…MIMI lila 'law YESHIVA Slot C/Aviutalc,CNvite/ie BETH YEHUDAH Sunday October 22, 1995 Golden Torah Awardee The Honorable Avern Cohn Honorary Chairperson Max Fisher General Chairperson David Hermelin General Co Chairpersons Paul Borman Selwyn Isakow Ann Newman Alan E. Schwartz Honorary Dinner Chairpersons Paul Magy Norman Allan Thomas Cohn Spencer Partrich Mayor Dennis Archer Henry Dorfman Alex Saltsman Marvin Berlin Louis Glazier Mark Sc...…
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…ALAN NITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR School buildings and school programs dominated events in the Detroit Jewish community. orman Hall ceased to exist as a Jewish nursing home. Sara's kosher deli closed its doors. Camp Tamarack in Brighton was sold to private in- vestors. Rabbi Daniel Polish was given a perma- nent leave of absence by Temple Beth El. These were all major events during the year 5755 in Jewish Detroit. They will have a con- tinuin...…
…Opposite Page Hillel Day School had to decide where to build or rebuild. This Page Top: Jack Schon carried a Borman Hall Torah into Menorah House. Left: Jacob Hartman ponders the nursing home move. Above: Rose Crane sits in her wheelchair in a Menorah House hallway. …
…SEPTEMBER 1994 The Noah Webster Academy, a home- based private school connected via com- puter, seeks state funding as a charter school. A number of Lubavitch students enroll. The Jewish Federation and Jewish Home for Aged announce that Borman Hall in Detroit will cease being an exclu- sively Jewish home and many residents will relocate to Menorah House in South- field. Sara's kosher deli in Southfield is ex- periencing financial difficulties...…
…The Allied Jewish Campaign is pledged pansion at its Detroit campus. Dani Brenner, age 16, is killed in an au- $15 million at the annual meeting hosted tomobile accident and her heart is donat- by Max Fisher, $900,000 more than the ed to a 15-year-old. At the same time, Erik previous year. Federation announces Detroit will pair Morganroth, 25, suffers from myocarditis with the central Galilee region in the Part- and awaits a suitable heart don...…
…!SS'svs:: problems at Menorah House. Temple Is- rael unveils its high-tech media center. UJ = cc) APRIL Sandi Kline is hired as the JCC mar- - keting director. With Days of Decision, the AJCampaign hopes to reach $27 million. Dunkin' Donuts ends kashruth supervision — at its Northwestern Highway store. Tray- cc elers begin packing for Miracle Mission II. Hillel Day School parents, especially , those in Huntington Woods, Oak Park and = Sou...…
…vies the re-zoning request. State inspectors pass Menorah House, saying it has made "substantial improve- ments." The Allied Jewish Campaign closes with $26.85 million, an $850,000 increase over last year. JULY mnantha on Rolen Federation announces its Campaign al- locations, with the day schools receiving the largest increase. Shaarey Zedek plans a major expansion, and permanent class- rooms, for its Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center in We...…
…Year Of NEIL RUBIN ■ SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS n fu ro re s s 1111 ore handshakes, a string of bus bombings, the functional end of a Jewish Diaspora community and the political march of the Christian right. These were some of the sweeping themes of the Jewish year of 5755, which ends at sundown Sunday. To help reflect on these events, we present a sketch of the year's top Jewish stories. No doubt many of the following topics will co...…
…Fifty Years Later Last spring, a torrent of glorious and horrifying memories flooded the me- dia to mark the 50th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany, whose twisted ideology included the destruc- tion of the Jewish peo- March and ple. Veterans of that remember: global conflict again parachuted from air- Jewish women at the death camp planes, marched past world leaders and rev- Ravensbruck. eled in the fact that they lived to see the ...…
…A Year Of Painful Progress Passings Rabbi Shlomo Zczintcut Auerbach, 84: One of the world's leading au- thorities on Jewish law. Born in Jerusalem, he never . stepped foot outside Israel. He once helped design an electric wheelchair that circumvented the technical prohibitions against using electricity on Shabbat. Alexander Bielski, 83: Leg- endary head of Bielski Brigade. During World War II, his group of 300 fighters carried out behind-th...…
…5755 Joyful Grips Mordecai Gur, 65: Deputy defense minister, of a self-in- flicted gun- shot wound after suffer- ing from ter- minal cancer. In the 1967 Six-Day War, he headed paratroopers who first reached the Western Wall. His stunning words on Israeli radio at the time: "The Temple Mount is in our hands; The Temple Mount is in our hands. And now the en- tire Old City is in our hands, and we are very, very happy." Israel's most dramatic d...…
…A Year Of Painful Progress Bosnia's Drag For Jews, the war in Bosnia con- tinued to raise Holocaust appari- tions, although with qualified differences. After initial reluctance, American Jewish groups began to speak out. At one point, 16 rabbis and rabbinical students, affiliated Bosnia: with an ad hoc group called "Jews Evokes recollections Against Genocide in Bosnia," joined another 50 protesters in of the Holocaust. Washington, D.C., and ...…
…5755 ,E3arbrcz Streisa on calling NBC during its airing of The Prince' of Tides to complain about the loud volume of comm,er dials. (2117) 661 It threw off the defensive line of the opposition by them hearing Hebrew, in- stead of 'hut-hut' " — San Francisco 49er offensive tackle Harris Bar- ton, who is Jewish, on why he taught quarterback Joe Montana to count in He- brew. (2117) " U After The Rebbe For the Brooklyn, N.Y. - based Chabad-L...…
…A Year Of Painful Progress "From the moment Abra- ham heeded God's call, the land of Israel was destined to become Broadway, while the Diaspora became off- Broadway." — Rabbi Richard Hirsch of the World Union of Progressive Judaism. (4/21) If some- one were to call me up, I would tell them they have to send their kids to Israel, oth- erwise the terrorists win." — Stephen Flatow, whose daughter Alisa was killed by a terrorist bomb in Gaza....…
…5755 wring my trips to the su- permarket, I occasional]: read the tabloids. My fa ..vori-te headline. `Preac.her Explodes In The Pulpit.' 7 —Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Pitg ident-elect of the Union of Anierican Ilet)rew Congrega- tions, speaking to a group of Jewish jour,,. nalist4 (6130) I I get up every day and say, 'What can I do today that's good?' And I do something good and I feel better." --- Singer-actress Bette Mi- dler, on losing friend...…
…Super Sunday Volunteers Volunteers from local congrega- tions will join others in the com- munity to participate in the Super Sunday phonathon from 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Oct. 1, at the Max M. Fisher Building. The kickoff event for the Jew- ish Federation's Allied Jewish Campaign has volunteer shifts available from 9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 11:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 2-945 p.m. for agency leadership and 6-9 p.m. for young adults. Congregations participatin...…
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…Remembering Rosh Hashanah during the Roaring '20s, World War II and when beehive hairdos were as hip as you could get. TH …
…Winds OF Despair A Novi man recalls surviving tough times, and feelings of good fortune, during the holidays. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER This Page Above: Jack Pearlman at age 16. Opposite page: Jack Pearlman today: He felt fortunate, knowing he had a job. ne scene from Jack Pearlman's youth haunts him the most. It was 1917, and the 17- year-old self-described ruffi- an was asked to help march the soldiers off to war. As a bugler f...…
…Close Up Those JENNIFER FINER THE DETRO IT J EWISH NEWS STAFF WRITER ylvia Helfer will forever re- member the sight and smell of the freshly cut flowers that filled her synagogue on Rosh Hashanah. It was customary for all the children in her congregation, 'k the Holbrook Shul in Detroit, to give their mothers flowers on the Jewish new year. Sylvia's mother and the oth- er women who sat upstairs at the synagogue, separate from the men, wou...…
…PHOTO BY JULIE EDGAR The men Con VW) re annullies A high holiday was celebrated on the Hill. Hil Larry Horwitz: Congressional assistant and shammes. JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER e believes the year was 1965. A Congress buzzing with fresh-faced Democ- rats grappled with legis- lation that would have a profound impact on soci- ety: voting rights, Medicare, minimum wage, and the war in Vietnam. Herbert Tenzer was among the newly elected who hel...…
…Close Op Left: Benno Levi with his wife, Ruth, today: Still in Oak Park, still a liberal. Those Fabulous, ■ ■ Fearful ASSOCIATE EDITOR ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Below: The Levis and their four children in the late 1950s, with Sputnik overhead somewhere. I 'fi t I eS THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS When hairspray was king, Oak Park was it, and black-and-white TV brought the terrible news of Sputnik. t was a name no American wanted to hear: Sputnik....…
…PHOTO BY BILL HANSEN Bugles For A Jewish war vets recall High Holidays in the war zone. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER am's Horn hey were gentile farm boys from Haystack, U.S.A. Jack Schwartz, then in his early 20s, was a city-bred Jew from Brook- lyn. It was 1942. Wartime. Mr. Schwartz found him- self in Buffalo, N.Y., at the Curtis-Wright Air Force Base. He and his newfound buddies were assigned to top-secret mechanical work on bombers. "T...…
…PHOTOS BY GLE NN TRIEST mess Left: Theater director Jeff Nahan has the ticket. DETROIT JEWISH N EWS Above: The Millenium Theatre in Southfield. LLI hen Jeff Nahan stands on the •• stage of Southfield's Millenium Theatre, he looks as if he owns the world. At 41, Mr. Nahan has ar- rived, although he repeats (with a glitter in his eye) that show business is not at all glamorous. It's about meeting promoters' demands, measuring seat-to-produ...…
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…Federation board members who are involved in their family busi- nesses. "Unfortunately, we see that if family businesses dissolve, there's a negative impact on the econo- my, but there is a social and cul- tural impact, too. Historically, if someone has grown up in Detroit and been here 20 or 30 years, if something needs to be done, peo- ple have a loyalty to the commu- nity and their institutions. They are among the most generous donors to ed...…
…ie4i ir 4 4 4 k c-=/ \ America-Israel Chamber of Commerce of Michigan will hold a networking reception for the public from 5:45-7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., in Detroit. Economist David Sowerby of Beacon In- vestment Co. will speak on Israel's economy and its rela- tionship to Michigan business. Tickets are $25. For information, call (810) 661-1948. PA Robert Z. Feldstein 111111111111...…
…Talk with the decision makers. "May the New Year bring Health, Happiness, Prosperity and the Fulfillment of Your Dreams. speaker at the Women's Eco- nomic Club luncheon at noon Sept. 28 in the Columbus Ball- room of the Westin Hotel. Ms. Povich will speak on "What Women Want Now: Key Issues for Women in the Next Ten Years." Tickets are $20 for mem- bers; $25 for non-members. For reservations, call (313) 963-5088. — Beth Grossman Regional Vi...…
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…We have this... For this... And this... And this Thursday, September 28 The America-Israel Chamber of Commerce of Michigan presents nationally recognized economist David G. Sowerby Chief Economist and Senior Portfolio Manager Beacon Investment Company • How can Israel achieve economic independence and global trading power? • Which of Israel's economic resources will be in demand? • Can Israel afford a free market? • Can bilateral trad...…
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