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Giving Aid

Jewish-based relief efforts in the wake of

the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World

Trade Center, the Pentagon and an air-

borne plane in Pennsylvania include:

• United Jewish Communities Emergency

Relief Fund, 111 Eighth Ave, Suite 11-E,

New York, NY 10011. (UJC is the

Rabbi Daniel
Syme of Temple
Beth El, Rabbi
Marla Feldman of
the Michigan
Board of Rabbis
and Adam
Cardinal Maida
of the Archdiocese
of Detroit sing
during the
interfaith service.

"It felt good being side by side with other Americans as one despite
our diversity," she said.
Taking full advantage of the mighty choir, the program had several
songs, including "America, the Beautiful," which added inspiration to an
already inspiring service.
One speaker prompted a thought that continues to play in Peggy
Frank's mind.
"He mentioned words from a song — 'Let there be peace on Earth
and let it begin with me,"' said Frank of West Bloomfield. "We all have
to be part of it."
Dan Krichbaum, NCCJ executive director, felt the service served a
great purpose. The NCCJ steering committee is planning more.
"We began the process of normalizing our routines" with the service,
he said. "Many are still scared of terrorist acts, but we can't let terrorists
win. The more we have these events, the safer we all are."

umbrella organization for North

American federations.)

• B'nai B'rith. Disaster Relief Fund, B'nai

B'rith Great Lakes Region Disaster Relief

Suite 304,

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Rallying For Solidarity

Adat Shalom to host Sunday afternoon memorial for victims of terrorist attacks.

HARRY KIRSBAUM
StqtrWriter

J ewish community

memorial and solidarity
rally has been scheduled
t Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills at
4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30.
Sponsored by the Jewish
Federation and
Jewish
Community
Council of
Metropolitan
Detroit, the event
will memorialize
victims of the
recent terrorist
attacks, and show
solidarity for the

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U.S. government, organizers said.
The program will include a
video message of support from
Israel and prayers for the United
States and Israel. Sen. Debbie
Stabenow, D-Mich., is scheduled
to be among the guest speakers.
At press time, names of other
speakers were unavailable.
Larry Jackier, Federation presi-
dent, said it is
important for the
Jewish people to
rally together in a
large forum.
"When we're all
together, we really
have the ability to

Debbie Stabenow

be most effective
and, frankly, most
powerful. It is a
powerful communi-
ty, but it's most
powerful when we
work together and
we speak collective-
ly," he said. "I think
we re in for a very,
very long pull here,
and Israel is going
to require our advo-
cacy, and it's going
to require advocacy
that can't be done by a few people
alone, but by everyone."
Robert Aronson, Federation
CEO, expressed the need for a
rally
"There have been other oppor-

Robert Aronson

tunities, but the
sense I get from
going around the
community is
that even though
people have been
to synagogues,
they've heard
about it at Rosh
Hashanah, that
there is a need
for us across syn-
agogue boundaries and through-
out the community to observe
together. Ei

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