…given us. Spirituality and aesthetics — enjoying the world — are closely linked. Jewish spirituality means sanctifying the every day. Its a way to appreciate the world moment-to-moment." "Other religions," said Prof. Katz, "especially Christianity and Hinduism, tend to devalue this world. Judaism's emphasis is how to be in this world. That's a big difference." Judaism's awareness of the world can be illustrated by the blessings that are said u...…
…• Blessings said upon seeing a rainbow, a shooting star, or blossoming trees help bring an experience into con- sciousness, into a context that is both personal and divine. A chavurah group follows Judaism's "inner terrain." 20 FRIDAY SFPTFMRFR 2R 199f1 …
…Li • LI • LI • LI • Getting From Here 'lb There Spiritual wisdom can only be gained through hard work, say the rabbis. The first step is to acquire the necessary `vocabulary.' IRA RIFKIN Special to the Jewish News ttempting to connect with life's transcendent quality is difficult enough. Attempting the quest without a road map is near impossible. It's like trying to cross a desert by relying on the ever-shifting sand for direction. The in...…
…Rabbi Omer-Man, director of spiritual outreach for the Los Angeles Hillel Coun- cil and a nationally known writer and lec- turer. But reasons why are almost beside the point. Simply put, placing blame is not a sign of chasidut, or saintliness in a Jew- ish sense. So regardless of the cause, if, as Rabbi Zaiman said, "vocabulary struc- tures how you think," then the first task for those desiring spiritual fulfillment within Judaism is to relear...…
…Finding God In Unusual Places or some, spirituality is not defined by traditional belief in God or worship. Miriam Jerris, for one, believes that faith in God can be entirely divorced from spirituality. Her spirituality is rooted in the world around her, as well as the one she feels. "Can a humanist, an atheist, have a spiritual experience? Absolutely!" said Ms. Jerris, executive director of the 2,000-member Society for Humanistic Judaism bas...…
…I HOLIDAYS Adat Shalom Synagogue cordiolly invites you to attend A Congregational Tribute Dinner honoring - CANTOR LARRY VIEDER The Curious Case Of Kol Nidrei BERNARD S. RASKAS Special to The Jewish News K for thirty years of devoted service to the congregation Sunday, October 21 Adat Shalom Synagogue Cocktail Reception 5:30 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m. Followed by Guest Speaker, Cantor Samuel Rosenbaum Executive Vice President of the...…
…`When the plane touched down at Ben Gurion Airport, we were Russians. Histadrut helped turn us into Israelis.' That's what one Soviet immigrant told us a year after arriving in Israel. Histadrut is the General Federation of Labor in Israel — and much more. For more than 70 years, we've been transforming im- migrants into Israelis. Now we're doing the same for the 10,000 or more Soviet Jews who arrive in Israel each month. Histadrut operates...…
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…INSIDE WASHINGTON JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent S ome people just can't get enough of political life. Consider Ken Rudin. By day, Mr. Rudin is Capitol Hill producer for ABC News, with responsibility for coverage of the House of Representatives. But by night, Mr. Rudin is proprietor of one of the largest political campaign button collections in exis- tence. And according to Mr. Rudin, changes in the use of campaign buttons shed s...…
…MEDIA MONITOR I MONDAY, SIFTIMAIll 14, 1990 / D.uN.IOr 2 /At ,o4., Khrushchev to Rosen I PAMYAT USES IT TO SEND DEATH THREATS TO SOVIET JEWS. YOU CAN USE IT TO SAVE THEM. The call in the night wakes Mikhail Rosenfeld in Moscow. When he picks up the telephone, a voice says, "Kikes, s your turn. You're at the top of the list.' This was the opening of Newsweek's recent cover story, titled "The Long Shadow: New Fears of Anti-Semitism." Dur...…
…What Khruschev said may not be a smoking gun, but it's pretty close." "How you play a story depends on its competition for that day," said Mr. Cola- suonno, "but we never had any doubt that this was a natural story for us." Until quite recently, the Post had traditionally had a high Jewish readership. This was usually attributed to the high number of Jews in New York and their agreement with the paper's liberal editorial policies. Compared wit...…
…MEDIA MONITOR Messiah Continued from preceding page Journal — work 17 hours a day. Several Lubavitch told the Journal reporter that the rebbe may actually be the Messiah. But the day after one Lubavitch administrator told the paper's correspon- dent about this possibility, he called asking that this speculation not be publish- ed. "If I read it myself," he said, "I'd say, 'Come on, give me a break.' " Post Columnist Assails Bush for 'Has...…
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…Wie-ftsasarillit "We remembered a time when there was no Israel, when American Jews were powerless to act. And so, 50 years later we acted— as Americans and as Jews" • — From left: Michael Berke Mark Schlussel Robert Aronson Years from now, we will tell and retell the odyssey of hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews who returned to our People Israel. But as witnesses to this event, many of us have ex- perienced something more personal —wh...…
…born in freedom. We have seen caring Detroiters sharing their own lives with the immigrants, family to family, in new expressions of Jewish identity. cooperative effort will serve as a forum for exchanging issues of concern and as an advocacy body on behalf of all our citizens. We watched our superb community agencies pool already-strained resources to resettle the newcom- ers—and then take the additional step of holding the line on budgets ...…
…• In Ann Arbor, they held a rally on the U. of M. Diag. In West Bloomfield, they marched for Israel and Soviet Jewry. In Southfield, they turned the phone lines into an Operation Exodus lifeline. And, in Huntington Woods, they celebrated freedom—and friendship—with a family picnic. Joining other Jewish communities across America, Detroit accepted the obligation of rescue and the chal- lenge of resettlement. But the responsibility could not e...…
…Clockwise from top left: On a sunny day in May, 7,000 Detroiters walked side by side with Israel and Soviet Jewry. New Americans volunteer- ed for Operation Exodus telethons. University of Michigan stu- dents rallied in support of Soviet Jewry. All ages expressed their solidarity with the Jewish people. Young people joined in the fund-raising effort by hold- ing their own telethon. I Je pt4 /der/ L 3 Sood as' 6, /990 „zot o„,;,or e...…
…identity and Affiliation 1 Home. It goes with a sense of connection—to a family, a community, a culture, a people. It can be a gathering of older adults at a Center coffee klatsh, or a family camp weekend at Tamarack, a shared high school ex- perience in Israel, or a neighborhood fair. In Detroit this year, the Jewish "connection" was nur- tured in many shapes and patterns of Jewish life. Clockwise from top right: Participants in Project ...…
…Clockwise from above: Outdoor dining was part of the allure for these participants in Fresh Air Society's Family Camp. All ages got acquainted at a holiday reception hosted by The Neighborhood Project. The Jimmy Prentis Morris JCC comes alive with activity every afternoon. Detroit's Project Renewal sister city of Yavne sent several young people to De- troit for a summer's camping experience. 14 5 --- …
…Volunteers They're what brings it all together. They're the Meals on Wheels drivers, the Campaign workers, the agency board members, the friendly visitors— in short, the people who give hours and hours of their time to make the world—and our community—a better place to live. Volunteers have built, and continue to build, our community— its agencies, its institutions and services that care for our aged, our young people, our fellow Jews here a...…
…Joel D. Tauber Fred Butzel was revered for his devotion to the city and Jewish com- munity of Detroit. For 39 years, this award has helped perpetuate his ideals and our community's highest regard for volunteer leadership and service. In Joel Tauber, former president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, those special qualities have long been recog- nized. He is the first Butzel Awardee to have received Federation's top award for young leadershi...…
…Berman Award for Outstanding Professional Service Sylvia Serwin The third annual Berman Award for Outstanding Pro- fessional Service goes to a woman who has devoted her career to enhancing the quality of life for older citizens. On January 1, Sylvia Serwin will observe her 25th year of service to the Jewish Home for Aged. As associate director of the Home, she assisted in the opening and administration of Borman Hall, Prentis Manor and Flei...…
…Frank A. Wetsman Sylvia Simon Greenberg William H. Boesky Memorial Leadership Young Leadership Memorial Leadership Award Award Award Dr. Owen Z. Perlman Diane K. Ash Paul S. Magy In his desire to serve the Jewish com- munity, Owen Perlman has given of his time and energies on many fronts: to Detroit's Jewish Welfare Federation and B'nai B'rith, to the national United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Cab- inet, to his home community of Ann Ar...…
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