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Friday, Aug. 23, 2002
Elul 15, 5762
Vol. CXXII, No. 2

Sta ff photo by Krista Husa

This Week

14 Finding The Formula

Jewish day schools use creative
methods to recruit science teachers.

Opinion

41 With A Mitzvah

A Jewish way to mark
the Sept. 11 tragedy.

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Community-• • •

45 Feeling Of Beshert

Tamarack has musical, joyous
celebration of 100 years.

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Spirituality

65 Constant Attention

Jewish On Campus

Clover Hill adds acreage,
upgrades administration.

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ore and more Jewish programs
are actively seeking out Jewish
students on campus in hopes
of fending off the effects of disinterest,
assimilation and proselytizing.
"Many of the Jewish students we see are
apathetic in their practical approach to
Judaism, but deep down, we find they're
very, very interested in what it means to be
Jewish," says Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz,
whose Oak Park-based Machon L'Torah-
The Jewish Learning Network of
Michigan operates the Jewish Resource
Center in Ann Arbor.
JRC serves students from all streams of
Judaism. The most-pressing issue on their
minds is a successful college agenda,
providing little time for anything else, says
Rabbi Jacobovitz, known as "Rabbi J" to
students and friends.
"It's crucial that we reach out to them
because they're at a juncture where the
decisions they make will determine the
way they go in life," he says. "It may take a
long time for the right moment to come
for them to seek us out."

Arts &

Entertainment

78 Inconvenient Woman

Israeli actress gets caught
between generations at war.

Food

101 Family Recipes

Good holiday cooking
is in the genes.

AppleTree

107 Start Smart

Back to school with cool
facts on Judaism, education.

Rabbi J also serves as a rabbinic adviser
to other Michigan universities, including
Michigan State, Wayne State and Western
Michigan. He works in concert with
campus Hillels, he says, to "enhance the
opportunities for Jewish learning and
Jewish life."
"Even for the most firmly committed,
maintaining a strong Jewish connection
on today's college campus is difficult,"
says Richard Moline of Koach College
Outreach, a project of the United
Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
"The familiarity and comfort of home is
replaced with-uncertainty."
Today's Cover Story, directed by Story
Development Editor Keri Guten Cohen,
provides a glimpse into Jewish campus life
in Michigan. As always, we invite your
feedback.

Shabbat shalom!

Robert A. Sklar, editor

Cover Story page 25

The Scene

110 Young Man's Disease

Testicular cancer is easily cured
if men only would chec

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A 2001 Michigan Press Association

The Jewish Focus On Education

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Michigan colleges increase Jewish offerings —
both in and out of the classroom.

On the cover.
At Machon LTorahs Jewish Resource Center in Ann Arbor are, standing
Joel Ring 33, of Vag Colo.; Devorah Matthews Schenectady 20, of New
York Ci t y; Joanna Steinhardt 23, of Huntington Woods; Brett Kifferstein,
20, of West Bloomfield; Lindsay Klein, 25, ofAtknta; Shira Klein, 20, of
West Bloomfield; Louie Whitesman, 22, of Denver; Rabbi Aaron
Eisemann of Oak Park; seatech Avital Landau, 20, of Oak Park; Jessica
Leeb, 20, of Orchard Lake; Sara Rubinog 21, of Toledo.

DEPARTMENTS
Alefbet'cha
11
Anniversaries
63
B'nai Mitzvah . . . 57
51
Calendar
Candlelighting
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132
Crossword
Danny Raskin . . . 96
Editor's Notebook . .5
Engagements .
61
For Openers
11
Insight
23
Letters
6
115
Marketplace
Mazel Tov!
.55
New Arrivals . .
.56
Obituaries
143
Out & About
.76
Staff Notebook . . 12
72
Synagogues
110
The Scene
Torah Portion . . .74
62
Weddings

Cover:
Photography, Krista Huss
Page design, Alex Lumelsky

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