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…Cover Story BUILDING COMPASSION Rabbi David Nelson comforts Ida Waksberg of West Bloomfield at Beaumont Hospital. …
…Eight local rabbis learn, grow and bond through Michigan's pilot pastoral care program. and loss," says Rabbi Kestenbaum, who directs the Department of Pastoral Care and Education at Beth Editorial Assistant Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. His program in Detroit includes 400 hours of he rabbi hopes he's not too late. He wants training and education for one unit of CPE credit. to see Sonia Firestone, 94, at least one Certification takes fo...…
…Cover Story cuss their work; all emphasized they don't hesitate to call on each other professionally. "It's most beautiful," says Orthodox Rabbi Klainberg. "It's liberating," adds Rabbi Schwartz. In The Beginning Before taking this course, the rabbis described doing hospice work by instinct and "by the seat of our pants." Conservative Rabbi Michaels, a chaplain for 20 years, puts it more diplomatically. "We all came into this training cours...…
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…RINKE CADILLAC 'The Fusion of Design and Technology" How Can We Help? c ome at the May 2 meeting are tinvolved in fund-raising, tutoring and mentoring students, both in Detroit and in other pub- lic school districts. Phyllis Jarvis is project coordi- nator for the Detroit Coalition for Literacy, which coordinates volunteer tutors for children in kindergarten through third grade. She quoted figures from the National Assessment of Educational...…
…Changes At The Top Robert Aronson's new part-time position with philanthropist William Davidson shuffles Federation leadership. HARRY KIRSBAUM StairWriter Jr ewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Chief Executive Officer Robert Aronson is taking another job. He's not leaving his position with Federation, but, in a growing trend amona b federation executives national- ly, will make time to lend his talents to other endeavors. Aronson,...…
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…Names Remembered Database of statewide Jewish burial sites goes online. recorded names, looked through old records and entered the information into a database. In 1993, Federation officially creat- fter almost a decade of ed the cemetery index project, under work, a database of Jews Brandwine's leadership. Three years who were buried in the later, U.S. District Court Senior Detroit area from the 1850s Judge Avern Cohn created a fund in throu...…
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…Arc. 44' 7+F' Washington Watch Once there was nothing .. And now, there is somethin special. Join us as we celebrate the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit's first year. Special Guest Speaker Bruce J. Powell, Ph.D. An instrumental force in founding college preparatory high schools. Tuesday, May 15, 2001 7:30 p.m. Marion and David Handleman Hall, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building of the Jewish Community Center on the Eugene and Marc...…
…FOUNDING AMERICA'S SOCIAL SYSTEMS shift more resources to the military side of the budget, making the extra aid even more important. Pro-Israel leaders are hoping to tuck the extra aid into a supplemental mili- tary appropriation for U.S. forces; that measure is likely to get strong biparti- san support in Congress. But they also worry: if the adminis- tration waits too long to move on sup- plemental aid, the measure could get caught up in bu...…
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…Featuring: Ballet Master and Choreographer Oakland Community College presents Iacob Lascu A Spring A Family Affair Mr. Lascu is highly respected in the Metropolitan area for his work on the Nutcracker Suite with the Detroit Symphony. He is lead dancer, ballet master_ and choreographer of the Romanian National Ensemble "Ciocilia" and the Rapsodia Romina. He was also a ballet master and assistant choreographer for the Romanian Opera. Ball...…
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…Itching To Escalate Smuggled arms seizure pushes Arafat, Sharon further apart. men. But Israel is working on the assumption that the Palestinians — either Arafat's myriad security services or radicals like Hamas and Islamic Jihad — are now capable of escalating the con- flict. How, then, would Israel respond? "More of the same," predicts Ron Ben-Ishai, Yediot Acharonot's military analyst. Defying international criticism, he suggested, the ar...…
…Unwelcome Linkage Israel cautious on US. report, rejects call for settlement eeze. report said the Palestinian leadership should crack down on terrorism if peace talks are to resume. Jerusalem Sharon said the recommendations sraeli officials are giving a mixed by the Mitchell Commission fly in the response to the findings of a U.S.- face of previously signed Israeli- led commission probing the caus- Palestinian accords, which do not state es...…
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…News Digest Judaic Enrichment Early Education Project 44;\41‘\* 1 16 A project of Federation's Hermelirt/Davidson Center for Congregation Excellence and the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, Jewish Theological Seminary invites you to an Evening of Learning THE ROAD IS MADE BY WALKING Educating Jews and Christians to and for a new relationship , S: ,..''',F ■ ..,„ \ A Unique Event for Parents of Preschool Children...…
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…Jewish Life in Germany: Re-Establishing Trust New York City ermany has undergone a transformation. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall over 11 years ago, it has grown together as a na-i on again. Now that its full sovereignty has been restored, Germany has become a member of the international commu- nity, which is prepared to assume international responsibility. One visi- ble expression of the changes that have occurred in Germany is the move o...…
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…Let Music RI Detroit Library Friends present classical and jazz favorites. Auditorium. "We are looking to restore luster to this beautiful institution," says Philip Handleman of Birmingham, president of the Friends group. Pianist Dr. Bonnie Lynn Sherr of Bloomfield Township, one of seven Jewish performers in the concert, organized the event. Sherr, who has a fam- ily practice in Warren, says the physicians are a varied group. Many have exten...…
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…Middle East Melody Israel musical ensemble enchants Detroit students. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer El Darma's musical tour included Israeli, Middle Eastern and Balkan music, along with improvisation and contemporary styles. Sponsoring Sela and his ensemble was the Mid East/West Festival, under the direction of Sylvia Kaufman of Muskegon. Local sponsors of the festi- val include Bank One and the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Det...…
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