DETROIT JEWISH NEWS the.JEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl@renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman@renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz®renmedia.us EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs dsachs@renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar@renmedia.us Contributing Writers Bill Carroll Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman sdorfman@thejewishnews.com Ronelle Grier Robin Schwartz Steve Stein sports@thejewishnews.com RED Tutmagazine Editor Bryan Gottlieb bsgottlieb@renmedia.us Executive Editor Gail Zimmerman gzimmerman@renmedia.us rinted .1% ring 1/.1 ennqx tins Dattail f %re. 11..4 6 July 21 &.201I ichi DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines >> letters Poll Finds Palestinians Reject Violence, Still Reject Israel WASHINGTON (JTA) — Palestinians favor negotiations and nonviolent means but still do not accept Israel's legitimacy, a poll showed. The Israel Project poll released Tuesday showed that a substantial majority of Palestinians see a two-state solution as a step toward a one-state solution and not as an end in itself Asked to choose between two state- ments, 66 percent of respondents favored "The real goal should be to start with a two-state solution, but then move to it all being one Palestinian state" and 30 percent picked "I can accept perma- nently a two-state solution with a home- land for the Palestinian people living side by side with Israel, a homeland for the Jewish people' Asked whether they agreed with President Obama that "there should be two states: Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people and Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people 34 percent accepted the formulation and 61 percent rejected it. Majorities favored negotiating in similar numbers: 65 percent chose the statement "This is the time for diplo- matic engagement with Israel" over "This is the time for violent resistance with Israel:' A narrower majority, 52-43 per- cent, said negotiations should resume under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's parameters, which would keep Jerusalem united and would not allow Palestinian refugees to settle in Israel. Respondents opposed firing rockets on Israeli cities, 59-22 percent, and the murder of an Israeli settler family, 42-29 percent, but favored "teaching songs and chants in Palestinian schools that talk about hating the Jews',' 53-34 percent, and kidnapping and holding Israeli sol- diers hostage, 62-27 percent. The face-to-face survey carried out by the Greenberg-Quinlan-Rosner poll- ing firm from June 22 to July 8 reached 1,010 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. JCC Hosts Jewish Law Scholar Yaffa Epstein The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment) will host teacher and scholar Yaffa Epstein for three sessions on Thursday, Aug. 11, at the JCC, 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield. Epstein teaches Talmud and Jewish law and serves as director of recruit- ment at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, an independent, non-denomi- national co-ed school in Jerusalem. Participants may attend one ses- sion or all three. The first two sessions theJEWISHNEWS.com involve some small-group study, while the third is a lecture only. The first session is a brunch and learn from 9:30-11 a.m. and the topic is "Should Looks Matter? What Is Beauty in Judaism?" The afternoon class will be from 2-3:30 p.m. and the topic is "Bruriah: Truth, Myth and the Construction of the Ideal Jewish Woman." The final session is from 7-8:30 p.m. and the topic is "If It's Worth Saying Once, It's Worth Saying Twice: Lessons from Hillel's Ascent to Power." Space is limited and advance regis- tration is required to (248) 432-5692 or at www.jccdet.org. The cost for all three sessions is $18; the brunch and learn only is $10; the second and third ses- sions are $5 each. Couple Lead Technion Mission To Israel Franklin residents Scott and Susie Leemaster led the American Technion Society (ATS) Mission to Paris and Israel titled "Illumination and Innovation" from May 29-June 10, while Lawrence Jackier of Bloomfield Hills chaired the Technion International Board of Governors (BOG) meeting, which followed the mission. Close to $10 million was raised in new and qualifying gifts from the mission, which drew 76 participants. Some 70 ATS supporters also attended the BOG. The Leemasters, who have been on two previous ATS missions, were this year's mission national chairs. Scott Leemaster is a member of the ATS national board and the Technion inter- national board of governors, and has twice been president of the ATS Detroit Chapter. In Paris, participants met with Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, toured the Marais (the old Jewish quarter) and dined at a 17th-century chateau, among other activities. Scott Leemaster hosted the welcome dinner at Pavillon Ledoyen, which was attended by Ambassador Yossi Gal, Israel's new ambassador to France, former French Prime Minister Edith Cresson and Jacques Lewiner, president of the Association Technion France. From Paris, participants traveled to Israel, where they toured and had a private meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres. The highlight was time spent at the Technion campus in Haifa. Events at the BOG (June 11-15) on the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology campus included presenta- tions of Technion projects and inven- tions, lectures and off-campus trips as well as committee meetings and award ceremonies. 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