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…■ II Something Extra Notebook LUNGevity Walk Loops `M' Campus Ann Arbor A walk-a-thon for the LUNGevity Foundation will take place Sunday, April 3, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The event, which will attract participants from the Detroit and Ann Arbor Jewish communities, begins with a rally on the Diag at 11 a.m., followed by a three-mile walk around campus. The speaker at the rally will be U-M alumna Melissa Lumberg Zagon,...…
…y, March 31 Farmington Hills. RSVP by March 31: (734) 649-4192. Songs Remembered Robyn Helzner sings Holocaust-related songs in Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew and English 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 children, in advance; $20, $10 at door. Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. Varner Recital Hall, Oakland University, Rochester. (248) 370-3013. LZA Donor Lunch Labor Zionist Alliance and Na'amat USA honor Evelyn Noveck at 12:30 p.m. lunch- eon with s...…
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…Checkered Past Jewish Historical Society of Michigan hosts Derek Hastings, prof. of history, Oakland University, "The Holocaust, Resistance and the Problem of Memory in Munich" noon-1 p.m. Gold Room C, Oakland Center, Oakland University. (248) 370-2146. Cosh Mochif Shabbat Speaker Rev. Norman M. Pritchard, Kirk in the Hills, speaks on "Surprised by God" at 7:30 services. Temple Beth El (248) 851-1100. Saturday, April 9 Scholar in Residen...…
…"It is not up to us to determine who is worthy of living and dying. Quality of life is not a criterion for Jews in that determination. However, according to traditional Jewish law, Judaism does allow removing obstacles, including life support machines, to the natural dying process for someone who is terminally dying." — Rabbi Lauren Berkun, director of lifelong learning at Congregation Shaarey Zedek and facilitator of seminars on Jewish medic...…
…The divide comes from how the tube that provides food and water is defined. If it is seen as a medical device, as Rabbi Dorff does, it may be removed. If it is seen as a feeding device, as Rabbi Reisner does, it may not be removed. Rabbi Dorff puts a person dependent A Life Is A Life on a feeding, tube "in the halachic cate- gory of treita which, he argues, is a life Rabbi Avi Shafran of the fervently Rabbi Nevins that does not require our ful...…
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…Metro The Snowflakes Won't Know What Hit Them Last Call Saab 9-2X Linear LEASE A 2005 SAAB 9-2X LINEAR Whose Decision? T here are no winners in the sad case of Terri Schiavo. But there are plenty of losers. I was angry when I learned of Congress' involvement in its "Palm Sunday" decision, and livid when I learned of the memo sent to the Republicans extolling the future political gains to be made from the Schiavo matter. I wondered what o...…
…Metro Singhf The Blues It music, music, music at Kol Ami. Joining Bo White and the Bluezers are Sandy Jessop of Farmington Hills and Linda Kolnierz of Southfield. At center Bo of Bo White lind the Bluezers belts out a blues tune, Taking a break to catch up in conversa- tion are Marian McClellan of Oak Park, Andra Soble of Farmington Hills and Nathalie Conrad of Oak Park. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN Staff Writer W hen Temple Kol Ami mem- be...…
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…Factional Spat Insult from Russian chief rabbi puts Chabad-Reform dispute in public eye. LEV KRICHEVSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency Moscow n article blasting Reform Judaism in Chabad Lubavitch's main Russian-language maga- zine has outraged Reform leaders in Russia and the United States. Reform Judaism "embodies an approach toward things that is oppo- site to the approach of the Torah," Rabbi Berel Lazar, the leading Chabad official in the f...…
…World Silent Stars Actor says Hollywood Jews are not taking a big enough role for Israel. HARRY KIRS BAUM Staff Writer I II amous Hollywood Jews are not doing enough to support Israel said one of their own to a crowd of 125 on March 22 at an event sponsored by the Michigan Region of the Anti-Defamation League and the Ravitz Program for Confronting Anti-Semitism. "There's a certain lack of visible Jewish role mod- els — actors, comedians ...…
…Editorials are posted and archived on JNOnline.com The E-1 Flip-Flop AN ISRELI A Dry Bones IN FRAME OF MIND THE HEALING WINDS OF PEACE ARE BLOWING MU THE MIDDLE EAST! is easy to understand the internal politics that drove Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to approve the development of an additional 3,500 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim. It's a lot harder to understand why the United States is being so Hippy-flop...…
…OTHER VIEWS The Case For Choosing Life New York already ruined her life. I have sat n May 1995, Christopher with women whose husbands Reeve was taking part in a have abandoned them for anoth- cross-country equestrian er woman. They, too, have told event when a fall caused his me that the pain of rejection and skull to literally become sepa- the feeling like they are dried-up, rated from his spinal cord. He used goods, has made them wish was ...…
…It began as a lesson about prejudice_ What happened next was a miracle. The Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit and the Ravitz Foundation present an evening with Linda Hooper Principal of Whitwelt Middle School Whitwell, Tennessee Home of the CCp apes Clips" project and the award-winning documentary "Paper Clips" Winner of the 2004 Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival Harold & Sarah Gottlieb Prize Wednesday, Apra 6, 2005 • 7:...…
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…Cd r wish famili Magda's Jewish Friend The unusual friendship between a Zionist and a top Nazi leader's wife. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor : I just saw "Downfall," the German film about Hitler's last days in his bunker, and was so troubled by the image of Magda Goebbels killing her six children that I came home to do a bit more research on her. I under- stand that some people believe that Magda, before marrying Josef Goebbels, was...…
…The Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County proudly announces its 6TH BIANNUAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD DINNER, honoring Bill Marti n, Champion of our Community Athletic Director, University of Michigan Past President, Board Member, United States Olympic Committee May 2, 2005; Ypsilanti Marriott 5:30 pm cocktails; 6:30 pm program ei kosher dinner Dinner reservations: S18o/person Host Committee (in formation) Honorary Co-Chairs Mary Sue & Ken ...…
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…Glass lewish artists are among the many exhibitors of one-of- a-kind works on Laura Donefer: "Amulet Basket," Flame worked glass. view far Michigan Glass Month. LYNNE KONSTANTIN Special to the Jewish News askets are for carrying," says Canadian glass artist Laura Donefer. "They can contain fruit or read or pebbles or fresh-picked flowers. They can hold wishes or dreams." Among Donefer's earlier baskets are what she calls "witch pots....…
…Arts & Life One Of A Kind When Sam Apple met Hans Breuer, Austria's only wandering shepherd and Yiddish folksinger, he was overwhelmed with curiosity about who he was and what motivated him not only to tend a flock of more than 600 sheep (and sing them lullabies) but to give concerts in historically anti-Semitic towns. New York-based Apple signed on as Breuer's appren- tice, walking the Alps, struicling to herd sheep and exploring along the ...…
…ARTS • calendar A MUSICAL NOTES ON THE STAGE THE BIG SCREEN Tom Jones - Popular rock and pop star. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Twp. 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2. $68, $65, $62. (586) 286-2222 or www.MacombCenter.com. The Hot L Baltimore - University of Michigan Department of Theatre and Drama presents Lanford Wilson's warm and funny tale of lost souls caught up in urban decay. Trueblood Theatre, Frieze Bldg., Ann Arbor. 7:...…
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…p Glass Month At A Glance Here's a look at some other Michigan Glass Month offerings around town: • Michigan Glass 2005: The Artist as Teacher, the Studio as Classroom: Featuring the work of glass artists and teachers from Michigan, including Herb Babcock and Annette Baron. Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, the University of Michigan-Dearborn. April 29-May 27. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free. Public reception and lampworking demons...…
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…Arts Life Jewish Film Festival Reel Jews Seventh annual JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival features more than 3 dozen Jewish-themed films in five venues. DEBRA B. DARVICK Special to the Jewish News T he biggest challenge presented by the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit's Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival is not the selection of 30-plus films from more than 100 possibili- ties. Nor is it managing the logistics of 65 ...…
…Arts Life Jewish Film Festival REEL JEWS from page 41 this spring's festival for all atten- dees. First off his reel was Back Seat Bingo, a delightful five-minute ani- mated documentary showcasing frank talk about dating, compan- ionship and sexuality by a popula- tion not often heard from — sen- iors (not of the high school kind but of the Century Village kind). The film's use of animation strikes the perfect balance between poignancy and ...…
…SNEAK PEEKS Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival Schedule 2005 April 10 — April 21, 2005 from page 42 here for his film Delbaran, is a rigor- ously disciplined filmmaker whose work alternates brutally jagged mon- tage sequences with deliberately paced long takes. Already a controversial figure in Iran, with Abjad he offers a frontal assault on the revolutionary govern- ment, the bludgeoning censorship of the fundamentalist schools and the laz...…
…Arts & Life Jewish Film Festival SNEAK PEEKS AND FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE from page 43 "Wondrous Oblivion," from Great Britain Wondrous Oblivion Wondrous Oblivion, by Paul Morrison, opens promisingly, with Sam Smith amusing as David Wiseman, an Anglo-Jewish schoolboy in 1960 who is a complete fiend for cricket. Of course, he turns up for games in spotlessly proper attire and equipment, but he is utterly incapable of hitting or catching the ...…
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