…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP JUNE 7, 1991 / 25 SIVAN 5751 Young Israel Prohibits Woman From Presidency AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer L ea Luger could have been the first woman to be elected president of her synagogue. But no one will ever know because the Young Israel of West Bloomfield canceled its Wednesday election. In a ruling last week by Rabbi Herbert Bomzer, chairman of the Council...…
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…CONTENTS CLOSEUP Under The Cross SUSAN GRANT Education leads Jewish kids to Catholic schools. 24 BUSINESS UP FRONT D-A-S-H For Fast Track Population study looks at Jews in the U.S. KIMBERLY LIFTON DETROIT Soviets face barriers on path to American dream. 48 11 14 • "Back to basics" in Bloomfield election. • Peace Now lecturer hits land for peace. BACKGROUND 29 Washington's arms delivery sends Israel mixed message. COMMUNITY...…
…EDITORIAL Dry Bones Milestone For JVS It seems every time we turn around there's another worthy Jewish organiza- tion celebrating a milestone anniversary, be it one year, 25, 50 or 100. There are certain groups whose purpose today serves as a direct linkage to what their purpose was at their origin. One of those groups is the Jewish Vocational Ser- vice. JVS is celebrating its 50th year by do- ing what it was doing in 1941 and more. This is...…
…-4111111111111111111111111111110111111111P.1101111111111111110 1 11W OPINION An Armband Of Hatred Teaches A Modern Lesson GAIL ZIMMERMAN L ast week, I attended a program at my son's middle school. Parents were invited to attend a "Celebration of Greatness," question the students, who would be in costume, and try to guess "who our great peo- ple are." Students had read books about their selections and held classroom news con- ferences to s...…
…A savings certificate that gives you somethin big to build on. THE JEWISH NEWS ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR EMERITUS: Philip Slomovitz MANAGING EDITOR: Phil Jacobs ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alan Hitsky ASSISTANT EDITOR: Elizabeth Applebaum STAFF WRITERS: Kimberly Lifton Amy J. Mehler CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Elie Wiesel WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: James D. Besser FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Helen Davis PHOTOGRAPHER: Glenn Tr...…
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…UP FRONT New Study Shows Drop In Jews' Religious Identity IRA RIFKIN Special to The Jewish News A new study of Ameri- can Jewry has con- cluded that culture and ethnicity have replaced religion as the prevailing basis for self-identification with Jewish communal life. The study — which was released this week by the Council of Jewish Federa- tions — found that 90 per- cent of the approximately 5.5 million Americans who were either born Jew...…
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…DETROIT Is Religion In The Schools An Issue in Monday's Election? KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he issue of religious celebration in the schools once again has surfaced in Monday's six- candidate race for two Bloomfield Hills School Board seats. One candidate — Bruce Budde, a sales engineer with IBM — is campaigning for community values. A letter sent out to voters from a newly-formed parent group states that a few other can- didates "ma...…
…afraid, especially after see- ing their Palestinian neighbors dance from the rooftops as Iraqi Scuds flew overhead," he said. "I was in Israel for 28 Scud attacks. Having to put on gas masks leads to sealed minds. This kind of loathing and hatred borders on ethnocentrism and racism. "The second group saw the devastation the Gulf war brought and they've had enough," he said. "They know the next war will be even worse and they want no part of it...…
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…declined to comment on the future of his synagogue's leadership. All Hartley Harris, who ran against Mrs. Luger, would say was that the syn- agogue is a charter member of the Young Israel organ- ization and had to follow Young Israel policy. "This was not a personal issue," said Mr. Harris, a West Bloomfield busi- nessman. Frances Levine, a member of Young Israel since she was 15, said the controversy was tearing apart the West Bloomfield c...…
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…CLOSE-UP UNDER THE CROSS SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer n Gabe Bodzin's Spanish class, students each day recited the Hail Mary. Not Gabe. He was allowed to say the Shema — as long as it was in Spanish. "When my teacher told me to say the Shema in Spanish, it made me feel really good," said Gabe, 17, one of five Jewish students enrolled in the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, an all-boys Catholic institution. Gabe, who is among a handful...…
…Education, not theology, leads Jewish students to Catholic schools. than a catechism class, said Matthew Herskoviz, 15, a sophomore at U of D. "It's more like a study of religion than of God," Matthew said. "It has nothing to do with personal beliefs in God. It's a so- cial studies thing. I don't think religion classes are a big deal. "I know who I am. I have a lot of friends here. I'm very happy with my life," said Matthew, who attends U of ...…
…Photos by Glenn Triest Above: Vice principal Chuck Gumbel talks to U-D High student Dan Haberman. Above right: U-D High students Dan Haberman and Gabe Bodzin. 26 FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1991 their children," said Father Twohig, who oversees a student body of almost 600 of whom only 70 percent are Catholic. "Theology teachers treat religion as they do any academic discipline, not as a course to change someone's religious beliefs. It's just another ...…
…LOOKING BACK Two Catholic school grads look back at the experience. SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer D L avid Feder simply continued a family tradition when he enrolled in Christian Brothers High School, a Catholic college-prep in- stitution in Memphis, Tenn. Both his grandfather and uncle graduated from the school, and David's father had always regretted that he never went there. So, in the mid-1970s, when the quality of the Memphis Public Scho...…
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…BACKGROUND Mixed Message Israel is confused by Washington's arms delivery, on the heels of a call to curb nuclear weapons. HELEN DAVIS Foreign Correspondent I sraeli officials may be ex- cused for suffering a bout of severe confusion late last week. Less than 24 hours after President Bush had unveiled a far- reaching Middle East arms control proposal in Colorado Springs, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney breezed into town with some good n...…
…BACKGROUND Pearls! Mixed Message Continued from preceding page limitation regime when its essential precondition — peace — is still just a mirage on the Middle Eastern hor- izon. It is, they say, totally unrealistic for Washington to seek agreement on arms control in the absence of a political settlement, par- ticularly when suspicion and distrust remain as deep, as persistent and as intractable as they ever were. For the month of June al...…
…NEWS YOU COULD BE A WINNER AT HALTER FURS Your Storage Receipt Enters You In A Grand Prize Drawing July 20th! Agency Plans To Clear Centers Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel's ministerial committee on immigrant absorption gave its approval to a detailed plan aimed at settling every Ethiopian immigrant in permanent housing by this time next year. The ministers acted little more than a week after the remarkable Operation Solomon airlift brought 14,23...…
…MEDIA MONITOR I Boom Times For Rabbinate ARTHUR J. MAGIDA Special to The Jewish News A ccording to The New York Times, the rab- binate is the new hot profession for young Jews. A front-page story by Times' religion reporter Ari Goldman states that ap- plications to rabbinical seminaries have reached record levels because col- 1 ege- a ge Jews are "disenchanted" with careers in law, medicine and busi- ness and because they are "searching f...…
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…A Timepiece of Function and Simplicity. travel, issued to our fighting men and women? Or were they allowed to fight without passports? Can it be that Americans who come to fight and die to defend Saudi Arabia are welcome? But those who come only for a friendly visit (even a Senator) must show evidence that they support the Saudis' em- bargo and boycott against Israel? The craven and obse- quious response of the State Department to this uncons...…
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…COMMUNITY County Commissioners To Vote On War Veterans' Appropriation AMY J. MEHLER • Staff Writer T he Jewish War Veter- ans of Michigan could receive at least $1,000 for their June 21-23 conven- tion if Oakland County commissioners adopt a new resolution next week. The need for a uniform policy to distribute money to veterans organizations prompted one Oakland County commissioner to in- troduce a resolution May 23 granting up to $1,000 ...…
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…Congregation Shaarey Zedek in conjunction with the Cultural Commission takes great pride in presenting the 12TH ANNUAL N Haftorah will be recited by Larry Gunsberg; introduction to Torah reading by Rena Tobes. Saturday: Bat Mitzvah of Marci Lynne Bratt, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bratt. DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE TEMPLE SHIR SHALOM 1457 Griswold, Detroit, 961-9328. Rabbi: Noah Gamze, Cantor: Israel ldelsohn. Services: Monday-Friday 5:15 p...…
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…SPORTS WHERE A BASEBALL DIAMOND MEETS THE SKY Ira Rosen captures some of baseball's famous stadiums. oor, during a 1986 playoff game was h of Shea Stadium Ira Rosen's photograp the first Stadium Views shot he produced. MELINDA GREENBERG Special to The Jewish News w hen Ira Rosen at- tends a major league baseball game, he doesn't sit still long enough to enjoy it. The photographer is constantly moving, snap- ping pictures of the stadium...…
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…BUSINESS D-A - For the Fast Track KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer Photo by Glenn Triest JVS' Galina Drits discusses job prospects with a Soviet man. INAI arty Benson believes 90 days behind the counter will prepare immigrants for the American job market more effectively than any class. So in the past few years, the cash registers at his West Bloomfield American Bulk Food store have been manned by many Soviet pro- fessionals. Among them ar...…
…Soviets face barriers on the path to the American dream. JVS employees are not happy when they can only place Soviets in jobs that are low-paying — between $4.50 and $7-an-hour. J VS gets many job orders for baby sitters, yet officials say they'd like to field more job orders in the professional fields. "We are trying to open doors of community employers where we can place our professional people within their fields," Mrs. Drits says. To Mr. ...…
…Art ELLEN BERNSTEIN Special to The Jewish News ob counselors at Jewish community agencies around the country have their hands full teaching Soviets how to make it in the American workplace. Here are some of their observations about the working world they left behind. • Soviets are assigned jobs by the government. So a job inter- view doesn't exist in their thinking. • For many Soviets, their first job is their job until retirement. They hav...…
