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…a — PI P UP ALL iHE STARS ARE SIX-POINTED AT HOCKEY TRYOUTS. DETROIT $1.00 /August 30, 1996 / 15 Elul 57 From the Statue of liberty to the athletic fields, Detroit teams scored high at Maccabi. …

…THE JEWISH NEWS UP FRONT This Week's Top Stories The First Bell, The First Sigh A Farmington Hills mother breathes a sigh of relief with the start of the school year. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER School Bond...004 Voters in the Walled Lake school district are being asked again to fund new schools and renovate existing ones. JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER\ E ach year, it comes right before the leaves burst into warm hues, and it promise...…

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…Seeking a spot. page 6 August 30, 1996 8 Detroit TELL ME WHY Tryouts With An Edge A Jewish connection to a fine show. 28 Jewish ice hockey players convene in Southfield in hopes of winning a spot on Maccabiah's Team USA. HEALTH Doctors fret as shot rate drops. 61 U n-Conventt onal ISRAEL Local Jewish delegates to the Democratic National Convention have high expectations. Two find a niche in newspapers. 71 TRAVEL Washington 39 ...…

…Mike Hartman talks to the players. Jewish ice hockey = players convene in Southfield with :4 i; hopes of winning a E- spot on Team USA. L1.1 PHIL JACOBS EDITOR ared Cohen of Oak Park can remember many times when an opponent would notice his last name on his hockey jersey and make an anti-Semitic remark. On a beautiful afternoon in Southfield, when fami- lies were checking out the swimming pool, baseball di- amonds and barbecues, Mr. Cohen ...…

…Left: Ira Schlussel, no. 2, chases the puck. Bottom: Billy Jaffe takes a short breather. then a series of three-on-three competitions. A small crowd gathered to watch the check- ing-style game. On Saturday, two players were injured with dislocated shoulders. Ira Schlussel, another player trying out, said the opportunity enabled him to com- bine three of his loves: Judaism, Israel and hockey. The West Bloomfield resident was skating on famili...…

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…tunities to help parents provide for children are priorities, but she also holds better access to edu- cation at the top of her agenda. She feels President Clinton is someone she can support in that area. "Our children are our fu- ture," said Mrs. Owen. "I think that's what President Clinton fo- cuses on." Mrs. Owen returned from the convention to ride the train with the president for a day. When she had an opportunity to talk to President Cli...…

…Jewish Life Moves In The Fast Lane. People Who Care JCC presents pamphlets and possibilities regarding taking care of an aging parent. Can You Spare A Few Minutes? BAILA LAZARUS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS nior Assessment Clinic at Sinai Hospital stressed the importance of a geriatric assessment of the medical, functional, psychologi- cal and social factors that influ- ney? The issues and choices sur- ence day-to-day living. The rounding c...…

…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Smart Money. Vol. CX No. 1 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Staff Writers Julie Edgar, Jennifer Finer, Jill Davidson Sklar Arts and Entertainment Editor Julie Yolles Contributing Editor Michael Davis, Howard Lai, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Correspondents...…

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…• • • ■ SCHOOL BOND page 3 LET US PARK YOUR CAR, TAKE YOUR COAT, ARRANGE TO HAVE YOUR PACKAGES GIFT-WRAPPED, GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE, AND THEN LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT. 60mEksq M4n2f1AU4LFAIN_IFIIESI said attorney Dan Tukel, a mem- Walled Lake Consolidated School ber of the Citizens for Walled District approved the sale of Lake Schools Committee and bonds for new construction was head of Timber's Edge Subdivi- in 1989, and in 1...…

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…■ ■ ■ • SCHOOL BOND page 15 t : they've moved out," Ms. Katz said. Lath Sussman, a realtor with Cranbrook Realtors, has en- countered the same attitude among home buyers. And like Ms. Katz, she believes people have misconceptions about Walled Lake's schools. "I tell people to visit a school, ask for SAT scores, their averages, that sort of thing. Most of the families have a preconceived idea of the schools, so it's real hard to convince th...…

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…Is Freckles Home And We Are Well ERICA MEYER RAUZIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS S everal children in our neighborhood think of us only as Freckles' family. Three-year-old Isaac, next door, refers to me as Freckles' Mommy, my daughters as Freckles' sisters and my son as Freckles' brother. He makes it clear: In his eyes, the cocker spaniel is the critical resident of our house. We're lucky she lets us live here. Freckles is an older dog, ex- c...…

…41P. OF CauRSE JEWS ARE POBLIc GommITTED JEWist4 EDUcATtON WE'VE asr A PROBLEM WIC MOST of CUR KIDS DOT GET ANY TTe 1 11 Sense From A Dizzying Summer Summer 1996 has concluded in a series of whirl- wind and historic events with each increment per- haps more dramatic than the previous one. We did not need to venture far on vacation to escape. We just clicked on our television sets. There, before our eyes, we watched corporate America's sh...…

…Community Views The People Spoke In Unmistakable Words Teen Athletes Fail To See Adult Concern MELVIN J. HOLLOWELL JR. SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR Now that the na church, a powerhouse insti- smoke has cleared tution in city politics, people saw from the primary Ms. Kilpatrick as a credible al- election in early ternative to the incumbent. Furthermore, reports con- '1 August, I think it's fair to say that cernin...…

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…B'nai Moshe Learning Minyan Congregation B'nai Moshe will hold a two-part High Holiday Learning Minyan for interested adult learners on the next two Shabbat mornings, Aug. 31 and Sept. 7. The sessions will run from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 am. and will feature interactive discus- sion led by Len Wanetik, author of the book Sedrah Study for Everybody. There is no charge, and no reservations are required. THE MICHIGAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE ...…

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…Congregation Shaarey Zedek invites you to attend an evening of SELICHOT with MR. DANNY SIEGEL brilliant humorist, poet author, lecturer and Mitzvah Maven Traditional Selichot Service at 11:30 p.m. conducted by Rabbi Irwin Groner, Leonardo Bitran and Moshe Tutnauer chanted by Cantor Chaim Najman and the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue Choir directed by Mr. Eugene Zweig NO CHARGE • COMMUNITY INVITED • REFRESHMENTS THE BETH ACHIM RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ...…

…into my current mess, if I really could return to yesterday, then I am on the right path to improv- ing my lot. Looking backward also means turning to the history of a people and community. Ours is not the first generation to face physical suffering, destruction, immoral- ity and other ills of society. Our holy books and history books pro- vide us with guidance. Closing my eyes and wishing it were tomorrow will not cause my problems to disappe...…

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…The Clinton camp struggles to control the political fallout from the welfare reform package. JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Damage Control O O CC President Clinton's latest decision is creating tension. 1111 he mood was studiously amicable at this week's Democratic National Con- vention in Chicago, but there were strong ripples of tension just beneath the surface — many caused by President Clin- ton's controversial decision ...…

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…Brand New 1996 Sedan DeVille Inventory Reduction: LEADER page 48 "This organization is doing things in a very unique way," said Imad Younis, founder of the Arab sector's only high-tech company, Alpha Omega Engineering, who received financial assistance from the center to hire an economic ad- viser back in 1993. "They are doing things so that the Arabs will need the Jews and the Jews will need the Arabs eco- nomically, and Sarah has dedi- cat...…