…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 1 TEVET 5753/DECEMBER 25, 1992 In The Spirit Detroit Jews lend a hand on Christmas Day to a variety of humanitarian causes. LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER ast Christmas Day, while many Jews were sleeping late or watching movies or eating Chinese food, Mark Diem and Marc Shaye were working in Detroit's Cass Corridor. They were dishing out a holi- day meal with the...…
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…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 16 KISLEV 5753/DECEMBER 11, 1992 CLOSE UP Arnold Budin Resigns As Home For Aged Exec Markey Butler is named interim executive director of all three JHA facilities. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER rnold Budin, execu- tive director for the Jewish Home for Aged for the past sev- en months, resigned last week — just days after the 212-bed Borman Hs11 nursing home ...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community HE JEWISH NEWS 9 KISLEV 5753/DECEMBER 4, 1992 Home Gets Reprieve Federation, JHA plan for future as Borman Hall passes state inspection. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER is community in- vestment into the Jewish Home for Aged's Borman Hall paid off when state investigators late Wednesday recommended the facility remain open. "This is a rebirth for the Jewish Home for Aged," sa...…
…75¢ SECOND CLASS Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 2 KISLEV 5753/NOVEMBER 27, 1992 Aside The Tide Turns The Jonathan Pollard case becomes a cause celebre. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR Local Look-Alike Bob Aronson has family double in the Senate. Page 43 Laughter, Tears Rita Rudner's comedy comes from adversity. Page 63 Mr, Vitzvah Therapy Forget the bars. Doing good will find your belove...…
…75¢ Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community HE JEWISH NEWS 24 CHESHVAN 5753/NOVEMBER 20, 1992 National Reaction Bias: Still Significant than the United States. Mr. Foxman pointed out that there has been a steady rise in ac- ceptance over the last 28 years in the notion that Jews have too much power in the U.S. — from 11 percent in 1964 to 31 percent in 1992. "It boggles the mind that in 1992 a significant segment...…
…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 1 7 CHESHVAN 5753/NOVEMBER 13, 1992 Borman Hall Reprieve The Federal government gives JHA a brief extension to comply with health codes. POLITICS enate Minyan ne-tenth of the Senate uld form a Jan inyan. age 45 BOOK FAIR h e Liberator black battalion helped e survivors of Dachau. ge 101 KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER he Jewish Home For Aged, facing...…
…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 10 CHESVAN 5753/NOVEMBER 6, 1992 It's Clinton's Turn What the turnover at the White House means to Israel and domestic Jewish concerns. JAMES B. BESSER/WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ill Clinton's deci- sive victory on Tuesday repre- sents the end of a long and contro- versial era in American politics and the beginning of a wrenching pe- riod of national read...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 3 CHESHVAN 57 53/OCTOBER 30, 19 92 Last Jewish JCC? Detroit is the only major community center with a "Jewish only" membership policy. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR ecause of the threat of a law- suit in Baltimore, Detroit's Jewish Community Cen- ter has been left with a unique sta- tus: It is the only major JCC left in the United States that accepts only Jew...…
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…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community HE JEWISH NE 26 TISHREI 5753/OCTOBER 23, 1992 CLOSE-UP All Is Not Well On The Home Front Federation and Home for Aged leaders establish a "crisis committee" to take on continuing problems. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM/ASSISTANT EDITOR aced with a state re- port that for the sec- ond time in less than two months found major problems at Hall, Borman and Federation Home for Aged lead-...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community - - btlatilNU HE JEWISH NEWS .. . . . 19 TISHREI 5753/OCTOBER 16, 1992 nide Vote The JCCounci will remi you about election day. page 37 SPORTS Ultimate Game A flying disk took Marty Wollner to Japan page 57 Double Punishment Should Jonathan Pollard be a priority for Detroit's rabbis? ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR Fresh Air fires longtime employees. ocked ...…
…75¢ Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 12 LIIMC, Federation At Odds On Addition The Holocaust Center hopes to expand with new exhibits and a larger library. C ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR The structural prob- hree years ago, lems have been correct- Holocaust Memor- ed. The status of the ial Center Found- ing Director Rabbi other renovations has yet Charles Rosen- to be settled. For ...…
…75¢ THE lEvosH NEws SECOND CLASS Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 5 TISHREI 5 7 5 3/OCTOBER 2, 1992 Deadbeat Dads When Jewish fathers abandon their families, everyone including the Jewish community — loses. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR arjorie S. had three young chil- dren, no job, and a Southfield home with a heavy mortgage when, one day six years ago, her husband walked out the door and did n...…
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…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 20 ELUL 5752/SEPTEMBER Strange Bedfellows _ Tired of the Dems and the GOP? Take a look at who else is on the 1992 Michigan ballot. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR or those dissatisfied with both the Republicans and the Democrats, there are five other parties to choose from on the November ballot in Michigan -- but be prepared for some rather bizarre vie...…
…75¢ unity ----l Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish ComnT THE JEWISH NEWS 13 ELUL 5752/SEPTEMBER 11, 1992 State Slaps Borman Hall Major changes in staffing and approach at Borman Hall come amid a critical public health report. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR hen Arnold Budin was named ex- ecutive director of Borman Hall last May, he said changes were needed at the facility. A new Michigan Department of Public Hea...…
…E IE Celebrating 50 years o growth with the Detroit jewtsW -Umufwirr'mmr;wiwi41 6 ELUL 5752/SEPTEMBER nside ENTERTAINMENT Back To Roots David Syme's interviews have brought him home page 67 WORLD Kmart Shopper A business center in Israel creates a bridge to Europe. page 14 After Andrew The Jewish community rallies around Florida. page 35 Contents on page 5 Hillel Teachers Walk Hillel's opening day is postponed as teachers go o...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 29 AV 5752/AUGUST 2 8 , 1 9 9 2 Shaarey Zedek Unveils Center Congregation Shaarey Zedek will open its new Parenting Center and Nursery School to the community. PHIL JACOBS MANAGING EDITOR t Ruth Beresh's Passover seder, the matzah of hope in past years stood for the plight of the Jews prohibited from leaving the Soviet Union or Ethiopia. W...…
…750 , Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 22 AV 5752/AUGUST 21, 1991 CLOSE-UP Back To School Means Changes At Day Schools Local Jewish day schools are looking at increases in enrollment and tuition. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR espite increases in tuition and closer scrutiny of scholar- ship recipients, De- troit's five Jewish day schools are set to open this year with a record num- ...…
…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 15 AV 5752/AUGUST 14, 1992 oseUp Will Jews Be Swayed By Loan Guarantees? George Bush's change of heart may not heal wounds within the Jewish community. KIMBERLY LIPTON STAFF WRITER Growing Pains or years, many considered the New Israel Fund one of Jewry's best-kept secrets. A small, low-profile organi- zation that supports civil rights work and libera...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 8 AV 5752/AUGUST 7, 1992 Agenda Members Plan On Keeping The Faith NJA will carry on, even without its national headquarters. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR Yet in June the national NJA of- hen the phone rings at the national New Jewish Agenda office, some- fice shut its doors. ?Mays some- thing • of an outsider among body from Ann Arbor always an- ,org...…
…75¢ Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 1 AV Strategic Plan 5752/JULY 31, 1992 Inside SPORTS Federation will change the way it does business to reach more people in the community. A Free Press sportswriter says the travel is the best. DAVID KOTZEN-REICH STAFF WRITER page 53 anted: Jewish citizens of Mich- igan interested in getting in- volved in the Jewish commu- nity in a mean- ingful w...…
…a■ ‘ft 6 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 23 TAMMUZ 5752/JULY 24, 1992 nside POLITICS Hot Races '92 Oakland County's prosecutor and commision races. page 48 SPORTS Cheerleader A local doctor watches his Israeli friends at the Olympics. page 54 Singled Out Football brought discipline t o this high school athlete. age 58 Contents on page 5 c Sanctuary To Homeless Scientology, 3...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 16 TAMMUZ 5752/JULY 17, 1992 :17 3 R's And Vouchers Will the GI Bill for Children help Jewieh day schools erode the wall separating church and state? ,— ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR LJ IJ arents with children at Jewish day schools have, until now, had two options: pay the tuition outright or request a scholarship. Under a plan introduced by Presid...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 9 TAMMUZ 5 7 5 2/JULY 10, 1992 to_ CLOSE.0 Federation Cuts Back Budget Allocation For the second straight year, the Allied Jewish Campaign has dipped significantly. DAVID KOTZEN-REICH STAFF WRITER he Jewish Commu- nity Council, the Detroit Jewish com- munity's official voice to the non-Jewish world, sustained what amounts to a 5 per- cent...…
…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community Li i j 1 9 4 2 1 9 9 2 2 TAMMUZ 5752 /JULY 3, 1992 Court Reignites Abortion Debate Jewish groups on both sides are upset with the Supreme Court. Inside CLOSE-UP iltAi OWN.. No Prince Prince of peace is not the title for Yitzhak Rabin. page 7 JENNIFER FINER and KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITERS hether pro- choice or anti- abortion, Jew- ish groups and elected officia...…
…I 1J Ijo Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 2 5 SIVAN 5 7 5 2/JUNE 26, 1992 Looking To Labor AMY J. MEHLER STAFF WRITER `e of POLITICS Hot Races '92: 11th Congressional District Sizzles campaigning, the Labor Party, led by former Israeli Defense Minister and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, won 47 seats in the new Parliament, up from 38. The Likud Party, led the last four...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 E JEWISH NEWS 18 SIVAN 5 7 5 2 /JUNE 19, 1992 JPM Renovations Planned For July 12 The $2 million expansion will include a pool, health clubs and new programs. DAVID KOTZEN-REICH, STAFF WRITER he mood was enthusiastic last week as residents gath- ered in the Huntington Woods home of Marcy and Michael Feldman to discuss a project many have worked on for more than a ...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 11 SIVAN 5 7 5 2/JUNE 12, 1992 Anti-Semitism In GOP? As ADL investigates charges of bias, Jewish leaders suggest discretion when making allegations. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER he Anti-Defamation League is in- vestigating charges that the wife of a Macomb County state senator made anti-Semitic comments dur- ing last month's Republican Sta...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 HE JEWISH NEWS EVENTY-FIVE CENTS JUNE 5, 1992 / 4 SIVAN 5752 San Franciscan ill Lead AJE LAN HITSKY Associate Editor oward Gelberd, the former executive di- rector of the San Francisco Bureau of Jewish Education, was named to ead Detroit's Agency For Jewish Education. Mr. Gelberd comes to etroit after seven years as San Francisco's director and 10 years a...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 HE JEWISH NEWS MAY 29, 1992 / 26 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Days Of Decision Begin On Sunday PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor arvey never sought help from anyone before, especially a Federation agency. That was before the recession. That was before Harvey, 54, was laid off from his sales job. Now, this Southfield homeowner, unable to find another job, needs help pay-...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS MAY 22, 1992 / 19 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Davidson Grant May Help Israel WIISU Hillel Rabbi Quits After Cuts ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor T he first major fallout of the budget crunch for the Metro Detroit •,,Hillel Foundation occurred last week. Rabbi Louis (Eli) Finkelman, director of Wayne State Hillel for the last 14 years, ann...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS MAY 15, 1992 / 12 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ngler's Staff Bungles Tribute KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer - he Engler administra- tion this week reacted to angry Jewish leaders by signing a procla- mation that acknowledges the 25th anniversary of the •eunification of Jerusalem. Previously, the governor's staff members returned to Jewish F...…
…SECOND CLASS 1 9 4 2 *. Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS MAY 8, 1992 / 5 IYAR 5752 New Max Fisher Building Dedicated By Federation PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor ast winter, Federation executive vice presi- dent Robert Aronson was looking at 6735 Tele- graph Road as a building with potential, and he wondered what interna- tional community leader Max Fisher would ...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS MAY 1, 1992 / 28 NISAN 5752 JPAC Takes On Issues Of State KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer A What's it like to live in Detroit's largest enclave of Soviet Jews? Page 22 group of activists this month is launching a fund-raising drive to gain Jewish political power in Michigan. A program scheduled for May 20 will inform the...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS APRIL 24, 1992 / 21 NISAN 5752 Father Coughlin's Church Will Host Interfaith Event Goodbye Kishke, Hello Quiche NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer T he house that Coughlin built is now toasting Jewish- Christian friendship. While known for shepher- ding one of Michigan's finest Catholic churches, the late Father Charles Co...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY 1 9 9 2 APRIL 17, 19921.14 NISAN 5752 …
…9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community APRIL 10, 1992 / 7 NISAN 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-UP Six 'Days Of Decision' Will Change Campaign PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor I In The Spirit Of Reform The Reform movement in Detroit is growing with worshipers who see in it a chance for deep spirituality. 1 9 9 2 n years past, Detroit's Federation would close the annual Allied Jewish Campaign in early spring...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS APRIL 3, 1992 / 29 ADAR 2 5752 Rabbi Freedman To Leave Yeshiva PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor A fter 12 years at the helm of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, executive director Rabbi E.B. Bunny Freedman has informed the school's board of directors of his intention to resign in June. Rabbi Freedman, 39, said he reached a point in his ...…
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…SECOND CLASS 1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community. SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS 1 9 9 2 MARCH 27, 1992 / 22 ADAR 2 5752 Holocaust Center Given $75,000 Michigan Grant KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he Michigan Depart- ment of Commerce last week announced it would award a $75,000 operating grant to the Holo- caust Memorial Center. The HMC, awarded the grant from the Outstate...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MARCH 20, 1992 / 15 ADAR 2 5752 Food Stamp Policy Shift Angers Elderly Emigres Staff Writer ike the majority of Soviet Jewish immi- grants who live in senior housing, Tilya Polskaya, 73, anxiously awaits the monthly arrival of two envelopes: A $436 government subsidy and a $28 book of food stamps. Because of a policy change at the Jewish Family Ser- vice, Mrs. Polskaya...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MARCH 13, 1992 / 8 ADAR 2 5752 Detroiters Recall The Life Of Israeli Leader M. Begin AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer E zekiel Leikin came to Palestine in 1943 soon after Tel Aviv came under curfew. A building had been blasted by the Irgun Zvai Leumi, the underground guerrilla force that battled the British in the final years of the Palestine Mandate. Mr. Leikin was part o...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Education Unit Meets, Teachers Ponder Future NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer I t has been a long and winding road. And there are still a few more twists and turns. The Jewish Federation's Jewish Education Planning Committee, chaired by Dr. Conrad Giles, took two years to come up with suggestions for making the community's main education agency more effective. But even ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 28, 1992 / 24 ADAR 5752 Public Insight, Politics Worry Pro-Choice Clergy NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer F or local pro-choice clergy, these are difficult times. The Supreme Court ap- pears ready to rethink, even overturn, its 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Last May, the Michigan Senate passed a law requiring a waiting period for abortions. O...…
…SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 21, 1992 / 17 ADAR 5752 Jews With AIDS Find Little Help AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer N SPINOZA Simi () ews that Mary Fisher, daughter of multimillionaire in- dustrialist Max Fisher, tested positive for the AIDS virus, sent waves of shock and sympathy throughout metro Detroit last week. Debra Beck of Westland felt them and, for a brief moment, was elated by Mary Fisher's cour...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 14, 1992 / 10 ADAR 5752 U-M Invites Black Activist NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer D r. Leonard Jeffries, who last summer said Jewish movie moguls and the Mafia conspire to denigrate blacks, will speak at the University of Mich- igan later this month. U-M's Black Student Union invited Dr. Jeffries to speak as part of its Black History Month celebrations. Othe...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 7, 1992 / 3 ADAR 5752 Big 'Ifs' Come With AJE Report NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer I f all goes as planned, Detroit's Jewish educa- tional system will sparkle with energy in just three years. Synagogues will run exciting schools, teachers will be well-trained and students will look for- ward to learning about Judaism. That rosy picture is predi- cated on a ...…
…THE JEWISH EWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 31, 1992 / 26 SHEVAT 5752 Report Says Synagogues, Not AJE, Should Teach NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer Jewish Federation- sponsored report released this week recommends that the Fed- eration's education agency get out of the business of teaching elementary school- age children. The report will dramati- cally change the purpose of the Agency for Jewish Edu- cat...…
