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…Contents A 2002 Michigan Press Association DETROIT JEWISH NEWS General Excellence winner www.detroitjewishnews.com Friday, May 23, 2003 Iyar 21, 5763 Vol. COMI, No. 15 THIS WEEK 26 Resounding Support IDF orchestra fetes Israel at local Independence Day fest. OPINION 33 Bombing Others ... The new violence throws down the gauntlet. COMMUNITY 37 In Touch With Israel Miracle Mission reinforces Detroit, Israel relationships. ARTS EN...…

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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Strength Amid Tears Afula's Emekim Mall was the fifth Israeli target of a suicide he doctor suddenly turned into a patient when he bomber over the period of May 17 to 19. The death toll of at became a victim of Palestinian terror Monday in least 12 scuttled a much-anticipated Washington summit Israel's Central Galilee, Detroit Jewry's Partnership with President Bush when Ariel Sharon, Israel's beleaguered 2000 region. The t...…

…Be part of the LETTERS Detroit Jewish News' annual Sourcebook Meaning Is Not Lost A year-Iong resource in the We prefer letters that relate to articles in the Jewish News. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Brevity is encouraged. Letter writers generally are limited to one letter per 4-6 week period, space permitting. Letters must contain the name, address and title of the writer, and a daytime telephone number. Original cop...…

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…For Openers Give Me A Sign n ancient times, soothsayers (and what is a sooth, anyway?) would slaughter animals and read the "signs" of the various entrails that were inspected. Thus, Caesar was warned to beware the Ides of March, which is what gave our former tax dead- line such an ominous background. Then, of course, there were actions SY MANELLO that could be taken as "signs of unrest" (the mattress people should Editorial know about that)...…

…Call for Nominees for the 16t h Annual Berman Award This Week News Digest for Outstanding Professional Service created by Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Note To Dems: Back Off President , VN.,1WZWOYt. 'N'T.Mk'N'', T, KRMi}:INQX.. New York/JTA — A group of Jewish Democrats called on the Democratic presidential candidates to refrain from criticizing President Bush as long as he works to implement the road map for peace. The letter, ...…

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…This Week Boosting Hebrew Immersion T he Jewish Theological Seminary of America has received a $250,000 grant from the Covenant Foundation to expand the scope of its Hebrew Immersion program. Through Hebrew Immersion — formally known as Ma'a/ah: Early Childhood Hebrew Language Immersion Network Program — preschoolers learn Hebrew at a time in their lives when studies have shown the brain is most-easily attuned to language and speech acquisi...…

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…This Week Cover Story Terror's Toll Life Goes On Uncertainty stirs high anxiety among local Jews with loved ones in Israel. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer A t the same moment a group of University of Michigan students excitedly reached the top of Mount Arbel in northern Israel Monday, some of their horrified parents back home were watching televised coverage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing 20 minutes away at a mall in Afula...…

…Course in Israel received a brief but valuable e-mail. It said simply, "Dear Parents, At approximately 5:30 p.m. Israel time, a terrorist incident occurred at the entrance to a mall in the northern town of Afula. Initial reports indicate a number of causalities. All Year Course partic- ipants are accounted for." For Bobbie Lewis of Oak Park, the concise note brought much relief. Her daughter, Miriam, is on the staff of the Hadassah-sponsored Z...…

…This Week Faces Of Death Victims of terrorists share low rank on economic ladder. board the bus. Ostinsky left a wife, two children and two grandchildren. Jewish Telegraphic Agency Some observers noted that, given the terrorists' Jerusalem propensity to blow up buses because tf the high num- ast Friday, on the way to work from Pisgat ber of casualties, the price of attacks is being paid by a Ze'ev, my home neighborhood in Jerusalem, particu...…

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…ASTORDAM GIFTS FOR liER*8 DM AT JEVISILC Gefilte Fish Cap Fending Off Fanatics Academic calls for the strengthening of Muslim moderates. r. Rifaat Hassan, an instructor in religious stud- ies and humanities at the University of Louisville, told a Detroit Council for World Affairs gathering at Wayne State University last week that the adher- ents of Muslim terrorism are "fanatic and extreme." She endorsed military action against terrorists,...…

…Resounding Support IDF ensemble orchestra represents Israel's soldiers in local celebration visit. HARRY KIRSBAUM Staff Writer C entered between two large screens showing images of Israeli daily life and powerful mili- tary might, the Israel Defense Forces Ensemble Orchestra performed to an enthu- siastic crowd in Farmington Hills on May 15 in honor of Yom HiAtzmaut, Israel Independence Day (May 7). The ensemble of Israeli soldiers is part...…

…Clockwise from top left, opposite page: Nathan Nosseri, 11, and Ben Nadis, 10, both of West Bloomfield, serve as ushers. Soldiers Shahar Borek, Aviad Mizrahi, Amit Friedman and Ran Algov - take a break before the peifomance. Shiran Shahar, 21, of Tel Aviv, belts out a number. Capt. Kobi Shamir speaks to the crowd. Michael HarPaz of Farminton Hills sings the American national anthem. Yaffa Sherach of West Bloomfield applauds. Opposite pa...…

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…Remember When • • Mixed Signals From the pages of the Jewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Pro-Israel activists saw a major difference at U.S. colleges this year. John Engler is the first Michigan governor to address the Jewish Community Council's annual meeting. 19"1"1111.1"111.111 Mara Benjamin, a University of Michigan senior, is the winner of the national United Jewish Appeal's "Come To Israel" contest. RACH...…

…Campus Timeline The following is a list of major events during the last school year on North American campuses: • May 2002: Following the "Passover massacre bombing M Israel, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life launches its first Israel advocacy mission. The program draws 400 students for the five-day mission, and 80 remain for two weeks of advocacy training at Tel Aviv University. • May 1, 2002: The American Israel Public Affairs C...…

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…OTHER VIEWS A Ready Partner? yen in the wake of the release of the Middle East road map, a release timed to coincide with the recent appointment of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, some observers are expressing reservations over the prospects of its success. They are voicing questions about both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's willingness to fulfill provisions in the plan and Abbas' ability to do so. The road map was proposed ...…

…Both 'Terrorist' And Ally Philadelphia ne of the stranger news items coming out of Iraq these days concerns an Iranian opposition group called the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK). It's a U.S. government- designated terrorist organization that coalition forces first bombed from the air, then signed a cease-fire agreement with, and finally disarmed and protected. Say that again? The MEK is not your typical anti- Western group but an organization with ...…

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…INSIDE: Community Calendar 48 Mazel Toy! 50 Miracle Mission reinforces why Israel needs Detroit Jewry and Detroit Jewry needs Israel. . HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer IV ith promises of the "trip of a lifetime," Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit leaders are hoping 800 Detroit Jews will board two El Al jumbo jets at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on April 18, 2004, for a 10-day trip to Israel. The Michigan Miracle Mission 4's firs...…

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…Teachers To Learn Hebrew In Israel Ulpan Akiva will offer the course Shachaf— Hebrew for Hebrew teachers — July 21-Aug. 13 in Israel. A dona- tion will fund this project to teach the teaching of Hebrew as a foreign lan- guage. Local Hebrew teacher Nira Lev rec- ommends Ulpan Akiva. 'As an educator involved for many years with training Jewish teachers who teach Hebrew and prayer in Jewish schools," she said, "I am very familiar with the frustr...…

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…THINK SPRING WITH Here's To • • Two 11th graders at Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield have qualified through the PSAT for the National Merit Scholarship finals, putting them in the top 1 percent of the nation. Rivka Barth and Moshe Brystowski are both from Oak Park. Bonnie Garvin, former Detroiter, received an award from the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Zachary Blumstein, 10, a student at Doherty School in West Bloomfield ...…

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