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A 2001 Michigan Press Association

Newspaper of the Year

www.cletroitjewishnews.com

DECEMBER 28, 2001

TEYET 13, 5752

VOL Ca. NO. 20

This Week

1S It's A Mitzvah

AT&lrly 800 Jewish volunteers
fill in on Christmas day.

21 Left Vs. Right

Peres' new peace plan
puts Sharon on hot seat.

Opinion

25 Mistaken On Defense

Opting out of anti-ballistic
missile treaty. is a bad move.

Volunteers Josh Zeiger and Evan Chudnow _play with
3-year-old Deon Butler of Detroit.

Community

29 Making The Grade

AJE speaker stands up for
every student's right to learn.

Arts 6 Entertainment

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51 Everyone Loves A Parade

Spirituality

41 Everybody Wins

Temple Israel teens help JARC clients
make donations to area homeless.

For former Detroiter Ronald Okum,
everything's comin' up "Roses."

Candlelighting
Friday, Dec. 28, 4:49

Shabbat ends .
Saturday, Dec. 29, 5:56

AppleTree

69 2002: A Jewish Odyssey

Cover:
Photography, Krista Husa
Page design, Alex Lumelsky

Making the secular new year
a great Jewish new year.

Cover Story

DEPARTMENTS
. 11
Alefbefcha
4o
Anniversaries
69
AppleTree
B'nai Mitzvah
36
34
Calendar
87
Crossword
64
Danny Raskin .
Engagements
37
. 11
For Openers
. 24
Insight .
Letters . .
.5
Marketplace
75
36
New Arrivals
Obituaries
94
Staff Notebook . 12
47
Synagogues
. 50
Torah Portion
.37
Weddings .

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On Common Ground

Synagogue, church celebration exemplifies
metro Detroit's ecumenical ties.

On the cover: The Rev. Jacob P Adams, Jr., pastor of Third
Baptist Church; Rabbi Leonardo Bitran, Congregation
Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, ffnai Israel Center; and
Leonard Gutman, ritual director at Shaarey Zedek.

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2001