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B'nai Mitzvah
held a bake sale with the profits
going to -JARC and the Make-A-
Wish Foundation. He was also
involved in the Relay for Life for the
American Cancer Society.
An insider to the Gibson ordeal from the start; Dr. Michael J. Cook explores in what ways "The
Passion of the Christ" may have indelibly altered Christian-Jewish relations for the near future.
Was the question of anti-Semitism the chief matter after all, or did other problems turn out to be
even more important? Why did the Mel Gibson melee spin so out of control? What lessons must
the Jewish community now learn from having confronted this ordeal?
Dr. Michael J. Cook, the Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judeo-Christian Studies at Hebrew
Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati Campus, was one of the seven Catholic
and Jewish scholars selected to-assess an advanced script of Mel Gibson's highly controversial
film, Jesus' Passion (released recently this Spring). It was the report of these scholars that ignited
much of the ensuing heated controversy that continues to make the news.
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Rachel Lynn Ellentuck will celebrate
her bat mitzvah Saturday, May 8, at
Temple Israel as she is called to read
from the Torah. She is the daughter
of Laura and Barry Ellentuck and
sister of Dana and
Ashley. Her grand-
parents are
Florence and
Donald Stein and
her great-grand-
mother is Virginia
Abrams. She is
also the grandchild
of the late William
Abrams and the great-grandchild of
the late Claire and Leon Phillips.
Attending Orchard Lake Middle
School in West Bloomfield, where
she is an honor student, Rachel
found it meaningful to donate
money to the March of Dimes in
New Jersey, where members of her
family are active.
Joshua David Ellis will read from
the Torah on the occasion of his bar
mitzvah at Havdalah services
Saturday, May 8, at Temple Israel.
His proud parents are Lori and
Jeffrey Ellis and his sister is Michelle.
Sharing in the
simchah will be his
grandparents
Sophie and
Bernard Klisman
and Gloria and
Robert Ellis.
Joshua, an honor
student, attends
Walled Lake
Middle School.
For his mitzvah projects, he chose to
volunteer at the Ability Center, a
facility for children with sensory
integration needs; he also worked at
Temple Israel's book fair.
Andrew Galper Fullett, son of Lori
and Michael Fullett and brother of
Arnie, will cele-
brate his bar mitz-
vah Saturday, May
8, at Temple
Israel. His proud
grandparents are
Adele and
Raymond Galper
and Rita and
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