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American Aliyah
Marks Upturn

Jerusalem/JTA — There was an
increase in the number of American
Jews who made aliyah during the first
three months of the year.
Despite the ongoing crisis, 370
Americans made aliyah, a 15 percent
increase over the same period last year,
according to the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Yiddish Library
Hits The Web

New York/JTA — A digital library of
Yiddish books soon will be available
on the Internet.
Users will be able to puLchase some
12,000 books in the Steven Spielberg
Digital Yiddish Library, which has been
created by the National Yiddish Book
Center. The library, which is expected
to be active early next week, will be
accessed at www.yiddishbooks.org.

Barbara and Harold Berry Gerald and Barbara Cook

Sara and Maxwell Nadis

Congregation Beth Ahm

Adat Shalom Synagogue

Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Ida and Albert Rosenblum Leonard and Ann Wanetik DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Philip Langwald
Congregation Beth Shalom
Congregation B'nai Moshe

National Patron Reception*
Knollwood Country Club • 5:00 pm

Gala*
Adat Shalom Synagogue
Cocktails 6:00 pm • Award Presentations 6:45 pm • Dinner 8:00 pm

Guest Speaker

Dr. Raymond Scheindlin

"A Jewish View of Islam - Post September 11th"
Alan Kaufman
Martin Gene

Immediate Past Chairperson

Detroit Board Chairperson

Doris Blechman/Sharon Gene

Dinner Chairpersons

5/3
2002

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Orthodox Deliver
Torahs To IDF

Jerusalem/JTA — The National
Council of Young Israel delivered nine
Torah scrolls to Israeli Defense Forces
(IDF) soldiers.
• The 16 members of the North
American Orthodox group's delegation
sang and danced with the scrolls in hand
when they presented them recently at a
military base near Ramie. The delegation
also traveled extensively in Israel and the
West Bank. The nine new scrolls were in
addition to 21 others donated for army
use in the past year and a half.

Croatia Eyes
Wartime Past

Zagrel/JTA — Croatian television
ran a documentary about Croatian
victims of the Holocaust. The April
22 documentary included interviews
with Holocaust survivors who spoke
about what they endured during the
war, when the Nazi-puppet Ustashe
regime ruled Croatia.
A day earlier, members of the
Croatian government, including
Prime Minister Ivica Racan, attended
a memorial ceremony at the Jasenovac
concentration camp. Some 17,000
Jews, as well as tens of thousands of
Serbs, Roma and others were killed at
Jasenovac under the Ustashe regime.