…OPPOSITE PAGE: A hug goodbye for the Teen Mission. BELOW: David Hermelin, a Butzel Award winner. RIGHT: Benjamin Netanyahu pays a visit to Detroit. BOTTOM: Anne Frank Remembered opens at the Detroit Film Theatre. ig stories? A year in review? Why do we look back when at this time we are taught to look ahead? Last year, as we started think- ing about 5756, nobody knew that a pivotal event — the assassination of the prime minister of I...…
…CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: Donny Osmond (left) brings "Joseph" to the Masonic; Yad Ezra volunteers get instructions from director Ellen Goldman (right); Mayor Dennis Archer explains why he marched on Washington. T HE DE TRO IT JE WIS H NEWS SEPTEMBER 52 The Jewish News unveils its glossy covers and a hot new section, Jewish News Entertain- ment. Yad Ezra, the kosher food pantry, announces that it has helped several strik- ing Free Press and Ne...…
…TOP: A changing role for the JCC's Mort Plotnick. CENTER: Irving Hermelin dies at age 99. BELOW: The first lady keynotes the NCJW national convention in Detroit. DECEMBER Alleged Nazi concentration camp guard. Ferdinand Hammer is arrested in his Sterling Heights home and accused of serving with the Waffen SS. Investors buy up Sinai Hospi- tal tax-exempt bonds totaling $75 million. The money will help the 42-year-old Sinai expand. The ...…
…CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: Amanda Leff, Annie Dube and Nicole Hertzberg work on an art project for Adat Shalom nursery school's 25th anniversary; Rabbi Michelle Faudem returns as a teacher and adviser at Hillel Day School; thousands turned out 41, for the Walk For Israel as part of the Israel Fest at the Jewish Center. THE D ETR OIT J EW IS H NEWS APRIL 54 Prentis Manor announces it will close its doors by year's end. The Allied Jewis...…
…Ferdinand Hammer faces de- portation for concealing his role as a Nazi death camp guard. JUNE Thousands turn out for Israel Fest at the JCC. The Jewish News and Style magazine combine for five Rock- ower Awards. Harry E. Eisenberg takes over as president of the JCC. Some 238 Michigan teens and 50 staffers board a plane for the 4-112-week Teen Mission. El Al sends a jet to pick up the teens at Metro. In record-setting numbers, friends, neighb...…
…KINDRED SPIRITS AS A NEW YEAR APP ROACH ES, WE CAN FIND COMFORT IN THE ENDURING GOODNESS OF ISRAEL. AN D AME RICA KENNETH LASSON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS LEFT TO RIGHT Israel's world leadership in rehabilitative medicine is symbolized by its participation in Paralympics. Quiet miracles such as the secret movement of Ethiopian Jews to Israel continue. The national Jewish community responds to the fire bombing and arson attacks on black c...…
…575 6 TH E Y EAR I N PICTU R ES TREAT! ES, TERROR, TORMENT, CIVILL UNREST ELECTIONS, RESIGNATIONS AND, FINALLY, A HANDSHAKE. …
…. 1- CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: 1. At a White House ceremony in early October, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat ceremonially sign an agreement extending Palestinian self-rule throughout the West Bank. 2. A month later, Mr. Rabin's body is carried to be laid to rest, after he is cut down by Yigal Amir, a 26-year-old yeshiva student. 3. U.S. Park Police estimate 400,000 attend the Million Man March on Washington ...…
…n CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: ' Li — IR- E F LL 8. At the Million Man March on Washington, the crowd was described as exceptionally well-controlled, despite the inflamed oratory of former Rep. Gus Savage and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Speaking from Texas, President Clinton described racial misunderstanding as "the rift we see before us that is tearing at the heart of America." 9. Some 10,000 Ethiopian immigrant protesters take to the streets on Jan...…
…CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: u j 13. Shimon Peres sits next to the empty chair of Rabin. 14. Flashing the smirk seen 'round the world, then-suspect Yigal Amir is escorted by Israeli police to his arraignment in a Tel Aviv courtroom Nov. 6. 15. A memorial is held in the newly named Rabin Square. 16. Noa Ben-Artzi's tearful eulogy to her grandfather, Yitzhak Rabin, was witnessed by millions of viewers on worldwide television. U) L1J - 7 U) I- L...…
…i. CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: 17. On Nov. 13, Israeli war planes bombard a base belonging to the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 10 miles south of Beirut. The strike came in retaliation for attacks from Lebanon-based Hezbollah. 18. Bibi Netanyahu — and his wife Sara — enjoy the fruits of election victory the morning after the Likud victory. 19. Border police attempt to hold back fervent Orthodox protesters attempting to c...…
…ABOVE: Binyamin Netanyahu and Yassir Arafat: A handshake puts the peace debate back into world view. "IF HATE IS GREATER THAN LOVE, TH EN WE HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT WE STAND FOR." — Rabbi Steven Weil, Young Israel of Oak Park, addressing the November memorial service for Yitzhak Rabin at Adat Shalom. 62 …
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…'",04101,44* 44. PHOTOS BY lEt, LIPPI1T us certain aura in our synagogues as we look inward, seeking re- newal, re-a rmation and a resurgence of spirit for the New Year: This het'g'ht- ened sense of awareness, of obligation and of community is enhanced by our lay prayer leaders and professional cantors alike. They lead us through the liturgy with familiar melodies and new creations to bring us a sense of inner-peace and well-being, of spir...…
…asson Natan knows about wake up calls. You see, that's how the chazzan of the Sephardic Community of Metropol- itan Detroit sees the High Holidays. That's how he gets ready for this time of year. When there are High Holidays, there are memories for some that the rest of us can only imagine. At age 5, he remembers his grandfather, Yosef Natan, who had made aliyah from Baghdad, banging on the doors of his Jerusalem neighborhood long be- fore the...…
…most of his neighbors were more concerned about charcoal for their grills than they were for any up- coming holidays. "What I want is a conversation between the chaz- zan and the congregation." That's exactly what happens. Mr. Natan has taught his con- gregation how to pray through the High Holiday services. There are many gorgeous parts of the service where Mr. Natan gives way to various congregants who carry the melody of the prayer. The mel...…
…A STAR IN THE LIGHT As a young boy, an image in a skylight entranced Howard Glantz. Little did he know that it would guide his life. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER taring up at the skylight of his what he will do, but how well he will synagogue while daydreaming do it. With the highest of holidays ap- during High Holiday services as proaching, the young cantor is expe- a child, Howard Glantz never riencing a touch of stage fright. "I want...…
…A DEMENT SHOFAR who were forced to convert to will, he said. Catholicism. "You have to keep it fresh be- "I feel myself in a cave, in se- cause there are new generations cret. By having a certain refer- that come along," Cantor Shi- ence of mind, your sincerity mansky said. transmits itself, hopefully, to the The High Holidays are spiri- hearts of the congregation. But tually, musically and physically you can only do that if challenging; they...…
…iday services, by listening to the "old-time chazzanim, like Moyshe Oysher. I prepare by contemplat- ing what each song means, and read about the historical mean- ing gation T'Chiyah, describes how his congregation provides for the congregants' needs: "We have returning to us Toba Spitzer, who is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Col- lege (in Philadelphia), and serves as a High Holiday resource." Though it has no cantor, T'Chiyah...…
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