February 07, 1997

…INSIDE: SINAI HOSPITAL SALE IS FINAL HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS GET PLACE OF THEIR OWN. '110 1JATh BOUND FOR DETROIT ••,• • .•••,' Jews who m d away, and then came back, find there's no place like home. …

…THE BIG BANK GEOGRAPHY LESSON ith all the mergers and acquisitions, most banks' biggest concerns seem to be elsewhere. W At Franklin Bank, our only interests are right here in Michigan. We give our business customers unique services like a special business-only concierge service branch, longer daily hours, courier service and account executives who know you, your needs and how to serve you best. Switch to the bank whose primary business is y...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS UP FRONT This Week's Top Stories Sinai Sold, Execs Leave; New Jewish Fund Created A New Home PHIL JACOBS EDITOR JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER S inai Hospital is sold. The price tag remains a secret, but sources say that it falls in the $50-$60 million range. In comes Sinai management team leader William Pinsky, M.D. Dr. Pin- sky is a senior vice president of the DMC and associate dean of the Wayne State University Sc...…

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…February 7, 1997 Detroit OPINION Coming Full Circle There are lessons to learn in Israel. 29 A few young Jews follow in their ancestors' entrepreneurial footsteps. 10 Survivor Cabaret Fixated on fix-ups. page 50 A monthly "cafe" will offer refreshments and entertainment to Holocaust survivors. TELL ME WHY Can Mom live to match Methuselah? 38 HEALTH Following the rules on medications. 71 50 WASHINGTON Blind Dating Options again...…

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…II Circle A few young Jews follow in their ancestors' entrepreneurial footsteps. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER t may be a Jewish parent's instinct to encourage kids toward careers in Jaw or medicine. But in Detroit, it seems that Jewish kids are more likely to fol- low in their parents' footsteps than listen to their sugges- tions. Judging from a handful of young adults who have gone into business for themselves, the advice they got at h...…

…most of their friends do not. "All my friends are professionals — traders, brokers, attorneys or doc- tors," says Ryan, 26. "There is more stability in be- ing a professional, but as a busi- nessman, you're your own boss," he says. "You don't put in two politics that go along with that," he says. In his second year of law school, Ryan, with his brother, Jay, now 28, opened Lone Star. The idea came from Ryan's un- dergraduate days at the Unive...…

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…,rtaPIPS. Survivor Cabaret A monthly "cafe" will offer refreshments and live entertainment for Holocaust survivors and their families. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER as part of the Sinai program like to stick around after screenings to schmooze and reminisce about their lives in Europe before the war. That sparked the decision to open a cafe for survivors, an idea that has been successful in Swe- den, Israel and Los Angeles. The cafe will feat...…

…DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS Vol. CX No. 24 N = N /-- Three ways of proving we try a little harder. Publisher Arthur M. Horwitz Editor Phil Jacobs Associate Editors Elizabeth Applebaum, Alan Hitsky Assistant Editor Gail Zimmerman Senior Writer Julie Edgar Staff Writers Lynne Meredith Cohn, Jill Davidson Sklar Contributing Editors Michael Davis, Neil Rubin Washington Correspondent James D. Besser Foreign Correspondent Douglas Davis Israel Cor...…

…altitarVtadr4e'fi V - 1A-. aerviric F', ..-4;:2:100.1r , n,..rata,44t11,1 "i raroof ftr Border Crossings Local students are preparing for an emotional and educational experience in the lands of their ancestors. JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER M ichael Simon could be a poster child for Jewish federations around the country that are biting their collective nails over indif- ference to Israel and Judaism among younger Jews. Michael thought very li...…

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…THE DETROI T JE WISH NEWS Skilled players arrange and shuffle tiles. 14 The • A mah-jongg l b e Brigade tournament brings out young and not-so-young competitors. JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER PHOTOS BY JOHN M. DISCHER bout 60 players re- cently turned out for a mah-jongg tourna- ment at Temple Emanu-El — a small vanguard in the growing segment of mah-jongg fanatics. Tournaments, sponsored by the Temple Emanu-El Sister- hood, are held every...…

…/-= /- Top: Barns, cracks, dragons and winds. Left: Barbara Zelmon of Detroit figures out her next move. Above: Karen Rosenberg of Huntington Woods keeps score. …

…PHOTOS BY DAN IEL LIPPITT Plus Or Minus? With grant money diminishing, Kadima Plus is trying to maintain the dignity and independent lifestyle of mentally ill seniors. LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER S am Warren, 85,,used to call 911 just to have someone to talk to. That was before Kadima Plus came to his rescue and mapped out a way for Mr. Warren to combat, or at least deal with, the loneliness and de- pression he has felt throughout hi...…

…to cancer and her son in a medical mishap years ago. She has been living in the Jewish Federation Apartments in Oak Park for the past seven years. Ms. Rusyn visits Mrs. Roberts regularly, takes her to the store and doctor appointments and monitors her medications. 'e talk a lot," says the petite woman. "I wish she was my "There's still a lot of stigma. Sometimes seniors are abandoned by families," she says. Mental illness builds through- out ...…

…The JCC picks an experienced Detroiter to run its 1998 Maccabi Games office. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR he Jewish Community Cen- ter has hired the Maccabi Games coordiriator from 1990 for the same position for the 1998 games. Beth Robinson Keliman, 32, daughter of 1990 and 1998 games co-chair Jay Robinson, began restoring the old 1990 basement office this week at the Maple- Drake JCC. The JCC North American Mac- cabi Youth Games will bring...…

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…PHOTOS BY JOHN M. DISCHER A A Little Song And Dance And lots of magic at last weekend's NFTY Winter Conclave. MICHAEL SIMON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS s the NFTY cheer echoed through the halls of Tem- ple Emanu-El in Oak Park on Saturday, over 150 Reform Jewish teen-agers made their way into the Esther Katzman Hall for a spirited song session. This year's North American Federation of Temple Youth's Michigan Regional Winter Con- clave them...…

…Hollander. He commented that NFTY-Michigan members "ap- proach services in a much more — not serious — but respectful manner, like it's a very special time, which is unique from what I've seen in other regions." The weekend featured moving erev Shabbat, Shabbat morning and Havdalah services run by Temple Emanu-El Temple Youth (TEMTY), the host group, and participated in by everyone. "The energy and enthusiasm from the multitude of new mem- be...…

…Ski Bum ERICA MEYER RAUZIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS I his is my husband's fa- vorite week of the year: his week of winter. Friday morning my hus- band boards a jetliner that will take him two-third across the country, from tropical Florida to freezing Gunnison, Colo. He'll rendezvous there with four old buddies from around the coun- try, rent a big, boxy car, and head for Crested Butte for a week of snow skiing. I will stay home, warm and...…

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…Happy Fiftieth Anniversary ERICA MEYER RAUZIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS M y parents' 50th an- niversary was January 19. Whew. I figure to get this far, they had to survive a lot of minutia. I'm not counting big stuff, like World War II, active professional careers or life's var- ious calamities. rm counting the trivia that adds up to a mountain range of detail in 50 years. To make it to the half a centu- ry mark, they had to put up with: •...…

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…ow to say When Jew Marries Non-Jew atC NEIL RUBIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS "Ti p amo" Li, H ow nice it would be to ac- Today we don't even look at the cept the conventional wis- issue from a cultural perspective. dom about intermarriage: That's because we know that It's a product of present- Jews have no problem marrying day conditions brought about by non-Jews. Indeed, many live hap- assimilation and the watering pily doing so. dow...…

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…Community Views Editor's Notebook There Are Lessons To Learn In Israel The Strong Poison That's Left Behind THE REV. JAMES R. LYONS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS PHIL JACOBS EDITOR As I write this, I am sitting in Tel Aviv, looking out over the Mediter- ranean, enjoying 80-degree weath- er, and reflecting on a rather in- credible week. I am a member of the Executive Committee of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel (NCLCI...…

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