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…socioeconomic status, country of origin and polit- ical ideology," said David Gad-Harf, executive direc- tor of JCCouncil. Council traditionally represented newer Ameri- cans holding down blue- collar jobs. Federation's constituency consisted of the more affluent. As years passed, demo- graphics and issues changed — and so did the agenda of the liberal JCCouncil. In the 1950s and '60s, JCCouncil took on civil rights and liberties. It began bui...…

…TH E D E T ROI T J E WIS H N EWS Voice Of The People tions between residents of Detroit and its surround- ing communities — espe- cially among minorities. City/suburban relations is representative of JCCouncil's thrust toward building coalitions. In the past, JCCouncil has formed alliances with other minorities, speaking out against David Duke and hate politics. "There are times when you march in step and times when you take on a leadership ...…

…the committee. It is the cooperative effort of JCCouncil and the Neighborhood Project. Formed about 14 months ago in response to demographic studies, the task force will hold an open forum on April 29. After the initial forum, the task force will meet again in the fall to implement suggestions, and hopefully make the city more livable for all groups. Mr. Brown believes open communication will be key. "We need to talk, we need a way to break do...…

…Israel Leased lightning. Is A Place Called `Hope' In Israel, Too? Israel, disillusioned with Yitzhak Rabin, is waiting for a Clinton-style government. N LARRY DERFNER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT T 0 '289° Month* The V6 Passat GLX by how Passat With its unique goes, but how in-line V6 engine, little it goes for. S2,000 Down Payment ABS brakes and Just $289.00 special traction controllystem, our 1993 Passat GLX per month* during our limited-ti...…

…Let Us Blow Your Hai Back! ment, less bureaucracy, less unionism, less "socialism." If all this means that peo- ple are getting fired, that the circle of poor people is get- ting wider while the rich keep climbing the ladder, that more wealth is in fewer hands — well, they say, it's not just happening in Israel. The economy is "restructur- ing," you see, it's this Information Age, post- industrial business, it's this "global" thing. It'll all...…

…e k ORTHODOX: BAIS CHABAD OF BIRMING- HAM/BLOOMFIELD HILLS Rabbi: Dovid Polter, 646-3010, 544-8639. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. Study group 9:30 a.m.; kid- dush following services. BAIS CHABAD OF FARM- INGTON HILLS 32000 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills, 855-2910. Rabbi: Chaim Bergstein. Services: Friday sun- down, Saturday 9:30 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Weekdays 6:50 a.m. BAIS CHABAD OF NORTH OAK PARK/F.R.E.E. * Save Today for an 967-4113...…

…The Pleasure of Your Company Is Kindly Requested at the Weekdays 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Murray Rubin will chant the Haftorah. BETH TEPHILATH MOSES 146 South Ave., Mt. Clemens, 465- 0641. Services weekdays 7:15 a.m. 1 Saturday 10 a.m. with kiddush fol- io lowing. Sunday 8 a.m. with break- fast following. Hebrew and Sunday school 9 a.m. to noon. • B'NAI MOSHE 6800 Drake Road, West Bloom- field, 788-0600. Rabbi: Elliot Pach- ter. Hazzan: Loui...…

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…Buy LowJell High, the tribes would have drifted apart. With it, they were joined into one integrated group. Has the need for unity ceas- ed to exist in our time? Can we today afford a fragmented people, torn apart by schisms and factionalism? Is there not an urgent necessity to restore our shared affirmation of Jewish faith and destiny, our common loyalty to our heritage, and our hope for redemption? Although the passage of time transforms th...…

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…State May Launch Israel Trade Tea M ichigan Export Development Authority (MEDA) Chairman Bill Kast is awaiting the go-ahead from Gov. John Engler to create a bilateral trade team between Michigan and Israel. This would become the first of its kind for the Middle East. Bilateral trade teams — part of Mr. Engler's plan to promote the export of Michigan products and services abroad using the ethnic and business ties ofthose living in the state...…

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…us ness A group of bicyclists on a CBT adventure. 13 BAR, 7`, 22 VOUZIERS Magical Bicycle Tour Michigan native launches venture that lures travelers to Europe. AMY J. KRAMER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Jerry Soverinsky now owns a bicycle tour company. S omething about bik- ing convinced Jerry Soverinsky to trade his lawyer's brief- case for a bicycle helmet and road map. Had he remained a lawyer, Mr. Soverinsky would never have fulf...…

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…Shabbat Services for Singles Bowling Results JEWISH WAR VETERANS Sheldon Rakotz 240-205, Mort Margolis 603/224-200, Carl Berlin 629/222-212, Joseph Silver 213, Nathan Barman 212, Allen Silver 211-209, Walter Littman 602/210-203, Edward Burg 207, Milton Burg 611/207-202-202, Allen Klegon 202, Mitchell Epstein 200. David Bergman The Reform and Conservative Congregations of the Metropoli- tan Detroit area are proud to announce their first a...…

…A LITTLE BIRD e n, tiJ How Nana becomes Naney becomes Nande becomes Nancy. e n, ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR loves to read, paint and host tea parties for her stuffed animals. She's also tackling yet another chal- lenge: learning to speak. Natalie has verbal dys- praxia, a neurological dys- function that affects her ability to handle certain motor tasks, such as speech. The problem occurs in vitro and is not a brain disorder. Tho...…

…For a long time, Natalie had a two- word comprehensible vocabulary. She could understand, but she couldn't verbalize. "Can you say my name?" Ms. Kaufman says. "Nanzhe," Natalie says. "NanCEE," Ms. Kauf- man tells her. "Try again. NanCEE." Natalie leans against the side of a small table and says with glee, "NanCEE." Nancy Kaufman opened her West Bloomfield clinic last December after work- ing in speech pathology for more than 13 years at a loc...…

…focus ATTENTION HOME BUYERS LITTLE BIRD page 49 Natalie Jacobs, Nancy Kaufman and Lod Jacobs. them move from "Nana" to "Naney" to "Nande" to "Nancy." Verbal dyspraxia is just one of the speech dysfunc- tions .on which Ms. Kaufman works. She also helps children unable to make the link between word and object. They hear the word "ball," but can't understand the specific article to which it refers. "It's almost like being deaf," she says. "Th...…

…Passover 5753/1993: Let one who is hungry enter and eat. HUD Decides On Reparations Washington (JTA) — An 83- year-old Holocaust survivor has won a battle with the U.S. government over whether her reparation payments from the German government should count as income. The Department of Hous- ing and Urban Development decided last week that reparation payments should not be considered part of a survivor's income. The decision, which brings HUD...…

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…Palestinian Attacks I In recent weeks, Arabs have been killing Israeli Jews at a faster ) clip than at any time since the intifada began. LARRY DERFNER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT el Aviv — Monday, March 15, 10 a.m.: I've been listening to the ra- dio news for the last two hours, and here's what's happened in Israel this morn- ing: • A West Bank Palestinian stabbed an American tourist in downtown Afula, once in the shoulder, once in the back. Th...…

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…ZERO. ZILCH. 11110 0. "CLOSED was the word that for many the court in a direction more sympathetic to the goals of compassion for the poor and concern for individual rights and reproductive freedom that he so effectively articu- lated during his election campaign." Mr. White became more conservative over the years, said Rabbi David Sapers- tein, director of the Re- ligious Action Center of Reform Judaism. "He was out of sync with the Jewis...…

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…\Ale are Now at the "Couryarcr 32502 Northwestern Hwy. Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (313) 851-0660 New PAC Is Successful A new type of pro-Israel politi- cal action committee recently finished its first election cycle — and early signs suggest that it more than fulfilled its founders' expectations. Instead of dishing- out mon- ey, ACTIONPAC provides the campaigns of pro-Israel candi- dates with young political ac- tivists. ACTIONPAC, the crea...…

…SPITZER'S Of Harvard Row Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spitzer & Mr. and Mrs. Avrohom Plotnik wish everyone a Healthy and Happy Passover Walesa Cuts Deal for DISTRIBUTORS OF KEDEM WINES Museum Opening MUM* SPITZER'S WINE GUARANTEE Heads of state and other international superstars are signing up to come to next month's official opening of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum a few steps from Washington's Mall. And at least one leader used his attendanc...…

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…PASSOVER SHOPPING LIST _ ATTENTION lifestyles of Israeli homosex- uals and drug users. Gays tend to be less cohesive as a social group (bisexuality, for example, is more common than in the U.S. or Europe) and are more likely to be in- volved in serial long-term re- lationships (as are young Is- raelis in general). Intravenous drug use is less common than inhaling or smoking drugs, thus lowering the risk of shared needles. As in the rest of t...…

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…TRADITIo t„ ik OF '\ Family Mission Meeting Set Families interested in visiting Israel in a communi- ty setting can hear about the Aug. 2-12 national United Jewish Appeal Family Mis- sion to Israel at a gathering 7:30 p.m. March 29 at the Max M. Fisher Building. National chairmen Michael and Marcy Feldman will discuss the trip, which offers a complete program for families with children age 7 and older an opportunity to learn about their Jewi...…

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…Ili THE JEWISH NEWS March 26, 1993 A Toast To Jewish Living k)v't 000.0tb The Afikomen: Symbol Of Delayed Gratification By RABBI JULIAN L COOK Passover is a wonderful Jewish holiday, rich in symbolism, filled with layers of meaning. Take the Afikomen for instance. What is it trying to teach? Aside from being a source of fun for children, aside from being the seder's official desert, aside from the role matzah plays in reminding us of slav...…

…Matzah Saved Is Matzah Earned By RABBI MARK COHN At the very beginning of the Pesach seder, right after we have completed Kiddush and drunk the first cup of wine, the head of every seder lifts the middle matzah, (the Levi), and breaks it into two uneven parts, this procedure is called Yachatz. The larger of the two parts is called the afikomen, and is wrapped up and not eaten until the very end of the Pesach meal. Many families have the cust...…

…The Great Afikomen Story Search We invited 11- and 12-year old students from Congregation Shaarey Zedek to share with us their best or most interesting afikomen-hunting experience. Here is what they had to say ... The Missing Afikomen One Passover night a few years ago, after we were finished eating the Passover seder, I knew it was time, the time I had waited for ... to find the afikomen. All day I waited excited and ready to go to my gran...…

…Hava Nedaber Ivrit: Afikomen's Special Symbol O T HE DETRO IT J EWIS H N EWS By NIRA LEV Chag ha'Pesach is one of the most important chagim in the Jewish calendar, and the chavaya of leil ha'seder is the most impressive and significant chavaya Yehudit for many yeladim and mevugarim. Because of the great significance of Yetzee'at Mitz'rayim to our am, we are commanded to relate and explain to our yeladim how Hashem, the Almighty, ga'al otanu...…

…Ready Or Not, It's Passover Time By NEHAMA STAMPFER GLOGOWER The thought of preparing my house for Passover is so daunting that I don't check the date of the first seder until early February. It is a little like giving birth: you know you are going to make it, but aren't quite sure how. Passover requires more physical preparation than any other holiday. Somehow we must rid ourselves of every speck of chametz (leavened wheat products) that we...…

…In The Beginning Is The End By BARBARA GOLDIN "Are you going to hide The matzah now, Dad? asked Iris. "Yes. Close your eyes. You too Ben," Dad said. He wrapped the piece of unleavened bread in a blue napkin and hid it. "All done," Dad told Iris and her younger brother Ben. "You can open your eyes now." Iris glanced toward the living room. "Using your x-ray vision?" teased Ben. "Don't be so smart," Iris snapped at Ben. "It isn't fair that he ...…

…Vabt 'Dvd • vq. Nolo Patiently Waiting For The Gevins By MARY KORETZ I vays nit what the original purpose was for having the search of the afikomen at the very sof of the seder meal. Whatever the maynung, it serves a useful function heint. Because of it, the children muzn vachtn for the conclusion of the meal ayder they are allowed to hunt for the gevins. Thus, they experience delayed gratification. We hobn developed a tendency, in recent ye...…

…The Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit and The Jewish News present PROJECT CHAMETZ A Community-Wide Effort to Feed the Hungry Passover commemorates the celebration of our deliverance from hardship. In the spirit of the holiday, and its challenge to "Let All-Who Are Hungry Come and Eat," Project Chametz will collect and distribute your parcels of food to the needy throughout the Detroit Area. Here's what to do: Drop off your...…

…Jerry Goldsmith has written scores of scores. Celluloid Musician omposer Jerry Gold-- smith, whose music has set the moods for scores of motion pictures and TV series, will bring those moods to life next week as he conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. During four concerts scheduled April 1 - 4 at Orchestra Hall, he will feature the theme from Basic Instinct, which this year has brought his 16th Academy Award nomination, along with the mu...…

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