…itorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: w-ww.detroitjewishnews.com Book Your Visit A prediction: You'll probably run into an old friend in the next 10 days. We can't tell you who it will be, but we have a good hunch about the place you'll meet. From Nov. 6-14, the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit hosts the country's oldest and largest Jewish Book Fair at its D. Dan & Betty Kahn Bui...…
…SPECIAL COIlliIIIITAILY What Happened To Them? Given the prejudice against reli- his past summer at an gious belief with which they grew up American Jewish Press and were educated, each Jew who Association symposium on becomes religious is a miracle. And the coverage of Orthodoxy miracles cannot be replicated. Each in the mainstream Jewish press, I journey involves a unique argued, inter alia, that the combination of emotional typical portra...…
…LETTERS Liberal Bias Astounding The Jewish News editorials never fail to astound me with the extent of their liberal hand-wringing. Last week's lead editorial ("A Sur- vey To Reflect Upon," Oct. 29), concerning some obscure survey about religious life in the U.S., con- tains an interesting quote from Rabbi Eric Yoffie, head of the Reform movement's Union of Amer- ican Hebrew Congregations: "In the final analysis, while we're a people, with t...…
…Bone marrow donor sought to save life of baby girl battling rare bone disorder. tional bone marrow registries failed mon that doctors told the Blums to produce a match, the Blums were they needed to do some research, told their best chances of finding a then get back to them. When they donor for Hannah would be within were "given some sheets from the the Jewish community. Internet," Blum says, "we felt like we ), After learning that the blood...…
…NEW LEXUS NOW ONLY ES300 SEDAN FULLY EQ UIPPED: National Marrow Donor Program. Spokeswoman Sharon Brooks says donors can expect to have "one small tube of blood drawn, just two to three tablespoons — that's the whole process." Their tissue type then is placed in a national registry for bone marrow trans- plantation. A matched donor can expect a 45 to 90 minute procedure, under anesthesia, that leaves the site feeling as if it had been brui...…
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…Cantor Corrsin To Be Installed Lori Corrsin will be installed as Temple Israel's third cantor and first female cler- gyperson in the tem- ple's 58-year history at Shabbat services , on Friday evening, Nov. 12. The com- munity is welcome. Cantor Benjie- Ellen Schiller, cantor at Beth Am Shalom Cantor COMi72 Synagogue in White Plains, N.Y., and a professor at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's School of Sacred Music in New ...…
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…CREATING A HIGHER STANDARD The Model Year 2000 ED N/ I IL_ L_ Machon Hosts Music Evening Machon L'Torah, the Jewish learning network of Michigan, will hold its annual Chanuka concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at Groves High School, 20500 W 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills. The Goldshmid The "Evening brothers of Music" will fea- ture, from Israel, :4. V . k. ,A r's; ;;;.," •, n nWq ; -, the trio Kol Achai, brothers Yitzchok, Yossie and Boaz Goldshm...…
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…Rental Prices Starting at $1,395.00 per Month THE New Member On Health Authority 9- 1ERITAGE cv'xe.ohcht4w Mark A. Davidoff, chief operating officer of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, has been appointed by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to the 12- member board of the county's Community Health Authority for a term ending in March 2001. The mission of the authority, which oversees the county's $170 million mental h...…
…Project Otzma Seeks Applicants Royal. Oak. Ferndale WAW, The Jewish Community Council is bringing_ the Jewish community to your doorstep with a series of Town Hall Meetings geared toward your unique needs and concerns as a Jewish member of your community. Each meeting takes place in an area where a new pocket of Jewish growth is emerging. Join Us For A TOWN HALL MEETING FOR DOWNRIVER AREA RESIDENTS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, at 7:30 p.m. BET...…
…OPPORTUNITY Film Class Has Jewish Focus I' I would say for young children WHERE: that this is a very nurturing environment. They get Jennifer Epstein Rube will teach an eight-week class titled "The Jewish Experience Through Film: Perception and Reality" beginning 7- 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, offered through the Jewish Life and Learning Department at the Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish Community Center Building in Oak Park. Rube is a geriat...…
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…• '••••.•: rm•%-`1 4•* .1.. =.s• • • JCC Offers Youth Classes The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit will offer enrichment classes for children and young teens at its D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building in West Bloomfield. New this year is the "Actor's Studio Workshop" with Randy Topper for students in grades six- eight. The beginner-level workshop will explore basic concepts of direct- ing, set, costume and make-up design. The work...…
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…Calendar Calendar Listings are updated regularly on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.corn SHABBAT SHALOM ! SCHOLAR AT BETH SHALOM Rabbi Benjamin Segal, Conservative scholar-in-residence, will speak on "Who Is a Jew?" at morning services Saturday, Nov. 13. His Shabbat lunch and learn topic is "The Jewish Sex Ethic and the Song of Songs." RSVP for dairy lunch and learn (cost) by Nov. 5: (248) 547-7970. BETH SHALOM DINNER New Member Shabbat...…
…Calendar Holocaust film: The Last Days, a 1ft Steven Spielberg Film, features five sur- vivors of the Nazi invasion of Hungary, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 10 at the Michigan Theater. Free. For information or to RSVP, call the Jewish Community Center, Jimmy Prentis Morris Building, 15110 W 10 Mile Rd., Oak Park, at (248) 967-4030. CONTRACT BRIDGE CLASSES Two eight-week beginners classes begin Monday, Nov. 8 taught by Diamond Life Master Marty ...…
…********** LINCOLN Mercury and girls schools and yeshivot will dis- cuss post-high school options in Israel and America. The NCSY will host a mini-shabbaton for freshmen and seniors in Beachwood, Ohio the same weekend. Information: Rabbi Steven Burg (248) 557-NCSY. TZEDAKA JOINT BLOOD DRIVE With Temple Shir Shalom and Congregation B'nai Moshe 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 at the temple. To reserve a time slot: Shir Shalom (248) 737...…
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…Mazel Toy! Family And A smile One of Fleischman's original residents has a birthday next week. CARI WALDMAN Special to the Jewish News I magine coming ro America at 17, not speaking a word of English, or recognizing something as mod- est as a banana. Fannie Whiteman has vivid memo- ries of those years. Yet now, 80 years later, ask the vibrant Americanized woman what her secret to success is and she immediately credits her loving chil- dr...…
…Maze! Toy! Births Oct. 12 Shelly (Milin) and Gregory Marcus of Pepper Pike, Ohio, are honored to announce the birth of their son, Adam Neil. Sharing in their happiness are proud grandparents Barbara and Jack Milin of Boca Raton, Fla., and Lois and Martin Marcus of Moreland Hills, Ohio. Adam is also blessed with great- grandparents Mollie Kolb of Southfield and Edna and Nat Marcus of Beachwood, Ohio. Adam Neil is named in loving memory of his...…
…enjoys cheerleading, dancing, skiing and the performing arts. Her most meaningful mitzvah projects were vol- unteering for a JARC fund-raiser and donating to Children's Hospital. Temple Beth El marked a special b'nai mitzvah ceremony. Aaron Joshua Zupmore of West Bloomfield and his grandfa- ther Earle Mostyn shared the Torah hon- ors on Friday, Oct. 29. Participating in the ceremony were Aaron's parents, Wendi Zupmore and Marc Zupmore; sister...…
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…- ,;,A703 7, W,MS.P • 11 across the community, Federation's Annual Campaign 2000 is off to a great start. From the pacesetter Fisher Meeting and Ruby/Lion of Judah Women's Campaign gathering, to the Super Sunday phonathon, thousands of Detroiters are answering the call for our community and our people. If you haven't yet made your pledge, please join us! Call the Campaign office at (248) 642-4260 ext. 250. From left: Federation Presiden...…
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…YESHIVA BETH YEHUDATI invites you to join us in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel, Renaissance Center on Sunday, November 21, 1999 Do not miss out on an opportunity to take part in ' One of Detroit's oldest and finest traditions + The support of Jewish Education • A salute to two outstanding honorees, Miriam Fred Ferber 4 For reservations, please call (248) 557-6750 …
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…—UMW sa 0,4 Spirituality A Precious Gift Benson Ford Jr. presents Torah to his wife at Temple Shir Shalom ceremony. SHELLI DORFMAN' Stqe- M-itei- Torah is kosher, it should be prayed over once a year, proposing the holi- otivated by day of Simchat Torah. love and The Torah was dedicated appreciation Oct. 22 at the syna- of his wife," gogue, where the Fords Benson Ford Jr. sought to are members. "We know celebrate his July 11 mar: of no ...…
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…NS ID Book Fair Author Looks South,Ofille Border .84 a 0 A• `•.*%S.,• • *4•; : , '• k' ... 4)* • The rarely seen, luminous images of photographer Alter Kacyzne are restored to the world in "Poyln: Jewish Life in the Old Country." ,,.. psk. ) • STORY on page 82 Otwock (Warsaw province), 1927: "Otwock 's next generation learns how to pour water" 11/5 1999 Detroit Jewisn News 79 …
…PERLMAN PERFORMS Itzhak Perlman was born in Israel in 1945, and was already playing the violin when polio crippled him at age 4. He began studies at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv prior to coming to America in 1958. Upon his arrival, he continued his musical training at the Juilliard School of Music in New York under the tutelage of Ivan Galmanian and Dorothy DeLay. His success in winning the presti- gious Leventritt Competition in 1964 lau...…
…The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Best Bets invites you to CLASSICAL NOTES Soprano Glenda Kirkland sings Gershwin, Debussy and Mendelssohn at the Detroit Institute of Art's Brunch with Bach program 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in the DIA's Kresge Court. $22 adults/$11 children under 12/$5 concert only. (313) 833-4005. Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra hosts guest artists violinist Ani and violinist/violist Ida Kafa...…
…Undiscovered Master SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News A lter Kacyzne spent a good deal of his life photograph- ing the Jewish community of pre-World War II Poyln, Yiddish for Poland. A working pho- tographer, he sold 700 prints to the New York Yiddish daily Forverts, where the goal was to appeal to immi- grant readers who would recall the images left behind. Kacyzne's pictures bring back the day-to-day experiences of the 1920s — p...…
…• Clockwise from top left: Kopitshinits (Kopyczynce, Tarnapol province), 1925: "A Jewish trade. Rope spinners, father and son." Brisk (Brzesc nad Bugiem, Pinsk province): "In the barracks. Five families live in this room." Byale (Biala Podlaska, Lublin province), 1926: "Alzrielke, the Shabbes-klaper. On Friday evenings, he knocks on the shutters, announcing the beginning of the Sabbath." Suchostaw (Tarnapol province): The tavern keeper and ...…
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…NEW AT ARTSPACE The Border 1938 and the outbreak of World War II, the entire world to accept Jewish refugees. the Jewish experience in this little-known country. 2 ing. They actually failed, and Bolivia joined the Allies in the fight against the Nazis." The Jewish community in the mid- '30s had been very small, and its members had a small Jewish congrega- tion based on Eastern European Jewish life, according to the author. When the German...…
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