JEWS

Contents

This Week

17 Focus On Photography

Leonard Nimoy draws 600 to hear
about his controversial book.

Opinion

31 A Prayer For Hebron

West Bank city a microcosm
of the Arab-Israeli history.

Community

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A 2002 Michigan Press Association

General Excellence winner.

Spirituality

The Scene

55 Thanksgiving-Spirited

92 Expanding The Search

African American gospel, Jewish
klezmer in friendship concert.

Sometimes, you just have to look
a little farther from home.

Arts &
Entertainment

Teens

67 'Metropolis'

DFT screens Fritz Lang's
visional), science-fiction opus.

94 Quick Six

A young player takes
football league by 60 yards.

Obituaries

35 Golden Anniversary

Food

Sinai Guild keeps hospital's spirit
alive with health care service.

87 Chanukah Traditions

Israel's Mighty, Velvet Voice

You can almost smell the lathes
frying in oil this time of year.

126 Elaine Lebenbom

125 Abba Eban

The Songs Of Her Soul

Today's Helping Hands

ach week, the Jewish News Community Calendar lists
volunteer opportunities within the Jewish community.
Contributing agencies tell us people respond to the list-
ings, but the need remains great, especially in these trou
bled economic times when non-profits are getting less and
depending on volunteers more.
Happily, our community is generous.
Volunteers come in every age, gender and eco-
nomic bracket, but they have requirements,
too. Faced with time constraints, today's vol-
unteers want to make sure their time is well
spent, and successful agencies have fine-tuned
their opportunities to meet
their volunteers' changing
needs.
Staff Writer Sharon
Luckerman looks at how the
nature of volunteering has changed. Though she
talks to local Jewish agencies, her focus is on vol-
Sign Of The Times
unteers themselves — their expectations and their
Organizations learn to tailor opportunities
rewards. Through their eyes, we see the mitzvah
to the changing needs of today's volunteers.
that volunteering is for both the recipient and the
giver.
Not a bad topic to examine as we head toward
Thanksgiving, a time to count all our blessings.

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Cover Story page 63

Friday, Nov. 22, 2002
Kislev 17, 5763
Vol. CXXII, No. 15

DEPARTMENTS

Alefbet'cha
11
AppleTree
99
B'nai Mitzvah
. 46,
Business
98
Calendar
44
Candlelighting
. 11
Carla Schwartz
. 96
Crossword
105
Cyber Spot
101
Danny Raskin . . .82
Editor's Notebook . .5
Engagements
50
For Openers
11
Insight
29
Letters
6
Marketplace
102
New Arrivals
46
Obituaries
125
Out & About . • .68
Sports
95
Staff Notebook . 14
Synagogues
60
Teens
94
The Scene
92
Torah Portion . . . 62
Weddings
51

Cover:
Photography, Krista Husa
Page design, Alex Lumelsky

Volunteer Jordan
Shifman with
her young friend
Stephanie Harris,
both of West
Bloomfield.

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