Contents
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A 2002 Michigan Press Association
General Excellence winner
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isan 16,
This Week
Spirituality
Ann Arbor
12 Rained Out
49 Learning Track
68 A Mean Freilach
DEPARTMENT
Federation's rainy day And nearing
discretionary limit; endowment eyed
Adat Shalom revamps
its religious school.
Yid Vicious performs
klezmer in Ann Arbor.
26 MJAC's Doubtful Future
Arts &
Entertainment
Food
Alefbefcha
AppleTree
88
Calendar
42
Candlelighting ... 7
Crossword .107
Danny Raskin . . . 76
Editor's Notebook . 5
Engagements .. . 45
For Openers
7-
Insight
3
Letters . .. ....
Marketplace . . . 92
New Arrivals . . . . 44
Obituaries . . . . . 114
Out & About 62
Sports
80
Spotlight
82
Staff Notebook
11
Synagogues
Torah Portion . . 5 52 5
Weddings
47
Jewish HIV-AIDS organization
faces serious funding
61 Dark Lady Of DNA
Opinion
Book, PBS reveal young
Jewish scientist's contribution.
31 Helping Seeds Grow
83 Spring!
Mix and match these recipes
for a taste of the season.
83 Food For Fun
Sowing seeds of understanding
among impressionable teenagers.
A working group takes
a little time-out at Bonnie's.
Community
AppleTree
88 Matzah Man
35 Lost Connection
Persistence, JN led to
siblings who were strangers.
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Imagine making 1 million
matzah products for Pesach.
• 36 Cuddle Time
Hillel holds "sleepover
. • for Dr. Seuss' birthday.
Obituaries
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114 Matthew Colman
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Bravery and determination
Right: Emily Gorman of West Bloomfield
brought her favorite bear and her dad,
Hillel alumnus Bradley Gorman, to the
`Almost Sleepover" held in Sheila
Charlips first-grade class.
We're A People
B
y almost any measurement, the Festival
of Passover is considered the most cele-
brated of all Jewish holidays in the dias-
pora, where levels of observance vary widely.
The holiday recalls the Israelites' flight from
Egyptian slavery and dogged pursuit of religious
freedom. It reminds us that people can be slaves
in more than a physical sense.
In Israel, Pesach is almost universally celebrated.
Ninety-four percent of Jewish Israelis attended a
seder Wednesday night, according to a poll taken
by the Israeli Hotel Association; 100,000 celebrat-
ed at a hotel. Israeli families hosted hundreds of
immigrant soldiers.
May this year's Festival of Passover serve as
common ground to bring diaspora and Israeli
Jews closer together as world attention returns to
the Arab-Israeli conflict — and the Jewish state's
ongoing battle to repel Palestinian aggression.
Cover:
Photography, Ed Reed
Page design, Alex Lumelsk
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Cover Story
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New York Gold
Former Detroiter Daniel
Doctoroff embraces the Big
Apple and an Olympic dream.
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DaniPI
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Chag kasher v'sameach and Shabbat shalom!
Robert A. Sklar, editor
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