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…More Results Scores can be found on each host city's Web site: Celebrating their gold medals are volleyball players, top row: Inna Revzin, Lisa Scher, Elina Pilnits, Amee Joshi, Pamela Feingold, Hallie Brick and coach Genny Bertin; center: Lisa Ackerson; kneeling: Emily Baker, Blayr Teeple and Julie Hack. no-hit innings in beating the Sephardic (Brooklyn) team and gaining a save against Long Beach. Volleyball The Detroit "A" team of girls...…

…4=1:MitSalttaW%G -- - - - ewis veastEducation IAMAUNA. that this would be our last year play- ing. I was fortunate to be housed by the Wrights, a most kind, giving and ack in 1998, at age 13, I caring host family. I've been talking walked into a very large gym at with them every day since I left and I the Jewish Community Center in know that we will remain friends. West Bloomfield. I remember think- At opening ceremonies we were ing to mys...…

…Affirmative Action Affirmed factor in the medical school admissions process but cannot be the deciding factor. The Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee and the American Jewish Congress all filed briefs in support of Alan Bakke, the white medical student applicant who challenged the racial quota system. Black-Jewish tensions resurface in a flap over Lieberman stance. SHARON SAMBER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jewish Views Diff...…

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…Jewry's Role in Human Affairs ON THE LEADING EDGE OF DISCOVERY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION from page 25 directors, said American Jews have been more supportive of civil rights than other non-minority Americans. On The Wane? The affirmative-action issue will proba- bly die down and won't spark a renew- al of tensions, most experts agree. "I don't see this as a dominant issue at the moment," said Friedman, who heads the American Jewish Committee of...…

…This Week Worries Overseas SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY EVERYONE Is SAYING Terrorizing Peace; ffnai Irrith Race; Acting On Hate; Dancing At Auschwitz B'nai ifrith Race Delegates to the B'nai B'rith interna- tional convention in Washington, which begins on Friday, will encounter ith efforts faltering to something they don't usually see: a vig- revive stalled Israeli- Palestinian talks, and the orous challenge to a sit- Sept. 13 target date for a ti...…

…6 MONTH CD ization out of the middle-management level and to the communities where members are and where future mem- bers and leaders will come from." For more than a decade, the organization has been battered by declining membership as younger Jews choose more focused Jewish organizations — or opt out of the communal world altogether. Several sweeping restructuring plans have not reversed the trend, group insid- ers say; B'nai B'rith has yet...…

…'Phis Week Domestic Front Bamk proposes series of reforms aimed at pleasing secular voters. :,4%,AIRRWSPNP. alg 8/25 2000 30 A fervently Orthodox Jew talks to a secular Israeli woman in downtown Jerusalem on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak recently announced a number of initiatives aimed at pleasing secular voters. NAOMI SEGAL Jewish Telegraphic Agency I Jerusalem n a sharp challenge to Jewish rights that have been recog-...…

…RINKE CADILLAC vently Orthodox Shas Party — which vehemently opposes the announced steps. Shas members walked out of the coalition, saying the party could not accept the compromises on con- trol of east Jerusalem and the West Bank settlements that Barak offered Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat at the Camp David summit meeting last month. Shas has always been a tentative government partner, using its Knesset seats as the leverage for concess...…

…Learning To Care For An Elderly Loved One Just Got Easier The Detroit Medical Center's Rehabilitation Institue of Michigan is offering a series of FREE community education classes for persons caring for the elderly in their homes. Classes are taught by health and rehabilita- tion professionals using innovative technolo- gy. Topics include: safety, nutrition, stress, Alzheimer's disease, legal issues, community resources, medications and a qu...…

…candidate Joseph Lieberman. The suspect, a 23-year-old Farmingdale, N.Y., man, told "The Howard Stern Show" on Aug. 14 that the Connecticut senator "is gonna take my bullet." The Secret Service made the arrest after tracing the call to the man's home. Jackie Robinson's Son In Israel Jerusalem/JTA — The son of the first black baseball player in the major leagues was in Israel this week to learn about solar energy. David Robinson, the son of J...…

…This ee NEWS DIGEST • Ashley Stewart • Baskin Robbins • Bread Basket Deli • Discount Uniform • Dollar Castle • Dots • Sherman's Foot Care • Eyes Right • Fashion Bug • Glory Jewelers • Kmart • Kidspot • Lincoln Barber Shop • Magic Touch Beauty Salon • Metropolitan Dry Cleaners • Nora's Fashions • Payless Shoesource • Radio Shack • Rainbow Apparel • Rite Aid • Soul Food Bar-B-Q • Strickley Kosher Meats • The Book Beat •••••: \`.,, ,„• ENROL...…

…• Insight Ideas & Issues ?§ A Mam ffi„, Preferred Choice From the pages of The Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Federation hiring of gay executive removes another barrier to participation. JULIE WIENER Jewish Telegraphic Agency R emoving one more perceived barrier to gays and lesbian participation in Jewish life, one of the nation's largest Jewish federations has hired an openly gay man to serve as its top p...…

…Congregation Beth Shalom invites the community to a tribute dinner honoring Suzanne and Burton Shifman Sandy and Dr. David Kirsch for their leadership of the congregation's successful Capital Campaign Sunday, September 17, 2000 Congregation Beth Shalom 14601 W Lincoln, Oak Park Cocktails and silent auction at 6 p.m. Program, dinner and dancing to follow Music by Kol Sasson Klezmer Band of Chicago Gail Langer Gail Elkus Rosalie Gold D...…

…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com 111 Challenges Aplenty etro Detroit's newest Jewish W high school will open on We Monday with the expectation Lear that it can't miss — and that should surprise no one. Rabbi Lee Buckman, the Jewish Academy of Met- ropolitan Detroit's charismatic and hard-working head of school, has built a strong administrative and teaching team...…

…COMMUNITY VIEWS 4 V.Si 'rt.P Enjoying Pride Of Ownership . we call Jerusalem. It is the undeniable have just returned from my first homeland of Christianity, Islam and trip to Israel. The country was Judaism. How can all of these people much prettier than I ever imag- stake a claim to the same city as being ined. From the beaches of the exclusively their birthright? Mediterranean Sea to the rich, fertile As long as I occupy your valleys o...…

…SPECIAL COMMENTARY Why Arafat Won't Compromise IV Barak told him to skip the vision thing and get down to practicalities. e are currently witness- Arafat, however, had the last word: ing the reprise of the "Anyone who does not understand ancient midrash that what Jerusalem means to me is an relates an argument impractical man." between Ishmael and Isaac. Both Thus did a Moslem leader lecture a claimed to be the true heirs of the Jewish prim...…

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…LETTERS We are pleased to announce that LETTERS from page 39 ning mate. But since when does moral authority, or "integrity," mean caving in for the sake of power? Once acting and think- ing independently, Lieberman has deferred to every party demand, relin- quishing his stand on school vouchers, a degree of Social Security privatization and the gradual phase-out of affirmative action. (Proposition 209 in California, the senator had said, so...…

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…Special-needs campers and counselors learn about life while developing friendships. S id e Clockwise from top: Counselors Shaina Stewart, 15, of Oak Park and Julie Schwartz, 20, of West Bloomfield share a laugh with camper Lauren Ettinger, 13, of Farmington Hills. Special Needs Unit Head Megan Harris-Linton, 19; West Bloomfield JCC Camp Social Worker Judy Green of Southfield; JCC Special Needs Director Nathe Furgang of West Bloomfield; and ...…

…D DEPOE LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED Counselor Mira Freilich, 19, also spoke with her 6-year-old special camper's parents before the start of camp. Freilich, who will be a junior this fall at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, remembers, "The first day was the hardest day. I didn't know if he would run or if he would hide." A "communication book" traveled back and forth daily from parents and counselors to help continue the inter- action b...…

…a Sunday's Ducky Derby Fights Pediatric Cancer The Detroit Ducky Derby will take to the water Sunday, Aug. 27, at Kensington Metropark near Milford. The Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah is sponsor of the derby. Proceeds will be used for children's oncology services and research in the fight against cancer in children. At 2 p.m. Sunday, a flotilla of 10,000 rubber ducks will be released into the lake at Kensington's Maple Beach as hundreds...…

…Community' riM i vf 1 '7 I I X '7 X ARE ELUL - A Adult Jewish Learning for the' . ays of Awe Community Outreach According to Jewish tradition, the month of Elul - the four weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah - is a time for us, individually and as a community, to engage in meaningful self-reflection and study in preparation for the Days of Awe. To assist us on this spiritual journey, Eilu v' Eilu, the adult Jewish lecirning project ...…

…SLIMMg, DLL hen Your Family Deserves the Very Best, The Federation Honors Rabbi Weiss The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit has honored Rabbi Stephen Weiss of Congregation Shaarey Zedek with the 2000 Federation Rabbinical Award. It is given annual- ly to a local rabbi who has made a significant impact on the communi- ty through volun- teer and profes- sional work. Rabbi Stephen Weiss Rabbi Weiss has been an important contributor t...…

…•r4 Rabbis Dialogue On Judaism italitWO Includes heated leather memory seats and CD player. "The Future of American Judaism: Two Visions, Two Views" is the subject of a two-part dialogue between Rabbi Daniel Nevins of Adat Shalom Synagogue and Rabbi Michael Moskowitz of Temple Shir Shalom at 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 6 and 13. The opening program will be at Adat Shalom in Farmington Hills; the Rabbis Michael Moskowitz and Daniel Nevins seco...…

…n Life, There Are No Exceptions" NCJ W Hosts Steve Roberts Steve Roberts will be the featured speak- er at the fall 2000 opening meeting of the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit sec- tion 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Roberts and his wife, TV and radio Steve Roberts personality Cokie Roberts, write a nationally syndicated column for the New York Daily News and contribute articles t...…

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…• ryonic stem cells can become hearts, livers, bone marrow and skin It or Not.. ■ Gene therapy may be used to treat diabetes, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease ■ Microscopic robots are being built to destroy blood clots ■ Cells are being programmed to live longer ,gam z HE DETROIT CHAPTER CAN TECHNION SOCIETY presents Itskovitz Professor Erez Braun FatOy.iof Medicine In-Vitro Fertilization Faculty of Physics Nanotechnologi...…

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…COMMUilitY Births July 30 Leslie (Rubin) and Mitchell Brown of Huntington Woods are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter, Shayna Lauren. Sharing in the joy are grandparents Arlene and Len Brown and Harriett Milgrom, wife of Stuart Milgrom. Also sharing in the excite- ment is first-time great-grandmother Judy Brown. Shayna is named in lov- ing memory of her maternal great- aunt Sylvia Ross and paternal great- grandmother Lillian ...…

…starts Vriaa 8/ 25 ds Linda 8 Y IMP Novi Middle School. He enjoys music, contra-dancing, reading, acting and playing the clarinet and alto-saxo- phone. He has been involved with Novi theaters for the last five years, performing in several productions. Bryan also is a first-class Boy Scout in Troop 54 of Novi; he recently earned the Jewish religious emblem, the Ner Tamid. Last summer, Bryan traveled to Israel with his mother as part of the A...…

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…Engagements rac GOOD MEW Raad-Kapen Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Kapen of West Bloomfield are happy to announce the engagement of their son Alon Yaacov Kapen to Amal Ann Raad, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hausman of Clemson, S.C. The bride-to-be has a degree in history from Amherst College and a law degree from Vanderbilt University of Law. She is with the New York law firm of Maloney, Mehlman and Katz. The groom-to-be has a degree in economi...…

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…Community Spirituality Bard To Say c-, Goodbye Builder of Jewish bridges leaves for new rabbinic position in California. Top: Rabbi Steven and Yael Weil listen as the YIOP children's choir performs. Right: Rabbi Steven Weil displays the Book of Memories, flanked by Rabbi Joseph Hirsch and Rebbetzin Yael Wed SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter hose whose think vice-presi- dential nominee Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) is an anomaly fo...…

…1 7--- &ilnunity CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz, Jay Strear. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 8:15 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Bar mitzvah of Bryan Glick, son of Melody and David Glick. AHAVAS ISRAEL (GRAND RAPIDS) 2727 Michigan St...…

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…Candace Roby, daughter of Annemarie and Steven Roby. Saturday baby naming of Danielle Cara Fink and Nicole Blair Fink, daughters of Barbara and Steven Fink. B'nai mitzvah of Kendra Rebecca Katzman, daughter of Becky and Steven Katzman; Michael Ward Weitz, son of Sara and Edwin Weitz. Havdala bat mitzvah at 6 p.m. of Dana Michelle Isenstein, daughter of Sheryl and William Isenstein. TEMPLE KOL AMI 5085 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, 48323,...…

…® Congregation B David- Torah Portion Is proud to present a Pre-Selichot viewing of The concert Our Surroundings Affect Our Spiritual Lives "CANTOR SINGS YIDDISH" recorded live at the Jerusalem Theater ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2000 at 9: I 5 PM Shabbat Re'eh: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17; Isaiah 54:11-55:5. followed by SELICHOT SERVICES at 1 I :00 PM with CANTOR BEN-ZION LANXNER free admission 5642 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield MI 48322 THIS Y...…

…IN THE Crystal Ball GEORGE DILA Special to the Jewish News D avid Littmann, who this month celebrates his 30th anniver- sary as an econo- mist with the same finan- cial organization, is a man who finds meaning in looking to the future, as well as in looking towards the past. He looks forward for a living, as senior vice president and chief economist for Comerica Bank. He looks backward for inspiration, to his fore- bears who set the exam-...…

…custom Cotimr , • P4 91. 4" ,` Vs0V-ZAA: David Littmann is marking 30 years as an economist. -ON.NINV.Ving 271 MERRILL BIRMINGHAM • 48009 (248) 646-0535 But in the battle for customers, banks are always looking for a marketing edge. "We need a way of distinguish- ing our green stuff from somebody else's green stuff," Littmann says. The economic reports developed by the economist and his department pro- vide that marketing edge. Over the...…