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A 2002 Michigan Press Association
DETROIT
JEWISH NEWS
General Excellence winner
www.detroitjewishnews.com
Friday, May 23, 2003
Iyar 21, 5763
Vol. COMI, No. 15
THIS WEEK
26 Resounding Support
IDF orchestra fetes Israel at local
Independence Day fest.
OPINION
33 Bombing Others ...
The new violence throws
down the gauntlet.
COMMUNITY
37 In Touch With Israel
Miracle Mission reinforces
Detroit, Israel relationships.
ARTS
ENTERTAINMENT
67 Jokes For The Memory
Detroiter was chief
gag writer for Bob Hope.
SPIRITUALI 1
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60 A Voice For Justice
Coalition for Human Rights honors
lifetime activist Rabbi Ernst Conrad.
FOOD
83 The Perfect Menu
Memorial Day get-together
should be simple and fun.
APPLETREE
65 Kosher Casbah Music?
A punk rock band's
Jewish connections.
Scout Ben Nadis, 10, of West Bloomfield at
the Israel Defense Forces ensemble orchestra
concert at Adat Shalom Synagogue
ANN ARBOR
41 Staking A Career
Readers' Choice
Ballot inside
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2003-2004 Readers' Choice Awards
that will be featured in our annual IN
SourceBook in September.
We need your opinion now on where
you like to shop, eat and be entertained
in metropolitan Detroit and Ann Arbor.
Make your vote count! Please fill out
the official ballot on page 77. Thanks.
Drachler graduates head to jobs.
IIII hose with loved ones in Israel pay
OVER JTQRY
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particular attention to news of
suicide bombings. Cell phones
have become lifelines of assurance that all
is well there — at least this time.
While security at malls, restaurants,
clubs, hotels and other public venues
have become commonplace in Israel,
most American parents still worry about
their children studying abroad. They
caution them not to ride buses, to phone
home immediately if there's a bombing
and to avoid crowded cafes and clubs.
Israelis living in America understand
more clearly that life goes on, yet still they
worry, too. In Terror's Toll (beginning on
page 16), we examine the high anxiety felt
here when a bombing occurs where loved
ones live halfway across the world.
page 16
Terror's Toll
Uncertainty stirs high anxiety among
local Jews with loved ones in Israel.
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TERROR'S
TOLL
On the cover: University
of Michigan student Rachel
Roth of Boston lights a
memorial candle Monday
night during a vigil for
victims of the suicide
bombings in
Shabbat shalom!
DEPARTMENTS
11
Alefbet'cha
Anniversaries . . . 59
65
AppleTree
B'nai Mitzvah . . . .51
Business
85
Calendar
48
Candlelighting . . .11
Crossword 106
Danny Raskin . . . 80
Editor's Notebook . 5
Engagements . . .56
For Openers . . . 11
Insight
30
6
Letters
Marketplace . . . . 88
. .50
New Arrivals
109
Obituaries
Out & About . . 68
86
Spotlight
Staff Notebook . 14
62
Synagogues
85
The Scene
Torah Portion . . 64
58
Weddings
Photography, Jonathon Triest
Page design, Alex Lumelsky
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