…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 29 AV 5752/AUGUST 2 8 , 1 9 9 2 Shaarey Zedek Unveils Center Congregation Shaarey Zedek will open its new Parenting Center and Nursery School to the community. PHIL JACOBS MANAGING EDITOR t Ruth Beresh's Passover seder, the matzah of hope in past years stood for the plight of the Jews prohibited from leaving the Soviet Union or Ethiopia. W...…
…750 , Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 22 AV 5752/AUGUST 21, 1991 CLOSE-UP Back To School Means Changes At Day Schools Local Jewish day schools are looking at increases in enrollment and tuition. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR espite increases in tuition and closer scrutiny of scholar- ship recipients, De- troit's five Jewish day schools are set to open this year with a record num- ...…
…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 15 AV 5752/AUGUST 14, 1992 oseUp Will Jews Be Swayed By Loan Guarantees? George Bush's change of heart may not heal wounds within the Jewish community. KIMBERLY LIPTON STAFF WRITER Growing Pains or years, many considered the New Israel Fund one of Jewry's best-kept secrets. A small, low-profile organi- zation that supports civil rights work and libera...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 8 AV 5752/AUGUST 7, 1992 Agenda Members Plan On Keeping The Faith NJA will carry on, even without its national headquarters. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR Yet in June the national NJA of- hen the phone rings at the national New Jewish Agenda office, some- fice shut its doors. ?Mays some- thing • of an outsider among body from Ann Arbor always an- ,org...…
…75¢ Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 1 AV Strategic Plan 5752/JULY 31, 1992 Inside SPORTS Federation will change the way it does business to reach more people in the community. A Free Press sportswriter says the travel is the best. DAVID KOTZEN-REICH STAFF WRITER page 53 anted: Jewish citizens of Mich- igan interested in getting in- volved in the Jewish commu- nity in a mean- ingful w...…
…a■ ‘ft 6 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 23 TAMMUZ 5752/JULY 24, 1992 nside POLITICS Hot Races '92 Oakland County's prosecutor and commision races. page 48 SPORTS Cheerleader A local doctor watches his Israeli friends at the Olympics. page 54 Singled Out Football brought discipline t o this high school athlete. age 58 Contents on page 5 c Sanctuary To Homeless Scientology, 3...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community THE JEWISH NEWS 16 TAMMUZ 5752/JULY 17, 1992 :17 3 R's And Vouchers Will the GI Bill for Children help Jewieh day schools erode the wall separating church and state? ,— ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSISTANT EDITOR LJ IJ arents with children at Jewish day schools have, until now, had two options: pay the tuition outright or request a scholarship. Under a plan introduced by Presid...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 9 TAMMUZ 5 7 5 2/JULY 10, 1992 to_ CLOSE.0 Federation Cuts Back Budget Allocation For the second straight year, the Allied Jewish Campaign has dipped significantly. DAVID KOTZEN-REICH STAFF WRITER he Jewish Commu- nity Council, the Detroit Jewish com- munity's official voice to the non-Jewish world, sustained what amounts to a 5 per- cent...…
…750 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community Li i j 1 9 4 2 1 9 9 2 2 TAMMUZ 5752 /JULY 3, 1992 Court Reignites Abortion Debate Jewish groups on both sides are upset with the Supreme Court. Inside CLOSE-UP iltAi OWN.. No Prince Prince of peace is not the title for Yitzhak Rabin. page 7 JENNIFER FINER and KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITERS hether pro- choice or anti- abortion, Jew- ish groups and elected officia...…
…I 1J Ijo Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 2 5 SIVAN 5 7 5 2/JUNE 26, 1992 Looking To Labor AMY J. MEHLER STAFF WRITER `e of POLITICS Hot Races '92: 11th Congressional District Sizzles campaigning, the Labor Party, led by former Israeli Defense Minister and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, won 47 seats in the new Parliament, up from 38. The Likud Party, led the last four...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 E JEWISH NEWS 18 SIVAN 5 7 5 2 /JUNE 19, 1992 JPM Renovations Planned For July 12 The $2 million expansion will include a pool, health clubs and new programs. DAVID KOTZEN-REICH, STAFF WRITER he mood was enthusiastic last week as residents gath- ered in the Huntington Woods home of Marcy and Michael Feldman to discuss a project many have worked on for more than a ...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS 11 SIVAN 5 7 5 2/JUNE 12, 1992 Anti-Semitism In GOP? As ADL investigates charges of bias, Jewish leaders suggest discretion when making allegations. KIMBERLY LIFTON STAFF WRITER he Anti-Defamation League is in- vestigating charges that the wife of a Macomb County state senator made anti-Semitic comments dur- ing last month's Republican Sta...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 HE JEWISH NEWS EVENTY-FIVE CENTS JUNE 5, 1992 / 4 SIVAN 5752 San Franciscan ill Lead AJE LAN HITSKY Associate Editor oward Gelberd, the former executive di- rector of the San Francisco Bureau of Jewish Education, was named to ead Detroit's Agency For Jewish Education. Mr. Gelberd comes to etroit after seven years as San Francisco's director and 10 years a...…
…Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 HE JEWISH NEWS MAY 29, 1992 / 26 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Days Of Decision Begin On Sunday PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor arvey never sought help from anyone before, especially a Federation agency. That was before the recession. That was before Harvey, 54, was laid off from his sales job. Now, this Southfield homeowner, unable to find another job, needs help pay-...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS MAY 22, 1992 / 19 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Davidson Grant May Help Israel WIISU Hillel Rabbi Quits After Cuts ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor T he first major fallout of the budget crunch for the Metro Detroit •,,Hillel Foundation occurred last week. Rabbi Louis (Eli) Finkelman, director of Wayne State Hillel for the last 14 years, ann...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS MAY 15, 1992 / 12 IYAR 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ngler's Staff Bungles Tribute KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer - he Engler administra- tion this week reacted to angry Jewish leaders by signing a procla- mation that acknowledges the 25th anniversary of the •eunification of Jerusalem. Previously, the governor's staff members returned to Jewish F...…
…SECOND CLASS 1 9 4 2 *. Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS MAY 8, 1992 / 5 IYAR 5752 New Max Fisher Building Dedicated By Federation PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor ast winter, Federation executive vice presi- dent Robert Aronson was looking at 6735 Tele- graph Road as a building with potential, and he wondered what interna- tional community leader Max Fisher would ...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS MAY 1, 1992 / 28 NISAN 5752 JPAC Takes On Issues Of State KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer A What's it like to live in Detroit's largest enclave of Soviet Jews? Page 22 group of activists this month is launching a fund-raising drive to gain Jewish political power in Michigan. A program scheduled for May 20 will inform the...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS APRIL 24, 1992 / 21 NISAN 5752 Father Coughlin's Church Will Host Interfaith Event Goodbye Kishke, Hello Quiche NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer T he house that Coughlin built is now toasting Jewish- Christian friendship. While known for shepher- ding one of Michigan's finest Catholic churches, the late Father Charles Co...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY 1 9 9 2 APRIL 17, 19921.14 NISAN 5752 …
…9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community APRIL 10, 1992 / 7 NISAN 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-UP Six 'Days Of Decision' Will Change Campaign PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor I In The Spirit Of Reform The Reform movement in Detroit is growing with worshipers who see in it a chance for deep spirituality. 1 9 9 2 n years past, Detroit's Federation would close the annual Allied Jewish Campaign in early spring...…
…1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community 1 9 9 2 THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS APRIL 3, 1992 / 29 ADAR 2 5752 Rabbi Freedman To Leave Yeshiva PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor A fter 12 years at the helm of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, executive director Rabbi E.B. Bunny Freedman has informed the school's board of directors of his intention to resign in June. Rabbi Freedman, 39, said he reached a point in his ...…
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…SECOND CLASS 1 9 4 2 Celebrating 50 years of growth with the Detroit Jewish Community. SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS 1 9 9 2 MARCH 27, 1992 / 22 ADAR 2 5752 Holocaust Center Given $75,000 Michigan Grant KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T he Michigan Depart- ment of Commerce last week announced it would award a $75,000 operating grant to the Holo- caust Memorial Center. The HMC, awarded the grant from the Outstate...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MARCH 20, 1992 / 15 ADAR 2 5752 Food Stamp Policy Shift Angers Elderly Emigres Staff Writer ike the majority of Soviet Jewish immi- grants who live in senior housing, Tilya Polskaya, 73, anxiously awaits the monthly arrival of two envelopes: A $436 government subsidy and a $28 book of food stamps. Because of a policy change at the Jewish Family Ser- vice, Mrs. Polskaya...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY MARCH 13, 1992 / 8 ADAR 2 5752 Detroiters Recall The Life Of Israeli Leader M. Begin AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer E zekiel Leikin came to Palestine in 1943 soon after Tel Aviv came under curfew. A building had been blasted by the Irgun Zvai Leumi, the underground guerrilla force that battled the British in the final years of the Palestine Mandate. Mr. Leikin was part o...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY Education Unit Meets, Teachers Ponder Future NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer I t has been a long and winding road. And there are still a few more twists and turns. The Jewish Federation's Jewish Education Planning Committee, chaired by Dr. Conrad Giles, took two years to come up with suggestions for making the community's main education agency more effective. But even ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 28, 1992 / 24 ADAR 5752 Public Insight, Politics Worry Pro-Choice Clergy NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer F or local pro-choice clergy, these are difficult times. The Supreme Court ap- pears ready to rethink, even overturn, its 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Last May, the Michigan Senate passed a law requiring a waiting period for abortions. O...…
…SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 21, 1992 / 17 ADAR 5752 Jews With AIDS Find Little Help AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer N SPINOZA Simi () ews that Mary Fisher, daughter of multimillionaire in- dustrialist Max Fisher, tested positive for the AIDS virus, sent waves of shock and sympathy throughout metro Detroit last week. Debra Beck of Westland felt them and, for a brief moment, was elated by Mary Fisher's cour...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS FEBRUARY 14, 1992 / 10 ADAR 5752 U-M Invites Black Activist NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer D r. Leonard Jeffries, who last summer said Jewish movie moguls and the Mafia conspire to denigrate blacks, will speak at the University of Mich- igan later this month. U-M's Black Student Union invited Dr. Jeffries to speak as part of its Black History Month celebrations. Othe...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 7, 1992 / 3 ADAR 5752 Big 'Ifs' Come With AJE Report NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer I f all goes as planned, Detroit's Jewish educa- tional system will sparkle with energy in just three years. Synagogues will run exciting schools, teachers will be well-trained and students will look for- ward to learning about Judaism. That rosy picture is predi- cated on a ...…
…THE JEWISH EWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 31, 1992 / 26 SHEVAT 5752 Report Says Synagogues, Not AJE, Should Teach NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer Jewish Federation- sponsored report released this week recommends that the Fed- eration's education agency get out of the business of teaching elementary school- age children. The report will dramati- cally change the purpose of the Agency for Jewish Edu- cat...…
…4,1101P- 4111111111. SECOND CLASS t fic IFAIRS14 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 24, 1992 / 19 SHEVAT 5752 Detroit, died of kidney failure Jan. 19 at Sinai Hospital. He was 96 years old. For years, Rabbi Levin, regarded by the Orthodox community as rosh ha'ir, the city's most eminent religious leader, resisted numerous AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer R abbi Leizer Levin, who insisted on rab- binic unity dur...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS JANUARY 17, 1992 / 12 SHEVAT 5752 Tough Choices For Federation NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer W hen Jewish Federa- tion staffers and lay leaders sit down and count results from this year's Campaign, they may find more than they did last year. The Campaign has been going strong so far, although Federation officials are hesi- tant to declare any pre- mature successes. ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP THE sleepwalkers JANUARY 10, 1992 / 5 SHEVAT 5752 $400,000 Grant Helps JPM Drive NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer p lans to improve Oak Park's Jewish Corn- munity Center were aided this past week when the Kresge Foundation ap- proved a $400,000 challenge grant for the renovation of the facility. The grant requires that the remaining funds be rais- ed for th...…
…SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 3, 1992 / 27 TEVET 5752 AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer I t is apparent to Bernard Davis that American Jewish organizations who scorned Rabbi Meir Kahane in life have deserted the former Kach leader in death. Mr. Davis, 29, president of the Detroit chapter of the Jewish Defense Organiza- tion (JDO), held meetings at his Oak Park home this week to discuss ways of pressing the U.S. D...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY DECEMBER 27, 1991 / 20 TEVET 5752 General Motors Layoffs Hit Non-Auto Community CLOSE-UP KIMBERLY LIFTON and AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writers S am Weiner's patients come from all walks of life. Yet 50 percent are employed by the Big Three automobile companies — General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. Because many of his pa- tients work for the auto in- dustry, Dr. Weiner said...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP SOUTHFIELD: AT RISK? `Duke For President' Riles GOP Activists Second part in a series NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer D avid Duke's presiden- tial bid is giving local political activists fits — and not only because of his Ku Klux Klan back- ground. Both Republican and Democratic leaders are upset that Mr. Duke was put on the ballot for the Mich- igan Republ...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS CLOSE-U P _ _Aisisidienk„ DECEMBER 13, 1991 / 6 TEVET 5752 Soviet Disunion Worries Emigres AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer I t's fallen like a deck of frayed playing cards, but Moisey Grinshpun isn't sorry. He said the rot had set in long before leaders of three Slavic republics poked their fingers into the house of cards once called the Soviet Union. Mr. Grinshpun, from...…
…HE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS DECEMBER 6, 1991 / 29 KISLEV 5752 Local Israelis And Arabs Question Israel's Stance AMY J. MEHLER and ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM I srael's decision not to participate in the Dec. 4 peace talks in Washing- ton, D.C., caused concern and a little alarm among Israelis in the Detroit area. "It sends the wrong mes- sage," said Oded Israeli, a professor of economics at Oakland Unive...…
…GIFT GUIDE IN THIS ISSUE THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 29, 1991 / 22 KISLEV 5752 …
…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 22, 1991 / 15 KISLEV 5752 18 Groups Unify Against `Dukism' CLOSE-UP PHIL JACOBS Managing Editor T Kevin Kline hey may disagree when it comes to peace for territory. They may disagree over the amount of U.S. aid to Israel. But when it came to the issue of David Duke, 18 community leaders repre- senting Jewish, Arab, African American and Chal- ...…
…, N,AZIWIer THE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY CLOSE-UP Diddle Cl They've got a mortgage, a car payment, kids in college and a declining standard of living. Page 26 ALSO INSIDE GTE' GUIDE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • NOVEMBER 15, 1991 / 8 KISLEV 5752 Rabbis Form Committee To Help Save The Yeshiva AMY J. MEHLER and PHIL JACOBS y eshiva Beth Yehudah in the past few weeks has weathered a boar...…
…HE JEWISH NEWS SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 8, 1991 / 1 KISLEV 5752 Activism Vs. Spirituality? NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer B y all accounts, the University of Mich- igan's Jewish corn- munity reacted swiftly when an anti-Semitic advertise- ment appeared in the Oct. 24 issue of the student news- paper. Within 24 hours, a rally attracted 300 students to condemn the ad, which de- nied that the Nazi Ho...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY NOVEMBER 1, 1991 / 24 CHESHVAN 5752 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Sharpton's Tour Visits Michigan CLOSE-UP NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer T here is a joke making the rounds in the Jew- ish community. "If you've got Saddam Hussein, Yassir Arafat and Al Sharp- ton in a room, and you've got a gun with two bullets, what do you do? Shoot Sharpton twice." Mainly because of his leadership role in this p...…
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…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OCTOBER 25, 1991 / 17 CHESHVAN 5752 Local Israelis Dream Of Real Peace At Home AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer p eace in the Middle East would mean Dalia and Chaim Levi from Ramat Hasharon can quit holding their breaths every time their children go off to play or walk back and forth from school. They would sleep easier at night, confident Arab workers were n...…
…SECOND CLASS THE JEWISH NEWTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OCTOBER 18, 1991 / 10 CHESHVAN 5752 B'nai David Board Plans Maple Road Construction ALAN HITSKY Associate Editor C How the laws of mikvah and family purity unlock Jewish femininity. Page 24 ALSO INSIDE: ongregation B'nai David's board voted nearly unanimously Oct. 10 to go ahead with con- struction of a new synagogue in West Bloomfield. The vote "re...…
…SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY OCTOBER 11, 1991 / 3 CHESHVAN 5752 Meeting Ponders Blacks And Jews NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer "! t's no secret that friend- ship has eluded blacks and Jews. Once allies, these two groups have sparred over a number of issues in recent years, leaving many to doubt whether they have anything to discuss anymore. At Michigan State Univer- sity in East Lansing, a con- ference on black-J...…
…THE JEWISH NEWS SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS OCTOBER 4, 1991 / 26 TISHREI 5752 Rev. Al Sharpton Invited To Debate At Michigan NOAM M.M. NEUSNER Staff Writer T ALSO INSIDE: Guaranteed Did Israel lead U.S. Jews down the primrose path? Page 31 he Rev. Al Sharpton, a self-proclaimed "premier civil rights leader," is scheduled to speak in Ann Arbor later this month. The New York-based preacher most recently stag...…
