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This Week
U-M To Honor
Hermelin, Kasdan
Ann Arbor — The University of
Michigan will award five honorary
degrees at spring commencement
exercises April 28-30, including to
Detroiter David Hermelin, former
U.S. ambassador to Norway; author
and journalist David Halberstam;
and former Detroiter Lawrence
Kasdan, screenwriter and director.
Hermelin is a prominent business-
man and philanthropist and a 1958
U-M graduate. Kasdan earned B.A.
(1970) and M.A. (1972) degrees
from U-M, directed nine major films,
and co-wrote the three Star Wars
movies and The Bodyguard.
Halberstam was a Pulitzer Prize-
winning reporter for the New York
Times and has authored several non-
fiction books on power and influence.
Toxic Shock
Blocker Found
Jerusalem — A therapy to prevent
sudden death due to toxic shock,
caused mainly by bacterial infections,
has been developed by researchers at
the Faculty of Medicine of Hebrew
University.
An article describing the work
appears in the current issue of the
international journal Nature
You are cordially invited to the
Medicine.
Yom HaZikaron Memorial Ceremony
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Tolerance Center
Opens In N.Y.
7:30 p.m.*
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building of the
Jewish Community Center
on the Eugene. and Marcia Applebaum
Jewish Community Campus
6600 W. Maple., West Bloomfield
At 11 a.m., a ceremony will be held at the
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REMEMBRANCE
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memorial to Israel's fallen, at the
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building of the
Jewish Community Center
No charge
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*We kindly ask you to be seated by 7:15 p.m.
in order to start promptly.
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Los Angeles/JTA — The Simon
Wiesenthal Center plans to open a $5
million tolerance training center in
New York early next year to help
police and teachers better understand
the diverse ethnic and religious popu-
lations they serve.
In Los Angeles, the Wiesenthal
Center has trained some 40,000 law
enforcement officers and 20,000 edu-
cators since 1995.
Three Iranians
May Be Cleared
New York/JTA — Three of the 13
Iranian Jews accused of spying for
Israel and the United States may have
their cases dropped as early as
Sunday, according to Malcolm
Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of
the Conference of Presidents of
World Briefs
Major American Jewish
Organizations.
The trial opened April 13 as
scheduled, but the judge soon agreed
to adjourn the trial until May 1, after
Passover. Later, the three prisoners
who have been freed on bail were
summoned back to court Sunday,
which may indicate that their case
will be closed, Hoenlein said.
The other 10 remain in prison.
During a closed hearing, four of the
men were accused of having con-
fessed to espionage.
Their lead attorney dismissed the
claim as invalid.
One prisoner — "clearly under
great stress," said Hoenlein — report-
edly broke down and pleaded for for-
giveness.
L.A. Rally
For 'Iran 13'
Los Angeles/JTA — More than 1,000
people rallied Sunday in Los Angeles
to demand freedom for the 13
Iranian Jews being tried for spying
for Israel and the United States.
The vigil was co-sponsored by the
Jewish Federation of Greater Los
Angeles and the Simon Wiesenthal
Center, which were joined by 28
other organizations.
Hillary Avoids
`Minefield'
New York/JTA — First lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton withdrew as hon-
orary chairwoman of a charity dinner
organized by an Arab-American
group after learning that the organi-
zation refused to invite representa-
tives of the Israeli Embassy.
The Jewish vote is believed to be
critical for Clinton in her campaign
against New York City Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani for a New York
senate seat.
Victim's Father
Slams U.S.
Washington/JTA — Families of terror-
ist victims pledged their support at a
U.S. congressional committee hearing
for legislation that would free frozen
assets of terrorist countries and allow
families to collect damages. -
Steven Flatow, whose daughter
Alisa was killed in an Iranian-spon-
sored bus bombing in Israel in 1995,
blamed the United States for changing