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DETROIT
JEWISH NEWS
A 2002 Michigan Press Association
General Excellence winner
www.detroitjewishnews.com
Friday, Feb. 28, 2003
I Adar 26, 5763
Vol. CXXIII, No. 3
This Week
Arts &
Entertainment
23 Wrong Political Climate
Palestinians must want peace before
it will happen, says WSU speaker.
DEPARTMENTS
70 Monumental Artist
Alefbet'cha
Creator of large-scale metal sculpture dis-
plays works on paper in Windsor exhibit.
Opinion
29 Terrorizing The Campus
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Federal arrests spotlight campus
dishonesty regarding Mideast crisis.
B'nai Mitzvah . . . 44
Business
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Health
Calendar
41
59 Taste Of Life
Candlelighting
17
A Southfield man battles ALS with
a And-raising wine auction.
Community
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33 'Beyond Incredible'
Jewish Academy's first senior class
returns exhilarated, inspired from
trip to Israel.
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pirituality
17
Food
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From his desk at home,
Joe Rothenberg works on plans
for a benefit event to fight ALS.
Obituaries
79 Pointless Eating
109 Samuel Silver
These diet recipes are low in Weight
Watchers points but high in flavor.
Good-Hearted Barber
Ann Arbor
50 In The Loop
29 Editorial
Oar New Address
Eruv in West Bloomfield
expanded south of Maple Road.
Reminder of anti-Semitic act in Ann
Arbor requires us to stay vigilant.
The Jewish News is in the former FTD World
52 Truly Giving Back
58 Torah Portion
Sara Tugman Bais Chabad dinner
expresses solidarity with Israel.
Ann Arbor Beth Israel's Rabbi
Robert Dobrusin gives his views.
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Editor's Notebook .. 5
Engagements
46
For Openers
17
Insight
28
Letters
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84
Marketplace
New Arrivals . . . 43
Obituaries
107
Out & About . . .62
Staff Notebook . .20
Synagogues
DETROIT =WISH NEWS_
Fairness At 11-111
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Jews weigh in on landmark lawsuits against
— the LIrtiversity
Cover Story
page 10
he most important civil rights case in the last
25 years is taking shape in our own back yard
at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
On April 1, U-M will present oral arguments before
the U.S. Supreme Court to defend its affirmative-
action admissions policy in two cases charging uncon-
KE RI
stitutional discrimination. In one, two unsuccessful
GUTEN
white applicants challenge the U-M -undergraduate
COHEN
admissions policy; in the other, a rejected
Story
Left:
white applicant challenges the law school.
Development
A view of the
It's an issue that confuses and divides
Editor
“diag" at the
the Jewish community. To help us make
University of
sense of the complicated affirmative
Michigan
action question, Staff Writer Sharon
Luckerman offers a comprehensive overview,
complete with historical context, an explanation of U-M's
150-point admissions system, and comments from principle
players in the case as well as current and past U-M students.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule by late June. In
the meantime, Luckerman's story, beginning on page 10,
can help you make up your mind on this hot-button issue.
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The Scene
83
Torah Portion . . . 58
Weddings
49
Cover:
Photography, Krisra Husa
Page design, Alex Lurneiskv
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