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Sweet Times
As we celebrate 350 years of Jewish
life in America (1654-2004), let us
look closer to home and reinforce our
commitment as a community to a
range of pivotal communal issues:
Jewish education, Federation's Annual
Campaign, senior needs, social servic-
es, Israel advocacy, immigrant accul-
turation, inclusivity, youth groups,
campus life, synagogues, the unaffiliat-
ed.
Let us resolve in the new Jewish
year of 5765 to refocus and recharge
our efforts to making the Detroit and
Ann Arbor Jewish communities the
best that they can be, embracing our
successes, addressing our failures and
setting a reasoned course of action to
support needs and causes that we
believe in.
May 5765 be a good and sweet
year. The new year begins Wednesday
night, Sept. 15
Eshanah tovah tikateivu v'techatay-
mu. May you and yours be inscribed
and sealed in the Book of Life this
High Holiday season.
Shabbat shalom!
Robert A. Sklar; editor
Shtull-Leber Joins Principals' Panel
Ann Arbor
acceptance of everyone."
Dina Shtull-Leber, principal
Shtull-Leber is entering
of the Hebrew Day School
her third year as head of
of Ann Arbor, has been
the school. She has a
appointed to the National
bachelor's degree in Bible
Principals' Council of the
studies from the Jewish
Solomon Schechter Day
Theological Seminary of
School Association.
America and a bachelor's
The council is a represen-
from Barnard College. She
ta tive body of the heads of
also has a master's in
Shtull-Leber
Schechter day schools that
social work from Yeshiva
advises the national associa-
University, an MBA from
tion on the needs of principals and
the University of Missouri and many
teachers. The council represents
years of experience in education and
more than 70 schools and nine high
in educational administration.
schools, all are affiliated with the
She also works in the field of
Conservative movement, but serve
informal Jewish education, serving
children of all streams.
as a consultant to a number of
"Our school is a microcosm of the Jewish camps.
Ann Arbor Jewish community," says
Shtull-Leber. "We are proud of our
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diversity, and proud that our stu-
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Helping The Hungry
Eitan Gontovnik of Detroit spent part
of his summer in Israel volunteering at
Hazon Yeshaya Soup Kitchens in
Jerusalem, vvww.hazonyeshaya.org
Eitan worked in the kitchen helping to
prepare and serve some of the 5,200 hot
meals served daily by Hazen Yeshaya in
38 locations throughout Israel.
Tourism Jumps
Israel has reported a 58 percent increase
in tourism during the first six months
of 2004, compared to the same period
last year.
Nearly 822,000 tourists visited Israel
during the six-month period.
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is
repeating its "Israel. I Care. And I'm
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According to a recent Israeli Health
Ministry study of child poverty, Israel has
the highest percentage of children living
in poverty in the western world. Thirty
percent of Israeli children, nearly one in
three, are now living below the poverty
line.
Going." campaign by distributing
pledge cards in American and Canadian
synagogues during the High Holidays.
Last year, 1,246 synagogues in 44 states
and six Canadian provinces participated
in the campaign.
— Alan Hitsky, associate editor
Do You Remember?
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Which American city waited 120 years between
electing Jewish mayors?
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"Once we have welcomed the intermarried into
our congregations, it is our responsibility to help
increase their Jewish commitment. Rather than
just be 'inviting,' we must also focus on what we
are inviting them to do. Our goal is to create
Jewish families, raise Jewish children, create a
dynamic Jewish life."
— Rabbi Jerome M. Epstein, executive vice presi-
dent, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism,
quoted in the fall United Synagogue Review.
Israeli military aircraft carried out a bombing raid
on a building in central Lebanon, which was_ said
to have been the regional headquarters of the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
All planes returned safely.
The Abu Mussa group announced that the offi-
cer commanding its artillery code had been
killed.
— Sy Manello, editorial assistant