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Friday, Oct. 24, 2003
Tishrei 28, 5764
Vol. CXXIV, No. 11

THIS WEEK

16 Flexing Muscle

DEPARTMENTS

Arab-American conference
shows Mideast dominates.

25 Underlying Message

Will Mahathir's anti-Semitic
remarks lead to change?

For full text of speech, see

www.smh.com.aularti-
cles/2003/10/20/1066502121884.ht
ml (Sydney Morning Herald)

RUSSIAN ROOTS

29 Nobel Winner

Russian Jew shares
prize in physics.

OPINION

33 The Aronson Factor

Sen. Lieberman and Dr. Zogby at the Arab American Institute in Dearborn last week.

ANN ARBOR

THE SCENE

40 Testing The Waters

88 Celebration Time

Day school students monitor
water through JNF program.

Sukkah-hopping has a
flair with Aish Ha Torah.

SPIRITUALITY

OBITUARIES

60 Revolutionary Strides

10 9 Marshall Lowenstein

Will Bob Aronson take
his magic to the UJC?

APPLETREE

37 The Truth About Chai

John Paul II has improved
Catholic-Jewish relations.

A Family Guy

Everything you wanted to know
about being Jewish — in less pages.

PLEICENG THEM
MUSCLES

109 Glenn Silberschein

One Of A Kind

__I:1E71107 JEWISH NEWS

T

he Arab American Institute held its
National Leadership Conference in
Dearborn Oct. 17-19 under the
theme, "Vote 2004: An Agenda for Peace
and Justice." Highlighting the program were
presentations by eight of the nine
Democratic presidential candidates.
That turnout alone is a testament to how
the Arab American community is gaining
political clout. With more than 3 million
Arab Americans living in the United States,
politicians are realizing their vote can make a
difference.
Staff Writer Harry Kirsbaum and a
reporter from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
provide an inside look at the conference, the
presidential candidates' speeches and what it
means to us in the Jewish community.

Shabbat shalom!

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Cover:
Photography, Angie Baan
Page design, Deborah Schultz

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pages 65-85

Eye Of The Hurricane

Book Fair
showcases
political
• all-stars,
Hollywood
honchos
and fiction
favorites.

Book Fair's opening night speaker,
White House adviser Sidney
Blumenthal, puts the stormy Clinton
years into perspective.

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