…Contents Winner of eight 2003 Michigan Press Association writing, design and advertising awards www.cletroitjewishnews.com N ••;* AJ As MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION PFfI Friday, Jan. 2, 2004 Tevet 8, 5764 Vol. CXXIV, No. 21 FOR OPENERS APPLETREE 10 Doer Profile 27 Asara B'Tevet DEPARTMENTS Meet Gary Berris, maker of the "The Rabbi Says..." doll. A shorter fast day as prelude to destruction. ANN ARBOR ARTS & LIFE Alefbet'cha 10...…
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…Wear, Oh, Wear! DOER PROFILE C GARY BI-RRIS Age: 32 City: Waterford How did you come up with the idea for "The Rabbi Says ..." doll? "I was roaming a Meijer store with so many Christmas decorations. I thought, 'Wow, it'd be cool to do something for Chanukah. You know, make it fun.' And I thought, 'What better than a rabbi doll.' I thought, 'I'm Jewish, and here's a void in the Jewish communi- ty . . Is the doll just a Chanukah item? "A...…
…Question Of Black And White GEORGE CANTOR Reality Check ne of last year's movies that came and went in a rush was The Human Stain. It was about an African-American college professor passing as a Jew. (And he thought he had problems before.) The movie received lukewarm reviews, but some commentators were especially critical of the casting. The lead was played by Welsh-born Anthony Hopkins. Why, they demanded, was a light- skinned black actor...…
…For Openers Something Extra School Debts Unpaid "We never had enough stu- When Bais Menachem dents paying tuition to cover Academy closed its doors in the cost of paying for the June, about 45 boys from school," says former Bais metro Detroit's Lubavitch Menachem teacher Shari community were left with- Klein of Oak Park. out an elementary school. Rabbi Chaim Bergstein of But the closing of the 8- Bais Chabad of year-old school left another,...…
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…News Digest Mexican Jews Pick New Leader Rio de Janiero/JTA — One of Mexico's central Jewish organizations elected a new leader for 2004-2005. Benjamin Speckman, a longtime Jewish activist who chairs the financial committee of the Jewish sports group World Maccabi Union and is a former vice president of the Maccabi Latin American Confederation, recently was elected leader of the Jewish Central Committee of Mexico's Council of Presidents. Is...…
…I N SI D Mitzvah Day 16 Remember When . . . . 17 New Challenge Ann Arbor doctor runs for State House on health care platform. JOANNA BRODER D Special to the Jewish News Ann Arbor r. Philip Zazove doesn't let anything slow him down. As a clinical professor of family medi- cine at the University of Michigan, he jug- gles taking care of patients with supervising 11 U-M ambulatory care sites. Nov, he's decided to tackle a new goal: runni...…
…Holiday Cheer Miracle Mission Meeting Jan. 8 Mitzvah Day volunteers help the needy throughout Detroit. Federation's Michigan Miracle Mission 4 to Israel has scheduled a final recruitment meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph Road, in Bloomfield Township. Speakers will be Robert Aronson, chief executive officer of the Federation, and Lawrence Jackier, Federation president. Peter Alter co-ch...…
…RINKE CADILLAC 86 Years And Still Delivering BREAK Remember When • • From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. llommeamanam Oskar Schindler's survivors mark the 20th anniversary of the death of the non-Jew who helped Jews flee the Holocaust. Detroit's Mosaic Youth Theater volunteers perform shows for a Cass Avenue homeless shelter. THROUGH GM Pull-Ahead Program Extended through January 2nd, 200...…
…Night To Remember Families preview exhibits and meet Shalom Street players. SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer ANGIE BAAN Staff Photographer T Jordana Hoffman, 11, of Farmington Hills with Chanukah "Goofenologist" Rene Allen of Northville. he night started under the stars. For the first public preview of Shalom Street, the interactive children's museum inside the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, 400 adults and children attended the...…
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…Asara Wirevet At A Glance • When: Sunday, Jan. 4 (the 10th day of the month of Tevet). • What it commemorates: The siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. that ultimately led to the destruction of the First Temple and the loss of Jewish sovereignty. • How to observe: No food or drink may be consumed. Because it is permis- sible to eat right up to the fast, plan on rising early for breakfast. Others prefer to eat late the night b...…
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…a Synagogue List 48 Torah Portion 49 Bundling Up STAFF PHOTOS BY ANGIE BAAN S .4.14Ack. as Ailib. urrounded by the warmth of giving — and a room full of blankets — a group of kids and adults came together in a special Chanukah project. "It's a Wrap" was jointly sponsored by Congregation Shaarey Zedek's reli: gious school social action committee and American Red Magen. David Adorn for Israel, the U.S. find-raising arm for Israel's em...…
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