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…JN Contents JNonline.us Jan. 17-23, 2008 10-16 Shevat 5768 Vol. CXXX1I, No. 24 Nut: t ionally pea "mg , By Barbara Beznos, RD, LD/N Integrated Nutrition, LIC Taking The Bimah Rabbi Aaron Bergman, who has accepted a pulpit position at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills, talks with students at the Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield. Section A lieS - Lion: Dear Bar, n you explain the difference between herbs and spices. On...…

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…Editor's Letter Silence Not Golden I t could have been a prank by thoughtless, unaware teens "I conveyed to him the pain and revulsion I felt that a swas- although the culprits have yet to be caught. Whatever the tika had been painted on the school and in the community to intent, the vandalism was no less hateful, pernicious and which we are integrally tied and also what a repugnant affront the swastika represents to Jewish students, famili...…

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…FI DETROIT FEDERATION'S MEDIA ANCE JNontine.us DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Advertising Sales Advertising Director: Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Sales Manager: Keith Farber kfarber@renmedia.us Account Executives: Ann G. Abrams, Wendy Flusty, Jan Haskell, Melissa Litvin, Heidi Martin, Rick Nessel, Dharlene Norris Sales Assistant: Kim Metzger Business Offices TEEN MISSION To ISRAEL Customer Service Assts.: Maya Brodsky, Jan Shain Bill...…

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…This section is sponsored by • Congregation Shaarey Zedek of Oakland County • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit 1111111111111f At Yad Ezra are Director of Development Lea Luger, Knesset member Moshe Kahalon, former Yaz Ezra President Paul Finkel and Director of Operations Elaine Ryke, and Augie Fernandez of Gleaners food bank. Shelli Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer W hat a group of Detroiters saw in Israel a year ago was shocking,...…

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…Land from page A13 — political and organizational — to fur- ther our efforts." She praised our Jewish community, agencies and synagogues for "advocating through education, fundraising efforts, food drives, empty bowls events, encouraging Yad Ezra as a site for students' community service and bringing groups to volunteer at our warehouse" In addition, the Jewish News has been a staunch advocate of hunger issues in Israel and the Detroit Jewish...…

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…And they very much work together, said Hilou. "The two poorest areas in Israel are those of religious Jews and the Arab com- munities," she said. Others in the most need are Ethiopian and Russian immigrants, the elderly and veterans. "This is a national problem that requires national solutions;' Hilou said. "The food bank is an umbrella organization that can ensure that food is distributed to all the needy people — Jews and Arabs alike. The pr...…

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…THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION of AMERICA Land from page A15 MICHIGAN REGION in Israel has involved children. "A bill was passed that Moshe put on the table for school lunches to be provided;' Poris said. "Now 150,000 children get lunches at school on a daily basis?' And the plan goes beyond just in cooperation with The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus & StandWithUs present CONFRONTING EVIL, Now AND THEN TERRORISM AND NAZISM ...…

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…Meaningful Visit Bush's Arab world tour is significant for Israel. Leslie Susser Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem W of embarrassing Arab host countries. Last year, when a Kenyan athlete running for Bahrain won the mara- thon in Tiberias, the Gulf state summarily revoked his Bahraini citizenship for competing in Israel. Last week, though, offered a significant excep- tion to the rule: The Saudi- owned newspaper A-Sharq Al-Awsat ran an a...…

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…JEWiSH WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF ETROPOL/TAN DETROIT Enhancing the Lives of Jewish Women Danny Seaman, direc- tor of the Israel Press Office, speaks to Metro Detroit mission members in Jerusalem. 2008 Grant Cycle JEWISH WOMEN'S FOUNDATION SEEKING GRANT PROPOSALS The Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit (JWF) is now seeking letters of intent for projects that benefit the health, expand the choices, and improve opportunities for...…

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…Fine Art AUCTION Sunday / January 20 Preview 1:00 P.M. I Auction starts 2:00 P.M KEEGO HARBOR I 248,681.7400 Classic to Modern. Many famous names. Over 150 works of distinction. Opening bids from $45 No Reserves Artists' included: Erte I Peter Max I Agam I Gory I Tarkay I Kanchik Tremler I Sabzi I Brian Davis I Suljakov & many more—. SAMPLE OF OPENING BIDS: Erte Retail $3800 I Opening Bid $300 Tarkay Retail $4250 I Opening Bid $450 Limit...…

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…Israel Study Programs Three years ago Rabbi Lee Buckman, head of school at the Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, organized a national mission designed to introduce various post-high school programs in Israel to high school college guidance counselors. This effort was sponsored by MASA, an organization that funds and markets long-term programs in Israel. MASA is sponsored its second mission for college guidance counsel- ors this month...…

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…This section is sponsored by • Congregation Shaarey Zedek of Oakland County • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit This Month In 1948 Speed Essential For Zion Solution The following editorial was in a January 1948 issue of the Detroit Jewish News. Statehood came to Israel that May. E nmeshed in a net of international politics, the situation affecting Palestine remains in a complicated state due to the failure of our State Department...…

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…Metro LIBERTY. AND THE PI 2008 Cadillac DTS Trimming Down Federation offers voluntary buyouts to 14 employees. Alan Hitsky Associate Editor he Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is trying to make more money available for local and overseas needs. That, cou- pled with a weak Michigan economy, has led Federation to offer voluntary buyouts to 14 employees who have a minimum of 15 years of service and are at least 54 years old. As of ...…

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…Metro Kosher PORK Group aids parents of newly observant offspring. Shell Liebman Dorfman Senior Writer p Dr. David Kirsch is Hebrew Free Loan's Major Gift chairman and a man who has helped raise nearly $2 million in the past four years to assist Jewish families in metro Detroit get a loan when they needed it most. "With today's economy — our friends, family and neighbors are losing their jobs and homes, and it motivates me to make a diff...…

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…World COMMENTARY Martin Luther King T hough I never marched with the man his followers called Martin, I followed Dr. King's career at fairly close range, first as a student, later as a Washington-based reporter for the for- mer Dow Jones newsweekly, the National Observer. I first met Dr. King 52 years ago, in the spring of 1956. The son and grandson of Protestant ministers in his native Atlanta, he graduated from Crozer Theological Seminar...…

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…11110111110, World COMMENTARY King from page A27 gated. There are those who believe that J. Edgar Hoover had him murdered, convinced in his own paranoia that Dr. King was a Communist. Occurring during a period in which the country was increasingly divided over the war in Vietnam, this assassina- tion — preceded by those of President John E Kennedy and Malcolm X, fol- lowed two months later by that of Robert Kennedy — defined the '60s as a ...…

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…Opinion Editorials are posted and archived on JNonline.us . Dry B ones I sfk G N gsu ONCE AGAIN IT'S TIME TO UNLEASH OUR OPTIMISM Editorial Israel's Hunger Factor I srael's biggest and most pressing social problem is hunger — hunger exacerbated by a climate ravaged by Palestinian terror despite the recent economic rebound. The gap between the haves and have-nots is ever present. Soup kitchen lines continue under the radar, especially in...…

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…Opinion OTHER VIEWS Ezra Greenberg plants a tree in Israel during the summer of 1998. He's Jack Greenberg's son and Debbie Keith's father's law clerk. He later wanted to honor Debbie's mother and asked that a ring of three trees be planted in the Coretta Scott King forest in Israel. Civil Rights Pioneers' Common Cause Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday (Jan. 15) will be celebrated Jan. 21 this year. N of many women are fond of ...…

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…WOMEN'S EUROPEAN & AMERICAN DESIGNER Hypocrisy Rules In Saudi Ties New York/JTA K ing Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was stunned at the hostile reception he received during a recent visit to London. It seems our British friends are much more attuned than we to the nefarious role the Saudis continue to play in financing and fomenting terror. As Middle East policymakers and experts focus their efforts on Iraq, Iran, Israel and the Palestinians, ...…

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…Spirituality TU B'SHEVAT Jewish Arbor Day Tu b'Shevat: Echoes of new fruits and new beginnings. Elizabeth Applebaum have to visit many a Jewish bakery these days before you'll find carob on sale. Scholars of a kabbalistic bent viewed Tu b'Shevat as a day of great mystical signifi- cance. In the 16th century, the mystics of Tzvat (Safed), Israel, devised a Tu b'Shevat seder (a la Pesach) of multiple courses and foods, including four cups o...…

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…iritua On Gossip It is forbidden to insult another individual. Even when the insult is concealed as a witticism, it would cause others to laugh creating embarrassment. THIS WEEKEND AT THE NEW DIA. Friday Night Live!: Museum closes at 5 p.m. No Friday night activities. Saturday: Watch artist Lindsay Satchel) at work—live in the galleries. Target Family Sundays: Storyteller Corinne Stavish shares tales for the New Year. Now on View: Juli...…

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…TORAH PORTION iMacs/macbooks/powerbooks/ IP more! God's Love For Creation Shabbat Beshallach: Exodus 13:17-17:16; Judges 4:4-5:31. I t is sometimes difficult to teach Jewish history to young learners. Terrible events have befallen us throughout our long history; it is hard not to dwell on the calamities that our people have experienced. On the other hand, we counter bal- ance the terrible collective memories with the great achievements o...…

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…T emple Israel Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by TEMPLE ISRAEL CALENDAR JANUARY 20 9:30 AM, BROTHERHOOD BREAKFAST. Learn about "Real Life CSI" with Officer Michael Bureau from the West Bloomfield Police Department. Cost is $15 per person. RSVP to Temple Israel. 6 PM, COLLEGE DINNER WITH THE CLERGY for students at Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University. For details, contact Linda Newman at Temple. JANUARY 23 9:30 AM, ...…

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…Shalva Minyan — U of P4 sunrise, Minchah at sunset. The Shalva minyan is a traditional, pluralistic, Carlebach-style Kabbalat Shabbat with separate seating and participation by women, Services: Fridays at sundown. Co-chairs: Rachel Jacobson (rijacob®umich. edu ); Adam Baruch (abaruch® umich.edu). Check Hillel Web site for details (www.umhillel.org ). Chabad House-Lubavitch of Eastern Michigan Orthodox Agudas Yisroel Mogen Abraham 15751 W...…

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…Temple and Synagogue Listings Sponsored by Tern ► le Israel Same High Expectations ... Different Meth Os ... Synagogues from page A37 Temple Emanu-El BETTER RESULTS. 14450 W.10 Mile, Oak Park, 48237, (248) 967-4020. Rabbi: Joseph P. Klein. Shlichei Tzibor: Steve Klaper and Judy Lewis. Services: Friday 8 p.m. Saturday 10:30 a.m. Friday, Young Family Tu b'Shevat service. THE ROEP E WHERE GIFTED STUDENTS LOVE TO LEAR Temple Israel 5725 ...…

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…Growing With Trees Bar mitzvah project aids JNF efforts in Israel. Sam Sklar Special to the Jewish News W hen I heard that 2 million trees were destroyed in Israel during the attacks in the sum- mer of 2006, I knew I could do something to help. I heard about this tragedy from my grandma, Linda Hayman, a Jewish National Fund board member, who told me about all the trees scorched by the missile attacks. I thought about how many trees a mil-...…

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…Business & Professional MEMOS Akiva Appoints Director Yeshivat Akiva has appointed Sidney Katz as its new executive director. Katz will lead the Southfield school's business office, development activi- ties, donor management and building operations as well as efforts to increase public awareness about Akiva. "We are very excited to have Sidney as part of the Akiva family," said Mark Nadel, president of Akiva's board. "As both a seasoned pro...…

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…Family Focus Michelle Herren, Hearing Specialist has moved into a new location! Michelle has joined Mobile Care Hearing, and is able JEWISH PARENTING to provide state-of-the-art hearing devices that assist individuals to reconnect with the world around them. " I feel privileged to provide valuable hearing care to individuals within my own community". Overnight Camp Join our Grand Opening Celebration during the month of January! Are your...…

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…Health & Fitness SPORTS Leg Strong Two-sport athlete credits leg strength for his success. Steve Stein Special to The Jewish News T able tennis and wrestling seem like they belong at opposite ends of the sports spectrum. But Bloomfield Hills Andover High School senior Danny Dulkin excels in both of them, and he doesn't think that's a coincidence. "You have to have strong legs to do well in both sports," said Dulkin, who was a member of t...…

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…Health & Fitness All About Helping Organization offers support to families of ill children. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News A ndrea Gordon wants the Metro Detroit Jewish community, in which she grew up, to know about Chai Lifeline, a national organization that helps families dealing with the serious illness of a child. Gordon, a single mom who lives in suburban Chicago, has experienced firsthand the sup- port of Chai Lifelin...…

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…When procedures and technology aren't good enough, Beaumont invents something better. Beaumont was the first hospital in America to perform heart valve replacement through a catheter, instead of with open-heart surgery. Beaumont proved angioplasty is the most effective way to stop heart attacks while they are happening. Because 24 hours is too long to wait to find out if chest pain is a major heart problem, Beaumont proved that advanced CT ...…

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…Health & Fitness RETIREMENT LIVING "It's wonderful to be surrounded by friends." Chai from page B5 "I was lonely at home; I missed laughter. My move to The Park at Trowbridge was a wonderful experience. The entire community is warm and gracious, and I was welcomed like royalty. I like everything about The Park at Trowbridge — the wonderful staff, food, transportation, entertainment, friends and neighbors. And now I can choose to be by myse...…

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…Left: Joyce Lieberman: Light 'n' Airy, oil on canvas. Top Right: Joyce Lieberman: Night & Day, oil on canvas. Bottom Right: Joyce Lieberman: Summertime, oil on canvas. Art In Motion Former Detroiter creates still lifes that "move." Suzanne Chessler design patterns to pull viewers around the canvas and back to the floral." Lieberman, who has lived in California oyce Lieberman paints lots of for 24 years, has built an extensive career floral...…

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…Arts & Entertainment About 1410 Broadway Diva Debbie Gravitte, nee Shapiro, has had a career that has taken her from the Broadway stage to the symphony hall and points in between. The Jewish per- former, a Tony Award recipient for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Jerome Robbins' Broadway, made her debut on Broadway in They're Playing Our Song (a musical recently revived at the Jewish Ensemble Theatre); her most recent Broadway appeara...…

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