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…/ visit our warehouse showroom! Washington Watch /- ZOA Blasted On Jordan Aid JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent T he Zionist Organization of America, known for its rapid-fire, aggressive style of political action, has been rebuked by the leading pro-Israel lobby group for turning its sights on Jordan. ZOA recently engaged in a "gratu- itous attack on Jordan's eligibility for U.S. assistance," according to Lonnie / Kaplan, presid...…

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…Cash In Hand H ARRY KIRS B AU M StaffWriter T here was good news last week for Holocaust sur- vivors in the United States, better news for survivors in Russia, and the best news if you hap- pened to be a bureaucrat. In three separate stories last week, Russian survivors received tax-exempt settlement money from a Swiss fund; legislation to make settlement pay- ments for U.S. survivors tax-exempt took another step forward; and a bureaucrati...…

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…Save on your favorite collectibles First Time ever Sizzling Summer Sale Come in ... Cool down at Veena's with Cool savings /-2 Burg's ability to combine his own Orthodoxy with an outspoken com- mitment to religious pluralism further strengthened his standing in commu- nities abroad — and within his own party at home. During the lean months of 1998, when Barak looked to be helplessly trailing former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Burg cam...…

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…Insight t:qt: 40:a JULIE WEINER Jewish Telegraphic Agency T emple Shalom in Wheeling, W.Va., was offering $80,000 and various perks to its next spiritual leader, but the 110-family Reform congrega- tion searched for almost two years before finding the rabbi of its dreams. And some 52 Reform temples, 35 Conservative synagogues and 15 Orthodox congregations are still looking. Some say it's the high demands of the job that is keeping rabbis...…

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…JNEditorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn The Soul Of Who We Are Jr ewish education has a bright future locally, thanks to the Jewish Federation of Metro- politan Detroit's vigor in taking aim at the effects of assimila- tion. Exactly a year ago, Federation unveiled its new arm for educational planning and evalua- tion, the Alliance for Jewish Education, and new repos...…

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…COMIIIIIITY VIEWS A Fond Goodbye promote Detroit — and American alk about plum assign- Jewry — to Israel. And so I will. As ments. an educator of school administrators When I arrived here as and future teachers, I will have a shlicha (Israel emissary) wealth of experiences and new ideas with the Michigan/Israel Connection to share about the need for two years ago, I was told that partnership. As peace Detroit was a great commu- comes to Isra...…

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…POINT COUNTERPOINT What Might Have Been Distinguished Service deal as a major concession by the sraeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Orthodox leadership. It is nothing of the is to be congratulated for his vig- sort. What is being proposed is a dis- orous pursuit of peace. Peace with criminatory law granting special legal security is Israel's first priority, and status to a defined group of people, it is understandable that Barak assem- while ...…

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…POINT/ COUNTERPOINT CONTINUED FROM PAGE RABBI YOFFIE <ED Oldsmobile. 0 0 M 000000- 1999 ALERO GX 29 .180 that Torah is a refuge of the scoundrel, exploited by self-serving elites for narrow political purposes. If the Barak government passes into law the permanent exemption that it has promised, cynicism will grow and . Jewish religious tradition will be further discredited in the eyes of Israel's popu- lace. All those who see Torah as th...…

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…%Wf4,4 • "0:,!,,,,;15500,•** 43.4*,,, 6W*M0W.;:;•` 4, • ,A Time To Share Camp offers grief therapy, healing and togetherness. participating later this month. At Oakland University in Editorial Assistant Rochesrer, Silver is completing her bachelor's degree in human nding a name for one resource development, with a spe- vho gives of her time self- cialization in human services. She lessly in so many ways was said the camp has motivated her...…

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…AA, ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor 3 /-- 111 ewish National•Fund is going through evolu- tionary times in Detroit nationally and in Israel. The agency that controls the land that bubbie and zayde bought in Israel via JNF blue boxes since the turn of the cen- tury is now looking at a change in mission. "During our first 50 years, we bought the land," said Russell Robinson, JNF executive vice president, during a visit to Detroit last week. "Du...…

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…Gad-Hai f 'Earns Professional Honors David Gad-Harf, executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, will receive the 12th annual Berman Award for Outstanding Professional Service. Created by Mandell and Madeleine Berman, the award goes to a Jewish. communal professional employed by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit or one of its con- David Gad-flaif stituent agencies. The award is intend- ed to promote...…

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…• Are you battling with your child over food? • Is your child sneaking food? • Is your child gaining too much weight? professional staff of The tenter for Childhood Weight Management help you and your child. • Do weight problems run in your family? CCWM Center for Childhood Weight Management Everybody Into The Pool Katz family dedicates outdoor swimming and deck area at JCC. SHELLI DORFMAN Editorial Assistant For more information ab...…

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…v‘/ THE 1)JG The Retirement Community That 9-fas It Mt — ZOA Names Balfour Chairs /- \ . /- /- The 66th annual Balfour Celebration Concert of the Zionist Organization of America will be held 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at Orchestra Hall. Joseph F. Savin, a ZOA vice president and community leader, has been Joseph Savin named chairman of the concert and cam- paign committee. Anne Gonte Silver, a former ZOA presi- dent, will serve as honora...…

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…Here's tem. Andrea Rosner Najer, assistant executive director of Jewish Apartments and Services, has been selected to participate in the annual Sherman Seminar for Emerging Professionals at Brandeis University in July. Real luxury is within reach. Save 30% on a fabulous selection of mink jackets, strollers and coats in a Three Detroit-area residents were among the members of the class of 1999 receiving degrees at Yeshiva University in Ne...…

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….. • War Hero Gives Talk /-" The American Friends of Arutz- Sheva is hosting a parlor meeting on behalf of Israel's only nationwide traditional Zionist radio station 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Bloomfield Hills home of supporters Janet and Arnold Aronoff. In attendance will be one of the radio sta- tion's founders, Yaakov "Katzele Katz, who will explain the problems faced by Arutz- Sheva Israel National Radio. A war hero, Katz was an ...…

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…Families... Calendar Calendar Listings are updated regularly on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn SHABBAT SHALOM ! B'NAI DAVID FAMILY SHABBAT Traditional Shabbat dinner Friday, Aug. 13 at 6:45 follows 6 p.m. service conducted by cantor Ben-Zion Lanxner. Charge. Non- members invited. RSVP: (248) 855-5007. CLUBS / AFFILIA'rES Ida Kogan CONG. BEIT KODESH BRUNCH Includes concert by Cantor David Gutman and Ida Kogan noon Sunday, Aug. 8....…

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…Mazel Toy! rag wilourne Max and Alex kept their par- ents and the doctors busy. The Winkelman twins took some di cult turns on their way to "happily ever after" The four Winkelmans CARI WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News T he ultrasound technician turned to an ecstatic Larry and Julie Winkelman and said, "You've hit the jack- pot!": two tiny heart beats. A miracle, these West Bloomfield residents figured, since twins were not in either ...…

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…Friendship Is The Gift G ives Forever. Maze! Toy! Births This week's friends are Liz Ceresnic & Special Friend Aislin Wendrow Finding a true friend is the greatest treasure. True friendship never wears out. It won't fade away or become tiresome. But for special- needs children, true friend- ship can be hard to find. The Friendship Circle brings together children who need friends, and teens who want to be friends. But we need drivers to - g...…

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…28857 OR June 25 David Feber and Susan Langnas Feber are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Max Benjamin (Shai Benyamin). Sharing in their joy are proud grandparents Dan and Lorraine Feber of Huntington Woods and Joseph and Frieda Langnas of Southfield; and great- grandfather Harry Zalc of Miami, Fla. Max is named in loving memo- ry of his paternal great-grandmother Jean Silverman and maternal great- grandmother Sara Zalc. June 12 M...…

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…Weddings /- Cohen-Williams Kimberly Williams Williams and Eric Cohen were recently married at Camp Tanuga in Kalkaska. Beatrex Quntanna of California officiated along with George Arenivar of Missouri. The bride is the daughter of Sharon Williams. The groom is the son of Maurice and Margo Cohen. The ceremony took place outdoors around a Native American medicine wheel. Samara (Sammie) Johnson, great-granddaughter of band leader Sammy Woolf, ...…

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…eadroot WHERE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE! Volunteers Hazel Schloner, Bea Borak and Shirley Gilbert fold clothes at the Bnai David rummage sale, a sisterhood fund-ra iser, on July 19. CONSERVATIVE AHAVAS ISRAEL (GRAND RAPIDS) 2727 Michigan St. SE, Grand Rapids, 49506-1297, (616) 949-2840. Rabbi: David J.B. Krishef. Cantor: Stuart R. Rapaport. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30 a.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a...…

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…Synagogues Just the Ri9ht Size! ISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE 1457 Griswold, Detroit, 48226, (313) 961- 9328. Rabbi: Noah Gamze. Cantor Israel Idelsohn. Services: Saturday 8:30 a.m. SHAAREY ZEDEK 27375 Bell Road, Southfield, 48037- 2056, (248) 357-5544. Rabbis: Irwin Groner, Stephen Weiss, Joseph Krakoff. Cantors: Chaim Najman, Ralph Goren. Cantor emeritus: Sidney Rube. Services: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:30 a.m.; Monday and Thursday ...…

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…Congregation Beth Shalom Sample our Shabbat .. . Take Home a Year's Free Membership \ /— `Th /— 48237, (248) 543-6611. Services: Friday at sundown; Saturday 10 a.m.; weekdays 7 a.m., 8 a.m., sundown; Sunday 7 a.m., 8 a.m. OHEL MOED - SHOMREY EMUNAH 6191 Farmington Road, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 737-2756; 737-2626; 557-2580. Rabbi: Eli Jundef. Services: Friday 7:40 p.m.; Saturday 9:15 a.m., 8:25 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m., Thursday 7 a.m. W...…

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…Synagogues Paul Fischer. Services: weekdays 6:55 a.m., 7 p.m.; Friday 7:10 p.m., 8:40 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 8:20 p.m. Aufruf of Jeffrey Schlussel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schlussel. • D • E GARFIELD & MARKS Trunk Show '99 All new fabrics, suiting, jackets, skirts, trousers and sweaters. Representative Mike Stevison in store. • 6111 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, 48322, (248) 851-1356. President: Richard Luger; vice president: Dr. Wi...…

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…Congregational leaders conduct services throughout the year. TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL 801 West Michigan Ave., Jackson 49202; (517) 784-3862. Rabbi: Alan Ponn. President: Denni Glick. Services: Friday 7:3Q p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. the first Saturday of the month. TEMPLE EMANU-EL At Sunrise Assisted Living you'll find compassion, companionship and expert care for seniors. 14450 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 967-4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein...…

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…L Rig-ht: A'fichaelyn Silverman of Temple Emanu-El helps Elana Price, 5, with a preschool project. Detroit's National Role 4* Education leader says programs here can lead the way to bolstering Jewish identity. ROBERT A. SKLAR Editor etroit can provide a model road map for life- long Jewish learning, the key to sustained Jewish identity into the next century, says a local visionary for Jewish education. "I envision us being the national l...…

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…In Jewish Education THE KROGER CO. OF MICHIGAN CELEBRATES EDUCATION IN THE METRO-DETROIT JEWISH COMMUNITY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED JEWISH SCHOLAR The Jewish Theological Seminary, established in New York in 1887, was created as an offering of a modern but DEVItOIT JEW'S!' NEWS Your Voice Counts Too The essence of Jewish learning is the shar- ing of ideas. The contributors to Voices In _ Jewish Education have made a special effort r...…

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…The Way, We Learn Swimming It takes determination to rethink the needs of Jewish education. HARLENE APPELMAN Special to the Jewish News involvement. The decision to embark upon a search for more Jewish learning and n a recent- provocative and involvement may come important study. Stanford about for reasons beyond the University researcher control of educators and Arnold M. Eisen notes that communal leaders; but once in the face of our-so...…

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…nil A SOMEONE In Jewish Education One of you is Jewish, the other is not. Together, the two of you created a beautiful child. Now he's of an age to begin religious education and you've got a decision to make. Listen to what some adult children of inter- marriage say: •"I'm half and half and on the fringes of things." •"It's not like being Republican or Democrat. Every day, something aris- es that reminds me that I'm split". Let you...…

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…v W ay We Learn Education Is Universal Adults must grow spiritually and educationa4 RABBI AVROHOM FISHMAN Special to the Jewish News "We must ahvays remember thai the true accomplishments of a school and its teachers are measured before G-(1 and in the eyes of any thoughtful observer by what they have been able to do for less gified students.'' in developing and using cognitive strategies; others may have written or oral language diffi...…

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…In Jewish Education NATIONAL ROLE from page 59 "We need to inspire more teenagers to study beyond their bar and bat mitzvah so that they have a better understanding of what it means to be Jewish before they ever get to college," Naftaly said. The range is broad, he said, because " we need to have many entry and rein- forcement points along the way. There ), are no silver bullets. The "family" represents the founda- • tion for the national m...…

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…vva li,c he We Learn lennium campaign. Whether to send a child to a day or congregational school should be based on desire, not finances, Naftaly said. "My sense is that \ve should be doing more to assure a Jewish education is there for every child." . Which is why Federation has upped its ante to congregational schools by $390,000 to $500,000 and has kicked in an additional $550,000 to upgrade classroom computers in all congrega- tional an...…

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…At 's Cookitig? * Congregation B inaT Davtd F n sdistatis School *or Plemb ei Ni sw# 4 41 For ikeost o tiovi for Septe mb er 99% ak e A Challenge To Parents "We must be models of our own teachings." GARY A. FABER AND SANDRA L. FABER Special to the Jewish News (–\ e are quite good at For more information call 248-855-5007 er a Pontiac ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM'S OUTSTANDING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NEW EDUCATION ...…

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…temp& The Way, 7.44-el to ptaad a/ eve fa-ct f4 -t4.1-e We Learn .3-te a•ez ta ewe 6e444d4c4.1 civildtzpv, caqi4444. tke 11 ar4d c4.1tem,a-te, 9-tox,d,“-ode- role models that children choose for themselves are often outside of the 4amily boundaries; they may be unhealthy or inappropriate choices. Children need to establish meaningful relationships with adults they know, which could mean parents, teachers, neighbors and/or caregive...…

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…The Way, We -\\ In Jewish Education Learn If I Ran Hillel Teach the "how to's," promote hands-on, involve parents. SHERI DEVRIES Special to the Jewish News A s- a frequent volunteer at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, I have been able to achieve a "fly on the wall" perspective on the teachers and students. Generally, the quality of education received by Hillel's students is exemplary ,. In this light, my comments are not a c...…

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…f I '7 X I I '7 X Eilu Eilu is a cooperative adult Jewish learning project of our local Conservative movement and is a resource for adults seeking to connect with Jewish history, holidays, culture, and Torah. We are sponsored by Adat Shalom, Beth Shalom, Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, B'nai Moshe, Hillel Day School, Shaarey Zedek, and Women's League for Conservative Judaism-Michigan Branch. Eilu v' Eilu serves the entire Jewish community a...…

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…n Jewish Education The Need For Vision Hebrew schools need to be both spiritual and thought-provoking. KEN KIRSHENBAUM Special to the Jewish News I f I were the education director, I would start with a clearly articulated vision for Hebrew school. Vision is important because it can align people. Vision can motivate people, and if used properly, change cultures. . With an intermarriage rate of around 50 percent, our educational system (and...…

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