January 20, 1989

…THE JEWISH NEWS THIS ISSUE 60(P SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY JANUARY 20, 1989 / 14 SHEVAT 5749 The Rehabilitation Of An Aide To Bush JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent The story exploded in the middle of the 1988 presidential campaign and instantly sent shock waves up and down the Jewish community: Fred Malek, a top official of the Re- publican National Committee and a close associate of candidate George Bush, was accused of...…

…I PURELY COMMENTARY] Another Quadrennial Of National Energizing PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor Emeritus A nother four-year cycle com- mences for national commit- ments to keep the American way of life on the highest levels of the policies — social, economic and political — that have made our way of life an uninterrupted pride. Inauguration of President George Bush at the traditional ceremonies to- day again mark a continuity that makes all citiz...…

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…Portugese Synagogue in Lisbon. The Jewish News Jewish Experiences For Families present JEWISH TRAVEL DESTINATIONS A Community-Wide Travel Fair With A Jewish Flavor SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1989 Jewish Community Center of West Bloomfield (Maple Road W. of Drake Road) 11 a.m.-3 p.m. A FREE, FUN-FILLED AFTERNOON OF FAMILY-ORIENTED TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES Journey throughout the world, from Australia and Israel to Mexico and the Caribbean ; from...…

…I UP FRONT Residents Hope Federation Will Approve JPM Pool KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer hree times each week, Ed Ross swims a mile at the South Oakland YMCA in Royal Oak. When he lived near Northwestern Highway and 12 Mile Road in Southfield, he swam at the Maple/Drake Jewish "Community Center. After his workout, he thumb- ed through books and magazines at the JCC library. But when he moved to Oak Park two years ago, the distance from his ...…

…I EDITORIAL Malek's Maneuvers Remember Fred Malek? He's a close friend of George Bush and was a top official of the Republican National Committee until press reports during last fall'uresidential campaign did him in. They iden- tified him as the forme` House aide to Richard Nixon who participated in a plot to identify Jewish employees of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Nixon's orders. When the story broke last fall, Malek resigned and lost...…

…CONTENTS OPINION 24 CLOSE-UP Royal Revival DEBBIE L. SKLAR Downtown Royal Oak is making a comeback. 38 SPORTS '80s Men MIKE ROSENBAUM Jewish athletic directors are keeping high school athletes in the game. 44 LIFE IN ISRAEL Civil rights leaders Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, Martin Luther King Jr. and Whitney Young met with Lyndon Johnson at the White House in 1964. Blacks, Jews Need New Leader For Martin Luther King's Legacy MITCHEL...…

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…Dr. Giles also marveled at the advance in communica- tions which made the telecast possible, noting, "To be receiv- ing information such as this simultaneously with others in American Jewish leader- ship on such short notice would have been unheard of only two years ago." Netanyahu's CJF broadcast was not an attempt to ad- vocate one side of Israeli opi- nion, said Donald Feldstein, associate executive vice presi- dent of the CJF, but was in-...…

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…CLOSE-UP ROYAL REVIVAL An area that had fallen on lean times is making a commercial comeback. DEBBIE L. SKLAR Special to The Jewish News It oyal Oak — a city once known for its rebellious punk rockers, resale bar- gains and an over-abun- dance of antique shops — these days is billed as one of the hot- test commercial spots in Oakland County. Today there are more than 200 retail shops in the central business district along Main and Washin...…

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…I INSIDE WASHINGTON I Malek Continued from Page 1 characterized. It was offensive to me that this character was portrayed." Malek describes the period following his fall from the campaign as a protracted nightmare. He suggests that only the strong support of his friends — including support from many in the Jewish com- munity — kept him from an emotional tailspin. During a lengthy interview, he walks a precarious line be- tween defending him...…

…4 I BU EXM E H Airing Dirty Laundry After Nixon's resignation, Malek went on to a successful 14-year career with the Mar- riott Corporation. But the BLS affair periodically came back to haunt him. The anti-Semitism issue came up in 1976, when Bob Woodward and Carl Bern- stein published The Final Days, their account of the last throes of the Nixon presiden- cy. The book devotes several paragraphs to the BLS affair and Woodward and Berns- t...…

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…Your Source For Art Malek agrees that Jewish community has good reason to be sensitive to allegations of anti-Semitism in govern- ment institutions and to hints that national leaders are driven by anti-Semitic feel- ings. "There are vestiges of pre- judice in this country," he says. "As long as this is true, you have to be sensitive to it, you have to try to change these attitudes." Burying The Hatchet Soon after the controversy broke in Se...…

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…• ," Bush Appointee Headed Council Edward J. Derwinski, President-elect George Bush's designate for Secretary of Veteran's Af- fairs, has been linked to a group that reportedly has ties with anti-Semites, facists and former Nazis. Derwinski served from 1973-1976 as chairman of the Republican Heritage Groups Council, an um- brella organization for various ethnic Republican clubs under the auspices of the Republican National Committee. Detroit...…

…SYNAGOGUE SERVICES ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY For the election of the Board of Directors will take place on Thursday evening, February 2, 1989 at 8:00 P.M. at their building 26640 Green- field Road, Oak Park, Michigan. The following names have been placed in nomination: * * Hillel L. Abrams * George Bass Dr. Henry S. Baum Michael Baum Norman Blake Sam Braverman **Meyer I. Cooper Alan H. Dorfman Milton Duchan Merel Epst...…

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…I SYNAGOGUES SHABBAT HA'ARETZ PROCLAMATION Whereas the Jewish National Fund's historic achievements in developing the land of Israel include the planting of over 185 million trees throughout the Jewish state, and Whereas Israel's enemies have embarked upon a new form of terrorism, arson, responsible for the 1,100 fires that swept through Israel's forests in the summer of 1988, at a cost of over $40 Million, and Whereas 1.15 million trees, co...…

…DECORATOR THROW PILLOWS Lunch And Learn At Beth Achim ,,,, David Gad-Harf, director of the Jewish Community Coun- cil, will be the guest speaker Feb. 4 at Congregation Beth Achim's Lunch and Learn program. He will speak on: "American Jewry and Israel: Is Our Relationship Chang- ing?" This will be the second in a series of Lunch and Learn programs planned by the Adult Education and Special Events Committee. A youth adviser will be pre- sent ...…

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…SPORTS I '80s Men Three Jewish athletic directors keep suburban high school athletes in the game. MIKE ROSENBAUM F Sports Writer ollowing the Jewish mi- gration from Detroit to the suburbs, three athletic ad- ministrators, all of whom attended Detroit schools, have become athletic directors at suburban high schools in the 1980s. Dick Rosenthal is the athletic direc- tor at Birmingham Seaholm High School, Howard Stone oversees sports and ...…

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…NEWS I Mass Mutual welcomes Michael B. Bennett. ■.■ `Jew' Definition Gets Explanation London (JTA) — The next edition off the Concise Oxford Dictionary will continue to carry an offensive definition of "Jew," but it will add an ex- planation in precise terms why it is considered offensive. S.K. Tulloch, the dic- tionary's senior assistant editor, gave that assurance in a letter responding to re- presentatives from the Coun- cil of Christia...…

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…PURELY COMMENTARY Proselytes Continued from Page 2 about religion. It is not about tradition. It is about power. And politics. Those who want the law changed, I truly believe, do so out of a conviction that it is what God wants. I cannot fault them for that. But they alsO believe that Israel should not just be a Jewish state, but a religious state, a theocracy, where their opinions and definitions are the ones that count. Those people shoul...…

…I INSIGHT AIPAC Ranks Split Over Goal-Achieving JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent T he American-Israel Public Affairs Com- mittee (AIPAC) is in the midst of an organizational earthquake — and even cri- tics of the powerful pro-Israel lobbying organization worry about the consequences,, now that internal squabbles have spilled over into the national media. But even as AIPAC erupts over longstanding personal and strategic conflicts, ...…

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