DETROIT
JEWISH NEWS

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A 2001 Michigan Press Association

Newspaper of the Year

www.detroitjewishnews.com

December 14, 2001

Kislev 29, 5752

Vol. CXX, No. 18

Spirituality

This Week

64 House Keeps Growing

12 Kashrut Interpretaion

Festive ceremony marks Young
Israel synagogue expansion.

The meat was kosher,
but the standards vary.

Arts & Entertainment

24 The Yoffie Plan

75 Jerusalem's Children

UAHC advocates 'Marshall Plan"
for Jewish education.

27 Off The Hook

Ford study says it had no control
over German subsidiary in WWII.

PBS looks at Middle East
through eyes of children.

AppleTree

95 The Haftorah

.

Why this special portion is
added to the Torah reading.

Opinion

41 More Than Chopped Liver

Setting religious limits on those
extravagant weddings.

Camp

97 All Kinds

Some parents want kids away
from their comfort zone.

Community

45 Blending Science, Families

JHAS fund-raiser will take over
Detroit Science Center. .

Living Well

105 Jolson Wins

AZA team, 1-3, takes
region football crown.

Cover Story page 14

At Israel's Side

Defying terrorism, Detroit Jews
spend time and money in Israel.

DEPARTMENTS
11
Alefbet'cha
60
Anniversaries
B'nai Mitzvah . . . 56
53
Calendar
124
Crossword
Danny Raskin . . .90
Editor's Notebook . .5
58
Engagements
11
For Openers
39
Insight
6
Letters
111
Marketplace
55
New Arrivals
134
Obituaries
.76
Out & About
105
Sports
. .6
Staff Notebook
72
Synagogues
108
The Scene
Torah Portion . • .74
58
Weddings

Candlelighting
Friday, Dec. 14, 4:42 p.m.

Shabbat ends
Saturday, Dec. 15, 5:49 p.m.

Cover:
Photography, Debbie Hill
Page design, Debbie Schultz

Our Homeland

On the cover:
On Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem,
IsraelNow mission-goers Valeri Sirlin
of Bloomfield Hills and Daniel
Cutler of Ann Arbor mourn Dec. 5
at a memorial to 10 young Israelis
slain in a suicide bombing five days
earlier.

he Jewish News has teamed with the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit on each of
its IsraelNow missions this year because of how
deeply we believe in supporting the Jewish homeland
— our homeland.
Senior Copy Editor David Sachs joined the latest
mission Dec. 3-6. The second of his compelling reports
runs today.

Shabbat shalom!

Robert A. Sklar, editor

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