…To lisrael. ith Love Throughout decades of struggle and achievement, the Jewish community of Detroit has stood at Israel's side. Together we have mourned the losses of her young men and women in war. To ether we have rejoiced in her g victories -- the rescue and homecoming from lands of dispersion, the advances in science and technology, the slow, often painful moves toward peace. We have shared our pride in the emergence of a strong...…
…A 4 V; NA ..4tAt. Trading Paychecks For Book Bags Young adults go back to school full-time, part-time, anytime just to get a career leg up. 4/17 1998 78 MATT MOSSMAN Special to The Jewish News a) Pull a postal worker stunt and kill your boss. o you're pluggin' along in your starter job, doing the dirty work — making coffee, faxing and faithfully waiting for the boss to notice. Then some cretin named Goober who's been with the compan...…
…▪ world a few years, you're at an advantage. Having a job should give you a reference point: You know what the working world is all about, so you know what you need to thrive there. "You need to analyze what's work- ing for you, and what's not," advises Sharon Vaughters, coordinator of career counseling and advising at the University of Michigan. "I used that time to get out, put on a suit and pretend I was a grown- up," Lowell Friedman, 26, ...…
…Rabbi Levi Shemtov exceeds his goals and sets new ones for the Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News S ophisticated, knowing, aware. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, those words make up the definition of the slang version of the word "hip." They are also words that easily could describe Levi Shemtov, a 27- year-old Lubavitch rabbi. Bui: hip? That might be a stretch. The man can't tell you...…
…When Your Friends Show Up In Pairs SUSAN SHAPIRO Special to The Jewish News T he heroine of Was It Some- thing I Said? is Justine Schiff, a very funny 31- year-old dark-haired Jewish single woman living alone on Manhat- /- tan's Upper East Side. The book's author, Valerie Block, is a very funny 34-year-old dark-haired Jewish single woman living alone on the Upper West Side. "But Justine isn't me," Valerie says of her kooky character. "She's...…
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…Photo cour tesy o f The Jewish Museum o f Maryland Rabbinate of Their Own For female Conservative rabbis, acceptance is an ongoing struggle. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News III L here are times when Rabbi Greta Bernard Brown tires of the names she is called and bristles at the looks she is given. As one of 87 female Conservative rabbis in North America, she is fre- quently referred to as the rebbetzin, a reference to the...…
…Different Goals; A JTS Study a y finds disparities in thejobs male and female rabbis • g o for and win upon ordination. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to The Jewish News hile no comprehensive study has been done on the placement and career advancement of 4/17 1998 84 female ordination and make a recom- mendation for the 1979 Rabbinical Assembly Convention. To the administrators of the JTS and to those deciding the question of ordination ...…
…for females such as rape, incest and ordeals of adulteresses. "He had been unaware that there was such a theme until I pointed it out," said Orenstein, who is the editor of the Lifecycles Book Series on Women in Jewish Life. Others found more disturbing the existence of a non-egalitarian minyan \_, offered at the same time as an egalitar- ian option. "As a student, you were aware of which fellow students and which fac- ulty members worshipped ...…
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…Lookin' For Love Filmmaker Julie Davis brings her own experience to a romantic comedy about relationships in the '90s. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staj7Writer new movie about a 25-year- old neurotic Jewish virgin has everything to do with the woman who wrote it. Julie Davis, 29, penned the script for I Love You, Don't Touch Me! at a time when she was trying to come to terms with being an adult, sexually inexperienced woman. She laughs when asked if...…
…Tenth Annual Samuel M. Levin Economics Award Lecture Davis was raised Reform but rebelled against her heritage. It was not until she spent time in France and Germany during college that she "completely became" one with my culture. "It's such a huge part of who I am. Even in my film — you know that the characters are Jewish, which you usu- ally don't [see] in most movies." Her next film also features strongly Jewish characters. Like the hit Fo...…
…Brickman performs at the Gilmore Festival, a nine-day celebration of keyboard music. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to The Jewish News C omposer-musician Jim Brickman thinks of the piano as his personal voice. When he records or appears in concerts, Brickman performs only pieces he has written, choosing to connect with audiences through a style that combines pop, lyrical and New Age sounds. Brickman's music, doing well in record stores, comes to M...…
…When he can take time out from his international touring, the single Brickman likes to swim, bike and work toward getting his pilot's license. "It's exciting to know that this music has become so popular and that people are finding a way to use this music to their benefit, whether it's to play in the background of a dinner parry or to play while doing yoga, taking a bath or mak- ing out," he said. El Jim Brickman's Gilmore Festival performan...…
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…Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Join us for a Great Personality MITCH ALBOM all of the flowers and all of the years she has longed for the comfort of a piece of earth that holds her past." their extraordinary humanitarian deeds. With the advent of democracy in 1991, almost all of Albania's Jews emi- — Linda Bachrack grated to Israel, and it was there that Sarner learned of their heroic rescue. Suzanne Stern's jewelry is exh...…
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…At The Movies Its a long way from Kansas for actor Paul Rudd, co-starring in "The Object of My Affection." SERENA DONADONI Special to The Jewish News T he Object of My Affection (Rated R), opening today, is a thorny love story imbued with compassion, a comedy set in a liberal melting pot that finds humor without throwing poisonous barbs. Nina Borowski (Jennifer Aniston) acquires a new roommate, George Hanson (Paul Rudd), who has just been ...…
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