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…Bill Puglianu Jack Edelstein, president, Michigan Association for Ethiopian Jews An Ann Arbor-based organization is aiding the Jews of Ethiopia Ethiopian Pipeline CAROLE GARVIN Special to The…

… eating homemade matzah and observing complete rest . on Pesach is the norm. As president of the Michigan Association for Ethiopian Jews (MAEJ), this Ann Arbor resident's main objective was to convey mes…

… Jewish News hile many Jews celebrated Passover in the comfort of their homes last spring, Jack Edelstein had the unique experience of observing the holiday in the Ethiopian village of Wolleka, where…

…- sages between Ethiopian Jews in Ethiopia and Israel, provide finan- cial assistance to the village and meet with public officials in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa. "I wanted to witness first-hand the…

…MICHIGAN REGION OF WOMEN'S AMERICAN ORT invites you to changed when major ethical issues are involved and when easy alternatives are not available. In the case of children of non-Jewish mothers, he…

… said, "a better way" exists: Try to persuade a non-Jewish mother who is sympathetic enough to Judaism to agree to raising her child as a Jew to convert along with her child; that fail- ing, convert the…

… Jews everywhere as being antithetical to the teachings *of Judaism. We call upon the institutions of con- servative Judaism and others to speak out against the policies of Meir Kahane and other anti…

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… said, because of the Jewish nationality im-: posed by the Soviets on the identity cards of Soviet Jews. Yet the desire to disappear is ingrained, noticeably dis- played by those emigres who do not choose…

… Israel. "I want to say it strongly, the only reason (Soviet Jews are) in the United States is to disappear. "I don't want to be pes- simistic," Rabbi Essas told his listeners. "Because in the last 15 years…

… we have had a Jewish national movement." In addition, he said, 200,000 Jews have left the Soviet Union. "We stopped, at least for part of our people, this forced assimilation ... Now we have hundreds…

…." Why do the Soviets feel that Jews are such a threat? Although Jews are only one percent of the population, they make up five to ten per- cent of the most sensitive areas of Soviet life — doctors…

…, scientists — "even with dis- crimination," he emphasized. "Jews, by their existence, defy the prescription given to them by Lenin and Stalin, which is to disappear," he continued. "Jews are a living denial of…

… in Ethiopia was nine days but, only one was spent in the village. The re- maining days were spent in meetings that were arranged by the U.S. Embassy. "Those meetings were unrelated to Ethiopian Jews…

…. They were with colleagues in my profes- sion to discuss mutual areas of interest like economic de- velopment," he said. Edels- tein is employed at the Uni- versity of Michigan. "My re- sponsibility is to…

… serve as liaison between private in- dustry and the University of Michigan." MAEJ is a non-profit- organization that in the past has partially subsidized trips, but Edelstein "took the money out of my own…

… pocket." He has been president of MAEJ since last year. The organization was formed in 1983 by Hirshhorn, an Ann Arbor resident. "At that time, there was little awareness of the fact that there were Jews…

…- eration Moses was the secret airlift of Ethiopian Jews into Israel, which was revealed in January 1985). Edelstein estimates that 15,000 Ethiopian Jews have made aliyah but 10,000 to 50,000 still remain in…

… Ethiopia. The organization is in con- tact with the American Asso- ciation for Ethiopian Jews and is affiliated with. the Jewish Community Council in Ann Arbor as well as other organizations throughout the…

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… Conser- vative Jewish rabbis sharply disagreed over aspects of the Rabbinic Assembly's recent vote to af- firm the concept of matri- lineal descent of Jews, a key issue in the "Who Is A Jew" controversy…

…. The Assembly, official organization of Conservative rabbis, rejected acceptance of children of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother as Jews without prior conver- sion according to Halacha (Jewish law…

… her Christian faith, but agreed to have the child raised as a Jew. Dr. David M. Feldman of the Jewish Center of Thaneck, NJ; Dr. Robert Gordis, editor of Judaism and professor- emeritus in Bible at the…

… by the Rabbinic Assembly as a purely legalistic measure, without debate of the actual merits of the case for and against recognition of Jews through patrilineal descent. He characterized exclusionary…

… serious Conservative discus- sion of the patrilineal descent issue ever occurs. Schulweis also pleaded for compassion for the predicament of devoted Jews and their con- gregational rabbis who are faced…

… descent — unknown in the Bible — arose in the time of Amos. He believes the Jews who re- turned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile found themselves besieged by the gentile majority and established the…

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… say that economic sanctions would be ineffective and may hurt blacks more than the Pretoria government. Others worry about the effects of such a boycott on the 120,000 Jews living in South Africa. But…

… the very fact that Jews in South Africa are, in a sense, held hostage, underscores a lesson we should have learned 40 years ago: When one group is vulnerable — marked, segregated, without legal…

… course, as a Jew and rabbi, I am very concerned about the future of the Jewish community. I. do - not believe, however, that our future de- pends on limiting the number of Jewish groups that exist…

…, groundless hatred among Jews, that was to blame. Strong beliefs are all too rare in our day. We live in a democratic, It was not factionalism that caused the Second Temple's destruction, rather groundless…

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… meetings and plan events. "One of the main activities is public speaking engagements and a slide show (of his trip) to educate people on the plight of the Ethiopian Jews," Edelstein explained. "Last summer…

… we helped arrange an art fair booth in Ann Arbor devoted to Ethiopian Jews." "Our key is not to get new members because we are limited in what we can do here. Our key is to raise money," he said. "We…

… Ethiopia. "I have strengthened the motivation of MAEJ in continuing the support of Ethiopian Jews and, in particular, to help the Teke family leave." ❑ 31065 Orchard Lake Rd. Nt% Hunters Square at…

… govern- ment forum had given the green light to a Soviet delega- tion. He contended that any Soviet demand should be met with a minimum demand by Israel to release all Jews im- prisoned for Zionist activ…

…- ities. "No Soviet request should be met. without a similar response to Israel's re- quests regarding Soviet Jews," said Arens. Speaking at a press con- ference here with his mother Ida Milgrom and brother…

… mission to Moscow and freedom of emigration for Soviet Jews conditions for granting the Soviet consular request, Peres replied, "I don't think one should approach every nego- tiation with an ultimatum in…

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… part because Israel sought to buy protection for the 50,000 Jews still living in Iran, in part because Iran was willing to buy arms for its war with Iraq, and in part because it was in Israel's interest…

… line, along with Washington's. Soviet Essence Former refusenik Rabbi Eliahu Essas reminded Detroiters this week that they can, and do, make a difference to the Soviet Jews locked behind the Iron…

… Curtain. Although many Jews in the West become discouraged or complacent when letters to refuseniks or Soviet officials go unanswered or are returned, Rabbi Essas assured us that those communication link…

… are an unparalleld pressure point for the Soviet hierarchy, and a lifeline for the two million Jews of the Soviety Union. OP-ED A Very Merry Christmas In Our Homes And Schools MIRIAM L. SUSSMAN m…

… Jew, do you send Christ- mas or season's greetings cards to your Jewish friends and business associates? Or perhaps you feel that your children are missing something dur- ing the Christmas season and in…

… even more difficult. Given the choice of having `Russian' or 'Jew' stamped on his identity card, Andrei "ch- ose to be a Jew," Rosnovski said. Elena's second husband, George Kuna, a Jew, lost his…

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… leaders from across the country returned to the U.S. this week after two in Israel as members of the fifth annual Zionist Organization of America's Young Leader- ship Mission. Participants from Michigan…

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… Book four years later. Kaplan observed Jews who, unable to accept portions of the tradi- tional worship text, aband- oned prayer itself. Kaplan himself shared many of their objections to those sections…

… in a new key. The contemporary theolog- ical and moral sensibilities of Jews were to be respected. Prayers discriminating against women, slaves and gentiles were omitted and replaced by positive…

…'s chosen people and the ra- tionale which the other Jewish movements offered in its favor. For Kaplan, the idea of divine chosenness intro- duces invidious distinctions between Jews and gentiles, implies the…

… innovations, which in- cluded the total acceptance of women in the religious life of the synagogue, e.g., counting women in the minyan, were not meant for every Jew or every synagogue. They were addressed to a…

…-ways, myths, writings — which serve as the common sacred referents of a people. The sancta shared by the widest variety of Jews help preserve the unity in the diversity which characterizes the con- dition of…

…, witty talk, downtown, the former refusenik, who arrived in Israel ten months ago, dealt with a serious subject: the state of the Jew in the Soviet Union. Soviet Jews have been cut off from Judaism for 70…

… years, three full generations, he said. "A prayer book is closed for everybody because no Continued on Page 34 Michigan labor czar Sam Fishman covered a wide range of issues in this exclusive interview…

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… Israel. "We want to stem the dropping out, so that Soviet Jews will see how Israel prospers before they make irrevocable decisions" about settling elsewhere, he said. Hammer, 88, has been deal- ing with…

… every Soviet leader since Lenin. He noted that the Soviets had permitted 50,000 Jews to leave in one year when the Nixon Admin- istration was pursuing its detente policy. He said that Hungarian leaders…

… had recently mention- ed the feasibility of flights for Soviet Jews via Budapest to Israel. He said he had also heard Bucharest mentioned as a possible transit point. Hammer said he was not taking any…

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… note of unity last week with a. newly discovered /capacity to "speak out" on te part of Italy's 40,000 Jews. \ / That capacity, and the corn- munity's new spirit of frater- nal collaboration with the…

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