…This Week Austrian CROSSROAD European Union challenges right-wing leader's bid for a government role. Austria at the time was a neutral country seen as a buffer between NATO and the Soviet Bloc. But Austria joined the European Union in 1995, and E.U. sanc- tions would have a real material effect on the country. "What we have is a new situation," said Edward Serotta, who directs the Vienna-based Central European Center for Research and Docum...…
…"Whatever the combination of forces that impel it, there is now, for the first time in postwar Austria, a serious com- mitment to fighting racism and anti- semitism," wrote Jewish scholar Robert Wistrich in a report last year on Austria and the legacy of the Holocaust. On the other hand, he continued, "if the establishment has become more lib- eral in the wake of the Waldheim fiasco, the reservoir of provincial conservatism and of radical-popu...…
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…It might make for a good political case, but his legal argument — that he didn't know — isn't going down well even in his own cabi- net. And such logic is what m here are so many investigations of Israeli his defeated rival, Likud's A major public figures that Internal Security Binyamin "Bibi" Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami has called corrup c, Netanyahu, would say tion a strategic threat" to the nation. In addi- when someone caught him tion to the B...…
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…SPECIALIZING IN ALZHEIMER'S CARE BLOO \WIELD HEALTHCARE Proudly Presents studies are more likely to intermarry. However, a number of changes are being made in this year's national study — which will be surveying by phone 5,000 people, more than double the sample of 1990 — that seem, at least in -part, to respond to the criticisms. In deciding to address the nuances of Jewish identity, Sheskin said, a change has been made from 1990. In 1990,...…
…Adat Shalom Synagogue invites the community to participate in CONNECTIONS 240400 featuring a keynote address by Michigan Attorney general JENNIFER GIIIIANNOLDil Saturday, 'March 4 An evening featuring a joyous Havdalah Service, speakers on a wide range of subjects and a spirited "jazz cf Coffee" Afterglow beginning at 7 p.m. cjennifer 714. granholm made his- tory when she "shattered the glass ceil- ing" and was elected Michigan's first...…
…This Week World Briefs With great education the sky is the limit. O.U. Urges Tax Code Change Washington (JTA) — The Orthodox Union's Institute for Public Affairs is urging members of Congress and the Clinton administration to support leg- islation aimed at eliminating the "mar- . riage penalty" in the federal tax code. The provision forces many married couples who file their taxes jointly to pay higher taxes than if they were sin- gle. Th...…
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…This Week Insight Future Files Memory's Guardian Orthodox rabbi will lead Holocaust Memorial Museum board. JULIE WIENER Jewish Telegraphic Agency R The subsequent ouster of the muse- um's director, Walter Reich, proved to be another public relations disaster. It was quickly followed by a barrage of criticism over the museum's decision to hire Holocaust scholar John Roth to head its Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. Roth was assaile...…
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…Editorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com Soft Money's Hard Lesson T here's a fairly simple rule for public life: Don't do anything that would embarrass you if it were reported on the front page of the New York Times. In recent weeks, front-page stories in the Times (and a lot of other places) have disclosed, among other things, that Israeli President Ezer Weizman took ...…
…COMMUNITY VIEWS Tel Aviv At 90: A Daughter Remembers one of camaraderie and a sense of n 1909, 6,000 Jews lived in shared purpose and common des- Yaffo among 34,000 Aiabs. tiny. It was 1945 when I attended The Jews kept on coming — first grade in Bialik Elementary this was the height of the sec- School. ond aliya, but there was hardly any One day my sister, Shula, land left to build upon. in the fifth grade, was sup- A group of a few dozen p...…
…SPECIAL COMMENTARY In Demand Of A Strong Jewish Response Jerusalem The Venice court, where Tali was n June 23, - 1858, the papal living, ordered a psychological exami- police entered the home of nation of the mother. Focusing almost Shlomo Mortara, a Jewish exclusively on traditional Jewish reli- merchant living in Bologna, gious practices, the psychologist fre- Italy, and removed Mortara's quently expressed astonish- 6-year-old son, Edgard...…
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…Senior Aid Appreciated Rabbi David Polter is to be thanked for helping Mr. Joseph Goldberg, a Jew who lives at the Applewood Center in Trenton ("Divine Providence," Jan. 21). It is pathetic and a shame that so many of our Jewish people are scattered all over in non-Jewish facilities. As a vol- unteer with three other friends — Ger- tie and Zvi Golambursky and Robert Singer — through the Outreach Pro- gram of Jewish Vocational Service with Glo...…
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…n VMMW`V*.T i, •+• • CCU AsuNtwIl-, M azel 4,4,A,*0k. ,,,,',,N7pAzotiY Toy! Clockwise from left: Ari Sherizen prepares his dogs for the day's El* Two yeshiva students head north for a different kind of winter break. DEBRA ISAACS Special to the Jewish News . oni Sherizen considers dogs a nuisance. His brother, Ari, is down- right canine-phobic. So why did they choose to spend their winter break yelling commands at the four-legged cre...…
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…were approved after the completion of visits to each site and a review of the progress of each program. Included in the $2.6 million total granted by the Jewish Fund were 11 health-care grants, including $61,405 to COJES and - DMC for their joint Care Giver College, which educates care- givers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia disorders Mark Schlussel via teleconference. Sinai-Grace Hospital received 10 grants — severa...…
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…Glazer Institute Hosts Dr. Ellenson Dr. David Ellenson will be scholar-in- residence Friday, Feb. 11, for Temple Beth El's 58th annual Rabbi B. Benedict Glazer Institute on Judaism for Christian, Eastern Orthodox, Muslim and Protestant clergy. The Glazer Institute originated in 1942 when Rabbi Glazer, the temple's senior rabbi, invited a small group of ministers to hear a lecture on Judaism and share con- Dr. David cerns. Renamed in the Ellen...…
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…THE METROPOLITAN DETROIT MACCABI CLUB and THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Isommiw 311=1111 ■ Announce AMIN, TRYOUTS for A I JCC'S MACCABI YOUTH GAMES for boys and girls ages 13-16 (as of 8/1/2000) at the D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building (Maple/Drake JCC) MACCABI GAMES TRYOUTS The 2000 Maccabi Games will be held from August 13-28 in Cincinnati, OH and Richmond, VA for all teams except in-line hockey, which will go to Staten Island, NY August ...…
…ORT TOPIC: KIDS/SEXUALITY Glennwood ORT general meeting with MJAC speaker on "Mother to Mother: Sexuality and Your Children" 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at ORT office in the Fisher Building, 6735 Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills. RSVP: Suzanne Berman (248) 354-5589. MEET PERSONAL SHOPPER Roosevelt Hadassah presents Sharon Eisenshtadt who demonstrates how to coor- dinate and organize fashions 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, on second floor, personal sh...…
…Community SINGLES Listings for ages 20-35 can be found in "The Scene" in the JN Living Well pages. COOK-IN FOR FREEDOM HOUSE The Jewish Professional Singles, 35-55, host volunteer day to cook dinner for refugees seeking asylum 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at Detroit's Freedom House. Donate clothes. Information: Cindy (248) 542-9166. TEMPLE ISRAEL DANCE' Singles Extension Group invites Jewish singles 50 and over to pizza party with music...…
…Sundays and 8 p.m. Thursdays. Information: (248) 788-0600. DRIVETIME TORAH TAPES Eilu v' Eilu has tapes to loan that include lectures by instructors at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Drisha Institute, Eilu v' Eilu and more. Free. Information: Nancy Kaplan (248) 737- 1931. LUNCH AND LEARN W We" EILU r EILU ON TALMUD Lear Rabbi Lee Buckman leads Lunch and Learn talk "Swimming in the Sea of Talniud: Lessons for Everyday Living" 10:45 a.m. Th...…
…Community Mazel Toy! Millennium Stacy Gastwirth andiason:T7ager planted revis CARL WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News erusalem, the Old City, and Masada ... that was what Jason Trager and Stacy Gastwirth learned about in their childhood Hebrew school lessons. A few weeks ago, it all became real. Just an hour before the clock turned to Jan. 1, 2000, on the bal- cony of the Hyatt Regency of the Dead Sea, 24-year-old Trager of Flint nervo...…
…W NDOWS WALLS MORE Births Jan. 13 Cara (LaKind) and Ira Schlussel of Huntington Woods are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Gabriel Harlan (Gavriel Chayim). Full of hugs and kisses is excited big sister Claire Michelle, 20 months. Proud are fourth-time grandparents Peggy and Stuart LaKind of West Bloomfield and fifth-time grandparents Rosie and Mark Schlussel of Southfield. Gabriel is named in loving memory of his pater- nal grea...…
…Mazel Toy! CREATING A HIGHER STANDARD The Model Year 2000 SEV ILLE Has Arrived. Up to 000 Si of Farmington Hills and grandma Yetta Sinai of New Orleans. Ari is also the grandson of the late Sheldon Eizen and the late Leon Sinai. Ari Yaakov is named in loving memory of his mater- nal grandfather Leon (Aryeh) Sinai and his paternal great-grandfather Jack (Yaakov) Palman. additional incentives for current Cadillac.; GM owners or Leasees ...…
…Births Nov. 13 Tracy (Tortora) and Brian Brod of Royal Oak are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Ben Harrison (Ephriam Rafael). Proud and excited grandparents are Millie and Peter Samardak of Bethel, Conn.; Chuck and Sherry Tortora of Holland, Mich.; and Miles and Adele Brod of Oak Park. Ben's great-grandparents are Rose Michelson of Southfield and Raymond and Pat Tortora of Palm Springs, Calif. Ben is named in loving memory of hi...…
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…ComMunity Spirituality Woman Valor The new Mikvah Israel will commemorate the memory of Joanne Zuroif shown with her husbands Dr. Arnold Zurojf SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News T 0N 2/4 2000 60 he new community mikva will be dedicated to the memory of Joanne (Zahava bas Mordechai) Zuroff, the late wife of endodontist Dr. Arnold ZUroff of Southfield. Mrs. Zuroff, 56, was the loving mother of five children and 11 grand- children...…
…Detro/vottl. fl",thZ/V4Z44.‘4, According to Jewish law, husbands and wives are not permitted physical contact during the time of the woman's menses and for seven "days of purity" thereafter. Following this peri- od of separation, intimacy may resume only after the wife has immersed in a mikva, a special pool of a specific size with a source of natural water. Due to its private nature, mikva usage is shrouded in secrecy, with laws of observan...…
…Spirituality CONSERVATIVE ADAT SHALOM 29901 Middlebelt, Farmington Hills, 48334, (248) 851-5100. Rabbis: Daniel Nevins, Herbert Yoskowitz. Cantor: Howard Glantz. Rabbi emeritus: Efry Spectre. Cantor emeritus: Larry Vieder. Services: Friday 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m., 5:45 p.m.; weekdays 7:30 a.m., 5:45 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. Bat mitzvah of Andrea Podob, daughter of Laura and Keith Podob. Shabbat Huledet: Youngsters celebrating birthdays in ...…
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…nun! Do You Know Your ABC's... Spirituality TEMPLE KOL AMI 5085 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, 48323, (248) 661-0040. Rabbis: Norman T. Roman, Amy B. Bigman. Rabbi emeritus: Ernst J. Conrad. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday V'shamru minyan 11 a.m. IN HEBREW? (alef, bet, gimmel) CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK IN YIDDISH? 1924 Coolidge Road, East Lansing 48823, (517) 351-3570. Rabbi: David A. Lyon. Visiting cantor: Pamela Jordan Schiffe...…
…Torah Portion Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue way possible to give the accused the benefit of the doubt. Likewise, in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 336). "The rabbis offer, 'How do . we know that is someone is already convict- ed' and someone says, 'I can speak on behalf of his innocence' that we recon- sider? The Torah teaches us, 'The inno- cent do not kill.' How do we know that if he has already been acquitted in court n this week's Torah porti...…
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…PicTuRe this 1. The donated coins made a large pile. 2. Bank One volunteers Nancy Rudorffer and Sandy Gale weigh the coins. 3. Perry Ohren of Jewish Vocational Service talks to Molly Borman of Birmingham. 4. Sean Craig of Walled Lake and Jacob Smith of West Bloomfield - carry pennies to be weighed. 5. Taylor and Cortney Chimoff and Cayla Lusky, all of Oak Park, sort coins. 6. Ashley Oshinsky of West Bloom- field decorates a challa cover ...…
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…I Ca11113 0 How campinc helped shape one life that is now shaping many others. was camp — specifically, Camp Wise, a residential, three-week summer camp I Name: Lisa Soble affiliated with the Jewish Siegmann Community Center in Cleve- land, Ohio. Title: Director of "My sister and brothers and JEFF, Jewish Experi- I lived for camp," Siegmann ences For Families. says. I A native of Ohio, "First we all went there, Lisa Siegmann then we all wo...…
…$ 1- D E: A Special Treat EffigEoq For V-Day 2000 79 The Return 01 The Limeliters 83 Words From An Advice Goddess . . .84 Ep8e' rnid arge wor ew of gan artists. STORY en pitgen : Susan Beiner: "English Garden" Teapot and Stand The teapot is regular size, but the base is large. It has lots of different colors with lots of gold" Top: Renee Gruskin: "Out of Earth." This photo montage is "a fusion offragile and tough elements that have...…
…Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern. Woronicz, former artistic The Chamber Music Mary is recovering from the death director of the Oregon Society of Detroit hosts In his new book, Pray Ball; of her congressman husband, and Shakespeare Festival, in his Joshua Bell, with Simon author/attorney/sports enthusiast Rabbi Rhoda has picked her native New Meadow Brook debut. Mulligan on piano, 8 p.m. James M. Gordon reveals the importance York to make a fres...…
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