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…DETROIT 'zings NEWS JN www.detroitjewishnews.com junc 4, 1999 Sivan 20, 5759 Vol. CXV, No. 15 DEPARTMENTS Voices For A Community Jewish Community Council leaders seek to change with the times. 41 We're Better Together' Community to cap off centennial of organized Jewish philanthropy. 58 Miracle Of Max A couple reaps the benefits from two tiny lives. _J 1,94tw 72 As World Turns A look at Jewish teachings on how to treat the planet....…
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…ts - ting LONNY GOLDSMITH Staff Writer Pace Heads of Jewish day schools anticipate more room by the fall. As this academic year draws to a close, the administrators of three of Detroit's four largest Jewish day school are looking forward to h-aving some breathing room next fall. Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, Sally Allan Alexander Beth Jacob School for Girls and Akiva Hebrew Day School expect new facilities to open in the fall. The fourth school,...…
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…Assessing The Mission Jewish Community Council leaders HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff - Writer It he Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit has long called itself the voice of the Jewish community. At its inception in the 1930s, it organized small Jewish groups and businesses to fight anti-Semitism, evolving into a lobbying agency in Detroit and Lansing for laws to protect minorities against discrimination in hiring, education and housing. ...…
…seek to change with the times. David Gad-Harf addresses the Town Hall meeting in Royal Oak. Council, and is it still effective? Council Executive Director David Gad-Harf said need is hard to under- stand and effectiveness not easily mea- sured — but the straight answer to both questions is yes. "Much of the work that we do rep- resents laying the foundation for the future," he said. "When there's a crisis, that's not the time to start buildi...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS Finding Family Graves In Romania JEANNIE WEINER Special to the Jewish News A s a child, I always thought it both peculiar and rather magi- cal that the members of my family, with the excep- don of my sister and some cousins, had been born across the ocean in a place called Austria-Hungary This meant that the lan- guage my parents first learned and the places familiar to them were com- pletely foreign to me. Had my grand- pa...…
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…will gather at an outdoor barbecue and Israeli entertainment in Rothstein Park until 6:30 p.m. The 100-year celebration marks the creation in 1899 of the first cen- tral Jewish organization in Detroit, the United Jewish Charities, under the aegis of Rabbi Leo Franklin of Temple Beth El. Sponsors of Sunday's festivities are the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit, Jewish Community Center o...…
…AJC Honors William Ford The American Jewish Committee (AJC) will honor William Clay Ford Jr., chairman Ford Motor Company, at a dinner at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. Ford will receive the committee's National Human Relations Award. Robert K. Kraft, chairman the Kraft Group and owner the New England Patriots, presidenr of Rand-Whitney Group and the International Forest Products Group of Companies, will serve as ...…
…1 National Council of Jewish Women c-/ Greater Detroit section • Gerald Levin Honored Posthumously The late Gerald Levin, former presi- dent and CEO of Orchards Children's Services, has earned 4' the Community House of Birmingham's annu- al Community Service Award. The posthumous award was presented to his widow, Randie Levin, on June 2. Levin's dedication to helping children Gerald Levin gave the Southfield- based Orchards Children's Ser...…
…It's the end of our Centennial Celebration. It's the start of our new loo years together. JOIN US FOR ISRAEL FEST AND KOS ER FOO 01 ON SUNDAY, JUNE 6th. 4 -1 Ow■ We have a lot to remember and even more to look forward to. Let's bring our Centennial Celebration to a spectacular close, rejoice in our partnership with Israel and mark the start of our next loo years... together. Make your plans now: Kosher Food Fair 1-4 p.m. Israel Fest 1-6 p...…
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