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… .a hint of Alan younger Israelis by bombing school buses and dis- Zionism beyond the campus Hillel. Says Dersho w i tz cos in Israel. A similar war is being waged on U.S. Dershowitz: "It has literally…

… situation on college of Michigan in Ann Arbor and other top-tier colleges have campuses to improve, we've got to drill deeper into the edu- helped reinforce the Palestinian battlefront on this side of…

… become politically campuses, though less violently. The divest-from- incorrect to be a supporter of Israel." Israel conferences hosted by Arab students at the University Clearly, if we ultimately want the…

…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Addressing Campus Apathy srael's best defense against the terrorism and propa- ganda of Islamic extremists tied philosophically to Palestinian dictator Yasser Arafat's hatred of…

… Jews is "an informed, educated and committed Jewish com- munity here in the United States," says a 40-year human .rights activist and one of American Jewry's deeper thinkers. But the Jewish state is…

… those not members of our community or faith. I also mean a level of ignorance by our children, grandchildren, students, colleagues and peers," the kippah- wearing keynoter told 130 givers at the Jewish…

… Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's ROBERT A. major gifts appreciation dinner on Dec. 5. The 20-minute talk at Congregation SKLAR Shaarey Zedek in Southfield preceded a for- Editor mal address to the…

… of the details of the offers made at Camp David and Taba. We were not familiar that even before Camp David and Taba, Israel withdrew from most of the popula- tion centers, or that the vast majority of…

… the Palestinians were under control of the Palestinian Authority and that these areas were reoccupied only in response to terrorism. "The amount of ignorance was just appalling." Dershowitz announced he…

… news media or the backdrop of Israel's 26-month-long struggle overheard from neighbors or relatives? If we aren't against a Palestinian-led intifada (uprising) that has in the know, how can we expect our…

… resources. Day schools will be merging and MELTDOWN on page 32 Susan Sefansky, a Detroit native and clinical social worker for 25years, is currently an adjunct lecturer at the University of Michigan School…

… compromised by constant D Top left: Argentine Hillel fellows Roberto Porzecanski and Silvana Pedrowicz. Top right: Susan Sefansky and Hillel Buenos Aires Director Gabriel Trajtenberg in front of the soon…

…-to-be renovated Hillel House. hunger. They also are operating the school infir- mary to provide for the needs of people who have no other access to basic health care serv- ices. Many older Argentines, who had…

… of Social Work in Ann Arbor She also is on the Latin American Task Force of International Hillel and the Israel and Overseas Education Subcommittee of the Washtenaw Jewish Federation. E-mail: sefansky…

…FISCAL MELTDOWN JDC leads organizations trying to pull Argentine Jewry out of societal crisis. SUSAN SEFANSKY Special to the Jewish. News escribing the condition of Argentina's economy as merely…

… of Argentina has been largely middle class: shop- keepers, factory owners, business people and professionals. Few among them could have foreseen a downturn of such massive proportions. Although warning…

… signals of a brewing economic crisis surfaced as long as five years ago, when the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) pub- lished a report on the Nueva Probreza, (the new middle class poor…

…) in Argentina, there was no more than a hint of the current fiscal meltdown. When I first visited the country in 1997 to study the Jewish community, and still during my 1998 trip, the professionals were…

… 200 people to Kabbalat Shabbat services. A majority of the community sent its children to Jewish day schools. The JDC was running professional training programs. Buenos Aires was a friendly and safe…

… metropolis, as beautiful as any European city I've ever visited. I was rarely confronted by evidence of serious social issues, such as homelessness or panhandling. In October, however, I experienced and…

… many can no longer afford either the dues or the tuition for day schools. A bright spot in the situation is the development of Hillels in both Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay. Reaching out to more…

… Trajtenberg, the Buenos Aires Hillel director, refers to them as places of hope, not misery. Argentina's Jewish community cur- rently is being sustained in large part by the generosity of the American Jewish…

… commitment — that every Jew will help every other. ❑ Cemetery Revisited The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan's bus tour of old Jewish Detroit included a special stop at Beth Olam Cemetery, located…

… and Michigan State University student who collected children's books as a hobby until a fatal car accident took her life in November 2000. Lindsey was nick- named "Spottie Dottie" after a charac- ter in…

…TA 7 1 k k‘\ Lauren, 12, Jessica, 11, and Ross Kepes, 8, of Bloomfield Hills place stickers during the book drive. Book Drive Aids Schools Children placed commemorative "Spottie's Club" stickers…

… also assisted in the effort as a mitzvah project, said Terri Rossman, Lindsey's mother. "Lindsey's devotion to collecting children's books, and the inspiration of their loving spirit will continue…

… through Spottie's Club, to make the `fun of books' happen for children who might otherwise miss that opportuni- ty," she said. To donate books or to help with processing, call Terri Rossman, (248) 204…

…-6066. Honors For Volunteers Merle Schwartz, Kadima president, of Farmington Hills and Sissi Lapides, a Kadima vice president, of West Bloomfield were recognized as distinguished vol- unteers at the Southfield…

…-based organization's National Philanthropy Day. MELTDOWN from page 31 the two largest JCCs, Hebraica and Hacoaj, already have done so. Diego Freedman, the department's director, projects savings of $250,000 a year…

… just from this one consolidation. The future sale of buildings that the community no longer needs will gener- ate endowment money for new and expanded services. The cost of being Jewish is expensive and…

… Charles Upfal. Jessie is.a seventh-grade honor student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. She loves tennis, skiing and spending time with friends. During the summer, she…

… Jean and Gregory Faljean Sr. of Bayside, N.J. Felicia graduated from the University of Detroit Law School and is an associate with the law firm of Epstein, Turner and Song in Los Angeles. Lawrence…

… is the daughter of Rochelle and Nathan Upfall and sister of Josh. The . proud grandparents are Naomi and Julius Harwood, Lois and Emanuel Mark, Wela Upfal. She is also the grand- daughter of the late…

… enjoys attending Tamarack Camps. Jessie was pleased to volunteer in the nursery school class at Adat Shalom during the High Holidays. She also participated in Hillel's Dor L'Dor program at the Fleischman…

… Residence in West Bloomfield. Out -Of-State Lauren Caitlyn Coden was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 31, at Congregation Beth Am in San Diego, Calif. She is the daughter of Liz and…

… Dan Coden and sister of Jacqueline and Benjamin. Proud grand- parents are Betty and Fred Nederlander of Franklin and Barbara and Ted Coden of West Bloomfield. It was very mean- ingful for her to have…

… family and friends from Detroit and other parts of the country to celebrate her bat mitzvah. Lauren is an honor student at Carmel Valley Middle School in San Diego. She is a level six gymnast, a soccer…

… just for kids. , Ti Connor Nathan Hough celebrated his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Congregation Beth Or in Springhouse, Pa. He is the son of Eric and Linda (Bandalene) Hough, formerly of…

… Southfield, and brother of Alison. His proud grandpar- ents are Kal and Ada Bandalene of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Southfield. Connor attends Indian Valley Middle School in Harleysville, Pa., where he…

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