Contents
This Week
Cyber Spot
16 End Of An Era
63 A Better Jewish.com
Dr. Mark Smiley to step down
as Hillel headmaster.
The premier Jewish Web site has
expanded content and features.
28 Grim Tasks
Jerusalem bombing volunteer
does a difficult job.
DETROIT
JL'WISE NEWS
www.detroitjewishnews.com
he high-profit 1990s are a fond memo-
ry for Motown. As the 21st century
opens, automobile
companies around the world
are continuing their quest to
cut costs and maximize effi-
ciency.
So out of retirement a
consortium of the biggest
firms have plucked GM sup-
ply guru Harold Kutner to
lead a homogenization of
parts and a fast-track order-
ing system for manufacturers. For a glimpse
of the future, see Alan Abrams' cover story on
page 64.
Arts &
Entertainment
Three filmmakers give
Motown musicians their due.
29 A Missed Opportunity
Haredim could have reached out
at Book Fair talk.
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Futuring
69 Out Of The Shadows
Opinion
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A 2002 Michigan Press Association
General Excellence winner
Food
91 A Lean Thanksgiving
Community
Great, guilt-free side dishes
for the festive meal.
Alan Hitsky
Associate Editor
32 In Better Perspective
Henry Ford's anti-Semitism
revisited by top author.
Spirituality
Obituaries
122 Harold Feldman
A Smile And A Story
55 Language Of
Our People
Crash course in Hebrew
reading offered locally.
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Alefbet'cha
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Anniversaries
52
AppleTree
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B'nai Mitzvah
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Calendar
42
Candlelighting . . . 11
Crossword
101
Danny Raskin . . .86
Editor's Notebook . .5
Engagements
50
For Openers
11
Insight
28
Letters
6
Marketplace
. 100
New Arrivals
46
Obituaries
122
Out & About . . .70
Staff Notebook . . 14
Synagogues
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Torah Portion . . 62
Weddings
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Young campers
learned to read from
the Torah as they
celebrated their bat
mitzvah ceremony
last summer at Camp
Ramah-Yachad. Next
summer, Camp
Ramah USA may
send campers there in
a partner arrange-
ment. For the story
behind Camp
Ramah-Yachad,
see Editor's
Notebook, page 5.
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Cover:
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Photography, Angie Baan
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