…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY DECEMBER 27, 1991 / 20 TEVET 5752 General Motors Layoffs Hit Non-Auto Community CLOSE-UP KIMBERLY LIFTON and AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writers S am Weiner's patients come from all walks of life. Yet 50 percent are employed by the Big Three automobile companies — General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. Because many of his pa- tients work for the auto in- dustry, Dr. Weiner said...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP SOUTHFIELD: AT RISK? `Duke For President' Riles GOP Activists Second part in a series NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer D avid Duke's presiden- tial bid is giving local political activists fits — and not only because of his Ku Klux Klan back- ground. Both Republican and Democratic leaders are upset that Mr. Duke was put on the ballot for the Mich- igan Republ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-U P _ _Aisisidienk„ DECEMBER 13, 1991 / 6 TEVET 5752 Soviet Disunion Worries Emigres AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer I t's fallen like a deck of frayed playing cards, but Moisey Grinshpun isn't sorry. He said the rot had set in long before leaders of three Slavic republics poked their fingers into the house of cards once called the Soviet Union. Mr. Grinshpun, from...…
…HE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS DECEMBER 6, 1991 / 29 KISLEV 5752 Local Israelis And Arabs Question Israel's Stance AMY J. MEHLER and ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM I srael's decision not to participate in the Dec. 4 peace talks in Washing- ton, D.C., caused concern and a little alarm among Israelis in the Detroit area. "It sends the wrong mes- sage," said Oded Israeli, a professor of economics at Oakland Unive...…
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…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 22, 1991 / 15 KISLEV 5752 18 Groups Unify Against `Dukism' CLOSE-UP PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor T Kevin Kline hey may disagree when it comes to peace for territory. They may disagree over the amount of U.S. aid to Israel. But when it came to the issue of David Duke, 18 community leaders repre- senting Jewish, Arab, African American and Chal- ...…
…, N,AZIWIer THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP Diddle Cl They've got a mortgage, a car payment, kids in college and a declining standard of living. Page 26 ALSO INSIDE GTE' GUIDE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • NOVEMBER 15, 1991 / 8 KISLEV 5752 Rabbis Form Committee To Help Save The Yeshiva AMY J. MEHLER and PHIL JACOBS y eshiva Beth Yehudah in the past few weeks has weathered a boar...…
…HE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 8, 1991 / 1 KISLEV 5752 Activism Vs. Spirituality? NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer B y all accounts, the University of Mich- igan's Jewish corn- munity reacted swiftly when an anti-Semitic advertise- ment appeared in the Oct. 24 issue of the student news- paper. Within 24 hours, a rally attracted 300 students to condemn the ad, which de- nied that the Nazi Ho...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 1, 1991 / 24 CHESHVAN 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Sharpton's Tour Visits Michigan CLOSE-UP NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer T here is a joke making the rounds in the Jew- ish community. "If you've got Saddam Hussein, Yassir Arafat and Al Sharp- ton in a room, and you've got a gun with two bullets, what do you do? Shoot Sharpton twice." Mainly because of his leadership role in this p...…
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…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OCTOBER 25, 1991 / 17 CHESHVAN 5752 Local Israelis Dream Of Real Peace At Home AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer p eace in the Middle East would mean Dalia and Chaim Levi from Ramat Hasharon can quit holding their breaths every time their children go off to play or walk back and forth from school. They would sleep easier at night, confident Arab workers were n...…
…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OCTOBER 18, 1991 / 10 CHESHVAN 5752 B'nai David Board Plans Maple Road Construction ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor C How the laws of mikvah and family purity unlock Jewish femininity. Page 24 ALSO INSIDE: ongregation B'nai David's board voted nearly unanimously Oct. 10 to go ahead with con- struction of a new synagogue in West Bloomfield. The vote "re...…
…SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 11, 1991 / 3 CHESHVAN 5752 Meeting Ponders Blacks And Jews NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer "! t's no secret that friend- ship has eluded blacks and Jews. Once allies, these two groups have sparred over a number of issues in recent years, leaving many to doubt whether they have anything to discuss anymore. At Michigan State Univer- sity in East Lansing, a con- ference on black-J...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OCTOBER 4, 1991 / 26 TISHREI 5752 Rev. Al Sharpton Invited To Debate At Michigan NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer T ALSO INSIDE: Guaranteed Did Israel lead U.S. Jews down the primrose path? Page 31 he Rev. Al Sharpton, a self-proclaimed "premier civil rights leader," is scheduled to speak in Ann Arbor later this month. The New York-based preacher most recently stag...…
…E JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEPTEMBER 27, 1991 / 19 TISHREI 5752 UN Resolution Tests The Arabs ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor L ocal Jewish leaders this week welcomed George Bush's call for the United Nations to repeal the "Zionism is racism" resolution, but said the real significance of the Presi- dent's comments lie in how Arab nations react. "Most Jews feel the rever- sal of this resolut...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Guarantee Battle Widens Rift Between Israel, U.S. CLOSE-UP ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor B S Ho WHERE THERE'S THERID E'S ernard Epel had never seen anything like it. A Knesset member stood up last week in Israel's Parliament and delivered these words: "Let's do without the loan guar- antees." The speaker's comments are representative of many Israelis angere...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-UP SEPTEMBER 13, 1991 / 5 TISHREI 5752 Levin Confident On Guarantees ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor S en. Carl Levin of Michigan this week labeled "morally wrong" President George Bush's proposal to delay a Congressional vote on Israel's request for $10 billion in U.S. loan guar- antees, and said he is con- vinced the majority of the Senate supports his ...…
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…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AUGUST 30, 1991 / 20 ELUL 5751 JPM Campaign Ok'd CLOSE-UP KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer n their first date in February 1963, Ellsworth Levine and Janet Birnkrant went to see Arthur Miller's The Crucible at the Jewish Community Center's Deroy Theater, then at Meyers and Curtis in Detroit. Shortly after, the young couple married and spent many days at the ...…
…ALSO: ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLEMENT SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY . AUGUST 23, 1991 / 13 ELUL 5751 • Mikhail Gorbachev: Back from his "illness." CRISIS IN THE *SPECIAL REPORT* he impact on Soviet Jewish emigrat and Mideast peace talks. …
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AUGUST 16, 1991 / 6 ELUL 5751 Jewish Groups Rebut Article On Expenditures AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer Local children talk about one of their most complicated heroes: GOD ALSO INSIDE: Family-to-Family A picnic for immigrants and their friends. Page 14 ALSO INSIDE: Maccabi Preview The Games' the thing in Ohio and New Jersey. Page 52 Three Detroit Jewish charitie...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AUGUST 9, 1991 / 29 AV 5751 Shaarey Zedek Planning Bloomfield Family Center NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer C heryl Davis asked for help, but never got it. Her son, Scott, was born prematurely and soon died. When she approached a rabbi 18 months ago, seek- ing spiritual assistance after the death, she said she received no solace. Mrs. Davis said she's star- ting to fe...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP AUGUST 2, 1991 / 22 AV 5751 Fishers Leave Fresh Air, AJE KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer F resh Air Society Ex- ecutive Director Sam Fisher and his wife, Agency for Jewish Edu- cation Executive Vice Presi- dent Ofra Fisher, are resign- ing from their agencies and moving to Washington, D.C. Mr. Fisher, 56, will become international director for the B'nai B'rith...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP Foreign Correspondent N ever known for charisma or a sense of drama, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in- ched toward the peace table this week, dropping hints of acceptance of the American plan along the way rather than making an early, bold statement. Speaking on Israel Televi- sion, for example, Mr. Shamir said he would not rule out the possibility of ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JULY 19, 1991 / 8 AV 5751 Hillel Day School Names Steinberg Administrator KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer R The terminally ill opt out of hospitals in favor of familiar surroundings. obert Steinberg's resume is diverse, ranging from in- surance sales to chief ex- ecutive officer of Sinai Hospital. Now he will switch gears to school business as Hillel Day School's execu...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP JULY 12, 1991 / 1 AV 5751 Federation Steps In To Stop Home Losses KIMBERLY LIFTON and PHIL JACOBS T Hundreds of thousands of Jews survived the Holocaust by escaping to the Soviet Union, Fear, hunger and illness were their constant companions. ALSO INSIDE Vulnerable Rep Redistricting may hit Levin harder than the electorate. Page 11 he Jewish Federation ...…
…T E JEWISH NE S SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP No lager On the fringe They have advanced academic degrees, high paying jobs, Hebrew school and a "good Jewish background." Now they have Jesus. Page 24 JULY 5, 1991 / 23 TAMMUZ 5751 Beth Achim, B'nai Moshe Boards Approve Merger ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor he boards of Con- gregation Beth Achim and.. Congregation B'nai Moshe voted over- whelmingly June 2...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JUNE 28, 1991 / 16 TAMMUZ 5751 For Jews, Berlin Remains A City Of Harsh Memories ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor B A White House interview on the Mideast after the Gulf War. Both kids and parents were happy about camp departure day. ehind the beauty of Berlin — behind the famous parks and the cafes and the quaint shops that delight tourists — are memories as d...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-UP JUNE 21, 1991 / 9 TAMMUZ 5751 Temple Israel To Offer Shelter PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor M any refer longingly to the synagogue back home or the synagogue where they were raised. Few, however, have ever gone home to a syn- agogue. But that will be the case for one week in July 1992 when Temple Israel becomes the first local synagogue to offer its Walnut Lak...…
…E SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP JUNE 14, 1991 / 2 TAMMUZ 5751 Family Matchers Need Americans AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer hen Bella and Si- meon Kraven- chenko of Odessa arrived in Detroit a year- and-a-half ago, John and Monkman decided to take the Kravenchenko family under their wing. So when the Kraven- chenkos and the Monkmans heard last week that a new Soviet Jewish family was en route to Detroit, bo...…
…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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…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MAY 24, 1991 / 11 SIVAN 5751 Acculturation Of Emigres Gets High Agency Profile AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer A fter two years of liv- ing in the United States, Gregory Mor- dukhovich, a Soviet Jew from Leningrad, doesn't con- sider himself completely in- tegrated into American society. He's not alone. A recent Council of Jewish Federations conference on the acculturati...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MAY 17, 1991 / 4 SIVAN 5751 Was Baker Initiative Worth The Effort? ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor D espite Secretary of State James Baker's failure this week to convince either Jordan or Syria to participate in a peace conference, Arab and Israeli spokesmen refused to label the initiative a failure, saying peace talks are still possible —with stipulations. "It ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MAY 10, 1991 / 26 IYAR 5751 Engler Staff Apologizes For Proclamation Mixup ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor W as it Israel's dem- ocratic status in the Middle East or miscommunication? Mark Schlussel doesn't care. He hopes to turn a poten- tial snub of Sunday's Walk for Israel in West Bloomfield into closer ties between the Jewish community and the office of Michigan Gov...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Church Debates Merits Of War CLOSE-UP CHARMING SAGA AMY J. MEHLER OF A Staff Writer LANGUAG AND CULTURE THAT REFUSE TO DIE > FINDING YOUNG ACTORS TODAY YOU THIN is EASY? , N4 4 1.61 i D 11111,1 ,10 f- P S 7 1. DRAMAS GUARANTEED TO SADDEN THE HEART rfreekra.r/nr. ANEW GENERATION OF WITH GUSTO AND DIGNITY AND THE WILL TO GO ON DIIISII EATER FOR SOME ...…
…SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY APRIL 26, 1991 / 12 IYAR 5751 Oakland County Denies JWV Convention Grant AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer T International maps and atlases show little congruity when portraying the Middle East. he Jewish War Veter- ans of Michigan were denied a $5,000 grant last week for their 50th an- niversary state convention. The Oakland County Board of Commissioners de- nied the JWV request, even tho...…
…SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY APRIL 19, 1991 / 5 IYAR 5751 Jewish Groups Raising Funds For Kurdish Relief Staff Writer p ictures of Kurdish refugees trying to escape the Iraqi army are etched in Rae Sharf- man's mind. She collects newspaper and magazine ar- ticles on the subject and has made regular calls to the White House public phone line encouraging the Ameri- can government to get in- volved. Now that Preside...…
…TH JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS APRIL 12, 1991 / 28 NISAN 5751 Israelis Doubt Conference Will Bring Mideast Peace ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor oel Finkelman, a member of the Israel Defense Forces, has often stood on the Golan Heights and watched the Israeli troops stationed there, the tense Syrian forces nearby. Now, he tries to imagine Israel returning the Golan Heights to Syria —a re- quire...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Fresh Air Will Curtail Winter Camp Programs KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer B eginning this fall, the Fresh Air Society will close Camp Maas in Ortonville from September through March, eliminating fall and winter camp for schools and community organizations. Ortonville's Butzel Con- ference Center, which can accommodate about 115 people, will remain open and will be avai...…
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…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP MARCH 22, 1991 / 7 NISAN 5751 Diplomatic Overtures Have A Very Familiar Ring SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer A COMING FULL CIRCLE Once the bastion of immigrants and socialism, the Workmen's Circle is reaching out to new, young members. PAGE 24 cease-fire has ended the hostilities in the Middle East. Sudden- ly, there is a flurry of diplo- matic activity in the ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MARCH 15, 1991 / 29 ADAR 5751 HMC Will Lose $115,000 In Engler's Budget Trimming KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer M ichigan Gov. John Engler's proposed 1991 - 92 state budget would slash the state's $115,000 contribution from the Holocaust Memorial Center's annual budget of $900,000. The HMC cuts, unveiled last week to the legislature, are part of Mr. Engler's plan to c...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS MARCH 8, 1991 / 22 ADAR 5751 SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-UP WHEN DIVORCE SPLITS THE FAMILY JWF To Hire Lansing Lobbyist KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he Jewish Welfare Federation is just weeks away from hir- ing its first community lobbyist, expected to assist agencies in securing funds in the midst of massive statewide budget cuts. The Federation, with the assistance of Jewish Com- ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Suburbs Attract Southfield Jews PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor F orty percent of the Jews in Southfield are planning to move. About half are moving elsewhere within Southfield, with the other half leaving the city. Fifty-two percent of the same population is ex- pecting a decline in the city's Jewish population. These were among the fin- dings of the 1989 Detroit area Je...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 22, 1991 / 8 ADAR 5751 Sinai Launches Search For New Administrator KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer search committee met Wednesday to launch its national campaign for a new Sinai Hospital ad- ministrator. The six-member com- mittee, headed by trustee vice chair Marvin Novick, moved forward with plans to find an experienced hospital administrator a week after Sina...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 15, 1991 / 1 ADAR 5751 Robert Steinberg Is Asked To Step Down At Sinai Hospital KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer t the behest of its offi- cers, Robert Steinberg this week resigned as Sinai Hospital's president and chief executive officer. The hospital announced Mr. Steinberg's departure in a prepared statement on Monday, two months after the hospital's doctors ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Racial Tensions At OU Ignite Jewish Concerns KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer A Jewish administrator is out; a black female is in, and the result is racial tension at Oakland University. _ Talk of an upsurge of racial troubles at OU follows months of disputes within opposing groups of black students, one which objected to the involvement of white students and staff member...…
