Detroit
Celebrates!
Israel
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Detroit
Celebrates
Israel.
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Where Were You
118
120
Close Up
Fork In The Road
136
147
Four Tops
Danny Raskin's Best Of Everything
Crossword Puzzle
Living Well
The Scene
149
Young Memories
Young adults: different
memories, but similar
bonds to Israel.
Out & About
An introduction to some of
Israel's cultural superstars.
Jews changed their world by shaking
destiny. Now what?
112
WIrtgt- WiA&ZOiriAS,
162
167
169
AppleTree 75
Community 46
Editorials 33
Marketplace 177
Rawl Toy 59
Obituaries 203
Synagogues 68
Torah Portion 72
Favorite Places
Veteran travelers have favorite
places and memories in Israel.
On The Bookshelf
page 126
Food
Candlelighting
Friday,
May 1
8:14 p.m.
Sabbath ends
Saturday,
May 2
Sports
Health
9:21 p.m.
Cover:
Photo by Krista Husa
The State Of A Dream
JNE cover:
Marcel Janco's
"Wounded Soldier."
Two-thousand years ofJewish dispersion ends
As statehood neared for Palestine, Jewish
leaders pondered what to name their new
nation. Suggestions included Zion, Ziona,
Judaea, Ivriya and Herzliya. Judaea lost by
a whisker.
The chosen name — Israel — was in
deference to the Israelites, the name by
which the Jewish people had been known
since biblical times.
The War of Independence started May
14, 1948. It ended when a truce was
agreed to with Israel's Arab neighbors in
early 1949. Israel was by then larger than
the original U.N. Partition Plan of 1947
had envisioned, but smaller than what
was within reach militarily.
The Six-Day War began June 5, 1967.
It followed terrorism against Israeli citizens
and Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nass-
er's aggression in the Sinai Peninsula and
Gulf of Aqaba. When the gun play
stopped June 10, Israel had secured Egypt's
Sinai Peninsula, Syria's Golan Heights and
Jordan's West Bank, reuniting Jerusalem.
Israel's borders have continued to change.
In 1948, 600,000 people called the tiny
new Middle East country home. By 1950,
250,000 more, mostly from Eastern
Europe, had made aliyah. Streams of immi-
grant Sephardi and Soviet Jews — many of
whom had been persecuted in Algeria,
Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Tunis,
Turkey, Yemen and Russia — followed.
Today's population approaches 6 mil-
lion. Ironically, that's the number of Jews
who perished in the Shoah, which precipi-
tated statehood.
May 1, 1998
Vol. CXIII No. 10
Entertainment
Local residents recall
the birth of the State of Israel.
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Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion reads the Declaration of Independence.
On the 50th anniversary of Israel's
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courage of K'lal Yisrael — the people of
Israel, who not only have survived but
prospered amid the ever-present threat of
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At sunset April 30 (5 Iyar) began Yom
Ha'atzma'ut, Israel Independence Day.
Israel — a rich tapestry of military
might, geographic beauty, historical trea-
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cultural artistry and spiritual diversity.
Israel — the Jewish homeland.
Happy Birthday, Israel!
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