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…DETROIT 75¢ THE SH NEWS 5 AV 5753/JUL Y 23, 1993 Enrichment Programs Receive Funding Hikes RUTH LITTMAIM STAFF WRITER ome wishes came true. The 1993 Allied Jewish Campaign pulled in almost a mil- lion more dollars than last year, and agencies offering enrichment programs for youth and young adults are to receive beefed-up al- locations from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. Federation leaders warned agen- cies n,ot to jump ...…

…750 DETROIT SPECIAL CIRCUS OF VALUES SUPPLEMENT INSIDE THE JEWISH NEWS 27 TAMMUZ 5753/JULY 16, 1993 Reeling In The Neighbors, Especially The Orthodox JPM JCC hopes marketing plan will attract local community members to renovated facility. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER here are six weeks left t to go before the sched- uled opening of the renovated JPM Jew- ish Community Cen- ter in Oak Park. But several ques- tions remain: Will it be com...…

…7 5 0 DETROIT 20 TAMMUZ 5753/JULY 9, 1993 JHA On A Schedule Improvements won't happen overnight. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER he home won't heal in a day. . That's the mes- sage Borman Hall administrators are sending out to members of metro Detroit's Jewish community. But with time and cooperation, the facility won't close its ' :doors, they say. Improvements to the 212-bed nursing home, which last year twice failed public health in- spect...…

…750 DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS 13 TAMMUZ 5753/JULY 2, 1993 Dine Supported Locally Amid controversy, Tom Dine resigned this week from the leadership of AIPAC. But his accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER embers of Detroit's Jewish com- munity have been quick to praise Thomas Dine, who resigned this week from the helm of AIPAC in the midst of a controversy aris- ing from comments he made about Orthodox stereo...…

…MONEYSAVING COUPONS INSIDE DETROIT 7 50 6 TAMMUZ/JUNE 25, 1993 Knollenberg Erases Israel Question Mark Rep. Joe Knollenberg has done some homework. Now he is asking his colleagues to support foreign aid. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER ep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Birmingham, had one thing on his mind when he ran for Congress last year: the economy. Yet six months into his job as representa- tive for Michigan's 11th Congressional District, Mr. K...…

…DETROIT 75¢ 29 SIVAN 5753/JUNE 18, 1993 A Brand-New Pitch In An Old Ballgame As Days of Decision end, Federation thanks new fund-raising techniques for beefing up Campaign enthusiasm. I RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER Birmingham Temple At 30 hirty years ago, eight Reform Jewish couples in Detroit asked a young graduate of Hebrew Union College to lead their new suburban congrega- tion. Informally dubbed the "Birmingham Temple," it became the...…

…75¢ DETROIT THE JEWISH NEWS 22 SIVAN 5753/JUNE 11, 1993 A Boost For The Elderly HUD will give $1.5 million for bus service, cleaning and weekend meals at Federation Apartments. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER eekend meals, housekeeping and additional transportation services soon will be available for resi- dents of the Jewish Federation Apartments through four grants from the Congregate Housing Services Department of the U.S. Department o...…

…750 THE DETROIT 15 SIVAN 5753/JUNE 4 , 1993 Cardin's Concerns Inside BUSINE Assessing our values, our future. PHIL JACOBS EDITOR uppose a group of Jewish commu- nal professionals got together, but wanted to talk about everything other than Jud- aism. That's what Shoshana Cardin said she experi- enced in the mid-1970s at a Baltimore Jewish communal staff retreat. She said no one at the re- treat wanted to talk about what role Judaism p...…

…75¢ THE 8 SIVAN 5753/MAY 28, 1993 Flattened Again? Youth agencies have been given priority by Federation, but a flat Campaign will pre-empt increases. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER s the Allied Jewish Campaign nears completion with its Days of Decision, a final plug for pledges, representatives of agen- cies catering to young people hope their agency budgetary needs will be met. But there's no guarantee. If the Campaign does not reach its $...…

…750 1 SIVAN 5753/MAY 21, 1993 Alose Up Engler's Appearance Cites Jewish Ties The governor is the first state leader to address an agency annual meeting. 1:3 KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER May I Offer You A Bit Of Advice? o, your mother- in-law came over last week and she couldn't help noticing that you need new carpeting — blue would be nice — and the brisket was good but it needed a little more salt, and do you really let little Sophie ...…

…75¢ THE JEWISH NEWS 23 IYAR 5753/MAY 14, 1993 Decision Deferred Darchei Torah waits for Federation. Masters Of Disaster LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER Hurricane Andrew is the 4th major storm for lnrecon. Page 29 ince opening its doors seven years ago, Darchei Torah has added a grade level to its Orthodox day school each year. For three years, it has tried to add the status of Jewish Federation bene- ficiary to its name. Administrators remai...…

…75¢ t6 IYAR 5753/MAY 7, 1993 Who Is A Jew? lines it constitutes a Jewish fami- ly. This policy of offering assistance to gentile family members is one of "inclusion, not exclusion," ex- plains BIAS Director of Overseas Operations Dail Stolow. When HIAS plans resettlement efforts, no questions are asked about which refugee family members are least 146 non-Jewish refugees in Jewish; no questions are asked about the gentiles' interest in iden-...…

…75¢ :1: SID Vy :1: 111 Jl 9 IYAR 5753/APRIL 30, 1993 Engler Appeal The relationship between the Jewish community and Michigan's governor has flourished. KIMBERLY UFTON STAFF WRITER G ...AndThey Lived Happily Ever After ady Aubrey gasped. "Montague!" she cried, turning to her dashing husband of four months, the man who had rescued her from a life of drudgery as a chambermaid for the wicked Charles Langley Worthington Robertson-Wats...…

…750 THE JEWISH NEWS 2 IYAR /APRIL 23, 1993 aside SPORTS Front Office Publicity and promotions for the Wings are full time. Page 47 PTA To Payroll Y. Displaced homemakers face the workforce. Page 51 BACKGROUND Israel Still Life A siren sounds for Y om Hashoah. Page 61 _ Contents on page 3 One Big, Happy, Airport Party Song, dance and reunion marked take-off day for the Michigan Miracle Mission on its way to the land of Israel. ...…

…750 THE JEWISH NEWS 2 Final Countdown I he excitement mounts as the Michigan Miracle "Mission-aires" prepare for their flights to Israel. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER ore than seven decades sepa- rate Markus Simon and Shari Katz. But their mission is the same: to visit Israel with 1,284 Jewish Detroiters. In two days, 84-year-old Mr. Simon and Shari, 13, will board El Al flights to Israel. They are among the oldest and youngest participant...…

…75¢ 18 NISAN/APRIL 9, 1993 Unlawful War Over Religion After years of battling for approval, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is expected to become the law of the land. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER abbi David Saper- stein's battle to pro- tect the free exercise of religion is nearly over. The director of the Religious Action Cen- ter is a well-known face to legislators on Capitol Hill. And his causes — human rights, Israel, church-sta...…

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…7 50 -Towr- , 7.0 -Wr- 1SH NEB 4 NISAN 5753/MARCH 26, 1993 Teaching Hatred Four Jewish groups demand an explanation for the Detroit Public Schools' implied support of the Rev. Louis Farrakhan. LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER laiming "de facto" support by the Detroit Public Schools of the Rev. Louis Farrakhan's upcoming vis- it, four Jewish organizations have linked together in protest. Nation of Islam leader, the Rev. Farrakhan is scheduled ...…

…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JE SH 2 6 ADAR 5753/MARCH 19,1993 The Home Heals Amid Funding Debate Optimism abounds and non-institutional care for the aging is discussed as the community grapples with the fate of the Jewish Home for Aged. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER espite the past problems at the Jewish Home for Aged – serious health code viola- tions, exorbitant clean-up fees, con- tinually...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community SH NEWS 19 ADAR5753/MARCH 12, 1993 New AJE Committees Get Mandate For Change AJE consortium and transition panels are empowered to implement major decisions on the future of Jewish education. PHIL JACOBS MANAGING EDITOR todgy, out of touch with the 1990s Jewish child, lethar- gic." That is how Howard Gelberd de- scribed the Agency for Jewish Education that knew well the chi...…

…- 10; 4, N c 7 ' 1,1 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 1 2 ADAR/MARCH 5, 1993 Bridging The Split A play is being brought in to serve as a catalyst for renewing the dialogue between blacks and Jews in the Detroit area. LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER hat may seem like an end is often only a means. Nothing could be more true of Crossing The Broken Bridge, a play stopping in Detroit this month...…

…50 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 5 ADAR 5753/FE BRUARY 25, 1993 ommunity Support or Housing Its Elderly President Robert Aronson said. 'We have been focusing on the crisis. Now it is time to do the rest." The boards also voted to put aside for at least one year any further ex- amination for a new state-of-the art nursing home and assisted living complex in West Bloomfield. Much of JHA's e...…

…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 28 SHEVAT 5753/FEBRUARY 19, 1993 JHA's Fate Community leaders will look next week at the Home's future. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER ederation leaders next week will lay the ground- work for the future of the financially strapped Jewish Home for Aged, which operates Borman Hall in Detroit, Prentis Manor in Southfield and Fleischman Residence in West Blo...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 21 SHEVAT 5753/FEBRUARY 12, 1993 ASIO0 SPECIAL SECTION Jewish Business An overview of Detroiters, past, present and futures. Pages B1-B52 L'CHAYIM SECTION College Life The challenges faced by students and families. Pages L1-L8 BACKGROUND First Shuttle Warren Christopher tries to re-start peace talks. Pages 35 Contents on page 5 Taking Sides On Gay...…

…75¢ §1 IV,St.- Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community E EWISH NEWS 14 SHEVAT 5753/FEBRUARY 5, 1993 Strength In Numbers Jewish faculty and staff at MSU organize to voice concerns. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER ewish humor has it that from any group of three Jews, four dif- ferent opinions arise. With levity, William Rosenthal affirms this phenomenon, but he does not think it will prevent a new, 75-member Jewish gr...…

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…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community IFI VW 13 1 1 I 1 1-1 1 N r- '11114 7 SHEVAT 5753/JANUARY 29, 1993 Spartan Group Jewish students organize at MSU. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER Aside BACKGROUND Golan Peace? Are Syria and Israel inching close to an accord? Page 33 ewish students at Michigan State University are or- ganizing a politi- cal presence on campus. "We're forming a student voice," said stu...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 7'7' E JEWISH NEWS 29 TEVET 5753/JANUARY 22, 1993 CLOSE-UP A Significant Step, However Symbolic Observers look for changes in the peace negotiations after a Knesset vote allowing contact with the PLO. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR tsftom: hey may agree on lit- tle else, but both Arab and Jewish ob- servers concur this week that Israel's de- cision to lift the ban o...…

…ec;orio uass Nsw Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS • 22 TEVET 5753/JANUARY 15, 1993 Tragedy Strikes Emigres (\, The Jewish communities of Detroit and Orlando cooperate to assist the survivors of a fatal accident. RUTH LITTMAN STAFF WRITER dam Shpolyansky, 4, wears a Bart Simpson T-shirt as he quietly plays on the couch in his Southfield home. His eyes are brown and wide open. They focus ...…

…150 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community SH NEWS 15 TEVET 5753/JANUARY 8, 1993 Somali Relief r ( Local Jewish groups seek relief for Somali refugees. RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER hile Somalis February for a tent city starve by the in Kenya near the thousands in Somalian border. Abie their war-torn, Nathan, a peace advo- famine-ridden cate in Israel who has homeland, Jews erected tent cities in in metropolitan...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 8 TEVET 5753/JANUARY 1, 1993 White Collar Blues JVS program aims to get unemployed mid-level professionals back to work. KIMBERLY LIPTON STAFF WRITER Escape From Memory e was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in 1923 in a five- room, second- floor apartment in Furth, Germany. He loved reading and was crazy about soccer. Long after the Nazis forbade Jewish at- ten...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 1 TEVET 5753/DECEMBER 25, 1992 In The Spirit Detroit Jews lend a hand on Christmas Day to a variety of humanitarian causes. LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER ast Christmas Day, while many Jews were sleeping late or watching movies or eating Chinese food, Mark Diem and Marc Shaye were working in Detroit's Cass Corridor. They were dishing out a holi- day meal with the...…

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…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 16 KISLEV 5753/DECEMBER 11, 1992 CLOSE UP Arnold Budin Resigns As Home For Aged Exec Markey Butler is named interim executive director of all three JHA facilities. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER rnold Budin, execu- tive director for the Jewish Home for Aged for the past sev- en months, resigned last week — just days after the 212-bed Borman Hs11 nursing home ...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community HE JEWISH NEWS 9 KISLEV 5753/DECEMBER 4, 1992 Home Gets Reprieve Federation, JHA plan for future as Borman Hall passes state inspection. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER is community in- vestment into the Jewish Home for Aged's Borman Hall paid off when state investigators late Wednesday recommended the facility remain open. "This is a rebirth for the Jewish Home for Aged," sa...…

…75¢ SECOND CLASS Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 2 KISLEV 5753/NOVEMBER 27, 1992 Aside The Tide Turns The Jonathan Pollard case becomes a cause celebre. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR Local Look-Alike Bob Aronson has family double in the Senate. Page 43 Laughter, Tears Rita Rudner's comedy comes from adversity. Page 63 Mr, Vitzvah Therapy Forget the bars. Doing good will find your belove...…

…75¢ Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community HE JEWISH NEWS 24 CHESHVAN 5753/NOVEMBER 20, 1992 National Reaction Bias: Still Significant than the United States. Mr. Foxman pointed out that there has been a steady rise in ac- ceptance over the last 28 years in the notion that Jews have too much power in the U.S. — from 11 percent in 1964 to 31 percent in 1992. "It boggles the mind that in 1992 a significant segment...…

…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 1 7 CHESHVAN 5753/NOVEMBER 13, 1992 Borman Hall Reprieve The Federal government gives JHA a brief extension to comply with health codes. POLITICS enate Minyan ne-tenth of the Senate uld form a Jan inyan. age 45 BOOK FAIR h e Liberator black battalion helped e survivors of Dachau. ge 101 KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER he Jewish Home For Aged, facing...…

…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 10 CHESVAN 5753/NOVEMBER 6, 1992 It's Clinton's Turn What the turnover at the White House means to Israel and domestic Jewish concerns. JAMES B. BESSER/WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ill Clinton's deci- sive victory on Tuesday repre- sents the end of a long and contro- versial era in American politics and the beginning of a wrenching pe- riod of national read...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 3 CHESHVAN 57 53/OCTOBER 30, 19 92 Last Jewish JCC? Detroit is the only major community center with a "Jewish only" membership policy. ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR ecause of the threat of a law- suit in Baltimore, Detroit's Jewish Community Cen- ter has been left with a unique sta- tus: It is the only major JCC left in the United States that accepts only Jew...…

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…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community HE JEWISH NE 26 TISHREI 5753/OCTOBER 23, 1992 CLOSE-UP All Is Not Well On The Home Front Federation and Home for Aged leaders establish a "crisis committee" to take on continuing problems. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM/ASSISTANT EDITOR aced with a state re- port that for the sec- ond time in less than two months found major problems at Hall, Borman and Federation Home for Aged lead-...…

…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community - - btlatilNU HE JEWISH NEWS .. . . . 19 TISHREI 5753/OCTOBER 16, 1992 nide Vote The JCCounci will remi you about election day. page 37 SPORTS Ultimate Game A flying disk took Marty Wollner to Japan page 57 Double Punishment Should Jonathan Pollard be a priority for Detroit's rabbis? ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR Fresh Air fires longtime employees. ocked ...…

…75¢ Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 12 LIIMC, Federation At Odds On Addition The Holocaust Center hopes to expand with new exhibits and a larger library. C ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR The structural prob- hree years ago, lems have been correct- Holocaust Memor- ed. The status of the ial Center Found- ing Director Rabbi other renovations has yet Charles Rosen- to be settled. For ...…

…75¢ THE lEvosH NEws SECOND CLASS Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 5 TISHREI 5 7 5 3/OCTOBER 2, 1992 Deadbeat Dads When Jewish fathers abandon their families, everyone including the Jewish community — loses. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR arjorie S. had three young chil- dren, no job, and a Southfield home with a heavy mortgage when, one day six years ago, her husband walked out the door and did n...…

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…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 20 ELUL 5752/SEPTEMBER Strange Bedfellows _ Tired of the Dems and the GOP? Take a look at who else is on the 1992 Michigan ballot. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR or those dissatisfied with both the Republicans and the Democrats, there are five other parties to choose from on the November ballot in Michigan -- but be prepared for some rather bizarre vie...…

…75¢ unity ----l Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish ComnT THE JEWISH NEWS 13 ELUL 5752/SEPTEMBER 11, 1992 State Slaps Borman Hall Major changes in staffing and approach at Borman Hall come amid a critical public health report. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR hen Arnold Budin was named ex- ecutive director of Borman Hall last May, he said changes were needed at the facility. A new Michigan Department of Public Hea...…

…E IE Celebrating 50 years o growth with the Detroit jewtsW -Umufwirr'mmr;wiwi41 6 ELUL 5752/SEPTEMBER nside ENTERTAINMENT Back To Roots David Syme's interviews have brought him home page 67 WORLD Kmart Shopper A business center in Israel creates a bridge to Europe. page 14 After Andrew The Jewish community rallies around Florida. page 35 Contents on page 5 Hillel Teachers Walk Hillel's opening day is postponed as teachers go o...…