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…-)CeleBraTe Show Me The Afikomen! Students in Rabbi Eleazar burden's third-grade class at Akiva Hebrew Day School tell what they like best about Pesach. Jacob Kohn, 8-1 /2, of West Bloomfield "I like finding the afikomen. Some- times we get money when we find it. I save my money or I'll get something. This year I'd like to get a yo-yo. Yochanan Linden, 8-1 /2, of Oak Park "Well, really I like the bitter foods. I like eating the eggs and th...…
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…DiShiNg It Up Have a Great Pesach, Cookie! Think you can't have chocolate chip cookies during Pesach? Think again. recently read an article in which - the author described cookies as the currency of childhood. It's true. When you're little, every- thing is measured by how many lit- , tle mounds of joy you can earn by making the bed, \ ,f1J getting a "A" on I a math test or I cleaning your plate. Annabel Cohen AppleTree But Pesach Staff Writ...…
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…Stalking Chametz And feeling free enough to face the spiritual grains of truth in our own lives. RODGER KAMENETZ Special to The Jewish News hen I was a boy, every Sunday, grandfather Kamenetz brought us gifts of food: sometimes a sack of potatoes or cantaloupes, but always rye bread, deep and dark, with the caraway seeds that stuck in your teeth for days. Bread, if you'll excuse the pun, is ingrained in Jewish life. Dark rye bread helps us ...…
…bat tables, why do we spend the days before Passover stalking chametz — searching out every last crumb, spring cleaning the whole house in case there's a bit of a pretzel in the dust under the bed? Why does holy bread turn unholy in the month between the full moon of Purim and the full moon of Passover? Of course we don't usually think this seriously about what's crumby. For most of us, stalking chametz is child's play. My sister tells me that...…
…Soul Searching Passover marks the freedom of the Jewish people, collectively and individually. RENA FULKA Special to The Jewish News T he weeks preceding Pesach have been filled with prepa- rations, from giving to charity and reviewing the Passover laws, to the bedikat chametz, the final search just before the holiday to rid the home of leavened products. "According to biblical law, there's not only the prohibition of eating chametz, but ...…
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…A Place At The Table JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News very year, just for a reaction, Rabbi David Nelson tells his wife, Alicia, that he is think- ing about cancelling the Congregation Beth Shalom annual sec- ond-night seder. And a reaction is what he gets. "I tell him, 'You wouldn't dare,"' Ali- cia Nelson said. "He laughs every time, so I know he is just kidding. "The feelinc, is so different from the home seder. There is su...…
…lose Don't Itnow Much About Pesach? No worry, just make sure to ask more than four questions. PHIL JACOBS Contributing Editor "Why is this night different from all other nights?" "In every generation, a man is oblig- ated to regard himself as if he personally was liberated from Egypt." K, tonight is the blessed event. Some of us have got- ten every last crumb of chametz out of the house. Many of us have spent hundreds of dollars on produ...…
…error, he sees charnetz that needs to would signal the coming of the Messi- ah. aced in the past. What is an omer and why do we This holiday is every bit about per- count it?. nal growth, not just how many peo- This establishes a connection le sat around your seder table. between the seven weeks separating hough, the more the merrier. Passover with Shavuot. Barley was cut The Four Questions? Why is this on Passover and a small amount or ight ...…
…Editor's Note: Contrary to popular belief, there is a lot for young Jewish adults to do in and around metro Detroit. Single or married, adventur- ous or not, check 'em out. Although this week's selection is by no means as extensive as it could be, The Scene offers a taste of what's around town. There's the B'nai B'rith Leadership Net- work, a haimish, young adult group for cou- ples and singles which has emerged as the sports-oriented group. ...…
…Playing To Win Royal Oaker Mike Kahan, 28, plans some of the Network's sports events. Bob Weine, 29, is a regular on the ffnai Brith billiards scene. Stuart Novick and Kathy Hack shoot some pool. A little billiards love connection? 'The ffnai ifrith Leadership Network has become Detroit's sporty group for Jewish young adults. `Th LYNNE MEREDITH COHN StaffWriter Its a Monday night at Fifth Avenue. The sexy-sad wail of blues music rum- b...…
…fag Part of the planning committee for the Young Adult Shabbat Service: Rabbi Daniel Nevins, Joe Feldman, Ellen Krivchenia, Beth Greenapple and Sharon Wise. gle people looking for a soulmate, work has leveled off at 28-33, he but they didn't want the stigma of a says. singles group," says Sheri. It later Sure, says Stuart, the network is a merged with the local couples group, place to scope. "Our track record is Hatsair; and now encompasses ...…
…The rabbi sat back and acted merely as a supervisor, playing as small a role as possible, although helping to direct the group gently through the reverence of the service. The evening ended with conversation and kiddish, provided by Adat Shalom. What the next few years will bring, no one knows. But planners predict an outreach program that will take YASS on the road, as a model for other syna- gogues to create their own young adult services. J...…
…"CIJOICE..5 MLAN PO\IVER" Making the right choices-personal or professional-empowers women and brings success. says former Good Morning America anchor Joan Lunden. The former TV host told nearly 1.200 women attending the annual CHOICES event that "Choices are oportunities for growth. We all must continue to be a work in progress." left. Guest speaker Joan Lunden. center. is greeted by CHOICES Associate Chair Susie Leemaster. and Event Chair ...…
…• More Inside: FEATURES REVIEWS LISTINGS A Trio Of Jewish Plays CNN News Boss Rick Kaplan The Search For Mt. Sinai e;[F u sLEN- Eg [cl b • . • it. S. • .„ . • • …
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…The Big Screen A fussy reclusive English writer (John Hurt) suffers an insane crush on an American teenage heartthrob in Love and Death on Long Island, shown 7 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at the Detroit Film Theatre, 5200 Wood- ward, Detroit. $5.50. (313) 833-2323. Family Fun Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Fox Theatre where The Wizard of Oz, starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt, will captivate munchkins of all ages Through April 26. Call ...…
…MEntertainment To Lif America celebrates • Israel's 50th anniversary e: with a star-studded TV special. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to The Jewish News T he 8,000-mile distance between Israel and the United States may seem a little shorter when CBS broadcasts "To Life! America Cele- brates Israel's 50th Anniversary." The two-hour TV special, with entertainment and commentary to capture the spirit of Israel's half centu- ry of growth, will go ...…
…00 years of partnership Goldberg, who spent time in Michigan early in his career as a sports producer for ABC, went back to Israel in March with Mischer, and the two locked into technical plans, such as how to set the stage and how to put in a monitor wall so the Israeli audience — thousands are expected to congre- gate outside the tower — could see the Los Angeles segments. They also met with performers. "We're going to have the Israel Philh...…
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…Three For The Stage A trio of plays of Jewish interest open in metro Detroit this month. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to The Jewish News T hree plays that capture dif- ferent times in the Jewish experience are about to open at area theaters. Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning comedy-drama Lost in Yonkers draws from Simon's youthful experiences living among Jewish immigrants from Europe. It is the story of two teen-age boys left...…
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…A CLOSER WALK WITH Singing 20 of Her Greatest Hits MICHAEL ELKIN Special to The Jewish News s one of the giants in the news business, Rick Kaplan, , all 6 feet-plus of him, is used to tall orders. But tall statements? When meeting his new boss at CNN, the news producer reportedly was greeted with :"You're the biggest God-damned Jew I've ever seen." Ted Turner turns a phrase, doesn't he? "That's not exactly what Ted said," says Kaplan, pres...…
…At The Movie Neil Simon, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon talk about their latest collaboration "The Odd Couple II." T hirty years later, Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar are back on the screen in Neil Simon's The Odd Cou- ple II. But even though this is the first time Walter Matthau and Jack Lem- mon have revisited their indelible film roles, Oscar and Felix have never really left the public imagination. "It's probably the most popular of all t...…
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