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A 2002 Michigan Press Association
General Excellence winner
www.detraitjewisitnews.com
Friday, Feb. 7, 2003
I Adar 5, 5763
Vol. OCXII, No. 26
This Week
20 A Central Address
Detroit Jewry's education service
combining under Federation umbrella.
22 The Issue Of Syria
Two speakers offer opposing views on
WSU's links with Damascus University.
Opinion
35 Educational Blueprint
Dov Weiss, 13, of Oak Park listens to Rabbi Yigal Ts' aidi at Yeshivat Akivas
memorial service for the fallen astronauts.
Merger of services is promising
for Jewish education.
Community
Losing The Melody
39 Royal Treatment
B
efore Petr Ginz, 14, was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz in
1944, he drew a picture of how the Earth might look from the moon.
Israel's first astronaut, Col. Ilan Ramon, had the pencil drawing with
him aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
When the shuttle broke up in flames en route to Cape Canaveral after 16
days of space experiments, we mourned for Col. Ramon and his six fellow
space explorers and grieved for their families. We thought about their courage
and their service — and what they meant to their homelands.
But we also thought about Petr, who was never given the chance to ride
above the Earth or blaze his name across history's sky. Petr Ginz and Col.
Ramon are united again in the everlasting annals of the Jewish nation.
A Houston memorial ceremony for the seven astronauts Tuesday opened
with the words of Hebrew poet Haim Nahman Bialik: "Oh, they had one
more melody, and now that melody is lost, lost forever."
When the Columbia disintegrated 16 minutes before touchdown Shabbat
morning, a part of each person who joined in the sorrow seemed to die.
Shabbat Shalom.
Queen for a Day helps girls
with cancer boost self-esteem.
Arts &
Entertainmen
63 Film No One Wanted
`Max" draws criticism for
"human" portrayal of young Hitler.
Food
85 From The Heart
Show that special someone
you mean business.
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DEPARTMENTS
Alefbet'cha
9
AppleTree
89
B'nai Mitzvah . . . 50
Calendar
47
Candlelighting
.9
Carla Schwartz . . .87
Crossword
110
Danny Raskin . . .80
Editor's Notebook . .5
Engagements . . .52
For Openers
9
Insight
33
Letters
6
Marketplace
95
New Arrivals
49
Obituaries
117
Out & About • . .64
Spirituality
57
Sports
93
Staff Notebook . . 12
Synagogues
58
The Scene
61
Torah Portion . . . 60
Weddings
55
Cover:
Photography, NASA
Page design, Alex Lumelsky
Robert A. Sklar
Editor
Obituaries
117 Dr. Norma Shifrin
Beloved Role Model
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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Cover Stort
118 Dr. Elizabeth Eichelbaum
Growing Young
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A Loss In The Family
Detroit Jews join Israelis and Americans
in mourning their heroes.
Israeli Ilan Ramon encircled by fellow
astronauts on the space shuttle
Columbia. Clockwise from top right:
Laurel Clark, William McCool,
Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla,
David Brown, Rick Husband.
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