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…Contents JNonline.us Thursday, May 28-June 3, 2009 5-11 Sivan 5769 Vol. CXXXV, No. 17 By Cycling On The Burma Road On a two-week tour of Israel are Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit students Gabriel Dell, West Bloomfield; Laurenne Kaufman, Orchard Lake; Tess LeWitt, Bloomfield Hills; Jacob Seid, Franklin; Lilly Morrison, Huntington Woods; and Tess Relle, Bloomfield Hills. Defeating Radical Islam All Memorial Day A16 Service h...…
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…Special Report RADICAL ISLA JNMASKED Muslim Reform Anti-Islamist American Muslim says Muslims must stem the tide of radical Islam. Stories by Robert Sklar Editor I slamic fundamentalism and home- grown terror threaten the American way of life and our national security Assuring Western security, amid the fanaticism of radical Islam and its intoler- ance of basic human rights and Western liberties, hinges on the ideological defeat of poli...…
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…Metro MEMORIAL DAY Left: Jewish War Veteran Saul Arsht of Farmington Hills Below: Cantorial Soloist Rachel Kalmowitz of Temple Beth El Paying Respect Memorial Day service remembers those who served the country. T he annual community Memorial Day service was held in the chapel at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township this year for the first time rather than at Beth El Memorial Park cemetery in Livonia. The move made it more accessible f...…
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…Spirituality HOL IDAY 101 Shavuot Holiday marks the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Elizabeth Applebaum Special to the Jewish News T he Holiday: Shavuot, or "weeks," in Hebrew, lasts for two days. On the Jewish calendar, Shavuot is celebrated on the 6th and 7th of Sivan which this year comes out on Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30. Why We Celebrate: The origins of Shavuot are biblical, found in Leviticus 23: 15-21. This passage do...…
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