Front Lines
DIGEST
Preparing For Nuke Threat
Jerusalem/JTA
Israeli forces are
preparing to deal with the Iranian
nuclear threat, Ehud Olmert said.
Ma'ariv quoted the Israeli prime
minister as saying late Sunday that
the lessons of the Lebanon war
were being learned and that Israel's
armed forces were preparing for
future security challenges.
"Our soldiers will be trained to
counter the threats facing Israel,
first and foremost the Iranian threat,
and we have already begun with
that task:' Olmert told a gathering of
Kadima Party activists.
Israel has voiced support for U.S.-
led efforts to curb Iran's nuclear
program through the threat of U.N..
Security Council sanctions, but has
not ruled out pre-emptive military
action. In 1981, Israeli warplanes
bombed Iraq's main atomic reactor,
dealing a serious blow to Saddam
Hussein's quest for the atomic bomb.
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Friday
November 10, 2006
CSZ Southfield
C O NGRE G A TIO N
6:00 PM
SHAAREY ZEDEK
Friday Night Fever Services
Join us for a musical "come as you are" celebration of the
Kabbalat service followed by an
optional Shabbat dinner.
7:00 PM
New Member Dinner
Let's celebrate together as we
welcome our new member families
to Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
Traditional Shabbat dinner.
To RSVP for dinner, please call
248/357-5544 by November 7, 2006.
Adults $20 • Children $7
New Member Dinner is sponsored by
t he Rita and Jerry Keywell
New Member Fund
8:00 PM
Guest Speaker,
Dennis Prager
Join us as guest speaker Dennis
Prager presents the topic: "Does
Judaism have anything to say to
the world?"
There is no charge to attend this
portion of the program.
Babysitting is available during the
presentation by reservation.
Attack On Iran Less Favored
New York/JTA
U.S. Jewish sup-
port for a military strike against
Iran is declining, according to a new
study.
Thirty-eight percent of American
Jews would support U.S. military
action against Iran, according to the
American Jewish Committee's annu-
al survey of U.S. Jewish opinion,
down from 49 percent last year.
The survey also found that 81 per-
cent of respondents think the Arabs'
goal is the destruction of Israel, 62
percent disapproved of American
handling of the war on terror and
66 percent believe Iraq will 'never
become a stable democracy.
Addressing this summer's conflict
between Israel and Lebanon, 55
percent said they approve of Israel's
handing of the war, but less than a
quarter said Israel emerged as the
winner.
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Dennis Prager
Radio and Talk Show Host
Dennis Prager is one of
America's most respected radio
talk show hosts.. Dennis has
engaged in interfaith dialogue
with Catholics at the Vatican,
Muslims in the Persian Gulf,
Hindus in India, and Protestants
at Christian seminaries
throughout America. For ten
years, he conducted a weekly
interfaith dialogue on radio with
representatives of virtually
every religion in the world. New
York's Jewish Week described
Dennis Prager as "one of the
three most interesting minds in
American Jewish Life."
Saturday • November 11 2006
CSZ Southfield
Hamas Vows Kidnappings
Jerusalem/JTA
A Hamas official
threatened the abduction of more
Israeli soldiers.
"We will abduct more soldiers if
Israel does not release Palestinian
prisoners," Palestinian Authority
Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar,
a senior Hamas member, told sup-
porters at a Gaza Strip rally over the
weekend.
Hamas was the main actor in a
June 25 raid across the Gaza border
in which two Israeli soldiers were
killed and a third, Cpl. Gilad Shalit,
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Lunch and Learn with Dennis Prager
Welcome our guest, ,Dennis Prager, as he presents the Lunch and
Learn topic:"Is the Liberal Agenda the Jewish Agenda?"
$13.00 per person. Reservations are a must.
For more information, or to RSVP, please call the synagogue
offices at 248/357-5544.
Dennis Prager's appearance is generously sponsored by
The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation in memory of Morris D. Baker
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THE B'NAI B'RITH LECTURE BUREAU
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captured. The Palestinian Authority
has demanded that Israel release
hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
in exchange for Shalit. While Israel
has formally ruled this out, a Hamas
aide was quoted as saying over the
weekend that it could relent soon.
"Soon we will find a solution to
the matter of the captive soldier,"
said Ahmed Youssef, an adviser to
P.A. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
"Israel has voiced readiness to
accept the Palestinian terms, which
include the release of Palestinian
prisoners."
Phosphorous Use Confirmed
Jerusalem/JTA
Israel confirmed
that it used white phosphorous
rounds during the Lebanon war.
Ha'aretz this week quoted
Cabinet minister Jacob Edery as
telling a lawmaker that Israeli
forces fired an unspecified num-
ber of white phosphorous shells at
Hezbollah targets during the war.
Security sources confirmed the
statement.
The material is designed to wipe
out enemy emplacements by causing
severe burns. Israel says it abided by
international law, which bans its use
against civilian targets.
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UJC Is 34th Top Charity
New York/JTA
U.S. Jewish
groups are well represented in the
Chronicle of Philanthropy's annu-
al list of the 400 largest charities.
The list in the publication's Oct.
26 issue, which named the 400
U.S. charities that took in the most
money from private donors in 2005,
included 23 Jewish charities, down
from 26 in 2004.
The United Jewish Communities,
the umbrella group for North
America's 155 federations, took in
$333,824,000 and was the highest-
ranked Jewish group at No. 34, while
the United Jewish Communities of
MetroWest in New Jersey was the
last organization named on the list.
The Jewish Communal Fund moved
up the list to No. 54, after increas-
ing its intake by 49 percent since
the previous year, to $203,330,851,
according to the Chronicle.
The Jewish National Fund
made the list for the first time,
coming in at No. 359. Three fed-
erations, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Washington, and the San
Diego-based Jewish Community
Foundation, dropped off the list.
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