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Violence And Peace

or seven years, since Yitzhak Rabin and
Yasser Arafat inked the Oslo accords,
many Jews in Israel, the U.S. and around
the world have been quietly assuming that both
sides could avoid the paths of violence, accepting
the other's humanity and right to exist.
Suddenly, as the streets of Israel erupted in
violence over the last two weeks, that assumption
has seemed deeply flawed. "Death to the Jews,"
cried the Palestinians, firing rifles and hurling
JONATHAN
stones at IDF troops and Israeli civilians. "Death
FRIENDLY
to the Arabs," chanted Israeli vigilantes marching
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on predominantly Arab towns within Israel.
Under pressure from world leaders,
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat finally told his youth
groups to stop. But in the aftermath of at least 90 deaths and hundreds
of injuries, a painful reappraisal was under way.
Most Jews said the explosive riots showed that the Palestinians could
never be a true partner in peace; many questioned whether Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Barak had been correct in making the concessions that
he had at Camp David. All worried that the Arabs who make up nearly
one in five of Israel's citizens had permanently cast their lot with their
Palestinian kin rather than with the Zionist state. Anguished U.S.
peaceniks cried that they'd been betrayed.
The coming weeks will give some hints of what the new order will
be for the Mideast. But as our coverage shows, beginning on page 6
(with an editorial on page 39), it cannot be the same.

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October 13, 2000

Tishrei 14, 5761

Vol. CXVIII, No. 9

A 2000 winner of Michigan Press Association
and American Jewish Press Association awards

This 6 Shocks
Week
And Aftershocks

Ehud Barak faces challenges
to get tougher with Arabs.

18 Voucher Countdown

Jewish leaders take sides
on the ballot's Proposal 1.

Editorials
39 On Vouchers

The Jewish News explains its
position on Proposal 1.

Spiritual Harvest/Rally For Israel

ow ironic that Israel is embroiled in
deadly conflict on biblical land this
Sukkot — the holiday known as ZMan
Simchatainu, the time of our joy.
We should be readying for the bounty of a
harvest, not the threat of a war. At this time of
angst and anxiety, let us join hands and hopes at
the Jewish community-sponsored solidarity rally
for Israel on Monday, Oct. 16. It begins at 5:30
p.m. at Yeshivat Akiva, on 12 Mile, between
ROBERT A.
Evergreen and Lahser roads, in Southfield.
SKLAR
Sukkot, the Feast of Booths, tells the story of
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the Israelites after their Exodus from Egypt. For
40 years, they wandered in the desert, camping in portable, thatched
huts (sukkot), dreaming of Canaan, the Promised Land. The holiday
also recalls the Israelite farmers going to the fields and living in lean-tos
until the harvest was in.
Sukkot, which starts tonight, reminds us that life is precarious and
temporary, and that it's a mitzvah to study Torah together and be hos-
pitable to one another. It reminds us that were a people — with a shared
identity and heritage going hack 4,000 years.
Beginning on page 101, AppleTree explores Sukkot and its message.
On page 40, Rabbi Scott Bolton provides a spiritual perspective. Special
Writer Annabel Cohen's Sukkot recipes start on page 107. Special Writer
Susan Tawil gives a peek at the holiday in Jerusalem on page 50.
In the midst of the Mideast crisis, let us remember Sukkot's underly-
ing lesson: Jewish continuity — the seamless passage of our heritage
from one generation to the next — hinges on Jews everywhere uniting
behind our homeland, around the Torah and in pursuit of a better
world for everyone.
Please make time to attend Monday's Israel rally.
Meanwhile, Chag Sameiach and Shabbat Shalom!

lo‘cideov

Community
47 Final Chord

Milton Aptekar retires
from Fenby-Carr Orchestra.

Arts
tertainment

77 Into The Arms Of Strangers

New documentary tells story
of children saved during wartime.

AppleTree

101 The Most Beautiful Fruit

What you need to know
to select the perfect etrog.

Living
Well
107 Harvest Holiday

Michigan's bounty is
perfect for the sukkah.

DEPARTMENTS

Alefbet'cha
5
AppleTree
101
Ask Wendy
137
B'nai Mitzvah .... 62
Births
62
Business
99
Calendar
60
Carla Schwartz
114
Community
47
Crossword ... . • ..125
.Answer
126
Cyber Spot
83
Danny Raskin
94 •
Editorials
39
Engagements
66
For Openers
5
Food
107
Health
112
Insight
37
Marketplace
117
Maze! Toll
62
Obituaries
146
Out Si About
78
Spirituality
71
Sports
116
Staff Notebook .... 26
The Scene
110
Torah Portion
76
Weddings
68

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Candlelighting
Friday, Oct. 13, 6:37 p.m.

Shabbat ends
Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:34 p.m.

Cover:
At Jerusalem's Western Wall,
Photography, Jack Hazut
Page design, Debbie Schultz

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