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…DETROIT • JEWISH MEWS Conten A 2001 winner of American Jewish Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists awards www.detroitjewishnews.com JULY 13, 2001 TAMMUZ 22. 5761 VOL. CXIX, NO. 22 ommunity This Weep 29 Soul On Fire 14 Slight Increase Federation allocations announced; overseas agencies share costs. 16 To Play ... Or Not? Area athletes forced into security asssessments on Maccabiah. Livonia Firefighter of Year...…

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…411.11011100100101101.1111MONSIONWSW. EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK LETTERS Letters are posted and archived on JN Online: wvv-vv.cletroitjewishnews.corn Making A Heartfelt Connection J ews in the diaspora should visit Israel. But we should make the sojourn on our terms. Our motivation should be a sense of connection to the Jewish homeland, not merely a sense of obligation. A visit loses its luster if you don't really know why you are going. Current...…

…LETTERS LETTERS from page 5 Directions," June 29, page 14): 1) There is no question that to fulfill its mission, the Holocaust Memorial Center must have more space. 2) Let there be no mistake, the Holocaust Memorial Center would have clearly preferred to expand on the Jewish Community Campus. In fact, the multiple proposals by the H.MC over the years to the Jewish Federation leadership to come to an amicable solution have been regularly thw...…

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…Every once in awhile, a special person touches our lives. Irwin Alterman is one of those people! In April of 2001, Tom Izzo, Basketball Coach for Michigan State University, autographed one of the Food Bank of Oakland County's t-shirts for their Annual Golf Classic held each spring. He wrote, "Go State! Tom Izzo." With several months to go, the food bank's Executive Director took the shirt back to the food bank for safekeeping. One of the em...…

…Creators of the Schostak Family Akiva embers of the Schostak fami- But the Schostaks wanted to do more. tion of his 13 grandchildren at either ly have already shown their Recently they set up another fund, this Hillel or Akiva. It really matters to him strong commitment to one to give a boost to the high school and the rest of his family that our Jewish education by creating The program at Akiva Hebrew Day School community's day sc...…

…For Openers Healing With Soapsuds T hirteen ninth-graders from the Congregation Shaarey Zedek Religious School's Shaye Scholar program found a way to turn a classroom exercise into an lesson on life. As part of the semester's curriculum on Kabbalah (Jewish spirituality), their teacher Hadas Bernard included a section on tikkun olam (repairing the world), and sought to take the lesson out into the real world. "At the end of the session," she...…

…This Week For Openers Henry Kleid and Larry Weiner, both of Oak Park, carry the Young Israel of Oak Park parade banner. Position Available T On School Board he West Bloomfield School District is seeking applicants for a vacant seat on its seven-member school board. The vacancy was created when the board received a letter of resignation from Trustee Donna Manley-Essenfeld, who is moving from the West Bloomfield School District. Among the ...…

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…This Week t sif Increase Annual Federation campaign allocations announced; overseas agencies share administrative costs. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer I t was a steady year. During the board of governors meeting June 19, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit approved the budget developed by its staff for spending the pledges made during the 2001 Annual Campaign. The recommendations were based on a pro- jected 2001 Campaign achievem...…

…Andrew Echt Women To Women Jewish Women's Foundation awards first grants to programs that address women's issues. Building A Future Education fund targets $20 million for this year; long-term goal is $75-$100 million. phase," Echt said. "But the prepara- DIANA LIEBERMAN tory work is as important as active Staff Writer solicitation. There's a good deal of interest in the community for this new Jewish Education project." Trust for Detroit-a...…

…This Week ALAN ABRAMS Special to the Jewish News A lthough their reasons differ widely, two well-known Detroit Jewish amateur ath- letes will not be going to Israel next week to participate in the 16th Maccabiah. But three area athletes will compete, joining some 360 members of the American delegation. Originally, 600 U.S. players were slated to attend, but that was before the American delega- tion cancelled its participation and then rever...…

…Athletes Prep For Games Jerusalem/17A A t least one g armed guard is being assigned to each busload of ath- letes, and there will be more than 60 ) police officers and soldiers at the opening ceremony on Monday, July 16, at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium. There is also a 24-hour hotline for athletes to call with any problems or questions. "This is a group of special kids," said Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel director Bob Spivak. "'The fact is, th...…

…Washington Watch Bush As Babys itter? Taking the Middle East peace process to a lower level. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent T tr; g.,44 7/13 2001 18 he Bush administration, frustrated after Secretary of State Colin Powell's less- than-successful Mideast foray, is retreating into a policy of diplomatic baby sitting -as the U.S.- brokered, Israeli-Palestinian cease fire teeters on the brink of complete col- lapse. This week, ...…

…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs Got Dot? Jewish.com Web site joins the JN family. DAVID SACHS Copy Editor T he informational hub of worldwide Jewry has just shifted a little bit closer to Detroit. Jewish.com , a premier Jewish rally- ing point on the World Wide Web, is leaving its San Francisco home base to set up shop side-by-side with the Detroit Jewish. News. Jewish Renaissance Media (JRM), publisher of the Southfield-based Jewish News, ...…

…This Week Wiesenthal Center plans for a costly Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem vexes small, older museum. over T01 Israeli women soldiers stand outside the Museum on the Seam for Dialogue, Tolerance and derstanding in Jerusalem. SHOSHANA LONDON SAPPIR Jewish Renaissance Media T orn as it is by any number of political, religious and cultural conflicts, Jerusalem would seem a pretty good place for an institution whose goal is to convey th...…

…women in the array use a nzulti- media room on an educational tour in the Museum cm t14:4;\ 010 izg 2.77 Tokrznce and E elm Separation Israeli "agricultural" fences may ease some border tensions. GIL SEDAN. ewish Telegraphic Agency erusalem Tolerance, and the one planned for Jerusalem. Museum on the Seam director Danny Shalem is fuming. "For there to be such an institution whose contents overlap both with our mission and with Yad Vashem's...…

…I'M A 444 VW EYEING SEPARATION from page 21 • s • N Yitzhak Rabin. Much to his surprise, Rabin welcomed the ideas, but was mur- dered before the plan could be funded. Rabin's successor, Shimon Peres, objected to the plan because of his belief in a "New Middle East" of Israeli- Palestinian cooperation across borders. The separation idea was put on hold, only to be revived by Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the end of his tenure. is pleased t...…

…T is Week #16 .•*.7.0.g#44 12,., News Digest Free banking instead of fee banking? You've never seen a bank like this! At Paramount Bank we refuse to nickel and dime our busi- ness customers for things like deposit slips, deposit items or "teller transactions." Temple Mount Probe Urged Nor do we charge them for printing checks, wiring money within the U.S., or for just being our customer that month. Washington/JTA — A U.S. congress- man...…

…DETROIT CHAPTER AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY PRESENTS c‘Have A Heart PROFESSOR MICKEY AVIRAM Director of the Lipid Research Laboratory- Technion Rambam Medical Center Recipient of the Pasteur International Prize and the Pfizer Lecturer Award Techniques for Cholesterol Reduction DESSERT RECEPTION Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:00 pm Tam O'Shanter Country Club West Bloomfield NMI Do Your Heart Good ELI SHERR ATS Detroit Chapter VP, Planned Givin...…

…"Great work Gittleman" NEWS DIGEST from page 23 a Schindler Papers "Belong In Israel" Circumcision Error Punished Bonn/JTA — Oskar Schindler's widow reiterated that a suitcase full of the Righteous Gentile's documents, including a list of some 1,200 Jewish prisoners he saved, should be moved from Israel to Germany. Emilie Schindler, who emigrated from Germany to Argentina after World War II, made her comments at Germany's main history mus...…

…This Week Insight Eye On The World Jewish Braille Institute enriches learning for the visually impaired. tute is mounting major outreach pro- grams across the country. Special to the Jewish News The institute "has opened up a whole new world for me," says Evelyn hen Barry Wiener turned Liefer, 80, who gradually lost her sight 13, he wanted to have a from macular degeneration. bar mitzvah. Blind since "Unlike other libraries, where there bi...…

…0 'Won Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.d.etroitjewishnews.com Dry Bones UN conscionable, UNjust not undermine credibility for U.N. rri-f6 u.K). he Jewish world really didn't need anoth- troops around the world. why the United of er demonstration SASS SAT The months in which the U.N. officials Nations cannot be a fair and trustworthy insisted no tape existed suggest that the organization for promoting peace in the orga...…

…OTHER VIEWS COMMUNITY VIEWS from page 27 Arafat Hijacks U.N. Washington Geneva starting July 30, one month asser Arafat, who flew onto before Durban convenes. the world scene with some Israel is the only country singled out dramatic hijackings several for criticism in the draft, which decades back, is planning a revives the discredited old shibboleth spectacular sequel with the help of equating Zionism with racism. some of his friends. The ...…

…INSIDE: Community Calendar 42 Mazel Toy! 44 0,4$ 9.5WW Livonia Firefighter of the Year Jerry Eizen puts his Jewish ideals into practice on the job. **41g#,:ge0440, 'WeAtt • • 4 RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News BE any boys grow up dreaming of becoming firefighters, but few Jewish men turn this dream into a reality. For Jerry Eizen, it's a way of putting the Jewish concept of pikuach nefesh, to save a life, into practice on ...…

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…Community_ YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO OUR COMPLIMENTARY: • Hzstorians Hold Luncheon The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan held its annual luncheon at Temple Beth El. Pictured are Robert D. Kaplow, co-chair; Joan Braun, pres- ident; Maud Lyon, executive director of Detroit 300 Inc; Professor Sidney M. Bolkosky, recipient of the 2001 Leonard N. Simons History Award; Judith Levin Cantor, past president, past Simons Award recipient and au...…

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…Imagine what the neighbors will say.... Melton School Returns To Area The Florence Melton Adult Mini- School, a project of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will return to metro Detroit in October 2001. The mini-school is designed for students of all ages and from a vari- ety of backgrounds, modes of per- sonal observance and religious phi- losophy. It is a two-year program committed to promoting Jewish lit- eracy through the sequential, s...…

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…Here's To • • Stephen Goutman of West Bloomfield has been awarded the Student Excellence Award for lead- ership and Service, awarded annu- ally to undergraduates who have made outstanding contributions to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Md. He is majoring in neuroscience. He is the son of Ida and Lou Goutman of West Bloomfield. Gene M. Schramm of Southfield has been named by the regents of the University of Michigan as pro- fessor eme...…

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…MEDICAL NEWS BREAKTHROUGH tor, will present information and answer questions of those wishing to explore domestic and international adoption. Jewish Family Service Center for Families, 6960 Orchard Lake Road, #202, West Bloomfield. SUPPORT Recovery, Inc. — Mondays, 1 p.m., Congregation Beth Shalom, Oak Park; Thursdays, 10 a.m., Prince of Peace Church, West Bloomfield Community self-help group gives training in methods to cope with panics, an...…

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…Mazel Toy! Engagements EMMER-VIDERGAR L r yle and Marlene Vidergar of Commerce Township are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Kim Marie to Jeffrey Howard, son of Robert and Janis Emmer of Farmington Hills. Kim received her bache- lor's degree in marketing management from Northwood University and is employed as an account supervisor at McCann- Erickson in Chicago. Jeffrey received his bache- lor's degree in economics at ...…

…THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE WE? RADNER-KLEIN M ichael and Mayna Klein of Boca Raton, Fla., are pleased to annu. nce the engagement of their daughter b b b Rachel Ann to Ronald James, son of Barbara and Robert. Radner of West Bloomfield. Rachel earned bachelor degrees from University of Florida in Gainesville and Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton campus. She is a program organize...…

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…SINGLES EXTENSION GROUP of TEMPL Invites Jewish Singles 50 and over to Sunday, July 22nd, 4:00 P.M. to dusk HERITAGE PARK PAVILION Farmington Rd., South of 11 Mile Rd. Entertainment and Catered Dinner Cost: $15.00 members • $18.00 non-members Information: Doris Lipson (248)538-7799 or Thomas Nessel (248)968-7489 4 Paid advance reservations only by July 15th. UPCOMING EVENT DUCHAN 60TH M ilton and Marian Duchan of Oak Park are celebr...…

…Community Cover Story/Spirituality Music, dancing and informality invigorate the Shabbat synagogue experience. Rabbi Daniel Nevins plays the drums at a Shabbat Rocks service at Adat Shalom Synagogue. RONELLE GRIER T Richard Sweet of Oak Park places the Shabbat candles near the outdoor tree ark at Congregation Shir Tikvah. Y 7/13 2001 52 he basket of tie-dyed yarmulkes at the entrance to the sanctuary is one of the first clues that t...…