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…THE BIG BANK GEOGRAPHY LESSON ith all the mergers and acquisitions, most banks' biggest concerns seem to be elsewhere. W At Franklin Bank, our only interests are right here in Michigan. We give our business customers unique services like a special business-only concierge service branch, longer daily hours, courier service and account executives who know you, your needs and how to serve you best. Switch to the bank whose primary business is y...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS UP FRONT This Week's Top Stories Avoiding The Attention Federation President Robert H. Naftaly doesn't want the limelight. He just wants to get the work done. Sinai Sale Talks Continue PHIL JACOBS EDITOR PHIL JACOBS EDITOR ob Naftaly sits leaning back a little on a brown, wooden restaurant chair. He's trying to relax as the breakfast clientele gets its day started with plenty of chatter and clatter. There's almost the s...…

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…December 27, 1996 Detroit Living With HIV A man with HIV tells of the difficulty of dating and finding work while his brother, a local rabbi, works on AIDS education. A Nurturing Niche In Focus on Shine. page 70 It has a boutique, plenty of chandeliers and a private kosher dining center. A look at the new Danto Center in West Bloomfield. EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK What's wrong with Jewish "settlers" living in the territories? 25 TELL ME WHY H...…

…ding Attention CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 PHIL JACOBS EDITOR Bob Naftaly: At the head of Federation. himself; leaning against an air- port lounge wall and just watching the children. His other "full-time" job is president of the Jewish Fed- eration. It's not something that he gets paid to do, yet it pays off in so many intangible ways. "My job is to listen and to understand the community," he said. Sometimes understanding the community means t...…

…Lending A Hand Denver resident Ranya Kelly obtained the items from Col- orado retailers who otherwise would have thrown out the ma- terials they considered no longer saleable. For many years, she has seen that such goods made their way to charitable groups in her home state. Now she and longtime friend Rabbi Daniel Syme of Temple Beth El hope to establish a similar program here. Temple Beth El was a co-spon- sor of the event, along with The J...…

…Living With HIV The diagnosis wasn't a shock. Sooner or later something had to happen. Three years ago, it did. F JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER finding a job hasn't exactly been easy for Laurence Bergman. But then again, living with the knowledge that he's HIV positive isn't quite how the 27-year-old Southfield resident planned to live the rest of his life either. The ironic thing is most of the time he is more frustrated about his job situa...…

…In 1995, he got a summer job in upstate New York as a camp counselor for developmentally disabled children. He spent his last $20 on bus fare to camp. His previous experience work- ing with the developmentally dis- abled and positive employment references helped him secure the job over the phone. He returned the following summer. People, he said, are weary of speaking to him about the day- to-day problems of HIV, and he feels the Jewish commun...…

…41P Fun Without The Sun Local BBYOers sing, dance and save the world during Regional Convention. MARA REINSTEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS C PHOTOS BY BI LL HANSEN lub Med versus the Jew- Regional Convention, held this ish Community Center? week at the Maple-Drake JCC. It's no contest. So said the Michigan Region's BBYO Ex- hundreds of Michigan ecutive Director Arnie Weiner B'nai B'rith Youth Organization called their decision a wise one...…

…DETROIT 1 THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CX No. 17 Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jennifer Finer, Jill Davidson Sklar Entertainment Writer Julie Yolles Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Howard Lalli, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Isra...…

…0 FUN page 10 ketball convention will travel to the sectional contest in Mil- waukee, with the possibility of a national BBYO showdown this May in St. Louis. The AZA vic- tors of the oratory and story- telling contests also advanced to the national competition in Mis- souri. Although lasting only five days, the convention was the culmination of months of preparatory work by the chap- ters. Since October, they have turned in newspapers, pho- ...…

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…• Nich e t a ribbon-cutting cere- mony to celebrate the com- pletion of the Marvin and Betty Danto Health Care Center, guests gushed about its elegance and its amenities. The kosher nursing care facility, located on the Jewish Community Center campus in West Bloomfield, features 165 beds, a sanctuary accented with Jerusalem stone, a large occupational therapy wing, a boutique, a "transitional" apartment, a "nosh nook" for snacks, a private d...…

…O Above left: One of several dining rooms at Danto. Above right: The private dining room for residents and their families. Left: Danto's "spa." Below: The private dining room for residents and their families. A new kosher nursing care facility opens in West Bloomfield to plenty of oohs and aahs. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER …

…One Student To Another . In addition to traveling and meeting with other youth, the students caught a glimpse of Middle Eastern politics. "I didn't really understand the problem going on between Jews and Arabs," Mr. Kuhn says. "Both claim that it's their land," Miss Mitchell adds. Mr. Kuhn notes that it was "kind of tense between the two mother says Andrea has ma- communities. "You could tell tured since the trip, and "I'm re- there were pro...…

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…STUDENT page 16 o Andrea Mitchell and David Kuhn, 11th-graders at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, 'cleaned up' stereotypes in Israel. Mr. Kuhn says. Israeli teens, What neither American teen however, dress according to liked in Israel was the driving. what they perceive to be Amer- "There are not that many ican trends, either from TV or stop lights, no stop signs —just magazines, he says. yield signs," Ms. Mitchell says. The American...…

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…0 .,414:541P. Preparing For A Difficult Test THE PROMISED LA ND SISTERHOOD C HA LI VNGet).• • ... The honorees will be cited at a ceremony at the Jewish Federation Apartments in May. Nom- inations need to be turned in to JFA by the end of January. There are so many of these heroes who have made Detroit's Jewish community solid in 1996- '97 with work they did decades ago. We urge you to participate in this program by submitting your hero(...…

…Community Views Editor's Notebook Community Relations Groups Are Vital In Battling Anti-Semitism When Morality Is The Price Of Peace DONALD H. COHEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR Community relations is based The good news is that American on preserving and implementing anti-Semitism is the constitutional protections and at a historic low. freedoms guaranteed to all Amer- The bad news is icans in the Bill...…

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…December is food month at ORTHODOX AGUDAS YISROEL- MOGEN ABRAHAM 15751 W. Lincoln, Southfield, 552-1971. Rabbis: Dov Loketch, Asher Eisenberg- er. DISCOVER THE DIFFERENCE for Yad Ezra Bring in 3 boxes of pasta a 9 it a tt.' t BIRMINGHAM BLOOMFIELD SYNAGOGUE-CHABAD 357 N. Woodward, the Masonic Temple, Bloomfield Hills, (810) 258-2741. Rabbi: Yechiel Polter. Services: Saturday 10 a.m. Kiddush follows services. BAIS CHABAD OF FARMINGT...…

…G-5240 Calkins Road, Flint, (810) 732- 6310. Rabbi: Paul Reis. Cantor: Sholom Kalib. President: Dr. Brian Beck. Services: Friday 6 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.; week- days 7:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Sunday and le- gal holidays 8 a.m., 6 p.m. Junior congregation services at 10 a.m. Saturday. Kiddush follows Shabbat ser- vices. Torah study 9:15 a.m.; services 10:30 a.m. BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION 2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, (313) 665-9897. Rabbi: Rober...…

…YAD EZRA feedlly the Iew/sh Haegry In recognition of the 3,200 families who contributed to Yad Ezra this year, we thank you. Because of your support and commitment to helping those less fortunate, Yad Ezra is able to provide healthy kosher food packages to 1,000 needy Jewish families in our community every month! L U C UNIGHT DAVID M. DEUTSCH, MASTER OF Orr TWO for ONE SPECIAL CUSTOM PHOTO COPIES Now you can keep a treasured photo an...…

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…hones Engagements UBEL OZIN 642-3775 Lichten-Gordon Birmingham Across from the Townsend Hotel Drs. Edward and Gail Lichten of Bloomfield Hills are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Jason Brett, to Rachel Lynne Gordon, daughter of Can- tor Joshua and Marilyn Gordon of Glenside, Penn. Both Jason and Rachel earned their undergraduate de- grees with honors from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. Jason is a third-year med...…

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…Roots Shopping Sale Extravaganza The Comparison Shopper buys at is $189 for B'nai Moshe members, $36 for others. Another "Beginner Plus" class will meet with Rita Abramson 8- 9 p.m. Mondays, beginning Jan. 13. The tuition is $28 for B'nai Moshe members, $45 for others. An "Intermediate-Advanced Hebrew Reading' class will meet 9:30-11 a.m. Sundays with in- structor Nathan Roth. The fee is $18 for B'nai Moshe members, $36 for others. The first...…

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…LIFE S TYLE evening is $10 for an all-you-can- eat salad, pizza and soda dinner at Buddy's and $6.50 for two games and shoes at Langan's. Participants may choose to participate in either or both of these activities. Registration should be made by Thursday, Jan. 9, by mailing a check, made out to Temple Israel, to the con- gregation at 5727 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48323. For information, contact the temple office, (810) 661-5700...…

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…U. Everyone's A Critic (But there's only one Harold Bloom) DAVID YAFFE SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHOTOS BY REBECCA SHAUVLSKY B eing Jewish, one is a Jewish critic," says Harold Bloom, wearily running a hand across his forehead. He is wearing his customary lecture outfit: a dark suit that comfortably fits the body he has referred to as Falstaffian. Wiry white hair is scattered across his forehead, and his muttonchops suggest a resembl...…

…Everyone's A Critic (But there's only one Harold Bloom) so immensely influential, even his detractors have been affected by him. The Anxiety of Influence (1973), for ex- ample, described poetry as an Oedipal struggle between writers and their greatest stylistic predecessors. The book's title has become such a catch-phrase, it is not only cited in literary scholarship, but throughout pop- ular magazines. His new book, Omens of Millennium, cont...…

…Harold Bloom in his New York City apartment: "I don't think that Shakespeare was personally anti-Semitic or philo-Semitic. More than anything else, he was fighting off Marlowe." sacre at the end of the Middle Ages, but that wasn't quite true. Most of them were sent out, some of them remained. Just as they were supposed to have been readmitted un- der Cromwell, that wasn't quite true, either. "Anyway, I don't think that Shakespeare was person-...…

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…In The Swim Clockwise from above: Jillian Rosati, 7, is ready for the start of the backstroke. Micha Vardy, 10, gets a high-five from mom, Nancy Vardy. Mika Wexler, 7, works on her butterfly. The two Detroit JCCs clash in the pool. PHOTOS BY BILL HANSEN The Jewish Community Center Marlins swim team at the Maple-Drake campus hosted their rivals from the Jimmy Prentis Morris JCC, the Rockhoppers, in a dual meet on Sunday, Dec. 15. The acti...…

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…We would like to extend a very sincere "Thank you to the people of our community for the privilege of serving you in 1996. We are pleased that over the years so many of you have made Old Kent your bank, enabling us to provide a vast range of products and services to meet the financial needs of businesses and individuals. It is with gratitude and appreciation that we wish you all the best in 1997. And to those who aren't currently customers of...…