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YEAR IN REVIEW

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

MARTY KNOLLENBERG

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proud sponsor of
HB 4903, a bill to divest
Michigan's pensions from
connections with Iran"

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"The future of Israel is in high technology
and the future of high technology
in Israel is at the Technion."

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anti-Semitism in Western Europe is
at unprecedented levels and European
governments are woefully inept at
measuring and prosecuting hate
crimes.
Jerusalem — Shimon Peres, 83,
was elected Israel's ninth president, a
largely ceremonial role, for a seven-
year term. The Nobel Prize winner
has held virtually every top civilian
post in Israel during his 60-year
career, including that of prime min-
ister.
Jerusalem — Hamas gunmen took
over the Gaza Strip after routing
the rival Fatah at a key Palestinian
Authority security compound. Hamas
declared victory after seizing the
Preventive Security Service compound
in Gaza City, a last stronghold of P.A.
President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah in
the coastal territory.
Jerusalem — Israeli President
Moshe Katsav confessed to sexual
misconduct under a plea bargain
that spared him more serious rape
charges and possible prison time. He
resigned his presidency as part of the
plea.

JULY

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Matt Engelbert East Central Regional Director Jo Strausz Rosen Detroit Chapter Director
Barbara Zeevi Administrative Assistant

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New York — The Catholic Church's
decision to allow the Latin Mass
sparked tension between Jews and
Catholics. Pope Benedict XVI issued
a declaration authorizing wider use
of the mass, an older form of Catholic
worship that includes a prayer read
only on Good Friday for the conver-
sion of the Jews.
Washington — President Bush
announced a major initiative aimed
at bolstering Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas. The plan included
tens of millions of new funding for the
Palestinian Authority, as well as new

military aid to Israel and arms sales to
Saudia Arabia. The Saudi sale was seen
as a way to entice Riyadh to attend
an American-hosted international
peace conference on Israel and the
Palestinians in the fall.
Hollywood, Fla. — The Broward
County School Board approved two
measures that effectively give a green
light to the nation's only Hebrew-lan-
guage charter school. The Ben-Gamla
Charter School, to open for the new
school year, will be operated by a pri-
vate company, Academica, under the
direction of Adam Siegel, an Orthodox
rabbi.

AUGUST

Washington — More than 100
members of the U.S. House of
Representatives signed a letter warn-
ing President Bush they would try to
stop his proposed arms sale to Saudi
Arabia.
Paris — Jean-Marie Lustiger, a
Jewish-born convert to Catholicism
who became a top Vatican figure,
died. A former archbishop of Paris, he
was the son of Polish Jewish refugees
but converted at age 13 while hiding
in Catholic boarding schools during
World War II. He said he always con-
sidered himself a Jew. Mourners recit-
ed Kaddish for him during his funeral
at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral.
New York — A youth village, spon-
sored by the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, which will
serve 500 impoverished Rwandan
orphans was created. The village is the
brainchild of Anne Heyman, a South
African-born New York lawyer who
was moved to help after learning that
15 percent of Rwandan children are
orphans due to genocide. 0

