . . . . . . 70 `Proof' Staged At Fisher Theatre . . . . 78 Spin Doctors Reunite In A2 80 Cinematic L r JCC festival takes K.5:MM::::::i:4"1.1& • viewers around the world with films focusing on A Conversation t e Jewish experience. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News redit the Diaspora for the cinematic diversi- ty being featured April 28-May 8 during the fourth annual Jewish Com...…
…Best Bets Nur Es Featuring a blend of world beat, jazz, Golds takes the stage 8 p.m. Thursdays- folk, country and pop music, the Dave Sundays through April 27 at Riverdale Two sisters — Cantor Lori Corrsin and guitarist Matthews Band performs 7:30 p.m. Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, in Ypsilanti. Helene Rosenberg — perform in concert with Tuesday, April 23, at the Palace of $10-$15. (734) 483-7345. flutist Susan Lazar 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at ...…
…WE WE Co-Artistic Director Barbara Selinger's Carnival of the Animals, set to the music of Saint-Saens, and Co-Artistic Director Paula Kramer's Synergy, cho- reographed to the music of Steve Reich, 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. $12-$18. (313) 943-2354. p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 20-21, at Southfield's Millennium Theatre. $8 advance/$10 day of. (248) 557-7529. VeggieTales Live!...…
…celebratiOn Of \OM HaAtimaot, Independen,c Da% and at: the urging of I\ Lucy feldinan of- Huntington \Vootts, the J ewish New3', with ;.h.sist-ifiCti. ft-OW Clic jciNiSh h..-der.ition Of Nietropolitan Detroit, presents this Israeli flag suitable lot diipliy m A ptoinincnt wincloNN I would like to sur,,gest to everyone, je•isn im not, to put up Ali ktaeli flag in support of thc oft,- f.ior in the lideast. Teldtnan said It a tervilit ,tigg...…
…atilez (.0711X4A Vaii1/1111/ of e E ehozaailiati „Aholt • /1/110.e/Mall • ,2001 D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322-3002 Phone: (248) 661-1000 • Fax: (248) 432-5540 CC The Center of Our Community for6years Website: www.fccdet.org Jimmy Prentis Morris Building A. Alfred Taubman Jewish Community Campus 15110 West Ten Mile Road Oak Pa...…
…Welcome to the 75th Anniversary celebration of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit. We are deeply grateful to the following individuals for their generosity in making this 75th Anniversary an astounding success: 7:5/I eXitzioezony Vea Jiaho,it • Douglas Bloom and Linda Lee, Co-chairs Mzha CDMiniaezelezza a .gliazez Florine Mark Ross and Ronald B. Rich, Co-chairs 7c to e*„//zo emat& Patti Aaron Sharon and Michael Alterma...…
…The Jewish Community Center is honored to be the beneficiary of the extraordinary generosity of donors to the Jewish Federation/United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit Millennium Campaign for Detroit's Jewish Future. The campaign was established in part to help redevelop and transform the JCC into a center of informal Jewish education for our community. We express our heartfelt appreciation to the following: C_1-0 G)lyette 0 /1,0( e/...…
…e;21 .211ez tatit cqe4ideid... 0 The 75-year history of the Jewish Community Center is one that is rich in tradition and leadership. Our past presidents, board members and professional staff have contributed to the growth and development of our JCC. The collective energy, input and financial support of our community members has allowed us to continually strive for excellence. Our current efforts in community outreach have earned us partne...…
…e97,4,, ° ram de We.nocalioe recio,t... 0Th , Pea z How fortunate I am to be the executive director of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit on this historic occasion! Imagine, for 75 years our JCC has been an essential community resource for Jewish learning, socialization, acculturation of new immigrants, cultural programming, enhancing Jewish identity, promoting volunteerism, providing social services and bringing families...…
…te Lawrence S. Jackier United Jewish Foundation of Met:m:930ton Detroit President Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Mark R. Hauser President United Jewish Foundation Robert P. Aronson Chief Executive Officer In celebration of the Center. Where we belong. Make a walk through the Center, any hour, any day. What do you see? 1 Parents, children, teens, sports and social events, art and theater, the work and play of generations to...…
…United Way Community Services )1,4 HONORARY CHAIRS Wendell W. Anderson, Jr. The Honorable Dennis W. Archer Max M. Fisher William Clay Ford The Honorable John C. Hertel The Honorable Edward H. McNamara Jacques Nasser The Honorable L. Brooks Patterson John E Smith, Jr. The Honorable Anna Diggs Taylor Stephen P. Yokich CHAIR William T. McCormick, Jr. FIRST VICE CHAIR Milton Y Zussman VICE CHAIRS The Honorable Kay Beard Sharon E. Bernard, Esq...…
…The Michigan Board of Rabbis Rabbi Daniel S. Nevins President February 8, 2002 / 26 Shevat 5762 Rabbi Paul Yedwab Vice President Dear Friends, Rabbi Elliot H. Pachter Treasurer Rabbi Marla J. Feldman Executive Director It is a great pleasure for me, on behalf of the Michigan Board of Rabbis, to congratulate the Jewish Community Center as it prepares to celebrate seventy five years of leadership in our community. The JCC enriches Jewish ...…
…CARL LEVIN MICHIGAN United e States senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510-2202 February 1, 2002 To My Friends at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit West Bloomfield and Oak Park Campuses I am very delighted to offer my heartfelt congratulations to you as you celebrate 75 years of serving the community as the center of Jewish life and communal life, where everyone is welcome. Because of this commitment to the well-being of the peopl...…
…DEBBIE STABENOW COMMIT, S MICHIGAN AGRICULTURE. NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS 'United states *mate BUDGET SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING WASHINGTON, DC 20510-2204 February 5, 2002 Sharon Hart, President Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit 6600 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322 I wish to extend .. . . . . my congratulations to the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit as ...…
…7.4.6011.0.■• STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR LANSING JOHN ENGLER GOVERNOR April 21, 2002 Dear Friends: As Governor of the State of Michigan, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit (JCC) on the occasion of the 75' anniversary of its founding. The JCC has, throughout the years, fostered an increased interest in the Jewish heritage, culture and history, as well as strength...…
…1949 The Jewish Community Center is remodeled, enlarged and dedicated as the Aaron DeRoy Memorial Building. It includes a pool, gymnasium, home econom- ics unit, library, 40 club rooms, cafeteria and assembly hall. Membership fees are $20 for men, $15 for women, less for children. Health Club membership (men only ) is $60. /891 A short-lived Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) is started as an independent organization, meet- ing in a hous...…
…community organizations, expanding endowment oppor- tunities and attracting and maintaining highly qualified staff members. The Capital and Endowment Campaign, held in conjunction with the Jewish Federation/United Jewish Foundation Millennium Campaign, raises more than $30 million to reinvigorate the JCC as a "Jewish neighborhood." 1998 Thousands of athletes from the U.S. and abroad converge in Detroit as the JCC plays host to the JCC Maccab...…
…Children at the JPM Building discovered the fun of movement in this dance class taught by Harriet Berg in 1991. Edward and Shirley Rosenberg dedicated the recre- ation complex in the Kahn Building that bears their names in 1989. In this 1987 photo, new Americans in the JPM Building's Russian Acculturation Program, directed by Joanna Berger, center, learn about living in the U.S. and the English language. The Hannah Schloss Old Timers, JCC m...…
…In 1950, a group of mothers gathered at the Dexter Davison branch to make Hanukkah gifts for hospital- ized children. Early Jewish Book Fairs had sections of Yiddish books. The Mothers Club held cooking classes in 1935 at the JCC on Woodward Avenue and Holbrook Street. The JCC memorialized Henry Meyers, inset, president of the JCC from 1937 to 1941 and a past president of the Detroit Library Commission, with a new library at the Curtis and ...…
…, 04, Milton M. Alexander* 1925-1929 LJaktie to, Milford Stern* 1929-1931 fzetzeauea/A Nate S. Shapero* 1931-1933 Meyer L. Prentis* 1933-1934 Charles H. Rubiner* 1934-1937 Henry : L. Meyers* 1937-1941 Gertrude Glowgo we r * 1941-1944 Hymen C. Broder * 1944-1947 Samuel H. Rubiner* 1947-1949 Morris Garvett* 1949-1952 Harvey H. Goldman* 1952-1955 Jacob L. Keidan 1955-1958 Samuel Frankel 1958-1961 Charles H. Gershenson* 1961-1964 ...…
…N. Brewster Broder 1970-1973 Richard Kux 1973-1975 Hugh W. Greenberg 1975-1978 Joel Tauber 1978-1980 Thomas I. Klein 1980-1982 Charles G. Stone 1982-1984 Robert Slatkin 1984-1986 Sidney Freedland 1986-1988 Richard J. Maddin 1988-1990 Linda Lee 1990-1992 Irwin L. Elson 1992-1994 Douglas A. Bloom 1994-1996 COOleemei C 1, 1)verah. oe _Atedat- ei Samuel Levine 1928-1932 Louis Sobel 1935-1936* Herman Jacobs 1939-1949* Irwin Shaw 1951-1...…
…gi- e;fidei& alloAtt Lgtdialzi, z 9 a The Jewish Community Center and I have grown up together. The square red brick building on High Street known as the Hannah Schloss Building was only one block south of Division Street where I was born. It was the symbol of the Jewish community to all who lived in the Hastings Street area. That was where new arrivals from Europe would go to learn English, receive medical care, get help in finding employme...…
…tememit;z @fyioth .Yukz.-Sgonzolez 04e-zal g fiewlio.a4 o Sylvia Zukin figures she's hung around the JCC for 45 years pro- /noting health and fitness to members because it's a heirnish place to be. "It's my home away from home," she says. For Sylvia, it's more than just a home away from home. It's a place of hope and healing. The long-time Hydrotone and body aware- ness instructor and former Women's Health Club director began teaching at t...…
…,cog CD- izzoizz Q_-_) ) now-0 /fitzoixilaz of e /Wade CP L mkt / topamo What attracted him was "the staff, all the people working here. They're a lot like a family. I formed a lot of relationships and friendships here." The assistant building superintendent, Jon oversees security, room usage, mechanical repairs and ground maintenance and provides audio-visual and technical support. Irwin Shaw, right, former JCC executive director, welc...…
…• im cD ing ceremonies. Games participants visited Detroit landmarks, Bob-Lo Island and the Detroit Zoo. Vo/n yao- LCYr 1 011/10/1 O, Vom,oifio Kra4ace The Games came back to Detroit in 1990, when 2,300 athletes, accompanied by their coaches, competed for medals in a variety of sports. The JCC coordinated housing for the visitors and served as "command central" for the Gaines. More than 15,000 people packed the Palace of Auburn Hills for ...…
…V() o mmafille/, -)f kyyrouRcl a az nth la ,_171;zia/ among them Detroit Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Gordon Staples, Boston Symphony concertmaster Joseph Silverstein and violinists Annie and Ida Kavafian. His music students also have gone on to receive national and international acclaim, among them pianist David Syme; Paul Schonfield, who headed the composition department at the University of Toledo, and conductor Kurt Saffir. In i...…
…Members of the Institute for Retired Professionals gather in dis- cussion groups and for special events for the purpose of con- tinued learning. Formed in 1985, the IRP began with a core membership of 30 to more than 300 members involved in more than 25 groups. It is comprised of retired and semi-retired men and women. Some members offered reflections on their experi- ences at previous JCC locations: I have many fond memories from my involvem...…
…cy ollomew c alarim - otio rizaze eLKiniNg (6: lit/of/liar/ With their gift, the JCC will continue to provide activities for young and old, programs for a variety of interests and services for people of all abilities. In appreciation, the former Maple/Drake facility was renamed in honor of the Kahns in 1998. "For Betty and me, having our names on the JCC building and knowing that so many others have joined in the rebuilding and endowme...…
…LgeozWeid Sharon Hart V iaivizeza ol: di e W xecalthe eo,„„„ile, Lawrence A. Wolfe c_geaicienia Miriam Bergman Hannan Lis Ken Marblestone Terry J. Nosan 0/ L_/ Mad& tet Marc Kahn g ado za Gerald Wolberg @Wey-iiev al Irwin Alterman Bill Eisenberg Todd Sachse gi 2 o/ 07{1.( cloica Patti Aaron Cynthia Aks Sharon Alterman Jerome M. Ash* Doris Blechman Steve Block Mark Canvasser Mark Carney Manny Charach Richard Cherkasky Michael ...…
…Rabbi Eddie Feinstein kicked off the fourth annual Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment-SAJE. Pictured with him, are, from left: SAJE Co-Chairs Susie Citrin and Doris Blechman and JCC President Sharon Hart. Filmmaker Chuck Davis, center, was in Detroit in February to talk about his film, "Raising the Sparks," which was shown as a prelude to the Fourth Annual Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival. Pictured with him, are, from left: Dr. David Magi...…
…In succeeding years, the JCC would add a Jewish Book Fair, symphony orchestra, theater program, Hebrew and adult education classes, activities for people with special needs, teen gatherings, holiday programs, art gallery and experi- ences for families to spend quality time together. The JCC is a place where people of various beliefs and levels of obser- vance can feel comfortable to hold dialogues. It's a place where people can relax, socializ...…
…9 e 4101.101.4MPONIP , (e3 „,/,, 0 drop° dem devil The JCC was well represented on the Jewish Federation's Unity Mission in January 2001 by, from left: Executive Director David Sorkin and officers Hannan Lis, Sharon Hart and Terry Nosan. Past President Douglas Bloom, left, Norman Katz and Executive Director Dr. Morton Plotnick represented the JCC at the Jewish Federation's Days of Decision for the Annual Campaign in 1994. Attending the...…
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…/ Pillow, challah or matzah covers as well as tallit bags show traditional Ethiopian village scenes and illustrations of familiar Bible stories. All can be framed as wall art. Pictured, left to right, are "Welcome Home," pillow cover; "Miriam 6- the Dancers," pillow or matzah cover; "King David," pillow or challah cover or tallit bag. Bloomfield Jewish Community Center. The exhibit is open to the public at no charge, and photos will be avail...…
…" kt,1 Itv ri Reel Jewish 'One Of The no 3rwrood Ten' e art of cinema story- ing, according to British film editor John Richards, meets with successIvhen audiences are both entertained and instructed, *and Richards feels those quality measures are amply fulfilled in One of the Hollywood /t)7, the centerpiece of this year's Jewish Community Center Lenore 1Vlai-vvil Jewish Film. Festival. Richards did considerable research to understand th...…
…. (4,6' 07 MI/ Vite akac US. Rep. Barney Frank will discuss the upcoming documentary on his life. `Let's Get Prank' E arly in his life, Barney Frank, now the Jewish Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, used to worry more about being a Jew than being gay. He thought there was a "glass ceiling" against Jews that was blocking his advancement. Then he realized the glass ceiling was affect- ing him more as a homosexual. But the controver...…
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…• COLORVORKS HOME ACCENTS AND INTERIOR DESIGN The Show you been waiting for... ding revelation on the set of Immortal Beloved about five years ago. "I have decided to-direct," pro- nounced the actor, who has appeared in The Fugitive, Kafka and Ever After. The impetus was a book that changed his life. "Jeroen's mother had a tattoo on her arm, but she never spoke of her experiences in a concentration camp," Rossellini says. "Jeroen grew up P...…
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…Discover Unusual Hand-Crafted Works The Spin Doctors: Left to right, Aaron Comess, Chris Barron, Mark White and Eric Schenkman. April 19, MI 21, 2002 Novi Expo Center Novi, MI ••• 350 fine artists and craft designers I Craft demonstrations 1 Entertainment I Specialty foods I All indoors 1 Free parking Free shopping bags Get discount admission coupons at: your local Farmer Jack, on the web at www.SugarloafCrafts.com, 1E:3 or call 800-210-...…
…The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Institute for Retired Professionals presents On The Bookshelf Western Jazz Quartet `Be My Knife' a resident faculty ensemble in the School of Music, Western University Trent Kynaston, saxophone • Thomas Knific, bass Stephen Zegree, piano • Tim Froncek, druMs with Sunny Wilkinson, vocalist Israeli author David Grossman writes an intimate novel about two married, middle-aged adults who ...…
…You Don't Have To Go Downtown to Get the zi p! "I always observe people though their language. I think language is very per- sonal, intimate. It's always intriguing to see where the intimate touches the cliche, how easy it is to see how people adopt cliches, formulate inner lives on clichés from the media." He explains that what Yair and Miriam manage to do is go beyond describing their inner lives with exterior language, and begin employing...…
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…Meijer Broadway Series presents THE ODD COUPLE starring Barbara Eden & Rita McKenzie fell out of favor for several decades, L'Opera de Montreal, where he is artistic but is making a comeback due mainly director, and Opera Carolina. to its excellent musical score. Sumi Jo alternates in the title role with New Restaurat Aline Kutan, who starred in MOT's - MOT's spring season is sponsored by Anoush last fall. The British officer is General Mot...…
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