CQntents "1"711 A DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The leading lyperbaric Medicine Center in Michigan. 6 Winner of eight 2003 MPA writing, MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION WWW.DETROITJEWISHNEWS . COM FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2004 SWAN 8, 5764 • VOL.CXXV, No. 16 design and advertising awards SPECIAL. REPORT COVER STORY 1.5 Campus Success 52 Citizen Soldiers Jewish students have swung the pendulum back towards Israel at U.S. colleges. • World War II vets teach about the cause of freedom. NEWS WATCH SPIRITUALITY 17 Hair Scare- 55 Double"Simchah Doubt about wig hair from India has Orthodox women anxiously awaiting rabbis' ruling. Ann Arbor Chabad joins Lag b'Omer, Mother's Day. ARTS & LIFE. COMMUNITY 33 Into The Groove 70 Have Scissors, Will Travel Jewish techno fans take part in the hottest music festival. Two teachers turn tables on classroom instruction. 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Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, MI 48034. N ews Digest: More Israel and national news at www.jewish.com Navy Wants Rabbis Trouble For Smugglers New York/JTA — The U.S. Navy is looking for a few good rabbis. The Navy's Chaplain Corps recently sent a letter asking for rabbis to make a three-year commitment to serve. The 11 "active-duty Navy rabbis serving from Okinawa to Italy, backed up by a handful of reservists, simply can't do the job," the letter said. Jerusalem/JTA — Gaza Strip arms prices reportedly have spiked since Israel began cracking down on weapons-smuggling tunnels. Hdaretz reported that a contraband AK-47 bullet, which cost just more than $1 before the start of the intifada. in September 2000 now goes for five times as much in Gaza. Israeli authorities monitor such inflation as a gauge of the army'S Success in uncovering tunnels in Rafah, which lies on Gaza's southern border with Egypt. . The Labor Zionist Alliance called for Israel to quickly end its current Rafah operation, leave Gaza and resume nego- tiations toward a political solution with the Palestinians. LZA strongly con- demned the recent upsurge in civilian deaths, especially the May 20 firing of a missile and tank shells that resulted in the death.of at least 10 children at a demonstration in Rafah. Official Repudiates Lantos Washington/JTA --- The leader of one of the oldest U.S. refugee groups praised the work .of the lead- ing Palestinian refugee relief organi- zation. Lavinia Limon, who heads the Immigration and Refugee Services of America, said UNRWA has "done a credible job of it for over 50 years." Limon was reacting to Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., who recently wrote a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan calling for a probe of the U.N. body that runs camps and services for Palestinian refugees. Lantos accused UNRWA of foster- ing "a culture of anger and depend- ency that undermines both regional peace and the well-being of the camps' inhabitants." Limon, whose group has run pro- grams for refugees in the United States for 80 years, said Palestinian anger results from their status as refugees. "I think if you put yourself in one of those situations, you too would find, if your life was being wasted," that "you might be a little angry and certainly dependent," Limon said. Officials Use Deception Jerusalern/JTA — Palestinian Authority officers posed as sick patients to infiltrate Israel in fake ambulances, Israeli police said. Some of the officials are members of Palestinian Authority. President Yasser Arafat's security guard, the police said. The police added that some terrorists also may have been smuggled into Israel using this method. Forum President Re-Elected New York/JTA — The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations re-elected James Tisch as chairman. The group unanimously voted Tisch in for a second one-year term at its meet- ing. The Presidents Conference also adopted a resolution that the U.N. General Assembly should adopt the dec- laration denouncing anti-Semitism approved at last month's OSCE meeting in Berlin. AJCommittee On The Air New York/JTA — The American Jewish Committee launched an Internet radio station. The station, available at wwwajc.org, features interviews with world and Jewish leaders about anti- Semitism, terrorism and other issues fac- ing Jews around the world. Israeli: Refugee Status? Toronto/JTA— An Israeli man living in Canada applied for refugee status for his family because of the danger they face at home from suicide bombers. - Yossef Makias, whose aunt was killed in a bus explosion and whose nephews were paralyzed in a drive-by shooting, is appealing a recent decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board not to accept the family as refugees on the grounds that all Israelis face the same ter- rorist threat and a more specific danger is required in order to qualify as refugees. The board also noted that Israel takes reasonable security measures to protect its public. "The State of Israel cannot protect each of its citizens at all times," the board said in its written decision. Chimp Gives Birth Jerusalem/JTA— A 24-year-old chimp gave birth at an Israeli zoo. Officials at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem did not realize she was pregnant. The zoo's two male chimps had been sterilized, but zoo officials said another chimp had reached puberty early. 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