SH irr. 73 Front Lines RENAISSANCE DIGEST DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com Advertising Sales Missing Photo? The generous donors are at it again. The Bookstock volunteers going through thousands of donated volumes in preparation for next April's used book and media sale have again discovered family photographs in between the pages. The very old photo at right was found while books were being sorted last month. There is no identification or writ- ing of any kind on the front or back of the picture. If you know who the photograph belongs to, contact Alan Hitsky, (248) 351-5148 or ahitslcy@thejewishnews.com . The weeklong Bookstock sale last spring generated $150,000 for literacy Publisher/President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Sales Director: Keith Farber kfarber@renmedia.us Account Executives: Ann G. Abrams, Jan Haskell, Melissa Litvin, Heidi Martin, Rick Nessel, Dharlene Norris Senior Sales Assistant: Kim Metzger programs in Southeast Michigan. 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Site Manager: Scott Drzewiecki Designers: Jeffrey Meyer, Pam Sherevan, Michelle Sheridan Editorial — Alan Hitsky, associate editor The mystery woman Iranian Human Rights Pushed Citing a long and grim list of human rights abuses by the govern- ment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Levin said he introduced a U.S. Senate resolution condemning that country's human rights record. He called for an immediate release of those wrongfully imprisoned and urged restoration of meaningful human rights for all of Iran's citizens. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Robert Casey, D-Pa., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Bob Corker, R- Tenn., Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Bill Nelson, R-Fla., joined Levin in sponsor- ing the bipartisan sense of the Senate resolution (S. Res. 355), which passed on Nov. 19. "The Iranian government must stop state-sanctioned violence against its own citizens and live up to its professed ideals and international commitments to pro- tect the human rights of its citizens and others," Levin said. Some of the human rights violations Iran perpetrates on its citizens include: torture and cruel and inhuman treat- ment such as flogging and amputations; a high incidence of executions including of juveniles; stoning as a method of execu- tion; violent repression of women; human rights violations of religious and ethnic minorities; serious restrictions of freedom of peaceful assembly; and severe limita- tions on freedom of religion and belief American citizens also are targets of the Iranian regime. U.S. citizen Robert Levinson has been missing in Iran since 2007 during which time the Iranian regime has denied having any informa- tion on his whereabouts. Reza Taghavi, a 71-year old Iranian-American, has been imprisoned without a trial or formal charges since 2008. 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