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…JNOnline.com DETROIT =WIWI NEWS $1.25 AUGUST 25, 2005 / 20 AV 5765 PURIM HISTORICAL COUJECM Inside: • Back in the school routi • Sharon's defining moment? ce Media Publication Israel's largest university grows from Detroit roots. ---10111111,1P5rIrv- - *************************"5-DIG IT 48202 P-1 P52 0007723 09/26/2005 /Hitt DAVID POREMBA DETROIT PUB LIB/ BURTON HISTOR 5201 WOODWARD AVE *PAil 2004 NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 6 89076 941...…

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…Just How Fast Are the X5 S Going These Days. ,11 4 - 0110000,WPF- I I ff.464kV,4 So Fast You'd Think They Have More Than 225 Horses Under the Hood. Starting at only $499 per month,* it's easy to see why we only have a few left. Enter the World of Erhard today and buy a well-equipped X5 SAV with a cold weather package. That includes a panoramic sunroof, heated steering wheel, automatic transmission and self-dimming mirrors. But you'll ...…

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…Contents Israeli security forces shoot colored water at protesters barri- caded on a synagogue rooftop resisting evacuation of Kfar Darom in the southern Gaza Strip Aug. 18 in one of the most vio- lent confrontations of the Gaza pullout. An empty cage, used to transport troops to the roof, is raised by a crane. For an eyewit- ness account of the disengagement from another settlement, see page 65. JNOnline.com Thursday, August 25, 2005 20 Ay ...…

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…Editor's Notebook The Changing Synagogue 0 bserving Shabbat is the highlight of the week for But, rabbi, aren't you diminishing your message? "No," Rabbi Nevins said. "We're trying to deepen our roots, not many Jews. For others, Friday night or Saturday abandon them. We want to introduce Jewish concepts into have little to do with Shabbat, prayer or learning. activities that people find attractive — more attractive per- However, the beauty ...…

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…The Morning After Fresh Cooked Shrimp (248) 851-6500 fax (248) 851-6505 5675 Maple Rd. at Orchard Lake Rd. West Bloomfield Hours: Mon-Sat 9-10 I Sunday 10-6 Carry-Out & Catering Lunch & Dinner * WIDE SCREEN TV CENTERS * PAINTED FURNITURE * WAT I C 1ff H E 1HL 1 L ThiS well made island is part of our new collection of heirloom reproductions. Well proportioned with clever storage bins, this piece will serve as a wonderful focal point in...…

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…and compared between faiths, rather than the bland, exclusive and hardly nourishing face of homogeneity. Lucy Gellman Grosse Pointe Impact Of Joblessness Kudos to the JNfor bringing to the forefront the realities of Michigan's high unemployment rate, not only in the community at large but in the Jewish community as well (Need Work!" Aug. 4, page 19). With the shrinkage of many relatively well paying "white collar" jobs, many people — Jews a...…

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…One Man's Treasures T he following exchange of e-mails with my first-born occurred last week, after his youngest brother went off to law school. The eldest has not lived in Michigan for seven years. ALAN H ITS KY Associate Editor To: David Hitsky From: Alan Hitsky Re: Your ex-belongings Dear Mr. Hitsky, As your former landlord, I wish to inform you that the current ten- ant moved out Sunday a.m., leav- ing virtually nothing in your for- me...…

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…A de/ 1:/i7r c,,,, 4‘: 1 d; CoLa e. 2005 TRIBUTE TO Wednesday November 9, 2005 7:30 PM Celebration & Concert with Marvin Hamlisch Dessert Reception Convert $118 Patron Ticket $500 preferred seating 27375 Bell Road Southfield, MI 48034 (248) 357-5544 (248) 357-0227 Fax 411W 8/25 2005 11 …

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…Doer Profile RACHEL HOLLANDER City: West Bloomfield Kudos: Producer and Director D orothy's visit to the land of Oz may have been a fantasy, but 10-year-old Rachel Hollander has turned her dream of producing and directing her own play into reality. With the help of her parents, Jennifer and Jeff Hollander of West Bloomfield, Rachel's production of "The Wizard of Oz" will be per- formed on stage this Sunday, starring 20 of her classmates fr...…

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…•A75`,PT It's Temple Israel's Annual Labor Day Picnic! Monday, September 5 1 1:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Temple Israel 25 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield Bring the whole family out for a day of FUN at Temple Israel. We'll have ice cream, hot dogs, corn, train rides, DJ Living Energy, moon walks, giant slides, a petting farm, pony rides, popcorn, fire trucks, face painting, the Cappuccino Man and SO MUCH MORE! Join us for a special children's ...…

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…Zi 1 Andy Patronik, 11, of Huntington Woods concentrates on his magnet experiment as Sam Morris, 13, ofWest Bloomfield works in the background. A Secon Alex McDonald, 13, ofWest Bloomfield, son of school co-founder Bonnie McDonald, takes a break outside. DIANA LIEBERMAN Special to the Jewish News W hen Andy Patronik of Huntington Woods came to the Learning Circle Academy last January, the 11-year-old would hardly make eye contact with ot...…

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…Congregation Beth Shalom A SECOND CHANCE from page 15 COME HELP US KICK-OFF SHABBAT JAMS Carolyn Monis, co-founder of the schooh helps students Phillip Hellekjaer, 12, of Beverly Hills; Alex Jones, 10, of Huntington Woods; and her son Sam. . JOIN US FRIDAY, SEPTEMDER 9th with Hillel of Metro Detroit, YAD, and all age! Kabbalat Service • Family Service • Shabbat Dinner Followed by a Jewish Comedy Club with JOEL CHASNOFF now being tak...…

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…Digest Drop Off Hebrew Program Offered Meditation: Talk Focus The Lifelong Learning program of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education will start its fall Hebrew program for students on all levels. Classes will begin Tuesday, Sept. 6. Classes from Total Beginners Conversational Hebrew to Advanced Hebrew Language and Literature classes are being offered. The classes will be taught by qualified, experi- ...…

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…■ Complete Vehicle Service ■ Wheel & Tire Service & Sales ■ 4-Wheel Factory Laser Alignments ■ High Performance Tuning ■ Vehicle Sales & Consignment ■ Auto Detailing *A.- Asher, 3, and his mother, Lynne Schreiber of Southfield, before the big day. ners of their lips to turn up in a smile as they remember standing on chairs next to me and turning on the mixer, first slowly, then faster, then giggling as it tilts to full speed. I want Asher to...…

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…To Life! Spotlight Bittker Tribute New young adult chapter honors memory of ffnai Hrith activist. T hey had the main dining room of Tribute restaurant in Farmington Hills all to them- selves and 40 couples made themselves right at home — mingling and enjoying gourmet food and drinks in the trendy, upscale setting. The gathering was the inaugural event of the David L. Bittker Unit of B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region. The new group for young...…

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…Back to School Start off on the Right Foot! Comelia's School of Dance Join Us for a Special Afternoon . with Actress Lynn Redgrave and her Daughter, Photographer Annabel Clark 3080 Orchard Lake Rd., Keego Harbor (248) 681-5376 • -----5-,- , - , ,.., - .. , --- .y„ ; , V , t .. .....1.• I - t , , i , t.." , !k r.-,-;` ,- .4 . 1:4I 41i. b. : ' t 1 , -' . 4 ' Our dancers have performed on Broadway, TV and with the New...…

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…To Life! Teens Maccabi Results Detroit teens compete at three separate Maccabi sites. D etroit's Maccabi teams partici- pated in games at St. Paul, Minn., and San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 7-12, and in Richmond, Va., Aug. 14-19. Detroit's baseball team compiled a 3- . 1 record in rain-shortened play in San Antonio. Detroit won back-to-back games the first day against Long Beach, 12-1, and Baltimore, 17-8. Jake Holloway pitched a two-hitter aga...…

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…To Life! We're Celebrating Our Newly Opened Wixom Branch Office. Torah Portion vest gt Open Our Hearts To Help Others th GRAND OPENING MONEY MARKET 50 3' W * APY Account Balances of $2,500 or moro Avculable at alt MHB branch locations. T1 II 11 21 1.1kR/ MICH4I GAN HERITAGE ' Let us lend a hand Visit www, .miheritage.coni for current Special Rates. FDIC Immyd Annual PercenYield (APY) is effective as of July 25, 2005. New D...…

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…Just Announced! Leases expiring before February 28, 2006 Now thru 8/31/05 20% CTS Embraced Mayor Kilpatrick gives city key to Rev. Farrakhan. . 36 Month Lease No) igation, sunroof, chrome wheels DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News Councilwoman JoAnn Watson hands Rev. Farrakhan a city proclamation. W his typical mix of black empowerment and anti-white rhetoric. "We cannot be carbon copies of our former slave owners," Farrakhan told...…

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…From Terrorist to Zionist Aish Detroit 26500 Northwestern Highway Suite no Southfield. MI 48076 The Incredible journey of Walid Shoebat In 7978 Walid Shoe at was sent with a bomb on a mission to kill Jews. Today he is speaking out in their defense. . . Hear the truth behind the propaganda from a man who has lived it. Sunday, September 'nth at 7:30 PM Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building Eugene & Mar...…

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…Metro Hillel teachers march outside the school late Monday afternoon. 11111e1 Impasse Day school's board withdraws union recognition; start of school up in air. ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor I n the middle of contract negotiations with its teachers union, the board of Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit on Sunday announced it was withdrawing recognition of the bargaining unit and ceased talks. On Monday, teachers began the school ye...…

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…A Positive Sigma Pope's visit to German synagogue a win-win. TOBY AXELROD Jewish Telegraphic Agency Berlin 1p aN 8/25 2005 28 ope Benedict XVI's visit to a German synagogue was replete with symbolism: most notably, the potential for positive relations between the country's Jewish communi- ty and a pope who served in the German army during World War II. "It's a step in the right direction, much more substantial that any of the previous ...…

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…GM PRICING To EVERYONE!! Learn In Birmingham A full program of Jewish adult educa- tion is being launched in downtown Birmingham this September with introductory classes in Kabbalah, Talmudic law and Hebrew, hosted at the public library and the Community House. The classes are being presented by the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai Center and taught by Rabbi Boruch Cohen, spiritual leader of the center and a Birmingham resident. The following cour...…

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…Rosh Hashanah Greetings We wish our family & friends a very healthy, happy and sweet New Year. $45 1 Continue a 63-year tradition! Wish family and friends and the entire Jewish community a Happy New Year! May the coming year be filled with health and happiness for all our family and friends. L'Shanah Tovah! For private party advertising only. Businesses are not eligible. For further information, call 248.351.5100. $65 Published: Sept...…

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…Howard Bragman, Congregation Beth Israel, Flint, Mich., March 1, 1969: "I knew I was gay when the most exciting part of my bar mitzvah was meeting with the party planner. ‘Vho Knew. New book explores pivotal moments for gay awareness. KIMBERLY LIFTON Special to the Jewish News I nspired by a bathroom joke book his parents kept at home, Robert Trachtenberg thought it might be fun to create a lighthearted book of gay coming-out stories....…

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…Arts & Entertainment PHOTO COLLAGES At age 9, Barry Roth became interested in pho- tography. His first dark- room was in the fruit cellar of his family home, and he used his mother's old soup bowls as developing trays. The Huntington Woods resident has come a long way; he currently enjoys a full-fledged photography career, which includes gigs as a staff photographer in Barry Roth: the Conservation "Constructed Image Department of the Detroit...…

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…EAT! DRINK! BE MERRY! Furstenberg's Paris apart- ment, also shown in the magazine. Diane told House and Garden: "English cars have a cer- tain smell I Diane von love." Maybe Furstenberg she should bottle the smell and sell it as cologne on the Diller-owned QVC shopping network. I'd suggest "English Leather" as a name, but I believe its been taken. Actresses Mary-Kay and Ashley Olsen will soon return to New York University for their sophomore ...…

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…BUYI NG WHO KNEW from page 31 COINS DIAMOND RINGS • COLLEC T IBLES ROLES TiATCHES Marrella Cow FINE JEWELS t1h. ESTATE JEWT t 248.549.9100 32889 woodward avenue • royal oak west side of woodward — one block south of 14 mile Composer Marc Shaiman (Hairspray) said that as a young boy, he had a crush on Dick Gautier, the man who played Hymie the Robot on Get Smart. "Hymie made me feel funny. I thought about him when I went to bed." T...…

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…, ,S?. MICHIGAN'S ONLY RESTAURANT FEATURED IN THE 2004 TOP RESTAURANT ISSUE OF BON APPETIT Contemporary but still approachable, it the kind of food etroic _ F ree Press that's too rare in metro Detroit. D etroit Keego Harbor's simple but elegant Jeremy Restaurant and Bar lavishes attention on every dish that's created. - imuR Damii Magazine When They Knew Jewish author Robert Trachtenberg interviewed 400 men and women for his book When I...…

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…Arts 1; Ente tainment Big Screen/Small Screen He began performing stand-up at age 15; by 1991, he was a regular on Saturday Night Live, although the show's 100-hour work week and rock `n' roll lifestyle almost killed him. "After four years, I found myself in the hospital with kidney stones, a bro- ken ankle, staples in my throat from thyroid surgery and tubes everywhere," the 40-year-old said. "I had to make sure to get out of bed in time to...…

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…Narrowing The Gulf Filmmaker builds bridge between sons and righteous Poles. MICHAEL FOX Special to the Jewish News F The Brooklyn filmmaker frets that his Jerusalem yeshivah bucher offspring have lost touch with and empathy for the non- Orthodox world. or most documentary filmmakers, it's enough to educate the world. Menachem Daum wants to heal the world. Daum's first collaboration with Oren Rudaysky, A Life Apart: Hasidism in Am...…

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…Entertainment The Best Of Everything A natural approach to a beauty care regimen from the Dead Sea, Success Story The nationally honored Jeremy Restaurant celebrates its second anniversary. standing ... like the cold he combination is cucumber soup that numbers quite rare ... but among many favorites. many times the rea- Since its 2003 opening, son for a restaurant's success. Jeremy restaurant has For example, the highly increased its ope...…

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…ir an cgebitatiovi eve ning avtO enteittaivoatt, at not been for the If • had Zionist Organization of would have America there 1 been no State of Israel - Max Fisher BANAI COvt Ho noring Harold & Barbara Beznos with the prestigious Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award starriv Harold Beznos, a successful businessman, real estate developer, builder and banker always turns his ideas into reality. He is a past member of the Israeli Bond Nation...…

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…EV Check It Out! Around Town DISCOVER new approaches for tracing genealogy during the next meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, in the Temple Beth El Library, 14 Mile at Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. Developments discussed at the recent international conference will be report- ed. (248) 645-8700, ext. 6. JOIN the Great Outdoors at the West Bloomfield JCC for "Fun on the Pond." Meet at Nature'...…

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…aef THIS IS THE FACE OF 1(1!) L L (:) 1=1 What is ico LLAH? icALLni=i is a unique, 10-session family school geared toward teaching parents and their children together, This exciting program provides an alternative to traditional Sunday school for families with children in Pre-K throgh 3rd grade. Dates and Time? Sessions occur once a month on Sunday mornings, 9:30 AM until noon, from September 2005 to May 2006, Locafion? Pierce Elementa...…

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…Crossword Jewish Puzzler By Kathi Handler (bookssss@aolcom) 41". 0 pr mom Em . mu a pm ib R • mormo r a • a Es • II2 III a 111 op NEE al ma 40 pi" mom . aim 0 mow a...Emma 51 • 0 • 4Q m Eamadm " ma" " 61 " amp a am a • Ill " Ill 1111 MIN a !MM. EMI. II 111 - al a ME V** C. K.( hi •(.4 MEI ME ■ •0 fq 24 C0 66 Across 1. ADL fight 5. Mobster Lansky 10. Alphabet run 13. Purim month 14. Dangerfield's hope 15. Airline 17. Illustrator G...…

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…Mazel Tovis For information on submitting an announcement, see "Submission Guidelines" on the right side of the home page of JNOnline.com or call (248) 351-5147. Multi-Generational Molly Rose Wilson has plenty of family to look after her BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News he Hebrew phrase dor rdor (from gener- ation to generation) takes on a special meaning for the Forstadt-Freedman- Lekowitz-Wilson family of West Bloomfield. Only in...…

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…Ask The Orthodontist At what age can people have orthodontic treatment? BIRTHS The biological process involved in moving teeth is the same at any age. Children and adults can both benefit from orthodontics. Treatment may take a little longer for adults. Because an adult's facial bones are no longer growing, certain corrections may not be accomplished with braces alone. What causes orthodontic problems? An orthodontic problem is called a ma...…

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