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…DETROIT 311`971SR NEWS Contents JN A 2002 Michigan Press Association General Excellence winner www.detroitjewishnews.com Friday, May 16, 2003 Iyar 14, 5763 Vol. CXXIII, No. 14 The shadow of an Orthodox Jew is cast on a desk as he prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. ANN ARBOR 11 Shticky Business Ann Arbor's Carol Dunitz is dressed to communicate. THIS WEEK 17 'Worse Than Oslo' ZOA president sees little benef...…
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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK jaw 34th Annual Meeting and Election of Officers Emotions And Heroes IV e're going to Israel as a community to show the world we're in lockstep with the Jewish state amid a time of upheaval and uncertainty spurred by Palestinian terror. We'll stand with our Israeli brethren and applaud their resolve. And we'll take in the sweet and not-so-sweet scents of this biblical, belea- guered land of our forebears. Under tight secu...…
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…RINKE MILLAC 86 Years And Still Delivering THROUGH BREAK gib% ■ Wr financing up to 60 months 0 PMs Sharon, Abbas Meet Saturday Night Jerusalem/JTA — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, are to meet in Jerusalem. Palestinian sources said Abbas would call on Israel to accept the U.S.-backed road map for peace as is, Israel Radio reported. At Israel's Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Sharon told minist...…
…Staff Notebook Safety First Korczak: A Jewish Hero T anusz Korczak was described in a recent story ("Not On Our Watch," May 2, page 14) as a non-Jewish children's advocate and protector in Poland during the Holocaust. In fact, not only was Janusz Korczak a Polish Jew born as Henryk Goldszmit, he was a well- known pediatrician, author and educator years before the German occupation of Poland. He introduced the first progressive orphanages i...…
…hank )(motif To all the agencies and congregations that participated in Federation's Campaign Countdown Adat Shalom Synagogue Golden Phone Award Winner Congregation Beth Ahm for outstanding outreach, solicitation and participation BBYO Congregation Beth Shalom Akiva Hebrew Day School ;coil IQ our Cufr.,M> , ffi MOt0k Congregation B'nai Moshe General Motors Foundation representatives Lorna Utley & Karen Merkle with Susie Pappas an...…
…This Week Analysis Summit Meeting The Sharon-Bush talks will set the stage for future progress between the Israelis and Palestinians. LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegmphic Agency Jerusalem Some argue that Sharon is using a familiar technique before his White House visit — striking a tough pose for his domestic audience, only to magnanimously "concede" certain issues when he meets with Bush. Though Powell managed to set up a meeting between Sha...…
…`Worse Than Oslo' ZOA president sees little benefit in road map. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter should be demanding the arrest of more terrorists instead of releasing them." Klein took offense at the announcement this week of an additional $75 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians. "Do you reward three years of terrorism with the ultimate concession — a state?" he asked angrily. "It sends a message to terrorists: Keep killing people and you'l...…
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…2003 Murano SL MISSION from page 17 Remembrance) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel's Independence Day). "We will fill up hotels, we will fill up shops and for 10 days we will do everything we can to help overcome all the terrible things that are oroina b on in Israel," Dr. Krugel said. Rabbi Elliot Pachter is confident congregants at B'nai Moshe will be encouraged by the Shabbat talk by Dr. Krugel. "The last mission in 1999, we split a bus with Beth...…
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…This Week Post-Iraq Period State Department o miss connecting to local interest groups. HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS: PENN\ & HAROLD BLIMENSTEIN IUD\ & MARK GOLDSMITH EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: GAIT. ELKUS N.-ANC\ WINER The Detroit Friends of Alyn Hospital invite you to join us in our Bar Mitzvah year as we honor Debbie and Michael Balkin HONORARY' COMMITTEE*: BINERO BAKER AARON BALKIN H.ANA BAI KIN PAULA BAI KIN LAI:RN & SHARON BERRA SO\\A ...…
…This Week Washington Watch Mideast Sparring Sharon comes to Washington next week to discuss the road mapO with Bush. JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent groups in Washington 4 31 ewish are bracing for what could be Other observers suggest Sharon has a clear understanding of Bush's red lines — and of the gap between the White House, which is hoping for incremental steps toward reducing the violence, and the State Department, which se...…
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…Warsaw Torah Gift Recalls Uprising RUTH E. GRUBER Special to the Jewish News Warsaw/JTA W arsaw's Jewish community has a new Torah scroll. Donated by a congrega- tion in Chicago, the Torah was installed in the city's Nozyk Synagogue in a gala ceremony that was part of commemorations marking the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Visiting Israeli President Moshe Katsav carried the scroll into the synagogue after it was brought...…
…. • .. wigoRpan..§FmoRg.9ggmeu eaSs": Truth To Power Jerusalem Post publisher sees Palestinian regime change as essential to peace. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News r or Tom Rose, publisher and CEO of the Jerusalem Post, conventional wisdom is convenient wisdom. But both can be limiting and dangerous for journalists and nations. "We [journalists] have the responsi- bility to speak truth to power, whether it is pleasant or unpleasant....…
…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com The Deal Breaker "There will be more than enough time in the future to discuss some of the more contentious issues that will -have to be dealt with. But right now, let's get started." — U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. ell, not quite. Two realities need to be face...…
…OTHER VIEWS Israelis Should Be Proud Efrat s is the case for a mature adult, the first challenge for Israel as it turns 55 is to "know thy- self" — to have a clear sense of who we are by knowing what we stand for, the values and ideals by which and for which we live and, if necessary, for which we are prepared to die. We must define the unique mission that establishes our place in the com- munity of nations. Since we Jews are the "People of...…
…Sending Syria A Signal communicate to Syrian leaders diminish in favor of the State that his closing the offices would be Philadelphia its seriousness of purpose. Department" (i.e., a softer "related" to regaining control over the ollowing an intensive three- Fortunately, it has a powerful approach toward Syria will Golan Heights from Israel (a distant hour meeting with Syria's tool at hand — the Syria prevail). prospect, at best). President ...…
…OTHER VIEWS Dear Mayor, Take Note RUBINSTEIN from page 32 Jerusalem 18 arly next month, residents of tional and health gaps between its var- Jerusalem will elect the city's ious components, including gaps new mayor. According to the between Arabs and Jews. Some of its latest polls, millionaire busi- achievements are unprecedented: nessman Nir Barkat, a 43-year-old Israeli Arabs have a higher life political unknown and electoral virgin, ex...…
…INSIDE: Community Calendar 43 Mazel Toy! 45 A CARING SOUL As 'Activist of the Yean" David Techner tends to Jews in Detroit and Israel in their hours of need SHARON LUCKERMAN Staff Writer T he day funeral director David Techner found out he was to be feted as Detroit Jewry's 'Activist of the Year," he had to inform his mother, Miriam — even though she lay near death. It was a bittersweet moment for him, at the least. On that very day...…
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…anl ern CONGRATULATIONS THE RABBIS, BOARD, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS OF THE JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK SALUTE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT FOR SELECTING Berman Award Honors Service To honor the contribution of outstand- ing professionals in service to the Jewish community, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit invites nomina- tions for the annual Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Award, to recog- nize ...…
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…ONLY A FEW SPACES REMAIN! Middle School in Oak Park, where is on the basketball team and track squad. For his mitzvah project, A.J. has been volunteering at the Dearborn Animal Shelter for the past two years. The cen- terpieces from his celebration will reflect an animal and pet theme. He will donate a portion of his bar mitzvah money to the shelter. Danielle Rachel DePriest will read from the Torah as she becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple Shi...…
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…When the light shines on her alone... set her heart ablaze. Engagements CANTOR-BEN berry and George Cantor of West Bloomfield and Barbara and Allan Ben, also of West Bloomfield, are thrilled to announce the engagement of their chil- dren Jamie Mara Cantor and Michael Stuart Ben. Jamie earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and political science from the University of Michigan and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, ...…
…Community Mazel Toy! Engagements LIEBERMAN-RIZAK IN s. Nancy Lieberman, Mr. Douglas Rhodes Shapiro of Huntington Woods and Mr. David Lieberman of West Hollywood, Calif., announce the engagement of their daughter Erika Beth to Aaron William Rizak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rizak of White Lake. An October wedding is planned. WEISS-HOFFMAN n Pretty D (the D is silent) and Slim Jacks just got engaged. Pretty will be going to medical s...…
