…October 2, 1998 Vol. CXIV No. 6 This Week 18 Revisionists Return Holocaust revisionist ads hit campus papers, including WSU. 26 Harvest Of Kindness A Hillel mitzvah project evolves into a sukkah for JARC. The Scene This Week. page 26 70 Searching In Shanghai Seth Kaplan wants an observant spouse ... who will move to China. Close UP 73 Apple Tree. page 103 A Spiritual Nomad A middle-class Jew leaves L.A. to lead a church in Warren....…
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…An unsmiling Netanyahu posed with President Clinton and Arafat after their hastily arranged White House meeting Monday. A Couple Of Steps Closer Under Clinton's prodding, Arafat and Netanyahu narrow some di erences, but the real test is still ahead. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent D espite the drama of an unscheduled Oval Office summit, this week's meet- ings between Prime Minister Binyamin Netaiiyahu and Palestinian leader Yasse...…
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…he Family Reunion Picnic should have been renamed "Kids o' Plenty" because most of the 3,500 people roaming the West Bloomfield grounds of the Kahn Jewish Community Center on Sunday were of the knee- high variety. As the picnic kicked off the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit/United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit's ongoing cen- tennial celebration with carnival games, pony rides, kosher food and musical entertainment outside...…
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…The Vatican, said Schwartz is now encouraging religious harmony. "The Pope," he recounted, "said it was not our mission to blend, but to accept each other, to create dialogue, erase distrust, to grow up with each other instead of looking down in dis- gust. And the Catholic Bishop who part- nered with Schwartz on the interfaith mission to Israel and Rome echoed the rabbi's words. "We as Catholics must offer expres- sions of sadness and remorse"...…
…Mourning Left to right, Sheila Goldberg, May Heiman and Marcia Kahn view the grave of Helmans son, Leroy. Temple Israel, the Kaufman Chapel and volunteers take seniors to visit the graves of their loved ones. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer us captain Herschel Levine passed out small packages of tissues to the seniors traveling to their loved ones' grave sites. He figured they would need it. Afterwards, the volunteers who assisted the seniors ...…
…Tefilo Emanuel cemeteries in Ferndale — made its stop at Teitel Apartments, volunteer Sharon Shapiro prepared to meet Alma Hochman, 92, who has family buried at Beth Abraham Cemetery. Shapiro, an operating room nurse at Beaumont Hospital, said her rea- son to volunteer for this project stemmed from a sermon given by Temple Israel Rabbi Paul Yedwab during a yahrzeit service for her mother. "He said there are five things you should do to live a ...…
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…B'NAI. B'RITH CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY invites the entire community to a "CANDIDATES FORUM" with candidates for ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MICHIGAN Guilty Of Littering A plea ends a 14-month-old case involving anti-Semitic pamphlets in Huntington Woods. LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer Jennifer M. Granholm, Esquire John A. Smietanka, Esquire 7:30 A WEDNESDAY A OCTOBER 7, 1998 * ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Middlebelt Rd. * Farmington Hills MODERATOR ...…
…▪ You are cordially invited to attend J.Ae Ziocausi Jeemorial Cniers li urteend ,Wnniversary inner Sunday, November 8, 1998 Westin Hotel, Renaissance Center, Detroit ~ E M Q Reception 5:00 p.m. Dinner 6:00 p.m. Remember Zachor *-7 • 1 1111\PII Couvert $200 Patron $300 ‘7 J auf XL/man Legacy Award Recipient Anne aairmari - .Wo&r1 .iesaierman For Reservations/Information, call The Holocaust Memorial Center (248) 661-0840. N...…
…Rrk Nwi \ \.‘ Harvest Of Kindness A Hillel Day School mitzvah project evolved into a sukkah for JARC residents. This page, clockwise from top left: Ari Barak and Lauren Schanes help Eddy Barak build the roof. Colorful decorations of apples and oranges will hang from the ceiling. Sizing the doorway are Ken Goss, Eddy Barak, Michael Goss, Ari Barak, Pammy Gene and Matthew Robins. liana Goss strings beads. Hillel Day School and Wes...…
…IS CANCER INHERITED? A Free Health Talk From The Josephine Ford Cancer Center WHERE DIANA KATHRYN WOLFE Special to The Jewish News It hat began four years ago as a mitzvah project for a small Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit study group blossomed Sunday into a compassionate neigh- borhood project that lent JARC resi- dents a hand in building their own sukkah. The Jewish Association for Residential Care is a Southfield-based, non-...…
…Jewry's Role in Human Health CONQUERING DISEASE THE WORLD OVER - I . The names of Drs. Salk and Sabin have been written into medical history as physicians who rid the world of a dread ailment killing and crippling children, adolescents and young adults in their very prime. Less well known is an Argentinian Nobel Prize winner who nevertheless was enormously influential in developing disease fighting antibodies of basic importance to medical ...…
…1 4' -1-1 BLOOMFIELD `4 ACCEPTANCE Azerbaijan Sanctions Remain A coalition of Jewish activists lost a battle on the issue of sanctions against Azerbaijan, but they promise to con- tinue the fight, which they say is a matter of urgent U.S. and Israeli inter- est, in the next Congress. The issue centers on a 1994 law imposing sanctions on Aierbaijan because of its blockade of Armenia and the disputed area of Nagorno- Karabakh. The administr...…
…The voice of Cantor Stephen Dubov of Temple Beth El reverberated through the Pontiac Silver- dome Monday night. The Broadway per- former turned cantor sang the national anthem at the start of ABC's Monday Night Foot- ball. The Detroit Lions ended up winning the prime- time game over the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers. Dubov also has sung in the Super- dome in New Orleans, where he worked as a cantor for five years before coming to Temple Beth El in 19...…
…Editorials IN FOCUS Demographic Study Needed T he Jewish Federation of Metropoli- tan Detroit last did a major demo- graphic study of the Detroit Jewish community in 1989. Given the changing faces of Jewish educa- tion, synagogue affiliation and fund-raising for Israel, it may be time for another. At the very least, it's time for a smaller demographic study focusing on the newest Jewish areas of metro Detroit, including Com- merce/Novi, Ro...…
…1998 CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT SCH I BARBARA SPECTRE Ms. Spectre serves on the faculty of Yellin College for Teachers in Jerusalem, the teaching faculty of the Shalom Hartman Teaching Institute of Jewish Studies, and as a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of Advanced Jewish Studies, where she lectures in Jewish thought. For five years she was the educational advisor and teacher trainer for the Jewish community of Zurich, Switzerla...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS Mothering On Empty Reflections On The High Holidays ow many days did you changed. In the past 12 months, a lot take off this year?" had happened. Although the ritual "I took off both, but reason for thinking of where you have my parents only make been is to ask for forgiveness in order me go to services on the first." to be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year, for a lot of teenagers this "Wow, you're lucky" These ...…
…IMITOrS WATCH Opinion: Bedrock Of The Jewish News Detroit Jewish community. Like most Anglo-Jewish newspa- pers, we strive to be a primary source of local news, information and enter- tainment. From Jewish education to anti-Semitism, from the Jewish Feder- ation of Metropolitan Detroit to the Jewish Community Center eaders of The Jew- of Metropolitan Detroit, ish News can be from birth announcements quick to criticize to death notices, from ...…
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…40. `War Of Atonement' Shaped The Present Among Israelis, the 1973 trauma wrought a sea change in the attitude of the rank and file towards their com- manders. Israelis had never blindly obeyed orders, but now the celebrated cry of "After me!" was not enough. Especially after the politicized Lebanon war of 1982, soldiers (and increasingly their parents) asked, "Where to and why?" The Yom Kippur War was a watershed between statehood and Isra...…
…Remembering Th Golan Global Digest Poles Oppose Auschwitz Crosses Avigdor Kahalani's tank crew from the Yom Kippur War. Left to right, Gidi, Yuval, Kilyon, Avigdor and Gideon. This is the only photo that sits on Israel s public security minister's desk. AVI MACHLIS Special to The Jewish News Tel Aviv T here is only one picture on Avigdor Kahalani's desk in his Tel Aviv office: a photo from the 1973 Yom Kippur War of his tank crew lookin...…
…The World Heroism And A Prayer Shawl Survivor of Egyptian Cancer on the Internet Come and See the Sites onslaught recalls hellish days of October. Presented by Shon Dwyer, R.N., B.S.N., M.B.A., Health Educator Erdwing Coronado, M.B.A., Director, Information Systems Wednesday, Oct. 7, 7-8:30 pm Holiday Inn Livonia West (1-275 and 6 Mile Rd.) This event is free of charge. No registration is required. With all the health information on th...…
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…Children's Services SEVENTH ANNUAL WINTER COAT DRIVE Recently we were contacted by Pola Friedman at the Orchards Children's Services. This organization takes in children who have been removed from abusive or neglec tf ul homes. She told us that sometimes the children leave their homes with nothing but the shirt on their backs. It seemed so unfair that children who have already faced such disappointment in their young lives, should have to fa...…
…Community TEMPLE ISRAEL PRESENTS Introduction le Judaism Fall, 1998 IF you are interested in learning more about Judaism OR considering converting to Judaism THIS IS THE COURSE FOR IOU! Fun At Hillel -- Field Trip to Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Learn traditions, history, holidays, Israel -- Jewish foods potluck dinner -- Taught by Temple Israel Clergy -- Lots more! Connect with the "new” Jewish Community! Classes meet on Tuesdays Octo...…
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…W GREAT NEWS. FOR COUPLES EXPERIENCING INFERTILITY ! The Center for Reproductive Medicine has Opened a Comprehensive New Center in Oakland County! \ / - \72 /- Temple Beth El, in association with State of Israel Bonds, will honor Bernice Gershenson and Frank D. Stella in celebra- tion of Israel's 50th anniversary. The honorees will receive the Israel Independence Issue Award fol- lowed by a spe- cial musical per- Bernice formance by Tem...…
…Community CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO "WEAVING THE FABRIC OF JEWISH LIFE" A Gathering of Learning and Laughing Circus Comes To Fleischman Saturday Evening October 24, 1998 CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEKEK SOUTHFIELD 8:00 PM HAVDALAH Followed by Two Sessions of Study- Many Topics, Great Speakers Following Program... Afterglow Dessert and Solo Pianist, Kurt Kunzat FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 10/2 1998 50 D...…
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