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… at the University of Michigan. Speaking at Cong. Shaarey Zedek on "Gorbachev's Reforms and the Future of Soviet Jewry," Gitelman said that the Soviet leader is younger than his predecessors, that he is…
… Committee of the Jewish Community Council, the Wayne State University B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation and the school's departments of humanities and political science, Gitelman said Gor- bachev "has had little…
… Senators' Letter STAFF REPORT T he presidents of several local Jewish organizations have written to Michigan's two U.S. senators to protest a "land for peace" solution to "the Middle East crisis." The…
… Strategic Studies, Children's Hospital of Michigan and the Michigan Cancer Foundation. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 5 …
… member of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit and has been active with the Detroit • Interfaith Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Tel Aviv University's Center for…
… people's truth; there is the state's truth?' Published in the Soviet Union on- ly two years ago, these words il- lustrate a paradox never expressed publicly until the rise to power of Soviet leader Mikhail…
… Gorbachev. His apparent willingness to open the gates of democracy is just one way in which Gorbachev is different from previous Soviet leaders, according to Dr. Zvi Gitelman, professor of political science…
… exposure to the views, the problems and the aspira- tions of the non-Russian republics." This includes Soviet Jews. Gitelman said Gorbachev is try- ing to break the Soviet government's tradition of treating…
… its controlled super- vision of the daily lives of everyday people," as can be seen in the new freedom for artists and writers. In exchange, Gitelman said, Gor- bachev expects great initiative. "He…
… wants his children to be more respon- sible, particularly in the economic area." The "catchwords" of this new ap- proa.ch are the ubiquitious perestroika, glasnost and democratizatzia. Gitelman said…