This Week 1SgAeL 1tt 200/11 Federation's Teen Mission is one of the most important life-changing, life-affirming programs offered in our community. Your teen will: • Travel with peers and local rabbis • Explore their Jewish past and connection to Israel • Have religious school learning come alive • Have the best summer ever JUNE 30-AUGUST 2, 2004 For more information and to receive an application, call Amy Neistein (248) 205-2543 or e-mail aneistein@jfmd.org We're here to answer your questions SPONSORED BY SAM AND JEAN FRANKEL In partnership with Detroit area congregations DISCOUNT INFO From all applications received by December 19, 2003, two will be drawn to receive a $1000 discount. The required $250 deposit must accompany the application to be eligible for the drawing. The deposit is non-refundable after December 19, 2003 Co-sponsored by DETROIT M971111111E1711 12/ 5 2003 12 This is Federation Visit us online: www.thisisfederation.org/teenmission New YorldJTA — Arab countries called an emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly to make demands on Israel. Arab states seeking to stop Israel from building its security barrier plan to propose a resolution to condemn the Jewish state for not complying with a resolution adopted last month calling on Israel to dismantle its West Bank security fence. The new resolution also will call on the International Court of Justice in the Hague to assess the fence's legality, according to Arye Mekel, deputy per- manent representative of Israel to the United Nations. Mekel said Israel is "working very actively on the highest levels," espe- cially with European states, to urge countries to vote against the resolu- tion or pressure the Palestinians to remove the Hague portion. "It will introduce a new element into the Middle Eastern equation, namely the ICJ, which would only make it more difficult to make any progress in the peace process," Mekel said. mentary-style film violated free-speech rights, but the decision against screen- ing the film came after new appeals were made against it. A U.N. investigation determined that no massacre took place in Jenin and found no evidence to support charges sounded in Bakri's film, including one that the Israeli army dug a mass grave in the camp. Ads Fight Anti-Semitism New York/JTA — The Anti- Defamation League launched an ad campaign to raise awareness of the recent surge in global anti-Semitism. The ads, titled "Anti-Semitism is Anti-All of Us," feature images from the recent synagogue bombings in Turkey. Television ads began recently in the New York area, and ads also appeared in the New York Times and the International Herald Tibune. Anti-Semitism Report Exposed Israel, P.A. To Share Energy? Teens currently in grades 9-12 are eligible as bJ U.N. To Debate Fence Building News Digest U F jewish ederation Mekiqx:Aert De. Jerusalem/JTA — Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed an energy cooperation agreement. In one of the more important acts of cooperation since the Palestinian intifada (uprising) began in 2000, Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement Dec. 2 to share electrical networks. The declaration, sponsored by Italy, also paves the way for a joint energy authority, Ha'aretz reported. Israeli Court Blocks Film Jerusalem/JTA — Israel's highest court blocked screenings of a contro- versial film on Israel's April 2002 invasion of the Jenin refugee camp. The High Court of Justice injunc- tion prevents jel2i77, Jenin from being shown in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem this week. The court previously had ruled in favor of director Mohammed Bakri's appeal that a ban on the docu- . Berlin/JTA — European Jews released an unpublished report that found ris- ing anti-Semitism among Muslims in Europe. The Vienna-based European Union Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia, which commissioned the report, decided not to publish it, claiming the data was flawed. However, critics said the Monitoring Center was not pre- pared to deal with the sensitive sub- ject of anti-Semitism among Muslims, who constitute Europe's largest minority. "We cannot accept that a study be confiscated on the grounds that it could create tensions," said Serge Cwajgenbaum, secretary-general of . the European Jewish Congress. Online Guide To Restitution New York/JTA — The Claims Conference has published an online guide to Holocaust restitution pro- grams. The group's Compensation and Restitution at a Glance Chart now is available at the Claims Conference's homepage at www.claimscon.org The guide provides a country-by-