…Front Lines JNenline NOTEBOOK This Week www.JNonline.us Statewide Campus Outreach Initiative Latest From Israel Olympic Currents Michigan State University Hillel is spearheading a Jewish outreach ini- tiative to provide services to smaller universities and colleges through- out Michigan. The program is funded by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and the Kahan and LaKritz families. For the second year, the Kahan-LaKritz Fami...…
…L004 (NO f r COitake, 0;1011-1 omott Join us for a "Picnic in Be'er Sheva' Wednesday, September 17 As Jewish National Fund presents the Tree of Life award to ina and Arthur H Honorary Dinner Chair Stanley M. Chesley • Nancy & James Grosfeld Ronald S. Lauder • Judy & Michael Steinhardi Dinner Chairs nnie & Phil Elkus • on El us arge &Jim Hiller • Lisa & Hannan Lis • Mindy Soble Committee* Barbra & Peter Alter Harlene & Dr. Henry App...…
…Front Lines Community E vents DIGEST at Regent Street Enriching Taste Of Melton The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education will hold a Florence Melton Adult Mini-School "Taste of Melton" infor- mational session. Sample lessons will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Max M. Fisher Federation Building, 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township, and Thursday, Aug. 28, 10- 11:30 a.m. at the Jewi...…
…Creating a Jewish Chaplaincy Rabbi Avrohom Susskind of the Novi/ Northville Center for Jewish Life will lead the Jewish Chaplaincy at Providence Park Hospital in Novi. Say Hello To A. New Generation Of Patient Care. The new Providence Park Hospital is redefining healthcare. As Providence Park Hospital, the newest hospital for St. John Health, sets to open in Novi on September 5, Rabbi Avrohom Susskind has also set the stage to ensure that...…
…Give us 2 HOURS a week . . We'll give you 5,000 YEARS SH TASTE OF MELTON Wednesday, August 27 MELTON PEP (Parent Education Program) TRADITIONAL MELTON Tuesday evenings, 7:00- 9:15 pm Max M. Fisher Federation Building 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills 30 weeks - Class begins September 9 Wednesday mornings, 9:30 - 11:45 am Jewish Community Center D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus 6600...…
…Maccabi Games 2008 CANlit v„,....2008detrotterg ON THE COVER ho to s by Ang ie Baan I icc maccabi • Nicole Meisner, 15, of Huntington Woods and Andrew Lieberman, 16,. of West Bloomfield …
…I \e x, )cc maccabi. 111115 Is.). Maccabi Games 2008 ON THE COVER Ready To Roll! The Maccabi teens, and hundreds of Detroiters, will make it happen. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor Kretchmer says. The Maccabi participants will spend Monday night with their host families. Several congregations and some neigh- borhoods have planned barbecues. On Thursday, following championship rounds in some sports, the teens will be bussed to the Michigan ...…
…Alexis Darmon, 12, of Franklin and Emily Chocron, 15, of West Bloomfield warm up. Maccabi ArtsFest A at least two four-hour shifts. The Franklin Baseball League donated softballs and the North Farmington-West Bloomfield league donated all the baseballs. When Polan visited Birmingham Seaholm High School in July to finalize plans for the swimming competition in the school's new pool plus some baseball games there, Seaholm Principal Terry Pi...…
…I icc maccabi 1pla.CAM I LES. Maccabi Games 2008 ON THE COVER www.2008detroltorg Ready To Roll! from page A17 Alissa Graff, 16, of Huntington Woods Madame Director You're about to be stranded on a des- ert island for two years and you're only allowed to bring one item. Take plenty of fresh water. And if you're only allowed to bring one person, bring Karen Gordon. As director of the 2008 JCC Maccabi Games in Detroit, Karen has a seemi...…
…11111111111M111111111111 all11111111111111111111 MULTI-MEDIA (ONURT RAINING WORLD-RENOWNED PERfORMING ARTISTS PER HIMARMAN • THE MOSHAY BAND SING ITATIKVAH LIKE NEVER BEFORE! BIRMINGHAM - BLOOMFIELD It®SHER F CIO D IT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ISRAEL ACTIVITIES THE ONLY THING MISSING IS A FAIR TO REMEMBER THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008 3-10pm (entertainment starts at 7:30 pm) Bring the entire family to enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime, one day o...…
…jcc maccabi Maccabi Games 2008 OA NS ON THE COVER r im tlama www.2008detroft.org lm7 or Itirt ., Samantha Niskar, 12, Elconin, 12, and Jessica Niskari 14, all of West Bloomfield Jamie Ockner, 13, of Bloomfield Hills practices. Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News T he JCC Maccabi Games haven't begun yet, but already the 513- athlete Detroit delegation has set a record. This is the largest number of Detroit athletes to compete ...…
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…jcc maccabi CANES www.2008dettrolt. org DESIGN GOLF Head Coach: Mark Zausmer Assistant Coach: Mitchell Wayne Bernard, Joshua Cohen, Noah Cohen, Sam Deitch, Drake Felsenfeld, Matthew Heinrich, Daniel Kahn, Shane Kent, Sam Neville, Steven Potash, Jacqueline Rittman, Dylan Siegel, Ari Taxon, Jordan Tucker , Austin Wayne, Jake Zausmer, Michael INLINE HOCKEY Head Coach: Michael Friedman Berman, Robert Daniels, Jamie Fisher, Brian Friedland, Ja...…
…jcc maccabi Maccabi Games 2008 CAM'S . ON THE COVER www.2008detroltore Volunteer Central How to organize 2,019 volunteers into 4,753 jobs and still stay sane. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News The Detroit Numbers Delegations: 59 Athletes: 2,700 Coaches: 700 Largest delegations: host Detroit, 513 athletes; Los Angeles, 118 Countries: Israel, Canada, Great Britain, Hungary, Mexico, Venezuela, United States Sports: 14 Teams:...…
…Staff photos oy Angie Saar S re 4J-1••4n- . Ayr B ut A r !, , , f35:- ,irde5iorteti the rao,..-- / eittirkov rL eco-fri, srT(its , \ p. frier;;,, It's not just about how your home looks, It's about how it breathes. www.airmastermicorn or (2 48) 399-1800 Donna Sklar gives directions to her volunteers. _AIRMASTER Thank You For 25 Great Years! lisetim • Alr ComYtissiog • AirtlioNty It's the air you breathe. amts.:es • fts ► Messe...…
…Metro 'I Wanted To Prove My Innocence' U.S. admits Army victimized David Tenenbaum for being a Jew. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News T he U.S. Army owes David Tenenbaum an apology — and possible compensation. That's according to Michigan's senior U.S. senator, Carl Levin, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee. If that happens, Tenenbaum's more than decade-long battle to prove that the Army leveled spy charges at him be...…
…Tenenbaum's Turmoil 1995: Creates Light Armor Systems and Survivability (LASS) program at TACOM to work on upgrading armor on the Army's light armor vehicles, starting with the Humvee. U.S. was to work with governments of Israel and Germany as originally conceived. Fall 1996: Ordered by supervisor to request security clearance upgrade from "secret" to "top secret" even though only working on unclassified programs. Told that members of his t...…
…Metro A Different Look West Bloomfield voters opt for new leadership. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News primary.) Trustee Robert Spector, who would have ichigan townships were cre- been the last surviving ated in 1787 with election laws incumbent board mem- that are now a bit archaic. They ber, got 2,340 votes and require the three township officers and was ousted by Steven four board members to run for election at Kaplan, 5,999, Gen...…
…I World Broken Wing Major phase of Ethiopian aliyah ends, but advocates push for more. Uriel Heilman Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York W hen the plane from Ethiopia touched down last week at Ben-Gurion International Airport with 65 new immigrants aboard, there was no ceremony to mark what con- stituted the end of a major phase of mass Ethiopian aliyah. Instead, the immigrants were escorted through the old airport terminal, processed and...…
…World 7,7 Old Vs. New Agriprocessors passes rabbis' inspection but gets hit with new charges by state. Ben Harris Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York I Rona Rones gave a donation to Hebrew Free Loan in response to an article she read in the Jewish News, and in return, she was invited to the agency's annual meeting. "Wow! What an eye-opening experience," Rona said. "I didn't know anyone who had received a loan from HFL, I just gave. But t...…
…I ' a: , , . : 0 °Olt II - I HEALTH SYSTEM • ing my little dialogue, they said, `That's the past:" Rael recalled. "I said, `Yeah, but the past is what created the prob- lem: If their intent is to move forward, I can't move forward until this issue is totally, totally done." ❑ -" *A ,rwt llh`. 4611111`. - ' vird ft___/W/ Cii414, the main issue now should be how to move forward. Rael said he won't be ready for that until various pr...…
…You may think you know JNF. World DIGEST Over the past 106 years, Jewish National Fund has evolved from an organization that was known for its blue boxes and tree planting into a worldwide environmental leader that does so much more. The new JNF provides: ■ Water Projects: JNF continues building reservoirs to provide viable solutions to Israel's water shortage. Our 200 projects provide water to 1.5 million Israelis every day. ■ Jewish Id...…
…Opinion Dry B ones Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . MEMORY MEMORY WILL JUST FORGET THE RECENT HEALTH WARNINGS ABOUT CELL PHONE USE? Editorial Young Adult Unity F ederation's Young Adult Division (YAD) has long has been the core address for young adult program- ming in Metro Detroit. But it's now openly partnering with other Jewish organiza- tions that also appeal to 20- and 30-some- things in hopes of reinforcing comm...…
…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Saving The Dead Sea Gidon Bromberg Special Commentary Tel Aviv/JTA E nvironmentalists in Israel and the Middle East have a dear vision on how to save the Dead Sea, which has been losing 850 million cubic meters per year thanks to water diversion upstream and mineral extraction at the sea. This vision sees fresh water flowing again into the Dead Sea from the Jordan River, arresting the sea's declining water levels. It...…
…Sign Up Now... Checking 0 ance must come from the mineral extraction companies at the Dead Sea, which are responsible for 40 percent of the water that leaves the Dead Sea every year. It's time that the Israeli and Jordanian publics demand that the enormous profits being earned by these companies — Dead Sea Works in Israel and the Arab Potash Company in Jordan — be invested in new technology to extract miner- als without evaporating so much ...…
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…• 31111 Staff photo by Angie Bean 77.. 144 Bryan Gottlieb Special to the Jewish News David Leider says a benefit of having GSTV "is the opportunity to run pro- motions to drive consumers from the pump to the store." ucked away in the industrial section of Oak Park is home to a burgeoning television network watched by millions — but only as long as it takes to fill up the gas tank. In its 6,000-square-foot facility that, outwardly, looks ...…
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…Tamarack Ties Fate brings former camp supervisor back to Detroit, where career opportunity beckoned. Robert A. Sklar Editor K ate Bush, now 26, spent every summer but one from 1993 to 2004 at Tamarack Camps, first as a camper at camps Maas and Kennedy and later as a counselor and supervisor. By the time she was a teenager, her Jewish roots ran deep. "I grew up at Workmen's Circle in Oak Park and stayed involved as a teaching assistant at ...…
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…Don't Forget To Call Home A friend of mine recently lost his bags while traveling on a major airline. The line was busy when he called the baggage claim phone number listed on the company's Web site. When he finally got through, the call went directly into voice mail. "If I have to travel and it is less than eight hours away by car, I am driving from now on," he told me. Is that the message you want your- cus- tomers taking home? Well, then ...…
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…Change Drives Your Business W hat is wrong with my business? Often, the answer is the lack of talented leadership either in the current staff or in those potential hires. What would one look for in this group and what are the core elements you want and need today to win and grow? • Fresh Thinking. New ideas and per- spectives are the fuel for any company's continued growth and innovation. Do you have inspired leaders bringing best think- ing...…
…Business I memos Paul Toby of Bloomfield Hills, a first vice president, financial adviser, in Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management Group office in Rochester, has been named to the firm's Toby President's Club, an elite group composed of the firm's leading financial advisers. The appointment recognizes Toby's consistent creativity and excellence in providing a wide range of investment products and services to his clients. Ehrmann Dr. Pa...…
…WAY N E STATE UNIVERSITY 4111MIONOMMIIIIIMMIWOIRM ,:at> • 1: t ... • .. •••• Kresgref Jayne Weiss Jay Noren Blink and you'll miss her becomes WSU's 10th president AUGUST 14, 2008 …
…800614,ark/S: What students and staff are reading faii6,441. Julie Miller started out great with really interesting characters and plot, but then it got to be more dry and boring — too much fake magical politics. Secretary to the Wayne State University Board of Governors, Executive Assistant to the President Hometown: Oak Park Adam Herman Marketing Coordinator, Honors College I read mysteries, usually with a lady private eye. Julie Mil...…
…Norm, MO, becomes Wayne State's 10th president Jay Noren, MD, became the 10th president of Wayne State University August 1, succeeding Irvin D. Reid, who stepped down July 31 after a decade leading one of Michigan's largest research universities. Noren's appointment follows an extensive search that began in October 2007. "The presidential search committee conducted a national search that produced outstanding candidates who held high-level ...…
…has her mind on the arts Mallory Schwartz of West Bloomfield first heard about Hillel of Metro Detroit (HMD) through friends who were attending other universities. "Some of my friends were members of the Hillel at Michigan State and they recommended that I check out Wayne State's Hillel," she says. Schwartz, a senior in Wayne State's psychology program, now says that Hillel is such a major part of her college experience that she couldn't ima...…
…01/4.-1a.7kte, rkfle,i,cs/ at Kresge Eye Institute, sight and insight go together Jayne S. Weiss, MD walks fast and talks fast. This is a woman with things to do. Weiss, a Bloomfield resident, is busy meeting with patients, conferring with colleagues and instructing students. She has to interrupt an interview to answer her cell phone. "I have a lot of interests," she says. "I'm involved in too, too many things." Her most recent achievemen...…
…eaR, Of ltdell/tr helps create a dynamic campus HILBERRY THEATRE 2008-2009 SEASON www.hilberry.com October 3 - December 13 by Sarah Ruhl A modern twist to a classic tragedy of Orpheus, a man who goes on a rescue mission when his beloved Eurydice dies. As he ventures into the underworld to retrieve her, he charms the gods with his sweet music and is eventually granted permission to visit her and bring her back. Can he find and bring her ...…
…WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS ON JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT MEDIATING MODERNITY CHALLENGES AND TRENDS IN THE JEWISH ENCOUNTER WITH THE MODERN WORLD ESSAYS IN HONOR OF MICHAEL A. MEYER EDITED BY LAUREN B. STRAUSS AND MICHAEL BRENNER "The sweep of the essays in this volume serve as a fitting testament to the prodigious impact of Michael Meyer's scholarship not only on his immediate field of inquiry—modern German Jewish history—but on J...…
…C to r WSU? Incoming student admission requirements To be admitted to Wayne State University with no minimum ACT or SAT score requirements, incoming freshmen must have at least a 2.75 high school grade-point average. Test scores must be submitted, however. If your GPA is between a 2.0 and 2.74, you must have an ACT score of 21 or better or an SAT score of 970 or better. Estimated costs for 2008 Wayne State's estimated tuition for full-ti...…
…Spirituality Let There Be Light --- And Joy Temple Israel's new homegrown prayer book inspired by congregation. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer T hose who attended Shabbat eve- ning services at Temple Israel on Friday, July 4, were treated to the debut of Ora V'Simcha, light and joy, a new siddur of prayers, inspiration and artistic beauty created specifically for them. The book will be used during the summer's Friday night outdoor ...…
…rael Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by TEMPLE ISRAEL CALENDAR AUGUST 15 7:30 PM, SHABBAT SERVICE UNDER THE STARS. Join us for an outdoor service with the Teen T'filah Team. AUGUST 16 11 AM, SATURDAY SENIOR SHABBAT SERVICE AND LUNCH. Services are followed by a light lunch. RSVP to Michelle Lichtman at michelle@temple-israeLorg or 248-661-5700. There is no charge for lunch if you RSVP by August 11. AUGUST 18 7 PM, MACCABI "HOS...…
…Kehillat Hatzhav Hagadol B'nai Zion Fort Street on Mackinac Island, (906) 847-0963. President, Bob Spitzer. Vice president, Ann Silverman. Services Friday 7:30 p.m. during summer. (Call to verify time.) 15250 W. Nine Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 968-2414. Rabbi: Meyer Menashe Feibusch. President: Stuart Newman. Services: Saturday 8:45 a.m.; weekdays Shacharit at sunrise, Minchah at sunset. Or Tzafon P.O. Box 441, Suttons Bay 49682, (231) ...…
…Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by BIRMINGHAM'S NEWEST ADDRESS ► le Israel Tern ■ ■ ROMMENOMONW ii Meiiii Synagogues from page B3 Silver. President: David Cwynar. Services: Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. the first Saturday of the month. Temple Emanu-EI 14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 967-4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein. Cantor: Darcie Sharlein. Services: Friday 7:30 p.m. No Saturday services until Aug. 23. Temple Israel E...…
…Spirituality TORAH PORTION The Lord Is One Shabbat Vaetchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23- 7:11; Isaiah 40:1-26. Efrat, Israel T his week's Torah portion contains two of the most celebrated pas- sages of the entire Bible: the 10 Commandments and the Shema. The latter is difficult to understand and is open to many translations and explanations: Hear, 0 Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. "The Lord" implies eternity, the ground of existence, ...…
