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April 6, 2001
Nisan 13, 5761
Vol. CXIX, No. 8

This Week

Spirituality

14 Same Venue, New Menu

La Difference responds to diner
requests for meat choices.

Opinion

29 Freedom's Responsibilities

The seder reminds us that we
have a higher collective calling.

Community

54 Try This At Home

Passover workshop shares
family friendly seder tips.

Business

62 The Hobbyist

A psychologist is turning
a hobby into a career.

AppleTree

33 Across The Miles

Women connect through
multicultural seders.

67 When We Were Slaves

Our unique experience
before the Exodus.

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Arts & Entertainment

71 Student Of Miriam

Author finds a source of strength
in a biblical prophetess.

Living Well

Israeli seder chairs Susan Lacks and Edna
Shapira accept a seder plate and Miriam's bowl
from Detroiter Carol Weintraub Fogel.

95 Great Expectations

The booming economy created
unjustified goals for young people.

DEPARTMENTS
Alefbet'cha 7
Anniversaries . . . . 53
Ask Wendy
124
B'nai Mitzvah . . . 47
Calendar
44
Crossword
121
Cyber Spot
126
Danny Raskin . . . 90
Editor's Notebook .. 5
Engagements
. . 48
For Openers
7
Food
100
Insight
27
Letters
7
Marketplace . . . . 108
New Arrivals . . . . 46
Obituaries
133
Out & About . . . 72
Sports
104
Staff Notebook . . . 9
Synagogues
58
Teens
107
The Scene
95
Torah Portion . . . 61
Weddings
50

Candlelighting
Friday, April 6, 7:46 p.m.

Passover Candlelighting
Saturday, April 7, 8:49 p.m.

Recalling The Past And Celebrating Our Freedoms.

t's a mitzvah to welcome the poor and hungry into our homes on
Pesach, but so is inviting those who are alone. Please remember that
this holiday season; the joy you bring to someone will make your
holiday.
Today's cover doesn't refer to just one story, but rather our Chemed
edition for Pesach, perhaps the most celebrated of all Jewish holidays.
The Pesach festival marks the confluence of our forbears' escape from
Egyptian slavery and the more ancient holiday honoring the spring har-
vest. This year, the festival begins at sundown April 7 and lasts eight
days in the Diaspora (contrasted with seven in Israel).
Coming so near Easter, Pesach also provides an opportunity to invig-
orate the ecumenical bonds we share with our Christian neighbors.
Chag Pesach kasher vsameach — wishing you a happy and kosher
Pesach!

—Robert A. Sklar, Editor

Cover:
"Miriam." Artwork reprinted
with permission,
Susan Judith Fran; copyright

2001.

Page design, Debbie Schultz

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