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October 5, 2001
Tishrei 18, 5762
Vol. CXX, No. 8
This Week
Living Well
17 Off And Running
81 Of Mice And Men
Three contenders emerge so far to represent
new state Senate district.
A Detroiter's work helps
prostate cancer researchers.
Opinion
AppleTree
29 A Sukkot Like No Other
91 Ever So Humble
A community rally remembers
the fragility of our society.
There's no place like home
inside the sukkah.
Arts 6-
Gourds hang from the
Fishman family sukkah.
Entertainment
66 Star-Cross'd Lovers
Photo by Joshua Kristal
JET transports Shakespeare's
"Romeo and Juliet" to 1920s Palestine.
Cover Story page 14
Standing As One
Detroit Jewry shows solidarity against terrorism.
On The Cover: Sarah Kolchinsky, 10, daughter of Sharon
and Todd Kolchinsky of Farmington Hills, at Sunday's memo-
rial service and solidarity rally at Adat Shalom Synagogue.
She a fifth grader at Forest Elementary School. The
Kolchinskys are affiliated with Temple Beth El.
DEPARTMENTS
Alefbet'cha
11
Anniversaries . . . 51
B'nai Mitzvah . . . 47
Calendar
44
Community
33
Crossword
109
Danny Raskin . . . 76
Editor's Notebook .. 5
Engagements
. 51
For Openers
11
Food
84
Health
81
Insight
27
Letters
5
Marketplace
93
Mazel Tov!
46
New Arrivals 47
Obituaries
118
Out & About
. 64
Spirituality
53
Sports
88
Staff Notebook . 24
Synagogues
58
Teen
88
The Scene
86
Torah Portion .. 62
Weddings
51
Candlelighting
Friday, Oct. 5, 6:49 p.m.
Shabbat ends
Saturday, Oct. 6, 7:49 p.m.
Terrorism And Justice
T n the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on
1 America, Americans have mourned the sense-
less loss of life and condemned the terrorists.
For local Arab and Muslim Americans, does that
condemnation extend to all terrorism, including
suicide bombers in Israel?
In what we believe is an important story for
metropolitan Detroit, local Arab and Muslim
American leaders give voice to their opinions on
terrorism in America and in the Middle East.
Metro Detroit has America's second largest Arab
American population, so the comments of its lead-
ers provide an insight into the feelings of other
Arab Americans.
Please turn to our special report, "Terrorism
And Justice," on page 22. We invite feedback.
Bittersweet Joy
A
s fate would have it, Israel and America are bat-
tling terrorism this Sukkot, the holiday known
as Z'man Simchateinu, Time of Our Joy.
As Jews, we should be enjoying our bounty, not
hearing the drumbeat of war in both countries.
Sukkot, the seven-day festival that began Monday
night, reminds us that life is precarious and temporary,
and that it's a mitzvah to study Torah together and be
hospitable to one another. It reminds us that we're a peo-
ple with a shared identity going back 4,000 years.
In the midst of crisis, let us remember Sukkot's
underlying lesson: that the seamless passage of our
heritage through the generations requires that we
unite behind our modern and ancient homelands,
and in pursuit of a better world for everyone.
Chag Sameiach and Shabbat shalom!
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Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor
Cover:
Photo by Krista Husa
Page design, Alex Lumelsky
Robert A. Sklar, editor
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