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Friday, April 4, 2003
Nisan 2, 5763
Vol. OCCEII, No. 8

This Week

Ann Arbor

13 A Life Of Mitzvot

59 The Door Is Open

DEPARTMENTS

Colleagues and loved ones flock to
honor, comfort doctor with cancer.

New Reform Haggadah
illustrated by U-M grad.

22 One Of The Tribe

75 Funny Stuff

Conversion formalizes teen's feelings
of belonging to the Jewish communi ty.

Student film "Sargasm"
premieres at Michigan Theater.

Opinion

Arts &
Entertainment

Alefbet'cha . . . . . . 9
AppleTree 70
B'nai Mitzvah . . . .47
Calendar . . . . . . . 4
Candlelighting ..
Crossword 11
Danny Raskin . . . 88
Editor's Notebook
Engagements
2
For Openers
9
Health
102
Insight
32
Letters
6
Marketplace
.. 103
New Arrivals . . . . 46
Obituaries .. . . 125
Sports 69, 100
Staff Notebook .. 12
Synagogues
61
Torah Portion . . 63

35 The Good, The Bad
And The Prime Minister

Abbas aside, no one controls
the suicidal crazies.

An Arab mother in the pediatric unit of HaEmek
Medical Center in Afida checks the IV of her child
in front of windows sealed against biological or
chemical attack against Israel. Health: Page 102.

Community

39 Peer Education

Enhancing
The Experience

It's hard to break paradigms,
especially at institutions that
have thrived on tradition for
generations. But Synagogue
2000 has made noticeable
progress at nearly all 13 local
Reform and Conservative syn-
agogues involved.
Known as S2K, the national
program provides a framework to examine
congregational life and culture and to find
ways to enhance the experience for congre-
gants. Hundreds of Detroiters have invested
valuable time toward the effort.
At several synagogues, music has played a
large role in enhancing the experience. Friday
night services with musical instruments and
new melodies or specialized onegs are attract-
ing growing numbers. Other innovations are
more subtle — changes in board meetings to
allow members more input, establishment of
a committee to focus solely on membership,
new ways of greeting worshippers on
Shabbat.
In this week's cover story (beginning on
page 64), Staff Writer/Copy Editor Diana
Lieberman checks in on S2K as it nears the
end of its three-year duration. She chronicles
its ups and downs, talks with many partici-
pants, assesses its accomplishments and
explores its future.

Shabbat Shalom,

Keri Guten Cohen

Student actors explore tough
topics in constructive way.

Spirituality

55 Strangers No More

73 Cultured Perlman

Itzhak Perlman's daughter strives
to make it on her own.

Food

93 Internet Cuisine

'New Jewish Cuisine" goes
online for Passover.

96 Your Just Desserts

Experimenting with those favorite
Passover recipes for perfect ending.

Adat Shaloms new siddur
makes all feel at home.

55 Welcome To Beth El

Members create guide for
enhancing Shabbat service.

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Obituaries

125 Belle Kersh

Energy and charisma

Cover:

Photography, Krista Husa
Page design, Alex Lumelsky

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Cover Story

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Daring To Be Different

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Synagogue 2000's message
of renewal meets with
varying local success.

Rabbi Lauren Berkun,
a rabbinic fellow with the
Jewish Theological Seminary
of America, and her husband,
Rabbi Jonathan Berkun of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
at Shaarey Zedek Southfield

Synagoggef2000's message of renewal
fnoetglitLyarying localNti:Cess

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