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A collector's passion
for Passover Haggadot.
THE SCENE
RUSSIAN ROOTS
41 One Fiancee ... To Go
70 Passover Liberation
Doctor ordered a hamburger;
but wound up with more.
Freeing of Odessa 60 years ago
remembered in Russian community.
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43 Glass Acts
85 Sisters In Spirit
Jewish artists show works
for Michigan Glass Month.
Central Galilee enriches
the Federation Women's Seder:
COMMUNITY
On The Cover: A Passover Haggadah shaped like a hand amulet
Photography, Angie Baan • Page design, Kelli Johnson
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Anniversaries
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AppleTree
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B'nai Mitzvah
74
Calendar
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Candlelighting
10
Crossword
108
Engagements
79
Focus
114
For Openers
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COLUMNISTS
George Cantor
Harry Kirsbaum
Danny Raskin
Robert Sklar
Gail Zimmerman
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Letters
Marketplace
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News Watch
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It's A Zionist Thing
Jerusalem/JTA— Israel's immigration
minister accused U.S. Jewish groups of
not doing enough to encourage aliyah.
"The community cannot make do
with encouraging aliyah from other
places. They must encourage it from
within their own communities, because
this is a strategic need of the State of
Israel," Tzipi Livni told the Ma'ariv
newspaper. According to Makriv's Web
site, the Immigration Ministry recently
decided to focus on North America's 5.6
million Jews, under a government direc-
tive to bring 1 million new olim to
Israel.
Livni was quoted as accusing U.S.
Jewish leaders of not wanting people to
leave for Israel because it would weaken
their own communities. The ministry
spokesman was not available for com-
ment.
Never Too Old For Aliyah
London/JTA — A 100-year-old
London man moved to Israel. Simon
Clyne is thought to be the oldest immi-
grant ever to move to Israel from
Britain.
Arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport last
week, Clyne told reporters, "It is a
dream come true to be here in Israel
with my lovely family." He will live near
his family on Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, on
the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Nazi Camp Stays Untouched
Kiev, Ukraine/JTA — A plan to con-
struct a gas station near the site of a
Holocaust-era massacre in the Ukrainian
city of Kharkov was canceled.
The action followed protests from
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Jewish leaders. Earlier this month, the
authorities in Ukraine's second largest
city notified the Jewish community that
the 2002 construction permit that
allowed a local company to build a gas
station near a recently unveiled monu-
ment that marks the site of the massacre
in Drobitsky Yar near Kharkov had
expired.
UJC Taps New CEO
New York/JTA — The United Jewish
Communities has tapped Howard
Rieger, president of the United Jewish
Federation of Pittsburgh, as its next
president.
Rieger, who has headed the Pittsburgh
federation since 1981, will succeed
Stephen Hoffman, who ends his three-
year term this summer. The UJC search
committee unanimously recommended
Rieger, who said he would accept the
job, according to UJC's chairman of the
board, Robert Goldberg. The UJC
board of trustees is expected to approve
the recommendation.
Terrorists Eyed Boy
Jerusalem/JTA — Palestinian terrorists
reportedly tried to recruit another
teenager as a suicide bomber.
The family of ninth-grader Tamer
Khweirah said he was locked in a dark
room and lured with clothes, a cell
phone and promises of paradise, his
family said, according to the Jerusalem
Post. He eventually was extricated by an
older brother.
Tamer is one of four boys arrested by
Is-rael on charges that they were recruit-
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Jerusalem/JTA — A philanthropist
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Israel's leading scientific universities.
Alfred Mann's pledge will help estab-
lish the Alfred Mann Institute for
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Security Upped In NYC
New York/JTA — New York City is
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Foot patrols and cars will monitor
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