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Shoah And Cancer
Haifa/JTA — Holocaust survivors
in Israel have a higher death rate
from cancer than contemporaries
who moved to Israel before World
War II, a new study found.
According to a University of Haifa
study, the younger a survivor was
during the war, the higher the risk
that he or she will develop cancer;
and cancer survival rates are lower
among survivors than among
those who didn't go through the
Holocaust.
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'Zionist Crusade'
Washington/JTA — Osama bin
Laden said the West's refusal to
financially support a Hamas-led
Palestinian government proves that
the United States and Europe are at
war with Islam.
In an audiotape broadcast Sunday
by Al Jazeera, a voice believed to be
that of the Al Qaida leader called
the cutoff in aid to the Palestinian
Authority a "blockade" that "proves
that there is a Zionist crusader war
on Islam."
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Over 325 volunteers from Federation partner agencies and congregations
made thousands of calls and raised $275,000 over three evenings
at this year's Campaign Countdown.
On behalf of the people you've helped locally and throughout the world...
Masorti Sues
Jerusalem/JTA — The Israeli wing
of Conservative Judaism, Masorti,
filed a lawsuit against the Israeli gov-
ern f nent claiming discrimination in
praying at the Western Wall.
The lawsuit filed Sunday follows
an agreement between the move-
ment and the government that
assured its members freedom of
worship at the Robinson's Arch area
at the southern end of the Western
Wall, which is separate from the
nearby traditional site of Jewish
prayer.
During the past year, officials with
the movement say, they have been
told they have to pay an entrance fee
of 30 shekels ($5.50) to the tourist
center that runs the site in order to
pray.
Fewer At Services
New York/JTA — Jews are less
likely than Mormons and Christians
to attend religious services regularly,
according to a new Gallup poll.
• Some 15 percent of Jews say
they attend synagogue every week,
as opposed to nearly two-thirds
of Mormons and evangelical
Protestants. Between 43 and 45
percent of Catholics, Lutherans,
Methodists and Presbyterians said
they attended services weekly.
A special thanks to our
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Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
Participating Agencies
BBYO' • Akiva Hebrew Day School • Fresh Air Society • Hebrew Free Loan Association • Hillel Day School
Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit • Hillel-EMU • Hillel-U of M • Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
Jewish Apartments & Services • Jewish Community Center • Jewish Community Council
Jewish Family Service • Jewish Home & Aging Services • JVS • Yeshiva Beth Yeh s udah • Yeshivas Darchei Torah
Participating Congregations
2006 Campaign
Countdown Chairs
Jodi Goodman
David J. Gorosh
Cheryl Guyer
Judy Marx
Adat Shalom • B'nai Moshe • Beth Shalom • Shir Tikvah
Temple Beth El • Temple Kol Ami • Temple Shir Shalom
(Some of our participants are not pictured above)
2006 Annual Campaign
Co-Chairs
Nancy Grosfeld
Lawrence Lax
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