…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60¢ SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Arab Unrest Takes New Dangerous Form HELEN DAVIS Israel Correspondent Jerusalem — Once upon a time, it was enough to call out the fire brigade to quell disturbances in Judea and Samaria — also known as the West Bank — and Gaza. The firemen turn- ed on the hoses and the Palestinians simply melted back into their homes. But no more. Today, 20 years later, the children of tho...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60'; SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY DECEMBER 18, 1987 / 27 KISLEV 5748 Lack Of Action Disappoints Wiesel Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel has some suggestions for Reagan, Gorbachev, and the Jewish community in the area of human rights for Soviet Jewry ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel believes the Ronald Reagan-Mikhail Gorbachev summit meeting last week was a positive step. He sees the Dec...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60(P SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY 200,000 Strong Say See Contents on Page 9 DECEMBER 11, 1987 / 20 KISLEV 5748 OUR PEOPLE GO' …
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60r SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY DECEMBER 4, 1987 / 13 KISLEV 5748 American Jews Unite For Sunday's March ARTHUR J. MAGIDA Special to The Jewish News It's a triple-bill event: The largest rally on a Jewish issue in Washington history, a rare occasion of American Jews speaking with one voice, and an opportunity to deliver a "thundering and resounding message" to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. According ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60( SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 27, 1987 / 6 KISLEV 5748 Sharansky Is Driven To Beat The Odds LILA ORBACH Special to The Jewish News During his years as a Prisoner of Zion and more recently in his new life in Israel, Natan Sharansky has come to symbolize the struggle of Soviet Jewry for freedom. In person, though, Sharansky is far from superhuman. Little more than five feet tall and worried abo...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE ar SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 20, 1987 / 28 CHESHVAN 5748 Arab, Jewish Debators Address Audiences DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer T he ground beneath the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield did not tremble in revelation, nor did it open up in ARABS- - ?2 HOMELANDS Irvin Schlussel demonstrates. retribution when Hyman Bookbinder and and former Senator James Abourezk addressed a Book Fair au...…
…r .11 THIS ISSUE 60 1 P SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 13, 1987 / 21 CHESHVAN 5748 Miss America 1945 Still Stands Tall LILA ORBACH Special to The Jewish News caudal or no scandal, Bess Myerson is still Miss America, 1945. The more than 1,000 people who flocked to the Jewish Book Fair Mon- day to hear Myerson plug her new book, Miss America, 1945; Bess Myer- son's Own Story, didn't seem the least bit disappointed that the f...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60r SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 6, 1987 / 14 CHESHVAN 5748 Mobilization For Washington Summit York on Tuesday to plan the mobiliza- tion. Communal representatives and Associate Editor agency leaders were so enthusiastic, The Jewish Community Council he said, that "we expect it to be the of Metropolitan Detroit has chartered biggest Jewish rally ever held in a 344-seat jet aircraft to take Washing...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60(P SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 30, 1987 / 7 CHESHVAN 5748 Shaarey Zedek Cuts Teacher Pay ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor Congregation Shaarey Zedek im- posed a ten percent pay cut on 26 teachers and seven teacher aides last Friday. The synagogue is negotiating new labor contracts with its teachers, and has threatened pay cuts and reductions in fringe benefits. The synagogue's contract with its 20...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS ■ ININERm• ■■■•■ THIS ISSUE 60(P SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 23, 1987 / 30 TISHREI 5748 Who Will Run The Jewish Agency? Diaspora leaders are pushing for a compromise between laymen and professionals EDWIN BLACK Special to the Jewish News Widespread Diaspora opposition toward the nomination of Akiva Levinsky to succeed Arye Dulzin as chairman of the Jewish Agency is creating a push for an unprecedented sh...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 6(:) SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 16, 1987 / 23 TISHREI 5748 Teachers Reviewing Holocaust Curriculum New materials are ready for Oakland County and high school students throughout the U.S. ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor What factors led to the Holocaust? What is the guilt of the Church? How are we responsible and what can we do to prevent future genocides? High school students in Oakland County an...…
…I IL 111■■•■•■•■ THIS ISSUE 60cP SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 9, 1987 / 16 TISHREI 5748 `Fisher Meeting' Nets $10.2 Million Record total amounts to 40 percent of the annual Allied Jewish Campaign contributions STAFF REPORT Fifty-five years after making his first donation of $5 to the Allied Jewish Campaign, Max Fisher and some 50 friends pledged $10.26 million toward the 1988 Allied Jewish Campaign. The amount was announ...…
…THE THIS ISSUE 6W SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 2, 1987 / 9 TISHREI 5748 Major Demographic Study Is Planned For The Detroit Jewish Community STAFF REPORT A professional demographic study of Detroit-area Jews will be under- taken in the coming year by the Jewish Welfare Federation. Dr. Con- rad Giles, president of the JWF, told the Federation annual meeting Wednesday night that the study will determine the needs of Detroit Je...…
…THIS ISSUE 60(0 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY The Torah is our life and the length of our days. - Akna in the Talmud SEPTEMBER 25, 1987 / 2 TISHREI 5748 …
…,THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY No Breakthroughs In Papal Meetings ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor A Michigan representative at last Friday's meeting in Miami between Pope John Paul II and American Jewish leaders described the historic session as "no blockbuster." Temple Beth El member Spencer Partrich saw the meeting as "very in- teresting and positive," but "exactly what we expected." Partrich was ask- e...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY I CLOSE-UP SEPTEMBER 11, 1987 / 17 ELUL 5747 A Challenge From Shcharansky The former refusenik has picked a November date for U.S. Jews to shed their complacency Editor TWO•DGED SWORDS Converting to Judaism can bring more discrimination for Detroit's Black Jews Natan Shcharansky believes that the fate of Soviet Jewry is "not in the hands of the KBG, but in our hands, t...…
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…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c CLOSE-UP SEPTEMBER 4, 1987 / 10 ELUL 5747 Israel Downs Lavi; Kill Is Unconfirmed HELEN DAVIS Special to The Jewish News Jerusalem — Israel's controversial Lavi fighter plane made a crash lan- ding Sunday when the cabinet decid- ed by a single vote to abandon further production of the aircraft, which was perceived as Israel's fighter plane of the 1990s. The decision was r...…
…THE EWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AUGUST 28, 1987 / 3 ELUL 5747 Battle For Souls Takes To The Streets HELEN DAVIS Special to The Jewish News SPECIAL BACK-TO- SCHOOL SECTION Jerusalem — Some 15,000 Or- thodox Israelis gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Monday evening to read Psalms and blow the shofar, a mass pray-in to protest the screening of movies in Jerusalem on the Sabbath. The rally, which di...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY I CLOSE—UP I AUGUST 21, 1987 / 26 AV 5747 Low Council Profile For The Pope's Visit Protests, demonstrations and petitions are "not appropriate," according to communal leaders DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer TECHNOCRATS A Farmington Hills firm has combined with ORT to bring American workers into the computer age With less than a month to go before Pope John Paul II visits De...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AUGUST 14, 1987 / 19 AV 5747 Battle For Souls Skirmishes in the Knesset have fueled the war over whether Israel is to be guided by religious law or keep synagogue and state separate HELEN DAVIS Israel Correspondent Jerusalem — Israeli legislators last month came to within a whisper of tearing apart the fragile fabric of the Jewish world. The issue was not the proposed in...…
…■ THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Israel's Nuclear Strategy Relies On Ambiguity READERS THEATER Jerusalem has reportedly developed and tested a powerful new missile capable of reaching parts of the USSR. And Moscow is unhappy. Reading becomes a stage art ALL WORK, NO PLAY? Singles balance work and leisure CONTENTS PAGE AUGUST 7, 1987 / 12 AV 5747 7 I CLOSE—UP Caring For The Caregiver Some of the burden of caring...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c KIDS OF THE COVENANT Making Jewish friendships SMARTS FOR THE ARTS Pushing culture in the city CONTENTS PAGE 7 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JULY 31, 1987 / 5 AV 5747 Jewish Groups Are Taking Sides In State Medicaid Abortion Fight JENNIFER TAUB Jewish News Intern The Jewish community stands divided on the issue of abortion as well as the implications of the recent decision to deny state-paid abor...…
…v7 1S1-1. NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE—UP JULY 24, 1987 / 27 TAMMUZ 5747 Jewish Population Shrinks; Ann Arbor's Doubles In A Decade The Detroit community now ranks 12th DAVID HOLZEL DETROIT JEWS Staff Writer 100,000 Fifty years ago, the Detroit area's Jewish population ranked seventh in the nation; today it is in 12th place. In 1936, the estimated population of the Jewish community was 94,000; the mos...…
…1""Ait.L7r - THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JULY 17, 1987 / 20 TAMMUZ 5747 Demjanjuk Mal Takes A Twist Accused concentration camp guard's firing of his American attorney publicizes defense team differences and ruffles the proceedings HELEN DAVIS Special to The Jewish News DELICATE BALANCE A local teen strives for '88 Jerusalem — Mark O'Connor, the attorney from Buffalo, New York who is absolutely convinced that Jo...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c 231•1111111111111111111.1•111111111C, ,===.,_ "--:-;L -- :: - ::::: - T ENTING TONIGHT Summer Camp left its mark ON WITH THE SHOW Miss First Nighter always out front Im ' Imm iCLOSE-UP I ISRAEL'S PROBLEMS WITH ETHIOPIAN ABSORPTION Is The `Lost Tribe' Lost In Red Tape? JULY 10, 1987 / 13 TAMMUZ 5747 Federation Allocations Stand Pat $24.3 million allows for growth...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JULY 3, 1987 / 6 TAMMUZ 5747 Furor Mounts Over Pope's Meeting With Waldheim Jews and non-Jews around the world react with anger to papal audience at the Vatican with accused Nazi LEADER OF THE PAC's A SMALLER PERSPECTIVE A HOT NEW WAVE FOR SINGLES CONTENTS PAGE 1 New York (JTA) — Weeks of pro- test and dismay over the decision by Pope John Paul II to receive Kurt Waldh...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JUNE 26, 1987 / 29 SIVAN 5747 Shamir Criticizes Pope, Waldheim Jewish leaders denounce Vatican meeting for Austria's ostracized president Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir last Sunday told reporters that Israel considiered Pope John Paul II's scheduled audience with Austrian President Kurt Waldheim to be an "unfriendly act." Shamir also said that the audien...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c JUNE 19, 1987 / 22 SIVAN 5747 Detroit's Project Renewal partner begins to shed its negative image Births Business Engagements Entertainment Inside Washington Obituaries Seniors Single Life Synagogues Women Youth 72 50 68 55 32 100, 102 63 76 36 42 74 CANDLELIGHTING 8:52 P.M. BETTER PARTY BASH Special Pull-out Section Orthodox Win Two Seats On Oak Park School Board Bet...…
…SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c Neighborhood Project Has Successful Start ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor Sunday's Neighborhood Project ice cream social will be more than a neighborhood get-together. The "Love Thy Neighborhood" event at the Morris Branch of the Jewish Community Center will mark a successful first year for the Neighborhood Project, which helped 65 Jewish families move into specified areas of Oak Park and Sou...…
…THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JUNE 5, 1987 / 8 SIVAN 5747 SPECIAL REPORT THE MEANING OF THE SIX DAY WAR Victory was swift 20 years ago, but Israel is still dealing with the consequences he Six Day War of June 1967 changed the entire Mideast equation, and far more. With Israel's stunning victory over her Arab neighbors, who had pledged to drive the Jewish army into the sea, the underdog had become the master, the tiny ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c CLOSE-UP 111117— W• " MAY 29, 1987 / 1 SIVAN 5747 China Is A Conduit For PLO Message WOLF BLITZER Special to The Jewish News Washington — Secretary of State George Shultz and his top aides were clearly surprised during their recent visit to China when a Foreign Ministry official handed Shultz a diplomatic note from PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. The note, according to U.S...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MAY 22, 1987 / 23 IYAR 5747 The Rise And Fall Of Shimon Peres On the verge of his greatest political triumph, Israel's Foreign Minister has suffered perhaps his worst defeat HELEN DAVIS Special to The Jewish News Jerusalem — At the very time that Gary Hart was admitting that his campaign to become president of the United States had been fatally flawed, serious questions ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP MAY 15, 1987 / 16 IYAR 5747 Detroiters Examine Interfaith Relations DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer Relations between Jews and Catholics, at least locally, have never been better, say activists of both religions involved in interfaith dialogue. All agree that sound rela- tions are necessary, even axiomatic, despite, or perhaps because of the Catholic Church's dismal t...…
…SH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MAY 8, 1987 / 9 IYAR 5747 Sinai Hospital Trimming 150 Jobs A drop in numbers of patients and insurance payments are cited Staff Report Declining admissions and reduc- tions in federal and state insurance reimbursements have prompted Sinai Hospital to announce its first ever layoff of employees. Hospital spokeswoman Suzanne Timma said this week that effective May 21, 105 permanent...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c Israeli Envoys Push Separate Peace Plans Jerusalem (JTA) — Labor and Likud are taking their bitter dispute over an international conference for Middle East peace to Washington, a development which could embarrass the Reagan Administration and has already heightened the atmosphere of government crisis at home. Premier Yitzhak Shamir confirm- ed Monday night that he had receiv- ed a message from President Reagan...…
…THEJEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c CLOSE-UP APRIL 24, 1987 / 25 NISAN 5747 UHS, Beth Shalom Merge High Schools Educational, social advantages, and a communal afternoon high school are foreseen from merger ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor TEACHING REMEMBRANCE A literature class at Ferndale High transmits important Holocaust lessons 22 The boards of United Hebrew Schools and Cong. Beth Shalom have approved t...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS READY FOR PE A 64 1987 Campaign Boosts Detroit Into Fifth Place 14th largest Jewish community has second highest per capita giving, but faces a difficult allocations process ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor Births Campus Anti-Semitism Engagements Entertainment Guarding the Truth Holocaust Essay Junior Miss Obituaries Single Life Synagogues Women APRIL 17, 1987 / 18 NISAN 5747 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 6...…
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…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c APRIL 3, SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY vp7 NISAN 5747 •-./, 40 CLOSE-UP SEARCH FOR BALANCE Conservative Jewry Enters Its Second Century 22 Negligence Lail Into Post-Wir• U • t9 s6> Former OSI director tells DetroiterS'-34 i . nobody cared to ask the right questions John Demjanjuk, noliptking tried in Israel. Before the formation of OSI, Why did the United States not U.S. immigration authorities ...…
…MARCH 27, 1987 / 26 ADAR 5747 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c CLOSE-UP Presidential Challenge David Adamany is working to overcome old Wayne State stereotypes 22 WORLD'S LARGEST JEWISH FOUNDATION Charles Bronfman has big plans for the world 38 Emigration Trickle Is Slowly Rising Soviet Jews in Detroit and HIAS report more permits have been given for Jewish family reunification ALAN HITSKY News Editor Soviet Jewr...…
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…THE JEWISH NEWS MARCH 20, 1987 / 19 ADAR 5747 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c Kashrut Director Selected By Rabbis Brooklyn, N.Y. rabbi will help oversee, reorganize kosher supervision in Michigan Staff Report The Council of Orthodox Rab- bis of Greater Detroit has named a Brooklyn, N.Y. kashrut adminis- trator as it director of kashrut. Rabbi Mordechai Walmark has been named to the new position, ef- fective after Passo...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS MARCH 13, 1987 / 12 ADAR 5747 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c Pollard's Life, U.S. Ties Are Threatened Convicted spy receives death threats in wake of his sentencing, while Israel-U.S. relations feel the strain WOLF BLITZER Special to The Jewish News Israeli spy Jonathan Jay Pollard has been moved to a federal prison in Springfield, Missouri, for his own protection. Pollard was moved from the federal p...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY International Conference: A Last Chance For Peace? A Detroit visitor sees the proposal as a face-saving opportunity for the Arabs and a peace chance for Israel ALAN HITSKY News Editor An international conference for peace in the Middle East does not frighten Annette Dulzin, and it should not scare Israel. Dulzin told Zionist leaders in Detroit this week that Shimon Peres ...…
…THE JEWISH NE SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 60c Agencies Ponder GM Layoff Impact FEBRUARY 27, 1987 / 28 SHEVAT 5747 CLOSE-UP Experts are unclear on how the lean-and-mean approach might affect the Jewish community The Jewish Welfare Federation has granted a special allocation of $300,000 to the Jewish Home for Aged to help meet a $600,000 budget deficit, brought on in part by Michi- gan's low Medicaid reimbursement rate a...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 20, 1987 / 21 SHEVAT 5747 Local Rally On Thursday For Soviet Jewish Refuseniks A two-hour B'nai B'rith vigil at Tel-Twelve Mall will include reading 12,000 refusenik names as part of a national effort DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer A rally for Soviet Jewish re- fuseniks, due to take place Thursday at Tel-Twelve Mall, is to be dupli- cated in communities around the Un...…
…T E JEWISH NEWTS THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 13, 1987 / 14 SHEVAT 5747 Team Effort Evacuated 78 Patients At Prentis Manor Staff and rescue workers turned a near-tragedy on Sunday into an adventure for 91 Jewish Home For Aged residents ALAN HITSKY high winds were affecting the outside power line and electrical service in the facility. When it fell, electricity Two evacuation plans, fire de- from the line ar...…
…THIS ISSUE 60c SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 6, 1987 127 TEVET 5747 Yeshivah Parents Ask Oak Park For Busing Round-trip transportation is sought for Beth Jacob girls school in the Birmingham School District DAVID HOLZEL Staff Writer Should the Oak Park schools bus Oak Park children to private schools outside the district? Some Oak Park parents think so. During the question-and-answer session at a recent Oak Park school boa...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS JANUARY 30, 1987 I 20 TEVET 5747 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY THIS ISSUE 50c Rabbi Kahane Spreads His 'Gospel' In Detroit • CLOSE-UP FIRST !VII) NOS Kach Party leader claims his message is the same and support has increased DAVID HOVEL Staff Writer Rabbi Meir Kahane described his visit to Detroit on Wednesday as part of a "consciousness raising tour. I want Jews to hear Jewish views rather than the views of Jew...…
