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The European in African Art, 1500—Present
April 18—August 8,
2010
Portuguese sailors landed on the shores of West Africa more
than 500 years ago. Strangers at first, Europeans became
trading partners. settlers, and eventually colonizers. African
artists recorded every stage of these changing relationships,
and now you can experience this fascinating history—for the
first time—through African eyes.
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Before returning to the Vatican
Sunday following an official visit to
Cyprus, the pope presented a Vatican
document that said "the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict and the resulting
instability throughout the region" was
one factor making life difficult for
Christians in the region.
"The menacing social situation in
Iraq and the political instability of
Lebanon further intensify the phe-
nomenon," the document added.
The 45-page document, was pre-
pared for an assembly of bishops
called to address the situation of
Christians in the Middle East that is
due to take place in October.
The document rejected anti-
Semitism but criticized Israeli occupa-
tion of the West Bank.
"The Israeli occupation of
Palestinian Territories is creating dif-
ficulties in everyday life, inhibiting
freedom of movement, the economy
and religious life — access to the
holy places is dependent on military
permission, which is granted to some
and denied to others on security
grounds:' it said.
"Moreover, certain Christian fun-
damentalist theologies use sacred
Scripture to justify Israel's occupa-
tion of Palestine, making the position
of Christian Arabs an even more sen-
sitive issue."
The document called for dialogue
among all faiths in the region and also
highlighted the Christian minority's
difficulties with Islam.
"Oftentimes, relations between
Christians and Muslims are difficult,
principally because Muslims make
no distinction between religion and
politics, thereby relegating Christians
to the precarious position of being
considered non-citizens',' it said.
JVS Hosts Peter Karmanos
Dearborn
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your help, encouragement and
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Compuware Chairman
and CEO Peter Karmanos will share
some of his business acumen and serve
as the honorary chair and Keynote
speaker at JVS's annual Strictly Business
Networking and Awards Luncheon
Tuesday, June 15, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30
p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn.
For sponsorship or ticket information,
contact Judy Strongman, (248) 233-4213
or jstrongman@jvsdet.org .
Karmanos started the software company
Compuware in 1973 after he and some
friends each invested $3,000 of their tax-
return money to form the company.
Today, Compuware has more than
4,000 employees and greater than $1.1
billion in annual revenue. In addition
—
to his business pursuits, Karmanos has
made gifts of more than $50 million to
establish and support the Detroit-based
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.
Boxer Yuri Foreman Falls
New York/JTA — A game, but limping
Yuri Foreman dropped his first title
defense when the referee stopped the
contest in the ninth round against
Miguel Cotto at Yankee Stadium.
Foreman, a rabbinical student from
Brooklyn, N.Y., was hit with a right
hand to the body and slipped as he
had several times earlier in the bout
against Cotto, who became a four-
time world champion by taking away
Foreman's World Boxing Association
super-welterweight crown.
The first slip had occurred in the
seventh round, when Foreman's leg
buckled under him in his own corner.
From that point on he appeared to be
in pain but continued to fight. A towel
thrown into the ring, apparently by
Foreman's corner in a bid to stop the
fight, was disallowed by referee Arthur
Mercante Jr. in the eighth round.
"I'm a world champion — now a
former world champion — and you
don't just quit:' Foreman said in the
ring after the fight. "A world champion
needs to fight."
Cotto, now 35-2 with 28 knockouts,
was the aggressor throughout the
fight. Foreman lost his first fight in his
30th bout.
A raucous pro-Cotto crowd of
20,273 witnessed the fight.
Answering
Israel's Critics
The Charge
France's President Nicholas Sarkozy
last week accused Israel of using
disproportionate force in its "raid"
on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
The Answer
Would Sarkozy have wanted the
Israeli seamen to act proportion-
ately by brutally attacking the ship's
passengers with pipes and knives
as the passengers did against the
sailors? Instead, the deaths resulted
as Israel needed to use lethal force
to rescue its sailors whose lives
were being threatened.
- Allan Gale
Jewish Community Relations Council
of Metropolitan Detroit
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